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Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

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

Mystery thriller starring Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth. A journalist attempts to find out the truth behind a long-forgotten murder incident involving a once-popular comedy duo. Show more

Contributors

Lanny Morris:
Kevin Bacon
Vince Collins:
Colin Firth
Karen O' Connor:
Alison Lohman
Sally Sanmarco:
Maury Chaykin
Mrs O'Flaherty:
Deborah Grover
Jack Scaglia:
Beau Starr
Publishing Executive:
Arsinee Khanjian
Publishing Executive:
Gabrielle Rose
Director:
Atom Egoyan
Producer:
Robert Lantos

Duration: 1 hour, 54 minutes

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

Available for 10 months

William Shakespeare is out of ideas. That is, until Viola de Lesseps, the stage-struck daughter of a wealthy merchant, attends auditions disguised as Thomas Kent. Show more

Contributors

Director:
John Madden
Viola De Lesseps:
Gwyneth Paltrow
William Shakespeare:
Joseph Fiennes
Philip Henslowe:
Geoffrey Rush
Lord Wessex:
Colin Firth
Ned Alleyn:
Ben Affleck
Queen Elizabeth:
Judi Dench

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Romantic comedy starring Uma Thurman. When a radio agony aunt advises one of her female listeners to break off her engagement, the jilted fiance decides to get his revenge on her. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Griffin Dunne
Dr. Emma Lloyd:
Uma Thurman
Patrick Sullivan:
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Richard Bratton:
Colin Firth
Wilder Lloyd:
Sam Shepard
Carolyn:
Brooke Adams
Greta Bollenbecker:
Isabella Rossellini

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One London

With six daughters to marry off, Mrs Bennet is thrilled when two bachelors arrive. However a visit from the Bennets' heir throws the family into disarray.

Contributors

Director:
Simon Langton
Elizabeth Bennet:
Jennifer Ehle
Mr. Darcy:
Colin Firth
Jane Bennet:
Susannah Harker
Lydia Bennet:
Julia Sawalha
Mrs. Bennet:
Alison Steadman
Kitty Bennet:
Polly Maberly
Mary Bennet:
Lucy Briers
Miss Bingley:
Anna Chancellor
Mrs. Hurst:
Lucy Robinson

Duration: 1 hour, 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One London

Elizabeth is furious to discover that Darcy is responsible for Jane's unhappiness. Meanwhile, Darcy realises where his heart truly lies.

Contributors

Director:
Simon Langton
Elizabeth Bennet:
Jennifer Ehle
Mr. Darcy:
Colin Firth
Jane Bennet:
Susannah Harker
Lydia Bennet:
Julia Sawalha
Mrs. Bennet:
Alison Steadman
Kitty Bennet:
Polly Maberly
Mary Bennet:
Lucy Briers
Miss Bingley:
Anna Chancellor
Mrs. Hurst:
Lucy Robinson

Duration: 1 hour, 41 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One London

Darcy introduces Elizabeth to his sister at Pemberley, but then distressing news arrives from Longbourn – Lydia has eloped with Mr Wickham.

Contributors

Director:
Simon Langton
Elizabeth Bennet:
Jennifer Ehle
Mr. Darcy:
Colin Firth
Jane Bennet:
Susannah Harker
Lydia Bennet:
Julia Sawalha
Mrs. Bennet:
Alison Steadman
Kitty Bennet:
Polly Maberly
Mary Bennet:
Lucy Briers
Miss Bingley:
Anna Chancellor
Mrs. Hurst:
Lucy Robinson

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

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

Romantic comedy. A depressed artist (Colin Firth) tries to forget about his love life in Vermont. He falls for an odd nurse (Heather Graham), but his former fiancee wants him back. Show more

Contributors

Colin Ware:
Colin Firth
Director:
Mark Herman
Vera Edwards:
Minnie Driver
Doug Reed:
Oliver Platt
Mr Fisher:
Frank Collison
Joanie Fisher:
Mary Steenburgen
Mrs Peterson:
Mary Black
Mr West:
Alan Giles
Waitress:
Dolores Drake

Duration: 1 hour, 33 minutes

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

Comedy drama starring Helen Hunt. A teacher's life is turned upside down when her adoptive mother dies, her husband leaves and her biological mother suddenly returns. Show more

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Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Family drama set in a Highlands castle in the 1920s. A beautiful French woman makes an impact on an eccentric Scottish inventor and his ten-year-old son. Show more

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Duration: 2 hours, 33 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One North WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Sweeping romantic epic set at the end of the Second World War. A badly burned and unidentified pilot recounts a doomed love affair to the nurse tending him. Show more

