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- CreatorAlan PlaterStarsFrancis MatthewsBill MaynardPaul CopleyOn their way to London for the Rugby League final, a group of northerners start telling each other stories, in the manner of Chaucer's pilgrims in "The Canterbury Tales".
- StarsIan HastingsBasil DignamAlun ArmstrongMini series about a Northumberland mining village - the daily lives of the inhabitants and the tragedies and disasters that befell them. It's a lovely story-line and very well portrayed in this series.
- DirectorJohn GlenisterStarsBrian MurphyMaureen LipmanNorman BirdBio-pic of two British stars of variety.
- CreatorPhilip LeveneAlan PlaterStarsThora HirdHenry KnowlesBob KeeganStories of a local councillor and her various projects
- StarsStratford JohnsFrank WindsorNorman BowlerThie West Country police force solving local crime. its a spin-off from another BBC drama series, Z Cars (1962).
- CreatorAlan PlaterStarsPete PostlethwaiteJill BakerDavid TroughtonEric, the owner of a night-club in Nottingham, is obsessed by the film Casablanca (1942) and dreams of being Rick Blaine.
- StarsBrian RixJoby BlanshardCyril LuckhamBBC Sunday-Night Play is the anthology drama series which replaced Sunday Night Theatre in 1960.
- DirectorPeter Barber-FlemingStarsKenneth BranaghHelen MirrenAlison SteadmanCelebrated actor and actress Sir Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet) and Dame Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect) star in this movie by award-winning playwright Alan Plater about one of the great love affairs and greatest scandals of the twentieth century, D.H. Lawrence's passionate relationship with Frieda Weekley.
- DirectorBill HaysStarsArt MalikJohn MatshikizaJack KlaffThe struggles of white intellectuals and their black activist friends in the apartheid of South Africa during the 1950s.
- CreatorSimon NyeStarsTimothy SpallTrevor CooperLesley Sharp
- DirectorEric TillStarsJohn AldertonColin BlakelyLisa HarrowThe adventures of a Yorkshire vet and his colleague in their everyday life.
- CreatorAlan PlaterBill MaynardStarsBill MaynardMegs JenkinsBob KeeganSelwyn Froggitt, a well read clumsy buffoon smashes his way through his sleepy Yorkshire village of Scarsdale.
- StarsThorley WaltersJudy ParfittTimothy WestThis series covers the turning points in 9 different figures during the Edwardian era of the United Kingdom - Henry Royce and Charles Rolls - of Rolls Royce fame; Horatio Bottomly founder of John Bull; E. Nesbitt author of "The Railway Children"; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle author of Sherlock Holmes; Baden-Powell founder of the Boy Scout movement; Marie Lloyd - her role in the 1907 Music Hall strike; Daisy - the mistress of Edward VII; and Lloyd George - a politician and a philanderer.
- CreatorDavid NobbsStarsMichael BryantWilliam SimonsKatherine BarkerAnthology series of dramatic works.
- DirectorChristopher MenaulStarsBrenda BlethynKevin WhatelyRosemary HarrisMiddle-aged Jess Copplestone is left to look after the elderly relatives of her husband Jacob and to make a new life for herself, after he leaves her for a younger woman.
- StarsChristine McKennaRosalie WilliamsSteven GrivesIn the early 1900's in England, young Christina is orphaned and goes to live with her Uncle Russell, and two cousins. Christina finds herself struggling with classicism and during War must keep the Flambards afloat by herself.
- StarsNorma WestAnnette Wilkie-MillerFrancesca Annis"Shades of Darkness" was an anthology of short mysterious dramas, each with a supernatural twist.
- StarsJohn StrattonJeremy NicholasFrank MillsA musical adaptation of J. B. Priestley's novel about a British concert party.
- StarsDonald PleasenceJanet MawNigel HawthorneWhen a crusade against the Church of England's practice of self-enrichment misfires, scandal taints the cozy community of Barchester when their local church becomes the object of a scathing, investigative report.
- StarsHarry H. CorbettPaul Whitsun-JonesBillie WhitelawThis show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
- StarsBridget TurnerAlun ArmstrongDavid CalderSchool teachers Judy Threadgold and Neville Keaton turn amateur detectives to find out how and why Judy's husband has disappeared.
