Single Drama / TV Movie
List of stand alone, single dramas I have seen. Which don't fit easily into my Film Diary Lists. Predominately UK television productions which have a life beyond British television and are promoted as TV Movies or may receive festival screenings.
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- DirectorAlan HorroxGavin RichardsStarsGavin RichardsJim BywaterClive RussellDuring questioning by the police, a railway worker falls to his death from the multi-story police HQ. The government says it was an accident but there is a public outcry. The Superintendant and Inspector responsible are awaiting the arrival of an Investigating Judge but get more than they bargained for when a lunatic escapes and impersonates him.14-09-1983 C4.
TV version of the Belt and Braces Roadshow Company's production. - DirectorTony WharmbyStarsJames WarwickFrancesca AnnisGavan O'HerlihyAfter two old friends accidentally meet and resolve to become investigators for hire, they quickly become embroiled in a missing treaty and a Bolshevik conspiracy.09-10-1983. Central.
Agatha Christie's The Secret Adversary. - DirectorGiles FosterStarsPeter FirthRichard JohnsonRichard BriersIn the future England is ruled by a fascist government, and one day the leaders begin the construction of a heavily guarded, mysterious airport.13-12-1983 BBC1.
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerKen PriceStarsJulie ChristieAlan BatesClaire BloomThe arrival of a beautiful model stirs up the guests of a peaceful small-town hotel where most of them hide from their troubles; secrets, infatuations, and lies emerge.02-01-1984 Central.
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsAlan BatesCoral BrowneCharles GrayThe actress Coral Browne travels to Moscow and meets a mysterious Englishman. It turns out that he's the notorious spy Guy Burgess.22-01-1984 BBC2.
- DirectorRodney BennettStarsAlec GuinnessRenée AshersonPaul RogersTouching comedy about a high court judge, now retired to his English countryside home, who resolves to end years of suspicion about his wife's fidelity and the true paternity of their son.03-05-1984 C4.
- DirectorMick JacksonStarsKaren MeagherReece DinsdaleDavid BrierlyThe effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.23-09-1984 BBC2.
- DirectorMichael WhyteStarsCharles GrayBernard HeptonCherie LunghiAfter years of being a butler, Arthur J. Mason finds himself a celebrity at the age of 63. A novel he wrote 36 years ago has been discovered and published to great acclaim. A TV crew go to investigate, but find him unenthusiastic at his change of fortune.18-10-1984 C4.
- DirectorRobert KnightsStarsLaurence OlivierRoger ReesGreta ScacchiA young artist goes to interview an older painter who lives in the south of France with two young women. He gets caught up in the painter's Bohemian lifestyle and begins to examine his own attitudes towards life and art.09-12-1984 Central.
- DirectorJohn MaddenStarsAlan HowardPhoebe NichollsJohn McEneryHe is a respectable pillar of London society who yearns for an idyllic existence away from the noise and the smoke. She feels hemmed in by the confines of an isolated fishing village and dreams of the bright lights, and even brighter people, of the great metropolis. On a hot August day in 1883, Clement Scott, the writer, and Louie Jermy, the miller's daughter, meet each other for the first time.Screen Two was umbrella banner for made for television films.
13-01-1985 BBC2. - DirectorGavin MillarStarsJulie WaltersGeorge LaphamDavid RappaportMavis's plight will ring a bell in the heart of anyone who ever felt like murdering a telephone. Is some ghoulish mind behind the increasingly mysterious and sinister calls she gets? Is it madness or the system, or a joke that's bigger than all of us?20-01-1985 BBC2.
- DirectorPiers HaggardStarsPauline CollinsDerrick O'ConnorMichelle MulvanyAlan and Sylvia fall in love and Alan gains a renewed sense of purpose. He begins to hope for an eventual release on licence. However both he and Sylvia have to face the fact that, for the foreseeable future, they cannot enjoy any physical intimacy. They decide to treat their affair as a long Victorian courtship.Original shown as part BBC2's Screen Two season; aired in two parts.
