Antony Carrick

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Madame Henderson Présente
6.7
1937. Laura Henderson vient tout juste d'enterrer son cher époux et... elle s'ennuie à mourir. Que faire de sa vie quand, à soixante-neuf ans, on est riche, en bonne santé, et qu'on ne cultive aucun goût excessif pour la nostalgie ?À la surprise générale, Mme Henderson décide d'acheter un théâtre au coeur de Soho : le Windmill. Totalement ignorante des histoires de gestion d'une salle de spectacles, elle fait appel au talentueux Vivian Van Damm, directeur artistique et administrateur chevronné.Les deux fortes personnalités ne tardent pas à se heurter, et Van Damm, choqué par les excentricités et les mauvaises manières de Mme Henderson, va jusqu'à lui interdire l'accès du Windmill !Cette étrange et fiévreuse relation ne tardera cependant pas à porter ses fruits. Mieux, elle bouleversera très vite les frileuses habitudes du théâtre britannique !
Comedy
The Unknown Soldier
1

The Unknown Soldier

Feb 17, 1985
The soldier in the spinal carriage can neither move nor speak. Who is he? His fellow wounded and officers are intent on finding out.
Drama
Sunshine in Brixton
1

Sunshine in Brixton

Apr 19, 1976
Sixteen-year-old Otis loathes school. He wants to be a professional footballer, but is good at drawing, so his mother wants him to be a draughtsman. Then, a new sports teacher appears at his South London comprehensive school, and life starts to look a little more hopeful...
Drama
The Finishing Line
5.6

The Finishing Line

Jan 29, 1977
When a schoolboy's day-dream of a fantasy sports day includes events where acts of vandalism and trespass are required, dire consequences ensue. Originally created as an educational film, this somewhat surrealist short has a serious message at its core. This won't be a lesson you'll forget in a hurry.
Action
Probation
5.8

Probation

Sep 07, 1982
A boy goes to see his probation officer.
Comedy
Elizabeth : l'âge d'or
6.7
En 1585, Elizabeth Ière règne sur l'Angleterre depuis près de trente ans. Le vent destructeur du catholicisme fondamentaliste souffle sur l'Europe, sous la conduite de Philippe II d'Espagne. Soutenu par l'Eglise de Rome, le roi dispose d'une armée puissante et d'une Armada qui domine les mers. Philippe II est déterminé à renverser la reine "hérétique" et à ramener l'Angleterre au sein de l'Église romaine catholique.Elizabeth se prépare à la guerre contre l'Espagne mais doit aussi mener un combat plus intime contre ses sentiments pour Walter Raleigh, pirate au service de Sa Majesté.L'amour étant interdit à une souveraine vouée corps et âme à son pays, la reine encourage sa dame d'honneur préférée, Bess, à se rapprocher de Raleigh. Elizabeth observe l'idylle naissante.
Drama
The Chelsea Murders
6.3

The Chelsea Murders

Dec 30, 1981
When a barmaid and part-time model becomes a murderer's third victim in Chelsea, the only apparent links are to a local reporter, Mary, and three art graduates financing a film with local part-time jobs.
Thriller
The Land of Dreams
1

The Land of Dreams

Aug 08, 1990
Joseph Mnwana arrives at Heathrow on a flight from Johannesburg and asks for political asylum. But what is he fleeing from? The authorities are suspicious, and Joseph has an uncertain future in store.
Drama
Personal Services
6

Personal Services

Feb 12, 1987
The story of the rise of a madame of a suburban brothel catering to older men, inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne. The story follows Christine Painter as the down-at-heel waitress who, with the help of prostitute Shirley and cross-dressing Wing Commander Morten, seeks to up her earnings by turning her suburban home into a brothel. Before long she and her girls are chaining up judges, spanking Generals and attending to the needs of Honourable Members. Christine sees herself as providing a vital service to these harmless pervs and when finally the house is busted and the case comes to court, it's fair to say that the presiding judge isn't unfamiliar with her work.
Comedy
Whinfrey's Last Case
1