- StarsAlan DobieWilliam SimonsDavid WallerThe Victorian era cases of Detective Sergeant Cribb of Scotland Yard's newly formed Criminal Investigation Department.
- StarsJudi DenchRichard O'CallaghanFrederick TrevesAnthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length movies.
- StarsMichael GambonGeoffrey HutchingsJack GallowayFrom Montmartre to the remote French countryside, Maigret encounters the dark side of the human psyche. Yet, he manages to maintain both compassion and a sense of humor as he explores the complex motives that lie behind every crime.
- CreatorCaroline GrahamStarsJohn NettlesJane WymarkBarry JacksonA veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.
- StarsDerek FrancisAlfred BurkeArthur HewlettAn anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
- CreatorJohn HawkesworthStarsPeter DavisonBrian GloverAndrew BurtIn 1930s England, a man from an aristocratic family takes up the pseudonym Albert Campion and, with the help of his ex-burglar manservant, solves mysteries.
- CreatorGeorgia BrownVerity LambertMidge MackenzieStarsSiân PhillipsPatricia QuinnAngela DownThis series dramatizes the lives of the Pankhurst women and their role in the Suffragette Movement.
- StarsJames BolamBarbara FlynnDudley SuttonTrevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Swinburne teaches English and wants to help save the planet. Trevor meets a beautiful blond, a detective sergeant and a pair of men running a junior football team.
- StarsHywel BennettDonald BurtonJonathon MorrisAn ambitious computer consultant is hired to detect fraud in a major bank's computer system and finds himself involved in a complex scheme of lies, blackmail and murder.
- StarsJames BolamBarbara FlynnTerence RigbyTrevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Chapman teaches English and wants to help save the planet. They live together and just want a quiet life. Since their last adventure in ('Beiderbecke Tapes, The (1987) (TV)'), Jill and Trevor have a child - Firstborn. Big Al asks them to put up a friend of his and, of course, they agree. But when Ivan arrives, they find he speaks no English but thinks that "Bix is cool".
- CreatorJohn HawkesworthStarsJeremy BrettDavid BurkeRosalie WilliamsSherlock Holmes and Dr Watson solve the mysteries of copper beeches, a Greek interpreter, the Norwood builder, a resident patient, the red-headed league, and one final problem.
- CreatorJohn HawkesworthStarsJeremy BrettEdward HardwickeRosalie WilliamsSherlock Holmes and Dr Watson solve the mysteries of the devil's foot, Silver Blaze, Wisteria Lodge and the Bruce-Partington Plans.
- StarsJames BolamBarbara FlynnDudley SuttonTrevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Swinburne teaches English and wants to help save the planet. They live together and just want a quiet life. Then they meet John the barman who died but is much better now. John gave them a tape which led to meeting Dave the wimp. They find out about The People's Front For The Liberation of West Yorkshire. The man with no name called Mr Peterson came to see them. He was followed by the six men in grey suits. Jill goes to see The Oldest Suffragette In Town. Trevor and Jill go on a trip to Amsterdam with their class from "San Quentin High". Trevor and Jill meet The Honourable Order of Elks who are "looking for a bit of action".
- StarsJames EllisJohn SlaterDouglas FieldingA gritty drama which follows the work of the police force in the fictional town of Newtown in the North of England.
- StarsAlfred LynchJune BarryAngela DouglasA young man dreams of improving his lot in life, and meets a girl who might help him achieve his ambitions. But will he abandon the life he knows for the love of her?
- CreatorPatrick AlexanderJordan LawrenceStarsPatrick AllenSam KyddGerald FloodThe adventures of Richard Crane, cafe owner & part-time smuggler, around the coast of Morocco, aided (and sometimes abetted) by his ex-Foreign Legion sidekick Orlando, waitress Halina, and local cop Colonel Mahmoud.
- CreatorSydney NewmanStarsEdwin BrownNeville SmithTony SelbySeries of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John Hopkins. Famous plays include "Up the Junction", "Cathy Come Home" , "Stand Up Nigel Barton", "Vote, Vote, Vote For Nigel Barton", "On the Eve of Publication", and "Son of Man". The series often addressed controversial issues, such as homelessness and abortion.
