An American Werewolf in London

An American Werewolf in London

American tourists David and Jack are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. Retiring to the home of a...

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The Spy Who Loved Me

The Spy Who Loved Me

Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as...

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A Bridge Too Far

A Bridge Too Far

The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges...

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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television...

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Goal III: Taking on the World

Goal III: Taking on the World

Mexican footballer Santiago Muñez, along with his best friends and England national team players Charlie Braithwaite and Liam Adams, are selected...

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Prick Up Your Ears

Prick Up Your Ears

When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they...

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Number One

Number One

A down on his luck Irishman in London decides to play snooker for money.

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Abigail's Party

Abigail's Party

Beverly wears low-cut dresses, too much make-up, and has a reputation as a man-eating monster. She turns a social get-together between married...

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Give My Regards to Broad Street

Give My Regards to Broad Street

When the mastertape of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk losing his...

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A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his...

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Love on a Gunboat

Love on a Gunboat

In 1956 Britain staggers through crises in Suez and Cyprus while Leslie Potter pursues and marries Monica Dobbs. Twenty years later the nation has...

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Those Glory Glory Days

Those Glory Glory Days

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...

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The Marchioness Disaster

The Marchioness Disaster

A factual reconstruction of the events leading up to, during and after the Marchioness was struck by the Bow Belle Dredger on the river Thames in...

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The Back Page

The Back Page

And a warm welcome to a very cold valley! Charlton Athletic are playing Notts County and things are livening up in the Press Box.

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All About 'Abigail's Party'

All About 'Abigail's Party'

A look at the production of Play for Today: Abigail's Party (1977).

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Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.

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Big Zapper

Big Zapper

A female private detective, Harriet Zapper, is hired by a rich old man to find his missing children, and becomes involved in counterfeiting and...

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The Turnaround

The Turnaround

Private investigator Nick Sharman accepts a case which at first seems intriguing, but ends up causing him bitter regret.

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Rich Deceiver

Rich Deceiver

Ellie and Malc Freeman are a working-class couple in their forties who live in a terrace house in a poor district of Liverpool. Ellie has a...

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Man Above Men

Man Above Men

The conflict between a judge who sees himself as a creative and skilful protector of democracy, and his daughter, who sees him in a totally...

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