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Death of a Salesman
6.5

Death of a Salesman

Jan 01, 1996
Willy Loman clings to the belief that he is a success as a salesman, that he is a beloved family man, that he is well-liked; but, as he grows older, he is forced to contemplate the unpleasant reality of his existence.
Drama
L'Abominable docteur Phibes
6.898
Le docteur Phibes ne peut pardonner la mort de sa femme, survenue au cours d'une opération chirurgicale. Reproduisant les plaies d'Égypte, relatées dans la Bible, il commence à supprimer les chirurgiens qu'il juge responsables. Piqûres d'insectes, morsures de chauve-souris opèrent leur oeuvre macabre...
Horror
Jenny Can't Work Any Faster
1
Jenny is an autistic teenager. Her father is concerned about her being withdrawn and hopes that employing her in his own business will bring her out of her shell. He also employs a new young assistant called Brian.
Drama
Dieu et mon droit
6.5

Dieu et mon droit

Sep 13, 1972
Un membre de la chambre des Lords meurt de façon stupide et choquante. Son fils doit hériter mais il est fou - il pense être Jésus. Les membres de sa famille soi-disant respectables complotent afin de lui voler les biens hérités...
Comedy
A Hymn from Jim
1

A Hymn from Jim

Sep 29, 1977
When a clean-cut young pop-star gets in trouble, he calls his manager. The call sets in motion a unusual series of events.
Drama
Loophole
6.045

Loophole

Jun 25, 1981
Stephen Booker, jeune architecte de son État, se retrouve au chômage suite à la fermeture du cabinet dont il était associé. Alors qu'il est désespéré et surendetté, il est engagé par un certain Mike Daniels pour faire surélever un immeuble. Mais Booker apprend vite que ce projet est une couverture et que Daniels est en fait un escroc qui prépare un casse…
Crime
Mrs. Warren's Profession
1
Performed in 1902, after being banned by the censor for eight years, Shaw's indictment of the hypocrisy surrounding prostitution still shocked its audiences. Mrs. Warren has graduated from prostitution to opening and operating a chain of brothels throughout Europe. When her educated daughter Vivie discovers the truth about her mother's profession her reactions affect everyone around her.
Drama
The Falklands Factor
1

The Falklands Factor

Apr 26, 1983
Is 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
The Old Devils
1

The Old Devils

Mar 16, 1992
An adaptation of the novel by Kingsley Amis about a group of university friends reunited in retirement. Alun Weaver has found success as a celebrated London-based writer. After returning home to Wales with his alluring wife Rhiannon he reunites with old friends who chose to remain in the valleys. Long dormant romance are rekindled and rivalries resurrected in this turbulent story of ageing, friendship, lust, nostalgia and nationalism.
Thriller
6.7

Thriller

May 22, 1976
Cette série est une anthologie d'histoires dans le registre de l’horreur, sur des thèmes très divers comme la sorcellerie, la maladie mentale, la possession, la télépathie...
Drama
Budgie
7

Budgie

Jul 14, 1972
Budgie is a popular British television series starring former popstar Adam Faith which was produced by ITV company London Weekend Television and broadcast on the ITV network between 1971 and 1972. The series was created by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall . The show was produced by Verity Lambert, Rex Firkin was the Executive producer.
Jason King
7.333

Jason King

Apr 28, 1972
Ancien héros de Département S, Jason King a quitté Interpol. Auteur à succès de romans policiers et infatigable playboy menant grand train de vie, ses démêlés avec le fisc l'obligent à travailler régulièrement pour les services secrets britanniques. Désormais, il s'affaire en solo (et en dilettante) à des affaires d'espionnage…
Action & Adventure
Inspecteur Morse
7.832

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
Goodnight Sweetheart
7.256

Goodnight Sweetheart

Jun 21, 1999
Gary Sparrow is an ordinary bloke in 1990s Britain, married to the ambitious Yvonne and working as a TV repairman. Then his whole world changes when he stumbles upon a portal to WWII-era London and begins a dual life as an accidental time traveler.
Comedy
The Beiderbecke Affair
7.667
The Beiderbecke Affair is a television series produced in the United Kingdom by ITV during 1985, written by the prolific Alan Plater, whose lengthy credits to British Television since the 1960s included the preceding 4 part mini series Get Lost! for ITV in 1981. The Beiderbecke Affair has a similar style to Get Lost!, where Neville Keaton and Judy Threadgold played in an ensemble cast. Although The Beiderbecke Affair was intended as a sequel to Get Lost!, Alun Armstrong proved to be unavailable and the premise was reworked. It is the first part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy with the two sequel series being The Beiderbecke Tapes and The Beiderbecke Connection.
Comedy
All Creatures Great and Small
7.6
Les aventures de James Herriot, un jeune vétérinaire de campagne, dans les années 1930, qui a quitté Glasgow pour le Yorkshire Dales, pour devenir l’assistant de Siegfried Farnon. Adaptation des récits autobiographiques de James Herriot, des classiques de la littérature britannique.
Comedy
Microbes and Men
6

