Talking Pictures
A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to tell the story of their lives and careers.
Top cast
Sylvia Syms
Narrator
Celia Imrie
Narrator
Peter O'Toole
Self (archive footage)
Robert Mitchum
Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman
Self (archive footage)
Sophia Loren
Self (archive footage)
Laurence Olivier
Self (archive footage)
Deborah Kerr
Self (archive footage)
Richard Attenborough
Self (archive footage)
Joan Fontaine
Self (archive footage)
Shirley MacLaine
Self (archive footage)
Alfred Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
Richard Burton
Self (archive footage)
Fred Astaire
Self (archive footage)
Ginger Rogers
Self (archive footage)
Details
- Status
- Returning Series
- First air date
- January 5, 2013
- Last air date
- February 19, 2026
- Seasons
- 6
- Episodes
- 90
- Network
- BBC Four, BBC Two
- Original language
- EN
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