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Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Satirical comedy in which a father looks back on the events leading up to his daughter's wedding, from the early stages of meeting his prospective son-in-law to the big day itself. Show more

Contributors

Stanley T Banks:
Spencer Tracy
Ellie Banks:
Joan Bennett
Buckley Dunstan:
Don Taylor
Doris Dunston:
Billie Burke
Herbert Dunstan:
Moroni Olsen
Mr Massoula:
Leo G Carroll
Mr Tringle:
Melville Cooper
Reverend Galsworthy:
Paul Harvey

Genres

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Disney comedy. A recently widowed mother is forced to leave the expensive house she can no longer afford and take her children to live in a ramshackle country home. Show more

Contributors

Nancy Carey:
Hayley Mills
Osh Popham:
Burl Ives
Margaret Carey:
Dorothy McGuire
Cousin Julia:
Deborah Walley
Mrs Popham:
Una Merkel
Gilly Carey:
Eddie Hodges
Peter Carey:
Jimmy Mathers
Digby Popham:
Michael J Pollard
Thomas Hamilton:
Peter Brown
Lallie Joy Popham:
Wendy Turner
Director:
James Neilson
Producer:
Walt Disney

Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam

Episode 6: Steam and the Modern Age

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

Fred Dibnah looks at the advances made with the invention of the steam turbine, still used to generate electricity in coal-fired and nuclear power stations. Show more

British Isles: A Natural History

Episode 7: Modern Times

Duration: 48 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse and extreme. Alan looks at the last hundred years of change to our countryside. Show more

Food & Drink

Series 3

Episode 8: Little Luxuries

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

Tom Kerridge and Daniel Clifford are in a head-to-head challenge to produce their take on a luxury dish, and Arabella Weir makes an upmarket chocolate treat. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Kerridge
Participant:
Daniel Clifford
Series Producer:
Hannah Corneck
Executive Producer:
Robi Dutta

A Taste of Britain

Series 1 - 30 Minute Versions

Episode 3: West Yorkshire

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Food programme exploring specialities from around Britain. Brian Turner and Janet Street-Porter are on Brian's home turf in West Yorkshire. Show more

Talking Pictures

On the Waterfront

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 8 months

An examination of On the Waterfront, revealing how behind its success lies a story of betrayal and resentment, born from America's anti-communist fervour of the 1950s. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 43 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Oscar-winning drama. A one-time boxing hopeful learns about responsibility through his love for the sister of a murdered docker. Music by Leonard Bernstein.

Contributors

Terry Malloy:
Marlon Brando
Edie Doyle:
Eva Marie Saint
Father Barry:
Karl Malden
Johnny Friendly:
Lee J Cobb
Charley Malloy:
Rod Steiger
Kayo Dugan:
Pat Henning
'Pop' Doyle:
John Hamilton
Moose:
Rudy Bond
Director:
Elia Kazan
Producer:
Sam Spiegel
Director of photography:
Boris Kaufman

Genres

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 51 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

A boy is drawn into being messenger between an aristocratic woman who persuades him to act as a go-between in her affair with a farmer. Starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates. Show more

Contributors

Marian Maudsley:
Julie Christie
Ted Burgess:
Alan Bates
Young Leo Colston:
Dominic Guard
Mrs Maudsley:
Margaret Leighton
Mr Maudsley:
Michael Gough
Leo as an old man:
Michael Redgrave
Hugh Trimingham:
Edward Fox
Director:
Joseph Losey

Genres

Formats

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 6 months

Amateur sewers test their sewing and dressmaking skills. Claudia Winkleman takes the eight sewers back in time to the 1950s, when home sewing was at its height. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 32 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Thriller. A man released from a psychiatric hospital revisits his childhood and recalls unsettling events involving his father, mother and the woman who replaced her. Show more

Contributors

Dennis 'Spider' Cleg:
Ralph Fiennes
Yvonne/Mrs Cleg:
Miranda Richardson
Bill Cleg:
Gabriel Byrne
Young Dennis Cleg:
Bradley Hall
Mrs Wilkinson:
Lynn Redgrave
Terrence:
John Neville
Producer:
Samuel Hadida

Formats

BBC Two Northern Ireland

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