27-01-1985 BBC2. - DirectorEric IdleGary WeisStarsEric IdleJohn HalseyRicky FataarCharts the adventures of the prefab four, possibly the most famous band of all time.3-3-1985 BBC2.
- DirectorBob BrooksStarsNigel HawthorneMick FordKim TaylforthFour men attempt "The Knowledge" examination to qualify as London taxi drivers.19-08-1985 C4.
- DirectorHarry WinerStarsHart BochnerJamie Lee CurtisJohn HarkinsIndiana Jones spoof, an unsold pilot. Callahan and his new assistant try to solve the world's problems through science.Pilot which never went to series. 18-10-1985 Central.
- DirectorRodney BennettStarsAlec GuinnessLeo McKernIan RichardsonIn this modern adaptation of the Don Quixote theme based on a novel by Graham Greene, Quixote is an old Spanish village priest who travels through Spain with his friend, Sancho, the village's mayor and his car called Rocinante. On their way he has to master the same adventures as his ancestor.16-12-85 Central.
- DirectorFrancis MegahyStarsDennis WatermanGeorge ColeGlynn EdwardsSaving deceased gangster Jack South's daughter Nikki from an attack by hired thugs earns "minder" Terry McCann a trip for two across Europe on the famous Orient Express. But a perfect romantic opportunity with his girlfriend Annie is ruined when his dodgy employer and "friend" Arthur Daley cons his way onto the trip to avoid a court appearance, and Terry again finds himself battling to protect Nikki from a whole train load of sinister characters all after Nikki's legacy. Add to this a Mafia hitman, a gun-toting Interpol officer and an unwelcome appearance by Terry and Arthurs' London nemesis, the long suffering Detective Sergeant Chisholm.25-12-1985 Central.
- DirectorMichael Owen MorrisStarsAnn BellStephanie ColeVeronica RobertsIn 1950, five years after their release from internment, the women return to Singapore for a reunion, unaware of the intrigue that is to involve them in treachery and murder.26-12-1985 BBC1.
- DirectorGiles FosterStarsAnna MasseyDenholm ElliottGoogie WithersAn authoress, whose career is more successful than her private life, arrives at a Swiss hotel and finds her life changing in unexpected ways.2-03-1986 BBC2.
- DirectorColin BuckseyStarsCharles DanceAnn ToddMark RylanceFrom his window, film critic Paul Hatcher watches neighbour Mrs. Forbes-Duthie and her transvestite grandson, Gavin. He sees two men attacking them and Gavin falling to his death. The men were looking for something and believe he has it.12-01-1986 BBC2.
- DirectorRichard MichaelsStarsLindsay WagnerTony Lo BiancoCeleste HolmThe story of a Dr. Jessie Hayden, a female police department psychiatrist.03-04-1986 Central.
- DirectorNorman StoneStarsJoss AcklandClaire BloomDavid WallerNoted author and scholar finds love, then must endure its loss...04-05-1986 BBC2.
- DirectorBill HaysStarsArt MalikJohn MatshikizaJack KlaffThe struggles of white intellectuals and their black activist friends in the apartheid of South Africa during the 1950s.28-09-1986 BBC1. Shown in two parts.
- DirectorTim KingStarsFrederick TrevesSheila AllenChristoph Hargreaves-AllenMr and Mrs Desmond Howard Jones invite you to the wedding of their daughter Mariella to Dominic Frazer.17-04-1987 BBC2.
- DirectorChristopher MorahanStarsBob PeckMiranda RichardsonReina JamesWhat's happened to Pilkington? James doesn't much care, he's far more interested in renewing acquaintance with the girl he silently adored as a teenager - but maybe she knows something.03-11-1987 BBC1.
- DirectorGavin MillarStarsMichael MaloneyMichael HordernRobert EddisonA reporter is mistakenly sent to report from the war front. There he meets other reporters who are waiting for a scoop. When one notable reporter goes missing, they all presume he found a scoop and go looking for him.26-04-1987 Central.
