Flight for Freedom

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 37 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 19^th Jan 2013, 06:30 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sat 22^nd Oct 2016, 06:00 on BBC Two England

Romantic drama. From first flying solo to her fatal last flight, Tonie Carter proves to be an indomitable woman in the man's world of 1930s aviation.

Gypsy

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 17 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 13^th Apr 2014, 13:05 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Sat 1^st Apr 2017, 13:15 on BBC Two HD

Screen version of the Broadway musical based on the life of vaudeville artist Mama Rose and her daughters Baby June and Gypsy Rose Lee. Starring Natalie Wood and Rosalind Russell. Show more

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Louise Hovick:: Natalie Wood
Rose Hovick:: Rosalind Russell
Herbie Sommers:: Karl Malden
Tulsa:: Paul Wallace
Tessie Tura:: Betty Bruce
Mr Kringelein:: Parley Baer
Grandpa:: Harry Shannon
June:: Ann Jillian
Director:: Mervyn LeRoy
Producer:: Mervyn LeRoy
Writer:: Arthur Laurents
Writer:: Leonard Spigelgass
Lyricist:: Stephen Sondheim

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His Girl Friday

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 32 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 20^th Mar 2008, 10:30 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Fri 17^th Jun 2011, 13:00 on BBC Two England

Classic screwball comedy about a romantic triangle between a star news reporter, her fiance, and her editor - who is also her ex-husband. Starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. Show more

Contributors

Walter Burns:: Cary Grant
Hildy Johnson:: Rosalind Russell
Bruce Baldwin:: Ralph Bellamy
Sheriff Peter B. Hartwell:: Gene Lockhart
Duffy:: Frank Orth
Diamond Louie Palutso:: Abner Biberman
Earl Williams:: John Qualen
Mollie Malloy:: Helen Mack
Director:: Howard Hawks

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Picnic

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 20^th Aug 2011, 12:10 on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: Tue 5^th Aug 2014, 14:25 on BBC Two England

Drama in which a small town's summer festivities are disturbed by a drifter (William Holden), whose easy charm triggers a day and night of revelations and recriminations. Show more

Contributors

Hal Carter:: William Holden
Marjorie 'Madge' Owens:: Kim Novak
Howard Bevans:: Arthur O'Connell
Rosemary Sidney:: Rosalind Russell
Alan Benson:: Cliff Robertson
Flo Owens:: Betty Field
Helen Potts:: Verna Felton
Director:: Joshua Logan
Producer:: Fred Kohlmar
Writer:: Daniel Taradash

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Source: BBC Online

Sister Kenny

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 19^th Jan 2013, 08:10 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sat 9^th Apr 2016, 06:25 on BBC Two HD

Based on the true story of Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian nurse whose pioneering treatment of infantile paralysis led her into conflict with the medical establishment.