BBC Entertainment

Wednesday 1st February 11PM

The wait is nearly over – the brand new series of Top Gear is making its way to you straight after the UK.

The wait is nearly over...

Frozen Planet

Monday 27 February at 9PM

Embark on the trip of a lifetime, as Planet Earth’s award winning team take you on the ultimate polar expedition into a breathtaking landscape most humans will never experience.

The ultimate portrait of the polar regions, capturing all the fragile, jaw-dropping beauty and majestic power of the elements in the greatest wildernesses on Earth.

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Wildlife in the frozen wilderness

A Year of Adventures

Sunday 19 February at 7PM

British adventure traveller Ben Fogle takes you on a global odyssey in pursuit of heart-in-the-mouth adventure and adrenalin rushes in the most breathtaking locations on earth.

Ben transports us to the most extraordinary and unexpected places on our planet to indulge in exploits as diverse as coasteering the jagged cliffs in Wales, a 24 hour bike race in Moab and kicking up dust in a desert buggy race across Australia’s Outback.

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Ben Fogle in pursuit of action

CBeebies

Mister Maker Comes To Town

Mister Maker is an engaging character who acts as a catalyst for all the big ideas and brilliant arty techniques within the show and encourages and inspires children to have a go.

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The magic table-top and doodle drawers.

BBC India News

Battered Indian baby 'critical'
Friday 27 January 2012
Police investigate amid outcry after a severely battered toddler is admitted to hospital in the India capital, Delhi.
Doctors held over hospital fire
Friday 27 January 2012
Police in the Indian city of Calcutta arrest two top doctors of a private hospital which caught fire last month, killing…
Australia on verge of whitewash
Friday 27 January 2012
India are slipping towards a 4-0 series whitewash - and an eighth consecutive Test defeat - as Australia close in on victory…
Lawyers boycott India bus driver
Friday 27 January 2012
Layers in Pune refuse to defend bus driver who went berserk on Wednesday morning, killing nine people and injuring 30 others…
Olympic watchdog official resigns
Thursday 26 January 2012
A commissioner for a body monitoring the London 2012 Olympics resigns over its links with Dow Chemical.
Military show marks Republic Day
Thursday 26 January 2012
India celebrates its 63rd Republic Day showing off its latest weapons at a military parade in the capital, Delhi.
India president in reform warning
Wednesday 25 January 2012
President Pratibha Patil's Republic Day address issues a caution on reform, amid the ongoing anti-corruption movement.
India boy invents warning device
Friday 27 January 2012
A school boy in the Indian capital, Delhi, claims to have invented a device that can help women ward off potential attacks…
Election ban for 'Mayawati' play
Wednesday 25 January 2012
A play whose main character is said to resemble Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati is banned in Lucknow as it violates…
VIDEO: London 2012: India boxing hopeful
Friday 27 January 2012
Mary Kom will make her Olympics debut in London this summer, representing India in boxing.
VIDEO: Politicians blamed in Rushdie row
Wednesday 25 January 2012
Sir Salman Rushdie has criticised Indian politicians for failing to oppose Muslim groups who threatened to disrupt the Jaipur…
VIDEO: Exploited child workers of India
Friday 20 January 2012
In India, hundreds of thousands of children are thought to be involved in picking and processing cotton.
VIDEO: Will India lower Scotch whisky duty?
Thursday 19 January 2012
There is growing pressure at trade talks in New Delhi for India to lower import tariffs of 150% on Scotch whisky.
Audio slideshow: Bombay's jazz age
Friday 27 January 2012
The glamour and excitement of Bombay's jazz age