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The Quatermass Xperiment

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 18 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 25^th Aug 2007, 14:00 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sun 18^th Sep 2016, 01:15 on BBC Two Wales

Sci-fi classic. The sole survivor of a crashed British rocket is revealed to pose a deadly alien threat. When all else fails, scientist Professor Quatermass is mankind's last hope. Show more

Contributors

Professor Bernard Quatermass:: Brian Donlevy
Inspector Lomax:: Jack Warner
Judith Carroon:: Margia Dean
Dr Gordon Briscoe:: David King-Wood
BBC TV producer:: Gordon Jackson
Rosemary Rigly:: Thora Hird
Victor Carroon:: Richard Wordsworth
Christie:: Harold Lang
Blake:: Lionel Jeffries
Police Sergeant:: Sam Kydd
Mrs Lomax:: Jane Aird
Maggie:: Margaret Anderson
Producer:: Anthony Hinds
Producer:: Robert Lippert
Director:: Val Guest
Writer:: Nigel Kneale
Writer:: Richard H Landau
Writer:: Val Guest

Genres

DramaSciFi & Fantasy

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Films

Source: BBC Online

Emergency Call

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 14^th Aug 2007, 01:00 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Tue 14^th Aug 2007, 01:00 on BBC Two Wales

When a young girl with a rare blood type falls critically ill, a doctor and a police inspector begin a race against time to track down a suitable donor for a blood transfusion. Show more

Contributors

Inspector Lane:: Jack Warner
Dr Carter:: Anthony Steel
Laura Bishop:: Joy Shelton
Tim Mahoney:: Freddie Mills
Mrs Cornelius:: Thora Hird
Dr Braithwaite:: John Robinson
George Robinson:: Earl Cameron
Danny Marks:: Sidney James
Flash Harry:: Eric Pohlmann
Brett:: Sydney Tafler
Brenda:: Vida Hope
Jackson:: Geoffrey Hibbert
Director:: Lewis Gilbert
Producer:: Ernest G Roy
Writer:: Vernon Harris
Writer:: Lewis Gilbert

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Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

Talking Heads

Series 1

Episode 6: A Cream Cracker under the Settee

BBC Two

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 24^th May 1988, 21:30 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sun 5^th May 2024, 23:10 on BBC Four HD

Available for 5 months

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A monologue by Alan Bennett, starring Thora Hird as an independent old lady who has a fall that decides her future.

Talking Heads

Series 2

Episode 6: Waiting for the Telegram

BBC Two

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 11^th Nov 1998, 21:50 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Thu 9^th May 2024, 23:30 on BBC Four HD

Available for 5 months

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Drama monologue written by Alan Bennett, starring Dame Thora Hird. Awaiting her second telegram from the monarch, Violet remembers the first. Show more

Contributors

Violet:: Thora Hird
Director:: Stuart Burge
Producer:: Mark Shivas

Genres

Drama

Brand

Talking Heads

Series

Talking Heads: Series 2

Source: BBC Online

Best Of British

Victoria Wood

BBC Two

Duration: 39 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 11^th Nov 1998, 22:05 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sun 18^th Dec 2016, 20:20 on BBC Two HD

A look back at the career of Victoria Wood, from a solitary childhood in 1960s Lancashire to becoming the first stand-up to sell out the Royal Albert Hall. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:: Tony Moss
Interviewed Guest:: Victoria Wood
Participant:: Julie Walters
Participant:: Celia Imrie
Participant:: Caroline Aherne
Participant:: Thora Hird
Participant:: Clive James

Genres

FactualLife Stories

Formats

Documentaries

Brand

Best Of British

Source: BBC Online

dinnerladies

Series 1

Moods

BBC One

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 3^rd Dec 1998, 21:35 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Tue 30^th Nov 2021, 21:00 on BBC Four HD

Available for 11 months

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Tony and Bren are happy, but everyone else is in a bad mood. To lift the mood, a tea party is organised for everybody's parents.

Contributors

Bren:: Victoria Wood
Dolly:: Thelma Barlow
Tony:: Andrew Dunn
Anita:: Shobna Gulati
Philippa:: Celia Imrie
Twinkle:: Maxine Peake
Stan:: Duncan Preston
Jean:: Anne Reid
Petula:: Julie Walters
Connie:: Dora Bryan
Enid:: Thora Hird
Jim:: Eric Sykes
Director:: Geoff Posner

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

dinnerladies

Series

dinnerladies: Series 1

Source: BBC Online

Blankety Blank Classic

Series 2

Episode 16

BBC One

Duration: 33 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 20^th Dec 1979, 19:55 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 6^th Aug 2022, 21:10 on BBC Four HD

Terry Wogan hosts the comedy quiz game, in which contestants attempt to match the missing word in a phrase with those chosen by a panel of six celebrities.

