Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 6 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 28^th Dec 1977, 18:50 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Thu 16^th Apr 2020, 14:15 on BBC Two Wales HD

Comedy. A wealthy newspaper proprietor puts up a £10,000 prize for the fastest flight from London to Paris. His wager attracts a weird and eccentric collection of competitors. Show more

Contributors

Orvil Newton:: Stuart Whitman
Patricia Rawnsley:: Sarah Miles
Sir Percival Ware-Armitage:: Terry-Thomas
Colonel Manfred Von Holstein:: Gert Frobe
Pierre Dubois:: Jean-Pierre Cassel
Lord Rawnsley:: Robert Morley
Courtney:: Eric Sykes
Fire Chief Perkins:: Benny Hill
Richard Mays:: James Fox
Count Emilio Ponticelli:: Alberto Sordi
Brigitte/Ingrid/Marlene/Françoise/Yvette/Betty:: Irina Demick
Yamamoto:: Yujiro Ishihara
Mother Superior:: Flora Robson
Neanderthal Man/Birdman/Inventors/Pilot/Airline Passenger:: Red Skelton
Captain Rumpelstoss:: Karl Michael Vogler
George Gruber:: Sam Wanamaker
French Postman:: Eric Barker
Colonel:: Fred Emney
Jean:: Davy Kaye
Assistant Fire Chief:: Norman Rossington
Fireman:: Graham Stark
Harry Popperwell:: Tony Hancock
Trawler Skipper:: Maurice Denham
MacDougal:: Gordon Jackson
French Painter:: John Le Mesurier
Lieutenant Parsons:: Jeremy Lloyd
Countess Sophia Ponticelli:: Zena Marshall
Airline Hostess:: Millicent Martin
Italian Mayor:: Eric Pohlman
Waitress:: Marjorie Rhodes
Tremayne Gascoyne:: William Rushton
Photographer:: Jimmy Thompson
Niven:: Michael Trubshawe
Narrator:: James Robertson Justice
Writer:: Jack Davies
Writer:: Ken Annakin
Director:: Ken Annakin
Producer:: Stan Margulies

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DramaAction & Adventure

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Source: BBC Online

Voyage of the Damned

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 19^th Jan 2008, 14:05 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sun 22^nd Mar 2009, 14:30 on BBC Two England

Drama based on the true story of a ship carrying German-Jewish refugees which was denied permission to land anywhere and was obliged to return to Germany and the horrors of Nazism. Show more

Contributors

Denise Kreisler:: Faye Dunaway
Captain Schroeder:: Max von Sydow
Professor Egon Kreisler:: Oskar Werner
Max Gunter:: Malcolm McDowell
José Estedes:: Orson Welles
Dr Juan Remos:: James Mason
Lili Rosen:: Lee Grant
Mira Hauser:: Katharine Ross
Carl Rosen:: Sam Wanamaker
Anna Rosen:: Lynne Frederick
Professor Weiler:: Luther Adler
Rebecca Weiler:: Wendy Hiller
Alice Fienchild:: Julie Harris
Mr Hauser:: Nehemiah Persoff
Mrs Hauser:: Maria Schell
Aaron Pozner:: Paul Koslo
Otto Schiendick:: Helmut Griem
Dr Erich Strauss:: Victor Spinetti
Luis Clasing:: Michael Constantine
Manuel Benitez:: Jose Ferrer
Morris Troper:: Ben Gazzara
President Bru:: Fernando Rey
Leni Strauss:: Janet Suzman
Admiral Canaris:: Denholm Elliott
Commander Von Bonin:: Leonard Rossiter
Director:: Stuart Rosenberg
Joseph Joseph:: David de Keyser
Purser Mueller:: Keith Barron
Engineering Officer:: Don Henderson
Werner Mannheim:: Frederick Jaeger

Genres

DramaWar & Disaster

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Films

Source: BBC Online

Death on the Nile

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 14 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 31^st Dec 2018, 12:50 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Thu 28^th Mar 2024, 20:00 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