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Bread or Blood
1

Bread or Blood

Apr 05, 1981

Bread or Blood
1981 137 min 1 vues
Between April and May 1816, "Bread or Blood" riots erupted across East Anglia as the price of bread surpassed the wages of agricultural and industrial laborers. While food riots had a long history in Britain, industrialization, enclosure, and globalization increasingly safeguarded the nation's food supply by the early nineteenth century
If a Man Answers
1

If a Man Answers

Oct 29, 1973

If a Man Answers
1973 30 min 1 vues
Dogs are like their owners - grey-hounds are nasty, staffords are for fighting. You can't blame the dogs - it's nature.
TV Movie
London's Burning: Duty Log
8

London's Burning: Duty Log

May 15, 2000

London's Burning: Duty Log
2000 90 min 1 vues
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the popular ITV firefighting drama series, London's Burning. Including the best moments from the first 11 series, and a sneak peak on the set of some of the 12th with interviews from the cast and crew.
Documentary
Signé Lassiter
5.3

Signé Lassiter

Feb 17, 1984

Signé Lassiter
1984 100 min 34 vues
À Londres, en 1934, un monte-en-l’air gentleman cambrioleur du nom de Nick Lassiter est arrêté au petit matin par Scotland Yard. Il doit être confronté à de soi-disant témoins d’un prétendu cambriolage dans une bijouterie. Très vite, il comprend qu'il s'agit d'un coup monté. L’inspecteur John Becker de Scotland Yard et l’agent Peter Breeze du FBI lui proposent en effet un étonnant marché : s'il accepte de subtiliser pour dix millions de dollars de diamants dans l’ambassade d'Allemagne — diamants destinés à la propagande et au réseau d'espionnage nazi — il sera libre. Dans le cas contraire, il sera condamné à vingt ans de prison...
Crime
Unnatural Causes
1

Unnatural Causes

Jan 02, 1993

Unnatural Causes
1993 93 min 1 vues
Roy Marsden returns as author P.D. James's indefatigable gumshoe, Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. This time, he's investigating the murder of a famous mystery writer whose body is found in the bottom of a dinghy on the Suffolk coast. To add a further degree of difficulty, Dalgliesh must contend with a colleague on the case, the aptly named Inspector Reckless.
Crime
Repentance
1

Repentance

Nov 13, 2023

Repentance
2023 94 min 1 vues
A hardened criminal rescues a little girl after a hit goes wrong and decides to get her to safety while his former associates hunt them.
Crime
Pillion
1

Pillion

Jan 01, 1979

Pillion
1979 63 min 1 vues
Developed by Paul Copley from his own 1977 stage play, Pillion tells the story of motorbike enthusiast Fenton and his friends, meeting in a rural shed. Recorded in the first half of 1979 for the BBC's Play for Today, the finished play was never broadcast.
TV Movie
Comedians
8

Comedians

Oct 25, 1979

Comedians
1979 95 min 1 vues
Comedians is a TV movie/play by Trevor Griffiths, set in a Manchester evening class for aspiring working-class comedians.
Drama
The Black Madonna
1

The Black Madonna

Nov 14, 1980

The Black Madonna
1980 50 min 1 vues
Lou Parker feels very strongly that she and her husband, Ray, are different from the Farrells and the Ackerleys. With them it's all television. But she and Ray have the local library and The Observer. They keep abreast. They're different.
Drama
Homicide: Division B
1

Homicide: Division B

May 14, 2008

Homicide: Division B
2008 9 min 1 vues
A madman threatens to blow up a police station. With only a limited amount of time, the Chief Inspector must solve the problem using a most unexpected tactic.
Comedy
Days at the Beach
1

Days at the Beach

Feb 13, 1981

Days at the Beach
1981 90 min 1 vues
In 1920 a trio of British soldiers have to guard an exploded mine washes up on a beach. Part of the BBC2 Playhouse strand.
TV Movie
A Distant Scream
9

A Distant Scream

Nov 05, 1984

A Distant Scream
1984 72 min 1 vues
Lying on his deathbed, an elderly man who has spent most of his life in prison for the murder of the woman he loved is granted a supernatural chance to go back to that fateful weekend and attempt to discover what really happened...
Drama
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
7.4

Doctor Who: Dragonfire

Dec 07, 1987

Doctor Who: Dragonfire
1987 75 min 5 vues
As trouble brews on the space trading colony of Iceworld, the Doctor and Mel encounter their sometimes-ally Sabalom Glitz and a new friend who goes by the name "Ace".
Science Fiction
Hillsborough
7

Hillsborough

Sep 11, 1996

Hillsborough
1996 101 min 19 vues
Drama based on the real life events of April 1989, when ninety-six Liverpool supporters were crushed to death during an F.A. Cup Semi-Final match against Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium. This movie follows three Liverpudlian families before the match, during the tragedy and at the ensuing court battles which tried to decide who was to blame and what went wrong.
Drama
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
6.4

