Patricia Routledge

Keeping Up Appearances remains one of Britain's best loved series. Running for 5 years throughout the 90s, millions of viewers tuned in to watch the delightfully monstrous Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet) as she attempted to climb the social ladder, only to be endlessly let down by her family. In this 90-minute celebration we feature the very best and most hilarious moments from the series, and cast, crew and celebrity fans pay tribute to the show and share backstage secrets. Featuring an exclusive interview with Dame Patricia Routledge, who shares her memories of the show, we learn how she came to be cast, how she developed the character, and what happened when the cameras stop rolling.

Exploring the wit, work and world of Joe Orton through his own words, and the testimony of those who knew him and worked with him.

Patricia Routledge, as patron of the Beatrix Potter Society, presents a documentary on the author's life and work.

Based on the true story of Shelia Bowler, accused of murdering her elderly aunt.

A series of monologues.

Daisy and Onslow find the secret diary of Hyacinth and start reading in it. The rest of this TV-special are clips from prevous episodes.

During a visit to childhood friend Edith, retired housewife Hetty Wainthropp discovers that Edith's husband, Frank, has a son by a previous marriage. Hetty decides to turn amateur detective to trace him. When this gives her a taste for detection, Hetty decides to set up a private detective agency.

The story of a retired man who decides to fulfil his life-long ambition of walking from one end of Britain to the other.

Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother, a vicar's wife, an inveterate letter writer, a hopeful actress, a recently widowed woman, and an elderly shut-in.

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.

A BAFTA award nominated drama about a park keeper who arrives to open up his park. Waiting at the gate is the bane of his life: a bag lady with three dogs. His Rastafarian assistant Errol arrives for work. As the day progresses, the lady and the keeper discover a common interest.

This Pirates of Penzance is primarily a historical document, part of the Broadway Theater Archive television series. It presents, with some inevitable, tiny technical shortcomings, a live 1980 performance in Central Park, not the 1983 movie of the same name that also starred Linda Ronstadt and Kevin Kline. Those who remember that film, which had the benefit of retakes and editing, a lavish production budget, and the spaciousness of a Hollywood studio, may find this video less polished. On its own terms, it is nonetheless thoroughly enjoyable.

Egyptologist Robin Ellis and American reporter Eva Marie Saint uncover King Tut's burial site but wealthy profiteer Raymond Burr tries to make sure that the valuable artifacts in its chambers never leave the country.

Second World War drama - A young woman decides against working in a munitions factory, and lands a post with the signals corps attempting to crack the Enigma code.

A series of pink forms has Doris and Doreen fearing for their cushy jobs.

Arthur Dodsworth has recently retired. He lives alone except for his budgie and memories of his late wife Winnie. One afternoon his nap is interrupted by the doorbell; his former secretary, Peggy Prothero, has come to visit. A brash, charmless woman who seems to take no pleasure in anything but putting people down, Miss Prothero wants to fill her old boss in on all the changes that have taken place at work since he left. Dodsworth isn't very curious, and as the visit wears on it puts a little strain on his politeness and patience. Miss Prothero doesn't enjoy it much either, but lingers on as there's a bombshell she wants to drop. The docketing system Dodsworth introduced thirty years earlier, which revolutionised the firm, has been scrapped by her adored new boss Mr Skinner. The crowning achievement of Dodsworth's career has just become obsolete, and she wants to tell him all about it.

Middle-class parents are confounded when their son brings home his new partner: an elegant, confusingly androgynous West Indian.

'Egghead' Wentworth adapts his father's robot paratrooper to perform his chores, but forgets to programme it to keep him out of trouble.

A group of travelers from the United States race through seven countries in 18 days.

Harriet Blossom is married to Robert Blossom, a businessman who'd rather spend the night at his bra factory than at home with her. One day, Harriet's sewing machine breaks, so Robert sends a repairman, Ambrose, to fix it. It's lust at first sight for Harriet, who convinces Ambrose to hide out in the attic for a tryst. When her new beau shows no desire to leave, the pair begin a years-long love affair right under Robert's nose.

