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Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

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

Drama. Despite his yearnings for the finer things in life, Philip Carey (Leslie Howard) cannot extricate himself from a mutually destructive relationship with a waitress. Show more

Contributors

Philip Carey:
Leslie Howard
Mildred Rogers:
Bette Davis
Sally Athelny:
Frances Dee
Harry Griffiths:
Reginald Denny
Emil Miller:
Alan Hale
Cyril Dunsford:
Reginald Sheffield
Thorpe Athelny:
Reginald Owen
Director:
John Cromwell

Duration: 2 hours, 14 minutes

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

Classic Oscar-winning drama. An ageing star is duped into helping an aspiring actress, who turns out to be ruthlessly ambitious. Show more

Contributors

Margo Channing:
Bette Davis
Eve Harrington:
Anne Baxter
Addison DeWitt:
George Sanders
Karen Richards:
Celeste Holm
Bill Simpson:
Gary Merrill
Lloyd Richards:
Hugh Marlowe
Birdie Coonan:
Thelma Ritter
Miss Casswell:
Marilyn Monroe
Max Fabian:
Gregory Ratoff
Composer:
Alfred Newman
Director of photography:
Milton Krasner

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Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes

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

Atmospheric melodrama, set in colonial Malaya. A woman murders her lover and claims to have acted in self-defence - but the victim's widow has an incriminating letter. Show more

Contributors

Leslie Crosbie:
Bette Davis
Robert Crosbie:
Herbert Marshall
Howard Joyce:
James Stephenson
Mrs Hammond:
Gale Sondergaard
John Withers:
Bruce Lester
Adele Ainsworth:
Elizabeth Earl
Ong Chi Seng:
Victor Sen Yung
Mrs Cooper:
Doris Lloyd
Chung Hi:
Willie Fung
Head boy:
Tetsu Komai
Dorothy Joyce:
Frieda Inescort
Director:
William Wyler
Producer:
William Wyler
Composer:
Max Steiner
Director of photography:
Tony Gaudio

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Arena

Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for years

Documentary about Hollywood star Bette Davis, spanning her life and career from the 1920s to the 1980s, on stage and on screen, including an interview with the actress herself. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Ian Holm
Interviewed Guest:
Bette Davis
Interviewed Guest:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Interviewed Guest:
Anne Baxter
Interviewed Guest:
Olivia de Havilland
Interviewed Guest:
Joseph L Mankiewicz
Executive Producer:
Alan Yentob

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Arena

Duration: 1 hour, 39 minutes

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

Available for 7 months

Classic melodrama starring Bette Davis. Judith Traherne is a free-spirited young socialite whose fortune suddenly changes when she is diagnosed with a brain tumour. Show more

Contributors

Judith Traherne:
Bette Davis
Alec Hamin:
Ronald Reagan
Dr Steele:
George Brent
Producer:
David Lewis

Duration: 1 hour, 52 minutes

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

Available for 7 months

Heartwrenching drama starring Bette Davis as a repressed woman who struggles to break free from her overbearing mother and assert her independence. Show more

Contributors

Charlotte Vale:
Bette Davis
Jerry Durrance:
Paul Henreid
Dr Jaquith:
Claude Rains
Mrs Henry Vale:
Gladys Cooper
Lisa Vale:
Ilka Chase
Director:
Irving Rapper
Elliot Livingston:
John Loder
'Deb' McIntyre:
Lee Patrick
Mr Thompson:
Franklin Pangborn
Dora Pickford:
Mary Wickes
Producer:
Hal B Wallis

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Atmospheric supernatural drama about an American family who move into a British country house and find their young girl tormented by the spirit of the owner's missing daughter. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Aylwood:
Bette Davis
Helen Curtis:
Carroll Baker
Paul Curtis:
David McCallum
Ellie Curtis:
Kyle Richards
John Keller:
Ian Bannen
Tom Colley:
Richard Pasco
Mary Fleming:
Frances Cuka
Mike Fleming:
Benedict Taylor
Young Mrs Aylwood:
Georgina Hale

Duration: 2 hours, 14 minutes

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

Classic whodunnit. While on a Nile steamer, detective Hercule Poirot investigates the death of an heiress who had stolen her best friend's fiance and crossed other passengers. Show more

Contributors

Hercule Poirot:
Peter Ustinov
Louise Bourget:
Jane Birkin
Mrs Van Schuyler:
Bette Davis
Colonel Race:
David Niven
Jacqueline De Bellefort:
Mia Farrow
Mrs Salome Otterbourne:
Angela Lansbury
Miss Bowers:
Maggie Smith
Linnet Ridgeway:
Lois Chiles
Mr Ferguson:
Jon Finch
Rosalie Otterbourne:
Olivia Hussey
Manager of the Karnak:
IS Johar
Andrew Pennington:
George Kennedy
Dr Bessner:
Jack Warden
Barnstaple:
Harry Andrews
Rockford:
Sam Wanamaker
Composer:
Nino Rota
Director of photography:
Jack Cardiff

Formats

Duration: 2 hours, 7 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Chilling drama in which an ageing spinster, haunted by tragic events of the past, finds herself at the mercy of a sinister cousin who has designs on the elderly woman's money.

Contributors

Charlotte Hollis:
Bette Davis
Dr Drew Bayliss:
Joseph Cotten
Velma Cruther:
Agnes Moorehead
Harry Willis:
Cecil Kellaway
Big Sam Hollis:
Victor Buono
Jewel Mayhew:
Mary Astor
Sheriff Luke Standish:
Wesley Addy
Paul Marchand:
William Campbell
John Mayhew:
Bruce Dern

Duration: 2 hours, 8 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 5 months

Terrifying gothic chiller about two sisters, ageing former movie stars, who live together in a decaying Hollywood mansion. Show more

Contributors

Baby Jane Hudson:
Bette Davis
Blanche Hudson:
Joan Crawford
Edwin Flagg:
Victor Buono
Delia Flagg:
Marjorie Bennett
Marty Mc Donald:
Wesley Addy
Baby Jane Hudson, in 1917:
Julie Allred
Cora Hudson:
Ann Barton
Ben Golden:
Bert Freed
Mrs Bates:
Anna Lee
Elvira Stitt:
Maidie Norman
Ray Hudson:
Dave Willock
Bank Teller:
Maxine Cooper

Wogan: The Best Of

Episode 7: Toughies

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Sir Terry Wogan presents more magical moments from his days in the hot seat of Britain's best-loved chat show, with guests including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Roger Moore. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Terry Wogan
Interviewed Guest:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Interviewed Guest:
Roger Moore
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Reeve
Interviewed Guest:
Bette Davis
Interviewed Guest:
Dame Joan Collins
Interviewed Guest:
Leslie Nielsen
Participant:
Jerry Lewis
Participant:
Bee Gees
Series Producer:
Simon Goretzki