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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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The Tudors

Series 2

Episode 5

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Imprisoned Sir Thomas More refuses to relent to the King's religious rulings, much to Henry's anger. A miscarriage gives Anne cause to fear she could also lose her crown. Show more

Contributors

Anne Boleyn:
Natalie Dormer
Sir Thomas More:
Jeremy Northam
Thomas Cromwell:
James Frain
Pope Paul III:
Peter O'Toole
Charles Brandon:
Henry Cavill
Thomas Boleyn:
Nick Dunning
Bishop Fisher:
Bosco Hogan
Richard Rich:
Rod Hallett
George Boleyn:
Padraic Delaney
Mary Boleyn:
Perdita Weeks
Margaret More:
Gemma Reeves
Thomas Cranmer:
Hans Matheson

Duration: 2 hours, 2 minutes

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

Drama directed by Stephen Poliakoff. With Britain on the brink of war, the idyllic life of a young girl (Romola Garai) is destabilized when uncovers a secret. Show more

Contributors

Anne Keyes:
Romola Garai
Ralph Keyes:
Eddie Redmayne
Sir Alexander Keyes:
Bill Nighy
Celia Keyes:
Juno Temple
Hector Haldane MP:
David Tennant
Maud Keyes:
Jenny Agutter
Aunt Elizabeth:
Julie Christie
Lawrence:
Charlie Cox
Walter Page:
Christopher Lee
Young Walter:
Sam Kubrick-Finney

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland

Comedy in which two escaped prisoners steal a camper van and have to masquerade as the van's owners - two beauty pageant producers heading for an annual event in Happy, Texas. Show more

Contributors

Sheriff Chappy Dent:
William H Macy
Harry Sawyer, aka Steven 'Steve':
Jeremy Northam
Wayne Wayne Wayne Jr., aka David:
Steve Zahn
Doreen Schaefer:
Illeana Douglas
The Jugde:
Paul Dooley
Marshal Nalhober:
Ron Perlman
Mrs. Bromley:
Mo Gaffney

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White Heat

Episode 4: The Personal Is Political

Duration: 59 minutes

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

Drama. In 1979, the seven flatmates celebrate Alan and Lilly's wedding. Jay decides to tell his parents he is gay. Jack vows to join mainstream politics. Show more

Contributors

Policeman:
Peter Ashdown
Referee:
John Biggins
Estate Agent:
Dominic Coleman
Alan (Present day):
Paul Copley
Lilly (Present day):
Lindsay Duncan
Charlotte:
Claire Foy
Party Member 3:
Dominic Kemp
Skinhead 1:
Tomi May
Party Member 2:
Tim Parker
Victor (Present day):
Hugh Quarshie
Party Member 1:
Veronica Roberts
Man on heath:
Oliver Senton
Skinhead 2:
Joe Sims
Charlotte (Present day):
Juliet Stevenson
Producer:
Elinor Day

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White Heat

Episode 5: The Eye of the Needle

Duration: 59 minutes

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

Drama. In 2012 five of the former flatmates wait for the sixth to arrive. In 1982, Jay and Orla ask for help in dealing with Jack's heroin addiction. Show more

Contributors

Alan (Present day):
Paul Copley
Lilly (Present day):
Lindsay Duncan
Charlotte:
Claire Foy
Victor (Present day):
Hugh Quarshie
Charlotte (Present day):
Juliet Stevenson
Saaghor:
Abhin Galeya
Granger:
Adam Leese
Jay (Present day):
Ramon Tikaram
Producer:
Elinor Day

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White Heat

Episode 6: The Sea of Trees

Duration: 59 minutes

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

Drama. It is 1990 and the flat is for sale; Orla organises one last reunion for the flatmates. Back in the present, the last surviving flatmate arrives. Show more

Contributors

Alan (Present day):
Paul Copley
Lilly (Present day):
Lindsay Duncan
Charlotte:
Claire Foy
Jack (Present day):
Michael Kitchen
Victor (Present day):
Hugh Quarshie
Charlotte (Present day):
Juliet Stevenson
Jay (Present day):
Ramon Tikaram
Orla (Present day):
Sorcha Cusack
Producer:
Elinor Day

