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Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

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

Available for 4 months

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

Contributors

Flora Poste:
Kate Beckinsale
Mrs Mary Smiling:
Joanna Lumley
Amos Starkadder:
Ian McKellen
Judith Starkadder:
Eileen Atkins

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Doctor Who (2005–2022)

Series 7

Episode 6: The Snowmen

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One OxfordshireLatest broadcast: on BBC Three

Available for years

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

Contributors

The Doctor:
Matt Smith
Dr Simeon:
Richard E Grant
Captain Latimer:
Tom Ward
Alice:
Liz White
Voice of the Snowman:
Ian McKellen
Voice of the Ice Governess:
Juliet Cadzow
Uncle Josh:
Jim Conway
Young Walter:
Cameron Strefford
Walter's Mother:
Annabelle Dowler
Bob Chilcott:
Ben Addis
Lead Worker:
Daniel Hyde
Producer:
Marcus Wilson

Front Row

Ian McKellen, Nan Goldin, The Past, New Worlds

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news with John Wilson, including Sir Ian McKellen on playing Estragon, photographer Nan Goldin, French film The Past and a review of restoration drama New Worlds. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Dickson
Interviewed Guest:
Nan Goldin
Interviewed Guest:
Ian McKellen
Interviewed Guest:
Shahidha Bari
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

Front Row

Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen, Jafar Panahi's Taxi, Guy Garvey

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news with John Wilson. Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen discuss their TV adaptation of Ronald Harwood's play The Dresser, and Jafar Panahi's Taxi is reviewed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Anthony Hopkins
Interviewed Guest:
Ian McKellen
Interviewed Guest:
Kamin Mohammadi
Interviewed Guest:
Guy Garvey

Front Row

Ian McKellen, Monet's garden, Louis de Bernieres

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

John Wilson talks to Ian McKellen about his film of Richard III as the BFI launches its Shakespeare on Film season. Plus Monet's garden paintings on show at the Royal Academy. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Ian McKellen
Interviewed Guest:
Dan Pearson
Interviewed Guest:
Louis de Bernieres

Front Row

Ian McKellen, The Handmaid's Tale Season 2, Bill Gold remembered, Tishani Doshi

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Ian McKellen on his acting career and gay rights work, Julia Raeside reviews The Handmaid's Tale, Season 2, Bill Gold remembered, plus Tishani Doshi reads some of her poems. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stig Abell
Interviewed Guest:
Ian McKellen
Interviewed Guest:
Julia Raeside
Interviewed Guest:
Tony Nourmand
Interviewed Guest:
Tishani Doshi

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel

Available for years

In this probing hour-long interview, Amol Rajan speaks to actor Ian McKellen, one of the most celebrated performers of his generation and someone who has long defied convention and expectation. Show more

Contributors

Interviewer:
Amol Rajan
Interviewed Guest:
Ian McKellen
Director:
John O'Rourke
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson

Front Row

Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, The Little Prince, Brazilian artists, The Macarena at 20

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in Pinter's No Man's Land, a film adaptation of The Little Prince, Brazilian artists in the run-up to the Olympics and the Macarena at 20. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Ian McKellen
Interviewed Guest:
Patrick Stewart
Interviewed Guest:
Sean Mathias
Interviewed Guest:
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Interviewed Guest:
undefined Jotape
Interviewed Guest:
Renato Rocha
Interviewed Guest:
Danny Robins
Producer:
Jack Soper

Duration: 2 hours, 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark the life of William Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Tennant
Presenter:
Catherine Tate
Participant:
Judi Dench
Participant:
Ian McKellen
Executive Producer:
Phil Dolling
Producer:
John Wyver
Director:
Gregory Doran