British TV & Films 1996 Not Yet Released On DVD Region 2
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- StarsTracy WilesSally KinghornKen StottThree part series that studies the personal lives of folk in a remote Scottish fishing village that is coming to terms with rationalisation, and globalisation of it's fishing industry.
- DirectorRalph L. ThomasStarsMichael YorkTheresa RussellNick MancusoHank is a shy high school student in Connecticut who plays in a band with his friends. While trying to fix an amplifier for the band, he gets a shock and awakes in the land of a peasant. He is imprisoned by Alisande, who is the fiancée of Sir Galahad, and brought to the Court of King Arthur. Hank lures King Arthur and Merlin using his knowledge of an eclipse and succeeds to get a workshop to try to return to the future and Alisandre falls in love with him. Meanwhile, the evil Morgan Le Fay conspire with the knight Ulrich to overthrow King Arthur.
- StarsMarlene SidawayDavyd HarriesNicholas R. BaileySeries of eight courtroom dramas.
- DirectorNancy MecklerStarsJason FlemyngAntony SherDorothy TutinA passionately committed young dancer is forced to re-examine his career and life when faced with death, finding hope through an older man who becomes his lover, mentor and companion.
- StarsJenny AgutterRoy BrandonKaty CarmichaelFollowing the members of two families in Liverpool, England during the 1960s as they struggle to cope with the social turmoil of the period.
- StarsDominic TaylorLarry LambPaul BrookeThe misadventures of a newly elected Conservative MP at Westminster.
- StarsJulian BarrattAdam BloomNorman LovettSurreal black comedy about an assortment of odd characters trapped in an asylum in the quiet English countryside. It is run by staff whose sanity is decidedly suspect, as proved by their admission of the local pizza-delivery boy for trumped-up reasons. As the patients try bizarre escapes, is the whole thing is a massive experiment, or just a cruel hoax?
- DirectorAnthony HopkinsStarsAnthony HopkinsLeslie PhillipsKate BurtonChekov's Uncle Vanya, transposed to turn-of-the-century North Wales, where the peace and tranquility of a country house is disturbed by the arrival of the estate's tyrannical owner and his American wife.
- StarsAmanda RedmanWilliam AshDavid HuntA series about the work of a Missing Persons agency.
- DirectorDan ZeffStarsJames BuckleyDesiree DensitiFreda Dowie
- DirectorBob RafelsonStarsJack NicholsonMichael CaineStephen DorffA man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.
- CreatorJeffrey CaineStarsLouise LombardSean PertweeJohn ShrapnelAn elite group of British bodyguards guard vulnerable VIPs against threats.
- StarsKika MiryleesDavid BanksAnna BreconLow-budget drama set in a cable TV station.
- DirectorGeorge SluizerStarsStephen BaldwinPete PostlethwaiteSadie FrostBobby Mahon is an actor playing a notorious serial killer on prime-time television. The show becomes a hit, which encourages the real-life murderer on whom it's based, to go on a spree to make it on screen.
- DirectorJulian RichardsStarsCraig FairbrassRowena KingJon FinchA newspaper reporter is lured into a mire of pagan rituals and human sacrifice.
- DirectorStephen PurvisStarsKenneth CranhamAmanda RootMarco PerellaTwo British documentary filmmakers are filming various Austin, Texas weirdos.
- StarsAnia SowinskiRobin McCaffreyJason StraceyScientist Dr Ruby Munro takes two children with very strong psychic powers into her Department for Experimentation into Linked Thought Activity (the Delta of the title) and the trio have adventures that sees them travelling back in time as well as tangling with gangsters.
- DirectorRichard SpenceStarsSteven MackintoshRupert GravesMiriam MargolyesKarl Foyle and Paul Prentice were best mates at school in the Seventies. But when they meet again in present-day London things are definitely not the same.
- DirectorBenjamin FryStarsJeremy PivenKelli WilliamsLiza WalkerA physicist struggling to prove one of Einstein's theories still finds time to dabble in an extra-curricular relationship with one of his lab assistants. Meanwhile at home, his under-sexed wife struggles under the assumption that he is hard at work with his experiments. All of which explodes when she discovers otherwise.
