But upon his arrival, Holly is told that Harry is dead. American writer Holly Martin (Joseph Cotten) is offered a new job in Vienna by his friend Harry (Orson Welles). For more Hepburn, Charade – the classic Parisian caper – is on Talking Pictures TV on Monday at 3.10pm.Ĭarol Reed confirmed his position as one of Britain’s greatest directors with this film noir, written by Graham Greene, which oozes atmosphere and crackles with suspense. Harrison is charming as professor Henry Higgins, who teaches Hepburn’s equally delightful Cockney flower-seller Eliza how to become a “lady”, making them one of cinema’s greatest couples. It added to the bubbling controversy between Hepburn and Julie Andrews, who played Eliza Doolittle on stage but was passed over for the film, then went on to win that year’s Oscar for Mary Poppins. It swept the Oscars, winning eight awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for Rex Harrison, but there was an outcry when its star Audrey Hepburn wasn’t also nominated. This opulent musical version of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion delighted audiences with sparkly numbers such as On the Street Where You Live and I Could Have Danced All Night. ![]() Can All Quiet on the Western Front build on its surprising Bafta triumphs and scoop Best Picture? Elsewhere, the campaign for Best Actor is surely a three-horse race: Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin), Austin Butler (Elvis) and Brendan Fraser (The Whale). While we are unlikely to see unscripted drama on the scale of last year’s Will Smith slap, there should be plenty to hold the attention in tonight’s ceremony which will, for the third time, be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. ![]() Sky Showcase/Sky Cinema Oscars, from 11pm A post-peak Oasis concert from 2001 follows at 10.30pm. The face of British angling turns on agricultural policy in his excellent, if dismaying, survey of British waterways, learning how algae from fertiliser run-off is devastating the River Wye and the damage being wrought on Whitstable oysters.įollowing a definitive take on Stock, Aitken and Waterman, Channel 5 continues its reinvention as an unlikely successor to BBC Four’s pop-cultural sideline, with this series talking to some of those at the heart of the mid-1990s Britpop boom: expect Suede, Elastica, Blur and Oasis to spearhead the Proustian rush. Clare Balding presents, with Frank Kane, Alison Mitchell and Laura Crombie on commentary. ![]() The last day of Crufts means the Best in Show final. There are orcas tracking seals, bumblebees coaxing pollen and dormice hiding from tawny owls, each majestically shot and expertly analysed. If this really is it for David Attenborough on camera, Wild Isles is a noble and striking farewell, championing the fauna of the British Isles across five episodes. Then on Channel 4, the three remaining potters must attempt a stacking pyramid vase centrepiece and a sgraffito globe. Two big finals on Sunday night: first, Joey Essex, Nile Wilson and The Vivienne will essay the Boléro in a bid to impress its pioneers one last time. GTĭancing On Ice/The Great Pottery Throw Down Can Morse (Shaun Evans) and Fred Thursday (Roger Allam) face down threats from vested interests to ensure justice is done? With Morse seemingly poised to have his heart broken on Joan’s (Sara Vickers) wedding day, Thursday weighing up a transfer and CS Bright (Anton Lesser) heading for retirement, it is a sombre and poignant swansong, leavened somewhat by Morse and the Last Endeavour, the affectionate, lightweight behind-the-scenes documentary that follows after the news (on Sunday) at 10.20pm Kevin “Lewis” Whateley is a welcome contributor Russell Lewis an unfortunate absentee. It is an agreeably scholarly last investigation, but one inevitably overshadowed by recent gruesome discoveries at Blenheim Vale. The case in question revolves around coded messages hidden in the Oxford Mail’s death notices. Entitled Exeunt, this opens with a funeral and ends with a neat closing of the circle after two hours of discreet nods to both past and future adventures of the Oxford copper, created by Colin Dexter and developed by Russell Lewis. ![]() Wry, elegiac humour abounds from the first frame of this final episode of Endeavour and, in all likelihood, the final Morse mystery.
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