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Arena

Night and Day

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

To celebrate Arena's 40th anniversary, a new film made entirely from its own archive, evoking the one experience common to all - the 24-hour cycle from dawn to dusk to dawn again. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Alex Jones
Director:
Anthony Wall
Editor:
Alex Jones
Participant:
The Beatles
Participant:
The Rolling Stones
Participant:
Jack Nicholson
Participant:
Jeffrey Bernard
Participant:
Anita Ekberg
Participant:
Luciano Pavarotti
Participant:
Ray Galton
Participant:
Alan Simpson
Participant:
Wendy Beckett
Participant:
Roy Plomley
Participant:
Gerald Scarfe
Participant:
Eric Sykes
Participant:
Orson Welles

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Arena

Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

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

Writer Jack Torrance takes the job of caretaker at a remote hotel, but his wife and young son soon find that the place has a horrific history that is encroaching on the present. Show more

Contributors

Jack Torrance:
Jack Nicholson
Wendy Torrance:
Shelley Duvall
Danny Torrance:
Danny Lloyd
Dick Hallorann:
Scatman Crothers

Duration: 1 hour, 21 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Horror starring Boris Karloff and Jack Nicholson. A Napoleonic soldier meets a ghostly baroness, only to discover that she and the lost girl he is seeking are one and the same.

Contributors

Baron Von Leppe:
Boris Karloff
Director:
Roger Corman
Andre Duvalier:
Jack Nicholson

Duration: 2 hours, 13 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Drama set in a psychiatric hospital about a crook who inspires his fellow patients to assert themselves in the face of the hospital's oppressive routines. Show more

Contributors

RP McMurphy:
Jack Nicholson
Nurse Ratched:
Louise Fletcher
Mr Harding:
William Redfield
Chief Bromden:
Will Sampson
Billy Bibbit:
Brad Dourif
Colonel Matterson:
Peter Brocco
Martini:
Danny DeVito
Fredrickson:
Vincent Schiavelli
Washington:
Nathan George
Author:
Ken Kesey
Director:
Milos Forman

Genres

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Duration: 1 hour, 51 minutes

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

Available for 9 months

Little seems to happen in the sleepy New England town of Eastwick, but that all changes when three women make a wish for a dynamic man to enter their lives.

Contributors

Alexandra Medford:
Cher undefined
Sukie Ridgemont:
Michelle Pfeiffer
Jane Spofford:
Susan Sarandon
Daryl Van Horne:
Jack Nicholson
Felicia Alden:
Veronica Cartwright
Clyde Alden:
Richard Jenkins
Walter Neff:
Keith Jochim
Director:
George Miller
Producer:
Neil Canton

Duration: 1 hour, 47 minutes

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

Ken Russell's flamboyant treatment of The Who's rock opera about a deaf, dumb and blind boy who achieves a messianic status as a pinball player. Show more

Contributors

Nora Walker-Hobbs:
Ann-Margret undefined
Frank Hobbs:
Oliver Reed
Pinball Wizard:
Elton John
Preacher:
Eric Clapton
Specialist:
Jack Nicholson
Captain Walker:
Robert Powell
Cousin Kevin:
Paul Nicholas
Acid Queen:
Tina Turner
Uncle Ernie:
Keith Moon
The Priest:
Arthur Brown
Sally Simpson:
Victoria Russell
Reverend Simpson:
Ben Aris
Mrs Simpson:
Mary Holland
Director:
Ken Russell
Producer:
Ken Russell
Director of photography:
Dick Bush
Director of photography:
Ronnie Taylor

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Lighthearted tale of a lowly US naval ensign aboard USS Reluctant who strikes a blow for his downtrodden crewmates. Starring Robert Walker and Burl Ives. Show more

Contributors

Ensign Frank Pulver:
Robert Walker Jr
Captain Morton:
Burl Ives
John X Bruno:
Tommy Sands
Nurse Scotty:
Millie Perkins
Head Nurse:
Kay Medford
Lt JG Billings:
Larry Hagman
Lt JG Carney:
Peter Marshall
CPO Dowdy:
Joseph Marr
Lt SG LaSueur:
Gerald S O'Loughlin
Lt JG Carney:
Kagiso Kuypers
Captain Donald 'Stretch' Zimmer:
Robert Matek
Director:
Joshua Logan
Producer:
Joshua Logan

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 9 minutes

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

Black comedy about a lowly flower-shop assistant who nurtures a carnivorous plant with a taste for human flesh. This cult movie was famously shot in two days. Show more

Contributors

Seymour Krelboyne:
Jonathan Haze
Audrey Fulquard:
Jackie Joseph
Gravis Mushnick:
Mel Welles
Director:
Roger Corman
Burson Fouch:
Dick Miller
Winifred Krelboyne:
Myrtle Vail
Siddie Shiva:
Leola Wendorff
Composer:
Fred Katz
Director of photography:
Archie Dalzell

Duration: 2 hours, 11 minutes

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

Intelligent romantic comedy satirising American television news. A highly-strung producer is attracted to an anchorman, even though she loathes everything he personifies. Show more

Contributors

Tom Grunick:
William Hurt
Aaron Altman:
Albert Brooks
Jane Craig:
Holly Hunter
Ernie Merriman:
Robert Prosky
Jennifer Mack:
Lois Chiles
Blair Litton:
Joan Cusack
Bill Rorish:
Jack Nicholson
Martin Klein:
Robert Katims
George Wein:
Ed Wheeler
Angry Messenger:
John Cusack

Duration: 2 hours, 3 minutes

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

Atmospheric drama following a veteran detective as he investigates a child murder in small-town Nevada. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Channel IslandsLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland

Drama. When Freddy Gale learns that the man who killed his young daughter in a drink-driving incident has been released from prison, he vows to kill him.

Contributors

Freddy Gale:
Jack Nicholson
John Booth:
David Morse
Stuart Booth:
Richard Bradford
Helen Booth:
Piper Laurie
Director:
Sean Penn
Writer:
Sean Penn

Formats