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

Mar 16, 1980

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
1980 110 min 16 vues
À sa sortie de prison, Pinky est décidé à mener une vie rangée. Il obtient un poste de confiance dans une grande banque de Londres, où il est employé comme électricien. Lorsque le très flegmatique Ivan le Terrible et ses hommes apprennent que Pinky s'est métamorphosé en virtuose de la prise électrique dans un établissement financier, ils ne tardent pas à le contacter. Malgré toutes ses bonnes résolutions, Pinky trouve une astuce pour découvrir les numéros de code de l'immense coffre-fort. Ivan le Terrible et sa bande sont prêts à passer à l'action, chalumeaux en bandoulières...
Crime
Coast to Coast
6

Coast to Coast

Jan 04, 1987

Coast to Coast
1987 96 min 2 vues
Two guys meet, one American, a deserter from the US army, one Brit, and they are drawn together by their mutual love of Soul music. Neither being gainfully employed they decide to start a mobile disco service for fellow soul lovers, which leads them to buy an ice cream van, and the adventure begins. Before long they find themselves on the run from the bad guys and the police.
Comedy
The Black Stuff
7.4

The Black Stuff

Jan 02, 1980

The Black Stuff
1980 102 min 11 vues
A Liverpool tarmac gang set off for a contract in Middlesbrough. After a day of work, the group are approached by two gypsies who offer them a lucrative side job.
Drama
L'ouragan vient de Navarone
6.208

L'ouragan vient de Navarone

Aug 16, 1978

L'ouragan vient de Navarone
1978 114 min 307 vues
Après une dangereuse mission sur l'île de Navarone, le major Mallory et le sergent Miller doivent se rendre en Yougoslavie pour démasquer un traître qui a infiltré les partisans.
Drama
Wasteland
6.6

Wasteland

Oct 29, 2018

Wasteland
2018 99 min 4 vues
A young man, Stevie, awakes on a wasteland overlooking Bradford, still bleeding from a brutal attack that has left him with severe memory loss. Recent events are a total blank; his more distant memories are a blur. He slowly begins to piece together his identity: his name, his home, his family. At first it appears he returns to his former self but through a series of painful flashbacks and encounters, he comes to learn of the dark and disturbing events that led to his beating. Ashamed to learn of the person he has become – and the dangerous world he became mixed up in – Stevie realises he will have to pay. But at what price?
Drama
Le meilleur des mondes possibles
6.8

Le meilleur des mondes possibles

Mar 25, 1973

Le meilleur des mondes possibles
1973 184 min 99 vues
Durant son voyage, Travis apprend qu'il lui faut renoncer à ses principes afin de réussir mais qu'à la différence des autres personnages qu'il croise, il doit conserver un certain détachement pour mettre de la distance entre lui et les maux du monde : c'est pour cela que ce film est souvent considéré comme une réécriture du Candide de Voltaire. Dans le film, Travis devient successivement vendeur de café (il travaille pour Imperial Coffee dans le Nord-Est de l'Angleterre et l'Écosse), victime de torture dans un établissement gouvernemental et cobaye pour la recherche médicale sous la supervision du Dr Millar.
Comedy
The Grudge Fight
1

The Grudge Fight

Nov 27, 1981

The Grudge Fight
1981 137 min 1 vues
As they go by lorry to start their apprenticeship as Royal Naval Artificers, Pike and Brooks take a tacit dislike to one another. It's going to end in a fight.
Juliet Bravo
5.8

Juliet Bravo

Dec 21, 1985

Juliet Bravo
1985 min 5 vues
Juliet Bravo was a drama that focused on two female police inspectors, neither of whom were called Juliet Bravo! These two inspectors worked in the small fictional town of Hartley, Lancashire. Jean Darblay was on the scene first and had trouble with her sexist colleagues. However she soon managed to gain their trust and prove a woman could be a successful police officer and housewife. Jean's call sign was Juliet Bravo. When she was promoted and moved on she was replaced by Kate Longton who not only took over the patch but also the headaches that went with it.
Crime
Doctor Who
7.9

Doctor Who

Dec 06, 1989

Doctor Who
1989 min 639 vues
Les aventures du Docteur, un extraterrestre, un Seigneur du Temps originaire de la planète Gallifrey, qui voyage à bord d'un TARDIS (Temps À Relativité Dimensionnelle Inter-Spatiale), une machine pouvant voyager dans l'espace et dans le temps. Le TARDIS a l'apparence d'une cabine de police (construction typiquement britannique ressemblant à une cabine téléphonique), le système de camouflage étant resté bloqué. Comme tous les Seigneur du Temps, le Docteur possède treize vies, ce qui explique sa capacité à changer de corps lorsqu'il est proche de la mort.
Drama
The Gentle Touch
6.9

