1914 All Out
Nov 08, 1987A village cricket team plays its last match before most of its players go off to fight in World War I, confident that "it will all be over by Christmas".
Drama
Ellis Jones
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The Scampi Trail
Mar 28, 2013James Bond, 007, is aboard a luxury cruise liner in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. A beautiful woman, Crème Brûlée, gives him a disk holding information of grave importance. Moments later Bond is dead. The only clue; a sparkly thong around his neck. Is this the work of the crossdressing assassin known as Scampi Trail? Meanwhile, British Billionaire, Sir Bernard Shanks is the subject of a series of terrorist attacks around the globe. Are Bond's death and these terrorist attacks linked? MI6 suspect they are and send Bond's protégé, newly promoted agent Double 19, to Hamburg to find out. So begins The Scampi Trail... What follows is a race against time, in a dazzling adventure that spans three continents and five countries, as Double 19 tries to piece the two together.
David Macaulay: Cathedral
Apr 30, 1986Author David Macaulay hosts CATHEDRAL, based on his award-winning book. Using a combination of spectacular location sequences and cinema-quality animation, the program surveys France's most famous churches. Travel back to 1214 to explore the design of Notre Dame de Beaulieu, a representative Gothic cathedral. The program tells period tales revealing fascinating stories of life and death, faith and despair, prosperity, and intrigue.
Documentary
David Macaulay: Castle
Jan 01, 1983The word itself conjures up mystery, romance, intrigue, and grandeur. What could be more perfect for an author/illustrator who has continually stripped away the mystique of architectural structures that have long fascinated modern man? With typical zest and wry sense of humor punctuating his drawings, David Macaulay traces the step-by-step planning and construction of both castle and town.
Documentary
The Three Crow Boys
Nov 19, 2018This animation takes place in a ravaged London street in the midst of war. Between mounds of rubble and bomb craters stands the house of a lonely old blind man. Late one night he receives three unexpected visitors.
Animation
Measure for Measure
Feb 18, 1979When the Duke of Vienna takes a mysterious leave of absence and leaves the strict Angelo in charge, things couldn't be worse for Claudio, who is sentenced to death for premarital sex. His sister, Isabella (a nun-in-training), however, is a very persuasive pleader. She goes to Angelo, but instead of freeing her brother, she gets an offer from Angelo to save Claudio's life if Isabella sleeps with him. The only sympathetic friend Isabella has is a priest who, in actuality, is the Duke in disguise...and he has a plan.
Drama
The Button Man
Apr 09, 1976' Whatever you think of me doesn't change what you are. Rabble who've heard of socialism and think it's ten pints a night. Go on, vote me out ...'
Z-Cars
Sep 20, 1978Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.
Drama
The Squirrels
Feb 10, 1977The Squirrels is a British television sitcom, written by Eric Chappell, who went on to create the Yorkshire Television sitcoms Rising Damp and Only When I Laugh. It ran for 3 series and 28 episodes and was made and broadcast from 1974 to 1977 on the ITV network, by ATV. Phil Redmond, the creator of now defunct Soap-Opera Brookside, was also a writer for the series.
Comedy
Pardon My Genie
May 05, 1973Pardon My Genie was a children's comedy series produced by British ITV contractor Thames Television, and written by Bob Block who later created Rentaghost.
The premise was that a magic genie appeared in present-day Britain, summoned by a young apprentice named Hal Adden, a pun that goes some way towards characterising the series. Various comical misunderstandings arise, primarily aimed at youngsters. Arthur White replaced Paddick for the second run of thirteen episodes. Throughout both series, Hal was played by Ellis Jones, with Roy Barraclough as his long-suffering boss, Mr Cobbledick.
The first series of 13 episodes was released on DVD on 22 September 2009. The second series of 13 episodes was released on 1 July 2013.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Warship
Mar 29, 1977Warship was a popular British television drama series produced by the BBC between 1973 and 1977. The series dealt with life on board a Royal Navy warship, the fictional HMS Hero.
Drama
John Browne's Body
May 15, 1969
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Apr 27, 1985La BBC Television Shakespeare est une série d'adaptations télévisées britanniques des pièces de théâtre de William Shakespeare. Elle a été créée par Cedric Messina et produite par la BBC Television. Elle a été diffusée au Royaume-Uni du 3 décembre 1978 au 27 avril 1985 et s'est étendue sur sept saisons. Le développement de la série a commencé en 1975 lorsque Messina a remarqué que le château de Glamis serait un lieu parfait pour une adaptation de la pièce de Shakespeare "Comme il vous plaira". De retour à Londres, il a imaginé une série entière consacrée exclusivement aux œuvres dramatiques de Shakespeare. Après avoir rencontré de nombreux problèmes pour produire la série, Messina a finalement présenté l'idée aux responsables de la BBC et la série a été approuvée. Dans l'ensemble, la série a reçu des critiques généralement négatives de la part des critiques.
Drama
Cadfael
Dec 28, 1998Frère Cadfael se repose en s'occupant des jardins de l'abbaye de Shrewsbury en Angleterre. Mais il est souvent appelé pour résoudre meurtres et autres crimes.
Cadfael est le nom donné à la série télévisée des adaptations de Cadfael Chronicles, produites par la chaîne de télévision britannique ITV Central, entre 1994 et 1998. La série a été diffusée sur le réseau ITV au Royaume-Uni et mettait en vedette Sir Derek Jacobi.
Drama
Doctor Who
Dec 06, 1989Les 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
Raven
Oct 24, 1977Raven is released on probation to live with Professor Young, an archaeologist immersed in research into Arthurian legend. He is compelled to fight a plan to build a nuclear plant on the research site, which holds many mysteries.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
La disparition de John Darwin
Apr 20, 2022Croulant sous les dettes, John Darwin décide - à l'instar de ses fils - de mettre en scène sa propre mort pour bénéficier de l'assurance vie et ainsi éviter la faillite à sa famille.
Histoire vraie relatée via les mémoires de David Leigh.
Drama
Lady Killers
Aug 21, 1981Compelling crime anthology looks at some of Britain's most notorious murder trials, in which both male and female defendants stood accused of the murder of women. Introduced by Robert Morley, seven hour-long dramas reconstruct sensational trials which shocked Britain, offering in-depth analyses of individuals' motives and methods.
