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Duration: 2 hours, 17 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Period piece set in the early 1930s with an all-star cast. A weekend shooting party at a country mansion turns into a murder mystery when the host is found dead. Show more

Contributors

Constance Trentham:
Maggie Smith
William McCordle:
Michael Gambon
Sylvia McCordle:
Kristin Scott Thomas
Lord Raymond Stockbridge:
Charles Dance
Ivor Novello:
Jeremy Northam
Morris Weissman:
Bob Balaban
Henry Denton:
Ryan Phillippe
Inspector Thompson:
Stephen Fry
Mary Maceachran:
Kelly Macdonald
Robert Parks:
Clive Owen
Mrs Wilson:
Helen Mirren
Mrs Croft:
Eileen Atkins
Jennings:
Alan Bates
Probert:
Derek Jacobi
Director:
Robert Altman
Isobel McCordle:
Camilla Rutherford
Louisa Stockbridge:
Geraldine Somerville
Anthony Meredith:
Tom Hollander
Lavinia Meredith:
Natasha Wightman
Freddie Nesbitt:
James Wilby
Mabel Nesbitt:
Claudie Blakley
Rupert Standish:
Laurence Fox
Producer:
Robert Altman
Producer:
Bob Balaban
Producer:
David Levy

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Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 6 months

Inheriting a Paris apartment, Mathias 'Jim' Gold arrives to find the place comes with strings attached - tenant-for-life Mathilde Girard and her daughter. Comical, poignant drama. Show more

Contributors

Mathias Gold:
Kevin Kline
Mathilde Girard:
Maggie Smith
Monsieur Lefebvre:
Dominique Pinon
François Roy:
Stephane Freiss

Duration: 1 hour, 37 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Period drama. Two sisters (Judi Dench and Maggie Smith) befriend a man who they find washed up on the beach of their 1930s Cornish village. Directed by Charles Dance. Show more

Contributors

Ursula:
Judi Dench
Jan Pendered:
Freddie Jones
Luke Pendered:
Gregor Henderson-Begg
Dr Francis Mead:
David Warner
Adam Penruddocke:
Clive Russell
Olga Daniloff:
Natascha McElhone
Fisherman:
Ian Marshall
Hedley:
Toby Jones
Mrs Pendered:
Joanna Dickens
Director:
Charles Dance

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The Graham Norton Show

Series 18

Episode 6

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HD

Talk show. On Graham's sofa are Dame Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller. Justin Bieber performs his single What Do You Mean? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Graham Norton
Interviewed Guest:
Maggie Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Jennings
Interviewed Guest:
Bradley Cooper
Interviewed Guest:
Sienna Miller
Performer:
Justin Bieber
Series Producer:
Jon Magnusson
Director:
Steve Smith
Executive Producer:
Graham Stuart
Production Company:
So Television

Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

In a live anniversary event, a cast of 100, including Benedict Cumberbatch and Dame Helen Mirren, performs scenes from 50 years of National Theatre productions. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 51 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for 2 months

Agatha Christie's murder mystery. Detective Hercule Poirot sets out to discover the truth behind the death of a stage star at a resort hotel on an Adriatic island. Show more

Contributors

Hercule Poirot:
Peter Ustinov
Daphne Castle:
Maggie Smith
Christine Redfern:
Jane Birkin
Arlena Marshall:
Diana Rigg
Rex Brewster:
Roddy McDowall
Patrick Redfern:
Nicholas Clay
Myra Gardener:
Sylvia Miles
Odell Gardener:
James Mason
Sir Horace Blatt:
Colin Blakely
Kenneth Marshall:
Denis Quilley
Director:
Guy Hamilton

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Duration: 2 hours, 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Classic whodunnit. While on a Nile steamer, detective Hercule Poirot investigates the death of an heiress who had stolen her best friend's fiance and crossed other passengers. Show more

Contributors

Hercule Poirot:
Peter Ustinov
Louise Bourget:
Jane Birkin
Mrs Van Schuyler:
Bette Davis
Colonel Race:
David Niven
Jacqueline De Bellefort:
Mia Farrow
Mrs Salome Otterbourne:
Angela Lansbury
Miss Bowers:
Maggie Smith
Linnet Ridgeway:
Lois Chiles
Mr Ferguson:
Jon Finch
Rosalie Otterbourne:
Olivia Hussey
Manager of the Karnak:
IS Johar
Andrew Pennington:
George Kennedy
Dr Bessner:
Jack Warden
Barnstaple:
Harry Andrews
Rockford:
Sam Wanamaker
Composer:
Nino Rota
Director of photography:
Jack Cardiff

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Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

First part of the adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel. Starring a young Daniel Radcliffe.

Contributors

Clara Copperfield:
Emilia Fox
Betsey Trotwood:
Maggie Smith
Edward Murdstone:
Trevor Eve
Dan Peggotty:
Alun Armstrong
Jane Murdstone:
Zoe Wanamaker
Wilkins Micawber:
Bob Hoskins
Mr Creakle:
Ian McKellen
James Steerforth :
Harry Lloyd

David's idyllic childhood is brought to an end when his mother remarries and he is sent away to boarding school.

