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Duration: 1 hour, 54 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 9 months

Wartime drama based on the true story of a courageous Frenchwoman who returned to her occupied homeland to spy for the Special Operations Executive. Show more

Contributors

Odette/Marie/Lise:
Anna Neagle
Captain Peter Churchill/Raoul:
Trevor Howard
Colonel Henrie:
Marius Goring
Lieutenant Alex Rabinovich/Arnauld:
Peter Ustinov
Commandant:
Alfred Schieske

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

on BBC Two England

A small-town actress (Susan Strasberg) comes to New York to try her luck on Broadway and develops a crush on a Broadway producer (Henry Fonda). Show more

Contributors

Lewis Easton:
Henry Fonda
Eva Lovelace:
Susan Strasberg
Robert Hedges:
Herbert Marshall
Rita Vernon:
Joan Greenwood
Joe Sheridan:
Christopher Plummer
Constantine:
Daniel Ocko
Elizabeth:
Sally Gracie
Director:
Sidney Lumet
Producer:
Stuart Millar
Writer:
Ruth Goetz

Genres

Formats

Great British Railway Journeys

Series 1

Episode 19: Coventry to Watford

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two England

Michael Portillo relives the Coventry Blitz and finds out how the trains helped to evacuate millions of children during World War II. Show more

Great British Railway Journeys

Series 1

Episode 20: St Pancras to Westminster

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two England

Michael visits one of the grandest railway stations and hotels in the country - St Pancras. He also rides the world's first tube line to Smithfield market. Show more

Rowing: World Championships

2014

Episode 1: Saturday Rowing Finals

Duration: 2 hours

on BBC Two England

John Inverdale presents coverage of the penultimate day of the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam. The day's finals include the women's pair and the men's four. Show more

Talking Pictures

Alec Guinness

Duration: 42 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 3 months

A retrospective look at television appearances made over the years by Alec Guinness, capturing the milestones and highlights of his life and career. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 22 minutes

on BBC Two England

Biting Ealing satire about a scientist (Alec Guinness) who invents an indestructible fibre but finds that everyone wants to destroy his formula. Show more

Contributors

Sidney Stratton:
Alec Guinness
Daphne Birnley:
Joan Greenwood
Alan Birnley:
Cecil Parker
Bertha:
Vida Hope
Michael Corland:
Michael Gough
Sir John Kierlaw:
Ernest Thesiger
Producer:
Sidney Cole

Formats

Coast

Series 3 Reversions

Berwick-upon-Tweed to Aberdeen

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

The experts travel along Scotland's east coast, visiting a marine reserve off St Abbs and reporting on the state of the Forth Road Bridge. Show more

BBC Proms

Proms Extra 2014

Episode 6

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Two England

Katie Derham hosts the weekly Proms magazine show. This time the spotlight is on Elgar's Cello Concerto, Stravinsky's Petrushka and Ravel's Bolero. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Katie Derham
Series Producer:
Dawn Payne
Participant:
Rebecca Miller
Participant:
Kirill Karabits

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two England

Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher discovers what life was like for ordinary Egyptians 3,500 years ago. She looks at the mysterious world of the ancient Egyptian afterlife. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

Series exploring the lives of Scottish writers. Andrew Marr looks into the life of poet Hugh MacDiarmid, who reinvented Scots as a language for serious writing. Show more

Duration: 2 hours, 5 minutes

on BBC Two England

Psychological melodrama in which a beautiful thief is led by her husband to a confrontation with her repressed emotions and the secrets of her past. Show more

Contributors

Marnie Edgar:
Tippi Hedren
Mark Rutland:
Sean Connery
Lil Mainwaring:
Diane Baker
Sidney Strutt:
Martin Gabel
Bernice Edgar:
Louise Latham
Cousin Bob:
Bob Sweeney
Mr Rutland:
Alan Napier
Sam Ward:
S John Launer
Susan Clabon:
Mariette Hartley
Sailor:
Bruce Dern
First Detective:
Henry Beckman

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