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Duration: 2 hours, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Biographical drama. After a suicide attempt, a once highly-regarded composer recounts his story, going back to his heyday, where he first met the young Mozart. Simon Callow stars. Show more

Contributors

Antonio Salieri:
F Murray Abraham
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Tom Hulce
Constanze Mozart:
Elizabeth Berridge
Leopold Mozart:
Roy Dotrice
Emanuel Schikaneder:
Simon Callow
Katerina Cavalieri:
Christine Ebersole
Emperor Joseph II:
Jeffrey Jones
Count Orsini-Rosenberg:
Charles Kay
Director:
Milos Forman
Parody Commendatore:
Kenny Baker

To the Manor Born

Series 3

Episode 4: Birds vs Bees

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

Sitcom about a lady of the manor who is forced to give up her home to a grocery tycoon. A rare bird nesting on the estate attracts interest among local naturalists. Show more

Contributors

Audrey fforbes-Hamilton:
Penelope Keith
Richard DeVere:
Peter Bowles
Marjory Frobisher:
Angela Thorne
Mrs Polouvicka:
Daphne Heard
The Brigadier:
Anthony Sharp
The Rector:
Gerald Sim
Brabinger:
John Rudling
Cadwallader:
Charles Kay
Mrs Patterson:
Daphne Oxenford

Bergerac

Series 1

Episode 6: Portrait of Yesterday

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Police drama series set in Jersey. When a young curate is found unconscious in his church, Bergerac's investigations lead him to the Mitchell family.

Contributors

Duggie Cowley:
Christopher Villiers
Reverend Michael Jeffrey:
Tenniel Evans
Sandi Hardwick:
Sadie Hamilton
Andrew Reardon:
Graham Seed
Adrian Neech:
Wiiliam Boyde
Felicity Mitchell:
Ann Thornton
Sarah Mitchell:
Sarah Lawson
Jim Bergerac:
John Nettles
Peter Westgate:
Charles Kay
Laurence Mitchell:
Derek Farr
Francine Leland:
Cecile Paoli
Charlotte:
Annette Badland
Barney Crozier:
Sean Arnold
Diamante Lil:
Mela White
Charlie Hungerford:
Terence Alexander

Edge of Darkness

Series 1

Episode 1: Compassionate Leave

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC ChoiceLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Thriller set in a world of obsessive state security. Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death. Show more

Contributors

Pendleton:
Charles Kay
Ronald Craven:
Bob Peck
Emma Craven:
Joanne Whalley
Darius Jedburgh:
Joe Don Baker
Harcourt:
Ian McNeice
James Godbolt:
Jack Watson

Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Adaptation of Oscar Wilde's masterpiece, set in 1890s England. A comedy of mistaken identity ensues when two gentlemen friends use the same alias to pursue the women they love. Show more

Contributors

Lady Bracknell:
Judi Dench
Dr Chasuble:
Tom Wilkinson
Miss Prism:
Anna Massey
Gribsby:
Charles Kay
Pew opener:
Cyril Shaps
Director:
Oliver Parker

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Fortunes of War

The Balkans: September 1939

Duration: 56 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

Drama. War breaks out as newly married Guy and Harriet Pringle set out on a journey across Europe and into the heart of the Balkans, Romania, where an uneasy neutrality reigns.

Contributors

Guy Pringle:
Kenneth Branagh
Harriet Pringle:
Emma Thompson
Prince Yakimov:
Ronald Pickup

Fortunes of War

Romania: January 1940

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

The Pringles arrive in Bucharest. But events take a dark turn after the Iron Guards assassinate the Romanian prime minister. Show more

Contributors

Guy Pringle:
Kenneth Branagh
Harriet Pringle:
Emma Thompson
Prince Yakimov:
Ronald Pickup

Fortunes of War

Greece: October 1940

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

Guy's name is on a Gestapo death list, the Pringles' flat is ransacked, and Sasha disappears.

Contributors

Guy Pringle:
Kenneth Branagh
Harriet Pringle:
Emma Thompson
Prince Yakimov:
Ronald Pickup
Sasha Drucker:
Harry Burton

Fortunes of War

The Middle East: January 1943

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

Neglected by Guy and weakened by illness, Harriet decides to return to England. But at the last minute, she changes her mind. Show more

Contributors

Harriet Pringle:
Emma Thompson
Guy Pringle:
Kenneth Branagh
Simon Boulderstone:
Rupert Graves
Angela Hooper:
Ciaran Madden

Edge of Darkness

Series 1

Episode 2: Into the Shadows

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Classic 80s thriller serial. Craven goes to London to find out more about his daughter's murder, and begins to realise the full extent of her political involvement. Show more

Edge of Darkness

Series 1

Episodes 1/2 - Compassionate Leave/Into the Shadows

Duration: 1 hour, 42 minutes

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

Available for years

CID Officer Ronald Craven starts an investigation into his daughter's death and discovers that she is involved in an environmental group with powerful enemies. Show more

Edge of Darkness

Series 1

Episode 3: Burden of Proof

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Classic 1980s thriller series. Police close in on their prime suspect for Emma's murder, as Craven's doubts about the motive for the killing become certainties.