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Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Musical fantasy. Plagued by paranoia and confined to a hospital bed, a cynical crime novelist imagines himself amongst murderers and molls. Robert Downey Jr stars. Show more

Contributors

Nicola/Nina/Blonde:
Robin Wright
Dr Gibbon:
Mel Gibson
Mark Binney:
Jeremy Northam
Nurse Mills:
Katie Holmes
First Hood:
Adrien Brody
Second Hood:
Jon Polito
Betty Dark/Hooker:
Carla Gugino
Skin Specialist:
Saul Rubinek
Chief of Staff:
Alfre Woodard
Director:
Keith Gordon

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One SouthLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales HD

Sci-fi thriller. Scientist Susan Tyler (Mira Sorvino) learns that the genetic-engineering solution she devised to save New York City from a disease has come back to haunt her. Show more

Duration: 2 hours, 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One SouthLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Epic historical drama which follows a legal battle over a shipload of slaves who overpowered their captors at sea and landed on the shores of America. Morgan Freeman stars. Show more

Contributors

Theodore Joadson:
Morgan Freeman
John Quincy Adams:
Anthony Hopkins
Clinque (Sengbe):
Djimon Hounsou
Roger S Baldwin:
Matthew McConaughey
Martin Van Buren:
Nigel Hawthorne
Lewis Tappan:
Stellan Skarsgard
US Secretary of State:
David Paymer
Queen Isabella:
Anna Paquin
Ensign Covey:
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Lieutenant Gedney:
Ralph Brown
Captain Fitzgerald:
Peter Firth
Judge Coglin:
Jeremy Northam
John C Calhoun:
Arliss Howard
Producer:
Colin Wilson
Composer:
John Williams
Director of photography:
Janusz Kaminski

Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One North WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Thriller about a French Nazi collaborator who was involved in the Holocaust and is now living a quiet life in southern France when a new investigation is launched. Show more

Contributors

Pierre Brossard:
Michael Caine
Annemarie Livi:
Tilda Swinton
Colonel Roux:
Jeremy Northam
Armand Bertier:
Alan Bates
Old Man:
John Neville
Commissaire Vionnet:
Frank Finlay
David Manenbaum:
Matt Craven
Inspector Cholet:
Peter Wight
Cardinal of Lyon:
Malcolm Sinclair
Father Patrice:
Colin Salmon
Dom Andre:
David de Keyser
Dom Olivier:
James Greene

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Duration: 1 hour, 39 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Period drama about a young naval cadet accused of stealing a five-shilling postal order, and his father, who risks fortune, health and domestic peace to seek justice. Show more

Contributors

Arthur Winslow:
Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Robert 'Bobby' Morton:
Jeremy Northam
Catherine 'Kate' Winslow:
Rebecca Pidgeon
Grace Winslow:
Gemma Jones
Dickie Winslow:
Matthew Pidgeon
Undermaid:
Lana Bilzerian
John Watherstone:
Aden Gillett
Ronald Arthur 'Ronnie' Winslow:
Guy Edwards
Director:
David Mamet
Producer:
Sarah Green
Producer:
Sally French

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Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

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

Romantic drama about two academics attempting to hold onto the discovery that a Victorian writer's romantic poems were penned for his lover, not his wife. Gwyneth Paltrow stars. Show more

Contributors

Maud Bailey:
Gwyneth Paltrow
Roland Michell:
Aaron Eckhart
Randolph Henry Ash:
Jeremy Northam
Christabel LaMotte:
Jennifer Ehle
Blanche Glover:
Lena Headey
Ellen Ash:
Holly Aird
Fergus Wolfe:
Toby Stephens
Cropper:
Trevor Eve
Blackadder:
Tom Hickey
Lady Bailey:
Anna Massey
Sir George:
Graham Crowden
Director:
Neil LaBute

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Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

