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Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

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

Powerful drama in which a renowned stage actor (Ronald Colman) becomes increasingly unable to differentiate between his stage roles and real life. Show more

Contributors

Anthony John:
Ronald Colman
Bill Friend:
Edmond O'Brien
Pat Kroll:
Shelley Winters
Victor Donlan:
Ray Collins
Max Lasker:
Philip Loeb
Ray Bonner:
Joe Sawyer
Dr Stauffer:
Whit Bissell
Director:
George Cukor
Producer:
Michael Kanin
Composer:
Miklos Rozsa
Director of photography:
Milton R Krasner

Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

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

Comedy based on Garson Kanin's Broadway hit about a nouveau-riche junk-dealer who hires a cultured gentleman (William Holden) to teach etiquette to his girlfriend (Judy Holliday). Show more

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Emma 'Billie' Dawn:
Judy Holliday
Harry Brock:
Broderick Crawford
Paul Verrall:
William Holden
Jim Devery:
Howard St John
Congressman Norval Hedges:
Larry Oliver
Director:
George Cukor
Producer:
S Simon

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Duration: 2 hours, 5 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Screen version of the Dickens classic. Young David's happy childhood is blighted when his widowed mother remarries. Starring Edna May Oliver. Show more

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Aunt Betsey:
Edna May Oliver
Mrs Copperfield:
Elizabeth Allan
Dan Peggotty:
Lionel Barrymore
Steerforth:
Hugh Williams
Mrs Gummidge:
Una O'Connor
Director:
George Cukor

Duration: 1 hour, 33 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Romantic comedy. Carefree Johnny Case (Cary Grant) gets engaged to Julia Seton (Katharine Hepburn) without realising she's a millionaire's daughter. Show more

Contributors

Linda Seton:
Katharine Hepburn
Johnny Case:
Cary Grant
Julia Seton:
Doris Nolan
Ned Seton:
Lew Ayres
Susan Potter:
Jean Dixon
Edward Seton:
Henry Kolker
Laura Cram:
Binnie Barnes
Seton Cram:
Henry Daniell
Director:
George Cukor

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

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

Classic comedy about sexual equality in which a pair of married lawyers find themselves on opposing sides of a 'crime of passion' case that drives a wedge between them. Show more

Contributors

Adam Bonner:
Spencer Tracy
Director:
George Cukor
Amanda Bonner:
Katharine Hepburn
Kip Lurie:
David Wayne
Beryl Craighn:
Jean Hagen
Grace:
Eve March
Judge Reiser:
Clarence Kolb

Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes

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

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Comedy drama starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. A widowed, ne'er-do-well father on the run disguises his daughter as a boy to escape the law. Show more

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Sylvia (Sylvester) Scarlett:
Katharine Hepburn
Jimmy Monkley:
Cary Grant
Henry Scarlett:
Edmund Gwenn
Michael Fane:
Brian Aherne
Maudie Tilt:
Dennie Moore
Director:
George Cukor

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Duration: 2 hours, 32 minutes

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

Musical drama in which a fading actor becomes involved with a young singer on her way up. Judy Garland was nominated for an Oscar for her role as the rising star. Show more

Contributors

Vicki Lester / Esther Blodgett:
Judy Garland
Norman Maine:
James Mason
Miss Markham:
Lotus Robb
Libby's Secretary:
Hazel Shermet
Matt Libby:
Jack Carson
Lola Lavery:
Lucy Marlow
Susan Ettinger:
Amanda Blake
Danny McGuire:
Tommy Noonan
Oliver Niles:
Charles Bickford
Producer:
Sidney Luft
Director:
George Cukor

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Duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes

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

Multi-Oscar-winning musical about a phonetics expert who, for a bet, tries to teach a Cockney flower girl to talk like a duchess. Starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn. Show more

Contributors

Professor Henry Higgins:
Rex Harrison
Director:
George Cukor
Eliza Doolittle:
Audrey Hepburn
Alfred Doolittle:
Stanley Holloway
Colonel Pickering:
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Mrs Higgins:
Gladys Cooper
Freddie:
Jeremy Brett
Zoltan Karpathy:
Theodore Bikel
Mrs Pearse:
Mona Washbourne

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Duration: 1 hour, 48 minutes

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

Sophisticated comedy classic in which a wealthy socialite's wedding plans are thrown into disarray by the arrival of her playboy ex-husband. Show more

Contributors

CK Dexter Haven:
Cary Grant
Macaulay Connor:
James Stewart
Elizabeth Imbrie:
Ruth Hussey
Dinah Lord:
Virginia Weidler
George Kittredge:
John Howard
Uncle Willie:
Roland Young
Seth Lord:
John Halliday
Margaret Lord:
Mary Nash
Sidney Kidd:
Henry Daniell
Director:
George Cukor

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