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- CreatorColin MorrisStarsGladys HensonMaggie FitzgibbonGerald CrossEllis Cooper, wife Vivienne, grandmother and their three children are relocated from London to a rural town Angleton by his employer. Helping them adjust to country living are the Harkers whose father also works for Eden Brothers.
- StarsRobin ChadwickDonald SindenPaul MoriartyAnthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television.
- StarsKevin McHughDavid GarfieldArthur HewlettAnthology series of plays set during the 1920's.
- StarsMichael BalfourMadoline ThomasDiane CilentoAnthology series of dramatic works.
- CreatorSydney NewmanStarsEdwin BrownNeville SmithTony SelbySeries of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John Hopkins. Famous plays include "Up the Junction", "Cathy Come Home" , "Stand Up Nigel Barton", "Vote, Vote, Vote For Nigel Barton", "On the Eve of Publication", and "Son of Man". The series often addressed controversial issues, such as homelessness and abortion.
- StarsKim Kee LimKen NazarinAhmad JamalAn anthology series based on the varied stories by W. Somerset Maugham divided into three categories: "Rule Britannia" about colonial life, "Women of the World" which focus on female characters, and "Victims of Fate".
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsClifford EvansJennifer HilaryFelicity GibsonA man, his mistress, his daughter and a young girl who comes into their lives.
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsDavid HemmingsCarolyn SeymourDouglas WilmerA new school teacher learns that the previous teacher was killed by his pupils, and he fears the same will happen to him.
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsCarol WhiteRoy HarperJohn CastleThe story of the relationship between a young single mother and an insecure rock star.
- StarsPeter FirthIan McKellenRosalind AyresThe story of people living in the countryside of the United Kingdom after World War I.
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsKen JonesSheila SteafelIvor Dean
- StarsBarry HartPaul LutyKen HutchisonInterlinked six episodes that focussed upon the separate lives of players at an amateur rugby club. A marvellous comedy drama that allowed an ensemble cast to each take their turn to shine. Written by the Oscar-winning Colin Welland.
- StarsFrank WindsorNorman BowlerDavid Lloyd Meredith1970s BBC police drama with experienced cops DCS Charlie Barlow and DS John Watt who lead a task force charged with tackling the toughest cases Thamesford has to offer.
- StarsJohn BarrettMichael CadmanWill KnightleyAnthology series of half hour plays produced in BBC's Television Centre's studios.
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsLouise O'HaraRobbie OubridgeIan ScraceA group of children play at being "Apaches" on an English farm, ignoring all safety precautions. One by one they die a variety of gruesome deaths.
- StarsAlison SteadmanNigel HawthorneDavid DakerA British television anthology drama series that aired on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984.
- StarsMike GwilymMick FordJames MaxwellThe cases of a disabled jockey turned private detective specializing in investigations involving horse racing.
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsBob HoskinsHelen MirrenPaul FreemanAn up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat.
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsDavid HaymanJake D'ArcySean ScanlanThe life and imprisonment of Glasgow hard man and gangster Jimmy Boyle.
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsPeter BirchBrenda BlethynTommy BoydShort public information film warning children of the dangers of talking to and going off with strangers.
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsPaul McCartneyBarbara BachSteve Gadd
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsMichael CaineRichard GereBob HoskinsDuring the Dirty War, a half-English doctor in Argentina befriends the police, the rebels and the alcoholic Honorary British Consul, whose Latino wife he seduces. When the consul is mistakenly kidnapped by the rebels, he must pick a side.
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsAndrew HawleyKika MarkhamKate FosterThis densely-packed film is based on a book by Tom Hart about the struggles of a young Yorkshire boy trying to come to grips with squabbling parents, a doctor who wants to institutionalize him because of his epilepsy, and a mother who refuses to accept that he is different in any way -- and that is only the half of it. The boy, Tim (Andrew Hawley), also acts as a go-between for his friend Carns (Liam Neeson) who is having an affair with a married woman (Miranda Richardson). Eventually, things start to sort themselves out, and Tim sees life getting more interesting when he and his friend Win (Kate Foster) slowly get a relationship going.
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsCharles BronsonEllen BurstynWilford BrimleyIn 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsMichael CainePierce BrosnanNed BeattyJohn Preston is a British Agent with the task of preventing the Russians detonating a nuclear explosion next to an American base in the UK. The Russians are hoping this will shatter the "special relationship" between the two countries.