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2010-2011

Episode 6: Asteroids - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Famed for their ability to inflict Armageddon from outer space, asteroids are now revealing how they are responsible for both life and death on our planet. Show more

Mayday

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Drama series. When 14-year-old Hattie Sutton disappears, the residents of a small British town must face the realisation that one of them may be responsible. Show more

Contributors

Malcolm Spicer:
Peter Firth
Everett Newcombe:
Aidan Gillen
Fiona Hill:
Sophie Okonedo
Alan Hill:
Peter McDonald
Steve Docker:
Sam Spruell
Seth Docker:
Tom Fisher
Caitlin/Hattie Sutton:
Leila Mimmack
Charlotte Hill:
Hannah Jean-Baptiste
PC Simmons:
Daniel Coonan

Series

Mayday

Mayday

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Drama series. It is the day after Hattie's disappearance, and the town unites to search for her. Keen to win favour with Hattie's family, Steve insists on leading the lynch mob. Show more

Contributors

Malcolm Spicer:
Peter Firth
Everett Newcombe:
Aidan Gillen
Fiona Hill:
Sophie Okonedo
Alan Hill:
Peter McDonald
Steve Docker:
Sam Spruell
Seth Docker:
Tom Fisher
Caitlin/Hattie Sutton:
Leila Mimmack
Charlotte Hill:
Hannah Jean-Baptiste
PC Simmons:
Daniel Coonan

Series

Mayday

Mayday

Episode 3

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Drama. Tragedy strikes, throwing the spotlight on a key suspect and forcing Gail to face the truth of who her husband is. Meanwhile, Linus and Caitlin's relationship deepens. Show more

Contributors

Malcolm Spicer:
Peter Firth
Everett Newcombe:
Aidan Gillen
Fiona Hill:
Sophie Okonedo
Alan Hill:
Peter McDonald
Steve Docker:
Sam Spruell
Seth Docker:
Tom Fisher
Caitlin/Hattie Sutton:
Leila Mimmack
Charlotte Hill:
Hannah Jean-Baptiste
PC Simmons:
Daniel Coonan

Series

Mayday

Mayday

Episode 5

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Drama series. As the town gathers for Hattie's memorial, things take a dark turn and a chaotic interruption has fatal consequences. Meanwhile, Steve tries to win his family back. Show more

Contributors

Gail Spicer:
Lesley Manville
Malcolm Spicer:
Peter Firth
Alan Hill:
Peter McDonald
Fiona Hill:
Sophie Okonedo
Caitlin/Hattie Sutton:
Leila Mimmack
Everett Newcombe:
Aidan Gillen
Linus Newcombe:
Max Fowler
Seth Docker:
Tom Fisher
Steve Docker:
Sam Spruell
PC Simmons:
Daniel Coonan
Richard Sutton:
Richard Hawley
Jo Sutton:
Caroline Berry
Charlotte Hill:
Hannah Jean-Baptiste
Alfie Hill:
Harry Hunt
Producer:
Chris Fry
Director:
Brian Welsh
Writer:
Ben Court

Series

Mayday

Summer of Rockets

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 59 minutes

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

The secret service tasks Samuel with spying on the Shaws in exchange for an order of his invention, and Hannah discovers that Kathleen has a tragic family secret. Show more

Contributors

Samuel Petrukhin:
Toby Stephens
Kathleen Shaw:
Keeley Hawes
Richard Shaw:
Linus Roache
Miriam Petrukhin:
Lucy Cohu
Aunt Mary:
Claire Bloom
Courtney Johnson:
Gary Beadle
Spearman:
Tony Maudsley
Nicholas Halliday:
Matthew James Thomas
Hannah Petrukhin:
Lily Sacofsky
Sasha Petrukhin:
Toby Woolf
Lord Arthur Wallington:
Timothy Spall
Denning:
Leo Starr
Anthony Shaw:
Greg Austin
Miss Goodwin:
Amy Marston
Head Warden:
Angela McHale
Footman 2:
Luke Alexander
Footman:
Tom Ashley
Executive Producer:
Helen Flint
Stunt coordinator:
Jeff Hewitt-Davis
Production Company:
Little Island Productions

Genres

Summer of Rockets

Series 1

Episode 5

Duration: 59 minutes

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

After the shooting, Field places the Petruhkin home and factory under protection. Samuel makes his own plans and goes into hiding where he meets Kathleen in secret.