- DirectorMick JacksonStarsJeff GoldblumTim Pigott-SmithAlan HowardWatson and Crick race to find the structure of DNA before Linus Pauling, Maurice Wilkins, or Rosalind Franklin can find the key to unlocking the secret.27-04-1987 BBC2.
- DirectorTristram PowellStarsJohn NettletonPat HeywoodEdward Rawle-HicksSeventeen-year-old Richard and his parents take their annual seaside holiday in a guesthouse on England's east coast in the 1950s. Julia, a teenage girl holidaying with her parents in a nearby guesthouse, catches Richard's eye, but her Dutch friend Anna is intent on causing trouble.23-06-1987 BBC1.
- DirectorJohn GorrieStarsHelen MirrenHarry AndrewsDavid SuchetWhen a woman's husband is murdered by her lover, both are tried for murder. The prosecution claims that she is the mastermind behind the crime, but she has an ace up her sleeve.23-08-1987 Central.
- DirectorNorman StoneStarsDirk BogardeLee RemickEileen AtkinsVeteran broadcaster James Marriner is persuaded to front a new big budget national family TV channel. But he begins to suspect that the channel is a front for something much more sinister and political.10-01-1988 BBC2.
- DirectorEric SykesStarsJohn AldertonBobby BallTommy CannonA team of inept undertakers attempt to get a coffin to a funeral on time.15-02-1988 Central.
- DirectorMichael DarlowStarsLeo McKernJane LapotaireMiranda RichardsonIbsen's play is the story of Halvard Solness, Master Builder of a town in Norway. Solness is a successful architect but he's afraid of the being surpassed by those younger than himself. The arrival of a young woman called Hilda stirs up memories and feelings with stories of a promise he made her many years ago.15-05-1988 BBC2.
- DirectorTristram PowellStarsJoyce CareyNigel PlanerHelena MichellA contractor attempts to convince a 90-year old woman to sell her house but ends up falling in love with the house's history and befriending the old woman.23-10-1988 BBC1.
- DirectorMichael A. SimpsonStarsPeter VaughanGeoffrey PalmerBarbara FlynnEight people attend a christmas party in hope of having a pleasant celebration, however it takes various awkward turns and ends with one of the guests leaving sooner than they thought.22-12-1988 BBC2.
- DirectorJulia SmithStarsGary OlsenKaren MeagherAvis BunnageLife in Albert Square circa 1939-1945.26-12-1988 BBC1.
- DirectorSandy JohnsonStarsJoe Don BakerPhyllis LoganWilliam ArmstrongAn American football coach takes over the running of a no-hope English soccer team.26-03-1989 BBC2.
- DirectorAdrian ShergoldStarsJoanne WhalleyTilly VosburghPhil DanielsFreedom fascinates and frightens Jackie, encountering the real world for the first time in years, She clings to an ideal: 'What I want most in the whole world is to be in love and to be loved'. Reality can be harsh and unforgiving.21-08-1989 BBC2.
- DirectorBruce GowersStarsRobin WilliamsIn this hilarious stand up comedy, Robin Williams is energetic, witty and again hilarious. It's the number one stand up comedy of all time.24-09-1989 VHS tape.
- DirectorPeter HallStarsPeggy AshcroftGeraldine JamesJames FoxLocked away in an asylum as a young girl because she was an embarrassment to her family, then forgotten, an old woman returns to what's left of her kin and to her memories.02-10-1989 Triangle Cinema.
- DirectorMoira ArmstrongStarsMichael GoughMichael QuillDemetri JaggerIt is May 1944, two weeks before D-day. Britain stands poised for the long-awaited invasion of France - thousands of troops wait anxiously for the orders to come for embarkation. MI5 is horrified to discover the top-secret codewords for the invasion suddenly appearing as clues in the Daily Telegraph crossword. Two agents are immediately dispatched to confront the culprit, the headmaster of a boys' school in southern England.15-10-1989 BBC1.
