Michael Hordern

The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads

David Jason, Michael Hordern

Designed with young audiences in mind, this award-winning animated film (created with labor-intensive stop-motion techniques) brings Kenneth Grahame's classic children's book to life. When the villainous Weasel and his crew of thugs kidnap an unsuspecting Toad and send an impostor to take over Toad Hall, Badger, Rat and Mole aren't fooled. But can they figure out a way to save their friend before it's too late?

The Little Match Girl

Michael Custance

Michael Hordern, Twiggy

The Little Match Girl is a short story by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story is about a dying child's hopes and dreams, and was first published in 1845. This adaptation was made for Harlech TV and broadcast on 28th December 1986 and starred Twiggy and Roger Daltrey, and features the song 'Mistletoe and Wine' which became a Christmas number one for Cliff Richard in 1988, the biggest selling record of that year.

Now Voyager

Storm Thorgerson

Barry Gibb, Michael Hordern

A spoiled pop star crashes his car in an irrigation ditch and comes to in a public indoor pool supervised by a mysterious man who attempts to show him the error of his ways.

Scrooge

Brian Desmond Hurst

Alastair Sim, Mervyn Johns

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.

Group Madness

Michael Mileham, Phillip Schuman

Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle

A behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of 1983's Yellowbeard

Barry Lyndon

Stanley Kubrick

Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.

A Very Open Prison

Guy Jenkin

Tom Wilkinson, Ronald Pickup

The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped murderers! The fore runner of Crossing The Floor

Paddington Goes to School

Martin Pullen

Michael Hordern

The local truant officer informs Mrs. Brown (Paddington's keeper) that since he is of age, Paddington must go to school.

Macbeth

George Schaefer

Maurice Evans, Judith Anderson

Hallmark Hall of Fame's second version of Shakespeare's classic play, with the same two stars and the same director as its first version, but a different supporting cast.

Gandhi

Richard Attenborough

Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.

The Talking Parcel

Brian Cosgrove

Lisa Norris, Freddie Jones

The Talking Parcel is based on a 1974 book by Gerald Durrell in which a young girl is transported to the fantasy land of Mythologia to save it from cockatrices. She is aided by a talking parrot and encounter many other magical creatures, including a mooncalf.

Paradise Postponed

Alvin Rakoff

Michael Hordern, Annette Crosbie

A clergyman noted for his support of left-wing causes, leaves his considerable estate to a Conservative member of parliament. Adaptation of the novel by John Mortimer.

Memento Mori

Jack Clayton

Maggie Smith, Michael Hordern

Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious telephone calls predicting their impending deaths...

Back to Back

Stuart Burge

Michael Hordern, Leueen MacGrath

These dueling one-act comedies highlight the work of playwright John Mortimer. In "The Dock Brief," an ill-prepared attorney is put to the test when his client confesses to killing his wife. In "What Shall We Tell Caroline?" a father with good intentions tries to protect his wife and daughter from the bad things in life.

Truckers

Francis Vose, Chris Taylor

Joe McGann, Debra Gillett

Truckers, the first of Terry Pratchett's novels to be adapted for TV brings to life the story of the Nomes. 15000 years ago the Nomes crashed to Earth in a scout ship from the starship Swan. Generations of them have come and gone with the passing years and the changing countryside. Suddenly faced with extinction, the ten surviving Nomes, guided by their reluctant leader Masklin, must face many exciting adventures during their search for a new home and hiding place in the big, bad world of the humans.

Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies

Barry Leith

Michael Hordern

Paddington, having just seen Gene Kelly on the cinema screen, takes to the streets in a rain storm with his umbrella. Join him as he starts singin' and dancin' in the rain.