Talking Pictures

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2013 • Documentary

Rating: 6.2 / 10

Status: Returning Series

Seasons: 6

Episodes: 90

Next Episode: Not announced

Original Language: English

Networks: BBC Four, BBC Two

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

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 1 Episodes

1 - Bette Davis (Sat, Jan 5, 2013)
2 - John Mills (Sat, Jan 12, 2013)
3 - David Niven (Sat, Jan 19, 2013)
4 - Gene Kelly (Sat, Feb 2, 2013)
5 - John Wayne (Sat, Feb 16, 2013)
6 - Tony Curtis (Sat, Feb 23, 2013)
7 - Dirk Bogarde (Sat, Mar 2, 2013)
8 - James Stewart (Sat, Mar 9, 2013)
9 - Lauren Bacall (Fri, Mar 29, 2013)
10 - Orson Welles (Mon, Apr 1, 2013)
11 - Ingrid Bergman (Sat, Apr 27, 2013)
12 - Alec Guinness (Sat, May 11, 2013)
13 - Gregory Peck (Sat, Jul 6, 2013)
14 - James Mason (Sat, Aug 3, 2013)
15 - Charlton Heston (Mon, Aug 26, 2013)
16 - Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers (Sat, Oct 12, 2013)
17 - Richard Burton (Sat, Nov 2, 2013)
18 - Alfred Hitchcock (Sat, Mar 1, 2014)
19 - Shirley Maclaine (Sat, Mar 8, 2014)
20 - Joan Fontaine (Sat, Apr 12, 2014)
21 - Richard Attenborough (Sat, May 3, 2014)
22 - Deborah Kerr (Sat, May 10, 2014)
23 - Laurence Olivier (Sat, May 17, 2014)
24 - Sophia Loren (Sat, May 24, 2014)
25 - Paul Newman (Mon, May 26, 2014)
26 - Robert Mitchum (Sat, May 31, 2014)
27 - Peter O'Toole (Sat, Jul 19, 2014)
28 - Robert Redford (Sat, Aug 2, 2014)
29 - David Lean (Sat, Aug 23, 2014)
30 - Judi Dench (Sat, Sep 13, 2014)
31 - Maggie Smith (Sat, Sep 20, 2014)
32 - Julie Andrews (Sun, Dec 28, 2014)
33 - Michael Caine (Sat, Jan 10, 2015)
34 - Sean Connery (Sat, Jan 17, 2015)

Season 2 Episodes

1 - Jack Lemmon (Sat, Feb 7, 2015)
2 - Shelley Winters (Sat, Feb 14, 2015)
3 - On the Waterfront (Sat, Feb 21, 2015)
4 - Albert Finney (Sat, Feb 28, 2015)
5 - Noel Coward (Sat, Mar 7, 2015)
6 - Kenneth More (Sat, Mar 14, 2015)
7 - Hollywood's Great Directors (Sat, Apr 4, 2015)
8 - Richard Harris (Sat, Apr 25, 2015)
9 - Hitchcock's Leading Actors (Sat, May 9, 2015)
10 - Christopher Lee (Sat, Jul 11, 2015)
11 - Omar Sharif (Sat, Aug 15, 2015)
12 - Musicals (Sat, Aug 29, 2015)
13 - Anthony Hopkins (Mon, Aug 31, 2015)
14 - John Huston (Sat, Oct 17, 2015)
15 - Hollywood Actresses (Sat, Oct 24, 2015)
16 - Great British Comedies (Sat, Oct 31, 2015)
17 - Child Stars (Sat, Nov 21, 2015)
18 - Sex Symbols (Sat, Jan 2, 2016)
19 - War Films (Sat, Mar 26, 2016)
20 - Bing Crosby (Sat, Aug 27, 2016)
21 - The Black Stars of Film (Sat, Nov 12, 2016)
22 - Alan Rickman (Sun, Jan 1, 2017)
23 - Debbie Reynolds (Sat, Jan 21, 2017)
24 - John Hurt (Sat, Feb 18, 2017)
25 - 60s Icons (Sat, Apr 29, 2017)
26 - Harry Potter (Sat, Oct 28, 2017)
27 - Roger Moore (Sat, Dec 16, 2017)
28 - Jane Fonda (Sun, Dec 17, 2017)
29 - Bette and Joan (Sat, Dec 23, 2017)
30 - Barry Norman (Sat, Dec 30, 2017)
31 - Epics (Fri, Mar 30, 2018)
32 - Westerns (Sun, Sep 15, 2019)
33 - Rom Coms (Sat, Feb 15, 2020)
34 - 70s Legends (Sat, Apr 4, 2020)
35 - Joan Collins (Sat, May 23, 2020)

Season 3 Episodes

1 - Westerns (Sun, Sep 15, 2019)
2 - Rom Coms (Sun, Sep 15, 2019)
3 - 70s Legends (Sat, Apr 4, 2020)
4 - Joan Collins (Sat, May 23, 2020)
5 - Christmas Classics (Sun, Dec 6, 2020)
6 - Agatha Christie (Mon, Dec 28, 2020)
7 - Dames (Fri, Jan 1, 2021)
8 - War Stories (Sun, May 30, 2021)
9 - Marvellous Musicals (Sat, Jun 12, 2021)
10 - Film's Family Favourites (Sat, Sep 4, 2021)

Main Cast

Celia Imrie

Celia Imrie

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