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The Best Episodes of Talking Pictures Season 2

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 31 - Epics
    7.9/10(7 votes)

    S2:E31

    Sylvia Syms looks through the BBC archive to discover what makes an epic. The programme looks at the history of epics, which featured lavish budgets and huge sets, from the Ten Commandments and Ben Hur through to Titanic and Gladiator. Including interviews from some of the biggest stars in the world, who starred in some of the biggest films in the world.

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  2. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 28 - Jane Fonda
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    S2:E28

    As double-Oscar winner Jane Fonda approaches her 80th birthday, a look back at the life of one of Hollywood's most successful and controversial actresses.

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  3. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 30 - Barry Norman
    7.3/10(7 votes)

    S2:E30

    Rory Bremner explores the BBC archives for an affectionate look back at the career of Barry Norman, who hosted the BBC's Film Review show for 26 years.

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  4. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 11 - Omar Sharif
    7.2/10(6 votes)

    S2:E11

    A look back at the life of the actor Omar Sharif, who died in July 2015 at the age of 83. Using archive from his interviews with the BBC and featuring contributions from director David Lean, this episode explores Sharif's dramatic entrance into the film world of the 1960s with Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, sees him considering his reputation as a playboy, and examines how his passion for cards and gambling at one point threatened to eclipse his reputation as an actor.

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  5. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 5 - Noel Coward
    7.1/10(7 votes)

    S2:E5

    A retrospective look at television appearances made over the years by award-winning actor Noel Coward, with interviews from the archive and classic clips capturing the milestones and highlights of his life and career.

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  6. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 4 - Albert Finney
    7.0/10(9 votes)

    S2:E4

    A retrospective look at television appearances made over the years by award-winning actor Albert Finney, with interviews from the archive and classic clips capturing the milestones and highlights of his life and career.

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  7. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 7 - Hollywood's Great Directors
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    S2:E7

    A retrospective look at the careers of some of the greatest and most successful directors in movie history, talking about their favourite films, the stars they worked with and their sometimes difficult relationships with Hollywood's studio bosses. Features rarely seen interviews with a line-up of directing legends including names like John Ford, Frank Capra, Sidney Lumet, George Cukor, Billy Wilder and Cecil B Demille.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 9 - Hitchcock's Leading Actors
    7.0/10(12 votes)

    S2:E9

    To this day, Alfred Hitchcock is looked on as one of cinema's best and most influential directors. But how did the stars of his films finding working with the great man? To some he was 'the master', to others 'the manipulator'. Talking Pictures explores the relationship between Hitch and his leading actors, using rarely seen interviews of the man himself and a line-up that includes Kim Novak, Tippi Hedren, Joan Fontaine, Janet Leigh and Sean Connery.

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  9. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 21 - The Black Stars of Film
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E21

    A retrospective look at some of the best-loved and most popular black stars to have graced cinema screens over the past seven decades, from Gone With the Wind right up to 12 Years a Slave. The programme examines how black actors' achievements have been recognised by the movie industry and the Oscars Academy, and explores Hollywood's complicated role in America's fight for civil rights - sometimes praised for championing black artists, often condemned for perpetuating racial stereotypes. Featuring rarely seen interviews with Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Whoopi Goldberg and Halle Berry. Narrated by Don Warrington.

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  10. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 10 - Christopher Lee
    6.8/10(10 votes)

    S2:E10

    A look back at the life and career of one of the greats of British cinema - Sir Christopher Lee. In BBC interviews conducted over six decades, Lee discusses his position as a legendary screen villain and talks about his major roles, from Count Dracula to Count Dooku.

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  11. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 12 - Musicals
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    S2:E12

    In this episode, Talking Pictures tells the story of the Hollywood musical, using interviews with stars from the genre's golden age, as well as some of the directors and songwriters who helped create them. Among the big names remembering their experiences are Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison, Barbara Streisand, Liza Minelli and Judy Garland - and the films under discussion include some of the best-loved in cinema history: Singin' In the Rain, On the Town, My Fair Lady, Funny Girl and The Sound of Music.

