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Now, Voyager

Heartwrenching drama starring Bette Davis as a repressed woman who struggles to break free from her overbearing mother and assert her independence.

Heartwrenching drama about a repressed woman's struggles to break free from her overbearing mother and assert her independence. On the advice of a skilled psychiatrist, she embarks on a cruise, during which she finds love and self-esteem for the first time in her life. But her newfound confidence is shaken when it is revealed her beau is a married man.

1 hour, 52 minutes

Last on

Sat 18 Oct 202512:30
BBC Two except Wales & Wales HD

Music Played

  • National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt

    Now, Voyager

  • Max Steiner

    Now, Voyager (Suite)

  • Bette Davis and Paul Henried

    Extract and Theme From Now Voyager

Credits

Charlotte ValeBette Davis
Jerry DurrancePaul Henreid
Dr JaquithClaude Rains
Mrs Henry ValeGladys Cooper
June ValeBonita Granville
Lisa ValeIlka Chase
DirectorIrving Rapper
Elliot LivingstonJohn Loder
'Deb' McIntyreLee Patrick
Mr ThompsonFranklin Pangborn
Dora PickfordMary Wickes
WriterCasey Robinson
ProducerHal B Wallis

Broadcasts

  • Sat 17 Nov 200712:45
    BBC Two except East, Scotland & Yorkshire
  • Sat 17 Nov 200713:15
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Sat 26 Jul 201413:45
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Wed 29 Jul 201513:55
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Mon 29 Aug 201609:15
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Sat 10 Jun 201714:05
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Sat 10 Jun 201714:20
    BBC Two Northern Ireland, Wales, England & HD only
  • Sat 16 Jul 202215:25
    BBC Two except East, Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Thu 21 Jul 202220:45
    BBC Four
  • Sat 11 Feb 202313:00
    BBC Two except East, Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Sun 19 Nov 202314:25
    BBC Two except East, Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Sat 16 Mar 202413:15
    BBC Two except East, Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Fri 20 Dec 202413:50
    BBC Two except East, Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Sat 2 Aug 202512:30
    BBC Two except East, Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Sat 18 Oct 202512:00
    BBC Two Wales HD & Wales only
  • Sat 18 Oct 202512:30
    BBC Two England, HD, Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only

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