The result, Delia Smith's Cookery Course Part One, was broadcast in 1978, followed by Part Two in 1980 and Part Three in 1981.

BBC: Delia Smith

As it happens, how we became so indebted and what to do about it, is what I am examining in a two-part documentary, called The Party's Over, that will be broadcast on BBC Two at 1900 on 4 and 11 December.

BBC: UK's debts 'biggest in the world'

Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies are currently being adapted into a six-part series for BBC Two, expected to be broadcast late next year.

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Six short films will be broadcast over the next two years by "up and coming talent" as part of a BBC Three strand.

BBC: iPlayer

The opening gala was televised live on BBC Two and broadcast on BBC Radio 3 - an extensive TV contract with the BBC is part of his new policy of openness and wider access.

BBC: Royal rebirth for Opera House