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Duration: 1 hour, 16 minutes

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

A radioactive mud-like substance terrorises a Scottish village during the 1950s.

Contributors

Dr Adam Royston:
Dean Jagger
Inspector McGill:
Leo McKern
John Elliott:
Edward Chapman
Peter Elliott:
William Lucas
Lieutenant Bannerman:
Peter Hammond
Lance Corporal "Spider" Webb:
Anthony Newley
Jack Harding:
Jameson Clark
Zena, the Nurse:
Marianne Brauns
Sergeant Harry Grimsdyke:
Michael Ripper
Major Cartwright:
John Harvey
Director:
Leslie Norman
Executive Producer:
Michael Carreras
Producer:
Anthony Hinds

Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes

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

An impoverished man (Norman Wisdom) makes an unlikely bet to raise money to buy a gift for his secret love. As his fortune turns, a series of slapstick misunderstandings ensues. Show more

Contributors

Richard Lumb:
Leslie Phillips
Miss Daviot:
Delphi Lawrence
Mr Stoneway:
Edward Chapman
Mrs Hackett:
Marjorie Rhodes
Phoebe:
Joan Sims
Cranley:
Michael Ward
Man in Cinema:
Felix Felton
Producer:
Hugh Stewart

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Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

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

Slapstick comedy about a milkman for a small, independent dairy, who finds his livelihood threatened by a large conglomerate and decides to put up a fight. Starring Norman Wisdom.

Contributors

Norman Pitkin:
Norman Wisdom
Mr Grimsdale:
Edward Chapman
Mr Hunter:
Jerry Desmonde
Mrs Hoskin:
Paddie ONeil
Director:
Robert Asher
Producer:
Hugh Stewart

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Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Classic slapstick comedy about a bumbling butcher's boy (Norman Wisdom) who takes a shine to a recently orphaned girl while visiting his boss in hospital. He vows to see her again. Show more

Contributors

Norman Pitkin:
Norman Wisdom
Director:
Robert Asher
Grimsdale:
Edward Chapman
Janet Haskell:
Jeanette Sterke
Sir Hector:
Jerry Desmonde
Lady Brinkley:
Jill Melford
Cpl Welsh:
Glyn Houston
Capt Russell:
Peter Jones
Prof Crankshaw:
Ernest Clark
Dr Meadows:
Patrick Cargill
Producer:
Hugh Stewart

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Duration: 1 hour, 39 minutes

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

Biopic. Amy Johnson achieved world-wide fame as one of Britain's best-loved pilots. She set numerous long distance records in the 1930s, both alone and with pilot Jim Mollison. Show more

Contributors

Amy Johnson:
Anna Neagle
Jim Mollison:
Robert Newton
Mr Johnson:
Edward Chapman
ATA Commandant:
Nora Swinburne
Mrs Johnson:
Joan Kemp-Welch
Lord Wakenfield:
Charles Carson
Housekeeper:
Muriel George
Schoolmistress:
Martita Hunt

Duration: 1 hour, 53 minutes

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

Film version of H G Wells's prophetic essay on the future, The Shape of Things to Come, tracing a hundred years in the history of the urban metropolis Everytown. Show more