Tom
Ellen Pitblado is a widow who lives in recluse in 1930s Gloucestershire. When her scummy journalist nephew, Douglas, tries to force her to give him her money, she calls her mysterious lookalike gentlemen friends to her aid.
Village Policeman
Charthurst Green, Kent, 1966. Pauline Cox accompanies Mike Robins to a village cricket match in which he is playing, but becomes bored and wanders away. She fetches up at the local railway station, where she is first entertained to tea by the garrulous, hunchbacked station master, then upset by the intrusion of the latter's assistant Ewen, who proceeds to kill a rabbit in her presence. Making her way back to the match, Pauline is waylaid by the simple-minded Ewen as she crosses an apple orchard; when his advances become violent, she tries to fight him off and he strangles her. The station master helps in covering up the murder, burying the corpse in the orchard.
Butcher
In 1960, at the age of 56, Dr. Barbara Moore became a national hero by walking from John O'Groats to Land's End. One of the last great English eccentrics, even though she was Russian.
En 1942, el general de las SS Reinhard Heydrich es nombrado gobernador de la Checoslovaquia ocupada por los nazis. Pero un grupo de siete soldados checos, exiliados en el Reino Unido, son enviados a su país para eliminarlo. La película detalla la planificación del atentado, su ejecución y la dura represión que sufrieron los checos tras la muerte de Heydrich.
George
Los habitantes de una isla británica son víctimas de un escape radiactivo de un vertido ilegal en el mar. Por ello casi todos reproducen una extraña enfermedad que un científico intentará curar, aunque se tenga que enfrentar con todos sus habitantes.
Harris
Un granjero con fama de beberse la mayor parte de su dinero, vive en una finca en un lamentable estado de conservación. Una chica joven se compadece del hombre y decide ayudarlo.
Peter
After the break-up of a long-term relationship, urban sophisticate Norah seeks refuge in a remote house in the country. The locals are friendly, if eccentric, and she toys with the idea of a flirtation with dishy young gamekeeper Rob. But events at Harvest Festival leave her feeling manipulated, and six months later, with the consequences all too evident, she finds herself trapped in what is more like a nightmare. What role is she destined to play in the cycle of the seasons -- and of the generations?
Commissionaire
Dreamlike satire about a young man who resists getting a job at the lone employing conglomerate in his dreary industrial town, but changes his mind when he discovers the plant's boiler room has the perfect climate to assist him with his pet horticultural (fungal) project.
Charlie (uncredited)
Comedia musical en la que un hombre puede comunicarse con los animales. Aunque fue candidata al Oscar a la mejor película, apenas tuvo éxito en taquilla. Eddie Murphy hizo un remake años después.
