Cor, Blimey!
Apr 24, 2000Dramatisation of the love affair between Sidney James and Barbara Windsor, played out against the backdrop of the 'Carry On' films during the 1960s and 1970s.
Comedy
Maria Charles
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Sisterhood
Oct 17, 2008Catherine St.John-Burke is an independent, uptight, status obsessed, sophisticated, British woman, living alone in London's Chelsea, and doing herself no favors by having an affair with a married man. Her world is turned upside down when she comes home one day to discover an uneducated, Kiwi woman (with very hairy legs) drinking beer in her living room. Shirley Zachary claims to be Catherine's long lost half-sister and that their father, who Catherine thought died when she was a child, is still alive and trying to make claims on both of their properties following the death of their mothers! Furious and frustrated with Shirley's refusal to 'disappear', Shirley reluctantly agrees to undertake a DNA test.
Comedy
The Fallout Guy
Jul 24, 1991Raymond Gold, a 40-year-old Walter Mitty character from Philadelphia, is recruited to pass secrets of the atom bomb to the Russians in the 1940s. His girlfriend Danica discovers that he is a fantasist while the FBI suspect him of spying. His world falls apart, with tragicomic results.
Thriller
Victor Victoria
Apr 25, 1982Dans les années 1930 à Paris, Victoria Grant, une chanteuse classique, ne trouve plus aucun contrat pour subsister. Alors qu'elle touche le fond, elle rencontre un homosexuel quinquagénaire, Carroll Todd dit « Toddy », qui imagine de la faire passer pour un homme spécialisé dans les spectacles de travesti. Sous le nom de Victor Grezhinski, elle connaît dès lors un immense succès dans les cabarets parisiens, au point d'attirer l'attention de King Marchand, un producteur de spectacles américain en lien avec la pègre de Chicago, grand amateur de femmes et qui est extrêmement troublé de se sentir attiré par celle qu'il croit être un homme. Il s'agit du remake du film allemand Viktor und Viktoria (1933).
Music
M15 demande protection
Jan 26, 1967L'agent Charles Dodds enquête sur Samuel Fennan, soupçonné de sympathie envers le régime communiste. Après un interrogatoire où Fennan dément toute implication envers le communisme, il est retrouvé mort. L'agent Dodds va devoir prouver qu'il s'agit d'un meurtre…
Thriller
Sixty Six
Nov 03, 2006A boy's Bar Mitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.
Comedy
Fast Hands
May 03, 1976Jimmy is a talented young boxer. Every punch he throws is eagerly watched by his trainer, and resented by his girlfriend. His parents, however, aren't particularly interested – until a large car and what appears to be a handsome contract arrive at the door.
TV Movie
The Fool
Dec 07, 1990A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working class man impersonates a lord who is supposedly very rich and a financial wizard. As such he is invited to all the best peoples' parties.
Drama
Crime et châtiment
Oct 11, 1998Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikov est un étudiant sans le sou, âgé de vingt-trois ans. Par manque d'argent, il a dû abandonner ses études et vit dans un quartier mal famé de Saint-Pétersbourg. Rongé par la pauvreté, il s'isole du reste du monde. Alors qu'il vend son dernier bien, la montre de son père, à une usurière, une idée lui vient à l'esprit : un meurtre est-il moralement tolérable s'il conduit à une amélioration de la condition humaine ? Il a décidé d'assassiner l'usurière depuis quelque temps, mais son plan ne se déroule pas comme prévu et il commet un double meurtre. Pris de remords et de culpabilité, il se rend compte qu'il ne peut être pardonné et qu'il ne sera jamais un grand homme, comme il l'espère tant. Raskolnikov passe du crime au châtiment.
Drama
Bar Mitzvah Boy
Sep 14, 1976On the eve of his Bar Mitzvah, young Elliot finds that all the grown men in his life are somewhat wanting.
Comedy
Hot Fuzz
Feb 14, 2007À Londres, le policier Nicholas Angel est le meilleur de son équipe. Tellement bon qu'il fait passer ses collègues pour de simples gardiens de la paix. Le chef de la brigade décide donc de le « promouvoir » dans le petit village de Sandford, où il ne se passe rien. Aux côtés du policier local Danny Butterman qui rêve de devenir Mel Gibson, Nicholas règle quelques contraventions sans grand intérêt. Une série de crimes étranges va le remettre dans l'action…
Crime
Savage Hearts
May 20, 1995When a beautiful mob hitwoman learns she only has six months to live, she decides to rob her employers, and go out in style, but the syndicate's head man won't rest until he gets his two million dollars back.
