Programme Index

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Great British Railway Journeys

Series 11

Bodmin to Totnes

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Out on the rugged moor, Michael Portillo hears how the celebrated author Daphne du Maurier captivated readers between the wars with her tales of smuggling at the Jamaica Inn. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 43 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 11 months

During a routine house call to renew a car insurance plan, salesman Walter Neff meets the sultry Phyllis Dietrichson, and together, they hatch a plan to get rid of her husband. Show more

Contributors

Mr Jackson:
Porter Hall
Walter Neff:
Fred MacMurray
Mr Dietrichson:
Tom Powers
Phyllis Dietrichson:
Barbara Stanwyck
Lola Dietrichson:
Jean Heather
Barton Keyes:
Edward G Robinson
Director:
Billy Wilder

Formats

Duration: 2 hours, 36 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 5 months

Classic British epic about the life and loves of a reactionary army officer, tracing his career from the Boer War to World War II. Show more

Contributors

Clive Candy:
Roger Livesey
Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorf:
Anton Walbrook
Edith/Barbara/Johnny:
Deborah Kerr
Col Betteridge:
Roland Culver
Maj John E Davis:
Harry Welchman
Embassy Counsellor:
Arthur Wontner
Von Ritter:
Albert Lieven
John Montgomery Murdoch:
John Laurie
Frau von Kaltenneck:
Ursula Jeans

Duration: 1 hour, 19 minutes

on BBC Four

Dramatised account of how Doctor Who was brought to the screen in 1963 by a young producer frustrated by TV's glass ceiling and an actor unhappy with a career of hard-man roles. Show more

Contributors

William Hartnell:
David Bradley
Verity Lambert:
Jessica Raine
Sydney Newman:
Brian Cox
Waris Hussein:
Sacha Dhawan
Heather Hartnell:
Lesley Manville
William Russell:
Jamie Glover
Jacqueline Hill:
Jemma Powell
Carole Ann Ford:
Claudia Grant
Mervyn Pinfield:
Jeff Rawle
Rex Tucker:
Andrew Woodall
Douglas Camfield:
Sam Hoare
Judith Carney:
Cara Jenkins
Richard Martin:
Ian Hallard
Delia Derbyshire:
Sarah Winter
Peter Brachacki:
David Annen
Donald Baverstock:
Mark Eden
Producer:
Matt Strevens

Genres

Earth from Space

Series 1

Patterned Planet

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

From space, Earth's surface is covered in wonderful shapes. Wombats dig burrows across the Australian outback, and elephants in the Congo clear an opening in the forest. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Jo Shinner
Series Producer:
Chloe Sarosh
Producer:
Paul Thompson

BBC Four

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