Patricia Hayes

Adaptación de la novela homónima de Dostoievski. La situación de la población en la Rusia zarista es de miseria endémica. En este contexto, Raskolnikov, un pobre estudiante de derecho, publica un artículo en una revista estudiantil en el que expone abiertamente su propia versión de la teoría del Superhombre de Nietzsche: "Algunos seres humanos son mejores que otros, que sólo tienen derecho a existir. El crimen, incluso el asesinato, está justificado si se produce contra estos seres inferiores". Estas ideas lo conducen al asesinato de una vieja usurera, a la que desprecia, para poder robar su dinero. Pero el jefe del departamento de homicidios de Moscú, sospecha del joven estudiante y decide iniciar una investigación...

Part 2 of 3, featuring sketches never broadcast in America, this hilarious medley contains vintage material from Benny when his cheeky humor established him as one of England's funniest - and naughtiest - comedians. Filled with riotous musical send-ups, fractured fairy tales, wacky commercial spoofs and pitch-perfect impressions, this collection captures the vast range of one of England's most inspired comics!

Part 1 of 3, featuring sketches never broadcast in America, this hilarious medley contains vintage material from Benny when his cheeky humor established him as one of England's funniest - and naughtiest - comedians. Filled with riotous musical send-ups, fractured fairy tales, wacky commercial spoofs and pitch-perfect impressions, this collection captures the vast range of one of England's most inspired comics!

Part 3 of 3, featuring sketches never broadcast in America, this hilarious medley contains vintage material from Benny when his cheeky humor established him as one of England's funniest - and naughtiest - comedians. Filled with riotous musical send-ups, fractured fairy tales, wacky commercial spoofs and pitch-perfect impressions, this collection captures the vast range of one of England's most inspired comics!

A young American computer hackeress is hired by a liberal British lawyer to right the wrong done to a third world country by a London investment company. Even the expertise of her building inspector sidekick can not prevent a surprising development though.

Un agente secreto británico, se ha jubilado y lleva una vida tranquila como propietario de un famoso club de jazz. Cuando conoce a la esposa de un importante diplomático norteamericano (Sean Young) y se enamora locamente de ella, la mujer aprovecha la situación para convencerlo de que localice a un antiguo amante que pretende perjudicar a su marido. Esta operación le obliga a recurrir a toda su experiencia y a sus antiguos contactos.

A domineering,reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives. However, the eldest is allowed to become engaged to an unprincipled young man, primarily for the financial advantages it will bring the mother, Bernarda. Jealousy and envy ensues among the other daughters.

A 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.

In a brilliant, modern version of the classic shipwreck tale, director Marleen Gorris manages to capture both a gay male’s and feminist perspective. After a large airliner crashes on a deserted island killing most of the passengers, two women, five men and a dog survive: an Eastern European, a Canadian lawyer, a French biologist, a prosperous Scottish financier, a young American, an extrovert Australian and a major in the British army. Hopes of rescue fade as the survivors come to realise that the world may have suffered a major disaster. They have to rely on their own resources and at first manage to live harmoniously. But gradually tensions rise after a failed attempt to escape. Intolerance threatens their very existence as one of the men begins to put himself forward as the leader of the group.

Como en la mayoría de sus películas, Derek Jarman introduce en War Requiem elementos de diferentes artes: la música de War Requiem de Britten, la poesía de guerra de Wilfred Owen y las referencias pictóricas de cuadros de John Martin, William Blake y Piero della Francesca. Además, la película integra elementos de teatro, iconografía religiosa, alusiones del cine mudo y bélico, la poesía de John Keats y fragmentos de documentales y de telediarios.

British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi Dench and Dawn French in this 1988 special. Watch her crack jokes, play the piano and answer light-hearted questions.

Un grupo de delincuentes organizan un plan para robar una valiosa colección de diamantes en la joyería Hatton Gardens de Londres. Entre ellas se encuentra la encantadora Wanda, que va a intentar un doble juego para quedarse ella con el botín. Lo malo es que sólo George, el jefe de la banda, sabe dónde están escondidas las joyas, pero ha sido encarcelado.

