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Duration: 2 hours, 19 minutes

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

Adaptation of the Biblical tale of Solomon and the temptress Queen of Sheba, who seduces him in an effort to topple him from power but ends up falling in love with him.

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Duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes

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

Star-studded adventure yarn following the travels of Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg as he attempts to circumnavigate the globe in only 80 days. Show more

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Phileas Fogg:
David Niven
Princess Aouda:
Shirley MacLaine
Passepartout:
Cantinflas
Inspector Fix:
Robert Newton
Denis Fallentin:
Trevor Howard
Andrew Stuart:
Finlay Currie
Mr Foster:
John Gielgud
Hesketh-Baggott, Employment Agent:
Noel Coward
Producer:
Michael Todd
Writer:
James Poe

Duration: 1 hour, 53 minutes

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

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Vivid adaptation of the Dickens classic about a poor young orphan who becomes a gentleman of means thanks to a mysterious benefactor. Show more

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Joe Gargery:
Bernard Miles
Miss Havisham:
Martita Hunt
Abel Magwitch:
Finlay Currie
Young Pip:
Anthony Wager
Estella as a child:
Jean Simmons
Herbert Pocket:
Alec Guinness
Writer:
David Lean
Director:
David Lean
Producer:
Ronald Neame

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Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

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

Romantic drama. An ambitious middle-class woman is marooned on the Isle of Mull en route to her wedding, and falls in love with the Laird of Kiloran. Show more

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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

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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, 31 minutes

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

Adventure based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novel. In 18th-century Scotland, young David Balfour is kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance at his scheming uncle's behest.

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Alan Breck Stewart:
Peter Finch
David Balfour:
James MacArthur
Robin Oig MacGregor:
Peter O'Toole
Captain Hoseason:
Bernard Lee
Uncle Ebenezer:
John Laurie
Cluny MacPherson:
Finlay Currie
Mr Rankeillor:
Miles Malleson
Mr Campbell:
Oliver Johnston
The Highlander:
Duncan Macrae

Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes

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

Horror thriller about a 19th-century doctor who becomes addicted to narcotics and finds his life spiralling dangerously out of control. Show more

Contributors

Dr Thomas Bolton:
Boris Karloff
Resurrection Joe:
Christopher Lee
Supt. Matheson:
Finlay Currie
Director:
Robert Day

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: 1 hour, 33 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales (Analogue)

Disney animation about a Scottish girl whose father has her cat put to sleep. Their relationship deteriorates, until the intervention of a witch with the power to heal animals. Show more

Contributors

Andrew McDhui:
Patrick McGoohan
Director:
Don Chaffey
Lori MacGregor:
Susan Hampshire
Mary McDhui:
Karen Dotrice
Jamie McNab:
Denis Gilmore
Reverend Angus Peddie:
Laurence Naismith
Willie Bannock:
Wilfrid Brambell
Grandpa Stirling:
Finlay Currie