Solomon and Sheba

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 19 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 14^th Jul 2007, 14:40 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sat 14^th Jul 2007, 14:40 on BBC Two Scotland

Adaptation of the Biblical tale of Solomon and the temptress Queen of Sheba, who seduces him in an effort to topple him from power but ends up falling in love with him.

War and Peace

BBC Two

Duration: 3 hours, 18 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 27^th Dec 2013, 11:30 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Sat 17^th Oct 2015, 06:20 on BBC Two HD

Lavish adaptation of Tolstoy's novel concerning the complex story of two men's love for one woman, set against Napoleon's attempt to conquer Russia. Show more

Contributors

Pierre Bezukhov:: Henry Fonda
Natasha Rostova:: Audrey Hepburn
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky:: Mel Ferrer
Napoleon:: Herbert Lom
Helene Kuragina:: Anita Ekberg
Anatol Kuragin:: Vittorio Gassman
Nikolai Rostov:: Jeremy Brett
Prince Mikhail Andreevich Rostov:: Barry Jones
Field Marshal Kutuzov:: Oskar Homolka
Platon Karataev:: John Mills
Denisov:: Patrick Crean
Lisa Bolkonskaya:: Milly Vitale
Prince Bolkonsky:: Wilfred Lawson
Maria Bolkonskaya:: Anna Maria Ferrero
Sonia Rostova:: May Britt
Director:: King Vidor
Author:: Leo Tolstoy
Producer:: Dino De Laurentiis
Composer:: Nino Rota
Director of photography:: Jack Cardiff

Genres

DramaClassic & Period

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

Duel in the Sun

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 4 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 11^th Sep 2010, 14:25 on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: Thu 24^th Apr 2014, 10:55 on BBC Two England

Western melodrama about two brothers (Joseph Cotten and Gregory Peck) battling for the affections of a Mexican girl fostered into the ranch-owning family of her father's cousin. Show more