- DirectorChristopher MorahanStarsNigel HaversGina McKeeJudy ParfittA woman has doubts about the intentions of her husband, even to the point where she thinks he might kill her.
- StarsChristopher EllisonSean ChapmanPerry FenwickShort lived "Minder" style series about a Boxing personal trainer.
- DirectorDaniel RogosinStarsRachel WagnerDean TarrollyLeslie ZemeckisJohnny goes to Athena's Palace to ask for a loan. He enters an exciting and seductive world there. Intrigued by the beautiful strip-dancer Brandy, he agrees to value her house. She insists Johnny pays his valuation with a private striptease dance. Her friend Carlo, a villain, is immediately jealous and threatens Brandy.
- StarsClaire BloomJune WhitfieldNicholas FarrellFrances Pye intervenes in a street fight. During the fight she receives a blow to the head causing memory loss. Due to her amnesia family members try to take advantage of her illness. Will she get wise to their schemes? Will she identify the people from the fight?
- StarsChristopher LongmanJohn LightLucy RobinsonAnthology series of stories with a supernatural theme for children.
- StarsKevin McNallyPeter HowittSimon KunzDrama about the rivalry between two police superintendents, one traditional and methodical, the other unorthodox and intuitive.
- DirectorHarvey MillerStarsJack LemmonDan AykroydLily TomlinA moral college ethics professor plans to kill his neighbor, a Nazi death camp commander.
- StarsArchie RoyDavid FontanaPeter FenwickBritish paranormal documentary television series; not to be confused with American series of similar name.
- DirectorRichard SignyStarsRobert LindsayBarbara MartenGwen Humble
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsSpalding GrayMike McLaughlinMelissa RobertsonAfter doctors inform him that an eye affliction will require risky surgery, monologist Spalding Gray recounts his various pursuits for alternative medicine to avoid the doctor's scalpel.
- DirectorBill AndersonStarsJason IsaacsMaurice RoëvesNathan GrowerJim Reed, a detective, investigates a case of alleged child abuse. But remaining psychologically detached proves difficult. Soon, Jim finds himself questioning his relationships with his father and his two young sons Colin and Tom.
- DirectorAngela PopeStarsSam BouldMartin DonovanIan HartFollowing the break-up of his marriage after revealing his homosexuality, GP Martin Wyatt loses custody of his son Oliver to his now ex-wife Hannah and her new partner Frank. It is not long, however, until Oliver appears at the house of Martin and his new lover Tom claiming to have been beaten up by boys in the park. After another incident, Martin puts two and two together and comes to the conclusion that Frank has been beating Oliver without Hannah's knowledge. Martin then begins a long courtroom custody battle to win back his son.
- StarsKen HomKen Hom travels around Britain, cooking Chinese food with his wok.
- StarsDani BehrZoe Selah SmithRobert RodriguezSomething strange occurs to guests as soon as they check in. Even if in real life they are perfectly well-mannered, decent people with proper balanced relationships, as soon as they spin through the revolving hotel doors the normal rules of behaviour no longer seem to apply.
- DirectorBilly HopkinsStarsJeanne MoreauClaire DanesJude LawPrep school student Daisy and her European-born grandmother Nana share the sad stories of their lives. Daisy tells Nana of her romance with young Ethan and problems in school because she's Jewish and Nana tells of her young years under the Nazis when she was sent to a ghetto and then to a concentration camp.
- StarsJulia FordRobert CavanahAdrian RawlinsSix-part drama series by Lucy Gannon about life in an open prison on the Suffolk coast.
- DirectorPhilip GoodhewStarsJulie WaltersRupert GravesMatthew WalkerThe merchant marine visits his estranged brother in an English town. Rebuffed by the brother's wife, he hooks up with a local mother and daughter. Juggling both women proves too much when they start arriving together.
