Paul Luty

4.8

Father Dear Father

May 25, 1973

Father Dear Father

1973 94 min 6 vues

After divorcing his wife, Patrick Glover decides it is time to remarry, and chooses his literary agent, only to then mistakenly propose to the cleaning lady. Part of his reason for wanting to remarry is to regain some control over his wayward daughters, but they and their lovers continue to complicate his home and his life... A farcical comedy full of hilarious confusions, this feature-length version of the popular sitcom Father, Dear Father is a real gem of British humour at its best.

Comedy

7

4D Special Agents

Jan 01, 1981

4D Special Agents

1981 60 min 1 vues

A group of children in the East End of London belong to a police sponsored scheme called '4D Special Agents'.

Family

1

Dawson's Electric Cinema

Apr 03, 1975

Dawson's Electric Cinema

1975 50 min 1 vues

A comedy set in the 1920s with Les Dawson (as his own grandfather) and family running a flea-pit cinema.

Comedy

6.7

The Dresser

Dec 06, 1983

The Dresser

1983 118 min 65 vues

In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.

Drama

6

Yanks

Sep 01, 1979

Yanks

1979 138 min 51 vues

Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les États-Unis ont installé des bases militaires en Grande-Bretagne dans le cadre de l'effort de guerre. Contre leur propre sensibilité, de nombreux Britanniques n'aiment pas beaucoup les Yanks impétueux, surtout en ce qui concerne les IG qui font des progrès sur les filles britanniques seules. Une relation qui se développe est entre John marié, un capitaine de l'armée, et l'aristocratique Helen, dont le mari de la marine est en guerre. Helen aime son mari, mais Helen et John recherchent un certain réconfort pendant les moments difficiles.

Romance

6.1

Terreur sur le Britannic

Sep 25, 1974

Terreur sur le Britannic

1974 109 min 105 vues

Le paquebot "Britannic" transporte 1200 personnes pour une croisière. Un homme téléphone à la compagnie et révèle avoir déposé des explosifs sur le bateau. Une rançon de 500 000 livres doit lui être remise, sinon...

Thriller

6.7

Porridge

Aug 12, 1979

Porridge

1979 93 min 37 vues

Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of it.

Comedy

1

Kisses at Fifty

Jan 22, 1973

Kisses at Fifty

1973 70 min 1 vues

A father leaves his grown-up family to move in with his lover in the south, alienating himself from his four children.

Drama

4.75

A Day Out

Dec 24, 1972

A Day Out

1972 49 min 5 vues

Alan Bennett's debut play for television follows the members of a Halifax cycling club, on an outing from Halifax to the ruins of Fountains Abbey. Set in the summer of 1911 and projects an idyllic vision of Edwardian England .

Drama

1

Rainy Day Women

Apr 10, 1984

Rainy Day Women

1984 75 min 1 vues

In 1940, during World War II, an officer is sent to investigate rumours of German spies in a sleepy village where various people are the victims of war hysteria.

Drama

5.8

La Panthère noire

Dec 26, 1977

La Panthère noire

1977 98 min 20 vues

La panthère noire relate l'histoire vraie de Donald Neilson, ennemi public n°1, braqueur, meurtrier et auteur d'un rapt qui choqua l'Angleterre dans le milieu des années 70...

Crime

1

The Out of Town Boys

Jan 02, 1979

The Out of Town Boys

1979 80 min 1 vues

A self-made man finds his building firm in trouble as a new office block nears completion.

Crime

1

Bank Holiday

Mar 02, 1972

Bank Holiday

1972 30 min 1 vues

18-year-old friends Todd and Towzer set off by motorbike to spend a Bank Holiday weekend in Scarborough. Their long hair, cut-off denim jackets, medals, badges and swastikas lead to hostility from everyone they meet, including the police

8.2

Love Thy Neighbour

Jan 22, 1976

Love Thy Neighbour

1976 min 10 vues

Love Thy Neighbour is a British sitcom, which was transmitted from 13 April 1972 until 22 January 1976, spanning seven series. The sitcom was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. The principal cast included Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker, Nina Baden-Semper and Kate Williams. In 1973, the series was adapted into a film of the same name, and a later sequel series was set in Australia.

Comedy

5.9

Play for Today

Aug 28, 1984

Play for Today

1984 min 7 vues

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.

Drama

7.1

Last of the Summer Wine

Aug 29, 2010

Last of the Summer Wine

2010 min 39 vues

Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.

Comedy

5

Crown Court

Mar 11, 1981

Crown Court

1981 min 4 vues

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.

Drama

7.6

All Creatures Great and Small

Nov 17, 1990

All Creatures Great and Small

1990 min 38 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