John McGrath

Kaisa is a Scot, a successful London lawyer, who snorts coke and has one-night stands with strangers. Her mother calls from Aberdeen with some story begging her to fly to Norway and collect her alcoholic dad whom she hasn't seen in years.

A dramatized account of the Scott Inquiry about the sales of arms to Iraq.

A dramatized account of the Scott Inquiry about the sales of arms to Iraq.

어느 겨울 오후, 영국 남부해안가에, 버지니아 울프의 여동생인 바네사(쟈넷 맥티어 분)의 집으로 한 남자가 찾아 온다. 얼핏 보기에도 예민한 감성을 예견케 하는 이 남자는 동성연애자로 알려진 작가 리튼(조나단 프라이스 분)이다. 석양 무렵, 리튼은 창문 너머로 보이쉬한 얼굴 하나를 발견한다. 그 얼굴은 금빛 단발머리 사이로 햇살에 불붙듯 타오르며, 국화같이 푸른 눈을 가진 영낙없는 미소년의 얼굴이다. 그러나 이 얼굴의 주인공은 젊은 여류화가 캐링턴(엠마 톰슨 분)이었으니, 남자를 좋아하는 리틴의 직감도 양성적 매력의 캐링턴 앞에선 잠시 착각을 일으켰던 것이다. 리튼을 만난 후 캐링턴은 동료화가 마크 거틀러(Mark Gertler: 루퍼스 세웰 분)의 청혼도 거절하고, 리튼에게 강렬한 호감과 사랑을 느낀다. 리튼과 캐링턴은 동거하는 것에 서로 동의하고, 그들의 전원 생활을 시작한다. 그곳에 찾아온 첫번째 방문자 랠프 파트리지(Ralph Partridge: 스티븐 웨딩턴 분). 리튼은 이 건강하고 매력적인 남자를 사랑하게 된다. 한편 캐링턴을 연모하던 랠프는 그녀와 육체관계를 맺게 되는데, 이때부터 이들 3인의 기이한 동거생활은 진행된다. 두 번째 방문자 제럴드 브래넌(사뮤엘 웨스트 분). 시적이고 낭만적인 이 남자도 곧 캐링턴의 연인이 된다. 리튼은 저서 '위대한 빅토리아인'의 출판으로 꽤 유명해지고 큰 저택의 소유자가 된 후에도 또 다른 젊은 남자들의 뒤를 쫓아다닌다. 더 이상 견디기 힘든 허탈감에 빠진 캐링턴은 주변의 전시회 제안도 거부한채 혼자만의 고독한 미술 세계로 침잠해 들어간다. 그들이 처음 만난지 17년 후 리튼은 위암으로 세상을 떠난다. 임종 직전에서야 리튼은 20년 가까이 가슴 속에만 간직해 두었던 삶의 동반자, 캐링턴에 대한 사랑을 고백하게 되는데.

In 1871, 'tired of the speakers of English', Mairi Mhor began writing resistance songs in Gaelic, protesting at the displacement of the Scottish Highland and Island folk by the Southern landlords. Unjustly imprisoned in Inverness at the age of 51, she expresses her anger in song, discovering a talent for music; these songs became central to the identity of the region and are still sung today. The achingly beautiful landscape of Skye, and the music it inspired, provide a haunting canvas for this valuable piece of historical research.

An elderly woman learns that she is dying of cancer. She and her husband leave their small farm on the Isle of Skye to visit their children to inform them of the news. During the journey, the couple rediscover their love for each other.

The Swashbuckling legend of Robin Hood unfolds in the 12th century when the mighty Normans ruled England with an iron fist.

In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their 17-year-old niece, who is having a delusional affair with an American soldier.

In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their 17-year-old niece, who is having a delusional affair with an American soldier.

A woman looks back on her life as a political activist in Scotland from the 1950s to the 1970s.

A woman looks back on her life as a political activist in Scotland from the 1950s to the 1970s.

In his further adventures Frank finds success and unhappiness.

In his further adventures Frank finds success and unhappiness.

Frank, a young lad from Sheffield, leaves home to seek his fortune in London; he finds the big city not all what he had expected

Frank, a young lad from Sheffield, leaves home to seek his fortune in London; he finds the big city not all what he had expected

The "ceilidh play", as writer John McGrath styled it, is presented in the BBC's 1974 "Play for Today" production to a live audience intercut with filmed reconstructions of the Highland Clearances and the Victorian obsession with hunting stags. Restored in high definition from the original film masters held in the BBC Archives.

The "ceilidh play", as writer John McGrath styled it, is presented in the BBC's 1974 "Play for Today" production to a live audience intercut with filmed reconstructions of the Highland Clearances and the Victorian obsession with hunting stags. Restored in high definition from the original film masters held in the BBC Archives.

Three stories reflecting life in the Orkney Islands, two set in the past, and one in the present.

Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him - after 37 years - back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is confronted with his lost Irish roots. He finds out that his father died because of a fight with some anglo-saxon teddy boys. It becomes "a matter of honour" for him, to take his revenge without involving the British police

The core of the plot is the romantic triangle formed by the protagonist, a conscripted soldier named Private Brigg; a worldly professional soldier named Sergeant Driscoll, and Phillipa Raskin, the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major. The location is a British army base in Singapore during the Malayan Emergency.

In the first part, The Compartment, an insane man boards a quiet railway coach and starts to annoy a patient man trying to read a paper with incessant small talk in an increasingly menacing manner until he finally pulls out a gun and screaming class hatred bile, humiliates the man until his stop is reached. In part two, Playmates, he breaks into a lonely house and proceeds to terrorise a spinster woman who lives there.

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

해리 파머는 MI5를 그만두고 삼류 사립탐정으로 살아가고 있습니다. 다시 정보국으로 복귀하라는 로스 대령의 요구를 무시한 그는 정체불명의 전화를 받고 역시 정체불명의 소포를 핀란드로 배달하는데, 알고 봤더니 그 고용주는 그의 미국인 친구인 레오 뉴비겐이었고 소포는 치명적인 바이러스가 들어있는 계란들이었죠. 여기서부터 해리 파머는 바이러스를 되찾으려는 영국 정보국, 반공산봉기를 일으키려는 라트비아 왕당파, 전세계의 공산주의자들을 모두 죽여없애는 것이 자신의 사명이라고 믿고 있는 텍사스 출신 광신도 장군, 봉기를 막으려는 소련 정보국 그리고 그들 사이에서 이득을 취하려는 여러 사람들이 등장하는 지독하게 복잡한 음모에 말려듭니다.

A frank dialogue on sexual likes and dislikes that place between a man and his mistress in bed together.

Ken Russell's silent film treatment of the 19th century comic novel by the Brothers Grossmith - George and Weedon. Starring Bryan Pringle, Avril Elgar and Murray Melvin. Adapted by Ken Russell and John McGrath. First shown on BBC2 at 10.10pm on Saturday 12th December 1964 - as part of the 'Six' strand.

Ken Russell's silent film treatment of the 19th century comic novel by the Brothers Grossmith - George and Weedon. Starring Bryan Pringle, Avril Elgar and Murray Melvin. Adapted by Ken Russell and John McGrath. First shown on BBC2 at 10.10pm on Saturday 12th December 1964 - as part of the 'Six' strand.

FADE TO BLACK follows the history of movie theatres in and around Kansas City. From its humble beginnings as family-owned single screens in the early 20th century to the large multiplexes of today. Theatre owners have overcome technological advances in entertainment but can they overcome a pandemic and a wearing public.