Ian Thompson

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Sitting Targets
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Sitting Targets

Mar 19, 1989
Who has bought the house which is the home for a dozen flat dwellers? When the heating fails and a flat is violently repossessed, things begin to look hopeless. But the tenants begin to fight back...
Drama
My Brother Tom
6.1

My Brother Tom

Nov 16, 2001
A teenage girl, Jessica, befriends a teenage boy called Tom, who is bullied by a local gang. She is abused by Jack, who is both her neighbour and school teacher, and Tom is sexually abused by his father. Together they bond in the woods, creating a private reality that no-one else can enter.
Drama
Beasts: The Dummy
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Beasts: The Dummy

Nov 20, 1976
A washed-up actor has a nervous breakdown and believes that he really is the movie monster that he has been hired to play. Created as an episode of Nigel Kneale’s “Beasts” horror anthology miniseries.
Horror
The Persuaders!
8.7

The Persuaders!

Apr 01, 1973
Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie. Two playboys, Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) and Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis), investigate crimes along the French Riviera.
Adventure
Eroica
5.2

Eroica

Oct 04, 2003
British filmmaker Simon Cellan Jones directs the BBC drama Eroica, starring Ian Hart as Ludwig van Beethoven. Shot on digital video, this TV film depicts the first performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony, June 9th, 1804, in Vienna, Austria. Prince Lobkowitz (Jack Davenport) has invited friends to listen to Beethoven conduct his new symphony for the first time. Among the aristocratic attendees are Count Dietrichstein (Tim Pigott-Smith), Countess Brunsvik (Claire Skinner), and composer Josef Haydn (Frank Finlay). The actual musical score is performed by the Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique, under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner.
Drama
Tales from Hollywood
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Tales from Hollywood

Oct 18, 1992
A slightly ironical description of the colony of German artists in Los Angeles, who had to leave their country during the Nazi-regime. A young playwriter (von Horvath) joins them and finds out, that there are gaps between the artistical attitudes and the real live behavior of authors like Thomas or Heinrich Mann, Lion Feuchtwanger or Bertold Brecht.
TV Movie
Baxter !
7.3

Baxter !

Mar 04, 1973
A young boy struggles to overcome his speech problem and strained relationship with his parents.
Drama
A Safe House
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A Safe House

Aug 22, 1990
In the aftermath of the Guildford and Woolwich pub bombings, a large number of people of Irish descent were rounded up for questioning by the police in London. Most were subsequently released. But for the Maguire family, 3 December 1974 was the start of a nightmare that is only now ending.
Drama
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
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To coincide with a new era for Doctor Who we take a nostalgic look back at the glory days of the programme in a tribute to its unsigned heroes. Ever wondered what it’s like inside a Dalek? How, exactly, of you portray a Fish Person? What was it like recording Doctor Who during its 26 year run? And just how do you get to be a Doctor Who monster? Now you can find out as, for the very first time, we speak to the men and women who ensured we spend out Saturday nights behind the sofa. Their stories are funny, moving, unbelievable and sometimes tragic. Presented by the seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy, and containing unique film and newly discovered photographs, this all adds up to an entertaining trip down memory lane – go on treat yourself to a slice of nostalgia!
Documentary
Doctor Who: The Chase
6.8

Doctor Who: The Chase

Jun 26, 1965
The Doctor and his companions are pursued through time and space by the Daleks on the desert planet Aridius and beyond.
Science Fiction
Doctor Who: The Web Planet
6.2
On the planet Vortis, the Doctor and his companions aid the butterfly-like Menoptra in their battle against the parasitic Animus and its mind-controlled minions, the ant-like Zarbi.
Science Fiction
Une maîtresse dans les bras, une femme sur le dos
6.1
Glenda Jackson joue Vicky Allesio, mère divorcée de deux enfants. George Segal joue Steve Blackburn, un père de famille marié qui a une règle : « ne jamais tromper sa femme dans la ville où elle est ». Après avoir partagé un taxi ensemble, Steve invite Vicky à boire un thé, à déjeuner. Enfin, Vicky avoue vouloir une aventure sans lendemain. Steve explique alors à sa femme qu'il doit aller à Málaga pour le travail alors qu'il organise des vacances avec Vicky.
Comedy
Night Flight
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Night Flight

