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Duration: 1 hour, 47 minutes

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

Romantic drama about a Roman Catholic nun and a hard-bitten US Marine stranded together on a Japanese-occupied island in the South Pacific during World War II. Show more

Talking Pictures

Deborah Kerr

Duration: 35 minutes

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

A look back at the career of British actress Deborah Kerr, with vintage television interviews and classic archive clips telling how she became one of Hollywood's biggest stars. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Sylvia Syms
Executive Producer:
Carla-Maria Lawson
Series Producer:
Simon Goretzki
Assistant Producer:
Kate Robertson
Participant:
Deborah Kerr

Duration: 2 hours, 7 minutes

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

Available for years

Victorian schoolteacher Anna Leonowens arrives in Bangkok to act as tutor to the children of the king of Thailand. Despite the cultural conflict, she and the king develop a respect for one another.

Contributors

The King:
Yul Brynner
Lady Thiang:
Terry Saunders
Kralahome:
Martin Benson
Louis Leonowens:
Rex Thompson
Director:
Walter Lang

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Duration: 1 hour, 39 minutes

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

Oscar-winning, emotionally charged drama about a group of nuns at a Himalayan outpost who try to maintain a school and a hospital against formidable odds. Show more

Contributors

Sister Clodagh:
Deborah Kerr
Mr Dean:
David Farrar
Sister Ruth:
Kathleen Byron
Sister Philippa:
Flora Robson
'Young General' Dulip Rai:
Sabu undefined
Sister Honey:
Jenny Laird
Sister Briony:
Judith Furse
Angu Ayah:
May Hallatt
'Old General' Todo Rai:
Esmond Knight
Joseph Anthony:
Eddie Whaley Jr
Mother Dorothea:
Nancy Roberts
Phuba:
Ley On

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Duration: 1 hour, 53 minutes

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

Oscar-winning classic. The story of US soldiers on Hawaii in the months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Contributors

Sergeant Milton Warden:
Burt Lancaster
Robert E Lee Prewitt:
Montgomery Clift
Karen Holmes:
Deborah Kerr
Alma/Lorene:
Donna Reed
Angelo Maggio:
Frank Sinatra
Captain Dana Holmes:
Philip Ober
Sergeant 'Fatso' Judson:
Ernest Borgnine
Corporal Buckley:
Jack Warden
Sergeant Ike Galovitch:
John Dennis
Sergeant Pete Karelsen:
Tim Ryan

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Playhouse

A Song at Twilight

Duration: 1 hour, 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 1 month

Enormously successful writer Sir Hugo Latymer has a tryst with the past not altogether to his liking.

Contributors

Carlotta Gray:
Deborah Kerr
Hugo Latymer :
Paul Scofield
Producer:
Rosemary Hill

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Duration: 2 hours, 42 minutes

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

Lavish historical epic. Under the Roman Emperor Nero, Christianity is outlawed. The beautiful daughter of a Roman general is forced to choose between her religion and her lover. Show more

Contributors

Marcus Vinicius:
Robert Taylor
Petronius:
Leo Genn
Plautius:
Felix Aylmer
Tigellinus:
Ralph Truman
Nazarius:
Peter Miles
Director:
Mervyn LeRoy
Writer:
SN Behrman
Producer:
Sam Zimbalist
Composer:
Miklos Rozsa
Director of photography:
William V Skall
Director of photography:
Robert Surtees

Duration: 1 hour, 36 minutes

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

Swashbuckling adventure. In the absence of the king, an English lookalike attempts to protect the throne from the designs of an evil pretender and falls for the king's fiancee. Show more

Contributors

King Rudolf V/Rudolf Rassendyll:
Stewart Granger
Princess Flavia:
Deborah Kerr
Rupert of Hentzau:
James Mason
Colonel Zapt:
Louis Calhern
Antoinette de Mauban:
Jane Greer
The Cardinal:
Lewis Stone
Michael, Duke of Strelsau:
Robert Douglas
Fritz von Tarlenheim:
Robert Coote

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Duration: 1 hour, 56 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 7 months

Rome, 44 BC. Caesar’s power has grown so great that even his allies in the senate plot his downfall. Classic Hollywood adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play.

Duration: 2 hours, 36 minutes

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

Available for 5 months

Classic British epic about the life and loves of a reactionary army officer, tracing his career from the Boer War to World War II. Show more

Contributors

Clive Candy:
Roger Livesey
Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorf:
Anton Walbrook
Edith/Barbara/Johnny:
Deborah Kerr
Col Betteridge:
Roland Culver
Maj John E Davis:
Harry Welchman
Embassy Counsellor:
Arthur Wontner
Von Ritter:
Albert Lieven
John Montgomery Murdoch:
John Laurie
Frau von Kaltenneck:
Ursula Jeans