Battlefield: Monte Cassino (2001)

During 1944, the Allies tried desperately to break through the German winter defensive line that blocked the advance to Rome. At the centre of the lin... Read more

Battlefield: El Alamein (2001)

"Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat." Winston Churchill's words illustrate clearly why the two battles fought... Read more

Great Blunders of World War II (2006)

Tragic mistakes that changed the course of WWII. 'Hitler's Luftwaffe': When the Russians pulled their industry back deep into their heartland, the Luf... Read more

The Goodies: The Final Episodes (1981)

Director: Bob Spiers

Starring: Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor

Without any of the constraints of standard sitcoms, The Goodies (Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor) were free to indulge in an anarchic arr... Read more

Gold Cinema Collection: This Sporting Life / Odd Man Out / Victim (1961)

Director: Basil Dearden, Carol Reed, Lindsay Anderson

Starring: Dirk Bogarde, James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, Richard Harris, William...

'This Sporting Life' (1963) When Frank Martin begins to enjoy the accolades of being a local rugby star his brutal nature distances him from those aro... Read more

Gold Cinema Collection: Whistle Down The Wind / Tiger Bay / Hunted (1961)

Director: Bryan Forbes, J Lee Thompson

Starring: Hayley Mills, John Mills, Alan Bates, Bernard Lee, Horst Buchholz, Dirk Bogarde

'Whistle Down The Wind' (1961) With their mother dead and their father seemingly too busy to care, the Bostock children are forced to amuse themselves... Read more

Gold Cinema Collection: This Happy Breed / Brief Encounter / Oliver Twist (1948)

Director: David Lean

Starring: Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway

'This Happy Breed' (1944) After the Great War, Frank returns to his wife and children. They move into a small house in hopes of regaining a normal lif... Read more

Gold Cinema Collection: Carve Her Name With Pride / Cottage to Let / Sea of Sand (1958)

Director: Anthony Asquith, Guy Green, Lewis Gilbert

Starring: Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner, Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, John M...

'Carve Her Name With Pride' (1958) Violette Bushell is a young woman living in London in World War 2. She meets a young French soldier whom she falls... Read more

Gold Cinema Collection: The League of Gentlemen / The Million Pound Note / Genevieve (1960)

Director: Basil Dearden, Henry Cornelius, Ronald Neame

Starring: Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Richard Attenborough, Gregory Peck, Joyce Grenfell,...

'The League of Gentlemen' (1960) After a forcible 'retirement', Colonel Hyde is bitter about his country's ingratitude. He steals classified informat... Read more

Rumpole of the Bailey: Series 2 (1979)

Starring: Leo McKern

Opinionated and set in his ways, the portly and curmudgeonly Horace Rumpole (Leo McKern) powers forth in his daily quest for justice. In this second s... Read more