Episode 1
Classic Tales
Aug 10, 1988
Highlights from some of the best-known literary adaptations British cinema has produced, including extracts from The Importance Of Being Earnest, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, The Card and The History Of Mr. Polly.
Episode 2
Action Men
Aug 10, 1988
Stars such as Oliver Reed, Stanley Baker, Howard Keel and Peter Finch feature in films highlighting thrills and action, including The Trap, Sea Fury, Floods of Fear and Robbery Under Arms.
Episode 3
All in the Game
Sep 2, 1988
Among the films that feature sports are This Sporting Life with Richard Harris, Checkpoint with Stanley Baker, All For Mary starring David Tomlinson and The Lady Vanishes with cricket obsessives Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne.
Episode 4
Kids
Sep 7, 1988
Celebrating young scene-stealers including John Howard Davies, Jon Whiteley, Vincent Winter, Hayley Mills and Juliet Mills in British movies such as Oliver Twist, Dangerous Exile, The Kidnappers, Tiger Bay and The History of Mr Polly.
Episode 5
Film Fun
Sep 14, 1988
Comedy sequences from films such as The Early Bird, The Frozen Limits, The Intelligence Men, Band Waggon and Carry On Loving feature stars like Norman Wisdom, the Crazy Gang, Morecambe and Wise, Arthur Askey, and the Carry On team
Episode 6
Animal Antics
Jan 11, 1989
Featuring some of the most famous non-human stars of British cinema, including Tarka the Otter, An Alligator Named Daisy, Tawny Pipit and The Belstone Fox.
Episode 7
Love Story
Jan 18, 1989
Episode 8
All at Sea
Jan 25, 1989
Episode 9
Doctors and Nurses
Feb 1, 1989
Episode 10
Heaven and Earth
Feb 8, 1989
Episode 11
New Frontiers
Feb 15, 1989
Episode 12
Woman's Own
Feb 22, 1989
Episode 13
English Gentlemen
Mar 1, 1989
Episode 14
Reel Lives
Mar 8, 1989
Episode 15
Going Places
Mar 15, 1989
Episode 16
Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance
Mar 22, 1989
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