Hugh Whitemore

Winston Churchill foi o obstáculo mais importante dos nazistas durante a II Guerra Mundial. Com sua autoridade intrépida e retórica, inspirou milhões de britânicos e outros grupos mundiais a lutar até o final contra Hitler.

Winston Churchill foi o obstáculo mais importante dos nazistas durante a II Guerra Mundial. Com sua autoridade intrépida e retórica, inspirou milhões de britânicos e outros grupos mundiais a lutar até o final contra Hitler.

Um grupo improvável de pessoas encontra consolo e amizade após ser colocado junto na sequência de um ataque terrorista.

No ínicio dos anos 30 um homem , um político e orador excepcional de nome Winston Churchill salta para a ribalta da fama pela sua luta em torno do crescimento e fortalecimento de uma Europa desunida na época. Lutando contra todas as adversidades - uma depressão profunda, a perca de toda a sua fortuna pessoal e o temporário desaparecimento da sua mulher Clemmie - um solitário mas desafiador Churchill tenta de todas as formas avisar o mundo de uma tentativa de poder pela força por um político Austríaco emergente chamado Adolf Hitler.

A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. Turing was also a homosexual in Britain at a time when this was illegal, besides being a security risk.

Jane Eyre é uma menina órfã que vive com sua tia, a sra. Reed, e seus primos, que sempre a maltratam. Até que, cansada do convívio forçado com a sobrinha de seu falecido esposo, a mulher envia Jane a um colégio para moças, onde ela cresce e se torna professora. Com o tempo, cresce nela a vontade de expandir seus horizontes. Ela põe um anúncio no jornal em busca de trabalho como governanta. O anúncio é respondido pela senhora Fairfax, e Jane parte do colégio para trabalhar em Thornfield Hall. Lá, ela conhece seu patrão, o sr. Rochester, um homem brusco e sombrio, por quem se apaixona. Mas um grande segredo do passado se interpõe entre eles. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)

TV remake of the Henry James' classic tale "Turn of the Screw", with changes in location and character names. A live in nanny discovers two children haunted by the spirits and deeds of their former care givers.

Hugh Whitemore adapted Bruce Chatwin's novel for this tale of a New York antique dealer who travels to Prague to buy the porcelain collection of the late Baron Utz, only to become embroiled in the wreckage of the dead man's unusual life history after he discovers that the collection is missing.

The Final Days concerns itself with the final months of the Richard Nixon presidency.

A couple learns that their friendly neighbours might be Russian spies.

A couple learns that their friendly neighbours might be Russian spies.

Uma história de amor e gosto pelos livros, Nunca Te Vi, Sempre Te Amei apresenta os ganhadores do Oscar Anne Bancroft e Anthony Hopkins atuando de forma excepcional. Helen Hanff (Bancroft), uma escritora mal-humorada, envia uma carta a uma pequena livraria de Londres, solicitando algumas obras Inglesas clássicas raras. Frank Doel (Hopkins), o discreto vendedor inglês de livros, atende a seu pedido, iniciando uma troca de cartas comovente e graciosa entre dois continentes por duas décadas. A aspereza de Hanff contrasta com o comportamento pomposo britânico de Doel, mas o amor mútuo aos livros forma entre eles um elo que se intensifica com o passar dos anos. Suas cartas íntimas e altamente detalhadas descrevendo seus sonhos, esperanças, sofrimentos e alegrias nos faz mergulhar no universo de suas vidas, e eles acabam desenvolvendo uma amizade notável e duradoura.

In the 1880s, Jack Grant, a young Englishman, has been sent by his parents to make a new life in the pioneering colony of Western Australia.

The horrors of World War I have robbed returning veteran Chris Baldry of his memory. The traumatized soldier doesn't even recognize his own wife, Kitty, or remember their years together. While Baldry attempts to cope with the unfamiliar surroundings of his own home, he seeks out the company of an old flame from his childhood, Margaret Grey. His amnesia also makes him a ready target for the affections of his older cousin, Jenny.

Diedre and The Colonel separately attend a health spa and find themselves falling in love.

Vice Adm. Horatio Nelson's remarkable naval career and troubled personal affairs are brought to life in this miniseries, which tells his famous story through the narratives of those who knew him best.

A workaholic persuades a lonely unmarried lady to pose as his wife. Soon she starts wondering about his past, and things start to go downhill.

A young man becomes infatuated with the exotic Lady Pitts whose much older husband is not pleased.

For a poet with a gift for crafting words into barbs, Stevie Smith lives a relatively conventional life. Sheltered in a London suburb, she spends her days engaged in tedious housework, crafting verse and conversing with her aunt. But while her body may be committed to drudgery, Stevie's mind is constantly trying to break free, which causes her to rail against religion and middle-class values, and prevents her from finding happiness with a man interested in her.

Sandra is a deaf mute girl whose life descends into prostitution and degradation on the streets of Bradford.

Three unrelated horror shorts from 1975 UK horror anthology series "Classics Dark and Dangerous" edited together into one horror film anthology with three segments. Each story features a woman who willingly or unwillingly spreads evil.

Throughout his life, William Wilson finds himself being shadowed by another William Wilson, who seems to resemble him in more than name.

Duas crianças camponesas, Mytyl e seu irmão Tyltyl, embarcam na busca pelo pássaro azul da felicidade da fada Berylune. Em sua jornada, eles têm a companhia da presença humanizada de um Cachorro, um Gato, Luz e Fogo e outras entidades.

Adaptation of the Helene Hanff memoir, presented as part of Play for Today.

James Herriot is a vet in Yorkshire, England, during the 1940's. He is assigned to the practice of Siegfried Farnon, who—together with his mischievous brother Tristan—already have a successful business. James undergoes a variety of adventures during his work, which are just as often caused by the characters of the county, including the Farnon brothers, as the animals in his care.

"All I said was the gramophone's too loud." Tony and Zoe Lyle 's silly row starts like any other, but Tony finds that Zoe means it this time. She's walking out and he's got a week to save a marriage that he hasn't looked at in 18 years, and with it all the trappings of a good life in Maida Vale.

Northerner Joe Lampton becomes involved with Lord Ackerman, the powerful chairman of a pharmaceutical concern, his beautiful wife Alex, and daughter Robin. But trouble starts when Joe is made Managing Director of one of Ackerman’s companies and makes a shocking discovery: his predecessor committed suicide...

An enchanting tale of childhood in a sleepy Cotswold village during and immediately after the First World War.

A play by Terence Rattigan about the stories of several people staying at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables."

A small comedy drama about the life and sex adventures of an amorous window cleaner, in the hip and swingin' London of the '60s.