Episodes cast for
"British Film Forever" (2007) More at IMDbPro »

Season: 1
Year: 2007

Season 1

Season 1, Episode 1: Guns, Gangsters and Getaways: The Story of the British Crime Thriller

	Jessica Hynes	...	Herself - Narrator (voice) (as Jessica Stevenson)
	Daniel Craig	...	Himself
	Michael Caine	...	Himself (as Sir Michael Caine)
	Richard Attenborough	...	Himself (as Lord Richard Attenborough)
	Bob Hoskins	...	Himself
	Martin Kemp	...	Himself
	James Purefoy	...	Himself
	Paul Kaye	...	Himself
	Helen Mirren	...	Herself (as Dame Helen Mirren)
	John Mackenzie	...	Himself
	Nick Moran	...	Himself
	Richard Bacon	...	Himself
	Melanie Williams	...	Herself (as Dr. Melanie Williams)
	Roy Ward Baker	...	Himself
	Ronald Neame	...	Himself (as Ronald Neame CBE)
	John Russell Taylor	...	Himself
	Alfred Hitchcock	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Mark Eccleston	...	Himself
	Daisy Goodwin	...	Herself
	Kate Hardie	...	Herself
	Jake Arnott	...	Himself
	Simon Callow	...	Himself (as Simon Callow CBE)
	Guy Hamilton	...	Himself
	Sarah Miles	...	Herself
	Matthew Sweet	...	Himself
	Pauline Collins	...	Herself (as Pauline Collins OBE)
	Timothy Spall	...	Himself (as Timothy Spall OBE)
	John Hurt	...	Himself (as John Hurt CBE)
	Chris Bisson	...	Himself
	Al Murray	...	Himself
	Sanjeev Bhaskar	...	Himself (as Sanjeev Bhaskar OBE)
	Albert R. Broccoli	...	Himself (archive footage) (as 'Cubby' Broccoli)
	Gerry Crampton	...	Himself
	Barbara Broccoli	...	Herself
	Michael G. Wilson	...	Himself
	John Landis	...	Himself
	Bryan Forbes	...	Himself (as Bryan Forbes CBE)
	Lewis Gilbert	...	Himself (as Lewis Gilbert CBE)
	Mischa Barton	...	Herself
	Kate Winslet	...	Herself
	Charlie Higson	...	Himself
	Madeline Smith	...	Herself
	James Brown	...	Himself
	John Sergeant	...	Himself
	Len Deighton	...	Himself
	Kevin Macdonald	...	Himself
	Sumit Bose	...	Himself
	Jamie Foreman	...	Himself
	Toby Young	...	Himself
	Cathy Tyson	...	Herself
	Paul Andrew Williams	...	Himself
	Danny Boyle	...	Himself
	Edith Bowman	...	Herself
	Jamie Bell	...	Himself
	Ewan McGregor	...	Himself
	Jeremy Vine	...	Himself
	Shauna Macdonald	...	Herself
	Clare Grogan	...	Herself
	Richard E. Grant	...	Himself (as Richard E Grant)
	Guy Ritchie	...	Himself
	Adrian Lester	...	Himself
	Steve Furst	...	Himself
	Martin Campbell	...	Himself
	Eva Green	...	Herself
	Rob Brydon	...	Traffic Warden (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Christopher Eccleston	...	David Stephens (archive footage) (uncredited)
	William Hartnell	...	Dallow (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Vinnie Jones	...	Big Chris (archive footage) (uncredited)

