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Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four

Musical drama. Realising that the happiest days of her life were spent playing in a swing band during World War II, a recently widowed woman attempts to reunite the group. Show more

Contributors

Elizabeth:
Judi Dench
Patrick:
Ian Holm
Madeleine:
Leslie Caron
Betty:
Joan Sims
Hibbert:
John Warnaby
Young Elizabeth:
Romola Garai
Young Patrick:
Grant Ibbs

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Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

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

Action drama set at the outset of World War I in which an Englishman and an American attempt to destroy a German warship being repaired in Zanzibar, Mozambique. Show more

Contributors

Colonel Flynn O'Flynn:
Lee Marvin
Sebastian Oldsmith:
Roger Moore
Mohammed:
Ian Holm
Rosa O'Flynn:
Barbara Parkins
Herman Fleischer:
Rene Kolldehoff
Director:
Peter Hunt
Actor:
Jean Kent

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Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano

Duration: 44 minutes

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

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Documentary about Hollywood star Bette Davis, spanning her life and career from the 1920s to the 1980s, on stage and on screen, including an interview with the actress herself. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Ian Holm
Interviewed Guest:
Bette Davis
Interviewed Guest:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Interviewed Guest:
Anne Baxter
Interviewed Guest:
Olivia de Havilland
Interviewed Guest:
Joseph L Mankiewicz
Executive Producer:
Alan Yentob

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Duration: 2 hours, 40 minutes

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

Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning biopic charting the life of eccentric film director Howard Hughes over a 20-year period. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Cate Blanchett. Show more

Contributors

Howard Hughes:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Katharine Hepburn:
Cate Blanchett
Ava Gardner:
Kate Beckinsale
Noah Dietrich:
John C Reilly
Juan Trippe:
Alec Baldwin
Ralph Owen Brewster:
Alan Alda
Professor Fitz:
Ian Holm
Errol Flynn:
Jude Law
Faith Domergue:
Kelli Garner
Jack Frye:
Danny Huston
Johnny Meyer:
Adam Scott
Roland Sweet:
Willem Dafoe
Producer:
Graham King

Duration: 2 hours, 17 minutes

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

Richard Attenborough's biopic recounting the eventful early life of Winston Churchill, including his time as a war correspondent in Africa. With Simon Ward and Anne Bancroft. Show more

Contributors

Winston Churchill:
Simon Ward
Lord Randolph Churchill:
Robert Shaw
Lady Jennie Churchill:
Anne Bancroft
General Kitchener:
John Mills
Mr Welldon:
Jack Hawkins
George E Buckle:
Ian Holm
General Bindon Blood:
Patrick Magee
Captain Aylmer Haldane:
Edward Woodward
David Lloyd George:
Anthony Hopkins
Captain, 35th Sikhs:
Peter Cellier
Adjutant, 35th Sikhs:
Ronald Hines
Mrs Everest:
Pat Heywood
Lord Salisbury:
Laurence Naismith
Joseph Chamberlain:
Basil Dignam
Headmaster:
Robert Hardy
Officer on Train:
James Cosmo
Party Chairman:
Norman Bird
Prince of Wales:
Reginald Marsh
Major Finn:
Thorley Walters
Pamela Plowden:
Jane Seymour
Captain Weaver:
Dinsdale Landen
Sikh Soldier:
Dino Shafeek
Producer:
Carl Foreman

Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

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

A tale of fear and revenge in a faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley's original Gothic novel. A young 18th-century scientist dares to challenge the heavens by creating life. Show more

Contributors

Victor Frankenstein:
Kenneth Branagh
The Creature:
Robert De Niro
Henry Clerval:
Tom Hulce
Baron Frankenstein:
Ian Holm
Professor Waldman:
John Cleese
Captain Robert Walton:
Aidan Quinn
Professor Krempe:
Robert Hardy
Writer:
Steph Lady

Duration: 1 hour, 57 minutes

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

Available for 8 months

The story of athletes Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell, rivals who were both chosen to represent Britain in the 1924 Paris Olympics. Show more

Contributors

Harold Abrahams:
Ben Cross
Eric Liddell:
Ian Charleson
Lord Andrew Lindsay:
Nigel Havers
Aubrey Montague:
Nicholas Farrell
Sam Mussabini:
Ian Holm
Master of Trinity:
John Gielgud
Master of Caius:
Lindsay Anderson
Jennie Liddell:
Cheryl Campbell
Director:
Hugh Hudson

