Richard Wattis
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TV2 years ago
ACCORDING TO DORA (BBC Comedy, Dora Bryan)
UK / BBC / 15×30 minutes / 1968-69 Producer: Robin Nash Comedy. Sketch show in which Dora Bryan looked at a different subject every week. Among...
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TV3 years ago
Danger Man (ITV Spy Drama, Patrick McGoohan)
Action adventure series Danger Man detailed the cases of suave loner intelligence agent John Drake (Patrick McGoohan). The final two episodes were made in colour and...
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Movies5 years ago
Barnacle Bill aka All At Sea (1957, Alec Guinness, Irene Browne)
This was Tibby Clarke’s last Ealing screenplay, the central premise being not unlike his Passport to Pimlico. Here, however, it isn’t the bureaucracy of suburbia that...
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Movies5 years ago
Kind Hearts And Coronets (Ealing 1949, Alec Guinness, Dennis Price)
Dennis Price, in his best screen role, plays the son of a duke’s daughter and a penniless Italian singer who died at his birth. He vows...
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TV5 years ago
Copper’s End (ITV 1971, Bill Owen, Josephine Tewson)
Sitcom Coppers End was very much from the Will Hay (and Ask A Policeman in particular) school of comedy; When the series began the boys at...
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Movies5 years ago
Prince and the Showgirl, The (Warner 1957, Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe)
In London for the 1911 Coronation of George V, an American chorus girl (Marilyn Monroe) meets the Prince of Carpathia (Laurence Olivier). The differences in class...
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Movies5 years ago
Carry On Spying (1964, Bernard Cribbins, Barbara Windsor)
When the dastardly organisation STENCH (Society for the Total Extinction of Non-Conforming Humans) steals a top secret chemical formula, it’s clear the British secret service must...
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Movies5 years ago
Great St Trinian’s Train Robbery (1966, Frankie Howerd, Reg Varney)
In The Great St Trinian’s Train Robbery a gang of crooks led by Alphonse Askett (Frankie Howerd) hide the ill-gotten gains from a train robbery in...
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Movies5 years ago
Green Man, The (British Lion 1956, Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim)
Two of British cinema’s enduring talents are behind this devilishly funny black comedy: Sidney Launder and Frank Gilliat produced and wrote The Green Man, basing it on...
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Movies5 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...
ITV Releases Official Portrait of Coronation Street Legend Barbara Knox
In honour of Barbara Knox’s 90th birthday this weekend, ITV Studios has released an official birthday portrait of the actress....
Soldier: Documentary Series Going Inside the British Army – Premieres on BBC One, 5 October
Follow a platoon of young men as they undergo a rigorous six-month training course at the Infantry Training Centre in...
THE FIRM: Sneak Peek of BBC’s Gripping Legal Docuseries – This October on BBC Scotland
The new BBC factual series, The Firm, will premiere on BBC Scotland and iPlayer next month, and the BBC has...
UKTV Orders CLASSIC CAR HUNTERS for Yesterday
Classic Car Hunters (w/t) has been ordered by UKTV for their factual channel Yesterday and their free streaming service UKTV Play....
Freely: Revolutionising Free UK TV for the Digital Streaming Era
The primary public service broadcasters in the UK are joining forces to revolutionise free television for the digital streaming era....
BBC One Comedy HERE WE GO Series 2 Now Filming
BBC Studios Comedy Productions’ Here We Go has started filming a second series for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Created...
September of Sorbo: Crackle Embrace the World of Kevin
If you haven’t already realized it, streamer Crackle has dedicated September to legendary Hercules star Kevin Sorbo, where you can...
OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH Season 2 Australian Premiere 5 October on BINGE
The trailer and key art for the second season of the popular pirate comedy series, Our Flag Means Death, featuring...
Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story (Sky Documentaries Saturday 23 September 2023)
Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story airs Saturday 23 September 2023 on Sky Documentaries. What is this episode about...
James Martin’s Saturday Morning: Carly Paoli, Lesley Waters, Paul Rankin (ITV Saturday 23 September 2023)
James Martin’s Saturday Morning: Carly Paoli, Lesley Waters, Paul Rankin airs Saturday 23 September 2023 on ITV. What is this...
Bali 2002: Operation Alliance (ITV Saturday 23 September 2023)
Bali 2002: Operation Alliance airs Saturday 23 September 2023 on ITV. What is this episode about Injured survivors and their...
The Windsors: Secrets of the Royal Tours (Channel 4 Saturday 23 September 2023)
The Windsors: Secrets of the Royal Tours airs Saturday 23 September 2023 on Channel 4. What is this episode about...
A Royal Guide to… Parenting: Series 2 Premiere (Channel 4 Saturday 23 September 2023)
A Royal Guide to… Parenting: Series 2 Premiere airs Saturday 23 September 2023 on Channel 4. What is this episode...
TV’s 30 Most Complained About Moments: TV’s 30 Most Complained About Moments (Channel 5 Saturday 23 September 2023)
TV’s 30 Most Complained About Moments: TV’s 30 Most Complained About Moments airs Saturday 23 September 2023 on Channel 5....
Oti Mabuse’s Breakfast Show: Jenny Ryan, Hayley Morris (ITV Saturday 23 September 2023)
Oti Mabuse’s Breakfast Show: Jenny Ryan, Hayley Morris airs Saturday 23 September 2023 on ITV. What is this episode about...
It’s A Royal Knockout: The Untold Story (Channel 5 Saturday 23 September 2023)
It’s A Royal Knockout: The Untold Story airs Saturday 23 September 2023 on Channel 5. What is this episode about...