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Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

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

Supernatural comedy starring Robert Morley. Two officers in the reign of Queen Anne accidently kill themselves and are doomed to haunt their house until reigning royalty visit.

Contributors

General Burlap:
Robert Morley
Colonel Kelsoe:
Felix Aylmer
King's Equerry:
Robert Beaumont
Director:
Vernon Sewell

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Duration: 58 minutes

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

Simon Templar (Hugh Sinclair) is taking a quiet holiday in Switzerland when he becomes embroiled in the hunt for a music box containing a top-secret code. Show more

Contributors

Simon Templar:
Hugh Sinclair
Mary Langdon:
Sally Gray
Monty Hayward:
Arthur Macrae
Rudolph:
Cecil Parker
Inspector Teal:
Gordon McLeod
Gregory:
John Warwick
Charles Leighton:
Felix Aylmer
Director:
Leslie Fenton

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 24 minutes

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

Horror. In 1895, an archaeological team discovers the tomb of an Egyptian princess. The tomb is guarded by a mummy which will avenge all who desecrate the site. Show more

Contributors

John Banning:
Peter Cushing
The Mummy/Kharis:
Christopher Lee
Isobel/Ananka:
Yvonne Furneaux
Inspector Mulrooney:
Eddie Byrne
Stephen Banning:
Felix Aylmer
Joseph Whemple:
Raymond Huntley
Mehemet Bey:
George Pastell

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

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

Adventure yarn. A Scottish aristocrat leaves to make a new life for himself amidst pirates far from home when he believes his brother has betrayed him. Show more

Contributors

James Durie:
Errol Flynn
Henry Durie:
Anthony Steel
Colonel Francis Burke:
Roger Livesey
Lady Alison:
Beatrice Campbell
Jessie Brown:
Yvonne Furneaux
Lord Durrisdeer:
Felix Aylmer
MacKellar:
Mervyn Johns
Major Clarendon:
Ralph Truman
Marianne:
Gillian Lynne

Duration: 2 hours, 42 minutes

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

Lavish historical epic. Under the Roman Emperor Nero, Christianity is outlawed. The beautiful daughter of a Roman general is forced to choose between her religion and her lover. Show more

Contributors

Marcus Vinicius:
Robert Taylor
Petronius:
Leo Genn
Plautius:
Felix Aylmer
Tigellinus:
Ralph Truman
Nazarius:
Peter Miles
Director:
Mervyn LeRoy
Writer:
SN Behrman
Producer:
Sam Zimbalist
Composer:
Miklos Rozsa
Director of photography:
William V Skall
Director of photography:
Robert Surtees

Duration: 1 hour, 42 minutes

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

Swashbuckling spectacular based on the novel by Sir Walter Scott in which Ivanhoe fights for the honour of the kidnapped King Richard. Show more

Contributors

Wilfred of Ivanhoe:
Robert Taylor
De Bois-Guilbert:
George Sanders
Isaac of York:
Felix Aylmer
Sir Hugh De Bracy:
Robert Douglas
Clerk of Copmanhurst:
Sebastian Cabot
Front De Boeuf:
Francis De Wolff

Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

The story of 15th-century French heroine Joan of Arc, who led an army to drive the English occupying forces out of France. Based on George Bernard Shaw's play. Show more

Contributors

Charles the Dauphin:
Richard Widmark
Dunois, Bastard of Orleans:
Richard Todd
The Earl of Warwick:
John Gielgud
The Inquisitor:
Felix Aylmer
John de Stognumber:
Harry Andrews
De Courcelles:
Barry Jones
The Archbishop of Rheims:
Finlay Currie
The Master Executioner:
Bernard Miles

Duration: 2 hours, 22 minutes

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

When Henry II appoints Thomas Becket as Archbishop of Canterbury, he hopes to lessen Church interference, but soon the friends come into conflict. Show more

Contributors

Thomas Becket:
Richard Burton
King Henry II:
Peter O'Toole
King Louis VII of France:
John Gielgud
Gilbert Folliot, Bishop of London:
Donald Wolfit
Empress Matilda:
Martita Hunt
Queen Eleanor:
Pamela Brown
Gwendolen:
Sian Phillips
Archbishop of Canterbury:
Felix Aylmer
Cardinal Zambelli:
Gino Cervi
Pope Alexander III:
Paolo Stoppa
Brother John:
David Weston

Duration: 2 hours, 4 minutes

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

Courtroom drama about four youths accused of murdering a nightwatchman. The defence tries to persuade the jury that the boys are guilty of a crime of passion and should not hang. Show more