Season 1, Episode 2: Longing, Loving and Leg-Overs: The Story of British Romance

	Jessica Hynes	...	Herself - Narrator (voice) (as Jessica Stevenson)
	Richard Curtis	...	Himself (as Richard Curtis CBE)
	Tim Bevan	...	Himself (as Tim Bevan CBE)
	Kate Winslet	...	Herself
	Charlie Higson	...	Himself
	Simon Callow	...	Himself (as Simon Callow CBE)
	Daisy Goodwin	...	Herself
	Mischa Barton	...	Herself
	Hugh Grant	...	Himself (archive footage)
	John Sessions	...	Himself
	Joan Bakewell	...	Herself (as Joan Bakewell CBE)
	Julian Fellowes	...	Himself
	Karen Krizanovich	...	Herself
	Phill Jupitus	...	Himself
	Ian Christie	...	Himself
	Kevin Macdonald	...	Himself
	Jack Cardiff	...	Himself (as Jack Cardiff OBE)
	Rufus Sewell	...	Himself
	Pam Cook	...	Herself (as Prof. Pam Cook)
	Amanda Donohoe	...	Herself
	Anna Massey	...	Herself (as Anna Massey OBE)
	Christopher Frayling	...	Himself (as Sir Christopher Frayling)
	Thelma Schoonmaker	...	Herself
	Ludovic Kennedy	...	Himself (as Sir Ludovic Kennedy)
	Emeric Pressburger	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Michael Powell	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Ken Russell	...	Himself
	Sarah Miles	...	Herself
	Martin Freeman	...	Himself
	Jake Arnott	...	Himself
	Noel Coward	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Sir Noel Coward)
	Mark Eccleston	...	Himself
	Sheridan Morley	...	Himself
	Ronald Neame	...	Himself (as Ronald Neame CBE)
	Pauline Collins	...	Herself (as Pauline Collins OBE)
	Michael York	...	Himself (as Michael York OBE)
	Julie Christie	...	Herself (archive footage)
	Frederic Raphael	...	Himself
	Michael Caine	...	Himself (as Sir Michael Caine)
	Lewis Gilbert	...	Himself (as Lewis Gilbert CBE)
	Willy Russell	...	Himself
	Jane Asher	...	Herself
	Steve Coogan	...	Himself
	Shirley Anne Field	...	Herself
	Adrian Lester	...	Himself
	Paul O'Grady	...	Himself
	Michael Williams	...	Himself (as Dr. Michael Williams)
	Muriel Pavlow	...	Herself
	Stephanie Beacham	...	Herself
	Dirk Bogarde	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Matthew Sweet	...	Himself
	Roy Ward Baker	...	Himself
	Sylvia Syms	...	Herself (as Sylvia Syms OBE)
	Nick Moran	...	Himself
	Terence Davies	...	Himself
	Harold Pinter	...	Himself (as Sir Harold Pinter)
	Malcolm McLaren	...	Himself
	Oliver Tobias	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Joan Collins	...	Herself (archive footage)
	Margo Stilley	...	Herself
	Jeremy Vine	...	Himself
	Bill Forsyth	...	Himself
	Clare Grogan	...	Herself
	James King	...	Himself

Season 1, Episode 3: Hardship, Humour and Heroes: The Story of British Realism

	Jessica Hynes	...	Herself - Narrator (voice) (as Jessica Stevenson)
	Philip Davis	...	Himself (as Phil Davis)
	Mike Leigh	...	Himself (as Mike Leigh OBE)
	Ken Loach	...	Himself
	Johnny Vegas	...	Himself
	Shauna Macdonald	...	Herself
	Jamie Bell	...	Himself
	Richard E. Grant	...	Himself (as Richard E Grant)
	Ewan McGregor	...	Himself
	Danny Boyle	...	Himself
	Martin Compston	...	Himself
	Jason Solomons	...	Himself
	Peter Mullan	...	Himself
	Malcolm McDowell	...	Himself
	Sylvia Syms	...	Herself (as Sylvia Syms OBE)
	Willy Russell	...	Himself
	John Sergeant	...	Himself
	Tony Richardson	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Karel Reisz	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Timothy Spall	...	Himself (as Timothy Spall OBE)
	Alan Sillitoe	...	Himself
	Shirley Anne Field	...	Herself
	Nick Moran	...	Himself
	Julian Fellowes	...	Himself
	Walter Lassally	...	Himself
	Rita Tushingham	...	Herself
	Matthew Sweet	...	Himself
	David Puttnam	...	Himself (as Lord David Puttnam)
	Earl Cameron	...	Himself
	Roy Ward Baker	...	Himself
	Tony Garnett	...	Himself
	John Mackenzie	...	Himself
	David Bradley	...	Himself
	Danny Baker	...	Himself
	Colin Welland	...	Himself
	Brian Glover	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Richard Lester	...	Himself
	Billy Bragg	...	Himself
	Stephen Frears	...	Himself
	Kim Newman	...	Himself
	Phil Daniels	...	Himself
	Tim Roth	...	Himself
	Ruth Sheen	...	Herself
	Terence Davies	...	Himself
	Don Boyd	...	Himself
	Paul O'Grady	...	Himself
	Martin Freeman	...	Himself
	Steve Furst	...	Himself
	Gary Oldman	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Joel Haramath	...	Himself
	Jane Horrocks	...	Herself
	Pawel Pawlikowski	...	Himself
	Richard Curtis	...	Himself (as Richard Curtis CBE)
	Stephen Daldry	...	Himself (as Stephen Daldry CBE)

