Jack Hedley Archives | Memorable TV

First Night (BBC 1963-1964)

First Night was an anthology of dramas specially written for television. The series attracted some high profile names. The first one broadcast was The Strain written...

Movies2 years ago

Lawrence of Arabia (Columbia 1962, Peter O’Toole, Anthony Quinn)

Trying to find the essence of British adventurer T.E. Lawrence, a reporter seeks the truth at the church commemorating his death and David Lean’s Oscar-laden epic...

Movies2 years ago

Anniversary, The (Hammer 1968, Bette Davis, Jack Hedley)

In The Anniversary Domineering one-eyed widow Taggart (Bette Davis) makes sure her three sons, Terry (Jack Hedley), Henry (James Cossins) and Tom (Christian Roberts), stay within...

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Movies2 years ago

Left, Right and Centre (British Lion 1959, Ian Carmichael, Alastair Sim)

Left, Right and Centre is a tale love and ballots. Political opponents Ian Carmichael and Patricia Bredin spar their way into each others’ hearts in this delightful...

Episodes3 years ago

Special Branch: Threat (ITV 6 Jun 1973, with Jack Hedley)

In Threat British actress Sue Arden, now a big Hollywood star, has been making outspoken statements about civil rights. She is back in England for an...

Episodes3 years ago

The Frighteners: You Remind Me Of Someone (ITV 23 Sep 1972, with Jack Hedley)

When You Remind Me Someone begins a suit wearing suburbanite leaves home for the day having first made sure all the doors are shut and the...

TV3 years ago

Frighteners, The (ITV 1972-1973, John Thaw, Ian Hendry)

The Frighteners was a shot on film anthology series of half hour suspense stories mostly about ordinary people threatened by situations out of their control. They...

TV4 years ago

Kate (ITV 1970-1972, Phyllis Calvert, Penelope Keith)

Drama series. Stories of Kate Graham, the agony aunt (Dear Monica) of Heart and Home magazine, who has a far from settled home life. When the series...

TV4 years ago

Colditz (BBC-1 1972-1974, Robert Wagner, David McCallum)

Atmospheric and tense stories based on the true exploits of P.R. Reid and his colleagues who were imprisoned as P.O.W.’s by the Germans during WWII in...

TV5 years ago

The Break (ITV 31 January 1974 with Robert Shaw and Jack Hedley)

UK / ITV – Yorkshire / 1×60 minute episode / Broadcast Thursday 31 January 1974 @ 8.30pm Writer: William Fairchild / Designer: Natasha Kroll / Executive...