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Duration: 1 hour, 32 minutes

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

Ecological sci-fi thriller. A doctor discovers that pollutants have caused mutations among the residents of a Cornish island, and that covert MOD activities may be responsible. Show more

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Duration: 1 hour, 58 minutes

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

Prison drama. Five new prisoners arrive at a military detention camp in North Africa during World War II, where they are subjected to the ingenious and brutal discipline of Sergeant Major Wilson.

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Joe Roberts:
Sean Connery
Sergeant Major Wilson:
Harry Andrews
Harris:
Ian Bannen
Jacko King:
Ossie Davis
Monty Bartlett:
Roy Kinnear
Staff Sergeant Williams:
Ian Hendry
Medical Officer:
Michael Redgrave
Commandant:
Norman Bird
Director:
Sidney Lumet
Writer:
Ray Rigby

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Series 1

Tinker Tailor

Duration: 50 minutes

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

Acclaimed adaptation of John le Carre's novel. Smiley thinks that the time has come to call on Jim Prideaux, whose assignment to Czechoslovakia went wrong. Show more

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Series 1

Smiley Sets a Trap

Duration: 40 minutes

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

Acclaimed adaptation of John le Carre's novel. Smiley's investigation to snare the traitor at the heart of the Circus leads him to a Fleet Street journalist. Show more

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George Smiley:
Alec Guinness
Jim Prideaux:
Ian Bannen
Jerry Westerby:
Joss Ackland
Toby Esterhase:
Bernard Hepton
Peter Guillam:
Michael Jayston
Sir Oliver Lacon:
Anthony Bate
Ricki Tarr:
Hywel Bennett

Duration: 1 hour, 32 minutes

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

Lighthearted comedy about an upper-crust army misfit who discovers that his uncle is acquiring German art treasures. Show more

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Pte Stanley Windrush:
Ian Carmichael
Major Hitchcock:
Terry-Thomas
Pte Percival Henry Cox:
Richard Attenborough
Brig Bertram Tracepurcel:
Dennis Price
Arthur Egan:
Peter Jones
Sgt Sutton:
William Hartnell
Pte Dai Jones:
Kenneth Griffith
Pte Horrocks:
Ian Bannen
Pte George Blake:
Victor Maddern
Prudence Greenslade:
Jill Adams
Psychiatrist:
John Le Mesurier
Major Schultz:
Christopher Lee
Director:
John Boulting

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Duration: 1 hour, 51 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Gritty drama set in 80s Scotland. An unemployed miner, whose inability to find a job threatens his family's wellbeing, is coerced into the brutal world of bare-knuckle boxing. Show more

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Danny Scoular:
Liam Neeson
Director:
David Leland
Beth Scoular:
Joanne Whalley
Matt Mason:
Ian Bannen
Beth's Father:
Johnny Beattie
Beth's Mother:
Amanda Walker
Billy:
Pat Roach
Wee Danny:
Andrew Meaden
Young Kate:
Ashleigh Thomas
Gordon:
Hugh Grant

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Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

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

Atmospheric supernatural drama about an American family who move into a British country house and find their young girl tormented by the spirit of the owner's missing daughter. Show more

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Mrs Aylwood:
Bette Davis
Helen Curtis:
Carroll Baker
Paul Curtis:
David McCallum
Ellie Curtis:
Kyle Richards
John Keller:
Ian Bannen
Tom Colley:
Richard Pasco
Mary Fleming:
Frances Cuka
Mike Fleming:
Benedict Taylor
Young Mrs Aylwood:
Georgina Hale

Duration: 1 hour, 47 minutes

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

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Second World War London is Bill's playground, though there are also lessons to be learned as the boy observes the behaviour of the adults around him. John Boorman's autobiographical drama.

Duration: 3 hours, 11 minutes

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

The celebrated blockbuster recounting the life of Mohandas K Gandhi, who started out as a lawyer and rose to become the leader of the Indian independence movement. Show more

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Mahatma Gandhi:
Ben Kingsley
Margaret Bourke-White:
Candice Bergen
General Dyer:
Edward Fox
Lord Irwin:
John Gielgud
Judge Broomfield:
Trevor Howard
The Viceroy:
John Mills
Charlie Andrews:
Ian Charleson
General Smuts:
Athol Fugard
Sardar Patel:
Saeed Jaffrey
Pandit Nehru:
Roshan Seth
Senior Police Officer:
Ian Bannen
Sir George Hodge:
Michael Hordern
Nahari:
Om Puri
Sir Edward Gait:
Richard Vernon
Commentator:
Shane Rimmer
European Passenger:
Peter Cartwright
Police Sergeant:
Ken Hutchison
Manager of the Mine:
John Savident
Composer:
Ravi Shankar
Director of photography:
Ronnie Taylor
Director of photography:
Billy Williams

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Series 1

Flushing Out the Mole

Duration: 45 minutes

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

In the final part of John le Carre's classic story, George Smiley's search for the mole at the heart of the Circus finally comes to an end.

Contributors

George Smiley:
Alec Guinness
Peter Guillam:
Michael Jayston
Sir Oliver Lacon:
Anthony Bate
Ricki Tarr:
Hywel Bennett
Roy Bland:
Terence Rigby
Bill Haydon:
Ian Richardson
Percy Alleline:
Michael Aldridge
Toby Esterhase:
Bernard Hepton
Jim Prideaux:
Ian Bannen
Ann Smiley:
Sian Phillips