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BBC One

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 16^th Apr 2008, 23:30 on BBC One North WestLatest broadcast: Tue 20^th Oct 2009, 00:30 on BBC One Scotland

Comedy starring Walter Matthau, in which a veteran CIA agent decides to teach his superiors a lesson by publishing his memoirs. Realising the risk, they try to stop him. Show more

Contributors

Miles Kendig/James Butler/Mr Hannaway/Leonard Ross:: Walter Matthau
Isobel von Schonenberg:: Glenda Jackson
Joe Cutter:: Sam Waterston
Myerson:: Ned Beatty
Yaskov:: Herbert Lom
Westlake:: George Baker
Ludlum:: Ivor Roberts
Writer:: Bryan Forbes

Genres

Comedy

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

The Whisperers

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 13^th Aug 2007, 13:00 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sat 12^th Dec 2009, 01:50 on BBC Two England

Drama starring Edith Evans and Eric Portman. A lonely old woman believes that her house is inhabited by mischievous creatures who play tricks on her.

Contributors

Mrs Maggie Ross:: Edith Evans
Director:: Bryan Forbes
Archie Ross:: Eric Portman
The Girl Upstairs:: Nanette Newman
Writer:: Bryan Forbes
Actor:: Ronald Fraser
Actor:: Gerald Sim

Genres

Drama

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

King Rat

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 14 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 4^th Sep 2007, 23:20 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sat 13^th Dec 2008, 14:20 on BBC Two Wales

Adaptation of James Clavell's novel about a group of Allied prisoners in a Singapore PoW camp during World War II. Show more

Contributors

Cpl King:: George Segal
Director:: Bryan Forbes
Lt Robin Grey:: Tom Courtenay
Peter Marlowe:: James Fox
Top Sgt Max:: Patrick O'Neal
Col George Smedley-Taylor:: John Mills
Lt G D Larkin:: Denholm Elliott
Dr Kennedy:: James Donald
Daven:: John Standing
McCoy:: Leonard Rossiter

Genres

DramaWar & Disaster

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

International Velvet

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 51 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 30^th May 2007, 11:00 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Wed 30^th May 2007, 11:00 on BBC Two Wales

Equestrian sequel to the 1944 classic National Velvet, telling the story of a young horsewoman's bid to leave the shadows of her famous aunt and gain Olympic glory. Show more

I Was Monty's Double

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 36 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 2^nd Aug 2018, 12:00 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sun 19^th Feb 2023, 12:30 on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

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World War II drama. A low-ranking officer who resembles General Montgomery is recruited to play his double in an elaborate plan to trick the Nazis.

Contributors

Major Harvey:: John Mills
Colonel Logan:: Cecil Parker
Colonel Matthers:: Patrick Allen
'Monty' and Himself:: ME Clifton James
Colonel Dawson:: Patrick Holt
Major Tennant:: Leslie Phillips
Governor of Gibraltar:: Michael Hordern
Director:: John Guillermin
Producer:: Maxwell Setton
Writer:: Bryan Forbes

Genres

DramaWar & Disaster

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

The Wooden Horse

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

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First broadcast: Tue 4^th Sep 2007, 13:00 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sun 29^th Jan 2023, 13:15 on BBC Two Wales HD

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Dramatisation of one of the most ingenious escape bids of World War II, in which British soldiers use a wooden vaulting horse as cover when trying to get out of Stalag Luft III. Show more

Contributors

Peter:: Leo Genn
Phil:: David Tomlinson
John:: Anthony Steel
Bennett:: David Greene
Nigel:: Peter Burton
Senior British Officer:: Patrick Waddington
Robbie:: Michael Goodliffe
Paul:: Bryan Forbes
Australian in Hospital:: Peter Finch
Pomfret:: Anthony Dawson
Writer:: Eric Williams
Director:: Jack Lee

Genres

DramaWar & Disaster

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

The Colditz Story

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 37 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 3^rd Sep 2007, 13:00 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sat 2^nd Feb 2008, 17:25 on BBC Two Scotland

