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Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on Red Button One

Sean Connery narrates an in-depth documentary looking back on the 1982 World Cup in Spain, which saw Argentina's Diego Maradona make his debut on the world stage. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC One Channel Islands

Action adventure in which the intrepid explorer (Harrison Ford) sets out to rescue his father (Sean Connery), a medievalist who has vanished while searching for the Holy Grail. Show more

Contributors

Indiana Jones:
Harrison Ford
Professor Henry Jones:
Sean Connery
Marcus Brody:
Denholm Elliott
Walter Donovan:
Julian Glover
Young Indy:
River Phoenix
Grail Knight:
Robert Eddison
Young Henry:
Alex Hyde-White
Mrs Donovan:
Isla Blair
World War I Ace:
Frederick Jaeger
Hatay Tank Gunner:
Stefan Kalipha
Gestapo:
Pat Roach
Producer:
Robert Watts
Composer:
John Williams
Director of photography:
Douglas Slocombe

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Crime thriller about a tough ex-con (Sean Connery) who attempts to pull off a massive burglary from a New York apartment building, unaware he is under police surveillance. Show more

Contributors

Duke Anderson:
Sean Connery
Angelo:
Alan King
Director:
Sidney Lumet

Duration: 2 hours, 3 minutes

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

Colourful, historical epic in which two British soldiers (Sean Connery and Michael Caine) in colonial India venture to uncharted realms in search of wealth and power. Show more

Contributors

Director:
John Huston
Daniel Dravot:
Sean Connery
Peachy Carnehan:
Michael Caine
Rudyard Kipling:
Christopher Plummer
Billy Fish:
Saeed Jaffrey
District Commissioner:
Jack May

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

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

Classic drama with Herbert Lom and Patrick McGoohan. A man fresh out of prison takes a job with unscrupulous haulage contractors whose drivers make death-defying runs. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 44 minutes

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

A gentleman crook and a master safe-cracker attempt the first moving train robbery, targeting a British Army payroll on its way to the Crimea. Starring Sean Connery. Show more

Contributors

Edward Pierce/John Simms/Geoffrey:
Sean Connery
Robert Agar:
Donald Sutherland
Miriam/Madame Lucienne/Brigid Lawson:
Lesley-Anne Down
Edgar Trent:
Alan Webb
Henry Fowler:
Malcolm Terris
Inspector Sharp:
Robert Lang
William Williams:
Wayne Sleep
Emily Trent:
Pamela Salem
Elizabeth Trent:
Gabrielle Lloyd
Captain Jimmy:
Brian Glover

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Duration: 1 hour, 58 minutes

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

Prison drama. Five new prisoners arrive at a military detention camp in North Africa during World War II, where they are subjected to the ingenious and brutal discipline of Sergeant Major Wilson.

Contributors

Joe Roberts:
Sean Connery
Sergeant Major Wilson:
Harry Andrews
Harris:
Ian Bannen
Jacko King:
Ossie Davis
Monty Bartlett:
Roy Kinnear
Staff Sergeant Williams:
Ian Hendry
Medical Officer:
Michael Redgrave
Commandant:
Norman Bird
Director:
Sidney Lumet
Writer:
Ray Rigby

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

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

Action adventure about the unlikely partnership formed by an insurance investigator and an ageing cat burglar who embark on a series of robberies together. Show more

Contributors

Robert MacDougal:
Sean Connery
Virginia Baker:
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Aaron Thibadeaux:
Ving Rhames
Hector Cruz:
Will Patton
Conrad Greene:
Maury Chaykin
Chief of Police:
David Yip
Waverly Technician:
Eric Meyers
Millennium Man:
Tim Potter
Director:
Jon Amiel
Producer:
Ronald Bass
Producer:
Sean Connery

Talking Pictures

Hitchcock's Leading Actors

Duration: 33 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for years

To this day, Alfred Hitchcock is looked on as one of cinema's best and most influential directors. But how did the stars of his films find working with the great man? Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Sylvia Syms
Series Producer:
Simon Goretzki
Producer:
Simon Catt
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Novak
Interviewed Guest:
Tippi Hedren
Interviewed Guest:
Joan Fontaine
Interviewed Guest:
Janet Leigh
Interviewed Guest:
Sean Connery

Duration: 59 minutes

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

A tribute to Sean Connery featuring archive interviews spanning over 50 years and including contributions from friends, actors and directors. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Sean Connery
Participant:
Robert Carlyle
Participant:
Dougray Scott
Participant:
Laurence Fishburne
Participant:
Terry Gilliam
Participant:
George Lucas
Director:
Pete Stanton
Producer:
Pete Stanton
Executive Producer:
Pauline Law

Duration: 2 hours, 5 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Gripping mystery set in the Middle Ages. In a Benedictine monastery, a murder is committed. The Franciscan William of Baskerville (Sean Connery) turns sleuth to unravel the events. Show more

