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Rien que pour vos yeux
6.527

Rien que pour vos yeux

Jun 24, 1981

Rien que pour vos yeux
1981 128 min 1874 vues
Un bateau espion du Royaume-Uni, sombre dans les eaux albanaises après avoir heurté une mine, engloutissant avec lui l'ATAC, système top secret de lancement de missiles. Les services secrets britanniques déclenchent une opération sous-marine discrète pour récupérer l'appareil. L'opération est conduite par un couple d'archéologues marins, Timothy et Iona Havelock. Mais le tueur cubain Hector Gonzalès interrompt brutalement les recherches en assassinant le couple sous les yeux de sa fille Mélina. James Bond entre alors en scène et s'en va enquêter, secondé de la séduisante et vengeresse Mélina, sur les liens de Gonzalès avec le système ATAC...
Adventure
Anyone for Denis
1

Anyone for Denis

Dec 28, 1982

Anyone for Denis
1982 75 min 1 vues
Anyone for Denis? is a British video-taped television version of the stage play of the same name broadcast by the ITV network on 28 December 1982. The original play, first performed at the Whitehall Theatre in 1981, was written by satirist John Wells.
Comedy
Revolution
5.302

Revolution

Dec 25, 1985

Revolution
1985 126 min 111 vues
1776, Tom Dobb, émigrant écossais, arrive à New York en pleine révolte contre le pouvoir de l'Anglais. Une nation est en train de naître. Tom ne se sent pas concerné par cette lutte enragée. Seul le sort de son fils enlevé par les Anglais l'inquiète.
Adventure
Dutch Girls
4.4

Dutch Girls

Oct 18, 1985

Dutch Girls
1985 83 min 5 vues
In this sophomoric comedy, a lusty adolescent British hockey team heads for Holland where they find something far more interesting than tulips and windmills: gorgeous, lusty women. They are so busy pursuing romance that they forget all about their upcoming match.
Comedy
Let's Sleep On it
1

Let's Sleep On it

Jan 01, 1976

Let's Sleep On it
1976 28 min 1 vues
A BAFTA award nominated feature telling the story of the making of a sales film about beds.
Documentary
The Bobo
6

The Bobo

Mar 31, 1967

The Bobo
1967 105 min 5 vues
Unsuccessful singing bullfighter Juan arrives in Barcelona to try his luck in a big town. He finally persuades a devious local impresario to book him, but only on the condition that Juan first manages to spend an evening with Olimpia, a "shrewd merciless beauty" who seems effortlessly to collect apartments and Maserati sports cars while leaving a trail of broken hearts behind her. Juan approaches the challenge by pretending to her he is an emissary for a rich count. Written by Jeremy Perkins
Comedy
Rentadick
4.4

Rentadick

Dec 31, 1972

Rentadick
1972 94 min 9 vues
Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability. Clearly the military want it but it is also sought by a group of Japanese. Both Armitage and Madam Greenfly hire different people in the same detective agency to guard the gas and steal it respectively... confusion, double crosses and hilarity ensue...
Comedy
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
4.2

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

Mar 04, 1968

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968 85 min 4 vues
A 29-year old aspiring composer—still single and without any romantic prospects—vows to both marry and write a hit musical before he turns 30. Director Joseph McGrath's 1968 British comedy stars Dudley Moore, Suzy Kendall, Eddie Foy Jr. and Patricia Routledge.
Comedy
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
6

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

Mar 01, 1982

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982 90 min 4 vues
Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the spin-off movie, TV special and record albums – Cleese, Lewis and Walker planned the next show to be a more spectacular event. Cleese focused on broadening the comedic talent to be presented at the show. In addition to the Amnesty show stalwarts drawn from the Oxbridge/Monty Python/Beyond The Fringe orbit, he invited newcomers such as Rowan Atkinson’s colleagues from the BBC TV show Not the Nine O'Clock News including Pamela Stephenson and Griff Rhys Jones; comedian Victoria Wood and regional comic Jasper Carrott. Lewis secured a return appearance by Billy Connolly and a debut appearance by "alternative" comedian Alexei Sayle who Lewis had recently discovered and was managing. Building on the success of Pete Townshend's 1979 appearance Lewis recruited other rock musicians to perform at the 1981 show including Sting, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Donovan and Bob Geldof.
Comedy
Consuming Passions
8

