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Duration: 1 hour, 2 minutes

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

Melodrama. A young lumberjack falls in love with a showgirl working on a carnival boat that has stopped by, but his father does not approve of their romance. Show more

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Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

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

The much-loved fairy tale of Cinderella (Lesley Ann Warren), embellished with production numbers from the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. With Ginger Rogers and Celeste Holm. Show more

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Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

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

Lighthearted drama in which the marriage of a gold-digging Brooklyn showgirl to an Austrian baron proves dangerous when it is revealed that he is involved in Nazi activities. Show more

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Pat O'Toole:
Cary Grant
Kate O'Hara:
Ginger Rogers
Baron Von Luber:
Walter Slezak
Gaston Le Blanc:
Albert Dekker
General Borelski:
Albert Bassermann
German Capt. Von Kleinoch:
John Banner
Ed Cumberland:
Harry Shannon
Director:
Leo McCarey
Producer:
Leo McCarey

Duration: 1 hour, 43 minutes

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

Musical starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. A famous ballet dancer and a leading revue artist on a ship bound for New York find that the world believes them to be married. Show more

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Petrov/Peter P Peters:
Fred Astaire
Linda Keene:
Ginger Rogers
Jeffrey Baird:
Edward Everett Horton
Cecil Flintridge:
Eric Blore
Arthur Miller:
Jerome Cowan
Lady Denise Tarrington:
Ketti Gallian
Jim Montgomery:
William Brisbane
Mrs Fitzgerald:
Ann Shoemaker
Director:
Mark Sandrich
Writer:
PJ Wolfson

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Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: 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

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

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Duration: 29 minutes

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

Available for 6 months

Compilation of songs from the Great American Songbook sung by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their films. Includes songs written by the Gershwins and Irving Berlin. Show more

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Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes

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

Romantic comedy. In a Washington seething with politics and passion, Dolly Payne Madison (Ginger Rogers) occupies a central role.

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Dolly Payne:
Ginger Rogers
Senator Aaaron Burr:
David Niven
James Madison:
Burgess Meredith
John Todd:
Horace McNally
Mrs Payne:
Peggy Wood
Director:
Frank Borzage

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Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

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

When salesgirl Polly Parris (Ginger Rogers) finds a baby at the store where she works, everyone assumes she is the mother. Including the handsome playboy son of the owner.

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Polly Parris:
Ginger Rogers
David Merlin:
David Niven
JB Merlin:
Charles Coburn
Freddie Miller:
Frank Albertson
Butler:
E Clive
Mrs Weiss:
Ferike Boros
Investigator:
Ernest Truex
Jerome Weiss:
Leonard Penn
Hargraves:
Paul Stanton
Director:
Garson Kanin
Producer:
BG DeSylva

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Duration: 1 hour, 13 minutes

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

Drama. Teenage Virginia is so unhappy at her private finishing school for girls that she even contemplates suicide.

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Director:
Wanda Tuchock
Virginia Radcliff:
Frances Dee
Mrs. Helen Crawford Radcliff:
Billie Burke
Cecilia 'Pony' Ferris:
Ginger Rogers
Ralph McFarland - intern:
Bruce Cabot
Miss Van Alstyne:
Beulah Bondi
Mr. Frank S. Radcliff:
John Halliday
Miss Fisher:
Sara Haden
Dr. Hewitt:
Helen Freeman
Ruth Wallace:
Marjorie Lytell
Madeleine 'Maggy' Kelly:
Adalyn Doyle

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

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

Musical starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. When Vernon Castle, a vaudeville clown, meets Irene Foote, a dancing legend is born - but tragedy is waiting in the wings.

