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Name: 2:00pm - Series 3 Episode 4
Start: 2025-05-24T13:00:00Z
End: 2025-05-24T14:00:00Z
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Series 3 Episode 2: Classic Movies: Kind Hearts & Coronets

A distant and destitute relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.

Category: Documentary / Art / History
Original air date: 23/06/1949

Cast and crew

Robert HamerDirector
Dennis PriceLouis
Valerie HobsonEdith
Joan GreenwoodSibella
Alec GuinnessThe D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke/The Banker/The Parson/The General/The Admiral/Young Ascoyne/Young Henry/Lady Agatha
Audrey FildesMama
Miles MallesonThe Hangman
Clive MortonThe Prison Governor
John PenroseLionel
Cecil RamageCrown Counsel
Hugh GriffithLord High Steward
John SalewMr. Perkins
Lyn EvansThe Farmer
Barbara LeakeThe Schoolmistress
Peggy Ann CliffordMaud
Anne ValeryThe Girl in the Punt
Arthur LoweThe Reporter

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Upcoming broadcasts

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