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Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Comic drama set in a New York house for aspiring actresses, where sparks fly as various tenants vie for a professional break. Show more

Contributors

Terry Randall:
Katharine Hepburn
Gene Maitland:
Ginger Rogers
Tony Powell:
Adolphe Menjou
Linda Shaw:
Gail Patrick
Anne Luther:
Constance Collier
Judy Canfield:
Lucille Ball

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 32 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Comedy about a well-intentioned junior professor who hopes to impress the new university chancellor, but only succeeds in messing up everything he touches. Show more

Contributors

Jim Dixon:
Ian Carmichael
Bertrand Welch:
Terry-Thomas
Professor Welch:
Hugh Griffith
Christine Callaghan:
Sharon Acker
Mrs Welch:
Jean Anderson
Margaret Peel:
Maureen Connell
Sir Hector Gore-Urquhart:
Clive Morton
The Principal:
John Welsh
University Porter:
Reginald Beckwith
Cyril Johns:
Kenneth Griffith
Bill Atkinson:
Jeremy Hawk
Roberts:
John Cairney
Director:
John Boulting
Director:
Roy Boulting
Producer:
Roy Boulting

Coast

Series 4 (Shortened Versions)

Episode 13: Rosyth to Sunderland

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two HD

The team travel down the north east coast. Miranda Krestovnikoff manages to get out to Bass Rock and Neil Oliver investigates a legend in Cullercoats. Show more

Britain's Secret Seas

Episode 3: The Power of the East

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Documentary series exploring the seas surrounding Great Britain. The team sets out to investigate the waters off the eastern coastline of Britain. Show more

Homes Under the Hammer

Series 19

Episode 24

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Property renovation series. A grand five-bedroom period house in Folkestone, a two-bedroom flat in Leytonstone and a two-bedroom mid-terrace in Fenton go under the hammer. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 13 days

Adaptation of Oscar Wilde's comedy of manners. An MP's idyllic marriage is threatened by a blackmail plot. Show more

Contributors

Lady Gertrude Chiltern:
Cate Blanchett
Mabel Chiltern:
Minnie Driver
Lord Arthur Goring:
Rupert Everett
Mrs Laura Cheveley:
Julianne Moore
Sir Robert Chiltern:
Jeremy Northam
Earl of Caversham:
John Wood
Lady Markby:
Lindsay Duncan
Baron Arnheim:
Jeroen Krabbe
Tommy Trafford:
Ben Pullen
Vicomte de Nanjac:
Nickolas Grace
Miss Danvers:
Anna Patrick
Miss Prism:
Janet Henfrey
Brackpool:
Douglas Bradley
Young Mother:
Susannah Wise
Sir Hugo Danforth:
Oliver Ford Davies
Producer:
Bruce Davey
Director:
Oliver Parker

Genres

Formats

Escape to the Country

Series 15

Episode 48: North Yorkshire

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Property series. Jonnie Irwin is property shopping with a couple of university sweethearts buying their first home together in the countryside. Show more

Only Connect

Series 12

Episode 30: Beekeepers v Oscar Men

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Two losing teams return for a last chance to make it to the quarter-finals. Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Jenny Hawker
Director:
Siân G Lloyd
Production Company:
RDF Television
Production Company:
Parasol Media

Nature's Weirdest Events

Series 5 (45-Minute Versions)

Episode 5

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Chris Packham delves into the world of weird. In this episode, Chris Packham uncovers nature's super survivors. Show more

Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands

Series 4

Episode 1: From Berneray to Pabbay: The Riddle of the Sands

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Paul Murton experiences island life. Here, he explores a cluster of islands in the Outer Hebrides. Show more

Duration: 2 hours

on BBC Two HD

First World War drama. In 1914, Vera Brittain decides to study at Oxford University. She falls in love with her brother's friend, but then war is declared. Show more

Contributors

Vera Brittain:
Alicia Vikander
Edward Brittain:
Taron Egerton
Mr Brittain:
Dominic West
Roland Leighton:
Kit Harington
Victor Richardson:
Colin Morgan
Mrs Brittain:
Emily Watson
Miss Lorimer:
Miranda Richardson
Mrs Leighton:
Anna Chancellor
Geoffrey Thurlow:
Jonathan Bailey
Aunt Belle:
Joanna Scanlan
Exam Candidate:
Rachel Redford
Headmaster:
Nicholas Farrell
Clare Leighton:
Daisy Waterstone
Passenger:
Teresa Churcher
Director:
James Kent

Duration: 1 hour, 48 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Drama. The mysterious Katie moves to a quiet village in North Carolina, where she is slowly letting love back into her life. But then the secrets from her past come to the surface. Show more

Duration: 2 hours, 16 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Drama set in the months leading up to the First World War, when the residents of an idyllic, morally upright German village are shocked by a series of mysterious and vicious acts. Show more

Contributors

The Schoolteacher:
Christian Friedel
The Schoolteacher as an Old Man:
Ernst Jacobi
The Baron:
Ulrich Tukur
The Baroness:
Ursina Lardi
The Tutor:
Michael Kranz
The Pastor's Wife:
Steffi Kuhnert
The Doctor:
Rainer Bock
The Baron:
Ulrich Tukur
The Midwife:
Susanne Lothar
The Steward:
Josef Bierbichler
Producer:
Michael Katz
Producer:
Stefan Arndt

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