George Lester is a man who is chasing rainbows, looking for the pot of gold at the end. When his wife, Pamela grows tired of being dragged all over the world, she leaves him. While she is away, George converts her family home into a discotheque, when she returns, she threatens to send George to jail for fraud, cause she didn't give her approval. George needing some fast bucks, decides to turn to an old cohort of his, William Homer but Willy's a little short. George then decides to steal the plans to a new drill, Pamela's suitor, Dudley Heath is working on. But when George gets the mumps, he can't make it to the meeting place and refuses to give Willy the plans unless he gives him the cash first. And the buyers won't give unless they see the merchandise first.

A 29-year old aspiring composer—still single and without any romantic prospects—vows to both marry and write a hit musical before he turns 30. Director Joseph McGrath's 1968 British comedy stars Dudley Moore, Suzy Kendall, Eddie Foy Jr. and Patricia Routledge.

The story of Androcles, the simple-hearted Christian tailor whose friendship with a lion saves himself and his friends from martyrdom in the Roman Colosseum.

Miss Polly decides to spend a few months with her wealthy spinster aunt as a traveling companion. While in India her aunt's demise leaves her alone to pursue her freedom and explore an arm's length romance with a local boy.

마크 색커리(Mark Thackeray: 시드니 포이티어 분)는 아프리카 기니 출신의 흑인이다. 그는 전직 통신 기사지만 새로운 직장이 생기기 전까지 교편을 잡기로 한다. 그가 발령을 받은 곳은 런던의 빈민촌, 생활고에 찌들려 교육에 대해서는 통 관심을 보이지 않는 사람들이 사는 곳이다. 그러다 보니 학생들은 하나같이 말썽꾼들이고 그들의 관심사는 어떻게 하면 교사를 골탕먹일까 뿐이다. 하지만 무엇보다 견디기 힘든 것은 이런 현실에 방관적인 자세를 취하고 있는 동료 교사들. 심지어 교장은 자기의 원칙에서 벗어나지만 않으면 된다는 전제 아래 모든 것을 교사의 재량에 맡기는 안니한 태도를 보인다. 아이들에게 시달리던 색커리는 아이들이 인생의 목표도 없고 자신이 처한 현실을 변화시키려는 의지도 없이 학교를 그저 냉혹한 현실에서 도피할 수 있는 공간정도로만 생각하고 있는 것을 알고 아이들을 교육시키는데 뭔가 색다른 전략이 필요함을 느낀다. 그는 우선 교사의 권위는 잊고 아이들에게 성인 대우를 해주면서 서로가 동등한 위치에서 자기 이야기를 하도록 유도하며 서로에 대한 경계심을 푼다. 그리고 아이들의 피부에 와닿지 않는 교과서에 적힌 내용들을 접어두고 인생, 죽음, 결혼, 사랑 등등 친밀하지만 어려운 주제들에 대한 진솔한 얘기를 이끌어나가면서 아이들의 불신의 벽을 무너뜨린다. 이런 대화는 무리를 지어 다닐 땐 강하지만 나약하기 그지없는 아이들에게 교실밖의 세상은 냉혹하며 생존을 위해서 변화해야만 한다는 교훈을 주고 색커리는 점차 아이들의 신임과 존경을 얻는다. 시간은 흐르고 아이들의 졸업식이 다가온다. 아이들은 졸업 후 취업 문제에 당면하면서 포기하지 않고 자신들을 바른 길로 이끌어준 색커리에게 감사하게 되고 한편 색커리도 원하던 통신기사 일자리를 얻는다. 졸업식 댄스 파티. 세상으로 나갈 준비가 된 아이들은 색커리에게 감사의 마음을 전하고 색커리는 그런 아이들의 모습에 눈물을 흘린다.