Duration: 1 hour, 51 minutes

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

Available for 8 months

A commercial spacecraft on its way home is diverted to investigate a mysterious signal on a nearby planet, where it picks up a deadly, parasitic life form. Show more

Duration: 2 hours, 10 minutes

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

Kenneth Branagh's Oscar-winning adaptation of Shakespeare's play telling the story of the courageous king's invasion of France and the historic Battle of Agincourt. Show more

Contributors

King Henry V:
Kenneth Branagh
King Charles VI of France:
Paul Scofield
Captain Fluellen:
Ian Holm
Princess Katherine de Valois:
Emma Thompson
Bishop of Ely:
Alec McCowen
Mistress Nell Quickly:
Judi Dench
Earl Richard of Cambridge:
Fabian Cartwright
Lord Henry Scroop:
Stephen Simms
Sir Thomas Grey:
Jay Villiers
Auncient Pistol:
Robert Stephens
Corporal Nym:
Geoffrey Hutchings
Lieutenant Bardolph:
Richard Briers
Sir John Falstaff:
Robbie Coltrane
Duke Humphrey of Gloucester:
Simon Shepherd
Duke John of Bedford:
James Larkin
Duke Thomas Beaufort of Exeter:
Brian Blessed
Archbishop of Canterbury:
Charles Kay
Macmorris:
John Sessions
Louis the Dauphin:
Michael Maloney
Duke Philippe of Burgundy:
Harold Innocent
Producer:
Bruce Sharman
Composer:
Patrick Doyle
Director of photography:
Kenneth MacMillan

Duration: 2 hours, 2 minutes

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

Available for 2 months

Returning from France to rule Scotland, Mary Stuart gets a grudging welcome, while her cousin in England, Queen Elizabeth, must guard against Mary’s rival claim to her own throne. Show more

Contributors

Mary, Queen of Scots:
Vanessa Redgrave
Queen Elizabeth:
Glenda Jackson
James Stuart:
Patrick McGoohan
Lord Henry Darnley:
Timothy Dalton
Lord Bothwell:
Nigel Davenport
William Cecil:
Trevor Howard
Robert Dudley:
Daniel Massey
David Riccio:
Ian Holm
Writer:
John Hale

Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One North WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Satirical action thriller set in the world of black market arms dealing, focusing on the career of a gunrunner (Nicolas Cage) and his pursuit by an Interpol agent. Show more

Contributors

Yuri Orlov:
Nicolas Cage
Ava Fontaine:
Bridget Moynahan
Vitaly Orlov:
Jared Leto
Irina Orlov:
Shake Tukhmanyan
Anatoly Orlov:
Jean Pierre Nshanian
Ukranian Mobster:
Jared Burke
Ukranian Mobster:
Eric Uys
Ukranian Mobster:
David Shumbris
Ukranian Mobster:
Stewart Morgan
Producer:
Nicolas Cage
Andre Baptiste Senior:
Eamonn Walker
Colonel Oliver Southern (voice):
Donald Sutherland
Simeon Weisz:
Ian Holm
Anatoly Orlov:
Jean-Pierre Nshanian
Director:
Andrew Niccol

Duration: 2 hours, 16 minutes

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

Orwellian fantasy. Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) is happy in his job at the Ministry of Information. Frequent daydreams transport him from drab reality, until the worst occurs. Show more

Contributors

Sam Lowry:
Jonathan Pryce
Harry Tuttle:
Robert De Niro
Mrs Ida Lowry:
Katherine Helmond
Mr Kurtzmann:
Ian Holm
Jack Lint:
Michael Palin
Mr Warrenn:
Ian Richardson
Mr Helpmann:
Peter Vaughan
Jill Layton:
Kim Greist
Director:
Terry Gilliam
Dr Jaffe:
Jim Broadbent
Mrs Terrain:
Barbara Hicks
Technician:
Ray Cooper
Girl Buttle:
Prudence Oliver
Arrest Official:
Simon Jones
Charlie:
Nigel Planer
TV Commercial Presenter:
Terence Bayler
MOI Lobby Porter:
Gorden Kaye
Bespectacled Lurker:
Bill Wallis
Old Lady with Dog:
Ann Way
Black Maria Guard:
Don Henderson
Producer:
Arnon Milchan