Barbara Leigh-Hunt

7.1

Frenzy

May 25, 1972

Frenzy

1972 116 min 908 vues

Pendant le discours d'un ministre se flattant du succès d'une campagne antipollution, le corps d'une femme est découvert dans la Tamise. Le fleuve vient de charrier la nouvelle victime d'un meurtrier sadique, qui étrangle des femmes avec une cravate après les avoir violées. Dans le même temps, Richard Blaney, misanthrope solitaire d'une trentaine d'années, est renvoyé du café où il officiait en qualité de barman. Il demande assistance à son ancienne épouse, directrice d'une agence matrimoniale. Le lendemain, la malheureuse est retrouvée étranglée. Tous les soupçons se concentrent sur Richard Blaney...

Crime

5.8

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Jul 13, 1972

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

1972 125 min 17 vues

Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.

Drama

1

Fireworks for Elspeth

Oct 02, 1983

Fireworks for Elspeth

1983 51 min 1 vues

Will they starve her? Shave her head? Force her to wear a hair shirt? Elspeth's friends and family react with horror, grief and even derision to her desire to become a nun. She experiences her parents' hurt, her fiancee's feeling of betrayal, her friends' incomprehension - and her own obstinate joy.

Romance

6

Le Grand Simulateur

Sep 14, 1990

Le Grand Simulateur

1990 105 min 20 vues

Matthew Harris est simple brancardier dans un hôpital de province. Situation déplaisante au possible pour sa vanité, qu'il pense enfin pouvoir dépasser, lorsque le docteur Simon Hennessey est victime d'un dramatique accident de voiture. Il emprunte donc son identité et se retrouve bientôt nommé dans un hôpital de Bristol. Malgré sa maigre connaissance de la chose médicale, il parvient, grâce à la complicité amoureuse d'une infirmière, à se débrouiller. Mais le destin se révèle contre lui...

Drama

1

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

Nov 14, 1979

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

1979 137 min 1 vues

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is a stage play by Tom Stoppard with music by André Previn. It was first performed in 1977. The play criticizes the Soviet practice of treating political dissidence as a form of mental illness. Its title derives from the popular mnemonic used by music students to remember the notes on the lines of the treble clef. The filming was undertaken at a live performance at Wembley Conference Centre in April 1978, conducted by Previn.

TV Movie

2

One Fine Day

Feb 17, 1979

One Fine Day

1979 84 min 1 vues

Alan Bennett's play about the mid-life crisis of an estate agent.

Drama

1

Paying Guests (Part 1)

Oct 01, 1986

Paying Guests (Part 1)

1986 60 min 1 vues

Spend some time in the company of the guests at 'Wentworth' - all taking the waters except for the Colonel and Miss Howard, who has some leisure for the beginnings of a late romance. Gossip, bicycle rides, rounds of golf, bridge in the evenings and preparations for the charity concert all make time pass most pleasantly - don't they?

Drama

1

Paying Guests (Part 2)

Oct 02, 1986

Paying Guests (Part 2)

1986 60 min 1 vues

Miss Howard's exhibition of water-colours at the Green Salon falters but then takes off. The season at 'Wentworth' is now drawing to a close, peoples' plans for the winter unfold. Florence, for the first time in her life, refuses to go off with her selfish old father. Miss Howard has some momentous news, and the Colonel must make a very brisk about-turn.

Drama

6

Anna Lee: Headcase

Jan 10, 1993

Anna Lee: Headcase

1993 120 min 5 vues

A bright, pretty and determined young lady named Anna Lee quits the police department in search of adventure, and joins a small and somewhat stuffy detective agency, whose members don't look particularly kindly on her short skirts, somewhat cavalier attitude toward agency rules--like showing up for work on time--and her overall demeanor. However, the agency's owner takes a shine to her and assigns her to what seems to be a relatively straightforward case: finding a young girl who's gone missing and whose family is worried about her. As it turns out, the case involves quite a bit more than just a missing girl.

Crime

3

George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

Nov 01, 2002

George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

2002 60 min 3 vues

Born Mary Ann Evans in 1819, the novelist George Eliot was a woman ahead of her time: a proud and determined individual who continually broke the sexual, religious and social rules of Victorian society. George Eliot: A Scandalous Life explores how the scandals and rumours that plagued her life, never defeated her will or her literary genius; and how, against all odds, she went on to write some of the world's greatest novels including Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, and Silas Marner.

