Edward Palmer

A man and his wife take to their house some men they rescue from a road crash and then find they have picked up some dangerous criminals.

A British scientist is discovered to have been passing information to the Communists, then kills himself. Another scientist decides that they might have brainwashed him by a sensory deprivation technique, but he doesn’t know if someone really can be convinced to act against their strongest feelings. So he agrees to be the subject in an experiment in which others will try to make him stop loving his wife.

Joe Lampton occupe un petit emploi. Faisant partie de la même troupe de théâtre que Susan, la fille de son patron, il espère fuir ce futur morne en se mariant avec elle, par intérêt. Mais il est plus attiré par une autre membre de la troupe, Alice, plus âgée et mal mariée.

Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.

Lifting the lid on the world of cinema censorship, this programme has unique access to the files of the British Board of Film Classification. Featuring explicit and detailed exchanges between the censor and film-makers, 'Dear Censor' casts a wry eye over some of the most infamous cases in the history of the board. From the now seemingly innocuous Rebel Without a Cause, the first 'naturist' films and the infamous works of Ken Russell, and up to Rambo III, this frank and surprisingly warm documentary demonstrates how a body created by the industry to safeguard standards and reflect shifts in public opinion has also worked unexpectedly closely with the film-makers themselves to ensure that their work was able reach an audience.

Angleterre, 1645. La cruelle guerre civile entre royalistes et parlementaires qui ravage le pays provoque une ère de chaos et d'arbitraire juridique qui permet à des hommes sans scrupules de tirer profit de l'exploitation des superstitions absurdes des paysans ; comme Matthew Hopkins, un monstre déguisé en homme qui erre de ville en ville en proposant ses services de chasseur de sorcières.

Semi-autobiographical TV play by Dennis Potter, from the BBC's 'Wednesday Play' series. It deals with the experiences of Nigel Barton, a young man from a poor mining community who wins a scholarship to Oxford University. The villagers accuse him of snobbery, while the rich University students treat him like a peasant. Uncertain of which sphere he should be moving in, Nigel tries to reconcile himself with his proud but stubborn father, and also succeed at University, despite its pretentions which apall him.

The true story of the First world football competition, won by a team comprised of miners from Durham.

A l'étage : les riches et aristocratiques Bellamys. En bas : leurs fidèles et vifs serviteurs. Pendant près de 30 ans, ils partagent une maison de ville à la mode au 165 Eaton Place dans le quartier chic de Belgravia à Londres, survivant aux changements sociaux, aux bouleversements politiques, aux scandales et aux horreurs de la Première Guerre mondiale.