Edge of Darkness

Series 1

Episode 6: Fusion

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

After being exposed to fatal doses of radiation, Jedburgh heads for Scotland armed with the plutonium. Craven, now in possession of the wisdom of Gaia, waits for the inevitable.

Edge of Darkness

Series 1

Episode 5: Northmoor

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

1980s thriller series. Craven and Jedburgh follow the fateful route of the Gaia raid on Northmoor, but someone knows they are coming, and drastic deterrents await them. Show more

Fortunes of War

Romania: June 1940

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

To Harriet's intense annoyance, Prince Yakimov has taken up permanent residence in the Pringle flat while they secretly shelter Sasha Drucker from the attentions of the Iron Guard.

Contributors

Guy Pringle:
Kenneth Branagh
Harriet Pringle:
Emma Thompson
Prince Yakimov:
Ronald Pickup
Lord Pinkrose:
Alan Bennett

Fortunes of War

Egypt: April 1941

Duration: 56 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Guy and Harriet escape Greece on a derelict cargo boat, but there's a tragedy along the way. Show more

Contributors

Guy Pringle:
Kenneth Branagh
Harriet Pringle:
Emma Thompson
Simon Boulderstone:
Rupert Graves
Lord Pinkrose:
Alan Bennett

Fortunes of War

Egypt: September 1942

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Simon Boulderstone sets out in search of his brother. Guy returns from Alexandria to take charge of the institute in Cairo. Show more

Contributors

Simon Boulderstone:
Rupert Graves
Guy Pringle:
Kenneth Branagh
Harriet Pringle:
Emma Thompson
Lord Pinkrose:
Alan Bennett

Duration: 2 hours, 10 minutes

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

Kenneth Branagh's Oscar-winning adaptation of Shakespeare's play telling the story of the courageous king's invasion of France and the historic Battle of Agincourt. Show more

Contributors

King Henry V:
Kenneth Branagh
King Charles VI of France:
Paul Scofield
Captain Fluellen:
Ian Holm
Princess Katherine de Valois:
Emma Thompson
Bishop of Ely:
Alec McCowen
Mistress Nell Quickly:
Judi Dench
Earl Richard of Cambridge:
Fabian Cartwright
Lord Henry Scroop:
Stephen Simms
Sir Thomas Grey:
Jay Villiers
Auncient Pistol:
Robert Stephens
Corporal Nym:
Geoffrey Hutchings
Lieutenant Bardolph:
Richard Briers
Sir John Falstaff:
Robbie Coltrane
Duke Humphrey of Gloucester:
Simon Shepherd
Duke John of Bedford:
James Larkin
Duke Thomas Beaufort of Exeter:
Brian Blessed
Archbishop of Canterbury:
Charles Kay
Macmorris:
John Sessions
Louis the Dauphin:
Michael Maloney
Duke Philippe of Burgundy:
Harold Innocent
Producer:
Bruce Sharman
Composer:
Patrick Doyle
Director of photography:
Kenneth MacMillan

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Thriller. Bede desperately tries to complete the final drug deal as his wife's condition deteriorates rapidly, while Gabriel faces a shocking confrontation with Gatehouse. Show more

Contributors

Jonah Gabriel:
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Robert Beatty:
Sean Gilder
Patterson:
Richard Lintern
Gatehouse:
Stephen Rea
Julie Bede:
Lesley Sharp
Jay Wratten:
Rafe Spall
Bulkat Babur:
Stanley Townsend
Petra Mayler:
Eve Best
Commander Khokar:
Ace Bhatti
Ratallack:
Freddie Fox
Maurice Crace:
Malcolm Storry
Julie's Doctor:
Badria Timimi
Commander Penney:
Nicholas Jones
Sir Richard Halton:
Charles Kay
Forensic Officer:
Nadine Marshall
Sergeant Foley:
David Schofield
Laura Gabriel:
Clare Calbraith
Male Reporter:
Martin Delaney
Female Reporter:
Martha Cope
Writer:
Hugo Blick
Producer:
Johann Knobel
Producer:
Hugo Blick
Director:
Hugo Blick

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Series about a murder investigated by cops and criminals. Gabriel reveals dark truths about Counterpoint that implicate his colleagues. Bede gets closer to leaving the drugs game. Show more

Contributors

Jonah Gabriel:
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Patterson:
Richard Lintern
Gatehouse:
Stephen Rea
Peter Glickman:
Antony Sher
Bulkat Babur:
Stanley Townsend
Petra Mayler:
Eve Best
Laura Gabriel:
Clare Calbraith
Ratallack:
Freddie Fox
Sergeant Foley:
David Schofield
Robert Beatty:
Sean Gilder
Alison:
Agni Scott
Maurice Crace:
Malcolm Storry
Commander Penney:
Nicholas Jones
Commander Khokar:
Ace Bhatti
Consultant:
Simon Chandler
IVF Clinic Nurse:
Rachel Bavidge
Sir Richard Halton:
Charles Kay
Scientist:
Andrew Buckley
Writer:
Hugo Blick
Producer:
Johann Knobel
Producer:
Hugo Blick
Director:
Hugo Blick