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Duration: 2 hours, 17 minutes

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

Richard Attenborough's biopic recounting the eventful early life of Winston Churchill, including his time as a war correspondent in Africa. With Simon Ward and Anne Bancroft. Show more

Contributors

Winston Churchill:
Simon Ward
Lord Randolph Churchill:
Robert Shaw
Lady Jennie Churchill:
Anne Bancroft
General Kitchener:
John Mills
Mr Welldon:
Jack Hawkins
George E Buckle:
Ian Holm
General Bindon Blood:
Patrick Magee
Captain Aylmer Haldane:
Edward Woodward
David Lloyd George:
Anthony Hopkins
Captain, 35th Sikhs:
Peter Cellier
Adjutant, 35th Sikhs:
Ronald Hines
Mrs Everest:
Pat Heywood
Lord Salisbury:
Laurence Naismith
Joseph Chamberlain:
Basil Dignam
Headmaster:
Robert Hardy
Officer on Train:
James Cosmo
Party Chairman:
Norman Bird
Prince of Wales:
Reginald Marsh
Major Finn:
Thorley Walters
Pamela Plowden:
Jane Seymour
Captain Weaver:
Dinsdale Landen
Sikh Soldier:
Dino Shafeek
Producer:
Carl Foreman

Screen Two

Series 3

Episode 5: East of Ipswich

Duration: 1 hour, 12 minutes

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

Michael Palin's nostalgic comedy about a family holiday at a Suffolk seaside resort as Richard Burrill, a 17-year-old, is reluctantly dragged to Southwold with his parents. Show more

Contributors

Richard Burrill :
Edward Rawle-Hicks
Mr Burrill :
John Nettleton
Mrs Burrill :
Pat Heywood
Miss Wilbraham:
Joan Sanderson
Edwin Macklin:
John Wagland
Julia Horrobin :
Oona Kirsch

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Duration: 1 hour, 48 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Drama based on a true story. John Christie claims he is an accomplished abortionist and offers to perform the illegal operation on his tenant's wife. Show more

Contributors

John Christie:
Richard Attenborough
Timothy Evans:
John Hurt
Beryl Evans:
Judy Geeson
Mrs Ethel Christie:
Pat Heywood
Police Detective Sergeant:
Tenniel Evans
Judge Lewis:
Andre Morell
Malcolm Morris:
Robert Hardy
West Indian:
Rudolph Walker

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