Thriller
Bad Girls: The Musical
Feb 09, 2009Bad Girls The Musical is an original British musical based on characters from the award winning and hugely popular television drama Bad Girls. Set in the fictional HMP Larkhall, it's the story of new idealistic Wing Governor Helen Stewart and her battles with the entrenched old guard of Officer Jim Fenner and his sidekick Sylvia Hollamby. It also follows the love story that develops between Helen and charismatic inmate Nikki Wade. Other featured characters include Shell Dockley and her runner Denny Blood, old-timer Noreen Biggs, The Two Julies and the ultimate Top Dog, King-of-Gangland's missus, Yvonne Atkins. A tragic death on the wing - in which Jim Fenner is implicated - leads to an angry protest from the women and forces Helen and Nikki to their opposite sides of the bars. But when it's clear that Helen stands to lose her job over Fenner's misdeeds, the race is on for the women to nail him once and for all.
Comedy
Cuba
Dec 21, 1979Un mercenaire britannique retourne à Cuba, où la révolution menace face à l'autorité déclinante du dictateur Fulgencio Batista. Il y rencontre un de ses amours passées, qui est négligée par son mari cubain.
Action
A Gunman Has Escaped
Jan 01, 1948In this crime drama, three gem thieves must get out of London after they kill a man. Friction between the men increases as they hide out on a farm and then get back on the road. Trouble ensues when one of the three begins suspecting the others of treachery.
Crime
Antonia and Jane
Jan 01, 1990Plain Jane Hartman hates her life. She's goofy, boring and only has sex if she reads Iris Murdoch novels out loud to her loopy boyfriend. Her oldest friend Antonia McGill knows about everything. She orders the right food; she can complain and get results. She's beautiful and has a brilliant career. Is it any wonder that they hate each other's guts?
Drama
Septembre 1916. Comme le Caporal Henri de la Défense, jeune Indiana Jones est devenu un coursier à moto stationnée près de dans les tranchées de Verdun. Son ami Rémy est toujours dans les tranchées, et à la fois de cultiver plus de désillusion quant à la guerre chaque jour. Choisi de se faufiler dans le territoire ennemi sur le compte de son don pour les langues, Indy surprend officiers allemands parlant de l'arrivée imminente de leurs plus puissants canons d'artillerie, surnommé Big Bertha. Un mois plus tard, Indy et Remy sont en congé à Paris, où Indiana répond à la danseuse exotique Mata Hari à un dîner. Il tombe amoureux d'elle immédiatement, mais découvre bientôt qu'elle fréquente d'autres hommes, y compris le Ministre français de la Guerre.
Action
Elphida
Oct 08, 1987Elphida is 30. She has been married for 13 years and has 3 children. She plans to restart her education when her youngest child goes to nursery. Then the nursery is closed. On top of this, her parents are contemplating divorce and want her to act as a go between.
La Malédiction de la Panthère rose
Jan 08, 1978Ayant échappé à seize attentats, l'inspecteur Clouseau est devenu une légende. A leur tour, les patrons de la French Connection cherchent à l'éliminer.
Comedy
Under the Bed
Jan 01, 1988A young girl kicks all of her rubbish under her bed creating a monster which she and her brother must fight.
Comedy
Oliver Twist
May 15, 1997Geh Kinde Geh
Jan 01, 1989
Agony
Mar 01, 1981Agony is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1979 to 1981. It starred Maureen Lipman as a successful agony aunt but whose own personal life and marriage is a disaster. It was written by Len Richmond, Anna Raeburn, Stan Hey and Andrew Nickolds. It was made for the ITV network by LWT.
Although a comedy, Agony sometimes dealt with issues that were seen as taboo at the time such as drug use, racism, abortion, interracial relationships, and swinging, and was the first British sitcom to portray a gay couple as non-camp, witty, intelligent and happy people. It also openly mocked the government, the ruling classes, and religion, and occasionally contained dark and dramatic storylines.
Comedy
Agony Again
Oct 12, 1995Agony Again is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 in 1995. Starring Maureen Lipman, it is the sequel to Agony, an ITV sitcom that aired from 1979 to 1981. Agony Again was written by Carl Gorham, Michael Hatt and Amanda Swift.
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
Never the Twain
Oct 09, 1991Never the Twain is a British sitcom that ran for eleven series from 7 September 1981 to 9 October 1991. It was created by Johnnie Mortimer, and was the only sitcom he ever created without his usual writing partner, Brian Cooke. Mortimer wrote the entirety of the first two series and four episodes out of six of the eighth, with the rest being mainly written by Vince Powell and John Kane.