TV Movie

6

Macbeth

Nov 04, 1970

Macbeth

1970 120 min 1 vues

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

1

Love's Labour's Lost

May 06, 1965

Love's Labour's Lost

1965 110 min 1 vues

A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.

Drama

1

Love Lies Bleeding

Jul 12, 1977

Love Lies Bleeding

1977 137 min 1 vues

Theo and Rowena are giving a dinner party - but outside their house a death occurs. Drama set against the backdrop of a dinner party. The guests are a mixture of the stupid and intelligent, imaginative and unimaginative. One of them is a major politician. However, outside the comfort of the party... is death.

1

One Chance in Four

Aug 26, 1980

One Chance in Four

1980 137 min 1 vues

Play which examines the conflict between the generations of a Greek-Cypriot family. Dimitri and Trulla are to be married. All seems well for the newly-weds, but there is a mystery surrounding Trulla's cousin Janni. An element of the play concerns the genetically-inherited disease thalassaemia. One effect of the disease is that survivors continue to have the appearance of 14-year-olds, even in their 20s. Due to the impossibility of simulating this, thalassaemic patients take part in the play.

1

The Absence of War

May 18, 1995

The Absence of War

1995 90 min 1 vues

Political drama written by David Hare and starring John Thaw and based on Labour's disastrous 1992 election campaign. Labour leader George Jones battles with his party on the campaign trail of a general election.

Drama

5.6

Bertie and Elizabeth

Jun 04, 2002

Bertie and Elizabeth

2002 108 min 7 vues

The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow of their reigning father, George V, and next that of his elder brother who succeeded to the British throne as Edward VIII. However Edward decides to put his love for a divorced American, Wallis Simpson, above dynastic duty, and ends up abdicating the throne, which now falls to Bertie, who reigns as George VI.

Drama

7.6

Billy Elliot

Sep 28, 2000

Billy Elliot

2000 110 min 3864 vues

Dans un petit village minier du Nord‐Est de l’Angleterre, Billy, 11 ans, découvre avec stupeur qu’un cours de danse partage désormais les mêmes locaux que son club de boxe. D’abord effaré, il devient peu à peu fasciné par la magie de la gestuelle du ballet, activité pourtant trop peu virile au regard de son père et de son frère Tony, mineurs en grève. Billy abandonne les gants de cuir pour assister discrètement aux leçons de danse professées par Mme Wilkinson. Repérant immédiatement un talent potentiel, elle retrouve une nouvelle énergie devant les espoirs que constitue Billy. Les frustrations larvées explosent au grand jour quand son père et son frère découvrent que Billy a dépensé l’argent consacré au cours de boxe pour des cours de danse. Partagé entre une famille en situation de crise et un professeur de ballet têtu, le jeune garçon embarque alors dans un voyage à la découverte de lui‐même.

Drama

5.9

Tumbledown

May 29, 1988

Tumbledown

1988 115 min 14 vues

The film centers on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC, an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, Lawrence is shot in the head by an Argentine sniper and left paralyzed on his left side. He then must learn to adjust to his new disability.

TV Movie

7.3

Longitude

Jan 02, 2000

Longitude

2000 198 min 29 vues

Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it.

TV Movie

7.882

The Plague Dogs

Oct 01, 1982

The Plague Dogs

1982 103 min 259 vues

Deux chiens, Snitter et Rowf, s’évadent d’un laboratoire de recherche et essaient de survivre avec l’aide d’un renard futé, The Tod. Alors que le directeur du laboratoire essaie de cacher cette évasion, des brebis sont retrouvées mortes et une rumeur se repend : les chiens seraient porteurs de la peste…

Adventure

5.5

The Martins

Sep 14, 2001

The Martins

2001 87 min 15 vues

Out of work, scrounger Robert Martin lives with his dysfunctional family - long suffering wife accident prone son and pregnant teenage daughter in a shabby house next door to a giant shopping center in the London suburbs. The Martins are the family from hell! Robert dreams if winning a dream holiday for his family, and when he fails to win yet another competition he flips, out tracks down the elderly winners, ties them up in the cellar and steals their tickets!