Contributors

Clara Copperfield:
Emilia Fox
Betsey Trotwood:
Maggie Smith
Young David:
Daniel Radcliffe
Murdstone:
Trevor Eve
Miss Murdstone:
Zoe Wanamaker
Creakle:
Ian McKellen
Micawber:
Bob Hoskins
Mrs. Micawber:
Imelda Staunton
Pawnbroker:
Paul Whitehouse
David Copperfield:
Ciaran McMenamin
Mrs. Crupp:
Dawn French
Dora Spenlow:
Joanna Page

Now a young man about town, David is deeply in love with Dora Spenlow, the daughter of his employer, and he is intent on wooing her.

Contributors

Clara Copperfield:
Emilia Fox
Betsey Trotwood:
Maggie Smith
Young David:
Daniel Radcliffe
Murdstone:
Trevor Eve
Miss Murdstone:
Zoe Wanamaker
Creakle:
Ian McKellen
Micawber:
Bob Hoskins
Mrs. Micawber:
Imelda Staunton
Pawnbroker:
Paul Whitehouse
David Copperfield:
Ciaran McMenamin
Mrs. Crupp:
Dawn French
Dora Spenlow:
Joanna Page

David works in London as a clerk and lives at Mrs Crupp's house, who has made a promise to treat him like her own son.

Contributors

Clara Copperfield:
Emilia Fox
Betsey Trotwood:
Maggie Smith
Young David:
Daniel Radcliffe
Murdstone:
Trevor Eve
Miss Murdstone:
Zoe Wanamaker
Creakle:
Ian McKellen
Micawber:
Bob Hoskins
Mrs. Micawber:
Imelda Staunton
Pawnbroker:
Paul Whitehouse
David Copperfield:
Ciaran McMenamin
Mrs. Crupp:
Dawn French
Dora Spenlow:
Joanna Page

David discovers that the evil Uriah Heep is to become a partner in Agnes' father's business - and the stage is set for a bitter battle.

Contributors

Clara Copperfield:
Emilia Fox
Betsey Trotwood:
Maggie Smith
Young David:
Daniel Radcliffe
Murdstone:
Trevor Eve
Miss Murdstone:
Zoe Wanamaker
Creakle:
Ian McKellen
Micawber:
Bob Hoskins
Mrs. Micawber:
Imelda Staunton
Pawnbroker:
Paul Whitehouse
David Copperfield:
Ciaran McMenamin
Mrs. Crupp:
Dawn French
Dora Spenlow:
Joanna Page

Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 13 days

Ensemble comedy drama. An opera star arrives at a performers' retirement home amidst fraught preparations for a fundraising concert. Her presence adds to the tension. Show more

Contributors

Jean Horton:
Maggie Smith
Reggie Paget:
Tom Courtenay
Wilf Bond:
Billy Connolly
Cissy Robson:
Pauline Collins
Cedric Livingston:
Michael Gambon
Dr Lucy Cogan:
Sheridan Smith
Bobby Swanson:
Andrew Sachs
Anne Langley:
Gwyneth Jones
Frank White:
Michael Byrne

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Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 20 days

The true story of Miss Shepherd, an eccentric woman of uncertain origins, who 'temporarily' parked her broken-down van in writer Alan Bennett's London driveway for 15 years. Show more

Contributors

Miss Shepherd:
Maggie Smith
Alan Bennett:
Alex Jennings
Underwood:
Jim Broadbent
Ursula Vaughan Williams:
Frances de la Tour
Miss Briscoe:
Cecilia Noble
Mr Fairchild:
David Calder
Giles Perry:
Nicholas Burns
Lady Wiggin:
Selina Cadell
Theatre Actor:
Dominic Cooper
Market Trader:
James Corden
Man with Earring:
Russell Tovey
Man in Confessional:
Clive Merrison

Talking Heads

Series 1

Episode 3: Bed Among the Lentils

Duration: 48 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 10 months

Alan Bennett-penned monologue in which Maggie Smith plays the vicar's wife who finds a vision of God at the local off-licence.

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Duration: 1 hour, 51 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

In the time of legends, Perseus - mortal son of immortal Zeus - must face terrifying ordeals in his quest to win the heart and hand of fair Andromeda. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Powerful drama, based on the novel by Penelope Mortimer, about a mother who suffers a nervous breakdown after learning of her third husband's infidelity. Starring Anne Bancroft. Show more

Contributors

Jo Armitage:
Anne Bancroft
Director:
Jack Clayton
Jake Armitage:
Peter Finch
Bob Conway:
James Mason
Jo's Father:
Cedric Hardwicke
Jo's Mother:
Rosalind Atkinson
Psychiatrist:
Eric Porter
Beth Conway:
Janine Gray
Philpott:
Maggie Smith
Woman in Hair Salon:
Yootha Joyce

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Duration: 1 hour, 16 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

A chance to hang out with Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Joan Plowright and enjoy sparkling conversation spliced with a raft of astonishing archive. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Eileen Atkins
Interviewed Guest:
Judi Dench
Interviewed Guest:
Maggie Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Joan Plowright
Director:
Roger Michell
Producer:
Sally Angel

Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Italian lad Luca, part-raised by English ladies living in Florence in 1935, re-enters their lives just as the encroaching war sees them forcibly relocated. Show more