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The Quatermass Xperiment

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 18 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 25^th Aug 2007, 14:00 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sun 18^th Sep 2016, 01:15 on BBC Two Wales

Sci-fi classic. The sole survivor of a crashed British rocket is revealed to pose a deadly alien threat. When all else fails, scientist Professor Quatermass is mankind's last hope. Show more

Contributors

Professor Bernard Quatermass:: Brian Donlevy
Inspector Lomax:: Jack Warner
Judith Carroon:: Margia Dean
Dr Gordon Briscoe:: David King-Wood
BBC TV producer:: Gordon Jackson
Rosemary Rigly:: Thora Hird
Victor Carroon:: Richard Wordsworth
Christie:: Harold Lang
Blake:: Lionel Jeffries
Police Sergeant:: Sam Kydd
Mrs Lomax:: Jane Aird
Maggie:: Margaret Anderson
Producer:: Anthony Hinds
Producer:: Robert Lippert
Director:: Val Guest
Writer:: Nigel Kneale
Writer:: Richard H Landau
Writer:: Val Guest

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Source: BBC Online

The Great Escape

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 44 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 23^rd Dec 2007, 16:15 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sun 20^th Jul 2008, 17:15 on BBC Two Scotland

WWII classic about a mass escape attempt by Allied POWs from a supposedly escape-proof German camp. Their plan to liberate hundreds of prisoners soon runs into difficulties. Show more

Contributors

Director:: John Sturges
Hilts 'The Cooler King':: Steve McQueen
Hendley 'The Scrounger':: James Garner
Bartlett 'Big X':: Richard Attenborough
Danny 'Tunnel King':: Charles Bronson
Sedgwick 'The Manufacturer':: James Coburn
Blythe 'The Forger':: Donald Pleasence
Ramsey 'The SBO':: James Donald
Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal':: David McCallum
MacDonald 'Intelligence':: Gordon Jackson
Von Luger 'The Kommandant':: Hannes Messemer
Willie 'Tunnel King':: John Leyton
Ives 'The Mole':: Angus Lennie
Cavendish 'The Surveyor':: Nigel Stock
Werner 'The Ferret':: Robert Graf

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DramaWar & Disaster

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Source: BBC Online

San Demetrio London

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 34 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 5^th Oct 2013, 08:05 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Sat 30^th Apr 2016, 06:05 on BBC Two HD

World War II drama based on a true story. The tanker San Demetrio struggles to deliver its cargo of aviation fuel to England during the Battle of the Atlantic.

Contributors

Chief Engineer Charles Pollard:: Walter Fitzgerald
Greaser John Boyle:: Mervyn Johns
Second Officer Hawkins:: Ralph Michael
Yank Preston:: Robert Beatty
Deckhand:: Charles Victor
Boatswain WE Fletcher:: Frederick Piper
Messboy John Jamieson:: Gordon Jackson
Pumpman Davies:: Herbert Cameron
Cadet Roy Housden:: Michael Allen
Third Engineer Willey:: Neville Mapp
Apprentice John Jones:: Barry Letts
Captain George Waite:: Arthur Young
Director:: Charles Frend
Writer:: Charles Frend
Writer:: F Tennyson Jesse
Writer:: Robert Hamer
Producer:: Michael Balcon

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DramaWar & Disaster

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Source: BBC Online

The Avengers

Series 4

Episode 5: Castle De'ath

BBC Four

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 16^th Aug 2008, 00:15 on BBC Four

Steed is forced to draw his sword when goings-on at Castle De'ath in Scotland take a mysterious turn, and Mrs Peel lays a ghost.

Contributors

Actor:: Patrick Macnee
Actor:: Diana Rigg
Actor:: Gordon Jackson
Actor:: Robert Urquhart
Actor:: Jack Lambert
Actor:: James Copeland

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The Avengers

Series

The Avengers: Series 4

Source: BBC Online

Hell Drivers

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 1^st Aug 2007, 23:50 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sun 7^th Apr 2013, 06:30 on BBC Two England

Classic drama with Herbert Lom and Patrick McGoohan. A man fresh out of prison takes a job with unscrupulous haulage contractors whose drivers make death-defying runs. Show more

The Captive Heart

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 7^th Dec 2013, 08:45 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Sat 26^th Mar 2016, 08:05 on BBC Two HD

World War II drama about a Czech captain, educated in England, who attempts to escape the Gestapo by taking on the identity of a dead British officer.