Whinfrey's Last Case

Oct 10, 1979
In 1913 the British government, hearing that the Germans are planning World War I, ask top agent Whinfrey to intervene, but instead he decides to go on holiday to Cornish fishing village Torpoint. Here he believes he has stumbled upon a smuggling ring, but in fact they are Germans who are masquerading as locals in an advance invasion party. The British arrive and arrest them, believing that Whinfrey deliberately planned everything - though it is apparent that he did not.
Tuer n'est pas jouer
6.5

Tuer n'est pas jouer

Jun 29, 1987
Après que Bond a aidé un officier soviétique à traverser le rideau de fer pour passer à l'Ouest, il découvre avec stupeur que celui-ci a été retrouvé et kidnappé. La piste le mène sur les traces d'une belle violoncelliste, Kara, qui va l'entraîner dans une suite de situations dangereuses, avec comme paroxysme une base militaire en Afghanistan où il doit stopper un trafic d'armes.
Action
Beautiful People
5.9

Beautiful People

Sep 16, 1999
1993. Alors que le conflit atteint son apogee en Bosnie et que l'Angleterre s'apprete a disputer un match de qualification pour la Coupe du monde contre la Hollande, un Serbe et un Croate se rencontrent dans un bus londonien. Ils sont tous deux originaires du meme village. Pour renouer le contact, ils se jettent l'un sur l'autre, prets a se tuer. S'ensuit une folle poursuite dans les rues de Londres. Dans le meme temps, d'autres refugies d'ex-Yougoslavie vont bouleverser la vie de quatre familles britanniques.
War
Champions
6.8

Champions

Apr 20, 1984
The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National
Drama
Jeux d'espions
6.9

Jeux d'espions

Sep 26, 1980
Miles Kendig, un des meilleurs agents de terrain de la CIA, jugé trop vieux par son patron, se voit affecté dans les bureaux pour la fin de sa carrière. Refusant cette mise à l'écart, Kendig détruit son dossier et s'enfuit en Autriche où il décide de publier ses mémoires, révélant de nombreux secrets concernant la CIA. Entre l'Autriche, les Etats-Unis et l'Angleterre, une immense chasse à l'homme s'engage, orchestrée par Kendig lui-même...
Comedy
Jabberwocky
6

Jabberwocky

Mar 28, 1977
Une bête sanguinaire, le Jabberwocky, ravage le royaume de Bruno le Contestable. Le roi promet la main de sa fille a celui qui anéantira le monstre.
Fantasy
Prick Up Your Ears
6.624

Prick Up Your Ears

Apr 17, 1987
Lorsque la police découvre les corps du célèbre dramaturge Joe Orton et de son amant, l'agent littéraire d’Orton récupère le journal de l’écrivain. Plusieurs années après, un homme qui souhaite écrire la biographie d’Orton met la main sur le journal. Il y découvre le récit tourmenté des débuts difficiles du dramaturge et de sa relation passionnelle avec son amant, puis des années de gloire…
Drama
Killing Me Softly
1

Killing Me Softly

Jul 07, 1996
Sara Thornton was sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of the 1989 murder of her violent and alcoholic husband. Thornton never denied the killing, but claimed it had been an accident during an argument.
TV Movie
Codename: Kyril
1

Codename: Kyril

Mar 29, 1988
At the height of the cold war, a known Russian spy ("Kyril") is sent to the UK under falsely reported pretenses in order to hopefully indirectly spark an unknown mole in the KGB to reveal himself; the endeavor eventually has repercussions which none of the initial players could have predicted.
Drama
Julia
6.5

Julia

Oct 01, 1977
Entre les deux guerres mondiales, la romancière Lillian Hellman vit avec l'écrivain Dashiell Hammett dans une maison face à l'océan sur la côte Est. Elle n'a plus de nouvelles de son amie d'enfance Julia partie étudier en Europe. Elle lui rend visite à Oxford quand Julia lui annonce qu'elle se prépare à rejoindre Vienne pour y étudier la médecine et la psychanalyse. Plus tard, Julia est devenue militante anti nazie. Malgré les dangers de l'Europe en guerre, aidée par la résistance, Lili y effectue plusieurs voyages traversant Paris, Berlin, Vienne pour retrouver son amie.
Drama
Le Bossu de Notre-Dame
5.8
Paris, au XVIème siècle. Quasimodo le Bossu, orphelin élevé par le tyrannique Frollo dans la cathédrale de Notre-Dame, fait la rencontre de la belle gitane Esmeralda et tente de s'ouvrir au monde avec son aide.
Drama
True Patriot
1

