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- DirectorJoseph McGrathStarsDudley MooreEddie Foy Jr.Suzy KendallRupert Street, a piano player and composer, decides to write a musical and marry before he reaches his thirtieth birthday. One minor problem: he'll be 30 in six weeks...
- DirectorJan Darnley-SmithStarsStephen BrownMark WardCheryl VidgenThree children try to fight against the destruction of a local historic landmark. They are helped by a group of friendly ghosts.
- DirectorPeter HallStarsDerek GodfreyBarbara JeffordNicholas SelbyThe adventures of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors and their interactions with fairies come to light in a moonlit forest.
- StarsMargaret LeightonNora GordonRachel RobertsA series of 13 monologues for famous actresses.
- DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsRichard JohnsonHonor BlackmanJeremy KempA former British Naval Officer now makes his living by smuggling goods around the Mediterranean. After being forced to dump his cargo after nearly being caught by the authorities in Malta, he is eager to recoup his losses. When a former colleague appears and tells a wild story about smuggling diamonds out of South West Africa, he sees his chance to make a lot of money. Accompanied by the wife of a diamond prospector and a few shady characters he embarks on a quest to retrieve the diamonds. The only problem is that nobody trusts anybody else and the only way to retrieve the diamonds is to navigate the dangerous waters of the skeleton coast, a place where few ships have ever survived. To complicate things further, he has some very good reasons for not going there related to a mission he undertook there during the war.
- DirectorKevin BrownlowStarsLindsay AndersonAlbert DieudonnéAbel GanceBBC documentary on the long and flamboyant career of French filmmaker Abel Gance.
- StarsLen JonesBartlett MullinsIan EllisFive budding junior journalists run their own newspaper, the Adventure Weekly.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsStephen BoydCamilla SparvMichael RedgraveA British Agent, posing as an executive of a toy company, tangles with East European spies in various European locales.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsLloyd BridgesAndrew KeirSue LloydDuring World War II, a commando leader named Major Jamie Wilson leads a group of soldiers on a suicide mission to destroy a Nazi naval stronghold on the French coast.
- StarsBobbie GentryPan's PeopleThe Tears of JoyBobbie Gentry host her own TV-show on BBC in London.
- StarsGerald Durrell
- DirectorKen HughesStarsDick Van DykeSally Ann HowesLionel JeffriesA down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure to save their grandfather in a far-off land.
- StarsCilla BlackThe BreakawaysThe Irving Davies DancersSinger Cilla Black at the height of popularity, was the grinder of this weekly entertainment series, frittering singing by Ms Black as well as her many guests.
- DirectorRobert Hartford-DavisStarsPeter CushingSue LloydNoel TrevarthenA doctor goes to extreme lengths--even murder--to restore the badly burned face of his fiancée.
- DirectorJohn KrishStarsFelix AylmerColin BlakelyRobert HarrisA naive young man, sent down from university, blunders through a series of bizarre adventures in which his participation is always innocent, although others don't think so.
- DirectorChristopher MorahanStarsMarcello MastroianniRita TushinghamElaine TaylorThe rightful heir to the Russian Imperial Jewels recruits a ragtag team of female petty thieves and cat burglars to steal them from a British museum.
- DirectorJerry ParisStarsJerry LewisTerry-ThomasJacqueline PearceAn American plans to bilk the British out of some considerable money with the help of an English con artist.
- DirectorRobert ParrishStarsJames CoburnJames MasonJames FoxDuffy is a cunning aristocrat of criminals hire by Stefane, a young playboy, to hijack a boat carrying several million dollars of his father's fortune. He succeeds, with help from Stefane's girlfriend with an unexpected turn of events.
- DirectorPeter SeabourneStarsLieutenant BastonNicky BrockwayC.P.O. FairfieldWhile on a trip to Cornwall, a young boy named Chris goes sailing in a small boat but gets swept out to sea and into grave danger.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsGeorge Brown
- StarsJeremy BrettHamilton DyceJune JagoHumorous situations on location with little or no dialogue.
- StarsGary BondPaul EddingtonJames MaxwellAll-action series set on the North-West frontier of India, telling how the British kept the peace along an explosive stretch of frontier land.
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsLionel StanderFerdy MaynePauline ChallonerIn 1212, children from all over Europe lead a crusade to free Jerusalem from Turkish authorities. Nicholas and Stephen use all their might to defeat the enemy.
