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Stephen Fry in America

Episode 4: Mountains and Plains

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two England

Stephen Fry continues his journey across America, heading south from Montana to Texas, admiring the natural beauty of the Rocky Mountains along the way. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephen Fry
Presenter:
Stephen Fry
Series Producer:
John-Paul Davidson

Melancholy drama set in the mid-1840s, starring Minnie Driver and Tom Wilkinson. Following her father's murder, a single-minded Jewish girl pretends to be a Gentile in order to secure a job working as a governess on a Scottish island. Review page 35. Director Sandra Goldbacher (1997,15)

Contributors

Unknown:
Minnie Driver
Unknown:
Tom Wilkinson.
Director:
Sandra Goldbacher

Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

on BBC Two England

Period drama set in mid-19th-century Scotland, where a man begins an affair with his daughter's governess, unaware that she is a Jew. Show more

Contributors

Rosina da Silva:
Minnie Driver
Charles Cavendish:
Tom Wilkinson
Henry Cavendish:
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Mrs Cavendish:
Harriet Walter
Clementina Cavendish:
Florence Hoath
Benjamin:
Adam Levy
Rosina's Father:
Bruce Myers

Offbeat comedy documentary following the trials and tribulations of Mark Borchardt, odd-job man and film director, as he attempts to make a short horror film called Coven. Review page 35.
Director Chris Smith (1999,15)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Borchardt
Director:
Chris Smith

Sci-fi horror starring Marshall Thompson. The citizens of a small Canadian town are shocked by a series of deaths, and are convinced something on a nearby US Air Force base is to blame. Review page 35.
Director Arthur Crabtree (1957, PG) (B/W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Marshall Thompson.
Director:
Arthur Crabtree

BBC Two England

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