Contributors

Samuel Petrukhin:
Toby Stephens
Kathleen Shaw:
Keeley Hawes
Richard Shaw:
Linus Roache
Miriam Petrukhin:
Lucy Cohu
Aunt Mary:
Claire Bloom
Courtney Johnson:
Gary Beadle
Spearman:
Tony Maudsley
Hannah Petrukhin:
Lily Sacofsky
Sasha Petrukhin:
Toby Woolf
Max Dennis:
Adrian Edmondson
Gen Sir Reginald Maddox:
James Faulkner
Lord Arthur Wallington:
Timothy Spall
Denning:
Leo Starr
Anthony Shaw:
Greg Austin
Following Man:
Robert Bradley
Freddie Lawson:
Fred Haig
Landlady:
Flip Webster
Hotel Receptionist:
Henrietta Clemett
Tall Waiter:
Seb Carrington
Paul Ledbury:
Will Payne
Doctor Small:
Cai Brigden
Stocky Man:
Clive Brunt
Gaunt Man:
Colin Fox
Barney Mitchum:
Steve Furst
Executive Producer:
Helen Flint
Production Company:
Little Island Productions

Genres

Summer of Rockets

Series 1

Episode 6

Duration: 1 hour, 21 minutes

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

Samuel learns the truth about the Shaws and the MI5 men. He is invited to an extraordinary secret meeting, while Hannah becomes increasingly worried about her father’s safety. Show more

Contributors

Samuel Petrukhin:
Toby Stephens
Kathleen Shaw:
Keeley Hawes
Richard Shaw:
Linus Roache
Miriam Petrukhin:
Lucy Cohu
Aunt Mary:
Claire Bloom
Courtney Johnson:
Gary Beadle
Dick Armstrong:
William Gaminara
Hannah Petrukhin:
Lily Sacofsky
Sasha Petrukhin:
Toby Woolf
Max Dennis:
Adrian Edmondson
Gen Sir Reginald Maddox:
James Faulkner
Lord Arthur Wallington:
Timothy Spall
Anthony Shaw:
Greg Austin
Neath:
Ben Fox
Nicholas Halliday:
Matthew James Thomas
Hotel Receptionist:
Henrietta Clemett
Man in Dark Suit:
Daniel Stewart
Tall Waiter:
Seb Carrington
Doctor Small:
Cai Brigden
Stocky Man:
Clive Brunt
Police Officer:
Scott Lane
Barney Mitchum:
Steve Furst
Executive Producer:
Helen Flint
Production Company:
Little Island Productions

Genres

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four

Jane Austen's classic story of a young girl whose head is full of romantic and melodramatic notions about the world. Show more

Contributors

Henry Tilney:
Peter Firth
Catherine Morland:
Katharine Schlesinger
Director:
Giles Foster
Mrs Allen:
Googie Withers
General Tilney:
Robert Hardy
Isabella Thorpe:
Cassie Stuart
Eleanor Tilne:
Ingrid Lacey
John Thorpe:
Jonathan Coy

Dickensian

Episode 18

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Available for 10 months

Drama series set within the world of Charles Dickens's novels. Bucket begins the unpleasant task of bringing the murderer to justice. An unexpected visitor gives Arthur hope. Show more

Contributors

Inspector Bucket:
Stephen Rea
Mr Venus:
Omid Djalili
Jacob Marley:
Peter Firth
Honoria Barbary:
Sophie Rundle
Tim Cratchit:
Zaak Conway
John Bagnet:
Oliver Coopersmith
Sir Leicester Dedlock:
Richard Cordery
Martha Cratchit:
Phoebe Dynevor
Jacob Marley:
Peter Firth
Emily Cratchit:
Jennifer Hennessy
Matthew Pocket:
Sam Hoare
Peter Cratchit:
Brenock O'Connor
Amelia Havisham:
Tuppence Middleton
Frances Barbary:
Alexandra Moen
Arthur Havisham:
Joseph Quinn
Edward Barbary:
Adrian Rawlins
Meriwether Compeyson:
Tom Weston-Jones
Bob Cratchit:
Robert Wilfort
Producer:
David Boulter
Director:
Andy Hay
Production Company:
Red Planet (Dickens) Limited

Dickensian

Episode 1

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for 10 months

Victorian drama. When Amelia and Arthur Havisham gather to hear the reading of their father's will, their lives are left in turmoil by its unexpected contents. Show more