Cuento medieval con brujas, enanos y poderes mágicos. En las mazmorras del castillo de la malvada reina hechicera Bavmorda, una prisionera da a luz una niña que, de acuerdo a una antigua profecía, pondrá fin al reinado de la hechicera. La comadrona salva a la niña de la ira de Bavmorda, pero se ve obligada a arrojar su cuna al río cuando es alcanzada por sus perros de presa. La corriente le hace alcanzar un pueblo de enanos en donde es adoptada por el valiente Willow.

Narra la historia de Arthur Clennam, un joven amable pero al que la suerte suele dar la espalda. Cuando aún era un niño se vio forzado a salir de casa, desde el cálido cobijo de su madre pasó al frío mundo exterior.

In a Liverpool convent a touching and unusual friendship is forged between Rachel, a young volunteer, Paul, doing 100 hours of community service, and Sheila, a dying prostitute. It results in a strange and forbidden journey to Lourdes.

Sweet Hilda Capper spends her birthday fending off the well-meaning intrusions of family and friends.

Workmen digging in a building discover the remains of a 300-+year-old devil cult.

Bastián Baltasar Bux es un niño de once años que descubre en una antigua librería un libro titulado “La historia interminable”, el cual posee poderes mágicos. Esa magia hace que el mismo Bastián se convierta en un héroe de esa historia que parece no terminarse nunca, en la que se unirá a Atreyu, otro niño, con el objetivo de salvar al mundo de fantasía.Escondido en el desván de su colegio, Bastián devora durante las horas de clase este enigmático libro, que relata la destrucción de todo un mundo lleno de fantasía. Una especie de "Nada" misteriosa destruye todo el país y a todas las criaturas que lo habitan. A medida que avanza en su lectura, Bastián se da cuenta de que la salvación de Fantasía depende de él; de que consiga entrar en el libro.

An ancient church is being dismantled and moved to a new location, stone by stone. One of the gargoyles from the stones falls into the possession of a mother who takes the stone man back to her family. Soon after, four strangers show up in the village and the Sogood & Firkettle children seem to be the only ones who question the mysterious things that begin to happen. This film was originally broadcast across six 25 minute episodes with a total runtime of 150 minutes. A few years later, the US cable network Nickelodeon edited the miniseries into a 2 hour (including commercials) movie block. This 2 hour edited version was shown throughout the 1980s on US television.

Cymbeline, the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen has chosen a poor (but worthy) man for her husband. So he banishes Posthumus, who goes to fight for Rome. Imogen (dressed as a boy) goes in search of her husband, who meanwhile has boasted to his pal Iachimo that Imogen would never betray him. And Iachimo's determined to prove him wrong.

The adventures of children lost in fog on Dartmoor, who encounter a wild dog, an escaped convict, and other dangers.

A man attempts to remain hidden from view from the camera and other eyes.

Miss Moffat (Katharine Hepburn), una inglesa que se va a vivir a un publo minero de Gales, se queda completamente horrorizada cuando comprueba que también los niños trabajan en las minas. Se plantea entonces la necesidad de hacer algo por ellos y decide escolarizarlos. Nueva adaptación de la obra de Emlyn Williams, que ya en 1945 conoció una versión protagonizada por Bette Davis

A remote monastery in China has trained a talking gorilla, King Kung Fu, in the ancient art of kung fu. Having mastered his fighting skills, King Kung Fu is sent to America to demonstrate the power of Chinese martial arts to the West. As he is travelling through Kansas, a pair of bumbling reports see KKF and decide he can be their ticket to fame and wealth. Of course, the gorilla gets away from them, and soon everyone is chasing the Shaolin simian.

A theatrical film compilation of the popular Benny Hill show.

Two men who are nextdoor neighbors constantly battle it out over seemingly trivial offenses. Their wives, on the other hand, are best of friends. The two couples attempt to win a 'love-thy-neighbor' competition by lying...

Un policía camuflado se infiltra en dos organizaciones de tráfico de drogas para acabar con ellas. Sus métodos no siempre son ortodoxos..

Children's Film Foundation comedy.

A British play about homelessness by Jeremy Sandford, writer of "Cathy Come Home", first broadcast as a BBC Play For Today. It details the deterioration of Edna, a homeless alcoholic and was made at a time when vagrancy was still a criminal offence.

un joven británico se sumerge en una pesadilla, ya que trata de resolver el asesinato de su tía, en Italia. Cuando las amenazas de violencia, notas misteriosas y el teléfono con llamadas amanazantes hacen añicos su vida, la policía y su novia dudan de la historia, debido a su pasado como adicto a las drogas, a pesar de que su vida está en peligro.

