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Return from the River Kwai

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 3^rd Mar 2007, 23:45 on BBC One WalesLatest broadcast: Mon 4^th Sep 2017, 00:50 on BBC Two England

WWII drama. A downed American pilot joins British guerrillas to rescue POWs from a Japanese ship before they can be shipped back to Japan. Starring Timothy Bottoms and Edward Fox. Show more

Contributors

Major Benford:: Edward Fox
Colonel Grayson:: Denholm Elliott
Lt Crawford:: Christopher Penn
Major Harada:: Tatsuya Nakadai
Lt Tanaka:: George Takei
Cmdr Hunt:: Nick Tate
Seaman Miller:: Timothy Bottoms
Sergeant Perry:: Richard Graham
Cmdr Davidson:: Michael Dante
Director:: Andrew V McLaglen
Writer:: Paul Mayersberg
Writer:: Sargon Tamimi
Producer:: Kurt Unger
Capt Ozawa:: Etsushi Takahashi
Exec Officer Clancy:: Blaise Alexandre
Lt Yamashita:: Masato Nagamori
Writer:: Sargon Tammi

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Source: BBC Online

Rising Damp

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 29^th Nov 2009, 23:25 on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: Sat 1^st Jan 2011, 23:30 on BBC Two England

A movie spin-off of the TV series reunites Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter), skinflint owner of a crumbling boarding house in London, with his tenants. Show more

Voyage of the Damned

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 19^th Jan 2008, 14:05 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sun 22^nd Mar 2009, 14:30 on BBC Two England

Drama based on the true story of a ship carrying German-Jewish refugees which was denied permission to land anywhere and was obliged to return to Germany and the horrors of Nazism. Show more

Contributors

Denise Kreisler:: Faye Dunaway
Captain Schroeder:: Max von Sydow
Professor Egon Kreisler:: Oskar Werner
Max Gunter:: Malcolm McDowell
José Estedes:: Orson Welles
Dr Juan Remos:: James Mason
Lili Rosen:: Lee Grant
Mira Hauser:: Katharine Ross
Carl Rosen:: Sam Wanamaker
Anna Rosen:: Lynne Frederick
Professor Weiler:: Luther Adler
Rebecca Weiler:: Wendy Hiller
Alice Fienchild:: Julie Harris
Mr Hauser:: Nehemiah Persoff
Mrs Hauser:: Maria Schell
Aaron Pozner:: Paul Koslo
Otto Schiendick:: Helmut Griem
Dr Erich Strauss:: Victor Spinetti
Luis Clasing:: Michael Constantine
Manuel Benitez:: Jose Ferrer
Morris Troper:: Ben Gazzara
President Bru:: Fernando Rey
Leni Strauss:: Janet Suzman
Admiral Canaris:: Denholm Elliott
Commander Von Bonin:: Leonard Rossiter
Director:: Stuart Rosenberg
Joseph Joseph:: David de Keyser
Purser Mueller:: Keith Barron
Engineering Officer:: Don Henderson
Werner Mannheim:: Frederick Jaeger

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DramaWar & Disaster

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Source: BBC Online

Desert Island Discs

Denholm Elliott

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 10 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 14^th Sep 1974, 19:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 16^th Sep 1974, 12:25 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Denholm Elliott. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest:: Denholm Elliott

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Desert Island Discs

Source: BBC Online

Raiders of the Lost Ark

BBC One

Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 10^th Apr 1993, 19:00 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Fri 10^th Apr 2020, 19:00 on BBC One Scotland HD

Action-packed adventure with Harrison Ford. Intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones races to beat the Nazis to a religious relic which is central to their plans for world domination. Show more

Contributors

Indiana Jones:: Harrison Ford
Marion Ravenwood:: Karen Allen
Dr René Belloq:: Paul Freeman
Major Arnold Toht:: Ronald Lacey
Sallah:: John Rhys-Davies
Dr Marcus Brody:: Denholm Elliott
Satipo:: Alfred Molina
Colonel Dietrich:: Wolf Kahler
Gobler:: Anthony Higgins
Barranca / Monkey Man:: Vic Tablian
Giant Sherpa / Mechanic:: Pat Roach
Katanga:: George Harris
Messenger Pirate:: Eddie Tagoe
Director:: Steven Spielberg
Writer:: Lawrence Kasdan
Producer:: Frank Marshall
Composer:: John Williams
Director of photography:: Douglas Slocombe

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DramaAction & Adventure

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Films

Source: BBC Online

The Signalman

BBC One

Duration: 40 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 22^nd Dec 1976, 22:40 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Mon 6^th Dec 2021, 22:00 on BBC Four HD

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Charles Dickens's ghost story in which a lonely signalman is haunted by a hooded figure who seems to warn of danger.