True Patriot

Oct 19, 1977
Dietrich Bonhoeffer , theologian, academic and pastor, was convicted and hanged for being implicated in plots against Hitler. He was hanged in April 1945, one month before the end of the war in Europe.
Titus Andronicus
7.5

Titus Andronicus

Apr 25, 1985
Having subdued the Goths, warrior Titus Andronicus returns to Rome to bury his sons, with Gothic Queen Tamora and her retinue as captives. The newly-dead Roman Emperor's two sons, Saturninus and Bassianus, are competing for their father's title. According to Roman custom, Titus sacrifices Tamora's eldest son to the Gods; having the deciding vote, he also chooses Saturninus as Emperor. Both acts have tragic consequences.
Drama
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
8
Arthur Dent se réveille un beau matin, et devant chez lui attend toute une flopée de bulldozers qui n'attendent que de le voir dégager le passage pour raser sa maison. Mais c'est alors que son meilleur ami Ford Prefect intervient, l'informant qu'il ne vient pas en fait de Guilford, mais d'une petite planète aux confins de Bételgeuse, et qu'il est temps de partir, car la Terre est sur le point d'être détruite pour faire place à une voie express hyperspatiale. C'est alors le début d'une aventure complètement loufoque pour le dernier-mais-pas-tout-à-fait des terriens, qui fera la rencontre des vogons, du président de la galaxie, d'un robot paranoïaque...
Comedy
The Bill
6.6

The Bill

Aug 31, 2010
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
Crime
Softly, Softly
5

Softly, Softly

Dec 15, 1976
Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It centred around the work of regional crime squads, plain-clothes CID officers based in the fictional region of Wyvern, supposedly in the Bristol area of England.
Drama
Z-Cars
7

Z-Cars

Sep 20, 1978
Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.
Drama
Shoestring
6.8

Shoestring

Dec 21, 1980
Shoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The programme ran between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, in two series with 21 one hour-long episodes. Star Trevor Eve decided not to return to the role after two series, as he wanted to diversify into theatre roles, so the same production team changed the format to be based in Jersey and created Bergerac, also about a detective returning to work after a bad period in his life.
Drama
Bizarre, bizarre
6.7

Bizarre, bizarre

May 13, 1988
Cette série est une anthologie d'histoires horrifiques et fantastiques inspirées de l'oeuvre de Roald Dahl.
Drama
Les Professionnels
7.4

Les Professionnels

Feb 06, 1983
Cette 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
Crime Traveller
8.2

Crime Traveller

Apr 19, 1997
Detective Jeff Slade teams up with scientist Holly Turner, whose late father has created a time machine that can travel back several hours. Together they solve mysteries using the device. In the beginning of episodes (before they travel back in time), things happen because they DID travel back in time, and they are constantly working to avoid paradoxes. This approach to time-travel is unusual in sci-fi movies, and keeps the plot twisted.
Drama
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
Inspecteur Morse
7.8

Inspecteur Morse

Jan 20, 1993
L'inspecteur Morse est un policier bien particulier de la ville d'Oxford. Amateur de bière et amoureux des mots, il entretient des relations plutôt tendues avec ses supérieurs. Mais avec son adjoint, l'inspecteur Lewis, ils résolvent toutes les enquêtes qui leurs sont confiées.
Crime
Rumpole of the Bailey
7.067

Rumpole of the Bailey

Dec 03, 1992
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
Yes Minister
8.3

Yes Minister

Dec 23, 1982
Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business.
Comedy
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Nov 27, 2011
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
Drama
Yes, Prime Minister
8.4

Yes, Prime Minister

Jan 28, 1988
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
Angels
3.7

Angels

Dec 22, 1983
Angels is a BBC medical soap-opera which launched on 1st September 1975 and was the blue print for such medical soaps as Casualty, Holby City, plus daytime soap, Doctors. The medical soap focuses on different departments within Heath Green Hospital and was a highly successful continuing drama.
Drama
The Cleopatras
3

The Cleopatras

Feb 23, 1983
Eight-part drama covering the lives of the queens of Egypt from Cleopatra II in 145 BC to the death of the famous Cleopatra VII in 30 BC.
Drama
Target
6.5

