The four-part miniseries tells the story of a farm boy who becomes involved in a murder case between two feuding noble families in England at the time of the French Revolution.
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The four-part miniseries tells the story of a farm boy who becomes involved in a murder case between two feuding noble families in England at the time of the French Revolution.
Ella is trying to escape her 'family', a small group of relatives and so-called friends who have abused her since childhood. When she visits an osteopath to relieve physical trauma, he encourages her to break from the abusers who still control her, but Ella's struggle brings pain, torment and turmoil not only to her, but also to Edward and his family, as they are sucked into her nightmare world.
Maidens' Trip is a 3-part British television drama originally broadcast on BBC One in 1977. Adapted from Emma Smith’s 1948 autobiographical novel, the series follows three young women who volunteer to operate narrowboats on the Grand Union Canal during World War II
The series is based on the lives of three single girls living in bed-sit land in London W11. It follows their relationships – with each other, their families and boyfriends – and their progress in their chosen careers.
A weekly arts-based documentary series covering a diverse variety of subjects, everything from Roman orgies and the Elgin Marbles through The Yardbirds and Ike Turner to Aleister Crowley and Mother Teresa.
Haunted was a British supernatural drama series broadcast by ITV. It ran for eight episodes from 1967–68 and starred Patrick Mower as University lecturer Michael West, who travelled around Britain investigating reported paranormal phenomena. None of the episodes are known to have survived on film.
Ted is an alien, an outcast on his own planet where he is a rare single-sex being condemned to a life in search of a mate. Alice dreams of a fiction book romance, but the reality of boyfriend Barry is a lot less appealing. Her life seems set to change when Ted, who is not only looking for love but also a place to hide his spaceship, appears on her doorstep.
A digitally restored collection of rare 1960s Doctor Who episodes, from stories which no longer exist in their entirety. They offer a unique glimpse at classic adventures which are now lost in time ...
Dis/Connected is a BBC Three drama pilot, written by Howard Overman. It starred Holliday Grainger, Cloudia Swann, Aml Ameen, Bradley James, Laura Aikman, Katrina Rafferty and Lucy Evans.
A series which looks at the diversity of gay life through a mixture of documentary, drama, music and comedy.
When his estranged wife is brutally attacked by a burglar, a law-abiding locksmith unconvinced that the junkie charged for the crime is the real attacker starts his own investigation.
Three-part thriller serial by Francis Durbridge. BBC. BAFTA winner Peter Barkworth stars in this captivating BBC murder mystery as Guy Foster, a journalist turned wannabe novelist who finds himself ensnared in a puzzling homicide case when he's framed for the brutal murder of his wife. Facing a life sentence, Guy races against the clock and launches his own investigation into the slaying, only to discover that he's at the center of a twisted web of intrigue and deceit.
The work of television reporter Maggie Donnelly sets off a terrifying sequence of events in her private life.
A four-part drama exploring the myth of Columbus as heroic discoverer of the Americas.
In order to get parental permission to holiday together, a young couple announce their non-existent engagement.
Thriller series set in a parallel Great Britain run by a fascist dictatorship
The notorious killer became headline news in 1888 and continues to capture the world, for better or worse.
Anne of Avonlea is a film made for television 4-part mini-series, developed in United Kingdom. It is based on Anne of Avonlea, the sequel to Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
The poor son of a house maid is determined to find success and win the love of Vanessa, the daughter of a wealthy family who is alienated by her social-climbing parents.
Jack Denby, a tough-talking probation officer born and raised in London, finds that life - and crime - takes on a very different face when he is forced to move to Cardiff when his partner accepts her dream job as a university lecturer.
The Deal is a 2003 British television film directed by Stephen Frears from a script by Peter Morgan, based in part upon The Rivals by James Naughtie. The film stars David Morrissey as Gordon Brown and Michael Sheen as Tony Blair, and depicts the Blair-Brown deal—a well-documented pact that Blair and Brown made whereby Brown would not stand in the 1994 Labour leadership election, so that Blair could have a clear run at becoming leader of the party and Prime Minister. The film begins on 9 June 1983, as Blair and Brown are first elected to Parliament, and concludes in May 1994 at the Granita restaurant—the location of the supposed agreement—with a brief epilogue following the leadership contest.
A gangsters moll changes her identity to go on the run after becoming informant on her boyfriend, who is just about to be released from prison.
It’s 2039 and temperatures are soaring, seas are rising, and the political climate is equally as menacing. Chance is living a life of crime just to get by, when her community is singled out for a government rejuvenation scheme, promising to bring her coastal town back to life. But when Chance falls in love with Franky, a girl with ties to the establishment, she and those closest to her begin to realize that all may not be as it seems.
Is it possible to fall in love with a complete stranger? In 30 minutes? Whilst undressed? Undressed is a dating show that accelerates intimacy and explores the accepted rules of attraction. The bold, innovative and experimental show sees two perfect strangers undress each other and climb into bed on their first date.
John Parlour and Jo Weller form a credit union but John's predatory lending scheme threatens both the poor residents of a London council estate and their own business.
Jane starts her new job as a Marriage Guidance Councillor and offers advice to the couples who seek it (based on true cases) with the support of her more experienced colleagues Kathleen and Alan.
Maureen is an Irishwoman, happily married and living in Germany. Or so she thinks. When her husband dies, she finds that not only had he debts, but was also a bigamist, having had a second wife and family in Ireland. Shocked and angry, she travels there to meet the other family. And she learns that they have troubles of their own, the worst of them being that the other woman's young son is suffering from leukemia and a suitable bone marrow donor is urgently needed.
Helen West is crusading senior prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service. Her life is complicated by her ongoing affair with a senior police officer.