- DirectorGordon FlemyngStarsPeter O'TooleZero MostelJeanne MoreauSlapstick comedy based on the play by George Bernard Shaw. A stiff English officer, captain Charles Edstaston (Peter O'Toole), and his fiancée Claire arrive in St. Petersburg. Edstaston is brought to the imperial court to seek audience with the empress Catherine (Jeanne Moreau). He obtains an interview with her courtier, the drunken Potemkin (Zero Mostel), who ends up carrying him in his arms to the empress and dumping him into her royal bed. From this moment on, the hapless Edstaston endeavours to escape from the clutches of the sex-crazed empress and leave the city with his English fiancée.
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsVince EdwardsJudy GeesonPeter VaughanAn American agent has tracked down the stronghold of an evil criminal mastermind, determined to take over the world.
- DirectorHenry CassStarsCyril LuckhamHarry BairdClement McCallinAn old man has his birthday. On this occasion he is given a present by his grand daughter who is fond of him. On the other hand, she hates her parents and the atmosphere in the family is quite tense.
- DirectorJonathan IngramsStarsLeonard BrockwellSusan PayneStephen GarlickA bunch of kids help run the local newspaper after their father becomes ill. In the process they foil a robbery at a local factory, save a playground from unscrupulous property developers and win out over the rival newspaper across the street.
- StarsKenneth HorneGraham StarkSheila SteafelHorne A'Plenty brings a topical approach to this often overworked theme. For this is topicality with a difference, a cornucopia of up-to-the-minute sketches, comedy, satire and social comment.
- DirectorRay MillandStarsRay MillandSylvia SymsFelix AylmerRay Milland directed himself as a barrister whose daughter is killed in a "hit-and-run" accident. When his neighbor is also killed, evidence points to the barrister as a murderer.
- DirectorEric TillStarsPeter UstinovMaggie SmithKarl MaldenParoled London fraudster Marcus Pendleton poses as a computer specialist in order to work for an insurance company that entirely relies on its corporate server.
- StarsRichard NevilleAngela HuthTony PalmerA weekly programme by the young for the young in heart. It treats its audience as reasonably intelligent and aware people instead of as suburban suet puddings".
- DirectorAnthony PageStarsNicol WilliamsonEleanor FazanJill BennettA lawyer's agonizing journey to the breaking point of his private and professional lives as he becomes more and more alienated from everyone connected with him.
- DirectorKevin BillingtonStarsOskar WernerBarbara FerrisVirginia MaskellA famous conductor gives an interview to a pretty young reporter. He speaks a bit too frankly and finds he's given himself an unwanted sabbatical from conducting. He begins an affair with the young reporter during his interlude and the accumulation of differences in their ages and background begins to mount up.
- StarsStefanie PowersVera MilesJulie Harris"Journey to the Unknown" was a British anthology series about everyday people finding themselves put into unusual circumstances...many of them supernatural in nature.
- DirectorPeter EverettStarsRichard ToddGillian RainePatrick BarrA World War II pilot is unable to come to terms with civilian life.
- StarsClaire BloomDiane CilentoRoy Dotrice"Late Night Horror" was a short lived horror play anthology that aired in the United Kingdom weekly in 1968 from 11 April 1968 until 16 May 1968 on the BBC. It comprised 6 x 30 minutes horror stories.
- DirectorMichael ForlongStarsSimbaJames ForlongRobert DeanA lion escapes from a circus but is rescued and protected by a young boy.
- StarsFreddie GarrityFreddie & The DreamersPeter BirrellFreddie Garrity lead singer from Freddie & The Dreamers) was the star of this show. It was A very madcap kids entertainment series featuring a mixture of music, variety acts and sketches. The third series featured a totally surreal world of crazy machines.
- DirectorNorman J. WarrenStarsSimon BrentGeorgina WardPaula PattersonThe sexual shenanigans of DJ Stevee Daly, who can't decide whether to fix his marriage to Suzanne or to yield to his many loving conquests.
- StarsMarty FeldmanJohn JunkinTim Brooke-TaylorMarty is a British television sketch comedy series Starring the talented comedian Marty Feldman.
- StarsMilo O'SheaAnna ManahanYootha JoyceBunjy Kenefick is an Irish mother's boy living in London. He is a high-powered executive and lives a bachelor lifestyle. However, his old-fashioned Catholic mother often puts a stop to his plans, many of them involving his girlfriend Miss Argyll.
