Mark Dignam

Historia que arranca en 1885 y que narra los habituales conflictos en los límites que separan Gales de Inglaterra. Se centra en la historia de una familia, concretamente en dos hermanos gemelos y llega hasta los años sesenta. Uno mira hacia una parte de la Colina Negra y el otro en sentido contrario. Sus conflictos son también fronterizos.

Based on the official transcripts of the investigation that followed after the very suspicious notorious death in prison of one of the most important leading men of the South African anti-apartheid movement, Steven Biko.

An account of how Lech Walesa and the "Solidarity" trade union confronted the might of Communist dictatorship in Poland.

Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.

Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there, and things supernatural combine to bring the Macbeths down.

En un futuro próximo, la sociedad cede al peor de los caos a consecuencia de la bancarrota económica mundial. Los recursos básicos escasean, y se impone la ley del más fuerte. Salvo las fuerzas manipuladoras habituales y una administración agónica, no queda apenas ningún rastro del Estado. Reina la impunidad absoluta. En este contexto repleto de desechos, ratas y miseria, una mujer dada a la ensoñación escapista se hace cargo de una joven. Juntas deberán aprender a sobrevivir.

A young couple move to the countryside and discover a strange mummified animal in the wall of their cottage. The wife increasingly feels that she and her unborn child are in danger. Created as an episode of Nigel Kneale’s “Beasts” horror anthology miniseries.

In Victorian England, handsome Dorian Gray (Peter Firth) makes a Faustian deal that his portrait painted by Basil Hallward (Jeremy Brett) will age while he remains young. But his vain bargain eventually leads to murder and destroys Gray's life. This 1976 installment of the BBC's long-running "Play of the Month" television series co-stars Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Judi Bowker and John Gielgud as Lord Henry Wotton.

A BBC TV comedy movie about the people living in Pompeii prior to its destruction by volcano, focusing on the life of a house slave (played by Frankie Howerd). A sort of prequel to the 1971 movie "Up Pompeii"

Laura Davidson y su marido Bill crían y entrenan caballos de carreras en la campiña inglesa. El orgullo de sus cuadras es Admiral, un especialista en carreras de obstáculos entrenado por Alan, amigo de la familia y jinete amateur. Un día, Bill es asesinado después de una extraña carrera en la que Admiral sufre continuos tropiezos y caídas. Alan empieza a investigar y sus sospechas recaen sobre Clifford Tudor, un corredor de apuestas de mala reputación. (FILMAFFINITY)

Dramatization short on British romantic poet John Keats.

A devestating, yet bracing look at a family whose proximity to each other belies the decay of their relationships, The Wild Duck is just as modern today as it was when first staged. When Gregors Werle comes to stay with the Ekdals, his idealist nature refuses to tolerate the dreamworld of lies the family is living. However, in his bid to force the Ekdals to see the truth, the skeletons he unearths destroy the family that he wanted to redeem.

Ingmar Bergman play looking at the cool and brittle relationship between a successful architect (Frank Finlay) and his academic wife (Gemma Jones). Commissioned by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation on behalf of European members participating in ‘The Largest Theatre in the World’. This, the Radio Times explained, was ‘a project which enabled a play to be broadcast simultaneously in several languages across Europe.’ This UK Play For Today version was directed by Alan Bridges, whilst an American version was put out on CBS, directed by Alex Segal

Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed), it is shot almost entirely in close up, focusing the attention on faces and language rather than action.

El capitán Nolan, procedente de la India, se incorpora al regimiento de Lord Cardigan. Considerado un oficial de inferior categoría por sus compañeros, Nolan mantendrá continuos enfrentamientos con Lord Cardigan a causa de su despótica actitud. En la guerra de Crimea (1854-1856), en pleno asedio de Sebastopol, tendrá lugar una terrible batalla. (FILMAFFINITY)

In November of 1939, the British consulate in Norway receives documents saying that the Nazis are conducting secret rocket research in Peenemünde. But the British doubt the authenticity of the so called "Oslo report". Thus, the Germans continue their experiments unimpeded. At the same time, resistance groups from France, England, Poland, and Germany try to find and to sabotage the secret Nazi research base. When the first "V 2" rocket is successfully launched, the Allied commanders finally become interested in the "Oslo report".

Italia, siglo XVI. Petruchio, un colérico, mentiroso y pobre propietario rural de Verona, llega a Padua en busca de fortuna y esposa, al tiempo que Bautista, un rico comerciante, anuncia que no permitirá que Blanca, su hija menor, se case hasta que lo haga la temperamental e intratable Catalina, su hija mayor.

Murder unfolds around a young girl who sleepwalks and talks while she does so.