Contributors

The Signalman:: Denholm Elliott
The Traveller:: Bernard Lloyd
The Engine Driver:: Reginald Jessup
The Bride:: Carina Wyeth
Producer:: Rosemary Hill
Director:: Lawrence Gordon Clark

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Source: BBC Online

King Rat

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 14 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 4^th Sep 2007, 23:20 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sat 13^th Dec 2008, 14:20 on BBC Two Wales

Adaptation of James Clavell's novel about a group of Allied prisoners in a Singapore PoW camp during World War II. Show more

Contributors

Cpl King:: George Segal
Director:: Bryan Forbes
Lt Robin Grey:: Tom Courtenay
Peter Marlowe:: James Fox
Top Sgt Max:: Patrick O'Neal
Col George Smedley-Taylor:: John Mills
Lt G D Larkin:: Denholm Elliott
Dr Kennedy:: James Donald
Daven:: John Standing
McCoy:: Leonard Rossiter

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DramaWar & Disaster

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Films

Source: BBC Online

The House That Dripped Blood

BBC One

Duration: 1 hour, 41 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 24^th Jun 2006, 00:45 on BBC One WalesLatest broadcast: Sat 24^th Jun 2006, 01:15 on BBC One Scotland

A quartet of stories in which the tenants of the same country house all meet violent deaths.

Contributors

Actor:: Denholm Elliott
Director:: Peter Duffell
Actor:: Peter Cushing
Actor:: Joss Ackland
Actor:: Christopher Lee
Actor:: Jon Pertwee
Actor:: John Bryans

Source: BBC Online

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

BBC One

Duration: 1 hour, 59 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 25^th Dec 1992, 15:10 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Mon 13^th Apr 2020, 13:40 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

Director:: Steven Spielberg
Indiana Jones:: Harrison Ford
Professor Henry Jones:: Sean Connery
Marcus Brody:: Denholm Elliott
Elsa:: Alison Doody
Sallah:: John Rhys-Davies
Walter Donovan:: Julian Glover
Young Indy:: River Phoenix
Vogel:: Michael Byrne
Kazim:: Kevork Malikyan
Grail Knight:: Robert Eddison
Fedora:: Richard Young
Sultan:: Alexei Sayle
Young Henry:: Alex Hyde-White
Mrs Donovan:: Isla Blair
Butler:: Vernon Dobtcheff
World War I Ace:: Frederick Jaeger
Hatay Tank Gunner:: Stefan Kalipha
Gestapo:: Pat Roach
Writer:: Jeffrey Boam
Producer:: Robert Watts
Composer:: John Williams
Director of photography:: Douglas Slocombe

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DramaAction & Adventure

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Films

Source: BBC Online

The Boys from Brazil

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 3 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 27^th Jul 2006, 23:40 on BBC One WalesLatest broadcast: Mon 2^nd May 2011, 23:35 on BBC Two Wales (Analogue)

Thriller. Nazi hunter Ezra (Laurence Olivier) learns Dr Josef Mengele has ordered his neo-Nazi followers to kill 65 men of similar age, birthday and backgrounds by a certain date. Show more

Contributors

Dr Josef Mengele:: Gregory Peck
Ezra Lieberman:: Laurence Olivier
Eduard Siebert:: James Mason
Esther Lieberman:: Lilli Palmer
Barry Kohler:: Steve Guttenberg
Sidney Beynon:: Denholm Elliott
Mrs Doring:: Rosemary Harris
Director:: Franklin J Schaffner
Henry Wheelock:: John Dehner
Producer:: Martin Richards
David Bennett:: John Rubinstein
Author:: Ira Levin

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Source: BBC Online

Ripping Yarns

Series 1

Episode 5: Across the Andes by Frog

BBC Two

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 18^th Oct 1977, 21:00 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Thu 1^st May 2014, 22:00 on BBC Four HD

Comedy series parodying boys' own adventure tales. The epic story of one man and six frogs who tried to defy the world in the greatest gamble of all. Show more

Contributors

Captain Walter Snetterton:: Michael Palin
Mr Gregory:: Denholm Elliott
Sgt Major:: Don Henderson
Old Woman:: Eileen Way
First Native:: Louis Mansi
Second Native:: Charles McKeown
Director:: Terry Hughes
Writer:: Michael Palin
Writer:: Terry Jones

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Ripping Yarns

Series

Ripping Yarns: Series 1

Source: BBC Online

The Cruel Sea

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 1 minute

First broadcast: Mon 27^th Aug 2018, 12:10 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sat 21^st Oct 2023, 13:00 on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for 7 months

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Classic documentary-style account of the trials of a British warship during World War II. A captain is haunted by the loss of his past vessel and seeks revenge.

