Dark drama from Stephen Poliakoff

Alan Titchmarsh and Charlie Dimmock will join forces again to present live shows from the festival.

The �88m season also includes the US hit comedy show Malcolm in the Middle.

Boyle's duo of films follow the success of his last big-scale production of The Beach.

Vacuum salesman

Strumpet and Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise are written by Jim Cartwright who wrote Little Voice.

Christopher Ecclestone will be directed by Danny Boyle again in Strumpet

In Strumpet, Christopher Eccleston - who starred in Boyle's Shallow Grave - plays one of a trio of friends trying to make it in the music business.

Vacuum sees Auf Wiedersehen Pet star Timothy Spall plays a salesman trying to win a top award while being hampered by a problem apprentice.

Drama for the new season includes Perfect Strangers by Shooting the Past writer/director Stephen Poliakoff.

US comedy hit Malcolm in the Middle comes to BBC Two

New Masterchef A high-tech documentary Ancient Apocalypse will use science and computer graphics to illustrate how past civilisations ended.

Endgame in Ireland gives a definitive history of the peace process.

Home Front in the Garden presenter Diarmud Gavin has a new series entitled Planet Patio, creating outdoor spaces into new rooms.

Diarmund Gavin transforms patios into rooms

Loyd Grossman has left the Masterchef series after 10 years to be replaced by celebrity chef Gary Rhodes.

The show moves from BBC One to BBC Two.

BBC Two controller Jane Root said: "BBC Two is currently on a four-year high, proving that our ambition - to produce big ideas and tell big stories, but with a different twist.

"This spring and summer we're giving audiences more what they want and what we are best at - good quality programmes that don't talk down to viewers, but are rewarding, pleasurable and fun."