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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Comedy. In London 1910, a wealthy newspaper proprietor puts up a £10,000 prize for the fastest flight from London to Paris. His wager attracts a weird and eccentric collection of competitors from around the world.
Last on
Thu 16 Apr 2020
14:15
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Orvil Newton | Stuart Whitman |
| Patricia Rawnsley | Sarah Miles |
| Sir Percival Ware-Armitage | Terry-Thomas |
| Colonel Manfred Von Holstein | Gert Frobe |
| Pierre Dubois | Jean-Pierre Cassel |
| Lord Rawnsley | Robert Morley |
| Courtney | Eric Sykes |
| Fire Chief Perkins | Benny Hill |
| Richard Mays | James Fox |
| Count Emilio Ponticelli | Alberto Sordi |
| µþ°ù¾±²µ¾±³Ù³Ù±ð/±õ²Ô²µ°ù¾±»å/²Ñ²¹°ù±ô±ð²Ô±ð/¹ó°ù²¹²Ôç´Ç¾±²õ±ð/³Û±¹±ð³Ù³Ù±ð/µþ±ð³Ù³Ù²â | Irina Demick |
| Yamamoto | Yujiro Ishihara |
| Mother Superior | Flora Robson |
| Neanderthal Man/Birdman/Inventors/Pilot/Airline Passenger | Red Skelton |
| Captain Rumpelstoss | Karl Michael Vogler |
| George Gruber | Sam Wanamaker |
| French Postman | Eric Barker |
| Colonel | Fred Emney |
| Jean | Davy Kaye |
| Assistant Fire Chief | Norman Rossington |
| Fireman | Graham Stark |
| Harry Popperwell | Tony Hancock |
| Trawler Skipper | Maurice Denham |
| MacDougal | Gordon Jackson |
| French Painter | John Le Mesurier |
| Lieutenant Parsons | Jeremy Lloyd |
| Countess Sophia Ponticelli | Zena Marshall |
| Airline Hostess | Millicent Martin |
| Italian Mayor | Eric Pohlman |
| Waitress | Marjorie Rhodes |
| Tremayne Gascoyne | William Rushton |
| Photographer | Jimmy Thompson |
| Niven | Michael Trubshawe |
| Narrator | James Robertson Justice |
| Writer | Jack Davies |
| Writer | Ken Annakin |
| Director | Ken Annakin |
| Producer | Stan Margulies |
Broadcasts
Wed 28 Dec 1977 18:50Â鶹Éç One London- Sun 2 Dec 1979 19:15Â鶹Éç One London
- Sat 11 Jul 1981 19:15Â鶹Éç One London
- Boxing Day 1995 10:45Â鶹Éç One London
- Sun 29 Dec 1996 07:00Â鶹Éç One London
- Sun 1 Feb 1998 14:20Â鶹Éç One London
- Fri 22 Dec 2017 10:00Â鶹Éç Two HD, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales & England only
- Christmas Eve 2018 09:25Â鶹Éç Two except East, Northern Ireland (Analogue), South East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Tue 17 Dec 2019 15:10
- Thu 16 Apr 2020 14:15Â鶹Éç Two HD, England, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Wales & 1 more only