Microbes and Men

Oct 23, 1974
Dramatised stories of the founders of modern medicine. Until the 1840s, medicine had remained basically unchanged since the days of the ancient Greece. In the 60 years following it was transformed into a modern science.
Drama
The First Lady
1

The First Lady

Jul 17, 1969
The series starred Thora Hird as crusading local councillor Sarah Danby and was set around the fictional borough of Furness in Lancashire. Capitalising on the popularity of its lead actress, The First Lady was a down-to-earth series exploring the inner workings of local government.
Drama
Van der Valk
5.6

Van der Valk

Feb 19, 1992
Le cynique commissaire-détective néerlandais "Piet" Van der Valk et ses collègues enquêtent sur les meurtres, les enlèvements et la corruption politique.
Drama
The Guardians
5

The Guardians

Oct 01, 1971
The Guardians is a television drama series of 13x60 minute episodes made by London Weekend Television and broadcast in the UK on the ITV network between July 10, 1971 and October 2, 1971. The opening titles and closing credits included a memorable theme tune composed by Wilfred Josephs.
L'Homme à la valise
7

L'Homme à la valise

Apr 17, 1968
Richard Bradford est McGill, un ancien agent de la CIA qui est "désavoué" après avoir été nommé bouc émissaire d'une mission ratée. Il voyage en Europe et travaille comme enquêteur pour compte d'autrui. McGill entre souvent en conflit avec les personnes qui l'engagent en raison de son sens de l'honneur et de son intégrité sans compromis.
Action & Adventure
Natural World
7

Natural World

Mar 20, 2020
Conçue par Sir David Attenborough en 1967, Natural World est la plus ancienne série documentaire sur la nature diffusée à la télévision britannique. Les tâches de production sont partagées entre son unité d'histoire naturelle interne, les sociétés de production britanniques indépendantes et les principaux cinéastes animaliers du monde entier.
Documentary
Agatha Christie - Dix brèves rencontres
6.8
Dix brèves rencontres est un recueil de dix drames basés sur des nouvelles de la romancière la plus populaire de l'histoire. Mettant en vedette un mélange enivrant de romance, d'aventure surnaturelle et passionnante, les épisodes mettent tous en valeur le flair inégalé de Christie pour le dramatique. Avec des stars invitées telles que John Nettles, Roy Kinnear, Amanda Redman, Rupert Everett et Cherie Lunghi, les épisodes de cet ensemble sont:
Action & Adventure
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
Crown Court
5

Crown Court

Mar 11, 1981
Crown 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
Le coffret magique
8.25

Le coffret magique

Dec 24, 1984
Kay 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
The Bounder
6.333

The Bounder

Oct 28, 1983
The Bounder is a British sitcom which ran from 16 April 1982 to 28 October 1983, made by Yorkshire Television. The series starred Peter Bowles as Howard Booth, an ex-convict who served two years in jail. He lives with Trevor Mountjoy who's his brother in law, and his wife Mary Rosalind Ayres. The latter left after Series one in 1982. It also starred Isla Blair as the next door widowed neighbour, Laura Miles. This series was created by Eric Chappell.
Comedy
A Very Peculiar Practice
7.75
A young and idealistic Doctor Stephen Daker arrives at Lowlands University to work at the Health Centre, but has to cope with an eccentric set of colleagues.
Drama
Turtle's Progress
6

Turtle's Progress

Jul 11, 1980
Turtle's Progress is a British television series broadcast between 1979 and 1980. The offbeat humour of the show attracted a small but cult audience, and the show only ran for two series.
Drama
The Hanged Man
5.5

The Hanged Man

Apr 05, 1975
After surviving a series of attempts on his life, successful businessman Lew Burnett decides to remain "dead" after the most recent one so he can go undercover and find out which of his close friends and business associates want him dead.
Drama
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
6.833
An animated adaptation of twelve of Shakespeare's best-known plays. The series was produced by S4C for the BBC, but animated by some of the foremost artists of Soyuzmultfilm, the former Soviet Union's main animation studio. Each 26-minute play is directed by a different animator, in a wide variety of styles: cel animation for Macbeth, stop-motion puppets in Twelfth Night, and paint on glass for Hamlet.
Animation
Cockles
5

Cockles

Feb 08, 1984
Sitcom set in the seaside town of Cocklesea where Arthur Dumpton is trying to revive the glory days.
Comedy