Ray Brooks
Nascimento : 1939-04-20, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
História
Ray Brooks is a British actor famous for his role as the narrator in the classic children's cartoon series Mr Benn, for the films The Knack...And How To Get It, Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150AD and Cathy Come Home, and for the TV series Big Deal and Growing Pains. In recent years he played Joe Macer, the husband and murderer of Albert Square stalwart Pauline Fowler, in the BBC's long running soap opera EastEnders and has written several books, including his autobiography.
Self (archive footage)
Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with her mysterious and almost inaccessible beauty. A major figure in genre and auteur films, she is unclassifiable: between presence and absence, shyness and audacity, she's always hypnotic, magnetic and fascinating. From her film debut in the mid-1960s in England, to her unconventional career path, through the tragic loss suicide of her older sister that will irremediably mark her acting, this film is a dive into the existential quest of a complex actress, whose every facet is discovered through her roles. Through a conversation with the actress herself, along with personal archives and extracts from her films, this documentary raws a dazzling portrait of her life and career.
A double dose of the doctor! Two classic Dr. Who adventures return in new 4K restorations. Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) were the first time the good Doctor was ever seen in colour and on the big screen. The films, directed by Gordon Flemyng, remain the doctor’s only cinematic outings and feature the legendary Peter Cushing as everyone’s favourite timelord alongside a supporting cast that includes Roy Castle, Bernard Cribbins, Jennie Linden and Roberta Tovey.
Alex Conway/Eddie Weary
Alex Conway is an actor who plays the part of 'Eddie Weary', a sympathetic, down-at-heel, shabby, Northern, working-class private detective, in a TV show. Except Conway is actually a complete idiot in real-life: stuck up, pretentious and selfish, the constant focus of tabloid interest for his bad, usually drunken behaviour. But then he discovers he gets truckloads of mail from fans who think he really is Eddie Weary, asking for his help, so he decides to help them - with the aid of his assistant, Birdie.
Narrator
The Pickwick Papers is a twelve-part BBC adaption of The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, first broadcast in 1985. It starred Nigel Stock, Alan Parnaby, Clive Swift and Patrick Malahide, with narration spoken by Ray Brooks.
Narrator
An educational film about proper hygiene.
Raymond Collis
Three a.m. A crash of breaking glass ... the slow creak of a door opening ... is it a burglar? Raymond Collis finds out the hard way.
Tony
Somewhere in the middle of the English countryside a former judge and a group of former prison warders, including his lover, run their own prison for young women who have not been held properly to account for their crimes. Here they mete out their own form of justice and ensure that the girls never return to their old ways.
Craig
When the British government orders the assassination of an Air Ministry official suspected of leaking top secret intel, their top assassin assigned to the job discovers there may be more to the hit than meets the eye.
Guy
Light-hearted and occasionally unclothed adaptation of a British comic strip in the over-the-top, on-beyond-Bond spy fantasy vein. Based on the Daily Mail comic strip.
George Tracewell
Tom Kovack is a hard-nosed race car driver until a sudden supernatural vision causes a near-fatal crash while he's hurtling down the backstretch at 140 miles per hour. Michele Brent is the woman who convinces Kovack that his visions are significant. She leads him to the manor house that appeared in his vision, which in turn leads him into a world of revenge and murder from beyond the grave. Kovack must tap into his newfound power to conquer the evil forces at work.
Georgio
A group of holidaymakers head for the Spanish resort of Elsbels for a 4-day visit. When they get there, they find the Hotel still hasn't been finished being built, and the weather is awful. And there is something strange about the staff—they all look very similar. To top it all off, the weather seems to be having an adverse affect on the Hotel's foundations.
5 of Spades
An all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale. One day, plucky young Alice follows a white rabbit down a hole and discovers a world of bizarre characters.
Mike
Actors rehearsing a show at a mysterious seaside theater are being killed off by an unknown maniac.
Paul
Men behave in a beastly, chauvinistic manner at an office party, turning what should be a fun break from work into an exercise in bad taste.
Lt. David Coulson
British mercenaries (Stanley Baker, Alex Cord) finish their Congo feud in Hong Kong, with a woman (Honor Blackman) caught in the middle.
Reg Ward
A British woman faces a downward social climb thanks to her country's rigid and problem-ridden welfare system.
David
Para tentar evitar um assalto em Londres, o policial Tom Campbell, por engano, termina dentro da TARDIS, uma máquina de viajem no tempo e espaço criada pelo Dr. Who. Dr.Who, sua filha, neta e Campbell viajam para o futuro e chegam no ano de 2150, encontrando Londres e o mundo inteiro destruídos. Quando começam a investigar, se encontram com alguns sobreviventes, que lhes dizem que a raça alienígena Daleks tomaram conta da Terra e tem planos para mover o planeta inteiro para sua terra natal, onde eles pilharão os seus recursos naturais. Dr. Who vai agora liderar a resistência para impedir que os Daleks tenham êxito em sua missão.
Tolen
Em Londres um professor, Colin (Michael Crawford), aluga quartos em sua casa. Um inquilino, Tolen (Ray Brooks), é um sedutor incansável, que transa pelo menos 5 horas por dia. Colin quer aprender um pouco da arte de sedução, pois em dois anos só esteve com duas mulheres. A situação incomoda tanto Colin que ele imagina uma longa fila de jovens mulheres na sua casa, esperando para entrar no quarto de Tolen. Sentindo ciúme de Tolen com as mulheres, Colin lhe pede conselhos para ser um bom conquistador mas estes se revelam pouco práticos. Então Colin decide que seu primeiro passo será comprar uma cama grande e, quando está fazendo isto, conhece Nancy Jones (Rita Tushingham), que acaba de chegar na cidade. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
Johnnie
Four teen-aged Teds are persuaded to form a rock group and undertake the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme to keep them out of trouble.
Hayes
Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases.
Freddy
A struggling singer and his band befriend an heiress who, against the wishes of her father, is searching for the lover who she has been forbidden to see and with whom she is hoping to elope.
Directed by cult British director John Krish, the film was sponsored by the Army Kinematograph Corporation. This tightly plotted drama shows British POWs enduring brainwashing and torture during the Korean War, thereby revealing what a soldier could expect if he was ever captured by enemy forces.