Derek Elphinstone

David Anthony, a Harley Street physician, swaps duties with his brother, a medical missionary in Africa.

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This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed.

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The BBC armchair detective clears a nightclub singer of suspicion of the murder of her boss.

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Agatha Christie tale of a man on trial for murder: a trial featuring surprise after surprise. Not to be confused with the later Hollywood adaptation.

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A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.

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A dramatised instruction film made to instil in RAF flying personnel the importance of flight safety in peacetime.

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At the end of World War II, a Royal Navy submarine on routine patrol strikes and detonates a mine. The subsequent explosion sinks the submarine, killing most of its crew. Frantic efforts are taken to rescue those remaining alive.

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British intelligence officers head off a Nazi plot to kidnap an atomic scientist.

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The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship’s first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.

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Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship, HMS Ferocious. However, they soon realise that the vessel they have boarded is not the Ferocious but a German battleship.

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A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.

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A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.

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David Anthony, a Harley Street physician, swaps duties with his brother, a medical missionary in Africa.

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The BBC armchair detective clears a nightclub singer of suspicion of the murder of her boss.

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