Roger Lloyd Pack Archives

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984, John Hurt, Richard Burton)

This sharp adaptation of Orwell’s novel by director Michael Radford and Jonathan Gelns wisely avoids the temptation to decorate the story with modish science fiction trimmings...

Movies11 months ago

Made in Dagenham (2010, Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins)

When we think of 60s revolutionaries, the women of Dagenham don‘t fit the clichés – but these feisty, funny factory girls shook their world with spirit...

Movies12 months ago

Young Poisoner’s Handbook, The (1994, Hugh O’Connor, Antony Sher)

Always absorbed by chemistry, Graham Young begins his experiments with poisoning at 14 when he takes revenge on a girl-chasing rival. Undetected, he introduces poisons into...

TV12 months ago

Naked Civil Servant, The (ITV 1975, John Hurt, Liz Gebhardt)

First broadcast in 1975, the Naked Civil Servant, one of the top plays of the 1970’s. tells the true story of flamboyant homosexual Quentin Crisp from...

Movies1 year ago

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011, Benedict Cumberbatch, Gary Oldman)

Gary Oldman stars in Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation of John Le Carré’s classic Cold War spy novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy about a British intelligence officer who...

Movies1 year ago

Fiddler on the Roof (1971, Chaim Topol, Norma Crane)

The showmanship behind Topol’s larger-than-life musical phenomenon Fiddler on the Roof was matched only by the publicity for it. An opportunistic campaign launched by the Premium Bonds centred...

Within These Walls The Group Cheryl Hall

Episodes2 years ago

Within These Walls: The Group (ITV 8 Feb 1974, with Cheryl Hall)

In The Group, Faye is determined to do something about the treatment of the drug addict inmates at Stone Park. She is convinced that substituting one...