Cinematography: John McGlashan
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by John McGlashan. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
The Ascent of Man (TV) (TV Miniseries)
1973 · Documentary · 650 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Jacob Bronowski · Mick Jackson · Dick Gilling · David John Kennard
Cast Jacob Bronowski · Roy Dotrice
Plot Jacob Bronowski, a friend of many famous 20th century nuclear physicists describes the history of Man from Ape to computer-maker. He touches upon the history of art, empires and science.
7.7
26 votes
7.7
26 votes
A Warning to the Curious (TV)
1972 · Movie · 50 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Lawrence Gordon Clark
Cast Peter Vaughan · Clive Swift · Julian Herrington · John Kearney
Plot An episode in the BBC's annual A Ghost Story for Christmas strand. An amateur archaelologist arrives in the seaside town of Seaburgh to search for the legendary silver Crown of...
6.6
22 votes
6.6
22 votes
Lost Hearts (TV)
1973 · Movie · 35 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Lawrence Gordon Clark
Cast Simon Gipps-Kent · Joseph O'Conor · James Mellor · Susan Richards
Plot An episode in the BBC's annual A Ghost Story for Christmas strand. Stephen is sent to stay with his uncle, an alchemist, at his remote country mansion. His uncle is...
6.1
23 votes
6.1
23 votes
Jane Eyre (TV)
1997 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Robert Young
Cast Samantha Morton · Ciarán Hinds · Gemma Jones · Timia Berthome
Plot Charlotte Bronte's classic novel is filmed yet again. The story of the Yorkshire orphan who becomes a governess to a young French girl and finds love with the brooding lord...
5.8
235 votes
5.8
235 votes
Captain Jack
1999 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Robert Young
Cast Bob Hoskins · Gemma Jones · Sadie Frost · Anna Massey
Plot An eccentric seaman puts together an equally eccentric crew with the idea of sailing from northern England to the Artic along the path of Captain Scoresby, a 1791 sea captain.
4.8
58 votes
4.8
58 votes
Clarissa (TV Miniseries)
1991 · Movie · 180 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Robert Bierman
Cast Saskia Wickham · Lynsey Baxter · Hermione Norris · Frances Viner
Plot Clarissa Harlowe is a young 18th-century Englishwoman. Her family have aspirations to move into the aristocracy and want her to marry the repellent Mr Soames as part of their plan....
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The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries: Laurels Are Poison (TV)
2000 · Movie · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Martin Hutchings
Cast Diana Rigg · Neil Dudgeon · Stuart Bunce · Michele Dotrice
Plot Mrs. Bradley decides to visit her old friend Isobel Marchmont, but soon after her arrival realizes that not all is well. Her friend's daughter Lacey Prideux is pregnant again having...
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The Debussy Film
1965 · Documentary · 82 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ken Russell
Cast Oliver Reed · Vladek Sheybal · Annette Robertson · Iza Teller
Plot An actor is playing Claude Debussy in a film about the composer's life, and finds himself identifying with his subject very closely.
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Everyman (TV Series)
1976 · Documentary · 50 min. · United Kingdom
Direction William Nicholson · Judy Jackson · Hugh David · Nikki Stockley
Cast Peter France · Joan Bakewell · Spike Milligan · Jeremy Paxman
Plot Everyman is a British television documentary series that aired on BBC One in a late-night slot on Sunday evenings between 1977 and 2000. Its subject matter tended to be focused...
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The Stalls of Barchester (TV)
1971 · Movie · 45 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Lawrence Gordon Clark
Cast Robert Hardy · Clive Swift · Thelma Barlow · Will Leighton
Plot An episode in the BBC's annual A Ghost Story for Christmas strand. In 1932, a library cataloguer, Dr Black, delves into the mystery of a priest’s mysterious death some 50...
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The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries: The Rising of the Moon (TV)
2000 · Movie · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Martin Hutchings
Cast Diana Rigg · Neil Dudgeon · Richard Baglow · James Baglow
Plot Mrs Bradley investigates the murders of two members of a traveling circus troupe, one a bullwhip artist and the other a member of a knife-throwing act.
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The Buddha of Suburbia (TV Miniseries)
1993 · Movie · 222 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Roger Michell
Cast Susan Fleetwood · Naveen Andrews · David Bamber · Harish Patel
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The Green Man (TV Miniseries)
1990 · Movie · 50 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Elijah Moshinsky
Cast Albert Finney · Linda Marlowe · Sarah Berger · Nicky Henson
Plot Maurice Allington, the alcoholic, sexually promiscuous, and unappealing lead character owns a country inn called "The Green Man." He frightens and regales his guests, when he's not trying to seduce...
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The Duchess of Duke Street (TV Series)
1976 · Movie · 50 min. · United States
Direction John Hawkesworth · Bill Bain · Cyril Coke · Simon Langton
Cast Gemma Jones · Victoria Plucknett · John Welsh · John Cater
Plot (1976-1977). 2 seasons. Louisa Trotter works her way up from being a skivvy to being the Queen of cooks, cook to the King, and owner of the Bentinck Hotel. Her...
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The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells (TV Miniseries)
2001 · Movie · 305 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Robert Young
Cast Tom Ward · Katy Carmichael · Eve Best · Nicholas Rowe
Plot H.G. Wells foresaw the future in such visionary novels as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds. On a night in London in 1946, newspaper reporter Ellen McGillivray...
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The Scarlet and the Black (TV Miniseries)
1993 · Movie · 240 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ben Bolt
Cast Ewan McGregor · Christopher Fulford · Alice Krige · T.P. McKenna
Plot 3 episodes.
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The Big Flame (TV)
1969 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ken Loach
Cast Norman Rossington · Geoffrey Quigley · Peter Kerrigan · Ken Jones
Plot Dock workers under the threat of redundancy, work day and night in an attempt to keep employed by running the workforce themselves.
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The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries: The Worsted Viper (TV)
2000 · Movie · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction James Hawes
Cast Diana Rigg · Neil Dudgeon · Isla Blair · John Bowe
Plot Mrs. Bradley and chauffeur George visit a seaside village to wish Inspector Christmas a happy retirement and find themselves investigating the murder of Chastity Baines, the daughter of Reverend Baines....
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The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (TV)
1974 · Movie · 40 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Lawrence Gordon Clark
Cast Michael Bryant · Peggy Aitchison · Virginia Balfour · Anne Blake
Plot An episode in the BBC's annual A Ghost Story for Christmas strand. A respected theologian and his protégé are working on a stained-glass window when they unearth clues to find...
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Screen One (TV Series)
1985 · Series · min. · United Kingdom
Direction Les Blair · Robert Young · Robert Bierman · Dewi Humphreys
Cast Alfred Molina · Geraldine James · Timothy West · Sean Bean
Plot (1985-2002). 6 seasons. Producer Kenith Trodd was part of a 1984 team brought together to study how the BBC should respond to Channel Four's pioneering efforts in making films for...
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