EXCLUSIVE: BBC2 and PBS have commissioned a War of the Worlds-style hybrid drama/documentary that spotlights a near future in which extra-terrestrial life has been detected. First Contact will combine ...

Professor Brian Cox will return to BBC2 with a new five-part series asking what it is to be human in a 2014 season of science programmes that will also feature an Eddie Izzard docu-drama about the ...

BBC2 is to revive Modern Times, the 90s documentary strand that "walked softly and carried a big gun", 12 years after it was axed. The new series of one-off observational documentaries will return to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

CHRIS Packham and Michaela Strachan are teaming up for a Christmas special to explore the wonders of the skies. Here’s everything you need to know about the programme and when you can watch it… ...

BBC2 was scheduled to begin broadcasting at 7.20pm on April 20, 1964, but its opening night was a disaster after a fire at Battersea Power Station plunged BBC Television Centre into darkness. One of ...

BBC2’s daytime programming could be scrapped and replaced with rolling news as part of moves to make 20 per cent savings after a long-term licence fee freeze. The majority of programmes aired ...

BBC2’s new half-hour programme Chess Masters: The Endgame (Mondays at 8pm) is in an intellectual spotlight, sandwiched between Mastermind and University Challenge. Its first episode (of eight) last ...

It sounds like the start of a joke: what do you get if you put seven unvaccinated cynics in a house together during a Covid wave? There’s no punchline, though – this was the premise for new BBC2 ...

Television scheduling is a lost art. These days, you just marathon Breaking Bad till your eyes bleed on Netflix. But back in the day, you had to watch whatever programmes were put in front of you. And ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...