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Duration: 1 hour, 2 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: 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
Hotel Receptionist:
Faina Zinova
Scarf Man:
Bibs Ekkel
Mrs Burgess:
Molly Veness
Shoe Shop Assistant:
Roger Hammond
Pyjama Shop Manager:
Trevor Baxter
Producer:
Innes Lloyd

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Duration: 2 hours, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: 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
Mrs Hurst:
Alison Leggatt
Henery Fray:
Paul Dawkins
Jan Coggan:
Julian Somers
Cainy Ball:
Freddie Jones
Soberness:
Denise Coffey
Corporal:
Derek Ware

Screen Two

Series 8

The Lost Language of Cranes

Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: 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

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Duration: 1 hour, 48 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One SouthLatest broadcast: 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
Robert Whittaker:
Rupert Everett
Ben Cooper:
Benjamin Bratt
Elizabeth Ryder:
Illeana Douglas
Helen Whittaker:
Lynn Redgrave
Richard Whittaker:
Josef Sommer
Cardiologist:
Mark Valley
Kevin Lasater:
Michael Vartan
Producer:
Linne Radmin
Producer:
Leslie Dixon

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Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

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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
Mrs Mary Smiling:
Joanna Lumley
Amos Starkadder:
Ian McKellen
Judith Starkadder:
Eileen Atkins

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Screen One

Series 3

Episode 7: A Question of Attribution

Duration: 1 hour, 11 minutes

First broadcast: 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
Restorer:
John Carter
Phillips:
Mark Payton
Blunt's Secretary:
Anne Jameson
Producer:
Innes Lloyd