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

The Magic Box

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 30^th Jul 2013, 12:00 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Sun 16^th Dec 2018, 06:30 on BBC Two England

Biography of British film pioneer William Friese-Greene, who designed and patented a working cinematic camera. His life was dogged by hardship and lack of recognition. Show more

Contributors

William Friese-Greene:: Robert Donat
Edith Friese-Greene:: Margaret Johnston
Helena Friese-Greene:: Maria Schell
Maurice Friese-Greene:: John Howard Davies
Lord Beaverbrook:: Robert Beatty
Jack Carter:: Richard Attenborough
Arthur Collings:: Eric Portman
Harold:: Dennis Price
May Jones:: Glynis Johns
Platform Man:: Cecil Parker
Assistant in Laboratory:: David Tomlinson
Bank Manager:: Emlyn Williams
Hotel Receptionist:: Kay Walsh
Police Officer:: Laurence Olivier
Maida Vale Doctor:: Leo Genn
House Agent:: Marius Goring
Reporter:: Michael Denison
Industry Man:: Peter Ustinov
Nursemaid:: Sheila Sim
Broker's Man:: Stanley Holloway
Miss Tagg:: Renee Asherson
Company Promoter:: Roland Culver
Mr Lege:: Michael Redgrave
Ethel Friese-Greene:: Janette Scott
Cousin Alfred:: Bernard Miles
Mrs Claire:: Joyce Grenfell
Lady Pond:: Margaret Rutherford
Maurice Guttenberg:: Frederick Valk
Official Receiver:: Michael Hordern
Sergeant in Storeroom:: Sydney James
Doctor's Housekeeper:: Thora Hird
Recruiting Sergeant:: William Hartnell
Sitter in Bath Studio:: Googie Withers
Sitter in Bath Studio:: Richard Murdoch
Sitter in Bath Studio:: Sybil Thorndike
Mrs Stukely:: Joan Hickson
Industry Man:: Peter Jones
Director:: John Boulting

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DramaBiographical

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Films

Source: BBC Online

Quo Vadis

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 42 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 7^th May 2007, 12:15 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Thu 17^th Aug 2017, 14:30 on BBC Two HD

Lavish historical epic. Under the Roman Emperor Nero, Christianity is outlawed. The beautiful daughter of a Roman general is forced to choose between her religion and her lover. Show more

Contributors

Marcus Vinicius:: Robert Taylor
Lygia:: Deborah Kerr
Nero:: Peter Ustinov
Petronius:: Leo Genn
Poppaea:: Patricia Laffan
Peter:: Finlay Currie
Paul:: Abraham Sofaer
Eunice:: Marina Berti
Ursus:: Buddy Baer
Plautius:: Felix Aylmer
Pomponia:: Nora Swinburne
Tigellinus:: Ralph Truman
Nerva:: Norman Wooland
Nazarius:: Peter Miles
Acte:: Rosalie Crutchley
Director:: Mervyn LeRoy
Writer:: John Lee Mahin
Writer:: SN Behrman
Writer:: Sonya Levien
Producer:: Sam Zimbalist
Composer:: Miklos Rozsa
Director of photography:: William V Skall
Director of photography:: Robert Surtees

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Films

Source: BBC Online

The Red Beret

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 26^th Feb 2012, 11:35 on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: Sat 6^th Feb 2016, 07:45 on BBC Two HD

Wartime drama about an ex-US army officer (Alan Ladd) who joins the British army as a paratrooper. Despite his obvious leadership skills, the man refuses to take a high rank. Show more