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Duration: 2 hours, 7 minutes

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

Available for 12 months

Mr Stevens, formerly the butler to the German sympathiser Lord Darlington, gets a letter from former colleague Miss Kenton. Show more

Duration: 50 minutes

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

Available for years

An archaeologist finds a long-lost crown believed to protect the country from invasion. MR James's classic ghost story.

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two Wales (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four

Drama documentary about one of the world's most prolific and diverse art forgers, Shaun Greenhalgh, who created fake paintings, antiques and sculptures to dupe the art world. Show more

Contributors

Shaun Greenhalgh:
Jeremy Swift
George Greenhalgh:
Peter Vaughan
Olive Greenhalgh:
Liz Smith
Director:
Norman Hull

Duration: 2 hours, 5 minutes

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

Fantasy about an orphaned piano virtuoso, born and raised aboard a cruise liner. As news of his talent spreads to the outside world, a famous jazz musician comes to hear him play. Show more

Contributors

Danny Boodman TD Lemon 1900:
Tim Roth
Danny Boodman:
Bill Nunn

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Citizen Smith

Series 1

Episode 1: Crocodile Tears

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Wolfie's long-term girlfriend Shelley misunderstands when he takes buys her some jewellery and thinks that he has proposed. Who ever heard of an engaged Marxist revolutionary? Show more

First broadcast: on BBC One EastLatest broadcast: on BBC One East Midlands

Spooky comedy in which a radio star and his fiancee visit his psychiatrist uncle, unaware that he has planned a weekend of terror for them. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Drama. Edward (Bill Milner) hates living in the old people's home run by his parents, until he finds an unlikely friend in a new resident, a retired magician (Michael Caine). Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

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

Available for years

Drama about a widow who goes to stay with her grown up offspring. As she comes to terms with the past, she embarks on a startling new relationship with her daughter's boyfriend. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 54 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Biopic documenting Peter Sellers' turbulent rise from popular BBC radio performer to one of the world's most gifted comedic actors. Geoffrey Rush and Charlize Theron star. Show more

Contributors

Peter Sellers:
Geoffrey Rush
Britt Ekland:
Charlize Theron
Anne Sellers:
Emily Watson
Blake Edwards:
John Lithgow
Peg Sellers:
Miriam Margolyes
Bill Sellers:
Peter Vaughan
Stanley Kubrick:
Stanley Tucci
Maurice Woodruff:
Stephen Fry
Dennis Selinger:
Henry Goodman
Casting Agent:
Alison Steadman

Porridge

Series 3

Episode 1: A Storm in a Teacup

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Available for years

Sitcom set in Slade Prison. Fletcher inadvertently becomes involved in the murky world of drugs.

Contributors

Fletcher:
Ronnie Barker
Mr Barrowclough:
Brian Wilde
Mr MacKay:
Fulton Mackay
Harry Grout:
Peter Vaughan
Warren:
Sam Kelly
McLaren:
Tony Osoba

Porridge

Series 1

Episode 5: Ways and Means

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for years

Fletcher is desperate to get away from making fishing nets - but how will he persuade the prison authorities to transfer him to the library?

Contributors

Porridge

Christmas Special: No Way Out

Duration: 41 minutes

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

Available for years

Christmas special of the classic sitcom from 1975. The festive season falls upon HMP Slade and finds the inmates planning a jailbreak. Show more

Contributors

Norman Stanley Fletcher:
Ronnie Barker
Mr MacKay:
Fulton Mackay
Mr Barrowclough:
Brian Wilde
Harry Grout:
Peter Vaughan
Warren:
Sam Kelly
Prison Doctor:
Graham Crowden

The Pallisers

Episode 19

Duration: 52 minutes

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

Drama based on the novels by Anthony Trollope. Laura's husband has died and she has become a rich woman. Marie is in Prague investigating Emilius's background. Show more

