Lady Caroline Lamb

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 58 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 2^nd Mar 2014, 00:35 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Sun 11^th Oct 2015, 02:25 on BBC Two HD

Historical drama recounting the story of the scandalous affair between the wife of up-and-coming English politician William Lamb and unconventional Romantic poet Lord Byron. Show more

Contributors

Lady Caroline Lamb:: Sarah Miles
Lord Byron:: Richard Chamberlain
William Lamb:: Jon Finch
Lady Melbourne:: Margaret Leighton
Canning:: John Mills
Lady Bessborough:: Pamela Brown
King George IV:: Ralph Richardson
Duke of Wellington:: Laurence Olivier
Director:: Robert Bolt
Producer:: Robert M Fine
Writer:: Robert Bolt

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Source: BBC Online

Doctor Zhivago

BBC Two

Duration: 3 hours, 3 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 20^th Sep 2020, 14:55 on BBC Two Wales HDLatest broadcast: Thu 29^th Feb 2024, 22:10 on BBC Four

Oscar-winning epic. A doctor and poet falls in love with the mistress of a political opportunist, but their romance is disrupted by the social upheaval surrounding them. Show more

Contributors

Yuri Zhivago:: Omar Sharif
Tonya:: Geraldine Chaplin
Director:: David Lean
Producer:: Carlo Ponti
Yevgraf:: Alec Guinness
Kostoyed:: Klaus Kinski
Lara:: Julie Christie
Pasha/Strenikov:: Tom Courtenay
The Girl:: Rita Tushingham
Komarovsky:: Rod Steiger
Anna:: Siobhan McKenna
Alexander:: Ralph Richardson
Writer:: Robert Bolt
Sasha:: Jeffrey Rockland
The Bolshevik:: Bernard Kay

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Source: BBC Online

The Mission

BBC One

Duration: 1 hour, 58 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 16^th Nov 2010, 23:35 on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: Wed 11^th Nov 2015, 00:35 on BBC One Northern Ireland

Drama in which an 18th-century Jesuit priest establishes a mission in the South American jungle and recruits the help of a former slave trader paying penance for his past sins. Show more

Contributors

Rodrigo Mendoza:: Robert De Niro
Father Gabriel:: Jeremy Irons
Cardinal Altamirano:: Ray McAnally
Fielding:: Liam Neeson
Felipe Mendoza:: Aidan Quinn
Carlotta:: Cherie Lunghi
Hontar:: Ronald Pickup
Cabeza:: Chuck Low
Indian Boy:: Bercelio Moya
Director:: Roland Joffe
Writer:: Robert Bolt
Producer:: Fernando Ghia
Producer:: David Puttnam
Composer:: Ennio Morricone
Director of photography:: Chris Menges

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DramaHistorical

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Source: BBC Online

A Man for All Seasons

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 8^th Sep 2012, 14:15 on BBC HDLatest broadcast: Sat 15^th Jun 2024, 13:55 on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

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Multi-award winning historical drama about Sir Thomas More's refusal to acknowledge Henry VIII's break with the Roman Catholic Church. Starring Paul Scofield. Show more