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Duration: 1 hour, 53 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Two 18th-century French aristocrats play a cruel game of seduction and manipulation, only to find that their cruel machinations will eventually destroy them too.

Contributors

Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil:
Glenn Close
Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont:
John Malkovich
Madame Marie de Tourvel:
Michelle Pfeiffer
Cécile de Volanges:
Uma Thurman
Madame de Volanges:
Swoosie Kurtz
Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny:
Keanu Reeves
Madame de Rosemonde:
Mildred Natwick

Duration: 1 hour, 32 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 3 months

After her husband wins the Nobel Prize for Literature, Joan Castleman reflects on her life from when she first met him and embarked on the affair which would change the course of their lives. Show more

Contributors

Joan Castleman:
Glenn Close
Joe Castleman:
Jonathan Pryce
Young Joan:
Annie Starke
Young Joe:
Harry Lloyd
Nathanial Bone:
Christian Slater
Walter Bark:
Johan Widerberg
David Castleman:
Max Irons
Elaine Mozell:
Elizabeth McGovern
Director:
Bjorn Runge

Genres

Life Cinematic

Series 1

Sam Taylor-Johnson

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Film-maker Sam Taylor-Johnson, director of Fifty Shades of Grey, Nowhere Boy and A Million Little Pieces, selects clips from the films that have had the greatest influence on both her and her career. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Edith Bowman
Interviewed Guest:
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Series Editor:
Sam Anthony
Series Producer:
Ian Sharpe
Executive Producer:
Jez Nelson

Age of the Image

Series 1

Seductive Dreams

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

James Fox examines how artists, film-makers and advertisers have used images to sell us fantasies of a better life. Show more

Royal History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Series 2

George IV and the Regency

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 12 months

Lucy Worsley finds the fibs behind the facade of Georgian elegance and discovers how the story of Regency Britain – from Waterloo to Peterloo – was spun to avoid revolution. Show more

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