Contributors

Tim Cratchit:
Zaak Conway
John Bagnet:
Oliver Coopersmith
Ebenezer Scrooge:
Ned Dennehy
Martha Cratchit:
Phoebe Dynevor
Jacob Marley:
Peter Firth
Emily Cratchit:
Jennifer Hennessy
Grandfather:
Karl Johnson
Amelia Havisham:
Tuppence Middleton
Frances Barbary:
Alexandra Moen
Peter Cratchit:
Brenock O'Connor
Mrs Bumble:
Caroline Quentin
Arthur Havisham:
Joseph Quinn
Edward Barbary:
Adrian Rawlins
Mr Bumble:
Richard Ridings
Honoria Barbary:
Sophie Rundle
Bill Sikes:
Mark Stanley
Captain James Hawdon:
Ben Starr
Meriwether Compeyson:
Tom Weston-Jones
Bob Cratchit:
Robert Wilfort
Producer:
David Boulter
Production Company:
Red Planet (Dickens) Limited

Dickensian

Episode 2

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for 10 months

Victorian drama. The news of Jacob Marley's murder filters through the Christmas day celebrations, and Inspector Bucket begins his investigation. Show more

Contributors

Tim Cratchit:
Zaak Conway
John Bagnet:
Oliver Coopersmith
Ebenezer Scrooge:
Ned Dennehy
Mr Venus:
Omid Djalili
Martha Cratchit:
Phoebe Dynevor
Jacob Marley:
Peter Firth
Fanny Biggetywitch:
Ellie Haddington
Emily Cratchit:
Jennifer Hennessy
Grandfather:
Karl Johnson
Amelia Havisham:
Tuppence Middleton
Frances Barbary:
Alexandra Moen
Peter Cratchit:
Brenock O'Connor
Arthur Havisham:
Joseph Quinn
Edward Barbary:
Adrian Rawlins
Inspector Bucket:
Stephen Rea
Honoria Barbary:
Sophie Rundle
Bill Sikes:
Mark Stanley
Captain James Hawdon:
Ben Starr
Meriwether Compeyson:
Tom Weston-Jones
Bob Cratchit:
Robert Wilfort
Producer:
David Boulter
Production Company:
Red Planet (Dickens) Limited

Dickensian

Episode 20

Duration: 50 minutes

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

Available for 10 months

Period drama series. As Amelia Havisham prepares for the wedding of the year, Arthur realises he is the only one who can save her - but will he act or take the coward's way out? Show more

Contributors

Tim Cratchit:
Zaak Conway
John Bagnet:
Oliver Coopersmith
Ebenezer Scrooge:
Ned Dennehy
Oliver Twist:
Leonardo Dickens
Mr Venus:
Omid Djalili
Martha Cratchit:
Phoebe Dynevor
Fanny Biggetywitch:
Ellie Haddington
Emily Cratchit:
Jennifer Hennessy
Amelia Havisham:
Tuppence Middleton
Frances Barbary:
Alexandra Moen
Peter Cratchit:
Brenock O'Connor
Mrs Bumble:
Caroline Quentin
Arthur Havisham:
Joseph Quinn
Inspector Bucket:
Stephen Rea
Mr Bumble:
Richard Ridings
Honoria Barbary:
Sophie Rundle
Bill Sikes:
Mark Stanley
Meriwether Compeyson:
Tom Weston-Jones
Bob Cratchit:
Robert Wilfort
Jacob Marley:
Peter Firth
Producer:
David Boulter
Director:
Andy Hay
Production Company:
Red Planet (Dickens) Limited

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Drama relating the remarkable story of Stephen Hawking's early years as a PHD student at Cambridge, his search for the 'beginning of time' and his struggle against illness. Show more

Contributors

Stephen Hawking:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Fred Hoyle:
Peter Firth
Roger Penrose:
Tom Ward
Jane Wilde:
Lisa Dillon
Dennis Sciama:
John Sessions
Isobel Hawking:
Phoebe Nicholls
Arno Penzias:
Michael Brandon
Bob Wilson:
Tom Hodgkins
Dr John Holloway:
Matthew Marsh
Nurse Susan McClean:
Anastasia Hille
Frank Hawking:
Adam Godley
Jayant Narlikar:
Rohan Siva
George Ellis:
Bertie Carvel
Robert Silkin:
Sebastian Armesto
Martha Guthrie:
Alice Eve
Rosencrantz:
Leon Ockenden
Guildenstern:
Che Cartwright
Lidia Sciama:
Carolina Giammetta
Train Passenger:
Linda Spurrier
Cab Driver:
James Warrior
Producer:
Jessica Pope
Director:
Philip Martin