Comedy

6

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Nov 20, 1997

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

1997 101 min 14 vues

Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.

Comedy

1

Who Killed Lamb?

Feb 04, 1974

Who Killed Lamb?

1974 65 min 1 vues

A popular member of the Oxford community is killed and nobody figure out why. A police inspector is called in from Scotland Yard and discovers there may be more to the victim than anyone knows.

Thriller

5.5

Oh Chien Celeste !

Jul 11, 1980

Oh Chien Celeste !

1980 103 min 68 vues

Browning est un PI avec un mauvais rhume, qui est envoyé pour enquêter sur un cas par un client mystérieux. Il tombe par hasard sur le corps d'une jeune femme et est poignardé à mort, et quand il se réveille dans le ciel, ils lui dire qu'il est « matériel marginal », et ils ne peuvent décider de sa destination finale par une dernière mission: revenir en arrière et résoudre son propre assassiner. Comme un chien. Un petit chien mignon pelucheux (Benji). Sans se laisser démonter, Browning commence à enquêter sur l'affaire comme il le peut autour de son handicap canin (composant le téléphone présente un défi particulier) pour résoudre les meurtres, sauver la jeune fille, et voir que justice soit faite.

Comedy

5

Bequest to the Nation

Apr 18, 1973

Bequest to the Nation

1973 118 min 2 vues

Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars.

Drama

1

The Emergency Channel

Nov 08, 1973

The Emergency Channel

1973 75 min 1 vues

Dean has a rare talent. He can be made happy. He exudes happiness and confidence like a rare blossom. Both Sarah in the past, and Julia now, could do this for him. But where are they now that he is alone in Battersea Park with two suitcases and no memory?

Thriller

1

The Chief Mourner

Jan 16, 1979

The Chief Mourner

1979 70 min 1 vues

"Suppose you heard I was someone you couldn't possibly approve of." For a successful man with public responsibilities Alan Berry is strangely reluctant to help the police when his wife is murdered.

Crime

5.8

Vanity Fair : La Foire aux vanités

Sep 01, 2004

Vanity Fair : La Foire aux vanités

2004 141 min 338 vues

Fille d'un artiste peintre anglais sans le sou et d'une chanteuse de cabaret française, Becky Sharp rêve d'un avenir plus faste que ses origines ne lui permettent. Jeune orpheline, Becky quitte le pensionnat de Miss Pinkerton, résolue à se hisser au sommet de la société, par tous les moyens à sa disposition. Elle va déployer toute son intelligence et son pouvoir de séduction pour progresser au sein de la haute société britannique du début du XIXe siècle.

Drama

1

Mary's Wife

May 02, 1980

Mary's Wife

1980 60 min 1 vues

A married transvestite comes to terms with their true gender identity.

7.5

Inspecteur Barnaby

Nov 10, 2024

Inspecteur Barnaby

2024 min 307 vues

L'inspecteur Barnaby, accompagné de son adjoint, enquêtent sur les crimes commis dans la région anglaise fictive du Midsomer...

Crime

8.2

Orgueil et Préjugés

Oct 29, 1995

Orgueil et Préjugés

1995 min 483 vues

Dans la campagne anglaise du 19e siècle, le rêve de toute jeune femme est d'épouser un homme fortuné pour assurer son avenir. C'est bien ce que souhaiterait Mrs Bennet pour ses cinq filles, d'autant que la situation financière de la famille s'en trouverait grandement améliorée. Mais ce rêve est loin d'être partagé par la cadette, Elisabeth, en âge de se marier et bien déterminée à faire un mariage d'amour. Elle rencontre au cours d'un bal l'élégant Monsieur Darcy, riche célibataire qu'elle juge prétentieux. Les relations pour le moins tendues entre l'orgueilleux Darcy et la jeune femme, fougueuse et indépendante, sont au coeur de cette intrigue aux multiples rebondissements Ces deux êtres que tout sépare devront passer outre leurs préjugés pour pouvoir s'accorder.

