50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments

50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments 2011

7.45

To mark the release two weeks ago of the eighth and final movie in the series, Robbie Coltrane narrates a countdown of the movie franchise's best moments. From Harry's first meeting with Ron and Hermione aboard the Hogwarts Express through to magical mysteries.

2011

Riders

Riders 1993

3.50

Arrogant aristocrat Rupert Campbell-Black has high social position, women at his feet, money and fame in the world of show jumping. But Rupert has a rival - the brooding gypsy Jake Lovell, whose loathing for the "Pin Up of Penscombe" has driven him to the top of the riding world to match Rupert's skills. A bitter feud festers between the two stars, who have fought and fornicated their way round the show rings of the world, and now comes to a showdown at the Los Angeles Olympics. As rivals in love and sport, the stage is set for what becomes a compulsive blend of sex, romance, and adventure.

1993

Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park 2007

6.04

In Mansfield Park, poverty-stricken Fanny Price is sent away to live with her wealthy uncle and aunt at Mansfield Park. As she struggles to adapt to her new lifestyle she begins to attract the attentions of suitors, learning about the sexual politics of high society along the way.

2007

Affinity

Affinity 2008

5.80

A grieving upper class woman becomes a "Lady Visitor" at Millbank prison, hoping to escape her troubles and be a guiding figure in the lives of the female prisoners. Of all her friendships with prisoners, she is most fascinated by Selina - a medium.

2008

A Brief History of Time

A Brief History of Time 1991

7.20

This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and unable to speak without the use of a computer. Hawking's friends, family, classmates, and peers are interviewed not only about his theories but the man himself.

1991

The Murder at Road Hill House

The Murder at Road Hill House 2011

6.10

In 1860, Inspector Jack Whicher of Scotland Yard is sent to rural Wiltshire to investigate the murder of the three-year-old boy Saville Kent, who was snatched from his bed at night and murdered.

2011

Into the Blue

Into the Blue 1997

6.00

Contemporary thriller set partly on the island of Rhodes. A bankrupt former garage owner, now working as a waiter and a caretaker on the Greek isle, is hauled in by the local police when a young Englishwoman he has befriended goes missing. Under suspicion of murder, he flees the island and returns to England, where he begins trying to piece together the missing woman's background and her reasons for visiting Rhodes in the first place.

1997

Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem

Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem 2022

6.00

This documentary explores the enduring popularity of one of Britain's best loved crime dramas, Midsomer Murders, as it celebrates its 25th anniversary.

2022

Milk

Milk 1998

6.50

Andrea Arnold’s directorial debut consists of a woman named Hetty that has a unique way of dealing with the unexpected death of her child.

1998

An Audience with Adele

An Audience with Adele 2021

8.30

Joining multi-Grammy Award winning and one of the biggest UK artists of all time, Adele, for a unique and special night at the legendary London Palladium, where she performs her chart-topping single Easy On Me, as well as tracks from her new album, 30.

2021

The Secret Adversary

The Secret Adversary 1983

6.80

After a chance meeting and an indiscreet conversation, childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley become involved in a convoluted intrigue led by a mysterious man known simply as Mr. Brown.

1983

If I Don't Come Home:  Letters from D-Day

If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day 2014

1

A partly dramatised account of the lives of four Allied servicemen ahead of D-Day, the programme told their story through their final letters home before the assault.

2014

Bunny and the Bull

Bunny and the Bull 2009

6.00

A young shut-in takes an imaginary road trip inside his apartment, based on mementos and memories of a European trek from years before.

2009

Selling Hitler

Selling Hitler 1991

7.00

In 1981, Gerd Heidemann, a war correspondent and reporter with the German magazine Stern, makes what he believes is the literary and historical scoop of the century: the personal diaries of Adolf Hitler. Over the next two years, Heidemann and the senior management figures at Stern secretly pay 10 million German marks to a mysterious 'Dr Fischer' for the sixty volumes of 'Hitler's diaries'. However, to the dismay of all, it is discovered after the publication of first extract that the diaries are crude forgeries, faked by Stuttgart criminal Konrad Kujau.

1991

Sparkling Cyanide

Sparkling Cyanide 2003

4.60

Based on the novel by Agatha Christie In this TV movie, a classic mystery is updated and relocated to a glamorous world of London socialites and secret agents, introducing two unique and compelling investigators and taking us through to the highest corridors of power.

2003

Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy

Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy 2017

7.40

A fresh and revealing insight into Princess Diana through the personal and intimate reflections of her two sons and her friends and family.

2017

Doors Open

Doors Open 2012

5.20

Heist thriller and adaptation of Ian Rankin's book, which sees a bored millionaire plan to swap the contents of a gallery's warehouse with near-perfect forgeries.

2012

A Village Affair

A Village Affair 1995

4.70

An apparently happy wife in an English village has a relationship with a local aristocrat's daughter.

1995

Hero of the Hour

Hero of the Hour 2000

6.00

A security guard foils an armed robbery and becomes a national hero, but his new-found fame cannot appease his guilty conscience.

2000

Goldeneye

Goldeneye 1989

6.00

British writer Ian Fleming's life and loves suggest that of his spy-novel hero, secret agent James Bond.

1989