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  12. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 18 - Sex Symbols
    6.7/10(7 votes)

    S2:E18

    Sylvia Syms looks at the handsome heroes, gorgeous heroines, pin-ups and bombshells who came to be known as cinema's greatest sex symbols, hearing from the stars themselves.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 13 - Anthony Hopkins
    6.6/10(8 votes)

    S2:E13

    A look back at the life of Oscar-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins and featuring interviews conducted with the BBC over the course of his career.

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  14. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 16 - Great British Comedies
    6.5/10(9 votes)

    S2:E16

    Sylvia Syms looks back on the great British comedy stars who over the years have had cinema audiences rolling in the aisles with laughter. Featuring rarely-seen interviews from the BBC's archives, the programme starts with the great George Formby and the early days of British cinema, and works its way forwards in time, exploring, amongst others, the classic Ealing comedies, the much-loved Doctor series, the saucy postcard humour of the Carry On films, Peter Sellers and the Pink Panther series, and the ground-breaking movies of Monty Python.

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  15. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 1 - Jack Lemmon
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E1

    A retrospective look at television appearances made over the years by Some Like It Hot and Days of Wine and Roses star Jack Lemmon, with interviews from the archive and classic clips capturing the milestones and highlights of his life and career.

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  16. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 2 - Shelley Winters
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E2

    A look at television appearances made over the years by Oscar-winning actress Shelley Winters, with interviews from the archive and classic clips capturing the milestones and highlights of her life and career.

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  17. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 3 - On the Waterfront
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E3

    Sixty years after its original release, Talking Pictures examines On the Waterfront, one of the greatest films in US cinema history. Archive interviews with the director, writer and cast members, including Marlon Brando, reveal how behind its success lies a story of betrayal and resentment, born from America's anti-communist fervour of the 1950s

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  18. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 6 - Kenneth More
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E6

    A retrospective look at television appearances made over the years by BAFTA-winning actor Kenneth More, with interviews from the archive and classic clips capturing the milestones and highlights of his life and career.

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  19. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 8 - Richard Harris
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E8

    A retrospective look at television appearances made over the years by Richard Harris, with interviews from the archive and classic clips capturing the milestones and highlights of his life and career. Narrated by Sylvia Syms.

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  20. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 14 - John Huston
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E14

    A retrospective look at television appearances made over the years by actor and director John Huston, with interviews from the archive and classic clips capturing the milestones and highlights of his life and career. Narrated by Sylvia Syms.

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  21. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 15 - Hollywood Actresses
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E15

    Sylvia Syms looks back on the legendary leading ladies of Hollywood - the glamorous and often powerful stars who helped define what it was to be a woman in cinema's golden age. Featuring Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Lauren Bacall, Natalie Wood, Debbie Reynolds and Doris Day, the programme uses rarely seen archive and interviews to examine the relationships these great stars had with audiences, studio bosses - and sometimes with each other.

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  22. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 17 - Child Stars
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E17

    With classic interviews and rarely seen archive footage, Sylvia Syms examines the world of the big screen's smallest stars - the child actors. Featuring Shirley Temple, Hayley Mills, Jack Wild, Macaulay Culkin, Christian Bale, Jodie Foster and the stars of the Harry Potter films, the programme looks at their different careers and explores how these young talents fared once they had all grown up.

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  23. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 19 - War Films
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E19

    A look back at the great British war films that boosted the nation's morale in the postwar years and launched the careers of some of our best-loved actors and directors.

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  24. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 20 - Bing Crosby
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E20

    A look at TV appearances made over the years by Bing Crosby, with interviews from the archive and classic clips capturing the milestones and highlights of his life and career.

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  25. Talking Pictures Season 2 Episode 22 - Alan Rickman
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E22

    A look back at the life and work of Alan Rickman, one of Britain's best-loved actors, who died in January 2016. We hear from the man himself, talking at different key stages of his career in several rarely seen interviews. The conversations, filled with insight and anecdotes, reveal how one of the leading lights of British theatre found movie stardom with Die Hard, and take us through all his favourite film roles, including his special part in the phenomenon that is the Harry Potter franchise.

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Epics" is the best rated episode of Talking Pictures season 2. It scored 7.9/10 from 7 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on March 30, 2018. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Jane Fonda".