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Duration: 2 hours, 18 minutes

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

A German intelligence officer attempts to identify the man responsible for two brutal murders in Nazi-occupied Warsaw and Paris - the evidence points to one of three Nazi generals. Show more

Contributors

General Tanz:
Peter O'Toole
Major Grau:
Omar Sharif
Corporal Hartman:
Tom Courtenay
General Kahlenberge:
Donald Pleasence
Inspector Morand:
Philippe Noiret
General von Seidlitz-Gabler:
Charles Gray
Eleanor von Seidlitz-Gabler:
Coral Browne
Colonel Sandauer:
John Gregson
Field Marshal Rommel:
Christopher Plummer
Producer:
Sam Spiegel
Writer:
Paul Dehn

Duration: 1 hour, 58 minutes

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

Family adventure starring Nicolas Cage as a historian who attempts to steal the Declaration of Independence in order to find a hidden treasure and protect his family name. Show more

Contributors

Benjamin Franklin Gates:
Nicolas Cage
Agent Sadusky:
Harvey Keitel
Patrick Henry Gates:
Jon Voight
Dr Abigail Chase:
Diane Kruger
Riley Poole:
Justin Bartha
Ian Howe:
Sean Bean
John Adams Gates:
Christopher Plummer
Agent Johnson:
Mark Pellegrino
Agent Dawes:
Annie Parisse
Writer:
Jim Kouf
Producer:
Oren Aviv
Director of photography:
Caleb Deschanel
Composer:
Trevor Rabin

Duration: 2 hours, 50 minutes

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

Available for years

1964 production of Shakespeare's famous play. Filmed in Elsinore, Denmark.

Contributors

Claudius, King of Denmark:
Robert Shaw
Polonius:
Alec Clunes
Gertrude, Queen of Denmark:
June Tobin
Gravedigger:
Roy Kinnear
Producer:
Peter Luke

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Cold War spy yarn in which an Australian detective sent to London to arrest a top diplomat finds himself acting as a bodyguard instead. Starring Rod Taylor and Christopher Plummer. Show more

Contributors

Scobie Malone:
Rod Taylor
Sir James Quentin:
Christopher Plummer
Sheila Quentin:
Lilli Palmer
Lisa Pretorius:
Camilla Sparv
Maria Cholon:
Daliah Lavi
Ambassador Townsend:
Franchot Tone
Pham Chimh:
Burt Kwouk
Flannery:
Leo McKern
Director:
Ralph Thomas
Producer:
Betty E Box

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Duration: 1 hour, 54 minutes

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

Tense thriller. When the Tilson family move from the city to a run-down, huge house in the country, they start to fear it may be haunted. Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone star. Show more

Contributors

Cooper Tilson:
Dennis Quaid
Leah Tilson:
Sharon Stone
Dale Massie:
Stephen Dorff
Kristen Tilson:
Kristen Stewart
Jesse Tilson:
Ryan Wilson
Sheriff Ferguson:
Dana Eskelson
Ray Pinski:
Simon Reynolds
Ellen Pinski:
Kathleen Duborg
Stephanie Pinski:
Paula Brancati
Skip Linton:
Aidan Devine
Director:
Mike Figgis
Producer:
Mike Figgis
Producer:
Annie Stewart

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Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Fantasy romance about a relationship that forms between an architect and a doctor who swap love letters via a time-defying mailbox. Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves star. Show more

Contributors

Alex Wyler:
Keanu Reeves
Kate Forster:
Sandra Bullock
Henry Wyler:
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Kate's Mother:
Willeke Van Ammelrooy
Anna Klyczynski:
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Cove Patron:
Frank Caeti
Girl Patient:
Aliyah Carr
Producer:
Doug Davison
Producer:
Roy Lee
Writer:
Jin-Na Yeo

Duration: 2 hours, 5 minutes

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

Adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel starring Charlie Hunnam. Nicholas Nickleby and his family enjoy a comfortable life, until his father dies and the family is left penniless. Show more

Contributors

Nicholas Nickleby:
Charlie Hunnam
Wackford Squeers:
Jim Broadbent
Kate Nickleby:
Romola Garai
Newman Noggs:
Tom Courtenay
Ralph Nickleby:
Christopher Plummer
Madeline Bray:
Anne Hathaway
Mrs Squeers:
Juliet Stevenson
Sir Mulberry Hawk:
Edward Fox
Vincent Crummles:
Nathan Lane
Mrs Crummles / Mr Leadville:
Barry Humphries
Mr Folair:
Alan Cumming
Charles Cheeryble:
Timothy Spall

Duration: 2 hours, 4 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ThreeLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Sombre time-travel thriller in which a convict from 2035 is sent back in time to find the cause of a virus which has wiped out most of the planet's population. Show more

Contributors

James Cole:
Bruce Willis
Kathryn Railly:
Madeleine Stowe
Jeffrey Goines:
Brad Pitt
Dr Peters:
David Morse
Lieutenant Halperin:
Christopher Meloni
Dr Fletcher:
Frank Gorshin
Geologist:
Bob Adrian
Zoologist:
Simon Jones
Astrophysicist / Jones:
Carol Florence
Evangelist:
Thomas Roy
Young Cole:
Joseph Melito
Director:
Terry Gilliam
Producer:
Charles Roven
Director of photography:
Roger Pratt

