Programme Index

Discover 11,123,868 listings and 293,662 playable programmes from the BBC

Results 1 to 4 of 4 for your search filters
Filter by channel

The New Avengers

Series 2

Episode 3: Medium Rare

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

The paymaster to a team of informers dies under suspicious circumstances. Steed is helped by a fake medium who suddenly discovers that her powers are real. Show more

Contributors

John Steed:
Patrick Macnee
Graeme Henry Wallace:
Jon Finch
Victoria Stanton:
Sue Holderness
George Cowley:
Hugh Walters

Duration: 1 hour, 56 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Hitchcock thriller. A troubled man is hardly aware of a serial killer stalking London until a new attack makes him the police's only suspect. Show more

Contributors

Richard Blaney:
Jon Finch
Chief Inspector Oxford:
Alec McCowen
Robert Rusk:
Barry Foster
Hetty Porter:
Billie Whitelaw
Babs Milligan:
Anna Massey
Brenda Blaney:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Felix Forsythe:
Bernard Cribbins
Mrs Oxford:
Vivien Merchant
Johnny Porter:
Clive Swift
Sergeant Spearman:
Michael Bates
Monica Barling:
Jean Marsh
Mrs Davison:
Madge Ryan
Sir George:
John Boxer
Neville Salt:
George Tovey
Hotel Porter:
Jimmy Gardner

Formats

Duration: 2 hours, 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Classic whodunnit. While on a Nile steamer, detective Hercule Poirot investigates the death of an heiress who had stolen her best friend's fiance and crossed other passengers. Show more

Contributors

Hercule Poirot:
Peter Ustinov
Louise Bourget:
Jane Birkin
Mrs Van Schuyler:
Bette Davis
Colonel Race:
David Niven
Jacqueline De Bellefort:
Mia Farrow
Mrs Salome Otterbourne:
Angela Lansbury
Miss Bowers:
Maggie Smith
Linnet Ridgeway:
Lois Chiles
Mr Ferguson:
Jon Finch
Rosalie Otterbourne:
Olivia Hussey
Manager of the Karnak:
IS Johar
Andrew Pennington:
George Kennedy
Dr Bessner:
Jack Warden
Barnstaple:
Harry Andrews
Rockford:
Sam Wanamaker
Composer:
Nino Rota
Director of photography:
Jack Cardiff

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: 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
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