- DirectorRobert YoungStarsMaggie O'NeillTimothy WestAlexei JawdokimovDerek Blore MP enjoys both a happy successful political career and a sideline in the suburbs. When his two political lives become confused, with an added Russian complication, he finds a national scandal engulfing him.22-10-1989 BBC1.
- DirectorBob MahoneyStarsPeter EganJack ShepherdJohn SessionsBoring bank manager Peplow arrives by the early-morning train in the small Yorkshire Dales town of Great Minden on the day of their annual Feast (fair). He chances to meet Herbert Ruskin, who used to be in the same RAF squadron and had lost his legs in a wartime flying accident ten years earlier. A cripple, Ruskin now spends all his days looking out of his window, passing witty but cynical comments on everything the locals do. As the day wears on and the fairground music gets louder, it gradually emerges that Peplow, normally a staid and unemotional man, has come to Great Minden on a macabre mission... involving the use of his service revolver! And it is no coincidence that he has come on the day of the Feast.01-02-1989 Central.
- DirectorJames Cellan JonesStarsHelena Bonham CarterKika MarkhamPatsy Kensit1865: Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. When his group's attacked by a few Bulgarian troopers, he learns that he's got the wrong ammunition for his cannon and has to flee. His flight leads him right into the bedroom of his enemy's fiancée.16-04-1989 BBC2.
- DirectorMoira ArmstrongStarsEmma ThompsonTim RothBernard HeptonA young gun-runner returns to his hometown to find out what happened to his sister.07-05-1989 BBC2.
- DirectorBarry DavisStarsBarbara FlynnMichael KitchenAlan RickmanDavid wants to sweep away acres of crumbling south London houses and replace them with a perfect low-rise set of homes. But he has reckoned without the opposition of his oldest friend.25-05-1989 BBC2.
- DirectorPiers HaggardStarsHayley MillsHayley CarrAdam StevensonDuring World War II, young Virginia "Rusty" Dickinson was sent to America for safety. It's now five years later and she returns to her native country, England. From the family she hardly remembers to snobby classmates and rule-filled boarding schools, she must adapt to a whole new way of life.23-07-1989 Central.
- DirectorDavid WheatleyStarsOwen TealeSean BeanAnny TobinIn northern England around 1900, the worker John O'Brien lives near poverty in a small house in the worker's district. He falls in love with Mary, the teacher of his highly intelligent younger sister Kathy and daughter of a rich family. Their love is doomed by the social difference, but the vigorous Mary refuses to allow outer circumstances destroying their love.20-08-1989 Central.
- DirectorGareth JonesStarsDavid ThrelfallSylvestra Le TouzelGreg HicksTony has begun to panic that life may be passing him by. As his friends forge ahead, he feels stuck in a dead end job and trapped by his relationship with Judith. One day, he starts to be plagued by a series of mysterious phone calls and letters. Tony becomes haunted by a growing premonition of catastrophe.13-09-1989 BBC2.
- DirectorChristopher MorahanStarsStephen FrySimon CallowClive FrancisDaniel is an obeying and high-flying barrister with the good life on his side. Nathaniel Quass is a rich and bizarre recluse, generous, obsessed and sad. This reluctant pair are caught up in an alliance against an ingenious conspiracy which threatens both their lives.14-01-1990 BBC2.
- DirectorColin GreggStarsPhoebe NichollsPaul McGannSam PrestonA young man's personal and professional life falls apart.28-01-1990 BBC2.
- 1980–199456m7.8 (253)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard BartlettStarsMatt DillonJames BroderickBarbara BoltonMatt Dillon plays a young Jean Shepherd (author and narrator of A Christmas Story). Through Matt, Shep tells several humorous stories about his teen years in an Indiana steel town.11-03-1990 C4.
- DirectorRobert BiermanStarsNigel PlanerKate BufferyYvonne BrycelandPaul quarrels with his girlfriend Jane about when to start a family and Dr Eva Frankenstein comes to his aid by helping him to become the world's first pregnant man!09-09-1990 BBC1.