- StarsMatthew MarsdenDesmond AskewDavid BlairTeenage drama series set on the sunny island of Jersey.
- StarsJack DeeJeremy HardyHelen LedererA series of mockumentaries each themed around a particular profession.
- DirectorJohn B. HobbsStarsShirley BasseySean GallagherThomas Orange'La Passione' is a modern classic, with both contemporary and orchestral pieces sewn together by a film clip for each track and a story loosely based on dreams Chris had as a young boy growing up in the industrial North East.
- DirectorAlberto SciammaStarsMelinda ClarkeJason DurrMapi GalánThis horror story involves a woman hiding out with four pastel colored poodles in a desert gas station with the loot from a heist while her boy friend does prison time. A meteorite crashes near the station transforming the woman into an alien being with a gigantic voracious tongue and her poodles are transformed into four drag queens. The whole thing grows even weirder as her boy friend escapes from prison and also encounters the meteorite, as does a mute Nun who is converted into a sexy drum majorette. Pursued by the prison officials who are after him, the whole group eventually come into conflict.
- DirectorAndrew GrieveStarsEwa FrölingMark WomackIngeborga DapkunaiteA woman returns to her native Estonia to unravel the complex mysteries of her family's past. Set in 1989, against the background of the Baltic territory's struggle for peace and independence from the Soviet Union.
- StarsEmma CunniffePaula BaconPaula WilcoxSitcom starring Emma Cunniffe as Alison, a new single mother living in a council flat in Brent Cross.
- DirectorRay BradyStarsMichael ChomiakDes BradyLisa HarkusSixteen young people, eight actors, eight non-actors are each given one minute to discuss the big issues i.e. Love, Hate, Sex, Death, Money, Religion etc. Images, sometimes complementing their words, sometimes abstract, humerous even surreal are keyed behind them. The question is can you figure out which of them is real and which are scripted actors? The boundaries between Documentary and fiction blur in this very unusaul TV movie.
- StarsIan McShaneJoanna KanskaMatthew MarshA wrongfully imprisoned man seeks legal revenge on the detective who framed him. With help from a feisty lawyer, he slowly rebuilds his life by aiding her other mistreated clients.
- DirectorTed NicolaouStarsJamie Renée SmithKevin WixtedSaxon TrainorDr Tuttle uses the Doppelganger to breach a mirror, letting Dragora, Dabble and Swanson into the people world. Dragora uses this opportunity to get revenge on Mary Margaret, by way of having her over for tea.
- CreatorRon LeavittMichael G. MoyeStarsRuss AbbotPeter EnglandLucy BlakelyRemake of the popular American sitcom "Married With Children" which is set in and features actors from England.
- StarsMatt LucasDavid WalliamsPaul PutnerMash and Peas was a parodic sketch show written by and starring Matt Lucas and David Walliams. Their first television work together, it originally aired on Paramount Comedy 1 and Channel 4.
- DirectorChris BouldStarsSchuyler FiskJohn CleereStephen McHattieDuring the course of one summer, a young Irish lad named Chris befriends an American boy named Joe. The two couldn't be more different, yet they become inseparable. Things turn horribly wrong however, when Chris discovers his new best friend isn't a he, but a she. The sadness only begins as Chris learns why Joe's gender must be kept a secret.
- StarsEmma WrayVicky ConnettElizabeth BerringtonComedy drama following nurse Donna (Emma Wray), finally rid of her useless husband and looking for love whilst raising her two young children.
- DirectorCharles FinchStarsSandrine BonnaireJane MarchCharles FinchThomas Murray and Amanda have just moved to Paris. He works for a bank owned by Amanda's father Arthur Trevane. Amanda decides that she does not like Paris, so she goes back to London. Thomas's loneliness leads him to meet a French woman, Katherine, and a love triangle is born.
