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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

Contributors

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

Contributors

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: 1 hour, 50 minutes

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

Romantic drama starring Katharine Hepburn. A mysterious Gypsy warns the weavers of a Scottish village that the local laird plans to send soldiers to curb them. Show more

Contributors

Gavin:
John Beal
Rob Dow:
Alan Hale
Dr McQueen:
Donald Crisp
Micah Dow:
Billy Watson
Margaret:
Beryl Mercer
Wearyworld:
Andy Clyde
Thammas:
Lumsden Hare
Lord Rintoul:
Frank Conroy
Evalina:
Eily Malyon

Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes

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

Tale of the rise of a stage-struck young woman who leaves her small-town home to go to New York in search of bright lights and big cheques. Show more

Contributors

Eva Lovelace/Ada Love:
Katharine Hepburn
Joseph Sheridan:
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Louis Easton:
Adolphe Menjou
Rita Vernon:
Mary Duncan

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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

Contributors

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

Contributors

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, 57 minutes

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

Historical drama. The headstrong Mary Stuart arrives from France to assume the Scottish throne, but her cousin Queen Elizabeth is afraid she has designs on the English monarchy. Show more

Contributors

Queen Mary Stuart:
Katharine Hepburn
Bothwell:
Fredric March
Elizabeth Tudor:
Florence Eldridge
Leicester:
Gavin Muir
Moray:
Ian Keith
Knox, John:
Moroni Olsen
Randolph:
Ralph Forbes
Throckmorton:
Alan Mowbray
Director:
John Ford

Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes

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

Drama. Captain Orloff of the Russian Army is asked to spy in Bucharest to determine the identity of the agent who has intercepted important plans of the Russian attacks.

Contributors

Captain Orloff:
Ivan Lebedeff
Madame Blinis:
Ilka Chase
Natalie:
Rita La Roy

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Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

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

Classic musical comedy in which an ex-dancer turned sailor and his best navy buddy romance a nightclub singer and her sister. Starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Show more

Contributors

Bake Baker:
Fred Astaire
Sherry Martin:
Ginger Rogers
Bilge Smith:
Randolph Scott
Connie Martin:
Harriet Hilliard
Mrs Iris Manning:
Astrid Allwyn
Trio Singer:
Betty Grable
Captain Hickey:
Harry Beresford
Jim Nolan:
Russell Hicks
David Sullivan:
Brooks Benedict
Kitty Collins:
Lucille Ball
Director:
Mark Sandrich
Composer:
Irving Berlin

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 23 minutes

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

Available for 11 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

Contributors

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

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Comedy drama starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. A widowed, ne'er-do-well father on the run disguises his daughter as a boy to escape the law. Show more

Contributors

Sylvia (Sylvester) Scarlett:
Katharine Hepburn
Jimmy Monkley:
Cary Grant
Henry Scarlett:
Edmund Gwenn
Michael Fane:
Brian Aherne
Maudie Tilt:
Dennie Moore
Director:
George Cukor

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 11 months

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical. Guy Holden comes to the rescue of a trapped damsel in distress in a crowded customs shed. Show more

Contributors

Mimi Glossop:
Ginger Rogers
Guy Holden:
Fred Astaire
Edbert Fitzgerald:
Edward Everett Horton
Hortense Ditherwell:
Alice Brady
Director:
Mark Sandrich

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Classic Astaire and Rogers musical. An American in London falls for a girl who flees to Venice because she thinks he is already married. Songs include Cheek to Cheek and Top Hat. Show more

Contributors

Jerry Travers:
Fred Astaire
Dale Tremont:
Ginger Rogers
Horace Harwick:
Edward Everett Horton
Madge Hardwick:
Helen Broderick
Alberto:
Erik Rhodes
Flower Shop Clerk:
Lucille Ball
Flower Shop Clerk:
Leonard Mudie
Director:
Mark Sandrich

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 53 minutes

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

Action adventure. Three British Army sergeants and their heroic water carrier Gunga Din battle with the followers of a savage cult in 19th-century India. Show more

Contributors

Sgt Archibald Cutter:
Cary Grant
Sgt MacChesney:
Victor McLaglen
Sgt Ballantine:
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Gunga Din:
Sam Jaffe
Emmy Stebbins:
Joan Fontaine
Colonel Weed:
Montagu Love
Higginbotham:
Robert Coote
Major Mitchell:
Lumsden Hare
Writer:
Fred Guiol
Writer:
Joel Sayre
Writer:
Ben Hecht

Duration: 1 hour, 18 minutes

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

The Marx brothers star in the film version of the Broadway comedy hit about a bankrupt stage manager trying to have another hit. Show more

Contributors

Gordon Miller:
Groucho Marx
Harry Binelli:
Chico Marx
Christine:
Lucille Ball
Leo Davis:
Frank Albertson

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Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

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

Adventure based on Jules Verne's novel. A soldier loyal to Czar Alexander is given the task of delivering vital documents behind enemy lines.

Contributors

Duration: 1 hour, 17 minutes

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

Single-minded aviatrix Lady Cynthia Darrington comes back down to earth with a bang when she falls in love with a married British politician. Show more

Contributors

Lady Cynthia:
Katharine Hepburn
Christopher Strong:
Colin Clive
Lady Strong:
Billie Burke
Monica Strong:
Helen Chandler
Writer:
Zoe Akins

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

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

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

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Duration: 1 hour, 36 minutes

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

Available for years

Sparkling Gershwin musical-comedy. A dance star pursues an aristocratic heiress. Songs include Foggy Day in London Town, Nice Work If You Can Get It. Show more

Contributors

Jerry Halliday:
Fred Astaire
Lady Alyce:
Joan Fontaine
Reggie:
Ray Noble
Lady Caroline:
Constance Collier
Lord John Marshmorton:
Montagu Love
Writer:
SK Lauren

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 16 minutes

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

Screwball comedy and mystery starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda. A wealthy socialite finds a dead body but it disappears before the police arrive. Show more

Contributors

Melsa Manton:
Barbara Stanwyck
Peter Ames:
Henry Fonda
Lieut Brent:
Sam Levene
Helen Frayne:
Frances Mercer
Edward Norris:
Stanley Ridges
Pat James:
Whitney Bourne
Director:
Leigh Jason