Consuming Passions

Apr 06, 1988

Consuming Passions
1988 98 min 2 vues
Adapted from a play written by two Monty Python vets, this toothy satire launches with a tragic accident at Chumley's chocolate factory when hapless manager Ian Littleton (Tyler Butterworth) accidentally knocks several employees into a huge chocolate vat. The tragic mishap at the chocolate factory results in candy lovers getting an unexpected 'extra' in their sweets.
Comedy
Casino Royale
5.3

Casino Royale

Apr 13, 1967

Casino Royale
1967 131 min 740 vues
Sir James Bond se repose dans son château d’Écosse. C’est alors que les quatre chefs secrets des grandes puissances le supplient d’accomplir une dernière mission. Pour le convaincre, ils font sauter sa demeure. Le grand Bond se décide alors à agir et à démasquer celui qui fait peser une terrible menace sur le monde.
Adventure
Every Home Should Have One
4.6

Every Home Should Have One

Mar 05, 1970

Every Home Should Have One
1970 94 min 17 vues
Teddy works for a large advertising company. Given the seemingly impossible task of selling frozen porridge, he decides to produce commercials that make the product seem sexy. This leads him to confrontation with the "Keep Television Clean" movement, of which his wife is a senior member.
Comedy
Stones
1

Stones

Oct 27, 1976

Stones
1976 60 min 1 vues
From BBC2 Playhouse's The Mind Beyond series. Professor Reeve wonders about strange events that seem to be connected to Stonehenge (Source: BBC).
TV Movie
Love's Labour's Lost
7

Love's Labour's Lost

Jan 05, 1985

Love's Labour's Lost
1985 120 min 2 vues
When the King of Navarre and three of his cronies swear to spend all their days in study and not to look at any girls, they've forgotten that the daughter of the King of France is coming on a diplomatic visit. And the lady herself and her attendants play merry havoc with their intentions.
Comedy
Princesse Caraboo
5.4

Princesse Caraboo

Sep 16, 1994

Princesse Caraboo
1994 97 min 25 vues
Bristol, Angleterre, au début du 19ème siècle. Une étrangère est jugée pour avoir mendié. Mais lorsqu'un homme prétend parler sa langue, on comprend qu'il s'agit d'une princesse d'un pays lointain. Elle est alors accueillie par une famille d'aristocrates qui ne voient en elle qu'une manière d'augmenter leur prestige. Mais un reporter local, pas convaincu de son rang de princesse, mène l'enquête.
Comedy
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
4.2

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

Mar 04, 1968

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968 85 min 4 vues
A 29-year old aspiring composer—still single and without any romantic prospects—vows to both marry and write a hit musical before he turns 30. Director Joseph McGrath's 1968 British comedy stars Dudley Moore, Suzy Kendall, Eddie Foy Jr. and Patricia Routledge.
Comedy
Anyone for Denis
1

Anyone for Denis

Dec 28, 1982

Anyone for Denis
1982 75 min 1 vues
Anyone for Denis? is a British video-taped television version of the stage play of the same name broadcast by the ITV network on 28 December 1982. The original play, first performed at the Whitehall Theatre in 1981, was written by satirist John Wells.
Comedy
Princesse Caraboo
5.4

Princesse Caraboo

Sep 16, 1994

Princesse Caraboo
1994 97 min 25 vues
Anyone for Denis? is a British video-taped television version of the stage play of the same name broadcast by the ITV network on 28 December 1982. The original play, first performed at the Whitehall Theatre in 1981, was written by satirist John Wells.
Comedy
Rentadick
4.4

Rentadick

Dec 31, 1972

Rentadick
1972 94 min 9 vues
Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability. Clearly the military want it but it is also sought by a group of Japanese. Both Armitage and Madam Greenfly hire different people in the same detective agency to guard the gas and steal it respectively... confusion, double crosses and hilarity ensue...
Comedy
Q...
7.2

Q...

Jul 22, 1980

Q...
1980 min 4 vues
Q... was a surreal television comedy sketch show from Spike Milligan which ran from 1969 to 1982 on BBC2. There were six series in all, the first five numbered from Q5 to Q9, and a final series titled There's a Lot of It About. The first and third series ran for seven episodes, and the others for six episodes, each of which was 30 minutes long. Various reasons have been suggested for the title. One possibility is that it was inspired by the project to construct the Cunard liner QE2, launched in September 1967, which was dubbed Q4. Another theory is that Milligan was inspired by the BBC 6-point technical quality scale of the time, where "Q5" was severe degradation to picture or sound, and "Q6" was complete loss of sound or vision. This was extended by some engineering departments to a 9-point scale, finishing at "Q9". According to Milligan's autobiography, the final series was renamed There's a Lot of It About after the BBC felt the public might find Q10 too confusing.
Comedy
Charlie Chalk
5.6