Crime drama in which policeman John Paxton is framed for murder after he is caught up in the plans of colleagues to take drastic action after a killer is set free on a legal technicality.
Based upon Wilkie Collins Victorian mystery, the gothic tale tells of a pair of half sisters whose lives end up caught in a grand conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill woman dressed in white. As the story unfolds, murder, love, marriage, and greed stand between the two women and happy lives. Their only hope is the secret the woman in white waits to tell them.
The New Road is a five-part BBC Scotland historical drama broadcast on BBC-1 in April 1973. Adapted by Clifford Hanley from Neil Munro’s 1914 novel, the series follows the building of General Wade's military roads in the Scottish Highlands in 1733 and the clash between traditional Highland life and modernization.
A global search to find the one good soul.
Looks at Mozart's extraordinary short life and revolutionary music through a distinctive mix of costume drama and documentary.
Romantic comedy series about Greg & Lucy, a thirty-something couple.
Worshipped as a national savior, Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson masterminded the naval victories that thwarted Napoleon's plans to invade Britain. Yet, in the midst of public adulation, rumors swirled about his private life. Nelson took a friend's wife as a mistress and even fathered a child by her in secret. Starring Kenneth Colley (Monty Python's Life of Brian), Geraldine James (The Jewel in the Crown), and Tim Pigott-Smith (V for Vendetta), this lavish historical drama examines Nelson through the eyes of four people close to him: his wife, who feels bitter and betrayed but ultimately loving; his friend, who helplessly loses his wife to a hero; his captain, who admires Nelson's bold leadership but disdains his lifestyle; and an ordinary seaman, who turns to his commander for inspiration while facing death. What emerges is an unconventional portrait of a complex figure and a study in the effects of fame. Seen on Masterpiece Theatre.
A drama anthology series in which each play dealt with one specific sin.
Lady Slane, the wife of a recently deceased politician, retreats to a cottage in the countryside. In the process, she must attempt to discard her old public profile and find a new way of living.
Drama series set against the backdrop of the elegant world of racehorses in rural Southern Ireland
Diamond Geezer is a British television comedy drama written by Caleb Ranson which stars David Jason as a jewel thief and professional con man.
Chad (15) lives a life of poverty and neglect. Desiring a better life he is given a choice. The easy option, to crime to support himself or take a job at the local boxing gym with the hope of becoming the best version of himself.
An anthology series of psychological thriller stories covering such subjects as obsession, paranoia, incest, adultery, guilt, and morality.
As a couple struggles to cope with the difficulties of raising a child with Attention Deficit Disorder, they fight with a society that can’t agree on what do to with him.
A British television talent series documenting the search for a new, undiscovered musical theatre performer to play the role of Dorothy in the forthcoming Andrew Lloyd Webber stage production of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and a dog to play Toto for a one-off performance.
Anthology series of plays about significant incidents in the lives of famous people.
A mystery-of-the-week anthology starring fictionalised versions of famed crime novelists Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and G.K. Chesterton.
The Ministry of Time, a newly established government department, is gathering ‘expats’ from across history in an experiment to test the viability of time-travel. Commander Graham Gore (an officer on Sir John Franklin's doomed 1845 Arctic expedition) is one such figure rescued from certain death – alongside an army captain from the fields of the Somme, a plague victim from the 1600s, a widow from revolutionary France, and a soldier from the seventeenth century.
Adaptation of George Eliot's novel. The tragic tale of Maggie Tulliver, the miller's daughter, who defies her embittered brother in standing by the man she loves - shocking the stifling society in which she lives - in an attempt to pursue her blighted dreams.
Four kings from the House of Stuart sat on the English throne from 1603 to 1688. It was a time of great religious struggle and political instability. The Gunpowder Plot nearly wiped out King James I. The Thirty Years War broke out on the continent. A civil war erupted which led to the public beheading of King Charles I and the birth of a commonwealth headed by Oliver Cromwell. London was ravaged by the plague and the Great Fire of London. Throughout this series we look at the reign of the Stuarts through the powerful Wynn family at Gwydir Castle in North Wales, one of the best time capsules from that era. The story of the Wynn family reflects the turbulent history of this Stuart era. They had close connections with this new royal house and their status would rise and fall with the successes and failures of Stuart rule.
Driven by ambition and greed; or in quest of prestige and glory; or searching for a unique brand of personal fulfilment; they deserted their homelands to make journeys never before achieved.
Seekers is a four-part TV mini-series released in 1992 about a police officer who disappears, and when his wife tries to find him, she discovers... another wife. They team up to search for him. It starred Brenda Fricker and Josette Simon, and was written by the celebrated novelist and screenwriter Lynda La Plante who also wrote the book of the same name. It was produced by Sarah Lawson.
This four-part drama series from BBC2 told the story of Flemish peasant woman Madeleine Vanderlynden and her Spanish Farm situated in French Flanders close to the Front in the First World War, and some of the British troops billeted there. Madeleine is determined to track down Georges D’Archeville, the son of the local baron who owns the land on which the farm stands, with whom she had an affair before he went off to war.
Joe is left home alone by his mum. Fending for himself, he must deal with new friends, threatening foes, and the dodgy parcel of money he's found hidden in his bathroom.
Ten of Birmimghams best filmmakers are here to battle it out for the most prestigious title of all. In one week they will have to Write, Shoot and edit a Short film. They will then be judged by top names in the industry!
A reconstruction of the events that led to the 1984–86 Stalker Inquiry into the shooting of six terrorist suspects in Northern Ireland in 1982 by a specialist unit of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
Access all areas of Charlotte Crosby's work, life and relationships as we follow the lass on her travels to Australia, Ireland and more.