Contributors

Glencora M'Cluskie:
Susan Hampshire
Plantaganet Palliser:
Philip Latham
Barrington Erle:
Moray Watson
Marie Finn:
Barbara Murray
Lord Chiltern:
John Hallam
Dolly Longstaffe:
Donald Pickering
Phineas Finn:
Donal McCann
Duke of St Bungay:
Roger Livesey
Collingwood:
Maurice Quick
Laura Kennedy:
Anna Massey
Violet Chiltern:
Mel Martin
Mr Chaffanbrass:
Peter Vaughan
Sir Gregory Grogram:
John Phillips
Lord Chief Justice:
Carleton Hobbs
Mr Gresham:
Robin Bailey
Mr Bonteen:
Peter Sallis
Rev Emilius:
Anthony Ainley
Gerard Maule:
Jeremy Clyde
Adelaide Palliser:
Jo Kendall
Peter Praska:
Brian Coburn
Clerk of the Court:
David Morrell
Photographer:
Jay Neill
Director:
Hugh David

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Available for 8 months

Screen version of the classic television comedy about habitual prison inmate Norman Stanley Fletcher and his cellmate Lennie Godber. Show more

Porridge

Series 2

Episode 6: The Harder They Fall

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One South WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for years

Classic prison-set sitcom. Godber takes up boxing and enters the prison championships, but someone wants him to come a cropper.

Contributors

Norman Stanley Fletcher:
Ronnie Barker
Lennie Godber:
Richard Beckinsale
Mr Mackay:
Fulton Mackay
Mr Barrowclough:
Brian Wilde
Harry Grout:
Peter Vaughan
Jackdaw:
Cyril Shaps
PT Instructor:
Roy Sampson
Billy Moffatt:
Willy Bowman
Crusher:
John Dair
Distributor:
BBC Worldwide

Duration: 1 hour, 57 minutes

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

Prequel to the historical epic Zulu, showing the build-up to the British invasion of Zululand and the massacre of 1,500 British soldiers. Starring Burt Lancaster and Peter O'Toole. Show more

Contributors

Lt. Vereker:
Simon Ward
Lt Col Pulleine:
Denholm Elliott
Sgt Maj Williams:
Bob Hoskins
Norris Newman:
Ronald Lacey
QSM Bloomfield:
Peter Vaughan
Cetshwayo:
Simon Sabela
Producer:
Nate Kohn
Col. Durnford:
Burt Lancaster

Duration: 1 hour, 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One East MidlandsLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

WWII drama. A Vatican priest opposes an ideologically charged SS general hell-bent on killing more than 300 Roman hostages. Starring Marcello Mastroianni and Richard Burton. Show more

Contributors

Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Kappler:
Richard Burton
General Kurt Mälzer:
Leo McKern
General Albert Kesselring:
Peter Vaughan
Major Domizlaf:
Anthony Steel

Silk

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

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

Drama series. Martha is given two cases for the next day and must prepare overnight. Can she save both her clients from prison and get a good reference for her Silk application? Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Cameron Roach
Director:
Michael Offer
Martha Costello:
Maxine Peake
Clive Reader:
Rupert Penry-Jones
Billy Lamb:
Neil Stuke
Nick Slade:
Tom Hughes
Niamh Cranitch:
Natalie Dormer
John Bright:
John Macmillan
Kate Brockman:
Nina Sosanya
Michael Dodd:
Peter Vaughan
Gary Rush:
Paul Hilton
Brian Frogett:
Owen Teale
HHJ Briscoe:
William Chubb
DS Scarrow:
Gerard Horan
HHJ Ladd:
Iain Mitchell
Mercedes Cordoba:
Christianne Oliveira
Crown Court Gaoler:
Greg Donaldson
Jake Milner:
Theo Barklem-Biggs
Jimmy Johnson:
Jamie Di Spirito
Peter (Outdoor Clerk):
Nick Hendrix
Clerk of the Court:
Helena Cullinan
Phoebe Richards:
Lorna Gayle