It starred Windsor Davies and Donald Sinden as rival antique dealers, and also starred Derek Deadman, Zara Nutley, Robin Kermode, Tacy Kneale, Julia Watson, Honor Blackman, Teddy Turner and Maria Charles.
The title is taken from the Rudyard Kipling poem; The Ballad of East and West.
Comedy
Retour au château
Dec 22, 1981Une famille anglaise aristocratique est représentée dans les années entre la Grande Guerre et la Seconde Guerre mondiale, souvent au domaine familial en ruine, le Brideshead Manor, essayant de faire face aux problèmes familiaux comme l'alcoolisme, l'homosexualité, la manie religieuse et le dysfonctionnement sexuel et de trouver le "bonheur".
Drama
Disraeli
Sep 26, 1978Disraeli is a British four part serial about the great statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Benjamin Disraeli.
Drama
Yanks Go Home
Sep 12, 1977Yanks Go Home is a British sitcom about U.S. Army Air Forcemen stationed in Lancashire, England in the Second World War. It was produced and directed by Eric Prytherch for Granada Television and broadcast on ITV between 1976 and 1977. The series ran for 2 series and 13 episodes in total before its cancellation.
Comedy
Nicholas Nickleby
Dec 20, 1957
Secret Army
Dec 22, 1979World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being shot down in occupied Europe, working with the Resistance and hiding from the Gestapo.
Drama
Les condamnées
Dec 20, 2006L'action se déroule dans l'aile G de la prison pour femmes de Larkhall. Nous suivons le quotidien des condamnées mais aussi celui des membres du personnel. La série met en lumière les difficultés que représente la vie dans une prison pour femmes, autant au niveau pratique qu'humain. Elle n'hésite pas à aborder un certain nombre de thèmes polémiques comme par exemple le fait que les autorités britanniques continuent d'utiliser des gardiens de sexe masculin dans les ailes féminines ou bien les traumatismes liés à la séparation des détenues d'avec leurs enfants pourtant parfois nés en prison pendant le temps de leur incarcération. Les conflits entre les détenues et les gardiens sont le quotidien de Larkhall et les directeurs qui se succèdent doivent gérer aussi bien les dérapages des gardiens que les humeurs des détenues. Les conflits liés aux abus de pouvoir exercés sur les détenues ou entre les membres du personnel perturbent régulièrement la gestion de la prison.
Drama
Dream Stuffing
Jan 01, 1970Dream Stuffing is a British television sitcom which aired on Channel 4 in early 1984.
The series followed the exploits of two working class young women, Mo and Jude, who share a flat in a council tower block in London's East End, along with their three-legged cat, Tripod. Mo has a menial job in a glass eye factory, whilst Jude is on the dole.
Part way through the series, Mo loses her job and the two girls become a thorn in the side for employment review officer Mrs Tudge. Other characters include their gay neighbour Richard, Mo's interfering mother May, who runs the local launderette, Brenda, who works with Mo at the glass eye factory, Bill and Mr Sharples.
The series' theme tune, "London Girls", was written and performed by Kirsty MacColl.
The series was repeated once by Channel 4 in Summer 1985. It has so far not been released on video or DVD.
Comedy
Casualty
Feb 15, 2025
Coronation Street
Feb 19, 2025The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at home, in the workplace, and in their local pub, the Rovers Return Inn. Britain's longest-running soap.
Soap
Play for Today
Aug 28, 1984Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
Drama
Thomas & Sarah
Apr 08, 1979Thomas & Sarah is a British drama series that aired on ITV in 1979. A spin-off from the BAFTA Award-winning series Upstairs, Downstairs, it stars John Alderton and Pauline Collins reprising their Upstairs, Downstairs roles.
Drama
Television Playhouse
Oct 06, 1964British drama anthology television series that ran from 1955 to 1965 on ITV and later transformed into ITV Playhouse in 1967. Each drama was usually 60 minutes.
Never the Twain
Oct 09, 1991Never the Twain is a British sitcom that ran for eleven series from 7 September 1981 to 9 October 1991. It was created by Johnnie Mortimer, and was the only sitcom he ever created without his usual writing partner, Brian Cooke. Mortimer wrote the entirety of the first two series and four episodes out of six of the eighth, with the rest being mainly written by Vince Powell and John Kane.
It starred Windsor Davies and Donald Sinden as rival antique dealers, and also starred Derek Deadman, Zara Nutley, Robin Kermode, Tacy Kneale, Julia Watson, Honor Blackman, Teddy Turner and Maria Charles.
The title is taken from the Rudyard Kipling poem; The Ballad of East and West.
Comedy
Crown Court
Feb 02, 1984Crown 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
