John Thaw

Harry Jenkins is a self-made business man, who one day receives a message that his only daughter has died in a car crash. Last time he saw his daughter was at his wife's funeral. When trying to deal with his daughter's affairs, he finds out he is a grandfather of a nine-year-old girl, named Saffron. Since he is her only relative, social services hands over Saffron to him. At first he tries to get rid of her, but he soon finds out that they share more than his daughter, Saffron's mother. They take a trip from Manchester to London, to find Saffron's estranged father, but they find so much more

When British Intelligence Officer Tracy Barnes attacks visiting German politician Dieter Krause, solicitor's clerk Joshua Mantle is called to help unravel the events which led to the assault.

A seemingly happily married, successful plastic surgeon embarks on a torrid affair with tragic consequences for his marriage and those close to him.

We're in an English village shortly before Dunkirk. "Mr. Tom" Oakley still broods over the death of his wife and small son while he was away in the navy during WWI, and grief has made him a surly hermit. Now children evacuated from London are overwhelming volunteers to house them. Practically under protest, Mr. Tom takes in a painfully quiet 10-year-old, who gradually reveals big problems.

Contemporary thriller set partly on the island of Rhodes. A bankrupt former garage owner, now working as a waiter and a caretaker on the Greek isle, is hauled in by the local police when a young Englishwoman he has befriended goes missing. Under suspicion of murder, he flees the island and returns to England, where he begins trying to piece together the missing woman's background and her reasons for visiting Rhodes in the first place.

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.

Documentary on the making of the Inspector Morse series.

Biografía de Charles Chaplin. Chaplin pertenecía a una familia numerosa que se ganaba la vida en los teatros de mala muerte de Londres. Cuando su padre murió alcoholizado, su madre, enferma, tuvo que trabajar duramente para sacar adelante a la familia hasta que fue ingresada en un psiquiátrico. Chaplin entró entonces a trabajar en una compañía musical que hizo una gira por los Estados Unidos. Allí conoció al productor de cine Mack Sennett con el que firmó un contrato que le permitió demostrar su gran habilidad como cómico. Además de actuar, empezó a dirigir los filmes que protagonizaba y su personaje de entrañable vagabundo dio la vuelta al mundo.

Biography of Arthur Harris (aka "Bomber Harris") of RAF Bomber Command, during WW2 - in particular his strategy of heavy bomber "Millenium Raids" on German cities.

Narra la amistad entre Donald Woods, un periodista blanco sudafricano, y el carismático líder del movimiento negro Steve Biko. Premiada en Berlín, obtuvo además tres candidaturas a los premios Oscar.

Mary Morstan ha estado recibiendo anualmente una perla, desde que su padre desapareció; acaba buscando la ayuda de Holmes y Watson, los cuales acabarán descubriendo la verdad sobre un pacto secreto entre cuatro convictos durante la Rebelión India de 1857.

After seeing her husband fail in fighting a battle to keep his factory open, a manageress loses her job in a disagreement with the manager over sexual harassment of her staff. She accepts the advice of her father and joins his son, a left-wing organizer, and takes her plight to the union.

A father is intent on finding the truth as to how his soldier son met his death while serving in Northern Ireland.

El rey Juan hace lo que sea necesario para mantenerse en el trono de Inglaterra, y en el camino se hace enemigos del papa, de Francia y de su sobrino.

Una mujer de ciudad se traslada a un país extranjero con su futuro marido, renunciando a todas las comodidades de la vida cosmopolita. La vida en el campo, finalmente se cobra su peaje en ella, y ella se encuentra involucrada sexualmente con otro hombre.

Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the world in search of adventure and treasure.

John Thaw plays Vinny Mathews a small time boxing promoter who struggles with his conscience as to whether or not to provide a fighter for a Sporting Club promotion, a fighter he knows is unfit against an opponent who is way out of his league. However Mathews needs sponsorship and this would be the ideal opportunity to mix with the "frilly shirted" sportsmen who enjoy their lavish lifestyle as fighters slug it out as the steak is served!

The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting away each time with an amount around the £60,000 mark, and often leaving behind cash in excess of this sum. The robbers are willing to kill their own team, to get away. As Jack Regan himself puts it after the first raid in the film: "I've never seen so many dead people". Armed with gold-plated Purdey shotguns, they evaded Regan and the Flying Squad for quite some time, before Regan finds encouragement from his Detective Chief Superintendent who was sent down for corruption because Jack wouldn't testify in court for him.

When one of Regan's snouts complains that his girlfriend's recent suicide was murder, the flying squad detective feels compelled to investigate. He uncovers a conspiracy that reaches the heart of the government, and finds himself fitted up, suspended and under the scrutiny of Special Branch.

Abridged movie version of the 1974 British TV series concerning the whereabouts of Al Capone's illegal gains, garnered during the Prohibition era.

Rough, tough and politically incorrect in the way that only the best 70's dramas can be, Regan was a pilot film for The Sweeney - one of the major television successes of the last fifty years. Featuring John Thaw as the irascible Detective Inspector Regan and Dennis Waterman as his loyal 'oppo' Detective Sergeant Carter, Regan was an immediate critical and ratings hit, resulting in four series of The Sweeney and two successful feature films. Jack Regan is a good copper, but his tough, intuitive style is becoming unfashionable in a Scotland Yard seeking a new image. When a policeman is mysteriously murdered, Regan breaks all the rules to find the killer - but he finds there are men in the Flying Squad prepared to break him.

El doctor Phibes quiere devolver a la vida a su amada esposa Victoria y para ello deberá surcar el Rio de la Vida que fluye en el interior del templo de Isis. Con el fin de lograrlo no reparará en nada y cometerá una serie de atroces crímenes ayudado por su bella robot Vulnavia.

An out of work man must take his son to a school poetry competition while accompanied by his friendly neighbours, of which, he's not too secretly been having an affair with the wife.

Un matrimonio de recién casados se marcha de luna de miel a Bucarest, donde el marido es detenido por los servicios secretos acusado de ser un espía al servicio de Rusia.

Grigsby y Thompson son dos soldados que han luchado juntos en unas cuantas batallas. Además de compañeros son mejores amigos, por lo que el "cambio de chaqueta" de Thompson le duele terriblemente a Grigsby. Ambos continúan su carrera militar pero en distintos ejércitos. Grigsby no olvida, por lo que recibe con los brazos abiertos la misión de eliminar a Thompson. (FILMAFFINITY)

A Marxist-Leninist expelled from the British Communist Party joins the Revolutionary Party of the Third World, sleeps around, and attempts to rethink his place within the revolution after the events of the 1968 May uprising in Paris.

A national service NCO (David Warner) comes face to face with an embittered Irish Gunner (Nicol Williamson) who is determined to humiliate him.

Two young journalists simulate a murder, but the scheme backfires when the mock victim disappears.

Alan Roper tells Bookie Larry Hart that he is planning to steal £60,000 and Hart offers to launder the money for him. What Hart doesn't know is that it is actually his money Roper intends to steal.

Colin Smith es un joven de clase obrera que vive en los alrededores de Nottingham. Un día comete un robo en una panadería y es enviado a un reformatorio. Una vez allí, empieza a correr y, gracias a sus cualidades como corredor de fondo, va ganando puestos en la institución penitenciaria. Durante sus entrenamientos reflexiona sobre su vida anterior y empieza a comprender que se encuentra en una situación privilegiada.

Serjeant Musgrave and his small band of men arrive in an impoverished northern coal town, ostensibly on a recruiting drive.....but their intentions are very different, and will have repercussion's on the town for years to come.