Season 1, Episode 4: Corsets, Cleavage and Country Houses: The Story of British Costume Drama

	Jessica Hynes	...	Herself - Narrator (voice) (as Jessica Stevenson)
	Kate Winslet	...	Herself
	Timothy Spall	...	Himself (as Timothy Spall OBE)
	Steve Coogan	...	Himself
	Amanda Donohoe	...	Herself
	Mark Eccleston	...	Himself
	Jane Crowther	...	Herself
	James Purefoy	...	Himself
	Jeremy Vine	...	Himself
	Jane Asher	...	Herself
	Daisy Goodwin	...	Herself
	Simon Callow	...	Himself (as Simon Callow CBE)
	Andy Medhurst	...	Himself
	Paul O'Grady	...	Himself
	Karen Krizanovich	...	Herself
	Gurinder Chadha	...	Herself (as Gurinder Chadha OBE)
	Anthony Hopkins	...	Himself (as Sir Anthony Hopkins)
	Sanjeev Bhaskar	...	Himself (as Sanjeev Bhaskar OBE)
	David Oyelowo	...	Himself
	Colin Welland	...	Himself
	Nigel Havers	...	Himself
	David Puttnam	...	Himself (as Lord David Puttnam)
	Christopher Frayling	...	Himself (as Sir Christopher Frayling)
	Alexander Korda	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Lewis Gilbert	...	Himself
	Merle Oberon	...	Herself (archive footage)
	Matthew Sweet	...	Himself
	Joan Bakewell	...	Herself (as Joan Bakewell CBE)
	Richard Olivier	...	Himself
	John Sessions	...	Himself
	Hayley Mills	...	Herself
	Nick Moran	...	Himself
	Ronald Neame	...	Himself (as Ronald Neame CBE)
	Sarah Miles	...	Herself
	John Howard Davies	...	Himself
	Brian Cox	...	Himself (as Brian Cox CBE)
	Omar Sharif	...	Himself
	Steven Spielberg	...	Himself
	Willy Russell	...	Himself
	Rufus Sewell	...	Himself
	Lucy Moore	...	Herself
	Mark Lester	...	Himself
	Martin Freeman	...	Himself
	Bernard Cribbins	...	Himself
	Jenny Agutter	...	Herself
	Paul Kaye	...	Himself
	Richard Curtis	...	Himself (as Richard Curtis CBE)
	Harold Pinter	...	Himself (as Sir Harold Pinter)
	Julian Fellowes	...	Himself
	Sumit Bose	...	Himself
	Richard Attenborough	...	Himself (as Lord Richard Attenborough)
	Ben Kingsley	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Anna Massey	...	Herself (as Anna Massey CBE)
	Don Boyd	...	Himself
	Sally Potter	...	Himself
	Adrian Lester	...	Himself
	Mike Leigh	...	Himself (as Mike Leigh OBE)
	Richard E. Grant	...	Himself
	Rob Brydon	...	Capt. Toby Shandy / Rob Brydon (archive footage) (uncredited)

Season 1, Episode 5: Magic, Murder and Monsters: The Story of British Horror and Fantasy

