BBC Two Northern Ireland Schedule Thursday 13 December 2007

Balamory—Series 3, Whale of a Day

146/63Miss Hoolie and PC Plum are going whale spotting, but a sandwich nearly ruins their plans.(R)

Doodle Do—Gravity Dribble Picture

Come with Dib-Dab, Scribble and Stick to the octopus's garden at the bottom of the ocean.

Boogie Beebies—Gardening - Thursday

Get groovy in the garden with Nat and Pete.(R)

LazyTown—Lazytown's Mini Workout, Skiing Workout

8/8Get up on your feet and join Sportacus as he does a pretend skiing workout.

Yvon of the Yukon—Special Duh-Livery

Yvon finds a message in a bottle that indicates Upyermukluk will soon be under attack.(R)

Newsround—13/12/2007

Topical news magazine for children.

Whizz Whizz Bang Bang—Series 1, Automatic Paperboy

Another young creator gets to design and build their own wacky invention.(R)

Extreme Animals—Series 1, Weird

4/10Caroline Flack and Reggie Yates pick ten of the world's weirdest animals.

In the Night Garden—Series 1, Look What the Ball Did!

39/100The ball is bouncing all over the garden, knocking things over.(R)

Me Too!—Series 1, Bumps in the Night

One stormy night, Bobby is feeling jittery and it's the final straw when her broom breaks.(R)

Pingu—Series 5, Pingu's Long Journey

4/26Pingu sets off an expedition, but doesn't realise that his sister is hiding in the sled.(R)

Jakers: The Adventures of Piggley Winks—Series 1, For Whom the Bell Trolls

22/26When Hector plays a joke on Piggley and friends, they don't find it so funny.(R)

Mr Tumble—The Park

Mr Tumble steps through a magic door and finds himself in the park, having a picnic.(R)

Pinky Dinky Doo—Pinky and the Big Rainy Day

Pinky must save Great Big City when it literally rains cats and dogs.(R)

Numberjacks—Series 1, Zero the Hero

29/45Number 3 is organising a game of hide-and-seek, but 0 hasn't turned up to play.(R)

Primary Geography—Mountains and Coasts: People on the Coastline

Investigating two very different coastlines, at Brighton and at Holderness.

Seasonal Snapshots—Series 1, Winter

This programme also explores winter in scientific, artistic and geographical terms.(R)

Look and Read—Spelling with the Spellits, Programme 8

8/8Educational series for nine- to eleven-year-olds.(R)

Words and Pictures—Magic Pencil 3

A series to help teach children basic handwriting movements and letter formation from N-S.(R)

Words and Pictures—Magic Pencil 4

A series to help teach children basic handwriting movements and letter formation from T-Z.(R)

Daily Politics—13/12/2007

News, views and moves on the political stories of the day.

Working Lunch—13/12/2007

The latest business, consumer and workplace news from across the country.

Around the World in 80 Treasures—30 Minute Reversions, Mali to Libya

Dan's latest journey takes him to Mali and Libya.(R)

Snooker: UK Championship—2007, 13/12/2007

Hazel Irvine introduces quarter-final action from the Telford International Centre.

Weakest Link—13/12/2007

Contestants play as a team to build a prize fund, then compete to remove the weakest link.

Eggheads—Series 3, Episode 40

General knowledge quiz in which teams from all over the UK battle to beat the Eggheads.(R)

Strictly - It Takes Two—Series 5, 13/12/2007

Voting options may have changed since this programme was first broadcast.

Snooker: UK Championship—2007, 13/12/2007

Hazel Irvine introduces coverage from Telford of the last two quarter finals.

Arrange Me a Marriage—Series 2, Episode 4

Traditional Indian matchmaker Aneela Rahman helps Brits find love in just four weeks.

Never Mind the Buzzcocks—Series 21, Episode 5

Phill Jupitus, Simon Amstell and the Bill Bailey are joined by the actor Kevin Eldon.

Lead Balloon—Series 2, Sick

5/8The women in Rick's house are sick, and he is forced to take over.

The Graham Norton Show—Series 2, Episode 10

10/13Chat show with guests including Sharon Osbourne and the Stereophonics performing live.

Newsnight—13/12/2007

Coverage of important national and international news stories with Jeremy Paxman.

UK Snooker Championship Highlights—2007, 13/12/2007

Hazel Irvine wraps up the quarter-final action and looks ahead to the semi-finals.

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