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Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

on BBC Two HD

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Drama set in 19th-century Paris telling the story of a rogue who exploits women to fulfil his aspirations to wealth and social status. Adapted from Guy de Maupassant's novel. Show more

Contributors

Georges Duroy:
George Sanders
Madeleine Forestier:
Ann Dvorak
Clotilde de Marelle:
Angela Lansbury
Charles Forestier:
John Carradine
Marie de Varenne:
Frances Dee
Suzanne Walter:
Susan Douglas
Monsieur Walter:
Hugo Haas
Rachel Michot:
Marie Wilson
Jaques Rival:
Albert Bassermann
Laroche-Mathieu:
Warren William
Madame Walter:
Katherine Emery
Producer:
David L Loew
Director:
Albert Lewin

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Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Ghost story about two young children asked by ghost children to solve an ancient mystery, requiring them to travel back in time. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Wickens:
Diana Dors
Uncle Bertie:
James Villiers
Lucy Allen:
Lynne Frederick
Jamie Allen:
Garry Miller
Mrs Allen:
Dorothy Alison
Georgie Latimer:
Marc Granger
Mr Claverton:
Erik Chitty
Mr Clutterbug:
Graham Crowden

Duration: 1 hour, 53 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Drama based on the true story of a thoroughbred racehorse. A housewife is forced to take over ownership of stables when her father becomes too sick to run the business. Show more

Contributors

Penny Chenery:
Diane Lane
Lucien Laurin:
John Malkovich
Jack Tweedy:
Dylan Walsh
Eddie Sweat:
Nelsan Ellis
Ronnie Turcotte:
Otto Thorwarth
Ogden Phipps:
James Cromwell
Chris Chenery:
Scott Glenn
Robert Kleburg:
Richard Fullerton
Writer:
Mike Rich

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Natural World

2013-2014

Episode 5: Meet the Monkeys

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson revisits a gang of crested black macaques on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, 25 years after his first encounter. Show more

Duration: 2 hours, 52 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Historical epic starring Alec Guinness and Sophia Loren. After Marcus Aurelius is poisoned, his cruel son Commodus becomes emperor and quickly reveals a tyrannical streak. Show more

Contributors

Marcus Aurelius:
Alec Guinness
Lucilla:
Sophia Loren
Timonides:
James Mason
Ballomar:
John Ireland
Cleander:
Mel Ferrer
King of the Armenians:
Omar Sharif
Julianus:
Eric Porter
Director:
Anthony Mann

Coast Australia

Series 1

Episode 1: The Kimberley

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Series exploring Australia's coastline. Tim Flannery walks the Dinosaur Coast and Neil Oliver wrestles the southern hemisphere's biggest tides at Horizontal Falls. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two HD

Griff Rhys Jones meets the Sicilian cucumber-growing community of Essex, sails a gunpowder boat and trains with a team of veteran rowers as he explores the Lea. Show more

Antiques Road Trip

Series 9

Episode 11

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Thomas Plant and Anita Manning tour the country in a yellow Lotus. Their first leg sees them start in Hertfordshire and work their way towards an auction in Banbury. Show more

An Island Parish

Series 11 - Shetland

Episode 2: Your People Shall Be My People

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Series following community life on Unst. Islanders Frank and Jem Roberts prepare their Shetland ponies for the prestigious pony assessment. Show more

Eddie Izzard pushes his body and sense of humour to the limit for Sport Relief as he attempts to run 27 marathons in 27 days, marking the 27 years Nelson Mandela spent in prison. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Eddie Izzard
Executive Producer:
Nick Catliff
Executive Producer:
Caterina Turroni
Executive Producer:
Bill Locke
Production Company:
Lion Television

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two HD

Celebrity endurance challenge. Donovan Bailey, Gareth Thomas, Iwan Thomas and James Toseland take on notorious fell run Man Versus Horse, 21 miles of running over hostile terrain. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Meredith Chambers
Executive Producer:
Karl Warner
Director:
Pamela Gordon
Participant:
Donovan Bailey
Participant:
Gareth Thomas
Participant:
Iwan Thomas
Participant:
James Toseland
Production Company:
Electric Ray

Docudrama exploring one of the most significant moments in gothic history - the night when Mary Shelley, Lord Byron and their cohorts gathered at Lake Geneva to tell ghost stories. Show more

Contributors

Lord Byron:
Rob Heaps
Percy Shelley:
Timothy Renouf
Claire Clairmont:
Catherine Lamb
John William Polidori:
Sam Swann
Director:
Philip Smith
Executive Producer:
Steve Condie
Producer:
Hugo Godwin
Production Company:
Oxford Scientific Films

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