Terence Rattigan Archives | Memorable TV

Nelson – A Study In Miniature (ITV Drama, Michael Bryant, Rachel Roberts)

Period drama Nelson – A Study In Miniature, broadcast under the Play of the Week banner, looking at Admiral Nelson’s relationship with Lady Hamilton and the...

TV3 years ago

Final Test, The (BBC 1951, Patrick Barr, John Witty)

In drama The Final Test veteran cricketer Sam Palmer faces the prospect of batting in his final test match. In the Radio Times of the week...

Movies4 years ago

Sound Barrier, The (London 1952, Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd)

David Lean’s fascination with supersonic flight was the inspiration for making The Sound Barrier. He was also the producer of the film and did extensive research...

Movies4 years ago

Winslow Boy, The (1948, Robert Donat, Cedric Hardwicke)

The film was based on Rattigan’s West End and Broadway stage play which, in turn, derived from a famous British Court trial, the Archer-Shee case. The...

Movies4 years ago

Man Who Loved Redheads, The (1954, Moira Shearer, Roland Culver)

Terence Rattigan made a witty screen adaptation of his stage success Who Is Sylvia? which Harold French and a prime British cast turned into what Variety...

Movies4 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...

Movies5 years ago

Day Will Dawn, The (Paul Soskin 1942, Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr)

One of the finest British propaganda films of the Second World War, powerful and tense drama The Day Will Dawn features an excellent cast, including Ralph...

Movies5 years ago

Separate Tables (United Artists 1958, David Niven, Deborah Kerr)

Touching, subtle examination of lonely lives and lost loves, Separate Tables, adapted from Terence Rattigan’s play of the same name, follows several residents of an English...

TV7 years ago

Adventure Story (BBC 1961, Sean Connery, William Russell)

Adventure Story was a production of Terence Rattigan’s 1949 stage play which was previously mounted by the BBC in 1950 but here given a more prestigious...

TV7 years ago

Adventure Story (BBC 1950, Andrew Osborn, Patrick Troughton)

Period drama Adventure Story which told the life story of Alexander The Great had been a reasonable hit on the stage for Terence Rattigan in 1949....

TV7 years ago

Performance: The Deep Blue Sea (BBc-2 1994, Colin Firth, Ian Holm)

Period drama The Deep Blue Sea was based on a highly successful 1950′s play by Terence Rattigan and was part of the BBC’s Performance strand of...

TV7 years ago

Cause Celebre (ITV 1987, Helen Mirren, David Morrissey)

Cause Celebre took us to Bournemouth in September 1934. Middle aged Alma is married to a much older man, Francis “Rats” Rattenbury. She begins an affair...

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Terence Rattigan

Nelson – A Study In Miniature (ITV Drama, Michael Bryant, Rachel Roberts)

Final Test, The (BBC 1951, Patrick Barr, John Witty)

Sound Barrier, The (London 1952, Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd)

Winslow Boy, The (1948, Robert Donat, Cedric Hardwicke)

Man Who Loved Redheads, The (1954, Moira Shearer, Roland Culver)

Prince and the Showgirl, The (Warner 1957, Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe)

Day Will Dawn, The (Paul Soskin 1942, Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr)

Separate Tables (United Artists 1958, David Niven, Deborah Kerr)

Adventure Story (BBC 1961, Sean Connery, William Russell)

Adventure Story (BBC 1950, Andrew Osborn, Patrick Troughton)

Performance: The Deep Blue Sea (BBc-2 1994, Colin Firth, Ian Holm)

Cause Celebre (ITV 1987, Helen Mirren, David Morrissey)

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