Discover the best of BBC Two with our list of over 20 series, meticulously updated for February 2026. Icons of BBC Two, University Challenge and Match of the Day made their debut in 1962 and 1964, setting industry standards. From 1962 through to 2022, BBC Two has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows.

A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.

A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.

A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the story of how a people combined their strength under one of the most iconic kings of history in order to reclaim their land for themselves and build a place they call home.

The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.

An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.

Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.

BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in 2015.

This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The long-running show travels to locations around the world, performing extreme stunts and challenges to see what the featured cars are capable of doing. The current hosts are Paddy Mcguinness, Chris Harris and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff.

Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.

The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.

Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.

Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.

Academic quiz show where teams of students from UK universities answer questions on all manner of subjects.

A daily BBC Television current affairs programme which specialises in analysis and often robust cross-examination of senior politicians.

Mastermind is a British quiz show, well known for its challenging questions, intimidating setting and air of seriousness. Devised by Bill Wright, the basic format of Mastermind has never changed — four and in later contests five contestants face two rounds, one on a specialised subject of the contestant's choice, the other a general knowledge round. Wright drew inspiration from his experiences of being interrogated by the Gestapo during World War II. The atmosphere is helped by Mastermind's famously ominous theme music, "Approaching Menace" by the British composer Neil Richardson. The quiz programme originated and was recorded in Manchester at studios such as New Broadcasting House and Granada Studios, before permanently moving to MediaCityUK in 2011.

The remarkable rise of one of the world’s most controversial leaders, Jair Bolsonaro, from obscurity to the presidency of Brazil.

Later... with Jools Holland is a contemporary British music television show hosted by Jools Holland.

Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes