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Discovering Film

Season 5 2016
TV-PG

  • 2016-07-21T20:00:00Z on Sky Arts
  • 1h
  • 13h (13 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
Discovering Film celebrates the lives of some of the most prolific and iconic Hollywood stars.

13 episodes

Season Premiere

2016-07-21T20:00:00Z

5x01 Discovering Jean Harlow

Season Premiere

5x01 Discovering Jean Harlow

  • 2016-07-21T20:00:00Z1h

A profile of American actress Jean Harlow, who rose to fame as a sex symbol and starred in several films with Clark Gable in the 1930s before her untimely death aged 26.

2016-07-28T20:00:00Z

5x02 Discovering Lee Marvin

5x02 Discovering Lee Marvin

  • 2016-07-28T20:00:00Z1h

An intimate look at the life and career of Academy Award-winning actor Lee Marvin, who starred in movies including Cat Ballou, The Professionals and The Dirty Dozen.

2016-08-04T20:00:00Z

5x03 Discovering Anthony Quinn

5x03 Discovering Anthony Quinn

  • 2016-08-04T20:00:00Z1h

A look at the life and career of Oscar-winning Mexican-American actor Anthony Quinn, who starred in movies such as Viva Zapata!, Lust for Life and Zorba the Greek.

2016-08-11T20:00:00Z

5x04 Discovering Joan Crawford

5x04 Discovering Joan Crawford

  • 2016-08-11T20:00:00Z1h

A fascinating look at the life and career of actress and dancer Joan Crawford, who won an Academy Award for her role in the 1945 film Mildred Pierce.

2016-08-18T20:00:00Z

5x05 Discovering Buster Keaton

5x05 Discovering Buster Keaton

  • 2016-08-18T20:00:00Z1h

An intimate profile of silent film pioneer Buster Keaton, whose stone-faced physical comedy turned him into a Hollywood superstar in the 1920s.

Intimate profile of Olivia de Havilland. Best known as Melanie in Gone with the Wind, she won Academy Awards for her roles in To Each His Own and The Heiress.

5x07 Discovering William Holden

  • 2016-09-01T20:00:00Z1h

A fascinating look at the life and career of William Holden, an actor who became one of Hollywood's biggest box office draws from the 1950s through to the 1970s.

5x08 Discovering Barbara Stanwyck

  • 2016-09-08T20:00:00Z1h

A profile of Barbara Stanwyck, an actress who enjoyed a 60-year career in film and television, best known for her strong female roles in films, such as Double Indemnity.

2016-09-15T20:00:00Z

5x09 Discovering Gregory Peck

5x09 Discovering Gregory Peck

  • 2016-09-15T20:00:00Z1h

An eye-opening look at the life and films of American film legend Gregory Peck, the Academy Award-winning star of the 1962 drama To Kill a Mockingbird.

5x10 Discovering Claudia Cardinale

  • 2016-09-22T20:00:00Z1h

An intriguing profile of Tunisian-born Italian film actress Claudia Cardinale, who appeared in some of the most acclaimed European films of the 1960s and 1970s.

5x11 Discovering Walter Matthau

  • 2016-09-29T20:00:00Z1h

Film experts reflect on the life and career of Oscar-winning actor Walter Matthau, who starred in the comedies Fortune Cookie, The Odd Couple and Grumpy Old Men.

5x12 Discovering Shirley MacLaine

  • 2016-10-06T20:00:00Z1h

A fascinating look at the life and career of Shirley MacLaine, one of Hollywood's legendary leading ladies, who starred in films including The Apartment and Sweet Charity.

5x13 Discovering Charles Bronson

  • 2016-10-13T20:00:00Z1h

Film experts reflect on the work of Charles Bronson, who became a Hollywood star with his tough-guy, vigilante roles in films such as The Magnificent Seven and Death Wish.

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