Discovering Film

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  • Premiered: Feb 2014
  • Episodes: 211
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  • Running
  • Sky Arts
  • Thursday at 21
  • Documentary

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Season 9
9x1
Discovering Jack Nicholson
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 20, 2018
A fascinating look at the life and career of Jack Nicholson, the Oscar-winning actor whose film credits include Easy Rider, The Shining, A Few Good Men and The Departed.
9x2
Discovering Jane Fonda
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 27, 2018
New. Movie experts look back at the life and career of Jane Fonda, who won Oscars for her performances in both neo-noir crime-thriller Klute and wartime drama Coming Home.
9x3
Discovering Peter Finch
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 04, 2018
An intimate portrait of Peter Finch, the actor known for his portrayal of anchorman Howard Beale in Network, for which he received the first ever posthumous Oscar.
9x4
Discovering Gene Wilder
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 11, 2018
A look at the life and career of Gene Wilder, the charismatic star of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein.
9x5
Discovering Laurence Harvey
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 18, 2018
A look at the life and career of Laurence Harvey, the Oscar-nominated star of the 1959 drama Room at the Top. Contains archive footage which may be considered offensive
9x6
Discovering Donald Sutherland
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 25, 2018
A look at the life and career of Donald Sutherland, the Canadian actor whose credits include The Dirty Dozen, M*A*S*H, Pride & Prejudice and The Hunger Games.
9x7
Discovering Dirk Bogarde
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 01, 2018
Movie experts reflect on the career of Dirk Bogarde, the great English actor known for his complex roles in the dark films Victim, Death in Venice and The Night Porter.
9x8
Discovering Charles Laughton
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 08, 2018
A look at the life and career of Charles Laughton, the Yorkshire-born stage and film actor who starred in The Old Dark House and Mutiny on the Bounty.
9x9
Discovering Karl Malden
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 15, 2018
An intimate profile of Karl Malden, the actor who won an Oscar for his role as Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire and was nominated for another for On the Waterfront.
9x10
Discovering Anthony Hopkins
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 22, 2018
A look at the career of Anthony Hopkins, the Oscar-winning actor known for roles in films such as The Silence of the Lambs, The Remains of the Day and Amistad.
9x11
Discovering Faye Dunaway
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 29, 2018
A closer look at the life and career of Faye Dunaway, the Oscar-winning actress known for her roles in Bonnie and Clyde, The Thomas Crown Affair, Chinatown and Network.
9x12
Discovering Vincent Price
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 06, 2018
A look at the life and career of Vincent Price, the suavely menacing star of numerous horror films including House of Wax and The Abominable Dr Phibes.
9x13
Discovering Judi Dench
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 13, 2018
A look back at the career of Judi Dench, who won an Oscar for her role as Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare in Love before going on to star as M in eight James Bond movies.
9x14 Season finale
Discovering Christmas Films
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 16, 2018
Get your mulled wine and knitted blanket ready as Ian Nathan, Bonnie Greer, Derek Malcolm, Neil Norman and Stephen Armstrong of the Discovering Film team meet to select their favourite Christmas movies of all time.

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