The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 25^th Jul 2013, 12:10 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Thu 9^th Nov 2017, 12:00 on BBC Two HD

Sparkling comedy about a man who lives only through his daydreams until an encounter with jewel thieves plunges him into a web of danger and deceit. Show more

Contributors

Walter Mitty:: Danny Kaye
Rosalind van Hoorn:: Virginia Mayo
Director:: Norman Z McLeod
Dr Hollingshead:: Boris Karloff
Mrs. Mitty:: Fay Bainter
Gertrude Griswold:: Ann Rutherford
Bruce Pierce:: Thurston Hall
Tubby Wadsworth:: Gordon Jones
Mrs. Griswold:: Florence Bates
Peter van Hoorn:: Konstantin Shayne
Colonel:: Reginald Denny
Hendrick:: Henry Corden
Mrs. Follinsbee:: Doris Lloyd
Anatole:: Fritz Feld
Maasdam:: Frank Reicher
Butler:: Milton Parsons
Writer:: Ken Englund
Writer:: Everett Freeman

Genres

Comedy

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

Escape to Burma

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 15^th Apr 2008, 13:35 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Thu 2^nd Jun 2011, 11:35 on BBC Two England

Adventure in which a man (Robert Ryan), wanted for a murder he did not commit, takes refuge on an isolated Burmese plantation run by an American woman (Barbara Stanwyck). Show more

Contributors

Gwen Moore:: Barbara Stanwyck
Jim Brecan (Jim Martin):: Robert Ryan
Sawbwa:: Robert Warwick
Commissioner:: Reginald Denny
Director:: Allan Dwan

Genres

Drama

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

Of Human Bondage

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 24^th May 2009, 01:45 on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: Sat 5^th Jan 2013, 13:15 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
Norah:: Kay Johnson
Harry Griffiths:: Reginald Denny
Emil Miller:: Alan Hale
Cyril Dunsford:: Reginald Sheffield
Thorpe Athelny:: Reginald Owen
Director:: John Cromwell

Genres

DramaRelationships & Romance

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 27^th Dec 2007, 01:55 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sat 12^th Aug 2023, 10:00 on BBC Two HD

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Comedy starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy. A family forced out of their Manhattan apartment court disaster when they buy a dilapidated country house, fit only for demolition. Show more