- CreatorJohn SayleStarsJotham AnnanJohn LabanowskiJane Danson
- DirectorSusan MorrallStarsGabriel ByrneBilly CampbellHal Fowler
- DirectorEd BramanStarsIeuan RhysSteve SpeirsMike Eastman
- DirectorAnand TuckerStarsBruno GanzMiranda RichardsonJanet McTeerPoetic biography of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
- DirectorMark EzraStarsJamie HarrisMaryam d'AboMyriam CyrWhen a beautiful mob hitwoman learns she only has six months to live, she decides to rob her employers, and go out in style, but the syndicate's head man won't rest until he gets his two million dollars back.
- DirectorTrish McAdamStarsPom BoydGina MoxleySean HughesA wry story of female friendship: Jean and Kate, two "nearing-thirty" street performers, find the ups and downs of life and love amid the pubs and music scene of modern day Dublin.
- StarsGilly ComanChristine TremarcoPaul CulshawLiz and Jack Freeman have been happily married for almost 2 decades, tending to their Liverpool home and raising five boisterous children. But their lives are thrown into turmoil with the unwelcome arrival of Eva Morrigan, a vengeful woman who harbors the families darkest secrets. Eva is hell-bent on getting even with Liz which drives the ones cheerful clan into chaos.
- StarsSophie OkonedoJessica HynesPaul HigginsDownbeat drama set in a Nurses' Home.
- DirectorStephen CooksonStarsLinda ClarkJeremy GreenErin ThompsonChildren's fantasy about a superhero who enters the world of a 10-year-old girl, but accidentally turns her parents to stone.
- DirectorCurtis RadclyffeStarsJohn DunsworthOliver MilburnMike CrimpPaul, a young man from London, arrives in the small Nova Scotia town of Milestone, where his long lost father was last seen years earlier. Paul is eager to find out what brought his father to this remote community.
- DirectorMartin DuffyStarsRita TushinghamTom CourtenayHugh O'ConorHarry is an eight-year-old boy growing up in Ireland with his dis-spirited widowed mother May and older brother Paul. He is bullied in school, and his only real friend is his dog Max. His great joy and obsession are the Flash Gordon episodes he watches on television, and he believes that he and his dog are really from the planet Mercury. Over time, Harry learns to appreciate the value of his family, but he never ceases to think of himself as the boy from Mercury.
- DirectorBob CarruthersDavid McWhinnieStarsGary AndrewBrian BlessedRichard BrimblecombeIn the early 14th century, Scottish warrior and Earl Robert the Bruce is crowned King of Scots, leading Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England.
- DirectorRudolf van den BergStarsRichard E. GrantLynsey BaxterPerdita WeeksA troubled detective befriends a single woman and her daughter with the intention of using them as bait for a serial killer.
- DirectorFrancis MegahyStarsPierce BrosnanJames CoburnDudley MooreMockumentary about the unexplained disappearance of a fictitious up-and-coming movie producer.
- StarsDaniel LuafalealoDavid TaylorAlexis JacksonJoin Philip, Lucy-Ann, Dinah, and Jack on a spectacular series of adventures, as they set out on holiday to discover mysterious islands, navigate treacherous rivers, scale craggy mountain tops, and even find time to escape with the circus.
- StarsJemima RooperMarco WilliamsonPaul ChildA country relocation leads cousins Julian, Dick, Anne and tomboy Georgina to unite and investigate mysterious happenings, thwarting a notorious drug smuggling operation with help from their dog Timmy.
- StarsGeorge Marshall
- StarsNigel HawthorneDearbhla MolloyHelen McCroryOscar® nominee Nigel Hawthorne (The Madness of King George) stars as a renowned surgeon in the midst of a personal and professional crisis in this compelling miniseries.
- DirectorColin FinbowStarsDanielle HawleyDanny BarnhamIan JohnstoneA 10-year-old girl and her 6-year-old brother are dumped by their abusive mother and her boyfriend to spend a few days at the rambling country house of their grandfather, who has been estranged from the family for the past ten years.
