Having abandoned his family decades earlier, Emile (Ian McKellen) stays with his estranged niece, though his guilt and her anger over past events makes it a frosty homecoming. Show more
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The One Show
30/10/2015
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales HD
Alex Jones and Paul Hollywood are joined by Sir Ian McKellen for 'The Great British Scary Bake Off' and Iwan Thomas visits the best Halloween destination in the world.
Sir Ian McKellen discusses All Is True, the 2018 film exploring a fictional version of the life and loves of William Shakespeare, written by Ben Elton and directed by Kenneth Branagh. Show more
HARDtalk
Sir Ian McKellen, Actor
30 minutes
HARDtalk celebrates twenty years of interviews with an edition in front of an audience at the BBC Radio Theatre in London. Stephen Sackur talks to actor Sir Ian McKellen. Show more
The Travel Show
Episode 102: Stratford-upon-Avon
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC NewsLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel HD
Ade Adepitan interviews Sir Ian Mckellan to look ahead to events marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. Carmen Roberts rounds up the best in travel on the web. Show more
A short dose of the irreverent show about films and film-making. Apollo 13 director Ron Howard helps a group of young film-makers to create an intergalactic adventure. Show more
CineMinis: A CINEMANIACS Short
Episode 1
First broadcast: on CBBC ChannelLatest broadcast: on CBBC HD
A short dose of the irreverent show about films and film-making. Actor Ian McKellen, aka Gandalf, comes to the aid of some young film-makers. Show more
Biopic of director James Whale. When a handsome gardener starts work at his house, Whale is entranced and begins a complex friendship with him. With Ian McKellen and Lynn Redgrave. Show more
A classic episode of the game show, with Paul O'Grady as Lily Savage. Guests are Rebecca Callard, Sophie Lawrence, Davina McCall, Sir Ian McKellen, Gray O'Brien and Dale Winton.
Drama on 4
John Osborne - Look Back in Anger
1 hour, 30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Jimmy Porter is railing against the class system and the voice of a discontented generation. Starring David Tennant. Show more
Adaptation of Stella Gibbons's comic novel about an expensively educated young woman who is suddenly orphaned and goes to live with her eccentric relatives in the country. Show more
David Copperfield
Episode 1
1 hour, 26 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
First part of the adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel. Starring a young Daniel Radcliffe.
David Copperfield
Episode 1
David's idyllic childhood is brought to an end when his mother remarries and he is sent away to boarding school.
David Copperfield
Episode 2
Now a young man about town, David is deeply in love with Dora Spenlow, the daughter of his employer, and he is intent on wooing her.
David Copperfield
Episode 3
David works in London as a clerk and lives at Mrs Crupp's house, who has made a promise to treat him like her own son.
David Copperfield
Episode 4
David discovers that the evil Uriah Heep is to become a partner in Agnes' father's business - and the stage is set for a bitter battle.
30 minutes
Miss the 'classic' Doctors? They're back in this celebratory special, written and directed by Peter Davison! Show more
Sci-fi drama. It is Christmas Eve, 1892, and the falling snow is the stuff of fairytales. But the fairytale becomes a nightmare, and a chilling menace threatens Earth. Show more
Crime drama. Ninety-three-year-old Sherlock Holmes leads a quiet life, but in the autumn of his life he is still fascinated by an unsolved case. Show more
After London's Globe Theatre burns to the ground in 1613, William Shakespeare stops writing and returns to his home town of Stratford-upon-Avon. Show more