Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous Richard, Duke of Gloucester, conspires to seize power. Laurence Olivier's classic film. Show more
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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
Drama. A Haganah officer (Paul Newman) seizes a ship to help Holocaust survivors get from Cyprus to Palestine, but the vessel is blockaded in a Cypriot harbour by British warships. Show more
The Great War
Episode 2: For Such a Stupid Reason, Too
40 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Documentary series. Following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914, international diplomacy breaks down completely. Show more
The Great War
Episode 3: We Must Hack Our Way Through
40 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
1964 series. Following the declaration of war, the German army began to carry out the Schlieffen Plan, perhaps the most famous military plan ever. Show more
The Great War
Episode 4: Our Hats We Doff to General Joffre
40 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Classic BBC documentary series. As the German forces advance on Paris, the French commander-in-chief General Joffre builds up a surer resistance. Show more
Fantasy adventure. In the kingdom of Urland the people cower in fear, appeasing the wrath of an ancient dragon. Can a sorcerer's apprentice (Peter MacNicol) slay the evil beast? Show more
The Great War
Episode 1: On the Idle Hill of Summer
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Documentary series. In 1914 the world stands on the brink of enormous change. The French and the British enter into the Entente Cordiale against Germany. Show more
Film version of H G Wells's prophetic essay on the future, The Shape of Things to Come, tracing a hundred years in the history of the urban metropolis Everytown. Show more
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
Desert Island Discs
Sir Ralph Richardson
40 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Sir Ralph Richardson. Show more
Desert Island Discs
Sir Ralph Richardson
40 minutes
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Sir Ralph Richardson. Show more