Philippa Howell

An encounter with a blind man ends unexpectedly for Susan Howard. The supposedly helpless man stuns and kidnaps her. The case is handed over by the Home Secretary to Sir John, the head of Scotland Yard. He entrusts Chief Inspector Higgins and Superintendent Lane with the investigation. Their investigations quickly lead Higgins and Lane on the trail of murder, white slavery and blackmail.

Young Robbie, a keen footballer and a railway enthusiast, is persuaded by his big brother to go through a hole in a railway fence on to the track for some reason. His laces become caught on the tracks and he has an accident so serious that he will never play football again. A film for showing to eight to eleven-year old children and their parents, which points out the folly of breaking railway fences and trespassing on the line, and illustrates the immediate dangers. Part of BFI collection "The Age of the Train".

Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down the pit or in a factory. But Jimmy has other ideas - he dreams of becoming a professional footballer. Confronted by a bitter and unsupportive father, hard drinking friends and a lifetime of bad habits...has Jimmy the will to achieve his ultimate goal?

Four men attempt "The Knowledge" examination to qualify as London taxi drivers.

Four men attempt "The Knowledge" examination to qualify as London taxi drivers.

Lord Edward Whitman, un grand bourgeois anglais, a décidé de massacrer tous les adeptes de sorcellerie au nom de Dieu. Tous ceux qui sont soupçonnés sont marqués au fer rouge et torturés. Une malédiction ancienne pèse sur lui et les membres de sa famille : il sera détruit lui et toute sa lignée... Voyant les membres de son cercle tués les uns après les autres, la plus puissante des sorcière décide d'utiliser Satan pour mettre cette malédiction à exécution.

Psychologue aux moeurs douteuses, Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald s'adonne à la boisson, au jeu ou encore à l'adultère. La police de Manchester peut cependant compter sur ce fin limier pour l'aider à résoudre des enquêtes crimes.

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.

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.