Halliwell's Television Companion (1986) - UK TV Movies
by RikerDonegal | created - 19 Oct 2021 | updated - 20 Oct 2021 | PublicNon-US TV Movies. Incl. UK, Australian, etc.
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1. Abide with Me (1976 TV Movie)
70 min | Drama
Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: Cathleen Nesbitt, Ann Francis, Zena Walker, Geoffrey Bayldon
2.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Abigail's Party
(1977)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
Arguably the most famous edition of Play For Today, and one of the most beloved, as Mike Leigh directs a comedy of manners. Middle-class suburbia gets to reveal its darker side over the course of an increasingly uncomfortable drinks party.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Alison Steadman, Tim Stern, Janine Duvitski, John Salthouse
Votes: 2,336
3. Accounts (1983 TV Movie)
105 min | Drama
The efforts of a widowed Scots family to keep the farmer's estate going after his death fail through poor accountancy.
Director: Michael Darlow | Stars: Elspeth Charlton, Bob Smeaton, Michael McNally, Jonathan Newth
Votes: 50
4.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Act of Betrayal
(1971)
85 min | Drama
Mr. Norton asks the Jackson's to let someone watch out for a mystery man. When Gordon Lonsdale is seen visiting Canadian couple, the Kroger's across the road. MI5 decide to use the Jackson's home as a base to trap the Portland spy ring.
Director: William Slater | Stars: Zena Walker, Mary Wimbush, Michael Gwynn, Stanley Meadows
Votes: 10
5.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
The Adventures of Don Quixote
(1973)
100 min | Drama
A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win the love of the fair Dulcinea.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Rex Harrison, Frank Finlay, Rosemary Leach, Robert Eddison
Votes: 31
6. The Aerodrome (1983 TV Movie)
91 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In the future England is ruled by a fascist government, and one day the leaders begin the construction of a heavily guarded, mysterious airport.
Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Peter Firth, Richard Johnson, Richard Briers, Dominic Jephcott
Votes: 33
7.
BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
Episode:
The Affair
(1963)
100 min | Drama
A young fellow of a Cambridge college is accused of fraud and dismissed. Based on the eighth novel in C.P. Snow's "Strangers and Brothers" series.
Stars: John Clements, Felix Aylmer, Alan Dobie, Michael Goodliffe
8.
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1974)
Episode:
After a Lifetime
(1971)
80 min | Drama
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Len Annett, Jimmy Coleman, Laidlaw Dalling, Bill Dean
Votes: 13
9.
Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
Episode:
After the Funeral
(1960)
52 min | Drama
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Charles Carson, Hugh David, Howell Davies, Margaret John
10.
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1974)
Episode:
Afternoon at the Festival
(1973)
50 min | Drama
Director: Donald McWhinnie | Stars: Rosalind Ayres, Adrienne Corri, Jason Kemp, Leo McKern
11.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
Alice
(1965)
72 min | Drama
Written for THE WEDNESDAY PLAY (1964-70), which the BBC retitled PLAY FOR TODAY in 1970, ALICE has the earliest airdate (10/13/65) of the Potter productions to survive on tape. After THE ... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Davies | Stars: George Baker, Deborah Watling, Rosalie Crutchley, David Langton
Votes: 48
12. Alice in Wonderland (1966 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 72 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A girl named Alice falls down a rabbit-hole and wanders into the strange Wonderland.
Director: Jonathan Miller | Stars: Anne-Marie Mallik, Freda Dowie, Jo Maxwell Muller, Wilfrid Brambell
Votes: 978
13. All Creatures Great and Small (1975 TV Movie)
92 min | Biography, Drama
The story of a young veterinarian's apprenticeship to a somewhat eccentric older vet in the English countryside, and the young man's hesitating courtship of the daughter of a local farmer.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Brenda Bruce, Christine Buckley, John Collin, Jane Collins
Votes: 930
14. Alpha Beta (1974 TV Movie)
PG | 66 min | Drama
The burning end of an unhappy relationship.
Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Albert Finney, Rachel Roberts
Votes: 30
15. The Alternative (1977 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama
A beautiful and talented editor of a successful women's magazine discovers that she is pregnant. She decides to have the baby and raise it as a single parent.
Director: Paul Eddey | Stars: Wendy Hughes, Peter Adams, Carla Hoogeveen, Tony Bonner
Votes: 22
16. Alternative 3 (1977 TV Movie)
56 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
TV Sci-fi drama/documentary, which caused world-wide headlines when first broadcast as it purported to show a link between Britain's 'brain-drain', climate change and a human colony on Mars.
Director: Christopher Miles | Stars: Tim Brinton, Gregory Munroe, Carol Hazell, Shane Rimmer
Votes: 292
17. Amy (1984 TV Movie)
95 min | Biography
The story of Amy Johnson who disappeared while piloting a RAF Wellington bomber on January 5 1941.
Director: Nat Crosby | Stars: Harriet Walter, Clive Francis, George A. Cooper, Stephanie Cole
Votes: 22
18.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
And Did Those Feet?
(1965)
105 min | Drama
Lord Fountain hates his illegitimate twin boys as he does not seem to be able to produce legitimate heirs.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: David Markham, Willoughby Goddard, Kristopher Kum, Patrick Troughton
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