- DirectorGeorges RobinStarsAnthony TrentVeronica LangAnna PalkSwinging London. Tom is desperate for a little excitement. He's sure the new secretary at the office fancies him. Reality never stands in the way of fantasy for Tom. His girl wants to settle down; his mum won't let him watch telly in peace. After all, he wasn't "brought up a navvy". He keeps clippings of fashion models hidden in a drawer, daydreaming that one is in his bedroom clad only in a negligée. He imagines his barber is a blonde, and that the girl at the grocer's lures him to the back with the cartons. He chats up a nice bit on the bus; she moves to another seat... Tom takes the Tube to Piccadilly. He buys himself a Carnaby St. cap to go with his mod check jacket. But the clerk in the men's shop criticizes Tom's sartorial sense. Tom pictures three birds fawning over him as he tries on a suit, the same way they go wild when he sings lead with the band playing at the discothèque. Or so he could do, if he wanted... Tom meets a posh girl in a saloon bar. Perhaps she'll like one of those "sophisticated" Swedish films...
- DirectorSaul SwimmerStarsPeter NooneKarl GreenKeith HopwoodFriends Herman, Karl, Keith, Derek, and Barry are working-class Manchester lads who aren't getting far in their working lives. That fact is epitomized by Herman's failure to get the promotion to junior account executive at the advertising company at which he works. Regardless, his Grandmother Gloria, with whom he lives, has faith in him. What Herman really wants to do is race Mrs. Brown, a greyhound inherited from his now-deceased grandfather. Mrs. Brown is a natural racer and has the potential to win. His four mates have bought equal ownership of Mrs. Brown. Their problem is that what little money they collectively have goes into the care and feeding of Mrs. Brown, which doesn't leave them enough money for race entry fees, and the ultimate race takes place in London. So they try to raise money by their band Herman's Hermits playing at any and every gig they can get. In their quest to get themselves to London and Mrs. Brown into the race, they get into one misadventure after another. Along the way Herman, whose neighborhood friend Tulip is in love with him, falls in love with model Judy Brown, the daughter of wealthy greengrocers and greyhound-race aficionados Mr. and Mrs. G.G. Brown (short for George George). Judy's mother ends up being not the only Mrs. Brown whom Herman believes has a lovely daughter.
- DirectorPeter MedakStarsPeter McEneryDiane CilentoGlenda JacksonA couple's bizarre romantic relationship is disrupted by the intrusion of a third person.
- StarsKenny EverettJonathan RouthSandra GoughThe show contained a collection of wacky sketches and inventive stunts inspired by viewers requests for famous clips from comedy films.
- DirectorPhilip SavilleStarsChristopher PlummerLilli PalmerRichard JohnsonThis classic (Greek) tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father (deliberately) and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.
- DirectorPat JacksonStarsDennis ConoleyRobert KennedyTracey CollinsOn moving to a new flat in London Ben meets neighborhood kids Lil and Thomas. But when they uncover a plot to kidnap Thomas the three decide to run away instead.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsRichard AttenboroughDavid HemmingsAlexandra StewartA master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.
- StarsPatrick CargillAmanda BarrieFenella FieldingBBC2 sitcom featuring a series of adaptations of French farces.
- DirectorDick ClementStarsTom CourtenayRomy SchneiderAlan BadelGerald Otley, wannabe antiques dealer, is kicked out of his flat for failing to pay rent, sleeps at a friend's house for the night, wakes up two days later in an airport field, and finds himself entangled in international espionage.
- DirectorFielder CookRonald NeameStarsDeborah KerrDavid NivenRobert CooteA wealthy London banker, his wife, his mistress, and his family and servants all get into hijinks when they swap birth-control medicines in an effort to deceive each other.
- StarsDiane CilentoJim DaleJohn WoodnuttLondon's Newgate Prison of the 1750s was the atmospheric setting for this bawdy and boisterous series of 60-minute tales, the first four of which were run as part of Rediffusion's 'Playhouse' series. The stories featured historic antihero inmates such as Jonathan Wild, highway woman Jane Rawley, Lady Sarah Bellasize and Jack Sheppard.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsDirk BogardeSusannah YorkLilli PalmerDuring the Cold War, the chief of a British intelligence code-breaking section falls in love with a new employee and shields an old co-worker accused of Communist affiliations from the wrath of the security branch.
- DirectorPeter Graham ScottStarsGene BarryJoan CollinsRichard ToddA C.I.A. man goes to London to assist British Intelligence uncover a mole and destroy a foreign spy ring.
- DirectorPeter BrookStarsMark JonesPauline MunroEric AllanA variety of British views on the Vietnam War.
- CreatorPeter FirminStarsBasil BrushBert HayesDerek FowldsJokes and comical stories told by the red fox puppet "Basil Brush" with the help of guests.
- DirectorJoseph McGrathStarsShirley MacLaineRichard AttenboroughJames BoothWhile her husband works, the wife of a bra manufacturer leads a secret life with her lover, whom she conveniently hides in her attic.
