Sir Norbert Smith, a Life
Nov 03, 1989a spoof TV documentary film (a "mockumentary") charting the life and career of the fictitious British actor Sir Norbert Smith.
Comedy
Stewart Harwood
Recently added
In the Secret State
Mar 10, 1985A Government Department with data on us all in its computers is not functioning quite as its ex-Head intended. Frank Strange sets out to clear his own name and finds he is investigating a murder.
Drama
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
Jan 16, 1997Marla Darland is blessed with the voice of an angel, a singing legend. But when her agent, Marty Starr, finds his agency in trouble, he concocts a sinister plot to bring up her record sales. Amazed at the posthumous record sales of Elvis and Jimi Hendrix, Marty becomes determined to arrange a similar fate for Marla, staging the perfect tragic demise. But he didn't count on Marla not being quite ready to go.
Comedy
Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup
Jun 03, 2006The fictional story about the little dog that discovered the FIFA World Cup Trophy after it was stolen in 1966.
TV Movie
Harry Batt
Jan 12, 2007DI Harry Batt is called upon to stop a spate of illegal sofa bouncing, and cope with sweeping changes to the police force.
Comedy
Aux sources du Nil
Feb 16, 1990En 1854, deux hommes se rencontrent à Aden : Richard Burton, aventurier, poète, ethnologue et traducteur de textes érotiques et John Hanning Speke, animé d'une ambition effrénée. A Londres, ils décident de retourner en Afrique afin de résoudre un mystère qui, depuis longtemps, intrigue les Anglais: l'emplacement exact des sources du Nil.
Adventure
The Yob
Mar 12, 1988An illegal psychic teleportation experiment goes horribly wrong, and pretentious promo director Patrick gets his genes mixed with those of a football hooligan. Slowly, he begins to change - taking on some undeniably yobbish tendencies.
Comedy
Pour la Gloire
May 17, 1988Reuben, un parachutiste antillais engagé dans l'armée britannique, se retrouve rejeté par la société civile, et ce malgré ses exploits en Irlande du Nord.
Action
Femme Fatale
Feb 07, 1993Sicilian-born Maddalena has moved to a Devonshire village in England to escape volatile sexual tempers. She marries, but the lust she inspires in the villagers makes them drop dead.
Drama
Bloody Kids
Mar 22, 1980L'idée de départ est simple : il s'agit de deux jeunes garçons de 11 ans, Leo, froid et manipulateur, et Mike, son ami plus faible et plus impressionnable. Méprisant les forces de police (Mike a déjà volé un chapeau de police sur le lieu d'un accident), les garçons organisent un combat au couteau à l'extérieur d'un stade de football à l'aide d'une poche de sang et d'une vraie lame.
Drama
Wilt
May 12, 1989Henry Wilt is a more or less failed teacher who fantasizes about murdering his dominant, non-attentive wife Eva. At a party who gets stuck in an inflatable doll and makes a complete fool of himself. Eventually, he dumps the doll in a hole at a building site. However, he has been witnessed getting rid of the doll and when his wife disappears on the night after the party, the police and Inspector Flint have strong suspicions on Mr Wilt.
Comedy
Virtual Sexuality
Jul 02, 1999A frustrated teenage girl creates her perfect man in a virtual reality machine and in a freak accident, gives him life.
Comedy
Bodywork
Sep 04, 2001Virgil Guppy buys a sleek-looking used Jaguar, but the car turns out to be a lemon. Unfortunately, that's just the start of his problems; a dead prostitute is discovered in the trunk, and Virgil is accused of her murder. Aided by a dysfunctional family of thieves, unorthodox police procedure and some clever body work of his own, he sets out to clear his name.
Crime
Porridge
Aug 12, 1979Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of it.
Comedy
Scum
Nov 08, 1977
Gandhi
Dec 01, 1982Reconstitution historique à grand spectacle de la vie de celui que l'on surnomma le "mahatma". La carrière de Gandhi comme avocat débute en Afrique du Sud où il défend les droits de la minorité indienne, ce qui a un grand retentissement dans son pays. Plus tard, dans ses luttes contre les Anglais, il prônera toujours la non-violence et usera essentiellement de l'arme de la grève de la faim.
Drama
Nipper
Nov 15, 1977Teenager Jimmy's life begins to unravel after the death of his father. With his mother promiscuous and his new stepfather and stepbrother difficult to get along with, he begins to fall into a cycle of petty crime and self harm.
Crime
The Falklands Factor
Apr 26, 1983Is there nothing new under the sun? 1770. The South Atlantic. A fleet sets sail from Buenos Aires to expel the British forces and reconquer the Falkland Islands. A major international crisis explodes. What follows may sound strangely familiar, but is firmly based on the historical record and the actual speeches and writings of the time.