Feb 02, 2002
Night Flight was a powerful drama set in 1943 and the present telling the story of two World War II veterans. Harry Peters piloted a Lancaster bomber at just 20. His now middle-class world is thrown into disarray when former comrade Vic Green lands. A tale of secrets, scandal and corruption based on ghosts as yet not laid to rest.
Drama
The Mountain and the Molehill
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It is May 1944, two weeks before D-day. Britain stands poised for the long-awaited invasion of France - thousands of troops wait anxiously for the orders to come for embarkation. MI5 is horrified to discover the top-secret codewords for the invasion suddenly appearing as clues in the Daily Telegraph crossword. Two agents are immediately dispatched to confront the culprit, the headmaster of a boys' school in southern England.
Drama
Happy Birthday Mr Bean
7.8
A celebratory documentary looking back at the 30 years since comedy legend Mr Bean landed on our screens. This documentary explores the magic behind this unlikely hero.
Documentary
The Sweeney
7.7

The Sweeney

Dec 28, 1978
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
Action & Adventure
EastEnders
4.1

EastEnders

Nov 19, 2024
La vie quotidienne des habitants de la classe ouvrière de la place Albert, une traditionnelle place victorienne de maisons mitoyennes entourant un parc dans le quartier de Walford, à l'est de Londres.
Soap
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
7.2
Instead of spending her golden years lying down, the indomitable Hetty Wainthropp found her calling late in life. Combining common sense, her husband, and her pocketbook, this senior sleuth takes on all the cases the police deem too minor.
Drama
The Main Chance
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The Main Chance

Jul 11, 1975
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
Drama
Blake's 7
7.2

Blake's 7

Dec 21, 1981
A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.
Drama
Minder
6.7

Minder

Mar 10, 1994
This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye for a nice little earner. Alongside his many business ventures, Arthur would regularly hire Terry out as a minder or bodyguard, later replaced by nephew, Ray Daley.
Comedy
Amicalement vôtre
7.633

Amicalement vôtre

Feb 25, 1972
Lord Brett Sinclair, un aristocrate britannique, et Danny Wilde, un riche self-made-man américain, n'ont rien en commun, si ce n'est leur fortune, leur goût pour les femmes et leurs fonctions secrètes au service de la justice. Tous deux aident en effet le juge Fulton, un magistrat en retraite, à appréhender les bandits ayant échappé à la justice. Avec pour seules armes leurs poings et leur sens de l'humour, Brett et Danny finissent par intervenir dans toute l'Europe, de préférence sous le soleil de la Côte d'Azur ou dans les meilleurs palaces du continent, où pullulent margoulins, maîtres-chanteurs et espions.
Comedy
Heartbeat
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Heartbeat

Sep 05, 2010
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Crime
Heartbeat
7

Heartbeat

Sep 05, 2010
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Crime
Bergerac
6.4

Bergerac

Mar 09, 1991
Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in Le Bureau des Étrangers, part of the States of Jersey Police.
Drama
All Creatures Great and Small
7.6
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
Hercule Poirot
8.1

Hercule Poirot

Nov 13, 2013
Hercule Poirot (David Suchet), policier belge retraité, à la moustache parfaite dont il est si fier. Il s'est exilé en Angleterre suite aux ravages de la Première Guerre mondiale. Désormais, il vit à Londres et exerce en tant que détective privé. Sa réputation d'enquêteur hors pair est internationale et de nombreuses personnes font appel à lui pour percer des mystères que la police ne pourra pas résoudre ou n'a pas su résoudre.
Crime
Mission casse-cou
6.4

Mission casse-cou

Nov 01, 1986
Véritable tête brûlée de la police de New York, le lieutenant James Dempsey voit son coéquipier Joey mourir lors d'une opération contre des trafiquants de drogue et découvre que sa hiérarchie est complètement corrompue. En danger, il décide de partir en Angleterre et intègre une unité spéciale de la police britannique. Sa collaboration avec sa nouvelle partenaire, la très noble et un peu snob Harriet Makepeace, fait très vite des étincelles...
Action & Adventure