Dramatisation of the legendary breakout by World War II Allied POWs from the Germans' supposedly escape-proof fortress. Show more

Contributors

Actor:: John Mills
Director:: Guy Hamilton
Actor:: Eric Portman
Actor:: Lionel Jeffries
Actor:: Christopher Rhodes
Actor:: Bryan Forbes
Actor:: Ian Carmichael

Genres

DramaWar & Disaster

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

Quatermass 2

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 21 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 17^th Nov 2007, 01:15 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sun 5^th Jun 2016, 01:35 on BBC Two HD

Some mysterious meteorites lead Professor Quatermass (Brian Donlevy) to a remote factory where he comes to believe an alien invasion plan is underway.

Contributors

Prof. Bernard Quatermass:: Brian Donlevy
Jimmy Hall:: Sidney James
Lomax:: John Longden
Marsh:: Bryan Forbes
Dr Brand:: William Franklyn
Sheila:: Vera Day
Dawson:: Charles Lloyd Pack
Vincent Broadhead MP:: Tom Chatto
The P.R.O:: John Van Eyssen
Paddy Gorman:: Percy Herbert
Ernie:: Michael Ripper
McLeod:: John Rae
Director:: Val Guest
Producer:: Anthony Hinds
Writer:: Nigel Kneale
Writer:: Val Guest

Genres

DramaSciFi & Fantasy

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

Whistle Down the Wind

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 39 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 10^th Aug 2007, 13:25 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Tue 10^th Apr 2012, 11:40 on BBC Two Wales

Touching drama. A murderer on the run takes refuge at a farm and inadvertently leads the farmer's children to believe that he is Jesus Christ. Starring Hayley Mills and Alan Bates. Show more

Contributors

Kathy Bostock:: Hayley Mills
The Man:: Alan Bates
Mr Bostock:: Bernard Lee
Nan:: Diane Holgate
Eddie:: Norman Bird
Charles Bostock:: Alan Barnes
Jackie:: Roy Holder
Raymond:: Barry Dean
Director:: Bryan Forbes
Director:: Bryan Forbes
Producer:: Richard Attenborough
Producer:: Richard Attenborough
Writer:: Keith Waterhouse
Writer:: Keith Waterhouse
Writer:: Willis Hall
Writer:: Willis Hall

Genres

Drama

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

The Cockleshell Heroes

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 33 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 6^th Nov 2011, 15:35 on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: Sun 27^th Dec 2015, 13:45 on BBC Two England

Wartime drama. A small group of Royal Marines carry out a covert canoe raid on the docks of Bordeaux during World War II in a mission to destroy the blockade-busting Nazi ships. Show more

Contributors

Major Stringer:: Jose Ferrer
Captain Thompson:: Trevor Howard
Myrtie:: Dora Bryan
Sergeant Craig:: Victor Maddern
Marine Clarke:: Anthony Newley
Marine Ruddock:: David Lodge
Marine Stevens:: Peter Arne
Marine Lomas:: Percy Herbert
Marine Booth:: Graham Stewart
Marine Cooney:: John Fabian
Director:: Jose Ferrer
Writer:: Bryan Forbes
Writer:: Richard Maibaum

Genres

DramaWar & Disaster

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

Cash in the Celebrity Attic

Series 1

Episode 6: Nanette Newman and Bryan Forbes

BBC Two

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 16^th Jul 2008, 17:15 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Wed 5^th May 2010, 16:30 on BBC Two England

The actress Nanette Newman, with her husband the film director Bryan Forbes invite the Cash in the Attic team into their beautiful art deco mansion. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Gloria Hunniford
Participant:: Paul Hayes
Participant:: Nanette Newman
Participant:: Bryan Forbes

Genres

FactualAntiques

Brand

Cash in the Celebrity Attic

Series

Cash in the Celebrity Attic: Series 1

Source: BBC Online

The Guns of Navarone

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 1^st Jan 2010, 14:25 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sat 28^th Dec 2013, 17:00 on BBC Two England

A group of crack commandos during the Second World War attempt to destroy the formidable German artillery on the Greek island of Navarone. Starring Gregory Peck and David Niven. Show more