Contributors

Count Laszlo de Almásy:
Ralph Fiennes
Katharine Clifton:
Kristin Scott Thomas
David Caravaggio:
Willem Dafoe
Geoffrey Clifton:
Colin Firth
Fenelon-Barnes:
Clive Merrison
Major Muller:
Jurgen Prochnow
Sergeant Hardy:
Kevin Whately
D'Agostino:
Nino Castelnuovo
Corporal Dade:
Philip Whitchurch
Spalding:
Lee Ross
Producer:
Saul Zaentz
Composer:
Gabriel Yared
Director of photography:
John Seale

Front Row

Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz, Irish Women Writers, Vaseem Khan

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz on their new film The Mercy, the true story of an amateur sailor's attempt to sail around the world. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Colin Firth
Interviewed Guest:
Rachel Weisz
Interviewed Guest:
Vaseem Khan
Interviewed Guest:
Mary O'Donnell
Interviewed Guest:
Rosemary Jenkinson
Interviewed Guest:
John Boyne

Duration: 1 hour, 34 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 5 months

Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz star in the story of British amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, who attempted to circumnavigate the world solo in 1969 and whose controversial voyage ended in tragedy.

Contributors

Rodney Hallwarth:
David Thewlis
Donald Crowhurst:
Colin Firth
Rachel Crowhurst:
Eleanor Stagg
Clare Crowhurst:
Rachel Weisz
Director:
James Marsh
James Crowhurst:
Kit Connor
Ronald Hall:
Mark Gatiss
Mr Best:
Ken Stott

Duration: 1 hour, 39 minutes

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

Drama about an English professor (Colin Firth) who, one year after the sudden death of his partner, is unable to cope with daily life in 1960s Los Angeles. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Tom Ford
Mrs Strunk:
Ginnifer Goodwin
Mr Strunk:
Teddy Sears
Christopher Strunk:
Paul Butler
Tom Strunk:
Aaron Sanders
Blonde Secretary:
Keri Lynn Pratt
Writer:
Tom Ford

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Duration: 1 hour, 47 minutes

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

Available for 2 months

Captain-Lieutenant Mikhail Averin prepares for an exercise in the Barents Sea by the Russian Northern Fleet, but things do not go to plan on the submarine Kursk. Show more

Contributors

Mikhail Averin:
Matthias Schoenaerts
Tanya Averina:
Lea Seydoux
Misha Averin:
Artemiy Spiridonov
Commodore David Russell:
Colin Firth
Admiral Vyacheslav Grudzinsky:
Peter Simonischek
Anton Markov:
August Diehl
Vladimir Petrenko:
Max von Sydow

Duration: 1 hour, 37 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Romantic comedy about a thirtysomething woman who is determined to take control of her life. She drinks, smokes and eats too much - and always chooses the wrong kind of man. Show more

Contributors

Bridget Jones:
Renee Zellweger
Daniel Cleaver:
Hugh Grant
Mark Darcy:
Colin Firth
Bridget's Mum:
Gemma Jones
Una Alconbury:
Celia Imrie
Uncle Geoffrey:
James Faulkner
Bridget's Dad:
Jim Broadbent
Mrs Darcy:
Charmian May
Mr Fitzherbert:
Paul Brooke

Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Adaptation of Oscar Wilde's masterpiece, set in 1890s England. A comedy of mistaken identity ensues when two gentlemen friends use the same alias to pursue the women they love. Show more

Contributors

Lady Bracknell:
Judi Dench
Dr Chasuble:
Tom Wilkinson
Miss Prism:
Anna Massey
Gribsby:
Charles Kay
Pew opener:
Cyril Shaps
Director:
Oliver Parker

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Duration: 1 hour, 32 minutes

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

Drama in which a young maid (Scarlett Johansson), employed by artist Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth), charms him to the point where he feels compelled to paint her portrait. Show more

Contributors

Johannes Vermeer:
Colin Firth
Pieter Van Ruijven:
Tom Wilkinson
Maria Thins:
Judy Parfitt
Catharina Bolnes Vermeer:
Essie Davis
Cornelia Vermeer:
Alakina Mann
Griet's Father:
Chris McHallem
Griet's Mother:
Gabrielle Reidy
Director:
Peter Webber
Producer:
Andy Paterson
Producer:
Anand Tucker
Director of photography:
Eduardo Serra

Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for years

Sam and Tusker take their old camper van out of retirement to travel up to the north of England to visit Sam's sister and for pianist Sam to perform at a concert. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 34 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales HD

Available for years

Biopic about the final years of playwright Oscar Wilde. An exiled Wilde looks back on his life from his deathbed in a small Parisian flat, longing for a return to happier times. Show more

Contributors

Oscar Wilde:
Rupert Everett
Reggie Turner:
Colin Firth
Constance Wilde:
Emily Watson
Alfred Bosie Douglas:
Colin Morgan
Mrs Arbuthnott:
Anna Chancellor
Father Dunne:
Tom Wilkinson
Mr Abrbuthnott:
Julian Wadham
Robbie Ross:
Edwin Thomas