Mr. Osborne
All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.
Nathan Anderson
When her husband is accused of murder, solicitor Anne Travers defends him -- but as the evidence mounts, she begins to question their "perfect" life.
Jerry Pinch
La hija de un coronel es la nueva cuidadora de la casa. Ella lucha por mantener la casa y lidia con sus problemas amorosos.
C.O. Humphreys
El escritor irlandés Oscar Wilde fue un genio, un hombre que tuvo la osadía de enfrentarse a los tabúes, a la hipocresía y a la estupidez de la sociedad británica y, precisamente por ello, acabó siendo procesado y encarcelado. La suya fue una vida llena de escándalos y de éxitos en una época en la que ser diferente se consideraba un delito.
Government Minister
Irlanda, 1979. Frank y Gerard, dos jóvenes terroristas, son detenidos y juzgados Frank es condenado a cadena perpetua, y Gerard a doce años. Ellos y trescientos compañeros, se niegan a vestir el uniforme reglamentario, porque se consideran prisioneros de guerra. Después de algunos enfrentamientos, se llega a un acuerdo: los terroristas, tal y como pedían, podrán vestir ropa de calle, pero el Gobierno concede también ese privilegio a los presos comunes; así que renace el conflicto. Fuera de la cárcel, la madre de Gerard, antes contraria a cualquier tipo de violencia, se va acercando cada vez más a la posición de su nueva amiga, la madre de Frank, que es una nacionalista radical. Basada en una historia real.
Protopopov
En la Rusia de fin de siglo XIX, con el Imperio al borde de la revolución, un hombre cambiará la historia para siempre. Es Rasputin, y le llaman el monje loco, pero muchos creen en sus poderes sobrenaturales, los cuales dicen que han salvado la vida del hijo del zar. Su influencia no tiene límites y tampoco su ambición. El mundo no será el mismo cuando alcance el poder. (FILMAFFINITY)
Lord Hibbott - Wedding Two
Charles y sus amigos, todos ellos solteros y sin compromiso, han llegado a una edad en la que casi todos sus conocidos se han casado. En una de las bodas, a la que el grupo ha sido invitado, Charles conoce a Carrie, una americana de la que se enamora a primera vista. Esa noche la pasan juntos, pero no vuelven a verse. Tendrán que esperar a la siguiente boda, en la que Carrie le presenta a su prometido.
Police Chief
In the midst of World War II, Nazi officer Otto Schatz declares the execution of Jewish music-hall comedian Genghis Cohn. Many years later, Otto is comfortably retired into the life of a highly respected police commissioner, and is investigating a series of murders when he encounters the ghost of Genghis Cohn. The haunting turns into a taunting, and before he knows it, Schatz is slowly driven mad as he is lured into a trap.
K's Uncle
Adaptación a la gran pantalla de "El proceso", la prestigiosa novela de Frank Kafka. (FILMAFFINITY)
A short series of 15 minute programmes, really expanded sketches, in which Tracey Ullman and Michael Palin play various roles satirizing the British class system.
Detective Superintendant Ibison
Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted to the bombing under extreme duress, and that the five IRA members were in fact responsible for the deadly attacks
King Miraz
Young Prince Caspian of Narnia wonders and dreams about the old days of Narnia when animals talked, and there were mythical creatures and four rulers in Cair Paravel. But his uncle and aunt don’t like to hear him thinking of such things, and plan to murder him and take his throne. Caspian’s tutor, Dr. Cornelius manages to save him, and not only teach him about the old ways, but bring him into the real Narnia and introduce him to the real Narnia. But Caspian’s plight is desperate, and he must use the legendary horn to call help from another world: Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. Then, Lucy and Edmund are sent back to Narnia, along with their cousin Eustace, to assist Caspian on a voyage. Along their journey the children battle dragons and sea serpents, and sail across a golden lake to reach the edge of the world.
Writer
He was a great singer/songwriter who touched the elusive spirit of Canada. He was larger than life. Before dying in a tragic accident at the age of 33, Stan Rogers was already well on his way to becoming a national icon. Born in Ontario, Rogers' mother was from Nova Scotia and much of his music was influenced by his summers there. This lyrical portrait captures the man and his music and has captivated millions of viewers over its broadcast life.
Director
He was a great singer/songwriter who touched the elusive spirit of Canada. He was larger than life. Before dying in a tragic accident at the age of 33, Stan Rogers was already well on his way to becoming a national icon. Born in Ontario, Rogers' mother was from Nova Scotia and much of his music was influenced by his summers there. This lyrical portrait captures the man and his music and has captivated millions of viewers over its broadcast life.
Arion
Rupert Purvis jumps off a bridge onto a dog, causing problems for Blair, his superior at MI5. Blair must convince Hogbin, the agent who's been tailing Purvis, of which side Purvis is really on--once he finds out what it is.