	Jessica Hynes	...	Herself - Narrator (voice) (as Jessica Stevenson)
	Simon Pegg	...	Himself
	Danny Boyle	...	Himself
	Anne Billson	...	Herself
	Mark Gatiss	...	Himself
	John Landis	...	Himself
	Sumit Bose	...	Himself
	Jenny Agutter	...	Herself
	Rufus Sewell	...	Himself
	Jonathan Rigby	...	Himself
	Jimmy Sangster	...	Himself
	Kim Newman	...	Himself
	Christopher Frayling	...	Himself (as Sir Christopher Frayling)
	Phill Jupitus	...	Himself
	Martin Scorsese	...	Himself (archive footage)
	David McGillivray	...	Himself
	Martin Stephens	...	Himself
	Barbara Shelley	...	Herself
	Peter Cushing	...	Himself (archive footage)
	John Hamilton	...	Himself
	Ken Russell	...	Himself
	Anna Massey	...	Herself
	Michael Powell	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Stanley A. Long	...	Himself
	Michael Winner	...	Himself
	Roman Polanski	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Ian Ogilvy	...	Himself
	Steve Coogan	...	Himself
	Danny Baker	...	Himself
	Roy Ward Baker	...	Himself
	Richard Todd	...	Himself
	Sylvia Syms	...	Herself (as Sylvia Syms OBE)
	Christopher Lee	...	Himself (archive footage)
	James Carreras	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Sir James Carreras)
	Ingrid Pitt	...	Herself
	Tudor Gates	...	Himself
	Shauna Macdonald	...	Herself
	Madeline Smith	...	Herself
	Yutte Stensgaard	...	Herself (archive footage)
	Pete Walker	...	Himself
	Terry Gilliam	...	Himself
	John Boorman	...	Himself
	Rupert Grint	...	Himself
	Timothy Spall	...	Himself (as Timothy Spall OBE)
	Mischa Barton	...	Herself
	Neil Marshall	...	Himself
	Jimi Mistry	...	Himself
	John Hurt	...	Himself (as John Hurt CBE)
	David Lynch	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Freddie Francis	...	Himself
	Anthony Hopkins	...	Himself (as Sir Anthony Hopkins)

Season 1, Episode 6: Bullets, Bombs and Bridges: The Story of the War Film

	Jessica Hynes	...	Herself - Narrator (voice) (as Jessica Stevenson)
	Richard Todd	...	Himself (as Richard Todd OBE)
	Al Murray	...	Himself
	Kate Adie	...	Herself (as Kate Adie OBE)
	Simon Weston	...	Himself (as Simon Weston OBE)
	Dan Snow	...	Himself
	Karen Krizanovich	...	Herself
	Richard Curtis	...	Himself (as Richard Curtis CBE)
	Jo Berry	...	Herself
	Paul Greengrass	...	Himself
	Barry Ackroyd	...	Himself
	Christopher Frayling	...	Himself (as Sir Christopher Frayling)
	Andrew Collins	...	Himself
	Kevin Macdonald	...	Himself
	Billy Bragg	...	Himself
	Jack Cardiff	...	Himself (as Jack Cardiff OBE)
	Bryan Forbes	...	Himself (as Bryan Forbes CBE)
	John Sergeant	...	Himself
	Guy Hamilton	...	Himself
	Muriel Pavlow	...	Herself
	Lewis Gilbert	...	Himself (as Lewis Gilbert CBE)
	Virginia McKenna	...	Herself (as Virginia McKenna OBE)
	John Sessions	...	Himself
	Ewan McGregor	...	Himself
	Joan Bakewell	...	Herself (as Joan Bakewell CBE)
	Ian Christie	...	Himself (as Prof. Ian Christie)
	Thelma Schoonmaker	...	Herself
	Michael Powell	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Ronald Neame	...	Himself (as Ronald Neame CBE)
	Toby Young	...	Himself
	Sheridan Morley	...	Himself
	Melanie Williams	...	Herself (as Prof. Melanie Williams)
	Richard Attenborough	...	Himself (as Lord Richard Attenborough)
	Juliet Gardiner	...	Herself
	Sylvia Syms	...	Herself (as Sylvia Syms OBE)
	John Boorman	...	Himself
	Sarah Miles	...	Herself
	Sammi Davis	...	Herself
	Phill Jupitus	...	Himself
	Sanjeev Bhaskar	...	Himself (as Sanjeev Bhaskar OBE)
	Hayley Mills	...	Herself
	Jenny Agutter	...	Herself
	Amanda Donohoe	...	Herself
	Steve Bell	...	Himself
	Richard Lester	...	Himself
	Rita Tushingham	...	Himself
	David Oyelowo	...	Himself
	Michael Caine	...	Himself (as Sir Michael Caine)
	Willy Russell	...	Himself
	Brian Cox	...	Himself (as Brian Cox CBE)
	Anthony Hopkins	...	Himself (as Sir Anthony Hopkins)
	James Beck	...	Pte. Joe Walker (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Clive Dunn	...	LCpl. Jack Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Adolf Hitler	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
	John Laurie	...	Pte. James Frazer (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Ian Lavender	...	Pte. Frank Pike (archive footage) (uncredited)
	John Le Mesurier	...	Sgt. Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Arthur Lowe	...	Capt. George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Philip Madoc	...	U-Boat Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Arnold Ridley	...	Pte. Charles Godfrey (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Peter Sellers	...	Dr. Strangelove (archive footage) (uncredited)

