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- StarsPaul DouglasRobert RaglanHugh LatimerWith some unusual item as his starting point, storyteller Paul Douglas weaves a tale of how the item came to be in his possession.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsMagda MillerArthur RigbyTrevor ReidNewspaper reporters compete with London police to solve a murder.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsCornel WildeDonna ReedLeo GennAn American travels to East Africa, where he tries to find out how his brother died.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsAva GardnerStewart GrangerBill TraversAnglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.
- StarsMichael DenisonCharles LenoOwen BerryA barrister named Richard Boyd Q.C. is involved in a variety of cases in London.
- DirectorGerald ThomasStarsAlan ColeshillCarol WhiteDavid TilleyWhen Marlow's circus comes to town they find that the field they usually use is not available because they didn't pay the farmer last year. They have to promise most of their equipment to the farmer as surety and will only get it back if they do extra business this year. The circus children and their friends decide to help make this season a success.
- DirectorAnthony SquireStarsDonald HoustonFay ComptonAnton DiffringA Cornish poacher clashes with dangerous international spies.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsRonald ShinerBrian RixSidney JamesThree bookies concoct a dim-witted scheme to kidnap a racehorse and a star jockey, then swap them with a pair of lookalikes to make a fast buck.
- DirectorDaniel BirtStarsJean AndersonRagnar ArvedsonPeter DyneleyPrincess Caroline travels incognito to Stockholm and meets the Prince Birger, who also uses a fake name.
- StarsPeter NoblePaul CarpenterJohn FitzgeraldThe goings on within the film industry.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsDonald HoustonBeverley BrooksMervyn JohnsDuring New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her grandmother, who has suspiciously gone missing.
- DirectorHenry CassStarsDale RobertsonLois MaxwellDerek BondWhile in London for the launch of his latest work, American playwright Bill Lang becomes involved after the murder of the show's producer.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsJohn GregsonKathleen RyanJacqueline RyanCaptivating drama of a lovable little Irish girl and how she helps her tippler father find work.
- StarsDaphne SlaterStanley BakerDorothy BlackAfter a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
- DirectorGuy GreenStarsDavid FarrarDavid KnightJulia ArnallWhen an 18 month old baby disappears in London, a police investigation ensues, though there are few leads.
- DirectorGilbert GunnStarsRonald ShinerTed RayGreta GyntAfter an interfering mother-in-law discovers what she believes to be a plan to deceive her daughter, a riot ensues.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsRhonda FlemingMacdonald CareyJumaIn Kenya, a white trader of exotic animals is mentoring and caring for an African boy but is annoyed by his new female replacement veterinarian and must deal with a disgruntled former employee.
- DirectorJohn DurstStarsAnthony RichmondRosalind GourgeyJohn PikeA young boy finds a magic marble that grants him any wish he wants. One day he wishes for a giant steam-roller, and it starts to trash London.
- DirectorRudolph MatéStarsPier AngeliPhilip CareyDennis PriceRip Reardon, ex-Army flier, returns to his home in French Morocco and finds his wife dead, and he suspects she has been murdered. Police Colonel Moussac insists she committed suicide. Rip begins to suspect not only his friends but also a mysterious brunette, Ynez, a Casbah night-club singer with whom he begins to fall in love. Repeated efforts to kill Rip are made but he ultimately finds the evidence which sends him gunning against the killer...but is he mistaken?
- DirectorJohn BaxterStarsArthur AskeyGlenn MelvynSidney JamesA Yorkshire publican comes into an inheritance, but when he goes to Canada to claim it, he runs into trouble.
- DirectorDenis KavanaghStarsDonald Houston
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsVictor MatureJanet LeighJohn JustinDuring the Mau Mau Uprising in British Kenya in the 1950s, settler-hunter Ken Duffield is a hired guide for a lion hunting party but he also hopes to find the Mau Mau rebel who killed his family.
- DirectorPaul DicksonStarsKieron MooreLois MaxwellDonald WolfitThe British launch the world's first orbital vehicle. Their military sends a super-bomb along, which goes wrong and threatens the crew and a stowaway.
- StarsDonald Gray
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsFaith DomergueLee PattersonRona AndersonA Canadian living in London is trying to succeed as a prizefighter, without much luck. He meets the sister of a local mob leader, and she soon draws him into the gang's activities. When he finds himself being drawn into a murder plot, he finally realizes that his lover is only using him, and determines to escape the gang - but things don't turn out the way he planned.
- StarsDave KingArthur HaynesJack Parnell OrchestraA variety show frequently featuring top talent.
- StarsJoan ShawleeMichael WardPatrick McGoohanAdventures of a Fashion Designer on International Assignments.
- StarsWayne MorrisRobert RaglanGeorge StreetBill Pierce is a public relations officer in a large London store who is always on hand when things go wrong behind the scenes.
- StarsErrol FlynnPatrice WymoreChristopher LeeAnthology series hosted by matinee idol Errol Flynn.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsPaul DouglasEva BartokLeslie PhillipsAn American reporter smells a story when he is stranded in an Iron Curtain country where the local dictator is using gamma rays to transform children into mutated henchmen.
- DirectorPeter Graham ScottStarsDermot WalshRona AndersonRonald HowardAn insurance investigator has a chance encounter with the sister of a fur dealer and soon finds himself embroiled in intrigue involving a case filled with cash as well as a potential outbreak of anthrax.
