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Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One North WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Comedy starring Walter Matthau, in which a veteran CIA agent decides to teach his superiors a lesson by publishing his memoirs. Realising the risk, they try to stop him. Show more

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Miles Kendig/James Butler/Mr Hannaway/Leonard Ross:
Walter Matthau
Isobel von Schonenberg:
Glenda Jackson
Joe Cutter:
Sam Waterston
Myerson:
Ned Beatty
Westlake:
George Baker

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Oscar-winning comedy about an unmarried dentist who gets more than he bargained for when he asks his assistant to pose as his wife in a bid to allay his mistress's marital urges. Show more

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Dr Julian Winston:
Walter Matthau
Stephanie Dickinson:
Ingrid Bergman
Toni Simmons:
Goldie Hawn
Harvey Greenfield:
Jack Weston
Igor Sullivan:
Rick Lenz
Arturo Sánchez:
Vito Scotti

Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Swashbuckling comedy adventure. A fearsome buccaneer and his young crewman are rescued by a Spanish galleon, but their troubles are only just beginning. With Walter Matthau. Show more

Contributors

Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red:
Walter Matthau
Captain Linares:
Ferdy Mayne
Don Alfonso de la Torre:
Damien Thomas

Duration: 1 hour, 37 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One North WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One London

Satirical tale of mistaken identity in which an escaped mental patient assumes the identity of his psychiatrist and gets a job on a radio advice show. Show more

Duration: 2 hours, 18 minutes

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

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Dolly Levi uses her matchmaking skills in New York City to orchestrate the love lives of her friends, all the while trying to get the man she likes to fall for her.

Contributors

Dolly Levi:
Barbra Streisand
Horace Vandergelder:
Walter Matthau
Cornelius Hackl:
Michael Crawford
Irene Molloy:
Marianne McAndrew
Minnie Fay:
EJ Peaker
Barnaby Tucker:
Danny Lockin
Ermengarde:
Joyce Ames
Ambrose Kemper:
Tommy Tune
Director:
Gene Kelly

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Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Lighthearted tale of a lowly US naval ensign aboard USS Reluctant who strikes a blow for his downtrodden crewmates. Starring Robert Walker and Burl Ives. Show more

Contributors

Ensign Frank Pulver:
Robert Walker Jr
Captain Morton:
Burl Ives
John X Bruno:
Tommy Sands
Nurse Scotty:
Millie Perkins
Head Nurse:
Kay Medford
Lt JG Billings:
Larry Hagman
Lt JG Carney:
Peter Marshall
CPO Dowdy:
Joseph Marr
Lt SG LaSueur:
Gerald S O'Loughlin
Lt JG Carney:
Kagiso Kuypers
Captain Donald 'Stretch' Zimmer:
Robert Matek
Director:
Joshua Logan
Producer:
Joshua Logan

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Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Two neighbours (Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau), who have been rivals since a youthful feud over a woman, renew their animosity when an attractive widow moves in across the street. Show more

Contributors

John Gustafson:
Jack Lemmon
Max Goldman:
Walter Matthau
Grandpa Gustafson:
Burgess Meredith
Melanie:
Daryl Hannah
Jacob Goldman:
Kevin Pollak
Snyder:
Buck Henry
Weatherman:
Steve Cochran
Director:
Donald Petrie
Producer:
John Davis

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Duration: 3 hours, 2 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ThreeLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Oliver Stone's re-creation of the 1963 Kennedy assassination in Dallas and its aftermath, focusing on the investigations of New Orleans DA Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner). Show more

Contributors

Jim Garrison:
Kevin Costner
Willie O'Keefe:
Kevin Bacon
Clay Shaw:
Tommy Lee Jones
Susie Cox:
Laurie Metcalf
Lee Harvey Oswald:
Gary Oldman
Bill Broussard:
Michael Rooker
Lou Ivon:
Jay O Sanders
Liz Garrison:
Sissy Spacek
Director:
Oliver Stone
Guy Bannister:
Ed Asner
Jack Martin:
Jack Lemmon
Bill Newman:
Vincent D'Onofrio
Numa Bertel:
Wayne Knight
David Ferrie:
Joe Pesci
Senator Long:
Walter Matthau
Dean Andrews:
John Candy
Producer:
A Kitman Ho
Producer:
Oliver Stone
Composer:
John Williams

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Parkinson: The Interviews

Series 3

Parkinson with George Burns and Walter Matthau

Duration: 36 minutes

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

Michael Parkinson recalls the time he met comedians Walter Matthau and George Burns. In highlights from this 1976 interview, Matthau and Burns spin their own brand of American humour.