John Mortimer Archives | Memorable TV

David and Broccoli (BBC Drama, Esmond Knight)

One off drama David and Broccoli was written by John Mortimer and focused on the goings on at a prep school. Cast: Esmond Knight (Broccoli), George...

TV3 years ago

Will Shakespeare (ITV Drama, Tim Curry, Ian McShane)

In this lavish 6 part period drama we are given a semi fictionalised account of the life of Will Shakespeare (Tim Curry), especially his early years...

TV3 years ago

Paradise Postponed (ITV Drama, Michael Hordern, David Threllfall)

With the creation of Leslie Titmuss John Mortimer came up with one of the truly brilliant characters of British TV and provided David Threllfall with the...

TV3 years ago

Rumpole of the Bailey (ITV 1978-1992, Leo McKern, Peter Bowles)

Created by playwright John Mortimer (himself a former barrister, most famously acting for the defence in the Oz magazine trial of 1971) Rumpole of the Bailey...

TV4 years ago

Cider with Rosie (ITV 1998, Juliet Stevenson, Joe Roberts)

Period drama. Young Laurie Lee grows up in a large family under the care of his loving if somewhat eccentric mother in between the wars Gloustershire....

Movies4 years ago

Tea With Mussolini (1998, Cher, Judi Dench)

Set in pre-War ’30s Italy, Zeffirelli’s film centres on a group of elderly English lady expatriates (known as The Scorpioni) whose lives are transformed by the...

Movies5 years ago

The Running Man (1963, Lee Remick, Laurence Harvey)

Carol Reed (Our Man in Havana, The Third Man, Mutiny on the Bounty) directs this entertaining crime drama adapted from Shelley Smith’s novel The Ballad of...

TV6 years ago

Brideshead Revisited (ITV 1980, Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews)

Before World War II Charles Ryder finds his life becoming entangled with that of the wealthy Sebastian Flyte and his stately home Bridehead Castle. One of...

Episodes7 years ago

Under The Hammer: The Fatal Attribution (ITV 10 Jan 1994, John Gielgud)

In The Fatal Attribution Maggie Perowne and Ben Glazier, both art experts working for Klinsky’s auction house think they have discovered a painting that appears to...

TV7 years ago

Edwin (Channel 4 1984, Alec Guiness, Renee Asherson)

In drama Edwin Sir Fennimore Truscott finds that retired life doesn’t exactly suit him. In fact it is giving him too much thinking time – thinking...

TV7 years ago

Titmuss Regained (ITV 1991, David Threllfall, Kristin Scott Thomas)

Comedy drama serial Titmuss Regained was a sequel to Paradise Postponed. Leslie Titmuus, now Tory secretary of State for HEAP(Housing, Ecological & Planning), tries to prevent...

TV7 years ago

Ebony Tower, The (ITV 1984, Laurence Olivier, Greta Scacchi)

In The Ebony Tower an ageing Laurence Olivier plays Breasley, a celebrated and now elderly painter who has his solitary life (save for the presence of...

TV7 years ago

Under The Hammer (ITV 1994, Jan Francis, Richard Wilson)

Drama series Under The Hammer followed the work of Ben Glazier and Maggie Perowne working for prestigious Auction House Klinskys with the pair having to deal...

Episodes8 years ago

Will Shakespeare: Dead Shepherd (ITV 13 June 1978 with Ian McShane)

UK / ITV – ATV / 1×60 minute episode / Broadcast 13 June 1978 Writer: John Mortimer / Director: Peter Wood Series: Will Shakespeare / Episode...

Episodes8 years ago

Will Shakespeare: Alms For Oblivion (ITV 20 Jun 1978 with Nicholas Clay)

UK / ITV – ATV / 1×60 minute episode / Broadcast 20 June 1978 Writer: John Mortimer / Director: Mark Cullingham Series: Will Shakespeare / Episode...

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John Mortimer

David and Broccoli (BBC Drama, Esmond Knight)

Will Shakespeare (ITV Drama, Tim Curry, Ian McShane)

Paradise Postponed (ITV Drama, Michael Hordern, David Threllfall)

Rumpole of the Bailey (ITV 1978-1992, Leo McKern, Peter Bowles)

Cider with Rosie (ITV 1998, Juliet Stevenson, Joe Roberts)

Tea With Mussolini (1998, Cher, Judi Dench)

The Running Man (1963, Lee Remick, Laurence Harvey)

Brideshead Revisited (ITV 1980, Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews)

Under The Hammer: The Fatal Attribution (ITV 10 Jan 1994, John Gielgud)

Edwin (Channel 4 1984, Alec Guiness, Renee Asherson)

Titmuss Regained (ITV 1991, David Threllfall, Kristin Scott Thomas)

Ebony Tower, The (ITV 1984, Laurence Olivier, Greta Scacchi)

Under The Hammer (ITV 1994, Jan Francis, Richard Wilson)

Will Shakespeare: Dead Shepherd (ITV 13 June 1978 with Ian McShane)

Will Shakespeare: Alms For Oblivion (ITV 20 Jun 1978 with Nicholas Clay)

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