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Het verhaal van de film: An Odyssey, geschreven en geregisseerd door de bekroonde filmmaker Mark Cousins, is het verhaal van de internationale cinema verteld aan de hand van de geschiedenis van de cinematografische innovatie.Vijf jaar in de maak, The Stor

Pioneering, enormously influential and often challenging, Armchair Theatre was ITV's flagship drama anthology series. Bringing high-quality contemporary drama to a wider viewing public, the series easily demonstrated the network's potential to rival the B

Outrageous, shocking, controversial and wickedly funny, the 'acid queen of stand-up' Joan Rivers hosts an hour of typically racy and waspish humour. Pausing only to savour the sound of jaws hitting the ground, the Daytime Emmy Award winner's legendary abi

BAFTA winner Wendy Craig (Butterflies), stars with Richard Coleman, Robin Davies (Catweazle) and Oscar winner David Parfitt (Shakespeare in Love) in this highly popular sequel to Thames' hit sitcom And Mother Makes Three.Scripted by Wendy Craig and produc

The thrillers of Edgar Wallace, one of the twentieth century’s most successful crime novelists, have been widely adapted for film and television – the most memorable of which being the Edgar Wallace Mysteries series, made at Merton Park Studios during the

The thrillers of Edgar Wallace, one of the twentieth century’s most successful crime novelists, have been widely adapted for film and television – the most memorable of which being the Edgar Wallace Mysteries series, made at Merton Park Studios during the

Set in a North Yorkshire village during the 1960s, Heartbeat’s combination of crime and medical storylines, charismatic regular characters and wonderfully nostalgic soundtrack made it staple Sunday-night viewing for two decades, with the series’ many pres

BAFTA winnares Wendy Craig speelt samen met Richard Coleman, Robin Davies en Oscarwinnaar David Parfitt in dit zeer populaire vervolg op Thames' hitsitcom And Mother Makes Three.

The Cedar Tree, dat werd uitgezonden aan het eind van de heetste zomer sinds mensenheugenis, was een van die budgetvriendelijke programma's (zoals Emmerdale Farm) die de vroege namiddag op ITV verlevendigden voor huisvrouwen, eeuwige studenten, mensen zon

A resounding success over five series, this Thames comedy – created by sitcom veteran Brian Cooke and starring Robert Gillespie and Black Beauty star Stacy Dorning – is set in the delightfully chaotic home of Dudley and Muriel Rush, whose daughters Jacqui

BAFTA winnares Wendy Craig speelt samen met Richard Coleman, Robin Davies en Oscarwinnaar David Parfitt in deze Thames sitcom - het vervolg op het zeer populaire And Mother Makes Three.

In de smeltkroes van het Londen van 1890 werkt sergeant Cork voor de pas opgerichte recherche van Scotland Yard, waar hij enthousiast gebruik maakt van de baanbrekende technieken van de nieuwe forensische wetenschap om misdaden aan te pakken die voortkome

Hip talk-radio host and journalist Mingus (Chris Rock) and his French photographer girlfriend, Marion (Julie Delpy), live cozily in a New York apartment with their cat and two young children from previous relationships. But when Marion's jolly father (pla

Met Gael Garcia Bernal (Amores Perros, Y Tu Mama Tambien) in de hoofdrol, is dit het inspirerende, voor een Oscar genomineerde, waargebeurde verhaal van de reclamemensen die een dictator met een reclamecampagne bestreden. Chili, 1988. Internationale druk

One of the most significant politicians of the 20th century, Margaret Thatcher took Britain out of the turbulent '70s and into a period of war, strikes and increasingly polarised social division. Loved and hated in equal measure, by the early 1990s the kn

Alfred Hitchcock, een van de grootste filmmakers van de industrie, heeft ongetwijfeld zijn titel The Master of Suspense verdiend, met zijn spannende films die gedurende een carrière van vele decennia door het publiek zijn geliefd. The Lodger, die algeme

Premier playwright of his generation, actor, composer and singer, by 1968 Noel Coward had reached an unassailable position for many people as the epitome of wit, style and flamboyance. In this relaxed and candid chat with David Frost, recorded in colour a

On the Buses creators Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe chart the hilarious misadventures of two couples living side by side under strained circumstances. Queenie Watts and Arthur Mullard take the lead roles in this comedy of bad manners and one-upmanship a

