Francis Matthews

A compilation of the best of Supermarionation in High Definition. Sit back and enjoy some rare treats on a journey through Supermarionationland. Parker, Lady Penelope and Brains are your hosts, introducing some of the very best episodes from the Supermarionation archive as well as news items, commercial breaks with tie-in adverts and much more. Stand By For Action! - Four Feather Falls: Gunfight on Main Street - Supercar: False Alarm - Fireball XL5: Space City Special - Stingray: Pilot - Thunderbirds: Terror in New York City - Captain Scarlet: The Mysterons - Joe 90: Hi-Jacked - The Secret Service: More Haste, Less Speed

Documentary that chronicles the making of the third film in Hammer's Dracula series.

Remake of the 1953 original. Princess Elysa is touring Rome, and decides to get "out and about" away from her normal life. She meets with an American reporter and his photographer, who show her the sites. The reporter is initially more interested in a story than the Princess, but begins to fall for her.

A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips from Hammer productions and interviews with actors, actresses, directors and producers who worked on these films.

An author seeking solitude in a small hotel in the South of France is an unwilling witness to a relationship between a young couple and two interior designers.

Paul Hatcher has a habit of spying on the neighbors across the way, something that gets him into deep trouble. Hatcher is a movie critic, and for awhile it looks like his main problem is keeping reality and the silver screen separate. But then a double murder occurs across the street after some mobsters cannot find an incriminating negative. After Hatcher discovers where the negative is hidden, he is bumped to the top on the assassins' hit list.

Captain Scarlet and friends battle the Mysterons from Mars.

War erupts between Earth and Mars after a manned mission to Mars results in an attack on the city of the Mysterons. Compiled from episodes of the 1967 series Captain Scarlet.

Eisenhower the military man is the focus of this mini-series, his relationships with the other wartime leaders, and, very discreetly, his personal relationship with his driver, Kay Summersby.

Thriller about a reporter who comes home from an overseas assignment to find his baby in the hospital and his wife dead...

A man has been killed on the Dover/Boulogne car ferry. What is the connection between him and the attempts being made to kill Jane Kerrell, a young girl in her early twenties? As she speeds through the French countryside to the South of France, several attempts are made on her life as she is deliberately forced off the road by another car. But when she reports these attempts, the local Cap Ferrat Police Inspector and the sinister psychiatrist, Dr. Forla believe these attempts are in her imagination and Dr Forla, concludes that Jane is mentally disturbed. At her wits end Jane finds an ally in the young English painter, Paul Hedley who finally believes her life is in danger following an attempt to murder him. When Inspector Malling of Scotland Yard and Mr. Breese arrive in Cap Ferrat trying to uncover the connection between Jane and the murdered man on the ferry, this thrilling puzzle of international intrigue begins to unravel against the backdrop of the French Riviera.

Гарри Фенн - начальник рекламного отдела косметической фирмы. Для рекламной кампании нового продукта он нашел подходящую девушку-модель и на последнем совещании показал президенту фирмы ее фотографию. Президенту девушка понравилась, но......

A stressed television producer and his unhappy lounge singer wife are growing tired of each other.

Eric and Ernie decide to take a holiday to the South of France and unwittingly become mixed up with a band of jewel thieves.

Нетрадиционное прочтение истории «злого гения» последних Романовых интересно стремлением режиссера перенести на экран миф об экстрасенсорных способностях Распутина.

В Карпаты приезжают четверо англичан - Чарлз Кент с женой Дианой и его брат Алан с женой Хелен. Вопреки предупреждению настоятеля местного монастыря аббата Шандора они проникают в таинственный замок, где их встречает смотритель Клоув - «слуга своего умершего хозяина графа Дракулы»...

A chance meeting with a Schlecht agent forces a humble coffee shop manager into the secret world of spies in Swinging London. With the help of his MI5 friend, he poses as the recently dead Major Cavendish who had managed to infiltrate the dreaded organization; he knows that they are intending to assassinate someone - could it be the famous Russian ballerina who has recently arrived for an appearance at Covent Garden?

Мисс Марпл введена в попечительский совет некоего благотворительного заведения, исправляющего малолетних преступников путём помещения их на учебный корабль в нечто вроде флотского кадетского корпуса. И — а что вы хотели? — не успела мисс Марпл впервые принять участие в заседании, как один из его участников, всё заседание упорно хотевший что-то заявить собравшимся, прямо там и умер. И вновь начались разногласия мисс Марпл с полицией. Проницательная старушка прознала, что незадолго до того её коллега вернулся с инспекции с корабля. И, недолго думая, отправилась выяснять всё на корабль сама. Что привело не только к благополучному финалу, но и к аресту самой мисс Марпл и финальному поединку на шпагах с её участием.

