By Common Consent

By Common Consent 1975

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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

Mutinies

Mutinies 1974

1

Gerald works in publisling. He was a pilot in World War 2 and enjoys talking about his aerial battles. His employees dislike him, apart from his loyal secretary. One evening, his wife tells him about her depression. Gerald has a solution: gin and tonic. He complains to her about the state of modern society, but his own problems are about to worsen...

1974

Gambitt's Move

Gambitt's Move 1975

1

Angie, an unemployed single mother moves into a new rented home. She then receives an unwelcome visitor from her past.

1975

Padre Pio

Padre Pio 1968

1

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

1968

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

Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor

Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor 1985

1

In 1985, cameras take a look inside the Berkshire Music Center, the most prominent pre-professional classical music academy in the US. Seiji Ozawa, Leonard Slatkin and others work with the next generation younger conducting talent.

1985

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

Haida Gwaii: Islands of the People

Haida Gwaii: Islands of the People 1990

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Describes the natural resources of Haida Gwaii and its relationship with the Haida. The video opens with a creation myth and develops in a chronological manner. Each section deals with a resource area and how the Haida have lived in balance with it. It briefly discusses current forestry issues and land rights

1990

Some Lapse of Time

Some Lapse of Time 1965

1

Dr Max Harrow is awakened from a re-current nightmare in which he is pursued by a barbaric accusing figures, to find a tramp collapsed on his doorstep, The tramp is suffering from a genetic radiation disorder that should killed him in infancy as it did Harrow's baby son. The man is the living image of Harrow's nightmare figures, Clutched in his hand is a human finger bone and he speaks a strange, unknown tongue,

1965

No Place Like Earth

No Place Like Earth 1965

1

Earth is no more, destroyed by nuclear war; but itinerant handyman Bert Foster, wandering the canals of Mars, is possessed by a restlessness for a home which no longer exists. He considers a move to an isolated outpost on Venus.

1965

Lambda 1

Lambda 1 1966

1

The future. The TAU-mode shuttle carries passengers to Australia through the earth's crust. When a routine TAU-shuttle becomes entombed in solid rock miles under the earth, the only means of rescue is the experimental LAMBDA-mode shuttle; which its creator is unsure about.

1966

The Cornet Lesson

The Cornet Lesson 1973

1

A young woman wants to play the cornet in a Salvation Army band. She receives tuition, until the bandmaster questions her commitment to Christianity.

1973

Dummy Run

Dummy Run 1974

1

Some ex-rugby players gather at a stadium to reminisce.. They meet a TV commentator to rehearse the discussion of the scoring of "the most momentous try in rugby history." Discord follows, when a lone voice declares that the try was awarded in error.

1974

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

You Talk Too Much

You Talk Too Much 1976

1

An old lady seeks help from her doctor after her sun-in-law tells her that she suffers from logorrhea

1976

The Imp of the Perverse

The Imp of the Perverse 1975

1

A student commits murder. He inherits his victim's estate. For a while, he is content, but finally his conscience starts to trouble him.

1975

Two Men from Derby

Two Men from Derby 1976

1

Two men from Derby County FC are keen to make a new signing, but he is not at home. His wife promises he won't be long and makes conversation with them while attending to her household chores.

1976

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