- CreatorBill CraigStarsMichael GambonIain CuthbertsonEdith MacArthurDrama series dealing with life for a family living on the frontier between Scotland and England during the sixteenth century.
- StarsJohn NevilleAnn BellGwen WatfordThe same five actors and actresses appeared each week in this London Weekend Television anthology series for ITV.
- StarsDave AllenThe George Mitchell SingersMavis AscottDave Allen was the grand master of Irish/English humour. His tonight show, Dave Allen at large, was a top rating TV show from 1971-1979.
- StarsNicholas EvansMilton JohnsMartin DempseyThe series tells of the adventures of the Treet's - a family of 18th century strolling players who travel around England entertaining at various hostelries. One night a stranger visits the head of the family Salathiel Treet, with a message
- CreatorN.J. CrispGerard GlaisterStarsMarius GoringAnn MorrishVictor WindingProfessor John Hardy is a forensic scientist who works not only for the police but also for other interested parties.
- DirectorRobert LynnJeremy SummersStarsCeleste YarnallRobert Walker Jr.Herbert LomAdventurer and treasure hunter Mike Yates is hoping to find a cache of Incan treasure lost in the Amazon jungle. While looking for his missing partner, he stumbles across a beautiful jungle girl named Eve. Later, he comes across Eve's grandfather, who is being swindled by a man and a young woman who is pretending to be his granddaughter Eve. Will Yates be able to expose the swindle, beat the swindlers to the lost treasure (with help from the real Eve), and reunite Eve with her grandfather before the final credits roll?
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsRoger MooreSylvia SymsJustine LordThe Saint's asked to act as a bodyguard to the best-selling adventure author Amos Klein, a young woman who uses a male pen-name.
- CreatorPhilip LeveneAlan PlaterStarsThora HirdHenry KnowlesBob KeeganStories of a local councillor and her various projects
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsAlan BatesDirk BogardeGeorgia BrownIn Czarist Russia, around 1911, a Russian-Jewish handyman, Yakov Bok (Sir Alan Bates), is wrongly imprisoned for a most unlikely crime.
- DirectorFrederic GoodeStarsEdward UnderdownMichael BrennanChristian ComberA group of children camping out in Devonshire try to prevent a gang of thieves from stealing all of the ponies from Dartmoor.
- StarsWendy HillerHogan DaviesLaura HartongChildren's adventure series in which siblings (through a sudden change of circumstances) have to up sticks and go and live with a mad aunt in Ireland.
- DirectorFrederic GoodeStarsWilliam SylvesterDiane ClareAliza GurA handsome tourist travelling through the desert comes upon a lavish Moorish castle wherein he is entertained by a mysterious wealthy woman.
- StarsHarry SecombeJulian OrchardRoy Budd TrioA Harry Secombe series that mixed sketches with music.
- StarsElizabeth SpriggsRonald PickupAlison FiskeFor single one-off plays that were not part of an anthology series and were also not made to any specific theme or requirement - appearing whenever.
- StarsKevin McHughDavid GarfieldArthur HewlettAnthology series of plays set during the 1920's.
- DirectorSamuel GalluStarsCraig StevensKate O'MaraMoira RedmondDefectors are being sent back behind the iron curtain. Can the limbo line be stopped?
- DirectorPeter CollinsonStarsDavid HemmingsTony BeckleyTom BellThe saga of three British soldiers and their German captive as they trek through the European countryside.
- DirectorGuy GreenStarsAnthony QuinnMichael CaineCandice BergenA teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.
- DirectorJack CardiffStarsRod TaylorYvette MimieuxPeter CarstenA band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.
- DirectorDavid HartStarsPeter McEneryJohn McEneryOlga Georges-PicotPeter can't get over his ex-girlfriend Elsa even though they broke up over a year ago. He spends all his time on a barge owned by his friend John and John's younger brother Colin.
- DirectorEdward JoffeStarsDonald CampbellTonia BernLeo VillaThe story of Donald Campbell's record attempt in which he was killed; and of his earlier attempts on the world water and land speed records in the legendary "Bluebird" machines. The film was shot during the last months of 1966 and early 1967 when Campbell was at Coniston Water with high hopes of attaining the goal that was so important to him - to break the 'magic' 300 mph mark.
- StarsRonnie BarkerDavid KellyColin JeavonsThe Ronnie Barker Playhouse was a series of six comedy half hours showcasing the talents of Ronnie Barker.
- StarsGeorge ColeSusan GeorgeSylvia SymsAn anthology series of TV plays with a monetary theme.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsJames MasonVanessa RedgraveSimone SignoretFilm adaptation of Anton Chekhov's story of life in rural Russia during the latter part of the 19th century.