Drama

5.6

Charlie Chalk

Apr 19, 1989

Charlie Chalk

1989 min 9 vues

Charlie Chalk is a stop motion animation series produced in 1987 in the United Kingdom by Woodland Animations, from the creators of Postman Pat and the two other children's television programmes that are Gran and Bertha.

Animation

7.8

Inspecteur Morse

Jan 20, 1993

Inspecteur Morse

1993 min 125 vues

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

7

Callan

May 17, 1972

Callan

1972 min 9 vues

Callan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage. Originally produced by ABC Weekend Television and later Thames Television, it was aired on the ITV network over four seasons spread out between 1967 and 1972. The series starred Edward Woodward as David Callan, a reluctant professional killer for a shadowy branch of the British Government's intelligence services known as 'the Section'.

Action & Adventure

3.7

No Hiding Place

Jun 22, 1967

No Hiding Place

1967 min 3 vues

No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.

Crime

6

The Search for the Nile

Oct 27, 1971

The Search for the Nile

1971 min 3 vues

La source du Nil a été le dernier grand mystère pour les explorateurs européens au XIXe siècle. L'histoire de sa découverte est celle de l'héroïsme au service de la foi, de la cupidité et de l'obsession...

Drama

6.2

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Oct 11, 2000

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

2000 min 10 vues

The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.

Drama

6

Justice

Aug 16, 1974

Justice

1974 min 2 vues

Justice 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

1

The Brontës of Haworth

Oct 28, 1973

The Brontës of Haworth

1973 min 1 vues

Dramatized biography of the Brontë sisters Charlotte, Anne and Emily.

Drama

4

The Echo

Dec 30, 1998

The Echo

1998 min 1 vues

Mike Deacon, a tough, lone-wolf reporter discovers that things are not quite what they seem when a tramp is found dead in the garage of a beautiful woman. He enlists the help of an elderly lawyer friend, a naïve photographer and a streetwise teenager during the investigation.

Drama

10

Playing Shakespeare

Sep 23, 1984

Playing Shakespeare

1984 min 2 vues

John Barton holds a master class in how to play Shakespeare, using members of the RSC doing scenes, sonnets, and commentary as prime examples.

Documentary

6.333

A Perfect Hero

Jun 21, 1991

A Perfect Hero

1991 min 3 vues

Starring Nigel Havers as a recovering WWII pilot trying to adapt to life after being shot down. After suffering horrific facial burns when the bomber he is piloting is shot down, Hugh Fleming (Havers)'s once promising future lies in ruins. Abandoned by his girlfriend, and forced to sit out the war while his former colleagues fight on, Fleming's only hope lies with an offer of help from renowned plastic surgeon Angus Meikle (James Fox). Based on the 1980 Christopher Matthew book 'The Long-Haired Boy'. Loosley based on the true story of Richard Hillar with some aspects adapted from Hillary's 1943 book 'The Last Enemy'.

7.6

As Time Goes By

Dec 30, 2005

As Time Goes By

2005 min 38 vues

Two lovers are reunited after decades apart following a mutual misunderstanding.

Comedy

7

Longitude

Jan 03, 2000

Longitude

2000 min 5 vues

The fascinating story of John Harrison who, in the 18th century, believed he could make a clock that would work on board a ship—and so solve the problem of finding longitude at sea.

Drama

6.1

Play for Today

Aug 28, 1984

Play for Today

1984 min 8 vues

Play 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

6.1

Play for Today

Aug 28, 1984

Play for Today

1984 min 8 vues

Play 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

5

Inheritance

Dec 01, 1967

Inheritance

1967 min 1 vues

Inheritance was a 1967 Granada produced ITV drama based on a 1932 novel by Phyllis Bentley. The ten-part period drama revolved around the fortunes of the Oldroyds, a Yorkshire mill owning family from 1812 to 1965. The early part of the series featured the Luddite riots involving the burning of mills and the subsequent execution of those responsible. The series turned the expression "There's trouble at t'mill" into a catchphrase. The series featured Michael Goodliffe, John Thaw and James Bolam in leading roles over the generations. Each new generation saw Goodliffe and Thaw playing father and eldest son with Bolam usually playing the part of the younger son. The series also included later books by Phyllis Bentley including The Rise of Henry Morcar and A Man of His Time.

Drama