Charlie Chalk

Apr 19, 1989

Charlie Chalk
1989 min 9 vues
Charlie Chalk is a stop motion animation series produced in 1987 in the United Kingdom by Woodland Animations, from the creators of Postman Pat and the two other children's television programmes that are Gran and Bertha.
Animation
Chalk
6.5

Chalk

Oct 22, 1997

Chalk
1997 min 3 vues
A British television sitcom set in a comprehensive school named Galfast High. Two series written by Steven Moffat were broadcast on BBC1 in 1997. Like his earlier sitcom Joking Apart, it was produced by Andre Ptaszynski. The series focuses upon deputy headteacher Eric Slatt, permanently stressed over the chaos he creates both by himself and some of his eccentric staff. His wife Janet and new English teacher Suzy Travis attempt to help him solve the problems.
Comedy
Rumpole of the Bailey
7.059

Rumpole of the Bailey

Dec 03, 1992

Rumpole of the Bailey
1992 min 17 vues
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.
Drama
Absolutely Fabulous
7.523

Absolutely Fabulous

Jul 23, 2012

Absolutely Fabulous
2012 min 155 vues
Cette série met en scène les mésaventures d’Edina et Patsy, deux Londoniennes quadragénaires, grandes consommatrices d’alcool et de drogues diverses. Edina, qui dirige sa propre société de relations publiques, entretient des rapports difficiles avec sa fille, Saffron, qu’elle juge trop sérieuse. Patsy, journaliste de mode anorexique (« elle n’a rien avalé de solide depuis 1973 »), tabagique et nymphomane, vit plus ou moins aux crochets d’Edina, sa seule amie.
Comedy
The Irish R.M.
5.2

The Irish R.M.

Jul 06, 1985

The Irish R.M.
1985 min 4 vues
The Irish R.M. refers to a series of books by the Anglo-Irish novelists Somerville and Ross, and the television comedy-drama series based on them. They are set in turn of the 20th century west of Ireland.
Drama
Lovejoy
7.3

Lovejoy

Dec 04, 1994

Lovejoy
1994 min 49 vues
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
Comedy
Yes, Prime Minister
8.4

Yes, Prime Minister

Jan 28, 1988

Yes, Prime Minister
1988 min 120 vues
James Hacker MP the Government's bumbling minister for Administrative Affairs is propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics - No. 10. Could this have possibly have been managed by his trusted Permanent Private Secretary, the formidably political Sir Humphrey Appleby who must move to the “Top Job” in Downing Street to support him, together with his much put upon PPS Bernard Wolley. What could possibly go wrong?
Comedy
The BBC Television Shakespeare
5.2

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Apr 27, 1985

The BBC Television Shakespeare
1985 min 5 vues
La 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
La Taupe
7.6

La Taupe

Oct 22, 1979

La Taupe
1979 min 112 vues
George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.
War & Politics
100 Ans de Warner Bros.
7.7

100 Ans de Warner Bros.

Jun 01, 2023

100 Ans de Warner Bros.
2023 min 27 vues
Au début des années 1920, Harry, Albert, Sam et Jack Warner, quatre frères issus d’une famille d’immigrés juifs polonais, tombent amoureux du cinéma lors de leur découverte des nickelodéons à Pittsburgh, en Pennsylvanie. Après avoir fait l’acquisition d’un projecteur, la fratrie met le cap vers l’Ouest et fonde son propre studio.
Documentary
Have I Got News for You
7.1

Have I Got News for You

Dec 13, 2024

Have I Got News for You
2024 min 65 vues
Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
Comedy
Wogan
4.5

Wogan

Jul 01, 1992

Wogan
1992 min 6 vues
Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.
Talk
Anyone for Denis?
1

Anyone for Denis?

Dec 28, 1982

Anyone for Denis?
1982 min 1 vues
Anyone for Denis? is a British video-taped television version of the stage play of the same name broadcast by the ITV network on 28 December 1982. The original play, first performed at the Whitehall Theatre in 1981, was written by satirist John Wells. It is based on Private Eye's 'Dear Bill' letters, purportedly written by Denis Thatcher, the husband of Margaret Thatcher, the prime minister at the time. Set in Chequers, the play parodies the couple's relationship. The title is a punning reference to the more familiar question "Anyone for tennis?" The television production, for Thames Television was directed by Dick Clement and stars John Wells, Angela Thorne, John Cater and Nicky Henson.