David Ashford

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Les Loups de haute mer
6.2
Un commando spécial est chargé de mettre fin aux agissements de dangereux terroristes qui menacent de faire exploser deux plates formes pétrolières.
Action
All's Well That Ends Well
1
An adaptation directed by Claude Whatham for the BBC's Theatre 625 slot. Essentially a recording of John Barton's acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company production starring Catherine Lacey (the Countess), Ian Richardson (Bertram), Lynn Farleigh (Helen), Clive Swift (Parolles) and Sebastian Shaw (the King), it was broadcast on 3 June 1968.
Comedy
Virginia Fly is Drowning
1
Secure in her suburban home, Virginia Fly dreams of a life of unbridled passion and romance. She feels her fantasies are about to become reality when she is asked to take part in a TV documentary about pre-marital love - a subject about which she is sadly ignorant...
Howards' Way
5.6

Howards' Way

Nov 29, 1990
The BBC's answer to Dynasty, Howards' Way was launched in 1985 with an enormous 1 million pound budget. The main characters in the show were 'best boat designer in the world' Tom Howard, his boutique running wife Jan Howard, 'I'll have a drink' Jack Rolfe and a nasty man called Ken Masters. It starred Maurice Colbourne.
Drama
Lovejoy
7.4

Lovejoy

Dec 04, 1994
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
The Gentle Touch
7.2

The Gentle Touch

Nov 24, 1984
The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which ran from 1980-1984. Commencing transmission on 11 April 1980, the series is notable for being the first British series to feature a female police detective as its leading character, ahead of the similarly themed BBC series Juliet Bravo by four months.
Crime
Juliet Bravo
5.8

Juliet Bravo

Dec 21, 1985
Juliet Bravo was a drama that focused on two female police inspectors, neither of whom were called Juliet Bravo! These two inspectors worked in the small fictional town of Hartley, Lancashire. Jean Darblay was on the scene first and had trouble with her sexist colleagues. However she soon managed to gain their trust and prove a woman could be a successful police officer and housewife. Jean's call sign was Juliet Bravo. When she was promoted and moved on she was replaced by Kate Longton who not only took over the patch but also the headaches that went with it.
Crime
The Edwardians
5.667

The Edwardians

Jan 09, 1973
It was a time when England was a nation on the cusp of change, an evolving landscape tht lay between Victorian England and the First World War. 'The Edwardians' explores the lives of and events in the lives of many who helped define the era, the "Belle Epoque".
Drama
Strange Report
6

Strange Report

Jan 11, 1970
Adam Strange est un criminologue en retraite qui travaille sur des affaires non résolues impliquant l'étrange ou le bizarre mais dont les dossiers ne sont pas clos. Il offre ses services au gouvernement anglais et travaille en collaboration avec Hamlyn Gint et Evelyn McClean ainsi que le professeur Marks. Il a un laboratoire qui lui sert à l'occasion pour ses enquêtes dans son appartement à Warwick Crescent dans le quartier de Paddington.
Crime
Sauver les apparences
7.6

Sauver les apparences

Nov 05, 1995
Hyacinth Bucket est une femme en recherche constante de perfection. Elle habite avec Richard, son mari soumis, dans une maison totalement aseptisée. Hélas, sa famille est loin d'être aussi rigoureuse. Son père atterrit dans une clinique après avoir poursuivi la crémière le long du canal, nu et ivre sur une bicyclette...
Comedy
Cribb
7.3

Cribb

May 10, 1981
Adapted from Peter Lovesey's Sergeant Cribb novels and set in Victorian London around the time of the Jack the Ripper murders in 1888, Alan Dobie starred as the tough Detective Sergeant who worked for the newly formed Criminal Investigation Department, determined to remove crime from the streets of London using the latest detection methods.
Mystery
Crown Court
5

Crown Court

Mar 11, 1981
Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.
Drama
Crown Court
5

Crown Court

Mar 11, 1981
Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.
Drama
Quatermass
5.778

Quatermass

Nov 14, 1979
In the near future, a now-elderly Bernard Quatermass investigates the disappearance of his granddaughter and a mysterious cult.
Drama