Contributors

Wiliam of Baskerville:
Sean Connery
Bernardo Gui:
F Murray Abraham
Adso of Melk:
Christian Slater
Severinus:
Elya Baskin
Salvatore:
Ron Perlman
Remigio da Varagine:
Helmut Qualtinger
Jorge de Burgos:
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Ubertino de Casale:
William Hickey

Duration: 2 hours, 5 minutes

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

Psychological melodrama in which a beautiful thief is led by her husband to a confrontation with her repressed emotions and the secrets of her past. Show more

Contributors

Marnie Edgar:
Tippi Hedren
Mark Rutland:
Sean Connery
Lil Mainwaring:
Diane Baker
Sidney Strutt:
Martin Gabel
Bernice Edgar:
Louise Latham
Cousin Bob:
Bob Sweeney
Mr Rutland:
Alan Napier
Sam Ward:
S John Launer
Susan Clabon:
Mariette Hartley
Sailor:
Bruce Dern
First Detective:
Henry Beckman

Duration: 1 hour, 54 minutes

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

Action drama about the kidnapping of an American widow (Candice Bergen) and her children in Tangier in 1904, switching between her predicament and the ensuing political crisis. Show more

Contributors

Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli:
Sean Connery
Eden Pedecaris:
Candice Bergen
Theodore Roosevelt:
Brian Keith
John Hay:
John Huston
Samuel Gunmere:
Geoffrey Lewis
Captain Jerome:
Steve Kanaly
The Bashaw:
Vladek Sheybal
Sherif of Wazan:
Nadim Sawalha
Admiral French Ensor Chadwick:
Roy Jenson
Alice Roosevelt:
Deborah Baxter
Quentin Roosevelt:
Jack Cooley
Kermit Roosevelt:
Chris Aller
William Pedecaris:
Simon Harrison
Director:
John Milius

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Duration: 2 hours, 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ThreeLatest broadcast: on BBC Three

Action thriller, starring Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage, about a war hero who holds San Francisco to ransom, and the FBI scientist charged with stopping him. Show more

Contributors

John Patrick Mason:
Sean Connery
Director:
Michael Bay
Dr Stanley Goodspeed:
Nicolas Cage
Brig Gen Francis X Hummel:
Ed Harris
FBI Director James Womack:
John Spencer
Maj Tom Baxter:
David Morse
Special Agent Ernest Paxton:
William Forsythe
Cmdr Anderson:
Michael Biehn
Carla Pestalozzi:
Vanessa Marcil
Capt Hendrix:
John C McGinley
Capt Darrow:
Tony Todd
Sgt Crisp:
Bokeem Woodbine
Jade Angelou:
Claire Forlani
Producer:
Kenny Bates
Francis Reynolds:
Willie Garson

Duration: 1 hour, 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)

Superspy James Bond finds his life under threat when he aids a beautiful Russian defector being used as a pawn by international crime syndicate SPECTRE. Show more

Duration: 2 hours, 2 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for 10 months

Returning to England from Istanbul on the Orient Express, Hercule Poirot is asked to investigate a murder.

Contributors

Hercule Poirot:
Albert Finney
Mrs Hubbard:
Lauren Bacall
Princess Dragomiroff:
Wendy Hiller
Countess Andrenyi:
Jacqueline Bisset
Col. Arbuthnot:
Sean Connery
Beddoes:
John Gielgud
Writer:
Paul Dehn
Director:
Sidney Lumet

Duration: 1 hour, 48 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC TelevisionLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for 3 months

A married socialite visits Moscow, where she falls in love with a dashing cavalry officer. Rare screening of the BBC's 1961 adaptation of a play based on Tolstoy's famous novel. Show more

Contributors

Anna Karenina:
Claire Bloom
Count Alexis Vronsky:
Sean Connery
Stiva, Prince Oblonsky:
Jack Watling
Countess Vronsky:
Valerie Taylor
Korsunsky:
Frank Williams
Alexis Karenin:
Albert Lieven
Adaptor:
Donald Bull

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Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

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

Comedy drama about the son (Matthew Broderick) of a not-altogether-honest New York family who plans a million-dollar heist with the help of his roguish grandfather (Sean Connery). Show more

Contributors

Jessie McMullen:
Sean Connery
Director:
Sidney Lumet
Vito McMullen:
Dustin Hoffman
Adam McMullen:
Matthew Broderick
Michelle Dempsey:
Deborah Rush
Ray Garvey:
Rex Everhart

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 52 minutes

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

Chicago, 1920s: During the Prohibition era, federal agent Eliot Ness assembles a small, hand-picked team to bring down notorious gangster Al Capone. Award winning film starring Sean Connery.

Contributors

Eliot Ness:
Kevin Costner
Jim Malone:
Sean Connery
Oscar Wallace:
Charles Martin Smith
George Stone:
Andy Garcia
Al Capone:
Robert De Niro
Ness's Wife:
Patricia Clarkson
Bowtie Driver:
Vito D'Ambrosio
Producer:
Art Linson

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