History
Le Piège infernal
Mar 20, 1977Un ancien policier apprend, après une cure de désintoxication pour alcoolisme, que son ex-femme et sa fille ont été enlevées par des gangsters.
Thriller
Mettons les voiles !!!
Mar 16, 1990
L'Arme à l'œil
Jul 24, 1981Grande-Bretagne, 1944, pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Poursuivi sans relâche par plusieurs agents du MI5, Henry Faber l'Aiguille, un impitoyable espion allemand en possession d'informations vitales sur le Jour J, se réfugie sur Storm Island, une île inhospitalière et peu habitée au large des côtes du nord de l'Écosse.
Drama
Dinner at the Sporting Club
Nov 07, 1978Vinny Mathews is a small time boxing promoter who struggles with his conscience over what to do with a fighter he knows is unfit to face his opponent. However, Mathews needs sponsorship and this would be the ideal opportunity to mix with the "frilly shirted" sportsmen who enjoy their lavish lifestyle as fighters slug it out as the steak is served!
Drama
Charlie
Mar 23, 1984Charlie Alexander is a private detective who gets caught up in sinister trade union machinations when he stumbles across the dying Stan Peace, a shop steward in the Distributive Worker's Union. Peace dies, but Charlie wants to know why his name was in Peace's address book. As Charlie investigates, things get murkier.
TV Movie
EastEnders
Jan 07, 2025La 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
Les Arnaqueurs VIP
Feb 17, 2012À sa sortie de prison, Mickey Stone réunit une équipe d'arnaqueurs de choc : la séduisante Stacie, Albert, qui excelle dans le maniement des cartes, Ash, le spécialiste de l'arnaque, et Danny, le génie du groupe. Ensemble, ils échafaudent les plans les plus diaboliques pour dépouiller leurs victimes. Et pour justifier leurs actes, ils ont pour règle d'or de ne jamais s'attaquer aux gens honnêtes !
Comedy
The Detectives
Feb 18, 1997The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when the cases are solved) and retain their jobs.
Comedy
Jeeves and Wooster
Jun 20, 1993Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy-drama series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves" stories.
It aired on the ITV network from 1990 to 1993, starring Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, a young gentleman with a "distinctive blend of airy nonchalance and refined gormlessness", and Stephen Fry as Jeeves, his improbably well-informed and talented valet. Wooster is a bachelor, a minor aristocrat and member of the idle rich. He and his friends, who are mainly members of The Drones Club, are extricated from all manner of societal misadventures by the indispensable valet, Jeeves. The stories are set in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1930s.
Comedy
Dodgem
Mar 27, 1991Simon Leighton is sent to an assessment centre because he is unable to cope with school due to problems in his life – his mother is dead and his father cannot overcome his grief. However Simon is determined to leave the centre to live with his father.
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Aug 15, 1994Frank Stubbs (Timothy Spall) is a down-at-heel ticket tout with grand ideas.
He has an ambition to become a 'high class' promoter of famous and talented performers.
In reality, his ambitions tend to outstrip his capabilities.
Comedy
Harry Batt
Dec 01, 2007Harry Batt is a one-off BBC 1 comedy starring Ian Kirkby as the "Geordie copper" DI Harry Batt, following his pursuit of a soft furnishings bouncer gang.
Comedy
Lovejoy
Dec 04, 1994The 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 Comic Strip Presents...
Jan 20, 2016The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alternative comedy. The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and Alexei Sayle with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and others.
Comedy
Les Professionnels
Feb 06, 1983Cette série met en scène les aventures de William Bodie et Raymond Doyle deux des meilleurs agents du CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), une organisation secrète chargée de maintenir la sécurité en Angleterre dont le patron est l'irascible George Cowley.
Action & Adventure
Quatermass
Nov 14, 1979In the near future, a now-elderly Bernard Quatermass investigates the disappearance of his granddaughter and a mysterious cult.
Drama
Le coffret magique
Dec 24, 1984Kay Harker revient du pensionnat pour Noël 1934 quand il se retrouve mêlé à une bataille pour posséder une boîte magique. Le propriétaire actuel de la boîte est un vieil homme appelé Cole Hawlings que Kay rencontre à la gare. Ils développent une amitié instantanée.
La boîte permet au propriétaire de réduire sa taille, de changer de forme, de voler, de voyager dans le passé et de découvrir diverses merveilles et créatures magiques. Cole confie la boîte à Kay. L'écolier va vivre de nombreuses aventures au fil du temps alors qu'il protège la boîte.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
