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Nominated for the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival in 1952, Encore consists of three engaging portrayals of everyday life that rise above the merely ordinary through the evergreen writing talents of W. Somerset Maugham, the master of the short story[...]

It's Christmas 1940 and the people of Everytown, unprepared and ill-equipped, find themselves at war against an enemy who has been planning such a conflict for years. The land is devastated by the horrors of aerial bombardment[...]

Shot over two years by Adrian Cowell and his team, The Tribe That Hides From Man is an extraordinary film, made under the most hazardous conditions. The film follows Orlando and Claudio Villas Boas as they enter previously unexplored[...]

Episodes Include:Moving In - Shelley and Fran go looking for a flat of their own. But their new landlady could pose problems.The Nelson Touch - With Shelley having been 74 weeks on the dole, the 'granite faces' at the labour exchange[...]

An eternal dreamer, Billy Fisher is a likeable North Country lad with a habit of becoming lost in his own wild imagination. His flights of fancy do him no favours at the funeral parlour where he works and earn him continuous scorn[...]

Based on Jean Anouilh's successful West End play, Waltz of the Toreadors is a rumbustious comedy with strong romatic theme concerning the life and loves of an ageing General. Peter Sellers gives a skilfully-drawn performance as[...]

On an island in the Far East, Dr Alec Windom (Peter Finch) cares for the population. He feels a great responsibility in general for the locals, who are exploited by rich plantation owners. Tensions are rising as his estranged wife (Mary Ure) arrives for a[...]

Ruth clings to a boat in a stormy sea while her father (Michael Craig) swims out in a desperate attempt to save her. He is too late and she is flung from the boat onto the nearby rocks, bleeding and unconscious. Arriving at the hospital, he and his wife are[...]

The man trapped by his brother, King Louis XIV of France, in a brutal iron mask is Philippe (Richard Chamberlain - The Count of Monte Cristo). He is the assumed dead twin to the King who, though the rightful heir to the throne,[...]

In the Council Chambers of the South Riding new forces are at work. For Robert Carne hope and tradition die hard. Meanwhile, Sarah Burton returns to her native county for a fateful interview, full of ambition and high ideals. The winds of change are blowing[...]

Bradley Hardacre has risen from poverty to become the wealthy owner of mine, mill and munitions works in the Lancashire town of Utterly. The Fairchild family live in a poor home, so what is their connection to Bradley and why[...]

Meet James Shelley. A highly educated student and bone-idle skiver, he spends his days pondering the philosophical implications of life whilst railing against the bureaucratic machinery which has the gall to insist that he actually[...]

A demonstration for an important event involves the raising of a balloon barrage. However, one balloon does not move, and when it is discovered that it belongs to 'The Crazy Gang', they are instructed to release it at once. This they do, but a sudden gust[...]

In the second half of the 19th Century, the crippled artist Toulouse-Lautrec finds friendship amongst the dancers of the Moulin Rouge, the hottest night haunt in Paris. There he meets Marie, a young girl in desperate need of help, and eagerly becomes her champion[...]

George (Laurence Harvey), Harris (Jimmy Edwards) and J (David Tomlinson) decide to have a holiday on the Thames. George cancels engagements with his many girlfriends, Harris informs all restaurants that he will be out of town and J explains to his wife that[...]

Als der frisch geweihte junge Priester Neil Boyd in die Pfarrei St. Jude's kommt, stellt er fest, dass ihn nichts im Priesterseminar auf Pater Duddleswell hätte vorbereiten können - einen robusten und fröhlichen Exzentriker,[...]

Arguably one of the most memorable legal dramas in the history of British television, Crown Court was originally broadcast on ITV and was water cooler TV. The show used fictional cases but the jurors were actually members of the public. Different endings were[...]

Shelly falls victim to Thatcher's Britain once more and ends up back on the dole. Normally he like nothing better than a good skive, but with a baby on the way he tries his best to become gainfully employed once more. After a[...]

Ein Ex-CIA-Agent versucht, die Architektin der größten Verbrechen der Geschichte, Madame Sin, an der Ausführung ihres nächsten bösen Plans zu hindern...Als Paradebeispiel für das durch die Austin-Powers-Filme so gut in Szene gesetzte Camp-Spionage-Genre[...]