Kenneth Haigh, Nanette Newman and Harry Andrews give compelling performances in this hard-hitting 1973 film tracing the progress of Joe Lampton, the aggressively ambitious protagonist of John Braine's Room at the Top. Offering a grittier treatment than th

On the cusp of international fame, Sean Connery took a lead role in this star-studded film adaptation of R.F. Delderfield’s story of a couple of lovable service dodgers who become accidental heroes. His performance here gives no inkling as to what lay in

Adapting a novel by Edgar Wallace, one of the twentieth century's most successful and prolific thriller writers, Flying 55 sets an exciting tale of double-crossing and blackmail amid the glamour of the horse-racing world. Featured here in a brand-new tran

Produced by Michael Balcon for Ealing Studios on the eve of the Second World War, The Four Just Men recounts crime novelist Edgar Wallace's tale of the clandestine band of vigilantes who have united to uphold democracy, fight tyranny and protect British i

Karen Young gives a powerfully intense performance as a victim of sexual violence who turns vigilante in this hard-hitting Texas-set thriller. Handgun is written, produced and directed by British film and television veteran Tony Garnett, whose high-profil

A bawdy British period romp in the classic Seventies sex comedy mould, Keep It Up Downstairs lampoons classic television series Upstairs Downstairs and sees a host of stars shedding their Edwardian costumes to save the family silver - including Diana Do

Adapting a play by Edgar Wallace, one of the twentieth century's most successful and prolific crime/mystery writers, The Terror stars Wilfrid Lawson and Bernard Lee in a tale of underworld intrigue with a ghostly twist, with the superb casting and lively

This British B-movie cult classic stars Patricia Laffan as a vinyl-clad, raygun-toting Martian on the hunt for Earthmen to repopulate her home planet; John Laurie, Adrienne Corri and Hammer Horror queen Hazel Court star among her human victims in this cul

Richard Todd - Oscar-nominated for his role in The Hasty Heart in 1949 and perhaps best known for his portrayal of Wing Commander Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters - introduces this fascinating and rarely seen documentary from 1952. Elstree Story is a profile

A milestone in television comedy, Spitting Image lifted satire to a new level for over a decade through the 1980s and '90s.No target was safe from the series' gunsights: politicians of all persuasions, Thatcher, Nelson Mandela and even the Royal Family co

British cinema icon Stanley Baker, cult-favourite actor Peter Cushing and controversial actor/director Mai Zetterling feature among an impressive line-up for this British espionage thriller set in post-War Europe. The Man Who Finally Died is presented her

Directed by acclaimed, multi-award-winning filmmaker Peter Morley, 25 Years is an impressionistic survey of the years from the Queen's accession to the throne in 1952 through to her Silver Jubilee in 1977, presented here in a brand-new transfer from the o

Capitalising on his remarkable success in On the Buses, Reg Varney took on the contrasting role of a third-rate holiday camp entertainer dreaming of stardom in this mid-seventies tragi-comedy feature. Also starring Diana Coupland and Lee Montague, The Bes

Based on a novel by master of suspense Edgar Wallace, Circus of Fear (aka Psycho-Circus) offers a classic heist story with a chilling twist. Christopher Lee, Suzy Kendall, Klaus Kinski and Leo Genn star among a high-profile cast assembled by cult director

Featuring a cast and production crew that reads like a Who's Who of British Sixties talent, Three Hats for Lisa is an exuberant, whimsical and utterly irresistible musical romp set in the heart of Swinging London; Sidney Hayers directs, while Oscar- and G

An unruly noir hybrid of both the British and American schools, Murder Without Crime marked the directorial debut of J. Lee Thompson - while Bristolian playwright and future director of such heavyweight fare as Ice Cold in Alex, The Guns of Navarone and C

Silent-era star John Stuart, Linden Travers and Patricia Hilliard feature in this atmospheric British wartime thriller, adapted from a story by Edgar Wallace - one of the twentieth century's most celebrated and prolific crime-writers. The Missing Million

Directed by Austrian émigré Paul L. Stein, Red Wagon features the screen debut of the sixteen-year-old Jimmy Hanley, the Rank Organisation star who would become British cinemagoers' favourite 'boy next door', with American character actor Charles Bickford