Series★ 7.01979PenmarricA sweeping tale of love, hate, and ambition centered on the Cornish estate of Penmarric, with Mark Castallack torn between his wife Janna and his mistress, leading to family conflict and tragedy.Open details →
Film1978Shall I See You Now?Carmel's new surroundings are not what she was expecting from a mental health institution.Open details →
Series★ 7.01977BBC2 Play of the WeekAn anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.Open details →
The Sound of LaughterSeries1977The Sound of LaughterA series of one-off sitcoms intended to be developed into series.Open details →
Film★ 9.01975Love's Labour's LostA scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.Open details →
Film★ 7.01975The BreakthroughAn adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1966 short story of the same title, broadcast as part of the BBC's "BBC2 Playhouse".Open details →
Series★ 5.01974Churchill's PeopleChurchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies. 26 episodes were produced by the BBC and initially broadcast from 30 December 1974 to 23 June 1975.Open details →
Series★ 7.01974PlayhouseA one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.Open details →
Series1974Bedtime StoriesAn anthology of six plays, contemporary twists on well-loved tales with dark endings.Open details →
Film1972Ackerman, Dougall & HarkerA salesman learns a few lessons from the locals when he goes to Yorkshire for a business course.Open details →
Film★ 4.51971SecretsA woman's unfulfilling marriage leads her into a passionate affair with a wealthy extramarital lover.Open details →
Film★ 10.01971The Man in My HeadA team of soldiers break into an enemy missile base. Such is the secrecy of their mission that they have been hypnotically programmed with their orders and will only remember each stage of the operation when they hear a pre-arranged signal. It seems foolproof, but gradually doubt and paranoia begin to overtake them.Open details →
Series★ 5.31965BBC Play of the MonthA BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.Open details →
Series★ 7.51992A Touch of FrostJack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.Open details →
Series★ 7.91987Inspector MorseInspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.Open details →
Film1986Paying Guests (Part 2)Miss Howard's exhibition of water-colours at the Green Salon falters but then takes off. The season at 'Wentworth' is now drawing to a close, peoples' plans for the winter unfold. Florence, for the first time in her life, refuses to go off with her selfish old father. Miss Howard has some momentous news, and the Colonel must make a very brisk about-turn.Open details →
Film1986Paying Guests (Part 1)Spend some time in the company of the guests at 'Wentworth' - all taking the waters except for the Colonel and Miss Howard, who has some leisure for the beginnings of a late romance. Gossip, bicycle rides, rounds of golf, bridge in the evenings and preparations for the charity concert all make time pass most pleasantly - don't they?Open details →
Series★ 6.01986ScreenPlayScreenplay was a drama anthology television series, broadcast on BBC between 1986 and 1993. Numerous episodes were produced including one named "Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Islands" starring Robbie Coltrane as English writer Samuel Johnson who in the autumn of 1773, visits the Hebrides off the north-west coast of Scotland. That episode was directed by John Byrne and co-starred John Sessions and Celia Imrie.Open details →
Film★ 3.31985CombatA mother wants her son to marry but has to accept he is living with a man.Open details →
Film1982MonaA teenage girl takes care of a former soldier suffering from the effects of being gassed in the First World War.Open details →
All for LoveSeries★ 7.01982All for LoveAnthology of stories about love, many adapted from short stories or novels.Open details →
Film1982The Pigman's ProtegeIn 1919 the carnage of the First World War has left the country desperately short of young men. Maud, who runs the farm for her crippled father, decides that it is time for her young sister Clara to be married, and a husband could provide a strong pair of hands around the place. Stan the pigman seems to fix most things, why not this?Open details →
Film1980The Silence of the SeaIn a small town in occupied France in 1941, the German officer, Werner Von Ebrennac is billeted in the house of the uncle and his niece. The uncle and niece refuse to speak to him, but each evening the officer warms himself by the fire and talks of his country, his music, and his idealistic views of the relationship between France and Germany.Open details →
PremiereSeries★ 7.01977PremiereA series of anthologies highlighting the initial projects of directors venturing into television drama filmmaking.Open details →
Maidens' TripSeries1977Maidens' TripMaidens' Trip is a 3-part British television drama originally broadcast on BBC One in 1977. Adapted from Emma Smith’s 1948 autobiographical novel, the series follows three young women who volunteer to operate narrowboats on the Grand Union Canal during World War IIOpen details →
Series★ 7.01974PlayhouseA one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.Open details →