Contributors

Presenter:: Terry Wogan
Panellist:: Lorraine Chase
Panellist:: Henry Cooper
Panellist:: Kenny Everett
Panellist:: Thora Hird
Panellist:: Karen Kay
Panellist:: Roy Kinnear

Genres

Entertainment

Formats

Games & Quizzes

Brand

Blankety Blank Classic

Series

Blankety Blank Classic: Series 2

Source: BBC Online

Screen One

Series 6

Pat and Margaret

BBC One

Duration: 1 hour, 23 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 11^th Sep 1994, 20:55 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 16^th Dec 2023, 23:40 on BBC Four

Available for 10 months

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Comedy drama about a Lancashire-born American soap star who, returning to Britain, is reunited on live television with her sister Margaret, a motorway cafeteria waitress. Show more

Contributors

Patricia Bedford:: Julie Walters
Margaret Mottershead:: Victoria Wood
Claire:: Celia Imrie
Jim:: Duncan Preston
Jim's Mum:: Thora Hird
Stella:: Deborah Grant
Billy:: Don Henderson
Bella:: Lynda Rooke
Writer:: Victoria Wood
Director:: Gavin Millar
Producer:: Ruth Caleb

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Formats

Films

Brand

Screen One

Series

Screen One: Series 6

Source: BBC Online

The Magic Box

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 30^th Jul 2013, 12:00 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Sun 16^th Dec 2018, 06:30 on BBC Two England

Biography of British film pioneer William Friese-Greene, who designed and patented a working cinematic camera. His life was dogged by hardship and lack of recognition. Show more

Contributors

William Friese-Greene:: Robert Donat
Edith Friese-Greene:: Margaret Johnston
Helena Friese-Greene:: Maria Schell
Maurice Friese-Greene:: John Howard Davies
Lord Beaverbrook:: Robert Beatty
Jack Carter:: Richard Attenborough
Arthur Collings:: Eric Portman
Harold:: Dennis Price
May Jones:: Glynis Johns
Platform Man:: Cecil Parker
Assistant in Laboratory:: David Tomlinson
Bank Manager:: Emlyn Williams
Hotel Receptionist:: Kay Walsh
Police Officer:: Laurence Olivier
Maida Vale Doctor:: Leo Genn
House Agent:: Marius Goring
Reporter:: Michael Denison
Industry Man:: Peter Ustinov
Nursemaid:: Sheila Sim
Broker's Man:: Stanley Holloway
Miss Tagg:: Renee Asherson
Company Promoter:: Roland Culver
Mr Lege:: Michael Redgrave
Ethel Friese-Greene:: Janette Scott
Cousin Alfred:: Bernard Miles
Mrs Claire:: Joyce Grenfell
Lady Pond:: Margaret Rutherford
Maurice Guttenberg:: Frederick Valk
Official Receiver:: Michael Hordern
Sergeant in Storeroom:: Sydney James
Doctor's Housekeeper:: Thora Hird
Recruiting Sergeant:: William Hartnell
Sitter in Bath Studio:: Googie Withers
Sitter in Bath Studio:: Richard Murdoch
Sitter in Bath Studio:: Sybil Thorndike
Mrs Stukely:: Joan Hickson
Industry Man:: Peter Jones
Director:: John Boulting

Genres

DramaBiographical

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

Last of the Summer Wine

Series 24

Episode 9: The Second Husband and the Showgirls

BBC One

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 22^nd Jan 2006, 18:15 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sun 22^nd Jan 2006, 18:15 on BBC One West

Tom and Smiler have an interesting blind date lined up, while Truly learns that his former wife's new husband is coming to town.

Contributors

Clegg:: Peter Sallis
Truly:: Frank Thornton
Tom:: Tom Owen
Billy Hardcastle:: Keith Clifford
Smiler:: Stephen Lewis
Howard:: Robert Fyfe
Pearl:: Juliette Kaplan
Glenda:: Sarah Thomas
Marina:: Jean Fergusson
Nora Batty:: Kathy Staff
Norris Leland:: William Lucas
Edie:: Thora Hird

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Last of the Summer Wine

Series

Last of the Summer Wine: Series 24

Source: BBC Online

Last of the Summer Wine

Series 24

Episode 10: All of a Florrie

BBC One

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 19^th Feb 2006, 16:40 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sun 19^th Feb 2006, 16:40 on BBC One West

Sitcom set in the Yorkshire Dales. A casual flirtation from Truly's past turns up with amorous intentions.

Contributors

Clegg:: Peter Sallis
Truly:: Frank Thornton
Tom:: Tom Owen
Billy Hardcastle:: Keith Clifford
Smiler:: Stephen Lewis
Howard:: Robert Fyfe
Pearl:: Juliette Kaplan
Glenda:: Sarah Thomas
Marina:: Jean Fergusson
Nora Batty:: Kathy Staff
Edie:: Thora Hird
Alvin:: Brian Murphy

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Last of the Summer Wine

Series

Last of the Summer Wine: Series 24

Source: BBC Online

Screen Two

Series 8

Memento Mori

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 19^th Apr 1992, 21:45 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Wed 17^th Jan 2024, 22:00 on BBC Four HD

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Adaptation of Muriel Spark's witty and macabre novel set in 1950s London, featuring a distinguished cast that includes Maggie Smith and Michael Hordern. Show more