Season 1, Episode 7: Sauce, Satire and Silliness: The Story of British Comedy

	Jessica Hynes	...	Herself - Narrator (voice) (as Jessica Stevenson)
	Simon Pegg	...	Himself
	Terry Gilliam	...	Himself
	Mark Gatiss	...	Himself
	Richard E. Grant	...	Himself (as Richard E Grant)
	Kate Winslet	...	Herself
	Nick Park	...	Himself (as Nick Park CBE)
	Peter Lord	...	Himself (as Peter Lord CBE)
	Timothy Spall	...	Himself (as Timothy Spall OBE)
	Phil Daniels	...	Himself
	Phill Jupitus	...	Himself
	Peter Sallis	...	Himself (as Peter Sallis OBE)
	David Puttnam	...	Himself (as Lord David Puttnam)
	Michael Balcon	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Jill Balcon	...	Herself
	Martin Freeman	...	Himself
	Nick Moran	...	Himself
	Ewan McGregor	...	Himself
	Alec Guinness	...	Himself (archive footage)
	John Landis	...	Himself
	Michael Caine	...	Himself (as Sir Michael Caine)
	Jenny Agutter	...	Herself
	Andrew Collins	...	Himself
	Andy Medhurst	...	Himself
	Paul O'Grady	...	Himself
	Muriel Pavlow	...	Herself
	Roy Hudd	...	Himself (as Roy Hudd OBE)
	Adrian Lester	...	Himself
	Ronald Neame	...	Himself (as Ronald Neame CBE)
	Norman Wisdom	...	Himself (as Sir Norman Wisdom)
	Gurinder Chadha	...	Herself (as Gurinder Chadha OBE)
	John Howard Davies	...	Himself
	George Cole	...	Himself (as George Cole OBE)
	Leslie Phillips	...	Himself (as Leslie Phillips OBE)
	Fenella Fielding	...	Herself
	Danny Baker	...	Himself
	Jim Dale	...	Himself (as Jim Dale MBE)
	Peter Rogers	...	Himself
	Clare Grogan	...	Herself
	Liz Fraser	...	Herself
	Matthew Sweet	...	Himself
	Mark Steel	...	Himself
	David McGillivray	...	Himself
	Stanley A. Long	...	Himself
	Richard Attenborough	...	Himself (as Lord Richard Attenborough)
	Ian Carmichael	...	Himself (as Ian Carmichael OBE)
	Richard Lester	...	Himself
	Jeremy Vine	...	Himself
	Paul Kaye	...	Himself
	George Harrison	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Al Murray	...	Himself
	Bruce Robinson	...	Himself
	Sanjeev Bhaskar	...	Himself (as Sanjeev Bhaskar OBE)
	Bill Forsyth	...	Himself
	Simon Beaufoy	...	Himself
	Joanna Swain	...	Herself
	David Oyelowo	...	Himself
	Jimi Mistry	...	Himself
	Chris Bisson	...	Himself
	Richard Bacon	...	Himself
	Sacha Baron Cohen	...	Borat Sagdiyev (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Mel Gibson	...	Rocky (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Paul McGann	...	Marwood (archive footage) (uncredited)