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Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

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

Cold War spy yarn in which an Australian detective sent to London to arrest a top diplomat finds himself acting as a bodyguard instead. Starring Rod Taylor and Christopher Plummer. Show more

Contributors

Scobie Malone:
Rod Taylor
Sir James Quentin:
Christopher Plummer
Sheila Quentin:
Lilli Palmer
Lisa Pretorius:
Camilla Sparv
Maria Cholon:
Daliah Lavi
Ambassador Townsend:
Franchot Tone
Pham Chimh:
Burt Kwouk
Flannery:
Leo McKern
Director:
Ralph Thomas
Producer:
Betty E Box

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Duration: 1 hour, 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One East MidlandsLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

WWII drama. A Vatican priest opposes an ideologically charged SS general hell-bent on killing more than 300 Roman hostages. Starring Marcello Mastroianni and Richard Burton. Show more

Contributors

Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Kappler:
Richard Burton
General Kurt Mälzer:
Leo McKern
General Albert Kesselring:
Peter Vaughan
Major Domizlaf:
Anthony Steel

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Restored version of the eccentric Beatles film. After unwittingly putting on a ceremonial ring, Ringo becomes the intended sacrifice of a cult. Featuring Help! and Ticket to Ride. Show more

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Play for Today

Series 12

Country

Duration: 1 hour, 21 minutes

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

A family gathering, a christening and a dance. But it's 1945 and there are plans to be made, family wealth to protect and peace to be won.

Contributors

Sir Frederick Carlion:
Leo McKern
Philip Carlion:
James Fox
Daisy (Lady Carlion):
Wendy Hiller
Virginia Carlion:
Penelope Wilton
Alice Carlion:
Jill Bennett
Dollie van der Biek:
Joan Greenwood
Sir Piers Blair:
Alan Webb
Director:
Richard Eyre

Formats

Play for Today

Series 6

Episode 10: Rumpole of the Bailey

Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

The original 1975 outing for top barrister, Horace Rumpole. He defends a case of assault, touching on themes of race, police corruption, literacy and his own powers of persuasion. Show more

Contributors

Horace Rumpole:
Leo McKern
Mrs Rumpole:
Joyce Heron
Mr Justice Bates:
Noel Williams

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Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

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

Classic comedy in which the tiny Grand Duchy of Fenwick declares war on the United States with the aim of glorious defeat and a hefty sum in postwar aid. Starring Peter Sellers. Show more

Contributors

Gloriana XII:
Peter Sellers
Rupert Mountjoy:
Peter Sellers
Tully Bascombe:
Peter Sellers
Helen Kokintz:
Jean Seberg
Will Buckley:
William Hartnell
Benter:
Leo McKern
Professor Alfred Kokintz:
David Kossoff
General Snippet:
MacDonald Parke
US Secretary of Defence:
Austin Willis
Director:
Jack Arnold

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Duration: 1 hour, 16 minutes

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

A radioactive mud-like substance terrorises a Scottish village during the 1950s.

Contributors

Dr Adam Royston:
Dean Jagger
Inspector McGill:
Leo McKern
John Elliott:
Edward Chapman
Peter Elliott:
William Lucas
Lieutenant Bannerman:
Peter Hammond
Lance Corporal "Spider" Webb:
Anthony Newley
Jack Harding:
Jameson Clark
Zena, the Nurse:
Marianne Brauns
Sergeant Harry Grimsdyke:
Michael Ripper
Major Cartwright:
John Harvey
Director:
Leslie Norman
Executive Producer:
Michael Carreras
Producer:
Anthony Hinds

Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Spoof about a bumbling writer who is hired by the British Secret Service to carry out a mission in Czechoslovakia. With Dirk Bogarde and Sylva Koscina. Show more

Contributors

Nicholas Whistler:
Dirk Bogarde
Director:
Ralph Thomas
Colonel Cunliffe:
Robert Morley
Simoneva:
Leo McKern
Roger Allsop:
John Le Mesurier
Producer:
Betty E Box

Formats

Screen One

Series 5

Episode 2: A Foreign Field

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

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

Available for 5 months

Nostalgic comic drama in which two veterans of the Normandy landings return to France to visit the grave of their wartime buddy, sparking memories of an old girlfriend. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

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

Available for 4 months

Multi-award winning historical drama about Sir Thomas More's refusal to acknowledge Henry VIII's break with the Roman Catholic Church. Starring Paul Scofield. Show more

Contributors

Sir Thomas More:
Paul Scofield
Lady Alice:
Wendy Hiller
Thomas Cromwell:
Leo McKern
King Henry VIII:
Robert Shaw
Margaret:
Susannah York
Richard Rich:
John Hurt
Duke of Norfolk:
Nigel Davenport
Will Roper:
Corin Redgrave
Cardinal Wolsey:
Orson Welles