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Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire host this compilation sequel, dancing together for the first time in 30 years and introducing a variety of clips from the golden days of Hollywood. Stars featured include Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy and the Marx Brothers.
(1976, U) (Colour and BW) (S)
Films: pp 49-79 ****

Contributors

Presenter/Director:
Gene Kelly
Presenter:
Fred Astaire

Documentary. The stories behind the hit movie musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein, from their first, "State Fair", to the most successful musical film ever, "The Sound of Music". Hosted by Carousel star Shirley Jones, and featuring contributions from Julie Andrews and Rita Moreno.
(1995, U) (S)
Films: pp 49-79 ***

Contributors

Presenter:
Shirley Jones
Interviewee:
Julie Andrews
Interviewee:
Rita Moreno
Director:
Kevin Burns

Comedy drama starring Michael Redgrave and Michael Denison. Two bachelors pretend to be called "Ernest" in order to court Gwendolen and Cecily.
(1952, U) (S)
Films; pp 49-79 ****

Contributors

Director:
Anthony Asquith
Jack Worthing:
Michael Redgrave
Algernon Moncrieff:
Michael Denison
Lady Bracknell:
Edith Evans
Cecily Cardew:
Dorothy Tutin
Gwendolen Fairfax:
Joan Greenwood
Miss Prism:
Margaret Rutherford

Western starring Randolph Scott.

Sent undercover to bring down the criminal Reno brothers in Indiana, agent James Barlow poses as an outlaw - but his feelings for the men's sister complicates the mission.
(1955, U) (S)
Films: pp 49-79 **

Contributors

Director:
Tim Whelan
James Barlow:
Randolph Scott
Frank Reno:
Forrest Tucker
Laura Reno:
Mala Powers
Sim Reno:
J. Carrol Naish

First in a two-part rerun of the acclaimed dramatisation of the Charles Dickens novel, starring Ioan Gruffudd, Charlotte Rampling and Bernard Hill.
On the bleak Kent marshes, a young boy has a frightening encounter that will haunt him for the rest of his life.
Concluding part tomorrow at 7.30pm.
See Choice.
(R) (S) (W)

Contributors

Author:
Charles Dickens
Dramatised by:
Tony Marchant
Producer:
David Snodin
Director:
Julian Jarrold
Pip:
Ioan Gruffudd
Miss Havisham:
Charlotte Rampling
Abel Magwitch:
Bernard Hill
Estella:
Justine Waddell
Young Pip:
Gabriel Thomson
Young Estella:
Gemma Gregory
Joe Gargery:
Clive Russell
Jaggers:
Ian McDiarmid
Mrs Joe:
Lesley Sharp
Orlick:
Tony Curran
Pumblechook:
Terence Rigby
Biddy:
Emma Cunniffe
Herbert Pocket:
Daniel Evans
Wemmick:
Nicholas Woodeson
Compeyson:
Donald Sumpter
Bentley Drummle:
James Hillier
Matthew Pocket:
David Horovitch
Sarah Pocket:
Selina Cadell
Wopsle:
Nicholas Blane
Molly:
Laila Morse
Camilla Pocket:
Sandra Voe
The Aged P:
Hugh Lloyd
Startop:
Ifan Meredith
Young Herbert:
Laurence Dobiesz
Young Biddy:
Laura Aikman
Young Orlick:
Timothy Tranter
Sergeant:
Reggie Stewart
Pip's servant:
Roland Manookian
Supplicant mother:
Alison Newman

The first of three new nightly documentaries examining different aspects of Victorian life.

"The golden age of engineering" is celebrated by Fred Dibnah. These are the stories of the three greatest Victorian engineers: railway builder Robert Stephenson, ship and bridge designer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and armaments industry founder William Armstrong. On a round-Britain trip, Dibnah admires achievements including the Clifton suspension bridge and the Box Hill tunnel, and reveals engineering secrets in his own workshop.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Presenter:
Fred Dibnah
Producer:
David Hall
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Stamp
Executive Producer:
Mike Greenwood

Drama starring Steve Martin and Gabriel Byrne.

After a personal tragedy, furniture maker Michael McMann has decided to live a reclusive rural life. Then, during a snowstorm, a mother collapses and dies on his doorstep, leaving him to look after her young daughter.
Widescreen.
(1994, PG) (S) (W)
Films: pp 49-79 ***

Contributors

Director:
Gillies MacKinnon
Michael McMann:
Steve Martin
John Newland:
Gabriel Byrne
Nancy Newland:
Laura Linney
Mrs Simon:
Catherine O'Hara
Mathilda McCann, aged ten:
Alana Austin
Mathilda McCann, aged five:
Alyssa Austin
Tanny Newland:
Stephen Baldwin
Keating:
Byron Jennings
Bryce:
Michael Des Barres

Award-winning film-maker Viktor Kossakovsky examines the nature of human love in three stories which together look at his mentors, a shot-gun wedding outside Moscow, and the relationship of two St Petersburg kindergarten children.
(In Russian with English subtitles) (W)
(Storyville - Black and White in Colour is on Thursday 4 January at 11.20pm)

Contributors

Director:
Viktor Kossakovsky
Series Editor:
Nick Fraser

Classic horror starring Lon Chaney Jr and Claude Rains, continuing the Universal Horror season.
Prodigal son Larry Talbot returns to his ancestral home, only to be bitten by a werewolf and cursed for life.
Ends 2.15am.
(1941, PG) (BW) (S)
Films: pp 49-79 ****

Contributors

Director:
George Waggner
Larry Talbot/Wolf Man:
Lon Chaney Jr
Sir John Talbot:
Claude Rains
Gwen Conliffe:
Evelyn Ankers
Col Paul Montford:
Ralph Bellamy
Dr Lloyd:
Warren William
Bela:
Bela Lugosi

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