- StarsAmy MarstonStephanie TurnerLetitia Dean"The Hello Girls" is a "dramedy" about a group of mostly young women working as telephone operators in the city of Derby UK, and deals with their escapades both on the job and off. The two seasons are set in 1959 and 1961, when a great many telephone operators were needed to provide satisfactory telephone service. The constant use of the expression "G-P-O" may cause a little confusion for some viewers, but the letters stand for "General Post Office," which at the time the program is set, operated the telephone system of the United Kingdom. The GPO also handled telegrams, which explains the presence of a bicycle-riding telegram boy at the exchange. The women range from just out of school to one or two who are now married and have returned to work. Two older supervisors try their best to keep them all in line
- DirectorRichie WinearlsStarsDavid DoyleGary BeadlePancho RussellA gritty, atmospheric tale of robbery, deceit and dangerous driving, "The Imitators" tracks the fortunes of a gang of unlikely hoods and their naive new recruit in the run up to the bank job that will change their lives forever.
- DirectorDavid KeatingStarsCatherine O'HaraJared LetoChristina RicciAfter finishing exams June 1977 near Dublin, Frankie spends the summer with his two friends, siblings and mom while dreaming of two cute girls and waiting for exam results. College?
- DirectorAndrew HindleStarsMackenzie CrookNatasha Eldred
- StarsMark Thomas
- DirectorNils GaupStarsJames CaanChristopher LambertCatherine McCormackSet during the Alaskan gold rush of the late 1800s. In his efforts to gain control of a small mining town, Sean McLennon is buying up every mining claim that becomes available, usually after the deaths of the previous owners at the hands of McLennon's "assistants". One of the miners targeted by McLennon, a half-Indian hunter named "Hudson Saanteek", manages to escape his hired thugs, and comes back into town looking to re-establish his claim and get revenge. McLennon and his men have the advantange of numbers and weapons, but Saanteek has his survival skills, and knowledge of the Alaskan wilderness.
- StarsPhilip SarsonPeter JeffreyJohn BoweA poor boy named Tom Canty and Edward, the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.
- DirectorChristopher HamptonStarsBob HoskinsPatricia ArquetteGérard DepardieuVerloc lives in London 1886 with a pretty wife and her retarded brother. He's an agent for the Russian embassy. A new ambassador wants more from him than in the past years - something with a bomb. Verloc also informs the police.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsTom ArnoldJessica LundyBug HallAn incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.
- StarsArt MalikRoshan SethParminder NagraDrama based on closing down of a mental asylum
- StarsTim Grundy
- DirectorMark PeploeStarsWillem DafoeSam NeillIrène JacobAxel Heyst lives on a secluded island near the Dutch East Indies port of Surabaya. The year is 1913. While on personal business to the port, he visits the hotel owned by racist German Schomberg. An all-woman orchestra plays in the hotel each night, and orchestra owner, San Giacomo agrees to "sell" one of the girls, Alma, to Schomberg. She asks Heyst to save her from the villains and they escape to his island and live there with native servant Wang. Schomberg points sinister Mr. Jones and his two fellow bandits to that island, saying that the fortune lies ahead of them there.
- DirectorNigel BartonJonathan GlendeningOmid NooshinStarsKerry NortonJonathan CooteDavid GilbrookWhen young journalist Caroline Jarvis enters a disused industrial plant to interview controversial scientist Dr Jordan, she finds herself plunged into a world of nightmares. Jordan is dead, but his son Balthasar is very much alive and looking for company! The living result of Jordan's experiment to fuse man and machine, Balthasar has become the Internet's first mutant child.
- DirectorJohn McKenzieStarsDennis WatermanJulia McKenzieLisa ColemanIt's Samantha's big wedding day but her mother is making it miserable for her with a typical maternal conflict of interests. Her mother orders her the wrong flowers, the wrong type of make-up and wants to video the garden instead of the girls getting dressed. To top it off three thieves have crashed the party pretending to be video-assistants, the make-up artist gets drunk and the chauffeur has choked on a biscuit and died.
- DirectorNicole HolofcenerStarsCatherine KeenerAnne HecheAmy BravermanJust as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back.
- StarsNick Nairn