Ecole de secrets
Dec 23, 1946Pendant WW2, à la veille de la bataille de la Grande-Bretagne, les scientifiques britanniques développent les premiers systèmes de radar à employer contre la Luftwaffe allemande.
Drama
Joan Haythorne
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A Bit of Singing and Dancing
Aug 22, 1982Freed at last by death from tyranny of an elderly, querulous mother, Esme Fanshaw is persuaded to take a man, Amos Curry, into her house as a paying guest. At first wary of him, Esme becomes increasingly fond of this dapper little man with his mysterious summer occupation. When she finally learns the nature of this occupation she is at first shocked then sympathetic.
Drama
Jassy
Aug 13, 1947In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the son of the owner of Mordelaine, a vast stately home. Unfortunately, his father's drinking and gambling threaten the very ownership of the house. Despite her humble origins as a servant girl, Jassy must try to use her talents to climb the social ladder and save Mordelaine for the man whom she loves.
Adventure
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
Oct 30, 1968A young man's attempts at seduction and social climbing lead to mayhem.
Comedy
The Battleaxe
Jan 01, 1962An engaged couples pre-marital bliss is shattered by the future bride’s domineering mother.
Comedy
Three Men in a Boat
Dec 23, 1956Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.
Comedy
So Evil, So Young
Jan 01, 1961A young girl is framed for a robbery and sent to a harsh reform school, where she becomes the target of a vicious warden.
Drama
Dry Rot
Oct 31, 1956Comedy about a trio of not particularly bright bookmakers who try to fix a horse race.
Comedy
When The Bough Breaks
Nov 19, 1947The bewildered wife of a bigamist allows her child to be adopted and then regrets it.
Drama
L'Enquête mystérieuse
Sep 01, 1961Une plongée dans les bas quartiers de Londres, rongés par la mafia et la guerre des gangs.
Crime
The Weak and the Wicked
Feb 02, 1954Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.
Drama
Highly Dangerous
Dec 06, 1950A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.
Thriller
The Childhood Friend
Jun 27, 1974On holiday, with his family, nothing to do and his wife ill, Sasha (Alexander) is only too pleased to meet again the girl he loved at 17.
Romance
Svengali
Sep 01, 1954
Comtesse Dracula
Jan 30, 1971Hongrie, XVIIe siècle. Veuve, la vieille comtesse Elizabeth Nádasdy, de la lignée des Báthory, découvre heureusement un moyen de redevenir jeune ; mais le prix à payer par son entourage sera élevé et sanglant.
Drama
Death to Sister Mary
May 21, 1974The cast of a British soap opera are attacked by a mad fan who confuses them with their TV roles.
Thriller
The Feminine Touch
Jun 19, 1956Following a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at an NHS hospital in London called St. Augustine’s Hospital (filmed at Guy's Hospital), where they live in a dormitory. Susan (Belinda Lee) is reliable and sensible; Pat (Delphi Lawrence) is flighty and open; Maureen (Adrienne Corri) is Irish and loud; Ann (Henryetta Edwards) is a typical public school girl; and Liz (Barbara Archer) comes from a typical working class background. As they get to know each other, they bond in spite of their differences.
Drama
Justice
Aug 16, 1974Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barrister in the North of England. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was based loosely on Justice Is a Woman, an episode of ITV Playhouse broadcast in 1969 in which Lockwood had previously also played a barrister. The theme music was Crown Imperial by William Walton.
Drama
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.
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