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Duration: 1 hour, 48 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Wartime drama. Experienced Lieutenant Walker (Robert Mitchum) leads a unit of raw recruits from Tunisia to Italy during the Second World War. Show more

Contributors

Ernie Pyle:
Burgess Meredith
Lieutenant Walker:
Robert Mitchum
Sergeant Steve Warnicki:
Freddie Steele
Private Dondaro:
Wally Cassell
Private Mew:
William Murphy
Private Spencer:
Jimmy Lloyd
Private Robert 'Wingless' Murphy:
John R. Reilly
Writer:
Guy Endore

Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Dramatisation of one of the most ingenious escape bids of World War II, in which British soldiers use a wooden vaulting horse as cover when trying to get out of Stalag Luft III. Show more

Contributors

Peter:
Leo Genn
Bennett:
David Greene
Senior British Officer:
Patrick Waddington
Australian in Hospital:
Peter Finch
Director:
Jack Lee

Hairy Bikers Everyday Gourmets

Episode 3: Indulgent Entertaining

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Indulgent entertaining doesn't have to be costly. The Bikers share some of their favourite indulgent dishes and get money-saving secrets from Tom Kitchin. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Si King
Presenter:
Dave Myers
Series Producer:
Karen Plumb
Executive Producer:
Pete Lawrence
Participant:
Tom Kitchin

Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Romantic drama. An ambitious middle-class woman is marooned on the Isle of Mull en route to her wedding, and falls in love with the Laird of Kiloran. Show more

Contributors

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two HD

The search for Britain's best team of pastry chefs. The final three teams must present a fine-dining dessert banquet with enough desserts to feed 100 guests. Who will triumph? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Kerridge
Executive Producer:
Richard Bowron
Executive Producer:
Richard McKerrow
Executive Producer:
Anna Beattie
Series Producer:
Tara Jang
Production Company:
Love Productions

Dad's Army

Series 6

Episode 2: My British Buddy

Duration: 31 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Classic wartime sitcom. As the first contingent of American soldiers arrives in Walmington-on-Sea, Captain Mainwaring and his troops prepare to welcome them.

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Private Walker:
James Beck
Ivy Bandways:
Suzanne Kerchiss
Landlord:
Verne Morgan
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
US Sergeant:
Blain Fairman
Chief Warden Hodges:
Bill Pertwee
Mrs Pike:
Janet Davies
Mr Cheeseman:
Talfryn Thomas
Colonel Shultz:
Alan Tilvern
GHQ Colonel:
Robert Raglan
Producer:
David Croft

The Hollow Crown

The Wars of the Roses

Episode 3: Richard III

Duration: 2 hours, 8 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 2 months

Screen adaptations of Shakespeare plays. In his quest for the crown, Richard plans the murder of his brother George. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Dominic Cooke
Adaptor:
Ben Power
Buckingham:
Ben Daniels
Cecily:
Judi Dench
Hastings:
James Fleet
Queen Elizabeth:
Keeley Hawes
Henry VI:
Tom Sturridge
Murderer II:
Josef Altin
Prince Richard:
Isaac Andrews
Catesby:
Paul Bazely
Murderer I:
Geoff Bell
Mayor of London:
Robert Bowman
Bishop of Ely:
Alan David
Ratcliffe:
Keith Dunphy
George Stanley:
Simon Ginty
Princess Elizabeth:
Madison Lygo
Brackenbury:
John MacKay
Prince Edward:
Caspar Morley
Messenger:
Jude Owusu
Lady-in-Waiting:
Penny Ryder
Torch Bearer:
Sid Sagar
Rivers:
Al Weaver
Production Company:
Neal Street Productions

Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Romance about an ill-fated jingle writer who travels to London for his daughter's wedding, where he finds a kindred spirit in an airport worker. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 41 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Drama in which a Moscow housewife and former nurse must take desperate measures to save an inheritance and solve all her family's money worries. Show more

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BBC Two HD

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