Roger Brierley

Roger Brierley

Nacimiento : 1935-06-02, Bramhall, Cheshire, England, UK

Muerte : 2005-09-23

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Roger Brierley

Películas

In Denial of Murder
Lord Pill
Dramatisation of the Stephen Downing case which involved the conviction and imprisonment in 1974 of a 17-year-old council worker, Stephen Downing, for the murder of a 32 year old legal secretary, Wendy Sewell, in the town of Bakewell in the Peak District in central England. Following a campaign by a local newspaper, his conviction was overturned in 2002, after Downing had served 27 years in prison. The case is thought to be the longest miscarriage of justice in British legal history, and attracted worldwide media attention.
Bodywork
Judge
Virgil Guppy buys a sleek-looking used Jaguar, but the car turns out to be a lemon. Unfortunately, that's just the start of his problems; a dead prostitute is discovered in the trunk, and Virgil is accused of her murder. Aided by a dysfunctional family of thieves, unorthodox police procedure and some clever body work of his own, he sets out to clear his name.
La pasión de Dawson
Fr Francis
Eddie Dawson siempre creyó que estaba destinada a servir a Dios. Pero sus bondadosas acciones son constantemente incomprendidas y rechazadas por todos. Expulsado de la orden cuando sus principios le llevan a la jerarquía de la Iglesia, e inmerso en una profunda crisis de fe, el Padre Dawson se ve abocado, como cualquier otro ser humano, a enfrentarse a la dureza del mundo real. Su vida como civil acaba de empezar y con ella la llegada del amor. Pero también de la tragedia... .
Mosley
Neville Chamberlain
Jonathan Cake, Jemma Redgrave and Hugh Bonneville lead an outstanding cast in this mini-series tracing the turbulent political career and tempestuous private life of Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists during the 1930s. The mini series charts Mosley's rise to political notoriety through his personal life – from youthful rising star of the Conservative Party to potential leader of the Labour Party, and later abandonment of conventional party politics to become a figurehead of burgeoning fascism.
Sex & Chocolate
Bev Bodger is a married teacher tempted by an old school boyfriend to enjoy a little sex and chocolate in Paris.
The Vanishing Man
Head
While Nick Cameron is returning to England from the continent with mysterious cargo in the cabin section of his small aircraft, he is thrown off-course by a severe electrical storm and loses radio contact. To his surprise and horror, he is arrested upon landing and accused of being a traitor in connection with the cargo he has been carrying - which, unknown to him, contained plutonium. Although he pleads innocent, Nick is not believed and is sentenced to a long term in prison. While in prison, he is subjected to special experimentation at a mysterious laboratory - with one unnerving, and unexpected, side-effect of the experiments being intermittent invisibility. —David McAnally
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Printer
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel is a biopic film based on the life of the French playwright, financier and spy Pierre Beaumarchais depicting his activities during the American War of Independence and his authorship of the Figaro trilogy of plays.
Dangerous Lady
No one thinks a seventeen-year-old girl can take on the hard men of London's gangland, but it's a mistake to underestimate Maura Ryan: she's tough, clever and beautiful - which makes her one very dangerous lady. Together, she and her brother Michael are unbeatable but notoriety has its price. The police are determined to put Maura away once and for all - and not everyone in the family think that's such a bad idea. When it comes to the crunch, Maura has to face the pain of lost love in her past - and the dangerous lady discovers her heart is not make entirely of stone.
Pat and Margaret
Hotel Manager
Unexpected events occur when Pat, a glamorous British-born star of American soaps, returns home to plug her auto-biography on television and meets, for the first time since they were teenagers, Margaret her plain and frumpy younger sister. The meeting is painful for both women highlighting the vast differences in their lives and resurrecting painful memories of their unhappy childhood with an uncaring, errant mother. The tabloid press smell a juicy story and a race ensues to trace the whereabouts of the long lost parent.
Astucias de mujer
Barrister
Kate, una atractiva mujer, vive a la sombra de su marido, Alec Bolton, un famoso escritor que en realidad es un hombre egocéntrico e introvertido. Kate sueña con triunfar también con escritora, y acaba manteniendo un idilio extraconyugal con Vanni, un editor estadounidense que está a punto de publicar su primera novela.
The Mountain and the Molehill
Air Vice Marshall