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Vernon Castle:
Fred Astaire
Irene Castle:
Ginger Rogers
Maggie Sutton:
Edna May Oliver
Lew Fields:
Lew Fields
Papa Aubel:
Etienne Girardot
Mrs Foote:
Janet Beecher
Director:
HC Potter
Producer:
George Haight

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

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

Comedy. A book shop assistant (Ginger Rogers) buys a sweepstake ticket with a handsome stranger on a whim after he wishes her good luck, and a madcap romance ensues. Show more

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Gene Newton:
Ginger Rogers
David Grant/Paul Somerset:
Ronald Colman
Freddie Harper:
Jack Carson
Mrs Sylvester:
Cecilia Loftus
Mr Sylvester:
Brandon Tynan
Nick #1:
Leon Belasco
Producer:
George Haight

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Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

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

Musical starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their first screen partnership. A pilot who flies a girl to Rio de Janeiro to see her father has competition for her affections. Show more

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Belina deRezende:
Dolores del Rio
Fred Ayres:
Fred Astaire
Honey Hale:
Ginger Rogers
Roger Bond:
Gene Raymond
Dona Elena de Rezende:
Blanche Friderici
Senor Carlos de Rezende:
Walter Walker
The Carioca Singer:
Etta Moten
The Mayor:
Paul Porcasi
Alfredo Vianna, the Banker:
Reginald Barlow
Mr Butterbass:
Eric Blore
Producer:
Louis Brock
Writer:
Cyril Hume

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Duration: 1 hour, 39 minutes

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

Musical. When Lucky Garnett is late for his own wedding, the bride's outraged father forbids the marriage until he has made his fortune. Starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Show more

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Lucky Garnett:
Fred Astaire
Penny Carroll:
Ginger Rogers
Mabel Andersen:
Helen Broderick
Gordon:
Eric Blore
Pop Everett:
Victor Moore
Margaret Watson:
Betty Furness
Ricardo Romero:
Georges Metaxa

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Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes

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

A suave attorney who doubles as a detective finds himself forced to tackle a case to clear himself of murder. Show more

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Clay Dalzell:
William Powell
Donna Mantin:
Ginger Rogers
Jimmy Kinland:
Paul Kelly
Horace Swayne:
Gene Lockhart
Roger Classon:
Ralph Morgan
Tim Winthrop:
Leslie Fenton
Police Inspector Doremus:
J Farrell MacDonald
Tommy Tennant:
Russell Hopton
Jerry Classon:
Vivien Oakland
Police Sgt. Cleary:
Robert Emmett O'Connor

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Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

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

Available for 6 months

Comedy. A young professor impulsively marries a nightclub singer and has to break the news to his conservative parents. Show more

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Francey Morgan:
Ginger Rogers
Peter Morgan:
James Stewart
Keith Morgan:
James Ellison
Mr Morgan:
Charles Coburn
Mrs Morgan:
Beulah Bondi
Appartment Manager:
Franklin Pangborn
Culpepper:
Grady Sutton
Waiter Captain:
Jack Carson
Writer:
PJ Wolfson

Duration: 1 hour, 37 minutes

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

World War II drama about a grieving mother-to-be who moves in with close friends to cushion the emotional blows of the war. Starring Ginger Rogers. Show more

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Duration: 1 hour, 23 minutes

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

Available for 6 months

Musical starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. A lawyer is worried because his fiancee keeps postponing their wedding day, so he arranges for her to see a psychiatrist. Show more

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Tony Flagg:
Fred Astaire
Amanda Cooper:
Ginger Rogers
Stephen Arden:
Ralph Bellamy
Aunt Cora:
Luella Gear
Connors:
Jack Carson
Miss Adams:
Kay Sutton
Judge Travers:
Clarence Kolb
Roland Hunter:
Franklin Pangborn
Director:
Mark Sandrich

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Duration: 1 hour, 43 minutes

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

Available for 6 months

A young woman (Ginger Rogers) from an impoverished background falls in love with the son of a society family. Social pressures soon threaten the relationship. Show more

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Kitty Foyle:
Ginger Rogers
Wyn Strafford:
Dennis Morgan
Mrs Strafford:
Gladys Cooper
Delphine Detaile:
Odette Myrtil
Mr Kennett:
Walter Kingsford
Director:
Sam Wood