The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Two | 2014 | 1'54'43''

Dr and Mrs McKenna's holiday in North Africa is interrupted when a passing acquaintance dies and they learn their son has been kidnapped. Di...

Alfred Hitchcock | Icons

Alfred Hitchcock | Icons

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Two | 2019 | 11'25''

Nicknamed the master of suspense, Hitchcock's career spanned six decades, and he was behind some of the most famous moments in cinema. Not only was ...

Marilyn Monroe | Icons

Marilyn Monroe | Icons

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Two | 2019 | 12'29''

Marilyn Monroe used her image to propel her from starlet status to that of arguably the most iconic film star in the world. She pushed to expand the f...

Charlie Chaplin | Icons

Charlie Chaplin | Icons

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Two | 2019 | 12'07''

Chaplin spent much of his childhood in poverty, before becoming the world's first international movie star. Chaplin took on the powers of the studio ...

The Story of Slapstick

The Story of Slapstick

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Two | 2009 | 59'17''

Slapstick comedy special narrated by Miranda Hart, charting the highs and lows of physical comedy and examining the audience's love of visual humour.

North by Northwest (1959)

North by Northwest (1959)

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Two | 2014 | 2'10'50''

When advertising executive Roger Thornhill is mistaken for the mysterious Mr Kaplan by a ruthless espionage ring, he soon faces deadly peril, frame...

King Kong (1933)

King Kong (1933)

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Four | 2008 | 1'35'47''

Hollywood's most famous monster movie in which Kong, the giant gorilla, is taken from his prehistoric island home to be exhibited in the music halls of Manh...

The Magnificent Seven (1960)

The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Two | 2020 | 2'02'47''

After the latest raid by bandits, the villagers in a small settlement in Mexico band together to hire a group of disparate gunfighters to protec...

Hollywood and the Holocaust | Storyville

Hollywood and the Holocaust | Storyville

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Four | 2006 | 1'32'19''

Director Danny Anker investigates the American film industry's complex and contradictory responses to the horrors of Nazi Germany in...

Hitchcock’s Shower Scene: 78/52

Hitchcock’s Shower Scene: 78/52

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Two | 2018 | 1'25'20''

Director Alexandre O Philippe's gripping documentary takes an unprecedented look at Alfred Hitchcock's infamous and iconic shower scene...

Hitchcock: 2: Sex, Murder and Mayhem | Omnibus

Hitchcock: 2: Sex, Murder and Mayhem | Omnibus

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC One | 1986 | 59'34''

Second part of a two-part documentary profile examining the personality and works of film director Alfred Hitchcock. This prog...

Hitchcock: 1: It’s Only Another Movie | Omnibus

Hitchcock: 1: It’s Only Another Movie | Omnibus

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC One | 1986 | 1'04'46''

During a career spanning 50 years of filmmaking, from the silent era into the age of television, Alfred Hitchcock becam...

The Last Moguls | Omnibus

The Last Moguls | Omnibus

Careers | BBC One | 1986 | 57'47''

Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus arrived in Hollywood seven years ago, almost penniless. Together, they now run Cannon, the world's largest independe...

The Conversation (1974)

The Conversation (1974)

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Two | 2020 | 1'48'49''

Harry Caul is a surveillance expert - a wire tapper and industrial spy for hire. He is also a man who obsessively guards his own privacy, but when hi...

Kevin Macdonald on The Battle of Algiers | The Film Programme

Kevin Macdonald on The Battle of Algiers | The Film Programme

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Radio 4 | 2021 | 26'28''

Director Kevin Macdonald reveals the influence of The Battle Of Algiers on his latest drama, The Mauritanian, t...

Citizen Kane (1941)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Four | 2008 | 1'59'23''

A landmark in the history of cinema, telling the story of newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane in a series of flashbacks. Starring Orson Welles.

Casablanca (1942)

Casablanca (1942)

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Two | 2020 | 1'38'21''

Rick's Cafe is a centre for criminals, refugees, resistance fighters and Nazis. Its cynical owner takes risks for no-one - until the arrival of Ilsa.

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Two | 2019 | 1'56'00''

Musicians Joe and Jerry accidentally witness the St Valentine's Day massacre. The boys decide to make a getaway by joining a jazz band heading for Fl...

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Two | 2023 | 1'45'50''

Classic western adventure, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as legendary outlaws Butch and Kid.

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Two | 2024 | 1'46'10''

Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker achieve growing notoriety as they carry out a series of robberies with their gang in 1930s America.

Pillow Talk (1959)

Pillow Talk (1959)

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Two | 1983 | 1'38'11''

Interior decorator Jan Morrow shares her phone line with philandering songwriter Brad Allen, a man she despises. Meeting a handsome Texan, she is favourab...

Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Two | 1974 | 1'38'31''

Top silent screen couple Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont face disaster when their latest movie is made into a talkie, as both the technology an...

Hollywood | Age of the Image

Hollywood | Age of the Image

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Four | 2020 | 2'44''

James Fox explores the major development of film that occurred in Hollywood, LA and the filmic techniques that were born.
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