Emitida originalmente como una serie de tres capítulos para TV. Narra la historia de la doble vida de un vicario. Aparentemente, es un ciudadano ejemplar y leal al opresivo gobierno británico, pero en realidad es un notorio bandolero que utiliza sus botines para beneficiar a los pobres de su aldea.

Basada en la novela homónima del escritor inglés Henry Fielding. Hijo ilegítimo de una pobre mujer que se vio obligada a abandonarlo poco después de nacer, Tom Jones (Albert Finney) fue adoptado y educado por el bondadoso señor Allworthy, en cuya casa creció feliz y despreocupadamente junto a Blifil, el sobrino de su protector. Con el tiempo, ambos se enamoraron de su encantadora vecina Sophie Western (Susannah York). Dominado por los celos, Blifil, el único heredero de la hacienda familiar, decidió expulsar a Tom de la casa.

King Arthur learns one of his knights is plotting to take over and marry his daughter. After the King's death, the Knight wishing to marry the princess is ordered by the great wizard Merlin to remove the sword from the scabbard and prove his right to the throne.

En Camelot, un maduro Rey Arturo quiere casarse con Ginebra. Pero el padre de la muchacha no reconoce a Arturo como rey de toda Inglaterra. Propone un combate a muerte entre su mejor caballero y el de Arturo, que envía a Lancelot. Éste vence el combate y el rey se casa. Pero Lancelot se enamora de Ginebra. (FILMAFFINITY)

Mary y Robert, hijos del capitán Grant, reciben un día la visita del profesor Panagel, que ha encontrado en una botella un mensaje del capitán. Pronto organizarán una expedición para intentar rescatar a su padre. Los jóvenes se verán envueltos en una aventura llena de situaciones peligrosas en la que tendrán que enfrentarse a crueles indígenas, traficantes de armas e inclemencias de la naturaleza, entre otros peligros.

The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best ever – they have burned down St Trinian’s school! As the girls stand trial, the police breathe a sigh of relief, but miraculously the judge's infatuation with a student means the school is freed. For the authorities, it means a new reign of terror as the girls of St Trinian’s regroup with gleeful anticipation.

Basada en una historia real, reLata una de las más famosas batallas navales de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En la primavera de 1941, el Bismarck, el acorazado más temible de la armada alemana, considerado el azote de la flota del Atlántico, permanece anclado en la costa noruega. Buscando el camino hacia la libertad y seguridad proporcionada por la Luftwaffe, el acorazado es perseguido por la Marina Real Británica.

Melodrama of religion and sex in a village on the coast of Nova Scotia.

Three long-married couples in northern England discover that their marriages are in fact invalid, causing much re-evaluation and chaos. This was the fourth television film version made by the BBC of this comedy by J. B. Priestley. It featured several actors repeating their rôles from the earlier 1951 version including Frank Pettingell, Helena Pickard and Eileen Beldon.

A murderer hopes to escape his death sentence by identifying the leaders of a spy ring.

Después de la Segunda Guerra mundial (1939-1945), un cardenal (Alec Guinness) es acusado de haber traicionado a su patria. Es un hombre de carácter y voluntad férrea. Su interrogador (Jack Hawkins), un hombre benevolente en apariencia, recurre primero a la amabilidad para hacerlo hablar, pero acaba sirviéndose de pruebas falsas, trucos sucios y diversas formas de crueldad para conseguir su objetivo. Sin embargo, parece que nada consigue doblegar al prelado.

Major Charles Carrington (David Niven), is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe, he also face two other charges that could finish his distinguished service career. He decides to act on his own defence at his court martial hearing, his argument being that he is owed a lot of money from the army for his various postings that have cost him out of his own pocket. To further complicate the proceedings, Carrington alleges he told his superior, the very disliked Colonel Henniker, that he was taking the money from the safe. A mans career, his marriage, and quite a few reputations, all hang in the balance.

The British Passing Stranger stars Hollywood actor Lee Patterson as a deserting American GI. He drifts about until he falls in with a gang of gunrunners. He wants to quit, but can't until he makes enough money to support himself and his love Diane Cilento. Just before this is possible, Cilento's ex-boyfriend blows the whistle on the crooks. Just long enough not to wear out its welcome, The Passing Stranger is a passing good little film noir.

Durante el XIX, en Inglaterra el elegante "dandy" Beau Brummell se convierte en el hombre de confianza del Príncipe de Gales. Cuando se descubre una conspiración contra Jorge III, tendrá que abandonar su placentera vida y actuar en consecuencia.

The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community.

Maggie es un carguero cuyo viejo capitán se empeña en mantener a flote, a pesar de que se encuentra en un estado ruinoso. (FILMAFFINITY)

Murder in the Cathedral is a story about Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his struggles against temptation and personal vanity prior to his murder in the great Cathedral.

A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.