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The Next Best Thing

Duration: 1 hour, 48 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 25^th Dec 2006, 00:35 on BBC One SouthLatest broadcast: Thu 13^th Aug 2009, 00:05 on BBC One Wales

Comedy drama starring Madonna and Rupert Everett. Two best friends, a straight woman and a gay man, decide to raise a child together. But five years later, a custody battle ensues. Show more

Contributors

Abbie Reynolds:: Madonna Ciccone
Director:: John Schlesinger
Robert Whittaker:: Rupert Everett
Ben Cooper:: Benjamin Bratt
Elizabeth Ryder:: Illeana Douglas
David:: Neil Patrick Harris
Annabel:: Suzanne Krull
Finn:: Stacy Edwards
Helen Whittaker:: Lynn Redgrave
Richard Whittaker:: Josef Sommer
Sam:: Malcolm Stumpf
Cardiologist:: Mark Valley
Kevin Lasater:: Michael Vartan
Producer:: Linne Radmin
Producer:: Leslie Dixon

Genres

Comedy

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Films

Source: BBC Online

Cold Comfort Farm

Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 1^st Jan 1995, 21:30 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Wed 6^th Mar 2024, 22:15 on BBC Four

Available for 12 days

Adaptation of Stella Gibbons's comic novel about an expensively educated young woman who is suddenly orphaned and goes to live with her eccentric relatives in the country. Show more

Contributors

Flora Poste:: Kate Beckinsale
Mybug:: Stephen Fry
Mrs Mary Smiling:: Joanna Lumley
Amos Starkadder:: Ian McKellen
Judith Starkadder:: Eileen Atkins
Ada Doom:: Sheila Burrell
Director:: John Schlesinger

Genres

Drama

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

An Englishman Abroad

Duration: 1 hour, 2 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 29^th Nov 1983, 21:25 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Wed 12^th Jul 2023, 22:10 on BBC Four HD

Alan Bennett's drama based on a meeting between actress Coral Browne and spy Guy Burgess. A mystery man appears in Coral's dressing room. What does he want with her face powder? Show more

Contributors

Guy Burgess:: Alan Bates
Herself:: Coral Browne
Claudius:: Charles Gray
Rosencrantz:: Harold Innocent
Guildenstern:: Vernon Dobtcheff
General:: Czeslaw Grocholski
Boy:: Matthew Sim
Hamlet:: Mark Wing-Davey
Hotel Receptionist:: Faina Zinova
Toby:: Douglas Reith
Giles:: Peter Chelsom
Tessa:: Judy Gridley
Scarf Man:: Bibs Ekkel
Tolya:: Alexei Jawdokimov
Mrs Burgess:: Molly Veness
Tailor:: Denys Hawthorne
Shoe Shop Assistant:: Roger Hammond
George:: Charles Lamb
Pyjama Shop Manager:: Trevor Baxter
Writer:: Alan Bennett
Director:: John Schlesinger
Producer:: Innes Lloyd

Genres

Drama

Source: BBC Online

Far from the Madding Crowd

Duration: 2 hours, 40 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 5^th Jul 2015, 22:00 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Sun 5^th Jul 2015, 22:00 on BBC Four HD

Stylish adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel. A beautiful, headstrong heiress has a profound effect on three men - a dashing sergeant, a wealthy landowner and a loyal shepherd. Show more

Contributors

Bathsheba:: Julie Christie
Sergeant Troy:: Terence Stamp
William Boldwood:: Peter Finch
Gabriel Oak:: Alan Bates
Liddy:: Fiona Walker
Fanny:: Prunella Ransome
Mrs Hurst:: Alison Leggatt
Henery Fray:: Paul Dawkins
Jan Coggan:: Julian Somers
Cainy Ball:: Freddie Jones
Mrs Tall:: Pauline Melville
Soberness:: Denise Coffey
Corporal:: Derek Ware
Barker:: Bryan Mosley
Director:: John Schlesinger
Writer:: Frederic Raphael

Genres

DramaClassic & Period

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

Screen Two

Series 8

The Lost Language of Cranes

Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 9^th Feb 1992, 22:00 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Wed 10^th May 2023, 22:00 on BBC Four HD

When his son confesses he is gay, Owen realises that he too can no longer live a lie. Starring Brian Cox. Show more

Contributors

Owen Benjamin:: Brian Cox
Rose Benjamin:: Eileen Atkins
Phillip Benjamin:: Angus Macfadyen
Elliot Abrahams:: Corey Baker
Jerene Parks:: Cathy Tyson
Robin Bradley:: Ben Daniels
Derek Moulthorpe:: John Schlesinger
Producer:: Ruth Caleb
Director:: Nigel Finch
Author:: David Leavitt
Writer:: Sean Mathias

Genres

Drama

Brand

Series

Screen Two: Series 8

Source: BBC Online

Desert Island Discs

John Schlesinger

Duration: 2 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 10^th Apr 1967, 13:10 on BBC Home Service Basic

Available for over a year

Roy Plomley's castaway is film director John Schlesinger. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest:: John Schlesinger

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Desert Island Discs

Source: BBC Online

Desert Island Discs

John Schlesinger

Duration: 40 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 13^th Oct 1991, 12:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 18^th Oct 1991, 09:05 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Sue Lawley's castaway is director John Schlesinger. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest:: John Schlesinger

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Brand

Desert Island Discs

Source: BBC Online

Screen One

Series 3

Episode 7: A Question of Attribution

Duration: 1 hour, 11 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 6^th Dec 2009, 22:10 on BBC Four

Alan Bennett's drama about the double life led by Sir Anthony Blunt, Soviet agent and Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures. Show more

Contributors

Sir Anthony Blunt:: James Fox
HM the Queen:: Prunella Scales
Chubb:: David Calder
Donleavy:: Geoffrey Palmer
Restorer:: John Carter
Phillips:: Mark Payton
Colin:: Jason Flemyng
Blunt's Secretary:: Anne Jameson
Collins:: Edward de Souza
Director:: John Schlesinger
Producer:: Innes Lloyd
Writer:: Alan Bennett

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Series

Screen One: Series 3

Source: BBC Online

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