A BBC TV comedy movie about the people living in Pompeii prior to its destruction by volcano, focusing on the life of a house slave (played by Frankie Howerd). A sort of prequel to the 1971 movie "Up Pompeii"
Un membre de la chambre des Lords meurt de façon stupide et choquante. Son fils doit hériter mais il est fou - il pense être Jésus. Les membres de sa famille soi-disant respectables complotent afin de lui voler les biens hérités...
Paxton, an amateur archeologist, travels to the town of Seaburgh and inadvertently stumbles across one of the lost crowns of Anglia, which, according to legend, protect the county from invasion. On digging the crown up, Paxton is stalked by its supernatural guardian.
Man of leisure Sir Richard receives notification that his Uncle has died, bequeathing him his stately country manor and all its lands. On his return to England he immediately sets about taking stock of all legal matters concerning his new property, but during these dealings Sir Richard seems to be more than a little distracted, he hears strange noises from the ash tree outside his bedroom window.
L'histoire de Helmut et Karl Hoffmann. Tous deux ont atteint leur majorité au début du pouvoir d'Hitler en Allemagne. Helmut se joint à la SS et finit par devenir un officier bien classé. Karl rejoint les SA et vit le côté sombre du nazisme après la dissolution de celle-ci et jette Karl en prison, puis est enrôlé dans l'armée allemande. Frère est dressé contre frère jusqu'à ce que leur relation et le Troisième Reich soient en ruines.
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
Les aventures de James Herriot, un jeune vétérinaire de campagne, dans les années 1930, qui a quitté Glasgow pour le Yorkshire Dales, pour devenir l’assistant de Siegfried Farnon.
Adaptation des récits autobiographiques de James Herriot, des classiques de la littérature britannique.
A strand of annual British short television adaptations of classic ghost stories, referencing the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at Christmas. First broadcast on BBC One from 1971 to 1978, and revived in 2005 on BBC Four.
A strand of annual British short television adaptations of classic ghost stories, referencing the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at Christmas. First broadcast on BBC One from 1971 to 1978, and revived in 2005 on BBC Four.