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Duration: 1 hour, 43 minutes

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

Coming-of-age drama in which a northern lad from a mining community (Jamie Bell) opts for ballet rather than boxing and must convince his father of his ambitions as a dancer. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Wilkinson:
Julie Walters
Jackie Elliot:
Gary Lewis
Billy Elliot:
Jamie Bell
Tony Elliot:
Jamie Draven
Billy, aged 25:
Adam Cooper
Grandma:
Jean Heywood
Michael Caffrey:
Stuart Wells
George Watson:
Mike Elliot
Mr Braithwaite:
Billy Fane
Debbie Wilkinson:
Nicola Blackwell
Gary Poulson:
Joe Renton
Dr Crane:
Steve Mangan
Vice-Principal:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Writer:
Lee Hall
Producer:
Greg Brenman
Producer:
Jon Finn
Director of photography:
Brian Tufano

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Duration: 59 minutes

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

Available for years

Julie Walters tells the story of how Morph, Shaun the Sheep and that cheese-loving man Wallace and his dog Gromit first came to life. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Julie Walters
Participant:
David Tennant
Participant:
Hugh Grant
Participant:
Martin Freeman
Producer:
Richard Mears
Executive Producer:
Caroline Wright
Production Manager:
Nathalie McCarty

The Sally Lockhart Mysteries

Episode 1: The Ruby in the Smoke

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

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

Drama adapted from Philip Pullman's novel. Sally Lockhart strikes a man dead with simple words sent to her from her father just before he drowned in the South China Seas. Show more

Contributors

Sally Lockhart:
Billie Piper
Mrs Holland:
Julie Walters
Frederick Garland:
JJ Feild
Matthew /Nicholas Bedwell:
David Harewood
Henry Hopkins:
Don Gilet
Samuel Selby:
Robert Glenister

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VE Day 70

Episode 1: Remembering Victory

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

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

Seventy years on, some of Britain's best-loved entertainers and broadcasters recall the jubilation of VE Day and the years that followed. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Julie Walters
Participant:
David Attenborough
Participant:
Johnny Ball
Participant:
Honor Blackman
Participant:
Jilly Cooper
Participant:
John Craven
Participant:
Bruce Forsyth
Participant:
Cleo Laine
Participant:
Kenny Lynch
Participant:
Miriam Margolyes
Participant:
Michael Parkinson
Participant:
Leslie Phillips
Participant:
Anne Reid
Participant:
Esther Rantzen
Participant:
Patrick Stewart
Participant:
Una Stubbs
Participant:
June Whitfield
Producer:
Mary Cranitch
Director:
Mary Cranitch
Executive Producer:
Chris Granlund
Production Manager:
Michelle Clinton
Production Coordinator:
Josef d'Bache-Kane

Series

VE Day 70

Duration: 1 hour, 42 minutes

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

Available for 7 months

Drama about an Irish immigrant who lands in 1950s Brooklyn and finds romance, before her past catches up with her and she must choose between two countries and two men. Show more

Contributors

Eilis Lacey:
Saoirse Ronan
Jim Farrell:
Domhnall Gleeson
Maurizio:
Michael Zegen
Father Flood:
Jim Broadbent
Miss McAdam:
Mary O'Driscoll
Mrs Kehoe:
Julie Walters
Mr Fiorello:
Paulino Nunes
Mrs Fiorello:
Ellen David
Miss Kelly:
Brid Brennan
Mrs Brady:
Emma Lowe
Rose Lacey:
Fiona Glascott
Mary Lacey:
Jane Brennan
George Sheridan:
Peter Campion
Miss Fortini:
Jessica Pare
Mr Rosenblum:
Alain Goulem
Frankie Doran:
Iarla O'Lionaird
Dolores:
Jenn Murray
Director:
John Crowley

Duration: 1 hour, 36 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on CBBC HD

Available for 7 months

Paddington finds the perfect gift for Aunt Lucy's birthday, but when the gift is stolen, he becomes the prime suspect, and it is up to the Browns to prove his innocence.

Contributors

Paddington:
Ben Whishaw
Mary Brown:
Sally Hawkins
Henry Brown:
Hugh Bonneville
Phoenix Buchanan:
Hugh Grant
Knuckles McGinty:
Brendan Gleeson
Judy Brown:
Madeleine Harris
Jonathan Brown:
Samuel Joslin
Mrs Bird:
Julie Walters
Mr Gruber:
Jim Broadbent
Mr Curry:
Peter Capaldi
Writer:
Paul King
Director:
Paul King

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

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

Available for 7 months

Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington station, a young Peruvian bear is befriended by the Brown family and attempts to find an explorer who visited Peru many years earlier. Show more

Contributors

Paddington (voice):
Ben Whishaw
Mary Brown:
Sally Hawkins
Henry Brown:
Hugh Bonneville
Millicent:
Nicole Kidman
Mr Curry:
Peter Capaldi
Mr Gruber:
Jim Broadbent
Mrs Bird:
Julie Walters
Writer:
Paul King
Director:
Paul King

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

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

Coming-of-age drama set at the end of British rule over Swaziland in the 1960s. A teenage boy prepares for life as an adult. Starring Nicholas Hoult and Gabriel Byrne. Show more

Contributors

Harry Compton:
Gabriel Byrne
Lauren Compton:
Miranda Richardson
Ralph Compton:
Nicholas Hoult
Ruby Compton:
Emily Watson
Lady Hardwick:
Celia Imrie
Young Ralph:
Zac Fox
Producer:
Jeff Abberley
Producer:
Pierre Kubel