Walter Bancroft
Two terminally ill patients in a hospital yearn for relief from their predicament. With little or no friends, they form an uneasy alliance and plot an escape for one last wild time.
Chorus
In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of death. But Antigone is determined that her brother's body will have the proper rites of burial.
Bank Manager
Neglected by her family, kept apart from her grandchildren, desperately short of money, Bea begins to gamble - at first for small stakes, but ultimately for the highest stake of all: revenge for the past.
Ambassador Grant
Jessica, una joven británica (Nancy Travis), viaja a Arabia con su padre para encontrarse con su prometido (Julian Sands) cuando él es convocado de repente en misión diplomática . En una excursión turística es raptada por quien parece ser de una tribu beduina y vendida al harén del sultán (Omar Shariff). El hombre que la había raptado (Art Malik) no es en realidad un beduino sino un revolucionario educado en Oxford quien usa a Jessica para liberar a sus amigos de la prisión del Sultan. Romance, intrigas políticas, y celos en el haren amenazan la estrecha visión de Jessica sobre el mundo. Si ella escapa, ¿estará realmente en condiciones de volver a su vida en la Inglaterra victoriana?
Lord Augustus Lorton
Lord Windermere appears to all - including to his young wife Margaret - as the perfect husband. But their happy marriage is placed at risk when Lord Windermere starts spending his afternoons with an adventuress who is working her way through London's high society, Mrs. Erlynne. Worse, Windermere gives her big sums of money. To crown it all he asks his wife to invite the detestable woman to her own birthday party. Upset and outraged, the puritan Lady Windermere decides to leave her husband and goes to Lord Robert Darlington, who has been courting her for some time. Unfortunately she leaves her fan - the one Robert offered her for her birthday - in Robert's house...
Detective Sergeant Wells
An overworked American ambassador working in the UK attempts to spend more time with his wife by visiting a countryside mansion, but soon the trip turns into a nightmare with his wife haunted by a stalker seemingly from her past.
Wilkins
When his young daughter disappears, her father refuses to accept that she is dead and sets out on a journey to find her.
Albany
An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
David Buckle
Michael Frayn's play about a college reunion.
Sharp
Pierce es un experto ladrón de mediados de siglo XIX y convence a dos compinches para robar 25.000 libras en oro de un tren en marcha. Sin embargo, antes de poder acercarse al botín, la banda criminal tendrá que conseguir hacerse con cuatro llaves que cuatro personas distintas tienen en su posesión.
Pennington
El famoso escritor inglés John Morlar, un hombre que vive atormentado debido a una revelación, según la cual él es el culpable de todos los males del mundo, muere brutalmente asesinado. Cuando la policía llega a su apartamento, la mente de Morlar, sin embargo, parece seguir viva. La investigación del caso parece indicar que todo el que hiere a Morlar muere de forma extraña. Morlar posee poderes telequinésicos que le permiten matar o provocar terribles catástrofes. Su psiquiatra tratará de ayudar la policía a resolver este enigmático caso.
Jessel
Early in 1939 Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.
Captain Henry
El coronel irlandés Flynn Patrick O'Flynn (Lee Marvin) se propone hacer una incursión relámpago en una colonia alemana del África Oriental para hacer contrabando de marfil. Cuenta para ello con la colaboración de Sebastián Oldsmith (Roger Moore), un estirado inglés educado en Eton. El plan fracasa cuando el comisario alemán Fleischer los aísla con la ayuda de un acorazado. A pesar de todo, Flynn y Sebastián consiguen escapar al bloqueo. Cuando los dos aventureros regresan, por fin, a casa, surge el amor entre Sebastian y Rosa, la bella hija de Flynn (Barbara Parkins).
The Man
Returning home to her flat, Ann Rogers passes a stranger leaving the building. A few moments later she discovers her neighbor lying dead in the hallway, the latest victim of a serial killer. Ann could be able to identify the killer, but the killer also knows her face and knows he needs to silence the witness...
Jack Summers
Joseph (Paul Newman), un agente del Servicio de Inteligencia Británico, huye de la cárcel con un espía. Su misión consiste en infiltrarse en una red de espionaje para identificar y denunciar a sus miembros.
Appleby
Tras quedarse viuda de repente, Ellen cae en una depresión, pero poco después conoce a John y se casa con él. La vida del matrimonio trasncurre feliz hasta que un día Ellen presencia un asesinato en la casa de al lado. Cuando su marido y su mejor amiga tratan de convencerla de que quizá se haya equivocado, Ellen considera sospechosa su actitud y llega a plantearse la posibilidad de que la muerte de su primer marido no haya sido natural.
Edward Morris
Edward G is nothing like a film star; his life has been ordinary - until now. But he's just had a shattering experience.