- DirectorTony SmithStarsLee RossMalcolm SinclairAdam SearleA youth abandoned by his family joins a group of homeless people.23-09-1990 BBC1.
- DirectorDewi HumphreysStarsJames BolamAlun ArmstrongGeorge SewellIt's a big night at the New Dragon Inn when a coach of distinguished Germans arrives. But disaster looms - it's the local cricket team's annual fancy dress bash and the theme is the Second World War.14-10-1990 BBC1.
- DirectorMike LeighStarsAlison SteadmanSylvestra Le TouzelDavid ThewlisA short comedy by Mike Leigh about the romance between a young woman and a man who communicates only through jokes and humor. The story is told as a series of very short vignettes between her and the man and her and her doting mother, a hairdresser.02-01-1990 C4.
- DirectorPeter SasdyStarsJohn MillsWendy HillerMichael HordernA traditional rural English Christmas, reluctantly spent with the predominantly geriatric family (who all have their quirks and eccentricities) ends in tragedy after a practical joke goes horribly wrong.04-01-1990 Central.
- DirectorBeeban KidronStarsSaskia ReevesImelda StauntonPatricia LeventonPlain Jane Hartman hates her life. She's goofy, boring and only has sex if she reads Iris Murdoch novels out loud to her loopy boyfriend. Her oldest friend Antonia McGill knows about everything. She orders the right food; she can complain and get results. She's beautiful and has a brilliant career. Is it any wonder that they hate each other's guts?18-07-1990 BBC2.
- DirectorRichard SpenceStarsAlexei SayleKevin WhatelyRuth SheenClarence Flamer hosts a late-night talk show on regional radio station North Star Sound. A phone call he takes one night leads to his discovering a mortgage scam being run by a group of estate agents. His attempts to delve deeper have tragic consequences.25-07-1990 BBC2.
- DirectorPeter SmithStarsJeroen KrabbéSuzanna HamiltonJoanne PearceMURDER EAST - MURDER WEST, mini-series produced by John Goldschmidt for ITV and ARD on location in Berlin during the days following the opening of the Berlin Wall: This superbly made dramatic thriller, tells the passionate story of three people caught in a murderous web of deceit and revenge on both sides of the former Germany. Edgar Rutchinski, who has made a living smuggling refugees, finds his past catching up with him in the shape of the ex-girlfriend he thought was dead. Starring JEROEN KRABBE, SUZANNA HAMILTON, JOANNA PEARCE and ALEXANDRA PIGG.30-07-1990 Central.
- DirectorRobert CooperStarsImelda StauntonAdrian DunbarDenys HawthorneA woman and her daughter are stranded in a rambling old house deep in the countryside of County Tyrone. Their economic circumstances are hopeless, but it is friends and former business associates who pose the greatest threat to their happiness.01-08-1990 BBC2.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsTim RothPaul RhysAdrian BrineThe familiar tragic story of Vincent van Gogh is broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. The movie also provides a nice view of the locations which Vincent painted.Expanded version of cinema release. 13-08-1990 Central.
- DirectorBarry DavisStarsRosanna ArquetteDavid SuchetWhen Sarah, a New York actress, calls Joe, a London playwright they begin a very special relationship conducted through trans-Antlantic phone calls. And both Sarah and Joe have very special conditions they both have to fight to overcome their separation.23-08-1990 BBC1.
- DirectorAlan GrintStarsRay BrooksCelia ImrieConnie BoothAlex Conway is an actor who plays the part of 'Eddie Weary', a sympathetic, down-at-heel, shabby, Northern, working-class private detective, in a TV show. Except Conway is actually a complete idiot in real-life: stuck up, pretentious and selfish, the constant focus of tabloid interest for his bad, usually drunken behaviour. But then he discovers he gets truckloads of mail from fans who think he really is Eddie Weary, asking for his help, so he decides to help them - with the aid of his assistant, Birdie.31-08-1990 Central.
