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Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas presents a long overdue assessment of the rich heritage television drama has to offer. Channel 4 invited over 200 of Britain's top television drama professionals – writers, directors, producers and commissioners – to take part in an exclusive poll to discover what they consider the finest dramas ever produced.
Cop
A talented young female police sketch artist uses her abilities to track down an evil child molester.
Matthew's Father
Matthew is a boy who just left school. He is handsome and athletic and believes himself to be gay. He retains a friendship with only one school friend, Phil, who has stuck by Matthew despite hostile reactions from his peers. As their relationship grows more intense, Phil's girlfriend Sharon and his classmates become vindictive and aggressive. The two friends find themselves ostracized by both friends and family and decide to run away.
1961 Spurs Team Member
Girls growing up in 1960-61 London develop a passion for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, the first British team in the 20th century to win the English league and FA Cup "double". Twenty years later, one of the girls tracks down players of the '60-'61 Spurs for a documentary.
Blind Pew
Intrigue...comedy...adventure...unforgettable characters and exotic settings - the legendary story of Treasure Island comes to life in this colourful adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's masterpiece. Join these timeless travellers in this wonderful and immortal tale of treasure and treachery!
Mark
Небольшой английский городок, в котором расположена престижная музыкальная школа. Сэнди, лучшая скрипачка школы, решает сократить путь домой и пройти через так называемый лес Кромби. Больше ее никто никогда не видел... Полиция посчитала, что это дело рук маньяка, однако по городку поползли слухи о колдовстве. В любом случае, власти посчитали нужным обнести лес высокой решеткой...
Mr. Sands
В фильме откровенно показаны реалии английской ювенальной тюрьмы 70-ых годов XX века. Жизнь подростков продемонстрирована на примере судеб нескольких из них: противостояния с охраной и другими заключенными, унижения, вплоть до пыток, например, в виде ходьбы босиком по улице в холод, работа в этой колонии, отношения между подростками — точнее, уже почти взрослыми юношами.
Swimming Coach
A teenager gets out of reform school and heads to Torquay for a swimming contest, where he meets a pair of young Northern lasses working as hotel chambermaids. However, their fun is interrupted by a gang of Scottish punks who come to cause trouble.
Dave
A young couple move into a remote country house in the middle of a stone circle. They employ workmen who disturb an ancient menhir, unleashing a supernatural force.
Sands
A hard and shocking story of life in a British borstal for young offenders. [This is the original version scheduled for broadcast on 'Play for Today' on 8-Nov-1977 but withdrawn by the BBC because it was deemed too controversial. Director Alan Clarke edited the film and released it in cinemas in 1979 (See 'Scum (1979)'). The BBC would eventually broadcast the original on 27-Jul-1991.]
Sergeant Clegg
В сентябре 1944 года, после успешного вторжения в Нормандию, союзники готовят тайную операцию «Маркет Гарден»: дерзкий план, призванный быстро положить конец Второй мировой войне путем воздушного налета на Германию и уничтожения всех военных заводов Рейха. Однако, сочетание неудачной боевой тактики, ошибочных разведданных, невезения и плохой погоды привело к катастрофе.