Target

Nov 10, 1978
A crime drama set in Southampton following a team of detectives and the cases they solve.
Drama
La couronne du diable
7.5

La couronne du diable

Jul 23, 1978
Feuilleton en 13 épisodes qui retrace les grands épisodes de la conquête de la couronne britannique au 12ème siècle par les Plantagenêt et les conflits entre les souverains anglais et français.
Drama
Madame Bovary
4.7

Madame Bovary

Oct 12, 1975
Francesca Annis and Tom Conti star in this acclaimed UK miniseries adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's classic tale of one woman's attempts to mold her own unfulfilling life in the shape of her favorite romantic novels.
Drama
Clouds of Glory
5

Clouds of Glory

Jul 16, 1978
Dramatization by Melvyn Bragg and Ken Russell of the lives of the poets Wordsworth and Coleridge.
Drama
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
5.5
1970s detective series based on the Flaxborough novels by Colin Watson. Starring Anton Rodgers as Detective Inspector Purbright and Christopher Timothy as Detective Sergeant Love, the series pays tribute to a long-gone England of heavy tweed jackets, dial telephones, typewriter ribbons and good old-fashioned investigation and deduction.
Mystery
Doctor Who
7.864

Doctor Who

Dec 06, 1989
Les aventures du Docteur, un extraterrestre, un Seigneur du Temps originaire de la planète Gallifrey, qui voyage à bord d'un TARDIS (Temps À Relativité Dimensionnelle Inter-Spatiale), une machine pouvant voyager dans l'espace et dans le temps. Le TARDIS a l'apparence d'une cabine de police (construction typiquement britannique ressemblant à une cabine téléphonique), le système de camouflage étant resté bloqué. Comme tous les Seigneur du Temps, le Docteur possède treize vies, ce qui explique sa capacité à changer de corps lorsqu'il est proche de la mort.
Drama
Rosemary & Thyme
7.5

Rosemary & Thyme

Aug 06, 2007
Deux femmes spontanées, passionnées par le jardinage, sont régulièrement mêlées, par le plus grand des hasards, à des histoires de meurtre.
Drama
The Brack Report
5

The Brack Report

Jun 08, 1982
After an earthquake causes some damage to a nuclear power station, one of the chief nuclear physicists, Paul Brack, starts to investigate the safety procedures and policies of the station. He is dismayed to discover that there is a lack of real safety processes at the station, and quits his job in disgust. His disillusionment puts a strain on his relationship with his wife, Pat, a fellow researcher and academic. Through a mutual friend, Brack meets and begins to work for energy consultant Harold Harlan, with hopes that Harlan can highlight the issue of nuclear safety, and explore alternative energy sources. Unfortunately Harlan has his own plans for how he can use Brack.
Drama
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
The Main Chance
8

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
Grange Hill
6.5

Grange Hill

Sep 15, 2008
Children's drama series following the lives of students and teachers at Grange Hill comprehensive school.
Drama
Dalgliesh
6.9

Dalgliesh

Jan 02, 2005
Centré sur les enquêtes du gentleman détective crée par P. D. James, Adam Dalgliesh.
Crime
Bizarre, bizarre
6.7

Bizarre, bizarre

May 13, 1988
Cette série est une anthologie d'histoires horrifiques et fantastiques inspirées de l'oeuvre de Roald Dahl.
Drama
Public Eye
7.8

Public Eye

Apr 07, 1975
Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four series. The series depicted the investigations and cases handled by the unglamorous enquiry agent Frank Marker, an unmarried loner who is in his early forties when the series begins. In the words of an ABC trailer for the third series: "Marker isn't a glamorous detective and he doesn't get glamorous cases—he doesn't even get glamorous girls. What he does get is people who are in trouble—the sort of trouble you can't go to the police about, even if you are innocent."
Crime
Ripping Yarns
7.4

Ripping Yarns

Oct 24, 1979
A British television comedy series, written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python fame. Following an initial pilot episode in January 1976, it ran for two subsequent series of five and three episodes in October 1977 and October 1979 respectively. Each episode had a different setting and characters, looking at a different aspect of British culture and parodying pre-World War II literature aimed at schoolboys.
Comedy
Les Professionnels
7.4

Les Professionnels

Feb 06, 1983
Cette 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