Best of British The Heroes (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary

Best of British

The Heroes (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary

From Tom Brown to Bulldog Drummond, from Biggles to Bond, the 20th Century British hero was represented as schoolboy, sleuth, soldier, sailor, sky-pilot and spy, and film portrayed them in all their different personalities - romantic, ...See moreFrom Tom Brown to Bulldog Drummond, from Biggles to Bond, the 20th Century British hero was represented as schoolboy, sleuth, soldier, sailor, sky-pilot and spy, and film portrayed them in all their different personalities - romantic, gritty, superior, gutsy, charming, and even with a tongue-in-cheek humour. Featured stars include Dirk Bogarde, Jack Hawkins, Stewart Granger, Kenneth More, Leslie Howard, David Niven and John Mills in films such as Reach For The Sky, We Dive At Dawn, A Tale Of Two Cities and A Matter Of Life And Death. Written by AS See less

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
John Mills Narrator / Actor (voice) (as Sir John Mills) Narrator / Actor (voice) (as Sir John Mills) See fewer	Great Expectations (1946)
Dirk Bogarde Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Servant (1963)
Phyllis Calvert Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Crash of Silence (1952)
Stewart Granger Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	King Solomon's Mines (1950)
John Gregson Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
Alec Guinness Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Jack Hawkins Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Leslie Howard Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Pygmalion (1938)
Kim Hunter Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Roger Livesey Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Herbert Lom Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
James Mason Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Lolita (1962)
Douglass Montgomery Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Waterloo Bridge (1931)
Kenneth More Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Longest Day (1962)
David Niven Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Murder by Death (1976)
Joy Shelton Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Millions Like Us (1943)
Anthony Steel Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
Marie Versini Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Winnetou and Old Firehand (1966)
Anton Walbrook Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Red Shoes (1948)