- StarsBrian BovellMaggie SteedStruan RodgerA journalist investigates the disappearance of the drug addicted daughter of a prominent Tory MP.24-10-1990 BBC2.
- DirectorMike BradwellStarsPhyllis LoganMarjie LawrenceStephen HancockThe pupils of the Dora Jackson School of Dancing compete in the 1960 Classical Dance Festival in Scarborough. Fifties rock 'n' roll meets classical ballet with the arrival of Dora's ex-boyfriend Clifford and a mysterious ghost.01-01-1991 BBC1.
- DirectorUdayan PrasadStarsEdward FoxEmily MorganJames FleetWhen plucky Corporal Pru Merriman reports to her superiors, she is catapulted into the murky world of the French Resistance.31-03-1991 BBC2.
- DirectorPedr JamesStarsDonald SumpterJuliet StevensonSimon ChandlerA white Mercedes, the English countryside, a cathedral city, a haunted figure at the wheel with an overnight bag in the boot. Frank Summers has run away from a career as a fabulously successful rock promoter and an anguished private life. Now he's facing the hardest of all moral choices - a life or death decision which is to have a shattering impact on the lives of new friends who offer shelter, and on the new arrival on the seemingly tranquil scene.07-04-1991 BBC2.
- DirectorGavin MillarStarsDenholm ElliottJoss AcklandGlenda JacksonTaken from the book by John le Carré, George Smiley rallies to the aid of his former intelligence colleague, Ailsa Brimley, to investigate a mysterious letter from a junior master's wife at Carne School, a boy's school. When Smiley goes to Carne to investigate, he finds the junior master's wife brutualy murdered, with her husband as one of the suspects. Smiley begins to scratch at the surface of the closed-knit society of Carne, and soon begins to find that things are not as they seem. Secret societies, sexual abuse, and a mysterious boy, Timothy Perkins, who is either another suspect, witness, or victim.10-04-1991 Cent.
- DirectorRoy BattersbyStarsCathy SandfordNathaniel ParkerJames GaddasYorkshire in the 1880's: Joe Skinner marries Lily Whitmore, the woman he has long admired, to give a name to her illegitimate child by Lionel Fillmore, the opportunistic son of an impoverished aristocrat. Lionel, however, has his sights set on Victoria, the naive cousin of hard-working Bridget Mordaunt, and the wealth he wrongly assumes is hers. When Joe's shiftless brother Fred threatens his marriage plans, Lionel murders him and the blame falls on Joe. Bridget's warm regard for Joe sets her on a quest to prove his innocence, the pursuit of which reveals the sordid manipulations and evil that surround Lionel. Just when Lionel believes his crime will never be discovered, Douglas, his gentle sculptor brother finds the murder weapon---and the killer's identity.26-05-1991 Cent.
- DirectorMalcolm McKayStarsTom CourtenayMalcolm StorryLindsay DuncanAfter 16 years away Stan Peachey returns to his village. His wife still loves him but his sister wants revenge. What was his crime?03-07-1991 BBC2.
- DirectorJohn GlenisterStarsSuzan SylvesterJack ShepherdHugh RossOn the death of her mother, a young woman in northern England learns that her father is actually her step-father. She embarks on a search for her birth father, finds him running a jazz club in London, and learns a lot of happy and sad things about her family that she didn't know before. The title of the film is the classic jazz piece, "Misterioso," by Thelonious Monk, which features prominently in it.27-07-1991 BBC1.
- DirectorJane HowellStarsDavid JasonRowena CooperAnne CarrollTwo teenage boys, Ralph and Bryan, are in a jail in Malaysia, awaiting death. They have been found guilty of smuggling drugs. 48 hours before their execution, their parents arrive to visit them.21-08-1991 BBC2.
- DirectorNick HammStarsColin FirthCatherine Zeta-JonesJohn LynchTV play about a video director.22-08-1991 BBC1.
