Funny Lady

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 14 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 14^th Dec 2014, 13:50 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Mon 2^nd Apr 2018, 12:00 on BBC Two HD

Bittersweet musical drama based on the life of stage legend Fanny Brice, which takes up where Funny Girl left off. It is 1930, and Fanny begins a new romance. Show more

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 48 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 26^th May 2014, 14:45 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Sat 17^th Jun 2017, 14:30 on BBC Two HD

Powerful melodrama adapted from the Tennessee Williams play. Strained emotions mark the birthday celebration of southern plantation owner and patriarch Big Daddy.

Contributors

Maggie Pollitt:: Elizabeth Taylor
Brick Pollitt:: Paul Newman
Big Daddy Pollitt:: Burl Ives
Director:: Richard Brooks
Gooper Pollitt:: Jack Carson
Big Momma Pollitt:: Judith Anderson
Mae Pollitt:: Madeleine Sherwood
Dr Baugh:: Larry Gates
Deacon Davis:: Vaughn Taylor
Writer:: Richard Brooks
Writer:: James Poe
Producer:: Lawrence Weingarten
Director of photography:: William Daniels

Genres

Drama

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

In the Heat of the Night

BBC One

Duration: 1 hour, 46 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 12^th Jul 2010, 22:30 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Sun 30^th Jan 2022, 22:00 on BBC Two Wales

Available for 5 months

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Thriller about the bigoted sheriff (Rod Steiger) of a small Mississippi town who finds himself forced into collaboration with a black detective (Sidney Poitier) from Philadelphia. Show more