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Duration: 1 hour, 47 minutes

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

Available for 7 months

Astronauts stranded on a hostile world are shocked to find it is an ape civilisation, with humans merely mute beasts and where being otherwise is deadly dangerous.

Contributors

George Tyler:
Charlton Heston
Cornelius:
Roddy McDowall
Dr Zaius:
Maurice Evans
President of the Assembly:
James Whitmore
Honorius:
James Daly

Duration: 1 hour, 43 minutes

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

Disney comedy in which an alien cat, having crash-landed on Earth, must use his magical powers to raise 120,000 dollars in order to fix his spaceship. Show more

Contributors

Dr Frank Wilson:
Ken Berry
Director:
Norman Tokar
Dr Liz Bartlett:
Sandy Duncan
General Stilton:
Harry Morgan
Mr Stallwood:
Roddy McDowall

Murder, She Wrote

Series 2

Episode 4: School for Scandal

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC One Yorks & Lincs

Murder mystery series. Jessica is about to receive a special award at Grenshaw College when she finds the proceedings interrupted by a murder.

Contributors

Jessica Fletcher:
Angela Lansbury
Ron Mercer:
James Sutorius
Henry Hayward:
John Vernon
Beryl Hayward:
June Lockhart
Alger Kenyon:
Roddy McDowall

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

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

Atmospheric supernatural shocker in which a dying millionaire offers money to a sceptical physicist to investigate a haunted mansion where a number of strange deaths have occurred. Show more

Duration: 2 hours, 14 minutes

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

Bittersweet musical drama based on the life of stage legend Fanny Brice, which takes up where Funny Girl left off. It is 1930, and Fanny begins a new romance. Show more

Contributors

Fanny Brice:
Barbra Streisand
Billy Rose:
James Caan
Nick Arnstein:
Omar Sharif
Bobby Moore:
Roddy McDowall
Bert Robbins:
Ben Vereen
Norma Butler:
Carole Wells
Bernard Baruch:
Larry Gates
Eleanor Holm:
Heidi O'Rourke
Billy's Girl:
Colleen Camp
Girl with Nick:
Alana Collins
Director:
Herbert Ross

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Murder, She Wrote

Series 5

Episode 13: Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Mystery series about a sleuthing writer. Jessica investigates some strange occurrences in Cabot Cove involving a woman who has been dead for centuries.

Contributors

Jessica Fletcher:
Angela Lansbury
Dr. Seth Hazlitt:
William Windom
Gordon Fairchild:
Roddy McDowall
R.L. Pierson:
Bruce Gray

Duration: 1 hour, 42 minutes

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

Available for years

Orson Welles's classic film version of Shakespeare's play about a Scottish nobleman heavily influenced by his wife's lust for power. Show more

Contributors

Macbeth:
Orson Welles
Young Siward:
Archie Heugly
A Holy Father:
Alan Napier
Lady Macduff:
Peggy Webber
Lady Macbeth:
Jeanette Nolan
Producer:
Orson Welles
Director:
Orson Welles

Batman

Series 1

Episode 29: The Bookworm Turns

Duration: 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Fantasy adventure series. While Batman is sent on a false trail, the Bookworm kidnaps Robin and leaves him tied to the clapper of the Wayne Memorial Clock Tower.

Contributors

Batman/Bruce Wayne:
Adam West
Robin/Dick Grayson:
Burt Ward
Alfred Pennyworth:
Alan Napier
Commissioner Gordon:
Neil Hamilton
Chief O'Hara:
Stafford Repp
Aunt Harriet Cooper:
Madge Blake

Batman

Series 1

Episode 30: While Gotham City Burns

Duration: 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Action comedy series. The cloaked crimebuster and his assistant pit their wits against the devilish Bookworm and are trapped inside a giant cook book. Show more

Contributors

Batman/Bruce Wayne:
Adam West
Robin/Dick Grayson:
Burt Ward
Commissioner Gordon:
Neil Hamilton
Alfred Pennyworth:
Alan Napier
Chief O'Hara:
Stafford Repp
Aunt Harriet Cooper:
Madge Blake

Duration: 1 hour, 52 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Classic Disney fantasy set in World War II England. Three evacuees discover that their guardian is an amateur witch, and together they search for a missing spell. Show more

Contributors

Eglantine Price:
Angela Lansbury
Mr Emelius Brown:
David Tomlinson
Bookman:
Sam Jaffe
Colonel Heller:
John Ericson
Swinburne:
Bruce Forsyth
Mrs Hobday:
Tessie O'Shea
Captain Ainsley Greer:
Arthur E Gould-Porter
Street sweeper:
Ben Wrigley
General Sir Brian Teagler:
Reginald Owen
Elderly Farmer:
Cyril Delevanti
German Sergeant:
Rick Traeger
Charlie:
Ian Weighill
Writer:
Bill Walsh
Producer:
Bill Walsh
Director of photography:
Frank Phillips

Duration: 1 hour, 51 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for 2 months

Agatha Christie's murder mystery. Detective Hercule Poirot sets out to discover the truth behind the death of a stage star at a resort hotel on an Adriatic island. Show more

Contributors

Hercule Poirot:
Peter Ustinov
Daphne Castle:
Maggie Smith
Christine Redfern:
Jane Birkin
Arlena Marshall:
Diana Rigg
Rex Brewster:
Roddy McDowall
Patrick Redfern:
Nicholas Clay
Myra Gardener:
Sylvia Miles
Odell Gardener:
James Mason
Sir Horace Blatt:
Colin Blakely
Kenneth Marshall:
Denis Quilley
Director:
Guy Hamilton

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Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Disney comedy about a Siamese cat who picks up the only clue to a bank robbery when a kidnapped teller slips her wristwatch around his neck. Starring Hayley Mills. Show more

Contributors

Patti Randall:
Hayley Mills
Agent Zeke Kelso:
Dean Jones
Ingrid Randall:
Dorothy Provine
Gregory Benson:
Roddy McDowall
Kip MacDougall:
Elsa Lanchester
Wilbur MacDougall:
William Demarest
Mr Newton:
Richard Eastham
Miss Margaret Miller:
Grayson Hall
Mr Hofstedder:
Ed Wynn
Canoe Henderson:
Tom Lowell
Producer:
Walt Disney
Writer:
Bill Walsh

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