- DirectorTim SullivanStarsSylvia SymsBruce AlexanderHenry AyrtonThe events leading up to Margaret Thatcher's resignation as Prime Minister in 1990.11-09-1991 Cent.
- DirectorLes BlairStarsBill MaynardCharlie DrakeGeoffrey HutchingsSeveral men from Wales travel to the Philippines on an arranged tour to meet Filipina women for romance and possible marriage. None of the women are the ideal Asiatic beauties the men imagined, but by the end of the tour, most of the Welshmen return with a new bride.15-09-1991 BBC1.
- DirectorDavid WheatleyStarsSean BeanCelia MontagueJackie McGuireA family is affected very greatly by their Alsatian dog Prince.6-10-1991 BBC1.
- DirectorRobert YoungStarsLenny HenryRobbie ColtraneAnnabelle ApsionStevie "Smudger" Smith and his wife Marie are both addicted to drugs; he's also a dealer. The day he 'deals with' another dealer, she gives birth to a baby. The baby appears to be addicted too and Marie decides to give up the habit. Because Stevie doesn't want to give up using and dealing drugs, they take Marie and the baby away from him. The new, tough, social worker Liam Kane tries to get Stevie in his group sessions, by using his violent approach and by telling him it's the only way he'll ever see Marie and the baby back. So there seems to be hope to get Stevie clean, if only he wants to himself. That things aren't that easy is shown by the drugs addicted hooker Gail, who's satisfied with the life she leads.13-10-1991 BBC1.
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsJames FoxGregory FloyDavid CalderSir Anthony Blunt, who was a Soviet agent for 25 years, is routinely questioned and gives no answers, but is knighted and works as Director of the Courtauld Institute, and presents his interrogator with a puzzle in the shape of a doubtful Titian painting. He also does art restoration work in Buckingham Palace, where he gets into an interesting conversation with HMQ.20-10-1991 BBC1. 17-07-1992 BBC2.
- StarsJames ConveySusan WooldridgeEleanor BronDuring World War I, a hospitalized amputee falls in love with one of his nurses.10-11-1991 BBC2.
- DirectorJane CampionStarsKerry FoxAlexia KeoghKaren FergussonJanet Frame was a brilliant child who, as a teen, was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia. Explore Janet's discovery of the world and her life in Europe as her books are published to acclaim.Original version. 7 to 9th Jan 1992 C4.
- DirectorChristopher MorahanStarsStella GonetKevin McNallyTim RothBritish drama following the lives of a group of friends who met at university.08-03-1992 BBC2.
- StarsTom WilkinsonPaul BazelyDaniel RyanElaborate sandwich and jazz loving DI Charlie Resnick tackles crime on the streets of Nottingham His skills are tested by a domestic murder case which has a devastating effect on his already troubled personal life.31.03.1992. BBC1.
- DirectorAntonia BirdStarsJanet McTeerImelda StauntonPaul BrookeWhile English professor Loretta Lawson is attending a conference in Paris, she stays the night in the flat of a friend's acquaintance. She discovers a sleeping man in one of the bedrooms, and the next morning finds the man gone, but the bed soaked with blood. Returning to Cambridge, she begins to suspect her friend's acquaintance, and others on the staff of the college, are involved with the missing (murdered?) man, and decides to investigate for herself.12-04-1992 BBC1.
- DirectorJack ClaytonStarsStephanie ColeJacqueline LeonardRenée AshersonA group of old people is being frightened by mysterious phone calls.19-04-1992 BBC2.
- DirectorRichard SpenceStarsLeslie PhillipsMargaret TyzackGraham CrowdenA retired army officer moves to the English countryside for peace and quiet, but soon finds himself battling witchcraft and a gang of thugs, among other unexpected dangers.20-04-1992 BBC1.
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsJames MasonHugh GriffithJill BennettIn West Berlin, a man who lived his whole life under the thumb of his father, must get the coffin with his father's remains across the border. However, he is in for a not so pleasant surprise.25-04-1992 C4.
