George Browne

Love collides with social class and colonialism when Aba Appiah, born to privilege, falls in love with Joe Quansah, son of a fisherman. Her father, retired civil servant Kofi Appiah, has other plans for her, and seeks to block their marriage. The resulting conflict has complex and unexpected consequences.

Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A riotous black comedy that's as timely today as ever, it contrasts the appalling conditions in a overcrowded London hospital with a soap opera playing on the televisions there. In an ingenious touch, the same actors appear in the "real" story as well as the "TV" one, thus blurring the distinctions even further. Jack Gould directs such outstanding British actors as Lynn Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Eleanor Bron, Jim Dale, Donald Sinden, Mervyn Johns, and, in only his second film, Bob Hoskins. The renowned Carl Davis composed the score.

Play based on the tale of Robinson Crusoe, examining the relationship between Crusoe and Man Friday, with a new twist by which both characters believe they are teaching the other.

In the early days of rock and roll, a disc jockey and his friend, a writer, want to put a rock show on TV.

Les gens connaissent leur ville natale par les rues, un restaurant préféré ou le centre commercial local. La journaliste criminelle Nancy Hixt la connaît par les scènes de crime auxquelles elle a été au cours des 20 dernières années. Parcourez les affaires criminelles parmi les plus en vue au Canada. Chaque épisode vous emmènera à l'intérieur de l'histoire pour vous donner des détails que vous n'avez pas entendus aux nouvelles.