Robert Lang

The Secret Thread

Harold Clayton

Marius Goring, Brian Bedford

A writer, Arnold Reed, goes back to his former boyhood home in the East End, and there, finding it about to be torn down, he revisits his attic room, and stumbles on evidence of the operations of dealers in illegal traffic. He breaks his ankle and has to hide from the criminals, one of whom is a murderer.

One Warm Line: The Legacy of Stan Rogers

Alan Collins, Robert Lang

He was a great singer/songwriter who touched the elusive spirit of Canada. He was larger than life. Before dying in a tragic accident at the age of 33, Stan Rogers was already well on his way to becoming a national icon. Born in Ontario, Rogers' mother was from Nova Scotia and much of his music was influenced by his summers there. This lyrical portrait captures the man and his music and has captivated millions of viewers over its broadcast life.

Tracey Ullman: A Class Act

Tracey Ullman, Michael Palin

A short series of 15 minute programmes, really expanded sketches, in which Tracey Ullman and Michael Palin play various roles satirizing the British class system.

The Cherry on the Top

Guy Verney

Robert Lang, Pauline Yates

A comic play set against the background of the Air Force.

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

Dan Ireland

Joan Plowright, Rupert Friend

All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.

Uncle Vanya

Stuart Burge

Michael Redgrave, Joan Plowright

Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.

King Lear

Michael Elliott

Laurence Olivier, John Hurt

An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.

The Dance of Death

David Giles

Laurence Olivier, Geraldine McEwan

An egocentric artillery captain and his venomous wife engage in savage unremitting battles in their isolated island fortress of the coast of Sweden at the turn of the century. Alice, a former actress who sacrificed her career for secluded military life with Edgar, reveals on the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary, the veritable hell their marriage has been. Edgar, an aging schizoid who refuses to acknowledge his severe illness, struggles to sustain his ferocity and arrogance with an animal disregard for other people.

I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill

Shaun O'Riordan

Robert Lang, Julie Sommars

Returning home to her flat, Ann Rogers passes a stranger leaving the building. A few moments later she discovers her neighbor lying dead in the hallway, the latest victim of a serial killer. Ann could be able to identify the killer, but the killer also knows her face and knows he needs to silence the witness...

The Dog It Was That Died

Peter Wood

Alan Bates, Alan Howard

Rupert Purvis jumps off a bridge onto a dog, causing problems for Blair, his superior at MI5. Blair must convince Hogbin, the agent who's been tailing Purvis, of which side Purvis is really on--once he finds out what it is.

Lady Windermere's Fan

Tony Smith

Helena Little, Tim Woodward

Lord Windermere appears to all - including to his young wife Margaret - as the perfect husband. But their happy marriage is placed at risk when Lord Windermere starts spending his afternoons with an adventuress who is working her way through London's high society, Mrs. Erlynne. Worse, Windermere gives her big sums of money. To crown it all he asks his wife to invite the detestable woman to her own birthday party. Upset and outraged, the puritan Lady Windermere decides to leave her husband and goes to Lord Robert Darlington, who has been courting her for some time. Unfortunately she leaves her fan - the one Robert offered her for her birthday - in Robert's house...

Who Bombed Birmingham?

Michael Beckham

John Hurt, Martin Shaw

Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted to the bombing under extreme duress, and that the five IRA members were in fact responsible for the deadly attacks

Some Mother's Son

Terry George

Хелен Миррен, Fionnula Flanagan

Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Mike Newell

Hugh Grant, Энди Макдауэлл

Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.

And No One Could Save Her

Kevin Billington

Lee Remick, Milo O’Shea

The life of young newlywed, Fern O'Neil, is turned upside-down when her husband is called home to visit his dying father in Ireland. When she fails to receive a phone call from her husband, she contacts the airline and discovers he was not on the plane. Further investigation reveals that her husband is not who she thought he was. Her search ultimately takes her all the way to Ireland, where her sanity and, of course, her story come into question.

Othello

Stuart Burge

Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay

General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.