Beck
The life of young newlywed, Fern O'Neil, is turned upside-down when her husband is called home to visit his dying father in Ireland. When she fails to receive a phone call from her husband, she contacts the airline and discovers he was not on the plane. Further investigation reveals that her husband is not who she thought he was. Her search ultimately takes her all the way to Ireland, where her sanity and, of course, her story come into question.
Major Boyle
"El mesías salvaje" narra la historia de la relación platónica entre el joven escultor francés Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (Scott Antony) y una mujer mayor, Sophie Brzeska (Dorothy Tutin), en la Europa previa a la Primera Guerra Mundial. Las maneras desenfrenadas del joven son contrarrestadas por el carácter equilibrado de la mujer.
Adam Crosse
Adam Crosse is a reporter for a local paper. A neurotic under-achiever, the last straw comes when he discovers his wife Lydia is having an affair and she coolly tells him she has no intention of either giving up her lover or divorcing Adam. The top crime story of the moment is a serial murderer nicknamed "The Kitchen Killer". Adam sets out to murder his wife and blame it on this shadowy psycho
Psychiatrist (segment 1 "Method for Murder")
Narra 4 cuentos de terror relacionados por una vieja y fantasmal mansión en la que se realiza una investigación policial para esclarecer ciertas desapariciones. Escritos en tono paródico por Robert Bloch. 1) METHOD FOR MURDER: Un escritor conjura desde su imaginación a un estrangulador y cual es su sorpresa cuando nota que el criminal ha tomado vida real.
Pilgrim Leader
Tras el enorme éxito el año anterior de "Romeo y Julieta", de Franco Zeffirelli, la Fox estrena este drama romántico que sigue las aventuras de una joven pareja a través de una Europa devastada por la Guerra de los Cien Años (Siglos XIV-XV). Un estudiante expulsado de la Universidad de París emprende un viaje en busca del mar. Llegado al castillo de un señor feudal, se enamora de su hija y huye con ella en busca de una nueva vida.
Kurt
Encerrados en su fortaleza aislada situada en una isla, un anciano capitán de artillería psicótico y su amargada esposa se enzarzan en una serie de discusiones que amenazan con desembocar en la violencia.
Peter
Graham Baird wakes up in strange clothes in a strange apartment, both he and his wife want to know where he had been the previous night.
Humphrey Turnbull
A young female journalist in London falls in love with a married orchestra conductor.
Wilf
Alice is determined to buy a flash new hat despite her husband not giving her the money.
Roderigo
Adaptación del drama homónimo de Shakespeare, una obra sobre los celos, esa pasión capaz de corroer el espíritu de los hombres. Es el reflejo del alma humana, tejida de los más puros y viles sentimientos, deseos y pasiones. Othello, un noble capitán moro del ejército veneciano, y Desdémona, hija de Brabancio, un viejo y conservador aristócrata, se ven obligados a defender su amor ante todos. Cuando Othello parte hacia Chipre a luchar contra los turcos, Yago, su sirviente, movido por oscuros deseos, empieza a tejer la trama que desencadenará la tragedia. Yago es cobarde, envidioso e innoble, por eso desea acabar con la felicidad de su amo. Sabe lo frágil que es la frontera que separa el amor del odio en el corazón humano. Al volver de Chipre, a través de las insidiosas palabras de Yago, Othello construye un universo de sospechas a su alrededor. Incapaz de reconocer la verdad, cae preso de los celos.
Whiting, Columnist
Los Dave Clark Five son unos amigos que viven en Londres, en una iglesia cerrada al culto. Sin embargo, los verdaderos protagonistas son Steve (Dave Clark) y Dinah (Barbara Ferris), que, en pleno invierno, viajan por carretera hasta Salisbury (donde pierden su Jaguar), y luego hasta Bath y Bigbury On Sea.
Archive Footage
Promotional short hosted by Laurence Olivier promoting the film "Othello."
Bill
A comic play set against the background of the Air Force.
Yefim
Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.
Football Supporter
Beckett es un tullido emocional que va de trabajo en trabajo, de mujer en mujer, incapaz incluso de amar a su madre. Por él se interesa Dyce, quien desea desembarazarse de su tía y piensa que él es el hombre adecuado para el trabajo...
Gus
A writer, Arnold Reed, goes back to his former boyhood home in the East End, and there, finding it about to be torn down, he revisits his attic room, and stumbles on evidence of the operations of dealers in illegal traffic. He breaks his ankle and has to hide from the criminals, one of whom is a murderer.
Strafe
Milly and her friends have been going on holiday together ever since they've known each other. This summer they return to one of their favourite haunts, a beautiful Irish country hotel. It's a place full of fond memories for all of them, but on this occasion their sense of ease and comfort is destroyed when a terrible secret is revealed.