Cast: Ivor Roberts

Direction Bill Hays · John Cooper · Peter Jefferies · Robert Tronson

Cast Barbara Feldon · Robert Powell · Linda Thorson · Mary Wimbush

Plot It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of...

Direction Ronald Neame

Cast Walter Matthau · Glenda Jackson · Sam Waterston · Ned Beatty

Plot The most dangerous man in the world. He's about to expose the CIA, the FBI, the KGB...and himself. CIA agent Miles Kendig, tired of his incompetent colleagues, decides to get...

Direction Christopher Miles

Cast Tim Brinton · Gregory Munroe · Carol Hazell · Shane Rimmer

Plot World ecological collapse; the next ice-age has already begun! Lucky for us, governments know what to do. Unfortunately it's a conspiracy to end all conspiracies. Vanishing scientists, dubious space missions,...

Direction Bill Podmore

Cast George Layton · Jonathan Lynn · Tenniel Evans · Hilary Mason

Plot This series took a swipe at law and order, with young policeman Brian Booth (George Layton) continually in conflict with his 'right on' twin Pete (Jonathan Lynn) as his twin...

Direction Roy Gould · David Croft

Cast Paul Shane · Jeffrey Holland · Su Pollard · Donald Hewlett

Plot Adventures and misadventures of Lord Meldrum, his family and their servants in the 1920s.

Direction Pete Walker

Cast James Aubrey · Alison Elliott · Mark Burns · Juliet Harmer

Plot A successful rock lyricist becomes romantically involved with a girl he picks up hitchhiking only to learn that she is only fourteen. Her parents take action against him.

Direction Peter Frazer-Jones

Cast Brian Murphy · Roy Kinnear · Tony Melody · Rosie Collins

Plot 6 Episodes. Ernest Tanner (Brian Murphy) earns his living as an escapologist, performing on the streets while his assistant Sidney Pratt (Roy Kinnear) collects money in a hat. Ernest isn't...

Direction Claude Whatham

Cast Sam Waterston · Jenny Agutter · Anna Massey · Arthur Lowe

Plot A young woman has a perfect love affair with a zealous writer. When she finds out that he's also a highly manipulative womanizer, it's too late - she's already too...

Direction Jack Gold

Cast Tom Bell · Shope Shodeinde · Elton Charles · Denyse Alexander

Direction Sebastian Graham Jones · Matthew Robinson

Cast Jonathan Hyde · Michael Feast · Terry Taplin · Leslee Udwin

Plot Drama centering on the cases of the celebrated London barrister of the Victorian era, Edward Marshall Hall.

Direction Rodney Bennett

Cast Francesca Annis · Tom Conti · Gabrielle Lloyd · Ray Smith

Plot TV-Miniseries (1975). 4 episodes.

Direction Colin Gregg

Cast Alan Bates · Gary Oldman · Max Wall · Liz Smith

Plot An aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of his former lover and best friend, Frank. When he gets out of...

Direction Philip Saville · Pedr James · Mike Leigh · Tara Prem

Cast Ken Kitson · Jean Heywood · Ivor Roberts · Alison Steadman

Plot A series of television plays produced at the BBC's studios at Pebble Mill, Birmingham; Birmingham is England's second city, hence the series title. The 1974 episode "Girl" featured the first...

Direction Richard Martin · Mary McMurray · Brian Mills · Ronald Wilson

Cast Caroline Blakiston · Mary Healey · Gillian Lewis · Matthew Long

Plot TV Series (1979-1980). 2 Seasons. 13 Episodes. The series follows a ruthless 19th century Northumberland Squire, Thomas Mallen, and the tumultuous lives of his multiple illegitimate children distinguishable by a...