Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing 1967

5.00

Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy, in which young lovers Hero and Claudio conspire to make sharp-tongued rivals Beatrice and Benedick fall in love with each other.

1967

By Common Consent

By Common Consent 1975

1

In a foreign port two boys come to a fisherman saying they are refugees from a country where a military take-over has organised a gigantic League of Youth.

1975

Padre Pio

Padre Pio 1968

1

BBC TV movie about the life of the late Francesco Forgione, widely known as Padre Pio.

1968

Nineteen96

Nineteen96 1989

1

Britain in the mid-1990s: a divided, violent nation where civil disorder and urban terrorism are on the increase. Scotland Yard detective Commander Jack Bentham is seconded to Wales to look into a series of shootings by police officers, and uncovers a complex web of deceit and corruption

1989

The Counterfeit Man

The Counterfeit Man 1965

1

On Jupiter's moon Ganymede, an alien life-form has taken over the body of a human astronaut, creating an almost perfect copy. It then begins the long return journey to Earth.

1965

Stranger in the Family

Stranger in the Family 1965

1

A boy is skilled at telepathy and in mind control. He attracts the attention of the government.

1965

The Flight Fund

The Flight Fund 1975

1

Angie, Tony and their son Farnley go to stay with Uncle Edward. The routine of Edward and his companion servant, Blades, becomes unsettled when Edward and Angie develop a close bond.

1975

Atatürk - Father of the Turks

Atatürk - Father of the Turks 1970

8.00

In the documentary, the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the last period of the Ottoman Empire, the War of Independence and the developments in the first years of the Republic of Turkey are told in parallel. The documentary prepared by Michael Adams consists of recordings made by the BBC in 1970 in Çanakkale, Samsun, Amasya, Sivas and Ankara, as well as historical footage.

1970

In the Labyrinth

In the Labyrinth 1976

1

After 30 years apart, a man is reunited with his mother, who resides on a psychiatric ward.

1976

Kipper

Kipper 1977

1

Kipper is obsessed with Manor Park Football Club. At his workplace, this obsession attracts the derision of two of his colleagues. Meanwhile, Manor Park are to play against Dutch club Ajax

1977

Snooker

Snooker 1975

1

In the snooker room at a genteel gentleman's club, the mood darkens when adultery becomes the subject of conversation.

1975

The Midas Plague

The Midas Plague 1965

1

The Future. Robot labour and free energy make the creation of goods easy and automatic. Now people are continually supplied with more things than they can possibly consume.

1965

The Life of Galileo

The Life of Galileo 1964

1

BBC version of Brecht's epic account of Galileo's persecution for his 'heretical' idea that the earth moved around the sun.

1964

Over

Over 1973

1

A woman ruminates about her ex-partner. He is involved in a new relationship. She is alone.

1973

Old Times

Old Times 1975

1

Kate and Deeley are married and live in the country. They are joined by Kate's friend, Anna, and talk of the past. Although it is a past they have shared, their memories of it are not always the same.

1975

War and Peace

War and Peace 1991

1

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov, is intertwined with the "Great Patriotic War" of 1812 against the invading Napoleon's Armies. People of Russia from all classes of society stand up united against the enemy. Both sides suffer tremendous losses during the war, and Russian society is left irrevocably changed.

1991

I Spy a Stranger

I Spy a Stranger 1972

1

Play set in the Home Counties during the Second World War. A Czech refugee arrives at her cousin's Mrs Hudson's, which create xenophobic problems in the local community.

1972

Visitors

Visitors 1987

6.00

A British businessman whose family company has been taken over by a multinational corporation clashes with his new American manager while they both vacation with their families at an Italian villa at their employer's expense. The manager's son fantasizes a murderous outcome.

1987