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Homes Under the Hammer

Series 18 Reversions

Episode 6

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Two England

Property renovation series. Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander look at a house in Congleton, a one-bedroom flat in Willesden and a former ambulance station in Port Talbot. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

on BBC Two England

Biography of British film pioneer William Friese-Greene, who designed and patented a working cinematic camera. His life was dogged by hardship and lack of recognition. Show more

Contributors

William Friese-Greene:
Robert Donat
Edith Friese-Greene:
Margaret Johnston
Helena Friese-Greene:
Maria Schell
Maurice Friese-Greene:
John Howard Davies
Lord Beaverbrook:
Robert Beatty
Arthur Collings:
Eric Portman
May Jones:
Glynis Johns
Platform Man:
Cecil Parker
Assistant in Laboratory:
David Tomlinson
Bank Manager:
Emlyn Williams
Hotel Receptionist:
Kay Walsh
Police Officer:
Laurence Olivier
Maida Vale Doctor:
Leo Genn
House Agent:
Marius Goring
Industry Man:
Peter Ustinov
Nursemaid:
Sheila Sim
Broker's Man:
Stanley Holloway
Miss Tagg:
Renee Asherson
Company Promoter:
Roland Culver
Ethel Friese-Greene:
Janette Scott
Cousin Alfred:
Bernard Miles
Mrs Claire:
Joyce Grenfell
Maurice Guttenberg:
Frederick Valk
Official Receiver:
Michael Hordern
Sergeant in Storeroom:
Sydney James
Doctor's Housekeeper:
Thora Hird
Recruiting Sergeant:
William Hartnell
Sitter in Bath Studio:
Googie Withers
Sitter in Bath Studio:
Richard Murdoch
Sitter in Bath Studio:
Sybil Thorndike
Mrs Stukely:
Joan Hickson
Industry Man:
Peter Jones
Director:
John Boulting

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 5 months

World War II drama relating the Battle of Britain through the eyes of the operations room of a Kent fighter station during the summer of 1940. Show more

Contributors

Group Captain 'Tiger' Small:
Jack Hawkins
Squadron Leader Peter Moon:
Michael Denison
Nadine Clinton:
Dulcie Gray
Pilot Officer 'Septic' Baird:
John Gregson
Squadron Leader Barry Clinton:
Cyril Raymond
Flight Lieutenant 'Batchy' Salter:
Humphrey Lestocq
Squadron Leader Bill Ponsford:
Andrew Osborn
Betty Carfax:
Veronica Hurst
Group Controller:
Ronald Adam
Aunt Tabitha:
Amy Veness
Pimpernel Pilot:
Russell Hunter
Company Sergeant Major:
Geoffrey Keen

Flog It!

Series 9 Reversions

Episode 10: Bangor

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

Paul Martin is joined by experts Mark Stacey and Adam Partridge in the university city of Bangor, north Wales. Mark finds a silver purse and Adam values a French violin. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Paul Martin
Participant:
Adam Partridge
Participant:
Mark Stacey
Series Producer:
Susie Staples

Top Coppers

Episode 4: The Twist of the French Nicker

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two England

The comic adventures of Justice City's hero cops. The world's greatest art thief, Frenchman Gerard Cliche, is in town. Show more

Contributors

John Mahogany:
Steen Raskopoulos
Mitch Rust:
John Kearns
McGockey:
Phil Wang
Mayor Grady:
Rich Fulcher
Gerard Cliché:
Kayvan Novak
Security Guard:
Nick Raggett
Flanagan:
Adam Riches
Production Company:
Roughcut TV
Producer:
Bertie Peek

Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes

on BBC Two England

Drama in which the comfortable life of a British journalist in pre-war Vietnam is threatened by the increasing violence, and the arrival of a young American aid worker.

Contributors

Thomas Fowler:
Michael Caine
Alden Pyle:
Brendan Fraser
Inspector Vigot:
Rade Sherbedgia
Director:
Phillip Noyce
Hinh:
Tzi Ma
Joe Tunney:
Robert Stanton
Bill Granger:
Holmes Osborne
General Thé:
Quang Hai
Phuong's Sister:
Pham Thi Mai Hoa
Director of photography:
Christopher Doyle

Duration: 2 hours, 18 minutes

on BBC Two England

A German intelligence officer attempts to identify the man responsible for two brutal murders in Nazi-occupied Warsaw and Paris - the evidence points to one of three Nazi generals. Show more

Contributors

General Tanz:
Peter O'Toole
Major Grau:
Omar Sharif
Corporal Hartman:
Tom Courtenay
General Kahlenberge:
Donald Pleasence
Inspector Morand:
Philippe Noiret
General von Seidlitz-Gabler:
Charles Gray
Eleanor von Seidlitz-Gabler:
Coral Browne
Colonel Sandauer:
John Gregson
Field Marshal Rommel:
Christopher Plummer
Producer:
Sam Spiegel
Writer:
Paul Dehn

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