Contributors

Captain Karel Hasek:: Michael Redgrave
Corporal Horsfall:: Jack Warner
Celia Mitchell:: Rachel Kempson
Mr Mowbray:: Frederick Leister
Private Evans:: Mervyn Johns
Lieutenant Lennox:: Gordon Jackson
Producer:: Michael Balcon
Writer:: Angus MacPhail
Director:: Basil Dearden

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DramaWar & Disaster

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Films

Source: BBC Online

The Ipcress File

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 44 minutes

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First broadcast: Tue 31^st Jul 2007, 23:20 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sat 16^th Dec 2023, 13:00 on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

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Spy thriller about an investigation into a brain drain among scientists. A secret agent finds himself in a world where nobody can be trusted. Show more

Contributors

Harry Palmer:: Michael Caine
Major Dalby:: Nigel Green
Colonel HL Ross:: Guy Doleman
Jean Courtney:: Sue Lloyd
Director:: Sidney J Furie
Jock Carswell:: Gordon Jackson
Dr Radcliffe:: Aubrey Richards
Bluejay:: Frank Gatliff
Barney:: Thomas Baptiste
Housemartin:: Oliver Macgreevy
Alice:: Freda Bamford
Inspector Pat Keightley:: Stanley Meadows
Police Station Sergeant:: Glynn Edwards
Writer:: Bill Canaway
Writer:: James Doran
Producer:: Harry Saltzman

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Source: BBC Online

The Long Ships

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 3 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 22^nd Aug 2009, 14:55 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sun 25^th Oct 2020, 13:15 on BBC Two Wales

Action-packed seafaring romp in which a cunning Viking adventurer and an ambitious Moorish ruler become rivals in search of a giant legendary bell made of solid gold. Show more

Contributors

Rolfe:: Richard Widmark
Aly Mansuh:: Sidney Poitier
Orm:: Russ Tamblyn
Aminah:: Rosanna Schiaffino
Krok:: Oskar Homolka
Sven:: Edward Judd
Aziz:: Lionel Jeffries
Gerda:: Beba Loncar
King Harald:: Clifford Evans
Vahlin:: Gordon Jackson
Rhykka:: Colin Blakely
Olla:: David Lodge
Director:: Jack Cardiff
Writer:: Beverley Cross
Writer:: Berkely Mather

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DramaAction & Adventure

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Films

Source: BBC Online

Whisky Galore! (1949)

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 5^th Sep 2009, 19:40 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Sat 25^th Nov 2023, 15:05 on BBC Two Wales

Available for 11 months

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Classic Ealing comedy about the mayhem that ensues when a whisky-laden ship runs aground off the coast of the Outer Hebrides during the Second World War. Show more

Contributors

Director:: Alexander Mackendrick
Captain Paul Waggett:: Basil Radford
Peggy Macroon:: Joan Greenwood
George Campbell:: Gordon Jackson
Dr MacLaren:: James Robertson Justice
Mrs Waggett:: Catherine Lacey
Sergeant Odd:: Bruce Seton
Joseph Macroon:: Wylie Watson
Catriona Macroon:: Gabrielle Blunt
Mrs Campbell:: Jean Cadell
The Biffer:: Morland Graham
Sammy MacCodrum:: John Gregson
Writer:: Compton Mackenzie
Producer:: Michael Balcon

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Source: BBC Online

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 6 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 28^th Dec 1977, 18:50 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Thu 16^th Apr 2020, 14:15 on BBC Two Wales HD

Comedy. A wealthy newspaper proprietor puts up a £10,000 prize for the fastest flight from London to Paris. His wager attracts a weird and eccentric collection of competitors. Show more