A Bristol typist joins the world of beauty contests.

Мистер Гримсдейл (Эдвард Чэпмэн) хозяин мясной лавки, в которой работает Мистер Питкин, во время ограбления со страху проглатывает свои карманные часы. Питкин звонит в скорую помощь, и вместе с санитарами приезжает в больницу, где и начинается очередная серия смешных и нелепых приключений Питкина. Его стремление всем угодить, везде успеть, а также стать врачом, приводит к таким последствиям, что образцовая городская больница превращается в сумасшедший дом.

A pretty young woman will do anything to escape her deadly dull existence in the backlots of Wales. But when she reaches the bright lights of London is the price too high?

An engaged couples pre-marital bliss is shattered by the future bride’s domineering mother.

To beautify his street and trim city spending, stuffy councilman Jack (Francis Matthews) pushes to have the last gas lamp in town removed. But this angers his neighbors Albert (Ian Fleming) and Victoria (Amy Dalby), an inconspicuous pair of serial killers who choose Jack as their next victim. This dark comedy also stars Lisa Daniely as Mary, a local advocate who fights tooth and nail against Jack's modernization efforts.

A group of former concentration camp prisoners has formed an underground network to hunt Nazi leaders, who are still on the loose. At a secret meeting in Paris they discuss what to do with the former Auschwitz commandant Karl Brochmann, who since 12 years lives in London under the false identity of Karl Luther. They decide to take the law in their own hands, and send their member David to London. He starts his commission by scaring Luther, to see his reactions. Luther is already nervous, because the newspapers are writing about the capture of Eichmann. When he finds out that somebody has broken into his apartment and painted a swastika on his mirror, he gets terrified. He empties his bank account, packs a bag with all his cash and runs away, followed by David.

О приключениях капитана Адама Корбетта, который отправляется на поиски сокровищ легендарного графа Монте-Кристо.

An engineer is wrongly convicted of selling secrets to enemy agents and is sentenced to life in prison. Convinced it was his former partner who framed him, he enlists his son to investigate.

An 1840s British surgeon, experiments with anesthetic gases in an effort to make surgery pain-free. While doing so, his demonstration before a panel of his peers ends in a horrific mishap with his patient awakening under the knife; he is forced to leave his position in disgrace. To complicate matters, he becomes addicted to the gases and gets involved with a gang of criminals, led by Black Ben and his henchman Resurrection Joe.

English doctor John Winthrop (Francis Matthews) must protect his new wife, Ann (Kay Callard), from his wealthy and entirely too overbearing mother, Katherine (Margaretta Scott), who has some strong opinions about her son's new union. But things go too far when John accuses Katherine of trying to kill Ann with medication. Could she do such a thing -- and will these three ever have a good relationship?

1860 год. Барона Франкенштейна ведут к гильотине. Но ему удается избежать смерти, войдя в сговор с палачом и охранником тюрьмы. Франкенштейн переезжает в Карлсбрук, где становится видным и уважаемым врачом, хотя отказывается состоять в Ассоциации медиков города. Доктор практикует на богатой клиентуре, но в то же время открывает больничное отделение для бедных, в котором работает бесплатно, что вызывает к нему уважение общества. На самом деле эта работа позволяет брать человеческие органы и части тела, необходимые ему для экспериментов…

The dining room of the Jolly Fiddler has long been presided over by Albert, an aged but very shrewd waiter. A past master of the gentle art of fiddling, he extracts the maximum profit from his job while managing to endear himself to both the customers and staff. Then, there's a visit from Mr Finch, who feels it's time Albert was replaced.

Сразу после второй мировой войны Великобритания была вынуждена освободить Индию от колониальной зависимости. Желая сделать это организованно, командование английских войск разработало план постепенного вывода своих вооруженных сил. Но борющиеся за власть всевозможные индийские партии и группировки пожелали ускорить этот процесс, провоцируя население на бунты и неповиновение европейцам. Началось это с мятежа в индийском флоте, после чего целый ряд восстаний прокатился по всей стране. Именно на борьбу с этими анархическими выступлениями и в качестве подкрепления для гражданских властей был командирован на узловую станцию Бховани английский полковник Сэвидж.