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Movie Connections

Series 2

Episode 6: Buster

Duration: 40 minutes

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

Documentary series about Britain's biggest movies. Phil Collins and others discuss the making of 1988 smash hit Buster, the story about little people who craved the big time. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Ashley Jensen
Participant:
Phil Collins
Participant:
Julie Walters
Participant:
Larry Lamb
Participant:
Ellie Beaven
Participant:
Norma Heyman
Participant:
David Green
Participant:
Colin Shindler

Talking Heads

Series 1

Episode 5: Her Big Chance

Duration: 33 minutes

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

Available for 5 months

Drama monologue by Alan Bennett, starring Julie Walters. Lesley is a small-part actress who lands a role in a video set on a yacht, but things are not as they seem.

Contributors

Composer:
George Fenton
Director:
Giles Foster
Producer:
Innes Lloyd

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The Graham Norton Show

Series 15

Episode 13: Compilation

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Highlights from the current series of the talk show, with guests including Julie Walters, Dame Julie Andrews, Jamie Foxx, Thierry Henry, Hugh Jackman, and many more. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Graham Norton
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Cruise
Interviewed Guest:
Julie Walters
Interviewed Guest:
Matt Damon
Interviewed Guest:
Julie Andrews
Interviewed Guest:
Bill Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Miranda Hart
Interviewed Guest:
Russell Crowe
Interviewed Guest:
Julianne Moore
Interviewed Guest:
Jamie Foxx
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Stone
Interviewed Guest:
Sylvester Stallone
Interviewed Guest:
Robert De Niro
Interviewed Guest:
Olivia Colman
Interviewed Guest:
Jonah Hill
Interviewed Guest:
Carey Mulligan
Interviewed Guest:
Kenneth Branagh
Interviewed Guest:
Keira Knightley
Interviewed Guest:
Gary Oldman
Interviewed Guest:
Thierry Henry
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew McConaughey
Interviewed Guest:
Hugh Jackman
Interviewed Guest:
Emily Blunt
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Fassbender
Interviewed Guest:
Cameron Diaz
Interviewed Guest:
Ricky Gervais
Interviewed Guest:
Seth MacFarlane
Interviewed Guest:
Kylie Minogue
Interviewed Guest:
James McAvoy
Series Producer:
Jon Magnusson
Director:
Steve Smith

Boys from the Blackstuff

Series 1

Episode 3: Shop Thy Neighbour

Duration: 1 hour

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

Available for 6 months

Drama series set in 1980s recession-hit Britain. Chrissie and Angie are driven to despair by money problems and the Department of Employment investigators. Show more

Contributors

Chrissie Todd:
Michael Angelis
Angie Todd:
Julie Walters
Miss Sutcliffe:
Jean Boht
DOE Assistant Manager:
David Fleeshman
Donald Moss:
David Ross
Jackie Mills:
Cheryl Leigh
Yosser Hughes:
Bernard Hill
Loggo Logmond:
Alan Igbon
George Malone:
Peter Kerrigan
Jason Hughes:
Timothy Bleasdale
Anna Marie Hughes:
Tamana Bleasdale
Dustin Hughes:
Jamie Bleasdale

Genres

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Mark Lawson talks to the actress Julie Walters about her life and career, as she explores her working class roots, struggles with self-confidence and finding peace at 60. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Available for years

A look back at Victoria Wood's hugely successful television career. Featuring sketches, stand-up, characters and songs, as well as exclusive interviews with Victoria and friends. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Victoria Wood
Participant:
Dawn French
Participant:
Julie Walters
Participant:
Roger Moore
Executive Producer:
Caroline Wright

Duration: 49 minutes

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

Available for years

A celebration of the life and work of Julia Donaldson and the remarkable cast of characters that have sprung from her imagination. Show more

Contributors

Featured Artist:
Julia Donaldson
Narrator:
Julie Walters
Interviewed Guest:
David Walliams
Interviewed Guest:
Nadiya Hussain
Interviewed Guest:
Claudia Winkleman
Interviewed Guest:
Sophie Dahl
Interviewed Guest:
Victoria Coren Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Rosen
Interviewed Guest:
Axel Scheffler
Interviewed Guest:
Lydia Monks
Interviewed Guest:
Sara Ogilvie
Interviewed Guest:
Rebecca Cobb
Interviewed Guest:
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Director:
Katy Homan
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson

Best Of British

Victoria Wood

Duration: 39 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: 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

Natural World

2019-2020

Weasels: Feisty and Fearless

Duration: 59 minutes

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

Available for years

Looking at the true nature of weasels. Often portrayed as the villains of the natural world, do they deserve this reputation? Show more

dinnerladies

Series 1

Moods

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Available for 11 months

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.

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

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

Drama set in 1970s Belfast about one woman's crusade to end the Troubles in Northern Ireland after her friend is accidentally shot dead by the IRA. Julie Walters stars. Show more

Contributors

Bernie McPhelimy:
Julie Walters
Aidan McPhelimy:
Ciaran Hinds
Annie McPhelimy:
Nuala O'Neill
Thomas McPhelimy:
James Loughran
Brendan McPhelimy:
Barry Loughran
Sinead McPhelimy:
Elizabeth Donaghy
Patsy French:
Jaz Pollock
Niall French:
Caolan Byrne
Whittington:
Oliver Ford Davies
Finnbar:
Des McAleer
Director:
Roger Michell

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