It is May 1944, two weeks before D-day. Britain stands poised for the long-awaited invasion of France - thousands of troops wait anxiously for the orders to come for embarkation. MI5 is horrified to discover the top-secret codewords for the invasion suddenly appearing as clues in the Daily Telegraph crossword. Two agents are immediately dispatched to confront the culprit, the headmaster of a boys' school in southern England.
Nineteen96
Julian Brind
Britain in the mid-1990s: a divided, violent nation where civil disorder and urban terrorism are on the increase. Scotland Yard detective Commander Jack Bentham is seconded to Wales to look into a series of shootings by police officers, and uncovers a complex web of deceit and corruption
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
Hotel Manager
A man, always very devoted to his mother, decides to look for his father whom he never met. He meets a seducing older woman prone to drinking and her aged boyfriend whom she grew tired of.
Un pez llamado Wanda
Davidson
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.
Stanley
Solicitor
The controversial English artist Stanley Spencer scandalised the art world when he painted the Resurrection taking place in the churchyard of Cookham, his home village by the River Thames; and further scandalised the village when he decided that to nourish his imagination he needed two wives.
When We Are Married
Rev. Clement Mercer
Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law. This was the fifth television film version of this play by J.B. Priestley made by the BBC.
East of Ipswich
Vicar
Seventeen-year-old Richard and his parents take their annual seaside holiday in a guesthouse on England's east coast in the 1950s. Julia, a teenage girl holidaying with her parents in a nearby guesthouse, catches Richard's eye, but her Dutch friend Anna is intent on causing trouble.
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
Drathro
The Doctor is summoned before the High Council of Time Lords to stand trial for the charges of harmful interference to the course of events during his travels which have threatened the sanctity of the universe. Indignant at these accusations, the Doctor pleads his case to the Inquisitor with the hope that she will see him as a source of hope and goodwill for existence. However, his prosecuting attorney, a sinister Time Lord known simply as the Valeyard, begins a crusade against the Doctor with the motive of framing him as a villainous renegade.
El secreto de la pirámide
Mr. Holmes
Cuando una plaga de extraños y horribles asesinatos mantienen en suspenso a Londres, el joven Sherlock Holmes y su nuevo amigo Watson se ven involucrados casi sin advertirlo en un oscuro misterio. ¡Evidentemente, algo se está tramando! Y el detective en ciernes se encuentra dispuesto a resolver el caso más sorprendente de su extraordinaria carrera.
In the Secret State
Minister
A Government Department with data on us all in its computers is not functioning quite as its ex-Head intended. Frank Strange sets out to clear his own name and finds he is investigating a murder.
Night Train to Murder
Chief Supt. Rivers
When Eric's niece Kathy becomes one of the heirs to a considerable fortune, her life (and those of the other heirs) is placed in jeopardy by the actions of a mysterious inter-loper.
No Visible Scar
Donald Wiley
A wounded member of a rebel terrorist organisation is tended by an English nurse. She is imprisoned, interrogated, then released to face another form of interrogation.
Superman II
Terrorist
Tres criminales, procedentes del planeta Krypton, a los que el padre de Superman condenó a vagar por el espacio, eluden su condena y se dirigen a la Tierra para enfrentarse a Superman, en una batalla cósmica por la supremacía sobre el planeta. Al mismo tiempo, el superhéroe continúa ocultando su identidad tras la tímida personalidad del reportero Clark Kent, aunque su novia Lois Lane comienza a sospechar algo.
Nearly a Happy Ending
AJ Germany
A play by Victoria Wood. Maureen has been faithfully attending the slimmers' club for months. Now the weeks of endless crispbreads have paid off - but is her optimism misplaced? Sequel to Wood's earlier play Talent, featuring the same characters of lifelong friends Maureen and Julie.
Gotcha / Campion's Interview
Walker
Two stories about school. Gotcha by Barrie Keeffe: On his last day at school, a 'no hope' 16-year-old pupil holds his teachers hostage using a motor-bike petrol tank as a bomb. Campion's Interview by Brian Clark: A headmaster takes on the Education Authorities on behalf on his pupils, exposing the political pressures behind the creation of a comprehensive school.
Out of the Trees
Sketch comedy pilot from Douglas Adams and Graham Chapman.
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Trevor
In the year 4000, the Daleks conspire to conquer the Solar System. Their scheme involves treachery at the highest levels and a weapon capable of destroying the very fabric of time. Only the Doctor and his friends can prevent catastrophe — and there is no guarantee they will escape with their lives...