Contributors

Ericson:: Jack Hawkins
Lockhart:: Donald Sinden
Morell:: Denholm Elliott
Bennett:: Stanley Baker
Ferraby:: John Stratton
Tallow:: Bruce Seton
Julie Hallam:: Virginia McKenna
Watts:: Liam Redmond
Phillips:: Glyn Houston
Tonbridge:: Alec McCowen
Raikes:: Barry Letts
Director:: Charles Frend
Producer:: Leslie Norman
Actor:: Eric Ambler

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DramaWar & Disaster

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Source: BBC Online

Zulu Dawn

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 57 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 17^th Feb 2008, 17:05 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sat 9^th May 2009, 16:40 on BBC Two England

Prequel to the historical epic Zulu, showing the build-up to the British invasion of Zululand and the massacre of 1,500 British soldiers. Starring Burt Lancaster and Peter O'Toole. Show more

Contributors

Director:: Douglas Hickox
Actor:: Peter O'Toole
Lt. Vereker:: Simon Ward
Actor:: John Mills
Actor:: Nigel Davenport
Actor:: Michael Jayston
Lt Col Pulleine:: Denholm Elliott
Sgt Maj Williams:: Bob Hoskins
Norris Newman:: Ronald Lacey
QSM Bloomfield:: Peter Vaughan
Writer:: Cy Endfield
Pullen:: Phil Daniels
Cetshwayo:: Simon Sabela
Producer:: Nate Kohn
Col. Durnford:: Burt Lancaster

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DramaWar & Disaster

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Source: BBC Online

Bleak House

Episode 1

BBC Four

Duration: 55 minutes

Audio described

First broadcast: Fri 7^th Sep 2007, 19:30 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Fri 11^th Jan 2008, 19:30 on BBC HD

Available for years

Andrew Davies' adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic tale. Esther, Richard and Ada witness a tragedy and the elegant life of the beautiful Lady Dedlock is turned upside down. Show more

Contributors

Actor:: Denholm Elliott
Actor:: Diana Rigg
Actor:: Philip Franks
Gridley:: Tony Haygarth
Clamb:: Tom Georgeson
Snagsby:: Sean McGinley
Chancellor:: Ian Richardson
Sir Leicester:: Timothy West
John Jarndyce:: Denis Lawson
Mrs Jellyby:: Liza Tarbuck
Harold Skimpole:: Nathaniel Parker
Nemo:: John Lynch
Miss Flite:: Pauline Collins
Mr Tulkinghorn:: Charles Dance
Mr Brownlow:: Alistair McGowan
Lady Dedlock:: Gillian Anderson
Mrs Pardiggle:: Roberta Taylor
Mrs Rouncewell:: Anne Reid
Guppy:: Burn Gorman
Jenny:: Charlie Brooks
Krook:: Johnny Vegas
Jo:: Harry Eden
Hortense:: Lilo Baur
Richard Carston:: Patrick Kennedy
Caddy Jellyby:: Natalie Press
Esther Summerson:: Anna Maxwell Martin
Ada Clare:: Carey Mulligan

Genres

DramaClassic & Period

Series

Bleak House

Source: BBC Online

Bad Timing

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 3 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 7^th Aug 2007, 23:20 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Mon 8^th Sep 2008, 00:15 on BBC Two Wales (Analogue)

Disturbing drama about a tormented love affair between a lecturer in psychoanalysis and an American girl he meets in Vienna. Show more

Contributors

Alex Linden:: Art Garfunkel
Milena Flaherty:: Theresa Russell
Inspector Netusil:: Harvey Keitel
Stefan Vognic:: Denholm Elliott
Foppish Man:: Daniel Massey
Amy:: Dana Gillespie
Director:: Nicolas Roeg

Genres

DramaRelationships & Romance

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

A Game for Vultures

BBC One

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 25^th Mar 2007, 01:30 on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: Sat 13^th Dec 2008, 01:50 on BBC Two Wales

War drama in which a man who smuggles helicopters into Rhodesia to help in the fight against the Popular Front finds the deal leads to an escalation in violence. Show more

Contributors

David Swansey:: Richard Harris
Gideon Marunga:: Richard Roundtree
Nicolle:: Dame Joan Collins
Raglan Thistle:: Denholm Elliott
Larry Prescott:: Sven-Bertil Taube

Genres

DramaWar & Disaster

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Films

Source: BBC Online