Dr. Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back to England to fame and fortune. But others want to cash in on his good fortunes, and some just want him brought down a peg or two.

Mediados del siglo XIX. A la escuela de Brookfield, llega el joven profesor Mister Chips, que pasará allí toda su vida como maestro de varias generaciones, hasta la Primera Guerra Mundial... Nueva adaptación musical de la novela de James Hilton que supuso el debut como director de Herbert Ross.

Heironymus Merkin screens an autobiographical movie of his life, growth and moral decay.

A group of scientists are kidnapped and taken to an outer space outpost in order to save Earth from destruction.

Three children try to fight against the destruction of a local historic landmark. They are helped by a group of friendly ghosts.

Five seamen and a passenger are intent on making the most of the 14 hours they will spend in London.

After a lock-keeper entrusts his daughter to a canal Casanova, he is shocked to learn that she is pregnant. He then refuses to open his locks - causing barges to pile up in every direction until the guilty party confesses.

A series of musical vignettes formed from the dreams of a slumbering workman.

An aide at the American Embassy in London finds himself involved with both Scotland Yard and the French police over the kidnapping of the son of a Mafia boss who has spilled the beans back in the States.

During World War II, teenage boys in a small English town are consumed with jingoism and brutal war games, hoping dearly that the war won't end before they can fight in it.

Angela Borrows es una ambiciosa mujer que es enviada por su compañía de los EE.UU a Edimburgo para investigar oportunidades de exportación. En el tren conoce a Robert McPherson, que acaba de heredar la empresa de su difunto padre.

After being arrested for assaulting a football referee, desperate train driver Bill (Arthur Askey) raids the railwaymen's holiday fund to cover his £55 fine. He knows he's going to be discovered though, leaving him no choice but to get the money back by hook or by crook! His last chance is to run a book on the United v City football derby. If that wasn't tense enough, Bill's son is also making his debut for United. It looks like it's going to be a day to remember - do you dare look? ...The Love Match.

The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer. This was the second television film version of the J.B. Priestley play made by the BBC.

Four people with very different backgrounds meet by chance at an English pub and gradually become carried away in a bout of thrill-seeking. When their spree gets out of hand, each person faces a moral choice with lasting consequences.

Nicholas Nickleby es un joven inteligente que se ve obligado a proteger a su madre y a su hermana de las malvadas maquinaciones de su tío Ralph. Nicholas sabe tratar hábilmente con amigos y enemigos, pero abandona su círculo de amistades para vengarse de su tío.

An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems.

Poco antes de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en un hotel del sur de Francia, tiene lugar la caza de un espía infiltrado.

A rich but miserly old man taunts his relatives about who will get his money when he dies, and is soon mysteriously murdered. It turns out that he has left his estate to a beautiful young actress whom the other relatives didn't know was related to him. Several attempts on her life are thwarted by a detective, who sets out to discover who's behind the scheme to kill her.

A ventriloquist is murdered during a theatre variety performance. A dwarf goes undercover as the dummy...

The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer.

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, un grupo de soldados británicos llega a la aldea inglesa de Bramley End. Al principio son bien recibidos por los lugareños, pero muy pronto éstos empiezan a dudar de su identidad y de sus verdaderos propósitos. Cuando descubren que, en realidad, son soldados alemanes cuyo objetivo es ser la avanzadilla de la invasión de Inglaterra, los encierran en la iglesia parroquial. (FILMAFFINITY)

The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer. The first play in history to ever be televised complete and unedited direct from the theatre. It is now believed to be lost. The BBC would make another television film version of this play in 1949 with several of the same actors from this film including Raymond Huntley, Ernest Butcher, Patricia Hayes, George Carney and Lloyd Pearson.

Bob Conrad is the playboy son of town squire Charles Conrad. Much against his dad's wishes, Bob falls in love with Dorothy McCarthy, the daughter of penniless widow Mrs. McCarthy. At the insistence of his dad, Bob weds Sally Lace. Dorothy's broken heart is mended however, when it turns out that Sally's divorce from her previous husband was never finalized.

A Chinese missionary comes to England. He helps a young girl ill-treated by her father. A remake of D. W. Griffith's Masterpiece.