- StarsRobin ChadwickDonald SindenHelen LindsayAnthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television.
- DirectorTony KyshStarsRobson GreenMike NevilleNicholas OwenLegendary TV personality MIKE NEVILLE looks back on his life in television with help from a host of stars. Over the past four decades he has interviewed all the famous faces of the day, from pop stars to politicians. Ant and Dec, Robson Green, Denise Welch and Tony Blair are just a few of the names joining him to tell the story of a remarkable career. The programme is introduced by ITV Newscaster Nicholas Owen, who worked with Mike in Newcastle and says he learned so much from him: 'Whether interviewing Prime Ministers or porters, his style is a rare mixture of courtesy, humour and authority. He has been showered with honours over the years for a broadcasting talent which inspires admiration from the industry and love from the people of the North East.'
- DirectorAlastair ReidStarsChris FarloweSonja KristinaRichard BarnesA plumber named Benny tries to find his way around a university, and gets no sense out of the intellectuals who work and study there.
- StarsMichael GambonAnne StallybrassDavid ParfittSeries of plays on various themes of love.
- DirectorPatrick CollertonStarsSammy T. DobsonJames AthertonAngela LonsdaleTyneside ship-builder Joe Maddison lost his faith in the trenches at the Somme in 1916. Now that World War II has begun, he is too old to enlist alongside his son and son-in-law, and is also in a reserved occupation so, after his wife Polly has left him for a sailor, he joins the Home Guard with his friends Marxist Eddie and cynical, wise-cracking Harry. Harry's anti-authoritarian attitude causes problems with Mr. Simpson, the company commander, and Joe leads the men out on strike after Harry is expelled. However, after he has dealt with an unexploded bomb, he is acclaimed a hero, and, along with his friends, reinstated, being promoted to Corporal. He also meets widow Selina who brings him out of his shell, but Polly returns, with the sailor's child, seeking a reconciliation, a request which splits the family. Come 1945 and the war is ending, but Joe still has his personal conflict to resolve.
- CreatorAlan PlaterStarsLes DawsonReginald MarshAnita CareyAn offbeat black comedy trilogy about, in Les Dawson's own words, "a man coming from nowhere, going nowhere" and what happens to him in transit.
- StarsGeorge BakerChristopher RavenscroftLouie RamsayFrom cold, rock-strewn moors to comfortable suburban estates, award-winning writer Ruth Rendell explores the dark fissures between friends and family members that motivate murder.
- StarsNick RossKen JonesMark DraperMixture of fictional and non-fictional thought-provoking short films aimed at students of school and college.
- StarsPhil DanielsJohnny AllanDavid ParfittA series of anthologies highlighting the initial projects of directors venturing into television drama filmmaking.
- StarsLesley-Anne DownJeff RawleDiana QuickModern-day interpretation of fairy tales, with a contemporary, darker twist.
- StarsGerry CowanMaurice DenhamPhilip StoneSeries of dramas about people who suffered for their beliefs,
- StarsRay BrooksDennis WatermanTony Melody'Oranges & Lemons' is the name of a well-known rhyme about the city of London. This is a handful of plays with England's capital the common theme.
- StarsHazel CoppenPeter ButterworthJune WhitfieldA series of 6 unrelated comedy plays.
- StarsFrank WindsorFrancis MatthewsAvril ElgarGeorge Livingstone is middle-aged, middle-class, and middle-management--until he is made redundant and takes his first tentative steps downward.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsDennis HopperHardy KrügerGösta Ekman"The Inside Man" is based on a real-life incident during the days of the Cold War when a Soviet submarine was spotted in Swedish waters.
- DirectorTristram PowellStarsJames ArlonGavin AshcroftJohn GrilloDramatization of the memoirs of Gwyn Thomas, Welsh author, raconteur, and British television personality.
- DirectorBrian ParkerStarsGwen TaylorJohn FlanaganJean HeywoodFaced with the prospect of being sent to work abroad, Sally Brown returns home from London to Hull, to see if she still feels the same attachment for her home town - and for her old boyfriend Mike Thurlow. Will she decide to take the job abroad or return to live with Mike in Hull?
