Classic Movies: The Story Of

  • Premiered: Aug 2023
  • Episodes: 12
  • Followers: 2
  • Running
  • Sky Arts
  • Thursday at 20
  • Documentary

Seasons:

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Season 2
2x1
The Story of Brief Encounter
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 08, 2024
Ian Nathan returns to cast his eye over more cinematic masterpieces, beginning with David Lean's 1945 romantic tragedy starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard.
2x2
The Story of Whisky Galore!
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 15, 2024
Ian Nathan examines Alexander Mackendrick's 1949 Ealing comedy, in which Scottish islanders try to salvage 50,000 cases of whisky from a shipwreck.
2x3
The Story of The Producers
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 22, 2024
Ian Nathan examines Mel Brooks' classic 1968 comedy, which stars Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder as two men who set out to make a Broadway flop.
2x4
The Story of I'm All Right Jack
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 29, 2024
Ian Nathan examines the Boulting brothers' 1959 comedy, a satire on British industrial life starring Ian Carmichael Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough and Margaret Rutherford.
2x5
The Story of Murder on the Orient Express
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 05, 2024
Ian Nathan examines the 1974 adaptation of the Agatha Christie mystery, featuring a stellar cast of train-bound suspects and Albert Finney as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.
2x6 Season finale
The Story of The Deer Hunter
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 12, 2024
Ian Nathan examines Michael Cimino's 1978 Vietnam War drama, which starred Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Savage, John Cazale and Meryl Streep.

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