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Duration: 1 hour, 51 minutes

on BBC Two England

Thunderous war epic that follows the exploits of the British 27th Lancers from India to the Crimea and a final, bloody confrontation. Show more

Contributors

Major Geoffrey Vickers:
Errol Flynn
Elsa Campbell:
Olivia de Havilland
Captain Perry Vickers:
Patric Knowles
Colonel Campbell:
Donald Crisp
Captain Randall:
David Niven
Sir Charles Macefield:
Henry Stephenson
Sir Benjamin Warrenton:
Nigel Bruce
Count Igor Volonoff:
Robert Barrat
Surat Khan:
C Henry Gordon

Duration: 1 hour, 48 minutes

on BBC Two England

Lavish Arabian Nights-style musical charting the mixed fortunes of a poor poet with supposed mystical powers. Based around the music of 19th-century composer Alexander Borodin. Show more

Homes Under the Hammer

Series 19

Episode 62

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two England

Property renovation series. Lucy visits a centuries old building in Castle Donington. Dion looks round two houses and land in Silverdale near Newcastle-under-Lyme. Show more

Great British Menu

Series 12

Episode 11: North West Starter

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

Creative culinary competition. This week is the north west regional heats and three ambitious newcomers are competing to win a place in the national finals. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Tom Clarke
Series Producer:
Sally Wingate
Production Company:
Optomen

Great British Menu

Series 12

Episode 12: North West Fish

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

Creative culinary competition. In the fish course, Ellis tries to create the flavour of a summer barbecue without using one and Tom and Paul both use luxury fish. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Tom Clarke
Series Producer:
Sally Wingate
Production Company:
Optomen

Talking Pictures

Hitchcock's Leading Actors

Duration: 33 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for years

To this day, Alfred Hitchcock is looked on as one of cinema's best and most influential directors. But how did the stars of his films find working with the great man? Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Sylvia Syms
Series Producer:
Simon Goretzki
Producer:
Simon Catt
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Novak
Interviewed Guest:
Tippi Hedren
Interviewed Guest:
Joan Fontaine
Interviewed Guest:
Janet Leigh
Interviewed Guest:
Sean Connery

Duration: 2 hours, 11 minutes

on BBC Two England

Classic, darkly comic Hitchcock thriller in which an adman is pursued both by spies, who mistake him for a double agent, and by the police, who think he is an assassin. Show more

Contributors

Roger Thornhill:
Cary Grant
Eve Kendall:
Eva Marie Saint
Phillip Vandamm:
James Mason
The Professor:
Leo G Carroll
Clara Thornhill:
Jessie Royce Landis
Lester Townsend:
Philip Ober
Valerian:
Adam Williams
Victor Larrabee:
Edward Platt

Formats

Mexico: Earth's Festival of Life

Series 1

Forests of the Maya

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

The temples of the Maya tower over the forests of the Yucatan. The watery underworld is still being explored and holds the key to how animals and people survive the dry season. Show more

Dad's Army

Series 3

Episode 9: War Dance

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two England

Wartime sitcom. It is the night of the Home Guard Dance, and Pike has brought a girlfriend, but is she suitable for a respectable young bank clerk?

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Lieutenant Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
The Verger:
Edward Sinclair
Mrs Pike:
Janet Davies
The Vicar:
Frank Williams
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Private Walker:
James Beck
Producer:
David Croft
Director:
David Croft

Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 1 month

Drama recounting the true story of Philomena Lee who, decades after being forced to give up her infant son, enlists the help of an investigative journalist to track him down. Show more

Contributors

Philomena Lee:
Judi Dench
Martin Sixsmith:
Steve Coogan
Sally Mitchell:
Michelle Fairley
Sister Hildegarde:
Barbara Jefford
Mother Barbara:
Ruth McCabe
Pete Olsson:
Peter Hermann
Sally Mitchell:
Michelle Fairley
Writer:
Jeff Pope

Versailles

Series 2

Episode 5

Duration: 56 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for years

Period drama. The king's continued insomnia renders him even more volatile, so loyalty counts for little - as Marchal finds to his cost. Show more

Contributors

Louis XIV:
George Blagden
Fabien Marchal:
Tygh Runyan
Bontemps:
Stuart Bowman
Madame de Montespan:
Anna Brewster
Chevalier:
Evan Williams
Madame Agathe:
Suzanne Clement
Madame Scarron:
Catherine Walker
Queen Marie-Thérèse:
Elisa Lasowski
Princess Palatine:
Jessica Clark
Gaston de Foix:
Harry Hadden-Paton
Father Pascal:
James Joint
Director:
Mike Barker

Duration: 1 hour, 58 minutes

on BBC Two England

Bob Fosse's musical set in 1930s Berlin. Cabaret singer Sally Bowles is lovestruck by a naive young Englishman amid the city's louche cafe society. Show more

Contributors

Sally Bowles:
Liza Minnelli
Brian Roberts:
Michael York
Maximilian von Heune:
Helmut Griem
Master of Ceremonies:
Joel Grey
Fritz Wendel:
Fritz Wepper
Natalia Landauer:
Marisa Berenson
Fräulein Schneider:
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel
Fräulein Kost:
Helen Vita
Fräulein Mayr:
Sigrid von Richthofen
Herr Ludwig:
Ralf Wolter
Writer:
Jay Allen
Director:
Bob Fosse
Producer:
Cy Feuer

Formats

BBC Two England

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