Anne Dyson

This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne of St. Peter as Pope John Paul II. As a young...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sam Neill

An adaptation for television by Trevor Griffiths of DH Lawrence's classic novel

Genre: Drama

Cast: Eileen Atkins

Two incidents in a young actress's life have their effect on each other - a dinner date with a film producer, and attendance at the funeral of a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Susan Jameson

An adaptation of Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, concerning the Salem witch trials.

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Eric Porter

Who has bought the house which is the home for a dozen flat dwellers? When the heating fails and a flat is violently repossessed, things begin to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Leslee Udwin

In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Cary Elwes

An ancient church is being dismantled and moved to a new location, stone by stone. One of the gargoyles from the stones falls into the possession of...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Giles Harper

A TV play by Beryl Bainbridge. Formby. As the family gathers for Grandma's funeral, it seems to Olive that the eccentric old lady they have come to...

Genre:

Cast: Caroline Embling

The play tells the story of Christine Potts, who undergoes an unexpected mastectomy, and struggles to cope with the aftermath and the deficiencies of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Alison Steadman

During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Richard Gere

Siblings Maisie and Tony, along with their mother, gather for their sister Eileen's wedding. It is a joyous occasion, but through flashbacks, it...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Freda Dowie

Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ian McKellen

True story about the tragic nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jon Voight

A tough nun (Anna Massey) demands belief and obedience from convent schoolgirls (Katrin Cartlidge, Oona Kirsch) in World War II England.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anna Massey

When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anne Bancroft

Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there, and things supernatural combine to bring the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nicol Williamson

Set in London’s East End, The 14 (aka The Wild Little Bunch aka Existence) is based on the true story of fourteen children who struggle against...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jack Wild

Bruce Pritchard is paralysed in a soccer game and is confined to a wheelchair in a convalescence home. But this doesn't slow his lust for life. Then...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Malcolm McDowell

Middle-class parents have bought a run-down school in the country. Their two children, plus an assortment of friends, are staying there over the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jenni Barrand

Poet Daniel Tasker moves to a small Yorkshire village, where he perturbs and disturbs the locals, except for Lizzie, who has feelings awakened in her...

Genre: Romance

Cast: David Bailie

A watchmaker finds his livelihood is threatened by cheaply imported digital watches.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Paul Copley

Colin Pasmore tests his strength against his family ties but finds them stronger than he ever imagined.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Philip Jackson

Buddy (1986) is a BBC schools drama, based on the novel of the same name by Nigel Hinton. It was shown as part of the social studies strand. It...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Wayne Goddard