- DirectorJoseph LoseyAlec C. SnowdenStarsRichard BasehartMary MurphyConstance CummingsA married movie studio executive's life starts to unravel when he is stalked by a seductively beautiful woman he claims he does not know.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsTom ConwayElizabeth SellarsEunice GaysonSir Roderick Strood is on trial for the murder of his wife.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsDerek FarrElla RainesDonald WolfitCommunist agents trail an important scientist to try to steal his top-secret new formula.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsPaul CarpenterHazel CourtRussell NapierA journalist is framed for the murder of a rival and has to prove his innocence, whatever the cost.
- DirectorDarcy ConyersStarsKit TerringtonJacqueline CoxBarry KnightA forester's two children, Knight and Day, become friends with two spoiled rich kids, Terrington and Cox, when the latter two come to the woods for a visit. The quartet gets involved with a gang of crooks when a valuable gold cup is stolen. The crooks then kidnap Terrington and Cox, but Knight and Day rescue them and help the cops nab the crooks. This was the first film directed by actor Conyers, who went on to make many other children's pictures and some good farces.
- DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsDonald GrayAndree MellyJean AndersonA fine upstanding wife finds it difficult to keep her sordid past as a criminal a secret from her husband and neighbors.
- DirectorNorman WalkerStarsMervyn JohnsAdrienne CorriEmrys Jones
- DirectorRoy KellinoStarsDavid NivenGeneviève PageRonald SquireSpoiler: Roger Tweakham, a married accountant leading a humdrum life, gets involved with a motivating model, tweaks the books of a stocking factory whose owner he likes so it will show a paper profit and stave off bankruptcy. He then juggles the books of a rival firm whose owner he detests, to show it, on paper, teetering on the edge of ruin. His book-cooking is soon discovered, but by buying the stocks of the first one and then the other, he finds himself in control of both. After a tangle with the law and a farce of a trial, he takes over both operations, merges the two, with the former owners as his partners, kisses the model goodbye and returns to his unsuspecting wife.
- DirectorVal GuestHal E. ChesterStarsSteve CochranLizabeth ScottGeorge ColeA boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. The gun turns out to be a clue in a ten-year-old murder case.
- DirectorEdwin J. FanceyDenis KavanaghStarsAdrienne ScottJackie CollinsJohn BlytheWPC Marie Watson volunteers for an undercover assignment and is ordered to befriend an inmate at Holloway in order to infiltrate a gang of dangerous counterfeiters.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsArlene DahlPhilip CareyHerbert MarshallA poor but beautiful woman sets her sights on rising to the top, and lets nothing stand in her way - including murder.
- DirectorElmo WilliamsBert GlazerStarsBeverly MichaelsJoan RiceThora HirdComedy and drama as three women, including one with her baby, escape from prison.
- StarsDesmond MorrisAnn TaylorA program that depicts the capture of wild animals and their use in zoos and as pets.
- DirectorJohn ElliotStarsErrol JohnCy GrantColin DouglasGroundbreaking docudrama from 1956 exploring the experiences of the then 75,000 West Indians who had newly settled in Britain, and the disparity they found between the mythical country and the real one.
- StarsLeo MaguirePatrick TroughtonPatrick Milner1751. When his father dies, young David Balfour travels to House of Shaws, near Edinburgh, and meets his miserly uncle - who arranges for him to be kidnapped.
- StarsPeter AugustineJill BalconFaith BrookA comedy about the celebrated 18th century comedienne, Kitty Clive
- DirectorCyril FrankelStarsAsazaErisa BashungulaFrederick BijuerendaDramatisation of the Bakiga people's attempt to cultivate the Kigezi district of Uganda, region inhabited by Pygmies. Jonathan, educated clerk, son of the village's chief, goes along with other men's of the village to build the new farms. Injured in a movement of buffaloes, he is helped by some Pygmies villagers with who he becomes friends. When returning to his people's settlement, his peers don't see these new acquaintances in a favorable light.
- DirectorAnthony PelissierStarsBruno BarnabeJudy CampbellMichael DearA sequel to The Taming of the Shrew which depicts how Katharina and Petruchio have fared after a year of marriage.
- StarsTom DribergJulien GrenfellDavid KingWeekly religious show.
- StarsHughie GreenBob MonkhouseNational Philharmonic OrchestraA long-running ITV talent show hosted by Hughie Green, providing showcases for names such as Paul Daniels and Frank Carson. The series was revived on the BBC in the 1980s, hosted by Bob Monkhouse and former winner Les Dawson.
- StarsRussell DaviesPeter McKayTony LiveseyWeekly look at the handling of the news by individual newspapers.
- StarsJohn GlenMichael BryantRobert GillespieThe story of Jesus Christ in eight weekly half-hour episodes.
- StarsLourens van der Post
- StarsThe Alyn Ainsworth OrchestraPeter KnightRobert MorleyQuiz show where contestants hear a few bars of a song being sang and have to guess what it is. Very similar to "Name that Tune" which became the more wellknown show, finally getting its first British version in 1983.
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsVictor MatureMichael WildingAnita EkbergAn Afghan outlaw finally saves a British officer at the cost of his own life.
- StarsTommy TrinderDavid NixonTerry-ThomasPanel show in which four comics try to guess the wildest dreams of challengers from the studio audience.