- DirectorErrol MorrisStarsStephen HawkingIsobel HawkingJanet HumphreyA film about the life and work of the cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, who despite his near total paralysis, was one of the great minds of all time.04-05-1992 C4.
- DirectorPhilip SavilleStarsTom BellDavid BirrellDavid BoyceThree guardian angels help three souls evaluate their past lives.02-06-1992 Central.
- DirectorTim FywellStarsYvonne BrycelandRosemary McHaleIan Hogg03-06-1992 C4. Part of a season of single television plays.
- DirectorPat O'ConnorStarsDonal McCannAdrian DunbarPatrick MalahideRUC detective Simpson Gabby is consumed by guilt after he fails to act decisively in a moment of terror. As the pressure on him builds, Gabby gradually loses control of his life.08-07-1992 BBC2.
- DirectorGeorge CaseStarsJane HorrocksLesley ManvilleTom BeardA young single mother has to convince the authorities that she is a fit parent.15-07-1992 BBC2.
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsJames FoxGregory FloyDavid CalderSir Anthony Blunt, who was a Soviet agent for 25 years, is routinely questioned and gives no answers, but is knighted and works as Director of the Courtauld Institute, and presents his interrogator with a puzzle in the shape of a doubtful Titian painting. He also does art restoration work in Buckingham Palace, where he gets into an interesting conversation with HMQ.17-07-1992 BBC2.
- DirectorSimon Cellan JonesStarsJosette SimonSue JohnstonRudolph WalkerA young black British woman goes to the Dominican Republic as an aid worker. When she goes missing, her parents make an emotional journey to piece together her story.22-07-1992 BBC2.
- DirectorDavid WheatleyStarsJohn HurtDavid ThewlisCharles SimonJourney to Knock humourously follows three disabled men on their pilgrimage from the North of England to Knock shrine in Co. Mayo.12-08-1992 BBC2.
- DirectorDavid TuckerStarsPeter DavisonJoanna KanskaAdam PrzedrzymirskiDr. Stephen Daker feels finally settled in his life in Poland with his new wife Grete Grotowska and son Tomasz but he soon find things to be just as tumultuous, not least because Bob Buzzard is still around. And is that those nuns again?06-09-1992 BBC1.
- DirectorMandie FletcherStarsJohn AbineriBetty AirdIan ArthurRoxanne (known as Roxy) is a star performer in her local soccer team. Her natural talent is noticed by local team owner Victor Grace who signs her up. However it's not so easy being the only female professional soccer star in the country.20-09-1992 BBC1.
- DirectorUdayan PrasadStarsPeter BowlesMichael ByrneAdrian RawlinsBig-headed London TV show-host George Grant goes about his daily business of hurrying and barking at people when an urgent telephone call from his wife sends him on his way to meet her in a restaurant. He gets there as quick as circumstances allow, only to see her leave in the company of another man. From that point on his whole life goes awry.11-10-1992 BBC1.
- DirectorJim LeeStarsAlan BatesGeraldine JamesMichael CulverIn 1950, a man returns home to the UK from India after the death of his wife to build bridges with his son, but instead ends up building an elaborate model railway.15-10-1992 BBC1.
- DirectorTony DowStarsAlfred MolinaAlphonsia EmmanuelHywel BennettHarry plays hoaxes on gullible tabloid journalists. But when he gets ambitious and tries to sell the faked memoirs of a contract killer to a publisher, things start to go seriously wrong.25-10-1992 BBC1.
- DirectorTerry WinsorStarsSean BeanTrevor ByfieldLarry LambA dramatized speculation of what happened in November 1983 when Micky McAvoy and some of his mates planned a heist and were surprised when they discovered they'd stumbled across a large stash of gold. But getting the gold away without getting caught is only the beginning of their troubles. Realizing the riches the gold represents is difficult, and honor among thieves may only be a myth.14-11-1992 Central.