Typical John Bird and John Fortune one off piece of late night satire, this time on the subject of death. John Laurie, Peter Powell, Ron Brown,...
Two Thousand a Year: Alec McKinlay, a miner’s son, is one of Craig’s brighter pupils. Opposition to his going to University comes from an expected source...
Seemingly more popular than ever thanks to frequent re-runs Dad’s Army is a period sitcom about the exploits of an ageing home guard platoon during the...
With Uncle Silas Ben Travers, usually associated with farce, made a skilful and atmospheric screen adaptation of the chilling novel by Sheridan Le Fanu and, said...
In family scifi drama The Master a pair of teens, Nicky (Paul Guess) and Judy (Adrienne Posta) get marooned on an island that has fallen under...
Film version of the popular TV series set in 1940 sees the Walmington-on-Sea contingent, led by Arthur Lowe’s Captain Mainwaring, (‘I must ask you to keep...
Although the casting of the urbane, distinctly English-sounding A Matter of Life and Death star as the leader of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion may have raised...
A year after starring in his most memorable film, Shane, American actor Alan Ladd appeared in a number of British films. The most unlikely sounding –...
This skilful adaptation of One Pair of Feet , Monica Dickens’ best-selling novel about her experiences as a nurse, cast Rosamund John as an architect who...
Classic British war film The Way Ahead was inspired by the 40-minute army training film The New Lot directed in 1943 by Carol Reed for the...
A E W Mason’s stirring story of adventure, cowardice and courage was published in 1902 and was filmed in 1915, 1921, 1929, 1939, 1955 and 1978:...
Braveheart without the budget is one way of seeing Siege of the Saxons, which played on the world’s fears of invasion borne out of the Cuban Missile...
‘Honey – a pure honey… I think you will agree with me this is the most delightful British comedy in years,’ wrote the Sunday Express of...
Cabaret star Millicent Martin starred in glossy sitcom From A Bird’s Eye View. She played stewardess Millie who worked for International Airlines flying between the UK...
In Justice Is A Woman highly regarded English barrister Julia Stanford heads to the Scottish courts to defend a young 18 year old man, Allan Harper,...