- DirectorVivian A. DanielsStarsJulia FosterAlfred Lynch
- DirectorAlvin RakoffStarsAlan DobiePauline MunroBryan Pringle
- DirectorDavid CunliffeStarsPhilip BattyNick ConwayKenneth CopeA group of young men gather in the pub to celebrate New Year's Eve, 1951.
- DirectorAlan GibsonStarsMilo O'SheaRonald LaceyMike Pratt
- DirectorMichael HayesStarsSusan JamesonCorin RedgraveAnne DysonA tragi-comic study of a Northern funeral.
- DirectorJohn SichelStarsDesmond AdamsBetty AlbergeBarry Ashton
- StarsJeremy BrettEdward HardwickeRosalie WilliamsHolmes and Dr. Watson solve the mysteries of the Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, Thor Bridge, Shoscombe Old Place, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Illustrious Client and The Creeping Man.
- StarsAlison SteadmanNigel HawthorneTony CaunterA British television anthology drama series that aired on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984.
- StarsJohn GabrielCharles 'Bud' TingwellErik ChittyA classic anthology science fiction series which features adaptations of stories by famous authors including Isaac Asimov, J.G. Ballard, Frederik Pohl and John Wyndham.
- StarsJohn ThawKeith BarronJames GroutThe cases & adventures of tough Sergeant John Mann, officer of Her Majesty's Royal Military Police Special Investigation Branch.
- StarsJohn FlanaganHeather PageGareth ThomasShown at Saturday teatime, this series centred around a village policeman and the drama that his everyday duties brought him into contact with. A sort of forerunner to "Heartbeat", it was also set in Yorkshire.
- StarsDavid McCallumRichard HefferPaul ChapmanThe series deals with Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at Colditz Castle and their many attempts to escape captivity, as well as the relationships formed between the various nationalities and their German captors.
- CreatorJohn ElliotStarsMichael HordernCharles KayBarry FosterThe collapse of three great European dynasties: the Romanovs, the Habsburgs, and the Hohenzollerns.
- StarsMark ChapmanAlfred MolinaJulie WaltersAnthology of unconnected movies of different genres.
- StarsMichael BryantJudi DenchMaurice DenhamDrama anthology series transmitted on BBC Two.
- DirectorPeter MoffattChristopher HodsonStarsPatrick AllenSam KyddGerald FloodHaving rescued a man being pursued though the dark streets of Morocco, Crane finds himself faced with an intriguing mystery - one which somehow includes a yellow rabbit.
- DirectorRichard DoubledayStarsPatrick AllenSam KyddGerald FloodWhen Philipe plans to take revenge on a police informer, a turn of the cards from Gypsy leads Crane into violence ans murder - and the shadow of death looms dark over his friends.
- DirectorRoger JenkinsStarsBrian BlessedJoseph BradyKate Brown
- DirectorMichael Leeston-SmithStarsJoseph BradyBrian BlessedStratford JohnsA desperate out-of-work laborer gets nicked for shoplifting a toy for his grandson and shamefully contemplates his future. A fey upper-class young man causes a bit of bother with his reckless driving and gets away Scott-free after knocking over a bicyclist who turns out to not be so clean as all that. And who nicked 3000 bricks off the building site, then? Surprisingly busy day for a Tuesday.
- DirectorNaomi CaponStarsNigel DavenportNorman RodwayAvril Elgar
- DirectorTerence WilliamsStarsKate AllittArnold BellClive Colin BowlerTearaways Rafferty and Hayward are arrested with a large amount of money on them. Wealthy Mrs Peterson has withdrawn £100 and has cigarette burns on her arms. Barlow believes she is being blackmailed but she won't talk.
- DirectorShaun SuttonStarsKate AllittBrian BlessedJoseph BradySmith and Weir spot a vagrant wearing a brand new Old Boys Grammar School blazer which can only be bought from Davies' store. Inquiries find systematic, robbery by employees, stealing everything for suits to TV sets.
- DirectorPaul BernardStarsAlan BaulchKenneth ColleyJonathan CollinsBarlow is expecting a mini crime wave when rogue Danny Sullivan moves back to Newtown. His attempts to go straight are hampered when his teenage son is caught stealing bikes. When another son goes missing police reaction is slow.
- DirectorMichael SimpsonStarsDennis WatermanBill OwenJoan Newell