Duration: 2 hours, 3 minutes

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

Colourful, historical epic in which two British soldiers (Sean Connery and Michael Caine) in colonial India venture to uncharted realms in search of wealth and power. Show more

Contributors

Director:
John Huston
Daniel Dravot:
Sean Connery
Peachy Carnehan:
Michael Caine
Rudyard Kipling:
Christopher Plummer
Billy Fish:
Saeed Jaffrey
District Commissioner:
Jack May

Duration: 1 hour, 51 minutes

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

Equestrian sequel to the 1944 classic National Velvet, telling the story of a young horsewoman's bid to leave the shadows of her famous aunt and gain Olympic glory. Show more

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Duration: 2 hours

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

World War II spy adventure based on the life of double agent Eddie Chapman. When the Germans invade Jersey, Chapman offers to spy for them but secretly reports to the British. Show more

Contributors

Eddie Chapman:
Christopher Plummer
Baron von Grunen:
Yul Brynner
Col Steinhager:
Gert Frobe
Freddie Young:
Trevor Howard
Lt Keller:
Harry Meyen
Cmdr Braid:
Jess Hahn
Sergeant Thomas:
Jean Claudio
Major Von Leeb:
Jean-Claude Bercq
Director:
Terence Young
Writer:
Rene Hardy

Front Row

Christopher Plummer, Saudi Arts, Helen Dunmore

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Christopher Plummer on stepping in for Kevin Spacey in All the Money in the World and Helen Dunmore's posthumous collection Inside the Wave wins the Costa Poetry Award 2017. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Plummer
Interviewed Guest:
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Interviewed Guest:
Hanan Razek
Interviewed Guest:
Louise Doughty
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Sarah Johnson

Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Adaptation of the classic horror, starring Christopher Plummer. The Count escapes to modern-day New Orleans, hoping to wreak revenge on the daughter of his long-time nemesis. Show more

Contributors

Abraham/Matthew Van Helsing:
Christopher Plummer
Dracula/Judas Iscariot:
Gerard Butler
Simon Sheppard:
Jonny Lee Miller
Mary Heller/Van Helsing:
Justine Waddell
Marcus:
Omar Epps
Lucy Westerman:
Colleen Fitzpatrick
Valerie:
Jeri Ryan
Nightshade:
Danny Masterson

Duration: 1 hour, 43 minutes

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

Biographical drama, starring Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren, telling the tale of Leo Tolstoy as his wife fights for both his love and his money. Show more

Contributors

Sofya Tolstoy:
Helen Mirren
Valentin Bulgakov:
James McAvoy
Vladimir Chertkov:
Paul Giamatti
Sergeyenko:
Patrick Kennedy
Sasha Tolstoy:
Anne-Marie Duff

Duration: 2 hours, 54 minutes

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

Available for 11 months

Classic film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical in which a novice nun (Julie Andrews) leaves her convent to accept a position as governess to a large family. Show more

Contributors

Captain von Trapp:
Christopher Plummer
The Baroness:
Eleanor Parker
Max Detweiler:
Richard Haydn
Mother Abbess:
Peggy Wood
Sister Margaretta:
Anna Lee
Sister Berthe:
Portia Nelson
Frau Schmidt:
Norma Varden
Director:
Robert Wise
Producer:
Robert Wise

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Duration: 2 hours, 9 minutes

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

Epic historical drama recreating Napoleon's final defeat at the hands of the Duke of Wellington and his allied forces in Belgium. Starring Rod Steiger and Christopher Plummer. Show more

Contributors

Napoleon Bonaparte:
Rod Steiger
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington:
Christopher Plummer
King Louis XVIII:
Orson Welles
General Sir Thomas Picton:
Jack Hawkins
Duchess of Richmond:
Virginia McKenna
Marshal Michel Ney:
Dan O'Herlihy
Lord Gordon:
Rupert Davies
Le Bedoyere:
Philippe Forquet
General Drouot:
Gianni Garko
Marshal Soult:
Ivo Garrani
William De Lancey:
Ian Ogilvy
Sir William Ponsonby:
Michael Wilding
Lord Uxbridge:
Terence Alexander
Muffling:
John Savident
Writer:
HAL Craig

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

A small-town actress (Susan Strasberg) comes to New York to try her luck on Broadway and develops a crush on a Broadway producer (Henry Fonda). Show more

Contributors

Lewis Easton:
Henry Fonda
Eva Lovelace:
Susan Strasberg
Robert Hedges:
Herbert Marshall
Rita Vernon:
Joan Greenwood
Joe Sheridan:
Christopher Plummer
Constantine:
Daniel Ocko
Elizabeth:
Sally Gracie
Director:
Sidney Lumet
Producer:
Stuart Millar
Writer:
Ruth Goetz

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Duration: 2 hours, 52 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

Historical epic starring Alec Guinness and Sophia Loren. After Marcus Aurelius is poisoned, his cruel son Commodus becomes emperor and quickly reveals a tyrannical streak. Show more

Contributors

Marcus Aurelius:
Alec Guinness
Lucilla:
Sophia Loren
Timonides:
James Mason
Ballomar:
John Ireland
Cleander:
Mel Ferrer
King of the Armenians:
Omar Sharif
Julianus:
Eric Porter
Director:
Anthony Mann