Brian
Six London school-leavers attempt to make it in the world, balancing the challenge of trying to make a name for themselves in the music industry against the pressures and tragedies of everyday life.
Man with Knife
The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Also in their family is Val and Billy's mother Janet and grandmother Kath. Billy is a drug addict and Raymond kicks him out of the house, making him live on his own. Raymond is generally a rough and even violent person, and that leads to problems in the life of the family.
Biker
George, wheelchair and hospital bound, is released by Cherry and a group of Hell's Angels.
Douglas
When a small British owned island in the Caribbean is invaded and the world's most dangerous terrorist kidnaps a member of the Royal family, the countdown to World War 3 begins. If anyone can prevent the oncoming apocalypse it's the American President, but her closest ally the British Prime Minister appears to have gone stark raving mad.
Mechanic
In the throes of a midlife crisis, a man buys a new Jaguar, and it immediately becomes his new love. What he doesn't know is that his wife is as attracted to the Jaguar salesman as he is to the car.
Terry's Friend
A down on his luck Irishman in London decides to play snooker for money.
Policeman
Mobsters and the IRA chase a stagestruck London cabby (Tim Curry) who has found a briefcase full of cash.
A platoon of British paratroopers on border patrol in South Armagh face a series of tense encounters.
Video Training Staff
Video-shot on studio sets, Stars of the Roller State Disco borders on science fiction of the dystopian variety. Unemployed youngsters spend their days at the roller disco of the title, circling round and round, before being called to take up low-paid jobs as they become available. They leave the building in a wash of light, though we do not go through that door with them. For others it's a subsistence existence of vending machine food, video games, with sex and drug freely available as distractions. (Television @ The Digital Fix)
Gang Leader
While his parents are renovating a cottage in an English village, teenager Tim and his friend Rebecca uncover information about the mysterious death of a 15-year-old boy who lived in the house decades prior, and as they dig deeper, Tim begins to find events from the past being mirrored in his own life.
Soldier on Bus
A film from the novel by Jennifer Johnston introducing Joe is an 11-year-old boy growing up on the Bogside of Derry, Northern Ireland. A chance meeting with a girl on his way home from school promises to open up his life in an unexpected and exciting way.
Chief Rocker (uncredited)
Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While after, he shops for tailored suits and rides his scooter as part of the London Mod scene.
Banks
Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory. [This is the feature film version Alan Clarke made after the BBC banned the original before its scheduled TV broadcast (see Scum (1977)].
1st Heavy
At a famous London disco venue, a competition is announced to select two dancers to star in a new film.
Pickard
Career army man Bill Paterson faces discharge in this examination of the harsh treatment of British NCOs.
Punk
After being harassed by a couple of punks, a young woman picks up an old lady standing at the roadside in the rain.
Banks
A hard and shocking story of life in a British borstal for young offenders. [This is the original version scheduled for broadcast on 'Play for Today' on 8-Nov-1977 but withdrawn by the BBC because it was deemed too controversial. Director Alan Clarke edited the film and released it in cinemas in 1979 (See 'Scum (1979)'). The BBC would eventually broadcast the original on 27-Jul-1991.]
A trio of journalists look into the murder of a young girl in a seaside town. For the men though it’s more about who gets the big story than solving the crime. (Memorable TV)
John
A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures.
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter
O'Fred
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter
