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Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

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

Intrigued by a mysterious traveller who offers to reveal their futures, five men in a train compartment hear tales of the supernatural. With Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Show more

Contributors

Dr Schreck:
Peter Cushing
Franklyn Marsh:
Christopher Lee
Bob Carroll:
Donald Sutherland
Eric Landor:
Michael Gough

Duration: 1 hour, 51 minutes

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

A boy is drawn into being messenger between an aristocratic woman who persuades him to act as a go-between in her affair with a farmer. Starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates. Show more

Contributors

Marian Maudsley:
Julie Christie
Ted Burgess:
Alan Bates
Young Leo Colston:
Dominic Guard
Mrs Maudsley:
Margaret Leighton
Mr Maudsley:
Michael Gough
Leo as an old man:
Michael Redgrave
Hugh Trimingham:
Edward Fox
Director:
Joseph Losey

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Series 13

Episode 8: Another Flip for Dominick

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four

Time-warp drama. It is now 2132 and Dominick and Ava have a son, but Dominick is called back to 1982, where he visits Jane and his great-great-grandfather. Show more

Contributors

Dominick Hide:
Peter Firth
Director:
Alan Gibson
Caleb Line:
Patrick Magee
Great Aunt Mavis:
Sylvia Coleridge
Pyrus Bonnington:
Ron Berglas
Professor Burrows:
Michael Gough
Mrs Burrows:
Antonia Pemberton

Duration: 1 hour, 23 minutes

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

Adventure recounting the romantic escapades of Viscount Jacques St Ives, a French officer captured during the Napoleonic Wars and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp in Scotland. Show more

Contributors

Captain Jacques St Ives:
Jean-Marc Barr
Miss Gilchrist:
Miranda Richardson
Major Chevening:
Richard E Grant
Francois:
Tim Dutton
Mathilde:
Cecile Pallas
Linlithgow:
Barney Craig
Director:
Harry Hook

Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes

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

Horror about satanic goings-on in the Home Counties. A young woman (Candace Glendenning) visits her strange uncle in the country and discovers that he is involved in black magic. Show more

Contributors

Uncle Alexander Yorke:
Michael Gough
Catherine Yorke:
Candace Glendenning

Sleepers

Episode 1: The Awakening

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four

Post-glasnost comedy thriller by John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch. In the heart of the Kremlin, a discovery is made which sends shockwaves through the KGB hierarchy. Show more

Contributors

Jeremy Coward:
Nigel Havers
Albert Robinson:
Warren Clarke
Viktor Chekhov:
David Calder
Andrei Zorin:
Michael Gough
Oleg Petrovski:
Christopher Rozycki

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Sleepers

Sleepers

Episode 1: The Awakening

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four

Post-glasnost comedy thriller by John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch. In the heart of the Kremlin, a discovery is made which sends shockwaves through the KGB hierarchy. Show more

Contributors

Jeremy Coward:
Nigel Havers
Albert Robinson:
Warren Clarke
Viktor Chekhov:
David Calder
Andrei Zorin:
Michael Gough
Oleg Petrovski:
Christopher Rozycki

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Sleepers

Sleepers

Episode 2: The Net Tightens

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four

Post-glasnost comedy thriller. Although Jeremy and Albert try to keep a low profile, the KGB net tightens. The CIA and MI5 are perplexed by increased KGB activity. Show more

Contributors

Jeremy Coward:
Nigel Havers
Albert Robinson:
Warren Clarke
Viktor Chekhov:
David Calder
Andrei Zorin:
Michael Gough
Oleg Petrovski:
Christopher Rozycki

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Sleepers

Duration: 1 hour, 18 minutes

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

Classic horror from the Hammer Studio. Vampire hunter Van Helsing comes to Transylvania to investigate the fate of his friend, apparently the victim of the blood-sucking creature. Show more

Contributors

Dr Van Helsing:
Peter Cushing
Count Dracula:
Christopher Lee
Mina Holmwood:
Melissa Stribling
Lucy Holmwood:
Carol Marsh
Undertaker:
Miles Malleson
Jonathan Harker:
John Van Eyssen
Vampire Woman:
Valerie Gaunt
Producer:
Anthony Hinds

Duration: 2 hours, 11 minutes

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

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Classic biopic about the heroic life of Douglas Bader, who became a World War II ace after losing both legs in an air crash. Show more

Contributors

Douglas Bader:
Kenneth More
Thelma Bader:
Muriel Pavlow
Johnny Sanderson:
Lyndon Brook
Nurse Brace:
Dorothy Alison
Harry Day:
Michael Warre
Robert Desoutter:
Sydney Tafler
'Woody' Woodhall:
Howard Marion Crawford
Streatfield:
Nigel Green
Warrant Officer West:
Michael Ripper
Adjutant of Prison Camp:
Eric Pohlmann
Flying Instructor Pearson:
Michael Gough
Wing Commander Beiseigel:
Ernest Clark
Director:
Lewis Gilbert

Duration: 1 hour, 22 minutes

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

Biting Ealing satire about a scientist (Alec Guinness) who invents an indestructible fibre but finds that everyone wants to destroy his formula. Show more

Contributors

Sidney Stratton:
Alec Guinness
Daphne Birnley:
Joan Greenwood
Alan Birnley:
Cecil Parker
Bertha:
Vida Hope
Michael Corland:
Michael Gough
Sir John Kierlaw:
Ernest Thesiger
Producer:
Sidney Cole

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Duration: 1 hour, 59 minutes

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

Historical drama adapted from the BBC TV series. On his deathbed, King Henry VIII (Keith Michell) recalls how he wooed and wed his six wives - and disposed of five of them. Show more

Contributors

Henry VIII:
Keith Michell
Thomas Cromwell:
Donald Pleasence
Anne Boleyn:
Charlotte Rampling
Jane Seymour:
Jane Asher
Katherine of Aragon:
Frances Cuka
Catherine Howard:
Lynne Frederick
Anne of Cleves:
Jenny Bos
Catherine Parr:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Thomas More:
Michael Goodliffe
Producer:
Roy Baird
Writer:
Ian Thorne
Director:
Waris Hussein

The Avengers

Series 5

Episode 9: The Correct Way to Kill

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Spy drama series. Suspicion falls on Steed and Mrs Peel when two top enemy agents are found dead. They join forces with the enemy to find the murderer.

Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

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

A songwriter, disillusioned with his life, decides a change of pace is needed and checks in at the sinister Dr Storm's health clinic. Show more

Contributors

Dr Storm:
Michael Gough
Jason Jones:
Robin Askwith
Judy Peters:
Vanessa Shaw
Aunt Harris:
Ellen Pollock
Frederick:
Skip Martin
Mr Pollack:
Dennis Price
Director:
Anthony Balch

Duration: 1 hour

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

Seminal spy drama series from 1982. Two seemingly unconnected events summon master spy George Smiley from retirement. Show more

Contributors

George Smiley:
Alec Guinness
The General:
Curd Jurgens
Detective Chief Superintendent:
Michael Elphick
Madame Ostrakova:
Eileen Atkins
Oleg Kirov:
Dudley Sutton
Otto Leipzig:
Vladek Sheybal
Lauder Strickland:
Bill Paterson
Oliver Lacon:
Anthony Bate
Villem Craven:
Paul Herzberg
Nigel Mostyn:
Stephen Riddle
Murgotroyd:
Harry Walker
Sergeant Pike:
Trevor Cooper
Attache Kuznetsov:
Renny Krupinski
Director:
Simon Langton