The Gentle Touch

Nov 24, 1984

The Gentle Touch
1984 min 7 vues
The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which ran from 1980-1984. Commencing transmission on 11 April 1980, the series is notable for being the first British series to feature a female police detective as its leading character, ahead of the similarly themed BBC series Juliet Bravo by four months.
Crime
Mission casse-cou
6.426

Mission casse-cou

Nov 01, 1986

Mission casse-cou
1986 min 27 vues
Véritable tête brûlée de la police de New York, le lieutenant James Dempsey voit son coéquipier Joey mourir lors d'une opération contre des trafiquants de drogue et découvre que sa hiérarchie est complètement corrompue. En danger, il décide de partir en Angleterre et intègre une unité spéciale de la police britannique. Sa collaboration avec sa nouvelle partenaire, la très noble et un peu snob Harriet Makepeace, fait très vite des étincelles...
Action & Adventure
Heartbeat
7.032

Heartbeat

Sep 05, 2010

Heartbeat
2010 min 31 vues
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Crime
Minder
6.833

Minder

Mar 10, 1994

Minder
1994 min 24 vues
This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye for a nice little earner. Alongside his many business ventures, Arthur would regularly hire Terry out as a minder or bodyguard, later replaced by nephew, Ray Daley.
Comedy
The Sweeney
7.7

The Sweeney

Dec 28, 1978

The Sweeney
1978 min 22 vues
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
Action & Adventure
All Creatures Great and Small
7.7

All Creatures Great and Small

Nov 17, 1990

All Creatures Great and Small
1990 min 42 vues
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.
Comedy
Breakaway
1

Breakaway

Mar 28, 1980

Breakaway
1980 min 1 vues
Breakaway: With Martin Jarvis, Judy Geeson, Glyn Houston, Angela Browne. Much as detective inspector Sam Harvey would like to retire to devote himself full-time to his hobby of writing children's books, he has to solve a couple of intricate and baffling murder cases first.
Cracker
6.542

Cracker

Nov 27, 1995

Cracker
1995 min 107 vues
Psychologue aux moeurs douteuses, Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald s'adonne à la boisson, au jeu ou encore à l'adultère. La police de Manchester peut cependant compter sur ce fin limier pour l'aider à résoudre des enquêtes crimes.
Crime
Ripper Street
7.4

Ripper Street

Oct 12, 2016

Ripper Street
2016 min 171 vues
En avril 1889, six mois après la disparition de Jack l'éventreur, l'est de Londres commence à retrouver un semblant de paix inespérée après le règne de l'impitoyable tueur. Une bouffée d'oxygène pour les hommes de la Division H, le district de police chargé de maintenir l'ordre dans le chaos de Whitechapel. L'équipe est composée de l'inspecteur Edmund Reid, un brillant enquêteur hanté une tragique erreur du passé, et de ses fidèles camarades, le sergent Bennett Drake et le capitaine Homer Jackson. Ensemble, ils vont tenter de maintenir la justice dans cette époque troublée.
Drama
Shōgun
7.7

Shōgun

Sep 19, 1980

Shōgun
1980 min 196 vues
En 1600, le navire hollandais L'Érasme s'échoue sur les côtes japonaises. Fait prisonnier par un seigneur local, son pilote anglais John Blackthorne découvre un pays dont il ignore tout et dans lequel les missionnaires Jésuites portugais ont un pouvoir considérable. Protégé par le général en chef des armées de l'Est, le seigneur Toranaga, John Blackthorne, devenu Anjin-San pour les Japonais (« Honorable Pilote »), connaîtra une ascension fulgurante et deviendra samouraï.
Action & Adventure
Cracker
6.542

Cracker

Nov 27, 1995

Cracker
1995 min 107 vues
Psychologue aux moeurs douteuses, Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald s'adonne à la boisson, au jeu ou encore à l'adultère. La police de Manchester peut cependant compter sur ce fin limier pour l'aider à résoudre des enquêtes crimes.
Crime
All Creatures Great and Small
7.7

All Creatures Great and Small

Nov 17, 1990

All Creatures Great and Small
1990 min 42 vues
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.
Comedy
Heartbeat
7.032

Heartbeat

Sep 05, 2010

Heartbeat
2010 min 31 vues
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Crime
Carnival Row
7.704

Carnival Row

Mar 16, 2023

Carnival Row
2023 min 1245 vues
Dans un monde fantastique à l’époque victorienne, où les créatures mythologiques doivent cohabiter avec les humains, le détective Rycroft Philostrate et une fée réfugiée du nom de Vignette Stonemoss vivent une dangereuse relation au cœur d’une société de plus en plus intolérante.
Crime
Out
7

Out

Aug 28, 1978

Out
1978 min 2 vues
Frank Ross returns from an eight-year prison sentence for a robbery that was thwarted because somebody 'grassed' the gang. Nobody knows who put the finger on him, but Ross is determined to find out and seeks revenge on those who betrayed him. Little by little, Ross pieces together the trail that leads to a dramatic conclusion.
Drama