Spirit of the People

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 7^th Jul 2013, 07:10 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Sun 7^th Jul 2013, 07:10 on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Biographical drama about the early life of Abraham Lincoln, from his youth as a peace-loving woodsman, to his life in politics and election to the presidency in 1860.

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Abraham Lincoln:: Raymond Massey
Director:: John Cromwell
Stephen Douglas:: Gene Lockhart
Mary Todd Lincoln:: Ruth Gordon
Ann Rutledge:: Mary Howard
Elizabeth Edwards:: Dorothy Tree
Ben Mattling:: Clem Bevans
Jack Armstrong:: Howard Da Silva
Billy Herndon:: Alan Baxter
Joshua Speed:: Minor Watson
Ninian Edwards:: Harvey Stephens
Judge Bowling Green:: Aldrich Bowker
John McNeil:: Maurice Murphy
Mentor Graham:: Louis Jean Heydt
Producer:: Max Gordon
Writer:: Grover Jones
Writer:: Robert E Sherwood

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Source: BBC Online

The Bishop's Wife

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 44 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 7^th Jun 1980, 14:45 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Tue 23^rd Feb 2021, 14:40 on BBC Two Wales

Family comedy drama about an angel who assumes human form to help a bishop repair his marriage and build his dream cathedral. Show more

Contributors

Actor:: Cary Grant
Actor:: Loretta Young
Actor:: David Niven
Actor:: Monty Woolley
Writer:: Robert E Sherwood
Director:: Henry Koster
Producer:: Samuel Goldwyn

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Source: BBC Online

The Preacher's Wife

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 24^th Dec 2008, 11:30 on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: Sun 23^rd Dec 2012, 12:30 on BBC Two England

Romantic fantasy about a preacher whose prayers to save his marriage and church are answered in the form of an angel. With Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston and Gregory Hines. Show more

Rebecca

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 5 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 12^th May 2007, 17:15 on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: Sat 3^rd Dec 2016, 13:30 on BBC Two HD

Thriller. A woman marries after a whirlwind romance, but finds the spectre of her husband's dead first wife dominates their house. Show more

Contributors

Maxim de Winter:: Laurence Olivier
Mrs de Winter:: Joan Fontaine
Jack Favell:: George Sanders
Mrs Danvers:: Judith Anderson
Beatrice Lacy:: Gladys Cooper
Major Giles Lacey:: Nigel Bruce
Frank Crawley:: Reginald Denny
Colonel Julyan:: C Aubrey Smith
Coroner:: Melville Cooper
Mrs Van Hopper:: Florence Bates
Ben:: Leonard Carey
Dr Baker:: Leo G Carroll
Producer:: David O Selznick
Writer:: Michael Hogan
Writer:: Philip Macdonald
Writer:: Robert E Sherwood
Author:: Daphne du Maurier
Director:: Alfred Hitchcock

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Source: BBC Online