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Duration: 2 hours, 14 minutes

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

Classic Oscar-winning drama. An ageing star is duped into helping an aspiring actress, who turns out to be ruthlessly ambitious. Show more

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Margo Channing:
Bette Davis
Eve Harrington:
Anne Baxter
Addison DeWitt:
George Sanders
Karen Richards:
Celeste Holm
Bill Simpson:
Gary Merrill
Lloyd Richards:
Hugh Marlowe
Birdie Coonan:
Thelma Ritter
Miss Casswell:
Marilyn Monroe
Max Fabian:
Gregory Ratoff
Composer:
Alfred Newman
Director of photography:
Milton Krasner

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Duration: 1 hour, 56 minutes

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

Available for 6 months

Comic masterpiece from Billy Wilder. Musicians Joe and Jerry accidentally witness the St Valentine's Day massacre and attempt to make a getaway by joining an all-girl jazz band. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Billy Wilder
Joe/Josephine:
Tony Curtis
Jerry/Daphne:
Jack Lemmon
Sugar Kane Kowa:
Marilyn Monroe
Osgood E Fielding III:
Joe E Brown
Poliakoff:
Billy Gray
Producer:
Billy Wilder

Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

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

Romantic comedy about an American showgirl (Marilyn Monroe) living in London, who is romanced by a visiting prince (Laurence Olivier). Show more

Contributors

Prince Charles/The Regent:
Laurence Olivier
Elsie Marina:
Marilyn Monroe
The Queen Dowager:
Sybil Thorndike
Northbrook:
Richard Wattis
King Nicolas:
Jeremy Spenser
Major Domo:
Paul Hardwick
The Ambassador:
Aubrey Dexter
Lady Sunningdale:
Maxine Audley
Valet with Violin:
Andreas Malandrinos
Maisie Springfield:
Jean Kent
The Foreign Office:
David Horne

Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes

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

Available for 4 months

Three New York models, looking for rich husbands, rent a luxurious apartment together to impress affluent bachelors, but things do not go to plan.

Contributors

Loco Dempsey:
Betty Grable
Pola Debevoise:
Marilyn Monroe
Schatze Page:
Lauren Bacall
Freddie Denmark:
David Wayne
Eben Salem:
Rory Calhoun
Tom Brookman:
Cameron Mitchell
J. Stewart Merrill:
Alexander D'Arcy
Waldo Brewster:
Fred Clark

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Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

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

Classic comedy musical. A transatlantic trip brings romantic problems for showgirls Lorelei and Dorothy, seeking different things from men.

Contributors

Dorothy Shaw:
Jane Russell
Lorelei Lee:
Marilyn Monroe
Henry Spofford III:
George Winslow
Ernie Malone:
Elliott Reid
Augustus Esmond Sr:
Taylor Holmes
Lady Beekman:
Norma Varden
Gus Esmond Jr:
Tommy Noonan
Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman:
Charles Coburn
Magistrate:
Marcel Dalio
Director:
Howard Hawks