Talking Pictures

Jack Lemmon

A retrospective look at television appearances made over the years by Some Like It Hot and Days of Wine and Roses star J

Shelley Winters

A look at television appearances made over the years by Oscar-winning actress Shelley Winters, with interviews from the

On the Waterfront

Sixty years after its original release, Talking Pictures examines On the Waterfront, one of the greatest films in US cin

Albert Finney

A retrospective look at television appearances made over the years by award-winning actor Albert Finney, with interviews

Noel Coward

A retrospective look at television appearances made over the years by award-winning actor Noel Coward, with interviews f

Kenneth More

A retrospective look at television appearances made over the years by BAFTA-winning actor Kenneth More, with interviews

Hollywood's Great Directors

A retrospective look at the careers of some of the greatest and most successful directors in movie history, talking abou

Richard Harris

A retrospective look at television appearances made over the years by Richard Harris, with interviews from the archive a

Hitchcock's Leading Actors

To this day, Alfred Hitchcock is looked on as one of cinema's best and most influential directors. But how did the stars

Christopher Lee

A look back at the life and career of one of the greats of British cinema - Sir Christopher Lee. In BBC interviews condu

Omar Sharif

A look back at the life of the actor Omar Sharif, who died in July 2015 at the age of 83. Using archive from his intervi

Musicals

In this episode, Talking Pictures tells the story of the Hollywood musical, using interviews with stars from the genre's

Anthony Hopkins

A look back at the life of Oscar-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins and featuring interviews conducted with the BBC over

John Huston

A retrospective look at television appearances made over the years by actor and director John Huston, with interviews fr

Hollywood Actresses

Sylvia Syms looks back on the legendary leading ladies of Hollywood - the glamorous and often powerful stars who helped

Great British Comedies

Sylvia Syms looks back on the great British comedy stars who over the years have had cinema audiences rolling in the ais

Child Stars

With classic interviews and rarely seen archive footage, Sylvia Syms examines the world of the big screen's smallest sta

Sex Symbols

Sylvia Syms looks at the handsome heroes, gorgeous heroines, pin-ups and bombshells who came to be known as cinema's gre

War Films

A look back at the great British war films that boosted the nation's morale in the postwar years and launched the career

Bing Crosby

A look at TV appearances made over the years by Bing Crosby, with interviews from the archive and classic clips capturin

The Black Stars of Film

A retrospective look at some of the best-loved and most popular black stars to have graced cinema screens over the past

Alan Rickman

A look back at the life and work of Alan Rickman, one of Britain's best-loved actors, who died in January 2016. We hear

Debbie Reynolds

A look back at the life of the actress Debbie Reynolds - one of the best-loved stars of Hollywood's golden age, who died

John Hurt

A look back at the life and work of Sir John Hurt - one of Britain's acting greats, who died last month aged 77 after a

60s Icons

Sylvia Syms explores the BBC's archives and chooses a selection of rarely seen interviews that tell the story of the act

Harry Potter

Actor Warwick Davis - AKA Professor Flitwick and Griphook - explores the BBC archives and conjures up the story of the H

Roger Moore

A look back at the life and career of one of Britain's best-loved actors, Sir Roger Moore, who died in 2017, just months

Jane Fonda

As double-Oscar winner Jane Fonda approaches her 80th birthday, a look back at the life of one of Hollywood's most succe

Bette and Joan

Sylvia Syms looks through the BBC archives to tell the story of one of Hollywood's greatest ever feuds - the rivalry bet

Barry Norman

Rory Bremner explores the BBC archives for an affectionate look back at the career of Barry Norman, who hosted the BBC's

Epics

Sylvia Syms looks through the BBC archive to discover what makes an epic. The programme looks at the history of epics, w

Westerns

Sylvia Syms looks back through the BBC’s archives to tell the story of what is perhaps cinema’s most enduring and mo

Rom Coms

Celia Imrie explores one of the best-loved movie genres - the romantic comedy. With classic interviews from cinematic co

70s Legends

A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to tell the story of their

Joan Collins

A look back at legendary television appearances by Joan Collins.

Westerns

Sylvia Syms looks back through the BBC’s archives to tell the story of what is perhaps cinema’s most enduring and mo

Rom Coms

Celia Imrie explores one of the best-loved movie genres - the romantic comedy. With classic interviews from cinematic co

70s Legends

A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to tell the story of their

Joan Collins

A look back at legendary television appearances by Joan Collins.

Christmas Classics

Celia Imrie unwraps a selection of the very best Christmas movies ever made and looks at why films are such an important

Agatha Christie

As Kenneth Branagh prepares to unveil the latest version of Death on the Nile, Celia Imrie looks at how Agatha Christie'

Dames

Celia Imrie takes a look at some of the leading ladies who’ve proved time and again, year after year, that they are am

War Stories

Celia Imrie takes us on a journey through the BBC’s archives for an in-depth look at the continuing power and importan

Marvellous Musicals

Film's Family Favourites

Join Celia Imrie as we go bobbing along through the beautiful, briny BBC archives for a look at the enduring movie class

Perfect Partners

A look back at some of cinema’s best-loved partnerships, from Fred and Ginger, Doris Day and Rock Hudson, to Newman an

Meryl Streep

A celebration of Meryl Streep, perhaps the greatest actress of modern times, using decades’ worth of interviews and ap

Meryl Streep

A celebration of Meryl Streep, perhaps the greatest actress of modern times, using decades’ worth of interviews and ap

Glenda Jackson

Celia Imrie tells the story of Glenda Jackson, one of Britain's greatest-ever acting talents, who famously turned her ba

Dustin Hoffman

Moments from interviews conducted on a range of BBC shows over the years help to tell the story of Dustin Hoffman, one o

Spartacus

Celia Imrie tells the story of the 1960 epic Spartacus, starring Kirk Douglas, revealing how the film, which was then th

The Silence of the Lambs

Celia Imrie takes a trip through the BBC archives on a forensic examination of one of cinema’s most frightening franch

The Godfather Trilogy

Celia Imrie explores the story behind Francis Ford Coppola’s acclaimed Godfather series, featuring insights from cast

Psycho

Celia Imrie takes a journey in the BBC’s archives to tell the story of one of the most acclaimed films of all time, Al

Jaws

Celia Imrie dives into the BBC’s archives to tell the behind-the-scenes story of Steven Spielberg’s classic aquatic

Bonnie And Clyde

Celia Imrie tells the story behind one of the most groundbreaking and influential films of the sixties, 1967's Bonnie An