BAFTA-nominated actress Maureen Lipman stars as Jane Lucas, author of a problem page in a glossy magazine and radio Agony Aunt. A huge hit for ITV in the late 70's and early 80's , Agony lasted for three series, with a sequel[...]

Nick Mullen and Vernon Bayliss are reporters who receive an anonymous tip-off that a political scandal is about to break. MP Dennis Markham, a friend of Vernon's, is photographed leaving a call girl's flat and two hours later an East German military attache[...]

It's a gorgeous summer's day and two teams play a cricket game with a difference. It's the annual match between the local mental asylum and the villagers and, in the scoring hut, patients Crossley and Graves sit side-by-side recording every run, over and fallen[...]

A television institution that lasted for over a decade, Crown Court was a much-loved courtroom drama which, although the cases were fictional, used 'real' jurors chosen from members of the public. Multiple endings were prepared for each story, dependent on[...]

Die BAFTA-nominierte Komödie After Henry folgt dem bequemen Leben dreier Frauen aus der Mittelschicht - nur für eine von ihnen ist das Leben nicht ganz so bequem... Sarah wurde von ihrem verstorbenen Mann gut versorgt, aber leider auch mit einer anspruchsvollen[...]

From the star of Nearest and Dearest comes Not On Your Nellie - one of the major comedy successes of the 1970s. When blunt Northern 'lass' Nellie Pickersgill (Hylda Baker) comes to London to look after her ailing father she isn't[...]

In der Hauptrolle die BAFTA-gekrönte Komikerin Caroline Aherne (The Royle Family). In dieser sehr erfolgreichen und mehrfach ausgezeichneten Show stehen zahlreiche Prominente Schlange, um von Aherne (in aufwendigem Make-up) als[...]

Jill Gascoine stars as tough, no-nonsense female cop Maggie Forbes. Made at a time when there were very few ranking female officers in the police force, The Gentle Touch not only showed police procedure within a Metropolitan Police[...]

It's a year now since they left the peace and tranquillity of form 5C, Fenn Street School, and set out to show the world what was what. But, as Duffy finds, the world doesn't always co-operate! His business is slowly sliding down[...]

It's... Time for another volume of Pipkins!Disc OneAn Old Glass DoorJohnny's Flat, Hartley's OfficeDeath of a GoldfishMoving OutHartley and the DogThe Haunted HouseAll That GlittersThe MonsterDisc TwoA Day With the ScrapmanWhy Can't Teddy Go Home?Topov Asks[...]

A television institution that lasted for over a decade, Crown Court was a much-loved courtroom drama which, although the cases were fictional, used 'real' jurors chosen from member of the public. Multiple endings were prepared[...]

Duffy und Sharon sind endlich bereit, den Bund fürs Leben zu schließen und sich ein eigenes Haus zu suchen. Sie glauben, das perfekte Exemplar gefunden zu haben, aber Frankie Abbott verwehrt ihnen die Chance, es zu kaufen. Voller[...]

Husband and wife team and Royal Shakespeare Company players Dame Judi Dench and Michael Williams star in this BAFTA award-winning ITV series, originally broadcast between November 1981 and February[...]

A visitor from another world brings fun and friendship into the lives of three elderly mid-town Americans.Before going out, George always promises his wife he'll bring home a glass of stardust. Living in a fantasy world, hardware story keeper George spends[...]

The story of a disturbed busboy who becomes obsessed with a co-worker, a detective who specialises in sexual perversity becomes involved in the case when the co-worker reports the strange behaviour. Banned from British cinemas,[...]

Alle 28 Episoden der ersten vier Staffeln von Roy Clarkes lang laufender BBC-Sitcom, die in den Yorkshire Dales spielt. Episoden der Serie 1 sind: 'Short Back and Palais Glide', 'Inventor of the 40-Foot Ferret', 'Paté and Chips',[...]

During a house warming party, six friends decide to take a look at the attic because an old story about it excited their curiosity. That was definitely a bad idea.