Duration: 2 hours, 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One SouthLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Epic historical drama which follows a legal battle over a shipload of slaves who overpowered their captors at sea and landed on the shores of America. Morgan Freeman stars. Show more

Contributors

Theodore Joadson:
Morgan Freeman
John Quincy Adams:
Anthony Hopkins
Clinque (Sengbe):
Djimon Hounsou
Roger S Baldwin:
Matthew McConaughey
Martin Van Buren:
Nigel Hawthorne
Lewis Tappan:
Stellan Skarsgard
US Secretary of State:
David Paymer
Queen Isabella:
Anna Paquin
Ensign Covey:
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Lieutenant Gedney:
Ralph Brown
Captain Fitzgerald:
Peter Firth
Judge Coglin:
Jeremy Northam
John C Calhoun:
Arliss Howard
Producer:
Colin Wilson
Composer:
John Williams
Director of photography:
Janusz Kaminski

South Riding

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

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

Period drama charting the story of Sarah Burton, a teacher who returns to Yorkshire to take up her first headmistress-ship after 20 years teaching in London and the Empire. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Lisa Osborne
Robert Carne:
David Morrissey
Sarah Burton:
Anna Maxwell Martin
Mrs Beddows:
Penelope Wilton
Anthony Snaith:
Peter Firth
Joe Astell:
Douglas Henshall
Alfred Huggins:
John Henshaw
Midge Carne:
Katherine McGolpin
Muriel Carne:
Lydia Wilson
Young Robert Carne:
Daniel West
Mrs Huggins:
Penny Layden
Mrs Oldroyd:
Wendy Patterson
Bessy Warbuckle:
Janine Mellor
Lydia Holly:
Charlie May-Clark
Mr Holly:
Shaun Dooley
Gaius Drew:
Ian Bartholomew
Lord Port:
William Rodell
Miss Sigglesthwaite:
Brid Brennan
Reg Aythorne:
John Paul Hurley

South Riding

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

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

Drama series. Sarah's ambitions for her school find their focus in the gifted eldest child of a labourer and his wife, who live with their children in a shanty town on the cliffs. Show more

Contributors

Sarah Burton:
Anna Maxwell Martin
Lydia Holly:
Charlie May-Clark
Miss Sigglesthwaite:
Brid Brennan
Midge Carne:
Katherine McGolpin
Robert Carne:
David Morrissey
Gaius Drew:
Ian Bartholomew
Matron:
Maggie Fox
Young Robert Carne:
Daniel West
Muriel Carne:
Lydia Wilson
Mrs Beddows:
Penelope Wilton
Mr Holly:
Shaun Dooley
Gertie Holly:
Alexandra Pearson
Joe Astell:
Douglas Henshall
Anthony Snaith:
Peter Firth
Mrs Brimsley:
Marie Critchley
Alfred Huggins:
John Henshaw
Bessy Warbuckle:
Janine Mellor
Mrs Huggins:
Penny Layden
Reg Aythorne:
John Paul Hurley
Producer:
Lisa Osborne

South Riding

Episode 3

Duration: 1 hour

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

Drama series. Sarah throws herself into work to take her mind off the pain of unrequited love, while Carne comes to terms with the idea that Muriel can never be restored to him. Show more

Contributors

Sarah Burton:
Anna Maxwell Martin
Robert Carne:
David Morrissey
Producer:
Lisa Osborne
Mrs Beddows:
Penelope Wilton
Alfred Huggins:
John Henshaw
Desk Clerk:
Peter Rylands
Mr Beddows:
Stephen MacKenna
Mr Holly:
Shaun Dooley
Lydia Holly:
Charlie May-Clark
Midge Carne:
Katherine McGolpin
Joe Astell:
Douglas Henshall
Gaius Drew:
Ian Bartholomew
Anthony Snaith:
Peter Firth
Mrs Brimsley:
Marie Critchley
Bus Conductor:
Sebastian Shaw
Solicitor:
Jeff Merchant
Gertie Holly:
Alexandra Pearson
School Secretary:
Joanna Swain
Fisherman:
Carl Cieka
Muriel Carne:
Lydia Wilson
Clergyman:
Malcolm Raeburn
Lord Sedgmire:
Ralph Riach
Miss Sigglesthwaite:
Brid Brennan
Mrs Huggins:
Penny Layden
Bessy Warbuckle:
Janine Mellor
Reg Aythorne:
John Paul Hurley
Mrs Oldroyd:
Wendy Patterson
Young Robert Carne:
Daniel West
Lord Port:
William Rodell

Play for Today

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