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

Paul Bettany portrays Charles Darwin during his great misgivings on completing his masterwork on evolution which contravened his wife's beliefs and would cause religious turmoil. Show more

Contributors

Charles Darwin:
Paul Bettany
Emma Darwin:
Jennifer Connelly
Reverend Innes:
Jeremy Northam
Thomas Huxley:
Toby Jones
Joseph Hooker:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Parslow:
Jim Carter
Dr Gully:
Bill Paterson
Annie Darwin:
Martha West
Technician:
Guy Henry
Nanny Brodie:
Ellie Haddington
Dr Holland:
Robert Glenister
Director:
Jon Amiel
Writer:
Jon Amiel

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

In 1914, the mathematical claims of a Hindu clerk in Madras bring him to Trinity College, Cambridge. Show more

Contributors

Srinivasa Ramanujan:
Dev Patel
G.H. Hardy:
Jeremy Irons
Littlewood:
Toby Jones
Sir Francis Spring:
Stephen Fry
Bertrand Russell:
Jeremy Northam
Major MacMahon:
Kevin McNally
Komalatammal:
Arundathi Nag
Director:
Matthew Brown

Duration: 1 hour, 52 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Second World War thriller in which a Bletchley Park codebreaker (Dougray Scott) frantically races against time to crack the Germans' new code. Show more

Contributors

Tom Jericho:
Dougray Scott
Hester Wallace:
Kate Winslet
Claire Romilly:
Saffron Burrows
Jozef 'Puck' Pukowski:
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Director:
Michael Apted
Producer:
Mick Jagger

Duration: 1 hour, 33 minutes

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

Period comedy drama starring Peter O'Toole. In Edwardian England, a lonely son attempts to find common ground with his distant father through a surreal exploration of spiritualism. Show more

Contributors

Horatio Fisk:
Peter O'Toole
Young Fisk:
Jeremy Northam
Dean Spanley:
Sam Neill
Wrather:
Bryan Brown
Mrs Brimley:
Judy Parfitt
Swami Nala Prash:
Art Malik
Nawab of Ranjiput:
Ramon Tikaram
Harrington Fisk:
Xavier Horan
Shepherd:
Bruce Hopkins
Director:
Toa Fraser
Writer:
Alan Sharp

Duration: 1 hour, 54 minutes

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

Adaptation of the Jane Austen classic about a privileged young woman's misguided attempts at matchmaking. Show more

Contributors

Emma Woodhouse:
Gwyneth Paltrow
Mr Knightley:
Jeremy Northam
Frank Churchill:
Ewan McGregor
Harriet Smith:
Toni Collette
Rev Elton:
Alan Cumming
Mrs Weston:
Greta Scacchi
Jane Fairfax:
Polly Walker
Miss Bates:
Sophie Thompson
Mrs Bates:
Phyllida Law
Mr Weston:
James Cosmo
Mr Woodhouse:
Denys Hawthorne
Producer:
Steven Haft

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

One-off drama. A woman fights to hold her family together after her husband is accused of downloading images of child sexual abuse from the internet. Show more

The Tudors

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

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

Historical drama series. After French treachery, Henry VIII prepares for war while Cardinal Wolsey conspires for peace. However, affairs closer to home pose threats to the king. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Steve Shill
Cardinal Wolsey:
Sam Neill
Sir Thomas More:
Jeremy Northam
Queen Catherine:
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Lady Blount:
Ruta Gedmintas
Charles Brandon:
Henry Cavill
Thomas Boleyn:
Nick Dunning
Norfolk:
Henry Czerny
Anthony Knivert:
Callum Blue
Anne Boleyn:
Natalie Dormer
Thomas Tallis:
Joe Van Moyland
Ambassador Chapuys:
Anthony Brophy
Mark Smeaton:
David Alpay
George Boleyn:
Padraic Delaney
Thomas Wyatt:
Jamie Thomas King
Richard Pace:
Matt Ryan
Mary Boleyn:
Perdita Weeks
Anna Buckingham:
Anna Brewster