BBC Two Scotland Schedule Wednesday 18 December 2013

Scotland Schedule

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Morning
1. 06:30
  Homes Under the Hammer—Series 17, Episode 56
  56/80Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander visit properties in Newcastle, Shropshire and Kent.(R)
2. 07:30
  Helicopter Heroes—Series 7, Episode 7
  7/20A miner is injured 2,000 feet underground, and the helimed team must save his life.(R)
3. 08:15
  The A to Z of TV Cooking—Original Series, Letter R
  18/26Nigel Slater cooks ribs while Raymond Blanc shows us how he cooks rice pudding.(R)
4. 09:00
  Great Continental Railway Journeys—Series 2, Madrid to Gibraltar
  1/6Armed with his 1913 railway guide, Michael Portillo returns to his native Spain.(R)
5. 10:00
  Ronnie's Animal Crackers—Episode 5
  5/6Ronnie calls in an expert to try to identify what breeds might be in his rescue dog Baz.(R)
6. 10:30
  See Hear—Series 33, Episode 20
  20/32Memnos Costi and Ahmed Mudawi present their favourite Christmas themed sign-songs.
7. 11:00
  BBC News—18/12/2013
  The latest national and international news, plus top interviews and analysis.
8. 11:30
  Daily Politics—18/12/2013
  Live coverage of Prime Minister's Questions and the latest political news and debate.
Afternoon
1. 13:00
  One Man and His Campervan—Trossachs
  7/10In Trossachs National Park, Martin must fish for his dinner of Scottish brown trout.(R)
2. 13:30
  Madagascar—Land of Heat and Dust
  3/3Follows the animals' fortunes through the wet and dry seasons in this island of extremes.(R)
3. 14:30
  Politics Scotland—18/12/2013
  Coverage of some of the day's debates in the Scottish Parliament.
4. 15:30
  Scottish Questions—18/12/2013
  Highlights of Scottish Questions from Westminster.
5. 16:00
  Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam—Steaming Down the Road
  4/6Fred Dibnah looks at early experiments in the use of steam for road transport.(R)
6. 16:30
  Off air
  Programmes will resume at 22:30
Evening
1. 22:30
  Newsnight—18/12/2013
  Featuring the National Security Agency review, and accusations against Kenyan soldiers.
2. 23:00
  Newsnight Scotland—18/12/2013
  Coverage of the day's national and international news stories, with Gordon Brewer.
3. 23:20
  Scottish Questions—18/12/2013
  Highlights of Scottish Questions from Westminster.(R)
4. 23:45
  The Silent War—The Russians Are Coming!
  2/2How the Cold War underwater arms race took ballistic missiles beneath the Arctic ice.(R)
Late
1. 00:45
  See Hear—Series 33, Episode 20
  20/32Memnos Costi and Ahmed Mudawi present their favourite Christmas themed sign-songs.(R)
2. 01:15
  Off air
  Programmes will resume at 03:50
3. 03:50
  Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways - Learning Zone
  Dan Snow explores how Britain invented and built the railways.(R)
4. 04:30
  Ask Lara—Friends and Rivals
  24/26A handsome visitor causes a rift between the three girls.(R)
5. 04:45
  Life Stories—Episode 1
  1/2Four poignant short dramas written for children by some of Britain's leading writers.(R)
6. 05:45
  Little Alien
  Children's drama from the Czech Republic on the theme of 'lost'.(R)