Direction: Gareth Davies

Direction Gareth Davies

Cast Ben Rodska · Lysette Anthony · Eric Porter · Michael Attwell

Plot In a storm, in a workhouse, to a nameless woman, young Oliver Twist is born into parish care where he's overworked and underfed. As he grows older his adventures take...

Direction Gareth Davies

Cast Keith Barron · John Bailey · Valerie Gearon · Cyril Luckham

Plot After "Stand Up, Nigel Barton", Nigel has graduated from Oxford and has a beautiful wife, a good job as a journalist and his political idealism untouched. When a Tory MP...

Direction Gareth Davies

Cast Iain Cuthbertson · Simon Fisher-Turner · Richard Morant · Anthony Murphy

Plot This classic adaptation of Thomas Hughes` novel is set amongst the classrooms, playing fields and dormitories of Rugby School. Iain Cuthbertson stars as Dr. Arnold, Anthony Murphy as young Tom...

Direction Gareth Davies

Cast Keith Barron · Jack Woolgar · Katherine Parr · Vickery Turner

Plot Semi-autobiographical TV play by Dennis Potter, from the BBC's 'Wednesday Play' series. It deals with the experiences of Nigel Barton, a young man from a poor mining community who wins...

Direction Gareth Davies

Cast Margaret Tyzack · Colin Baker · Helen Mirren · Ursula Howells

Direction Gareth Davies

Cast Janet Amsbury · Elizabeth Bell · Emma Harbour · Emrys James

Direction Barry Thomas · Peter Cregeen · John Sichel · Peter Jefferies

Cast Tim Woodward · Michael Cochrane · David Troughton · Nicholas Jones

Direction Gareth Davies

Cast Colin Blakely · Robert Hardy · Bernard Hepton · Brian Blessed

Plot Dennis Potter's controversial reading of the life of Christ, with Jesus portrayed as a hearty, fiery, well-meaning carpenter who believes that people should try to love their enemies rather than...

Direction Sydney Newman · Gilchrist Calder · Ken Loach · James Ferman

Cast Edwin Brown · Neville Smith · Eileen Atkins · Colin Blakely

Plot TV Series (1964-1970). 171 episodes. Series of one-off plays made by BBC television which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 60s. The series...

Direction Gareth Davies

Cast Roy Marsden · Mairead Carty · Sean Scanlan · Robert Pugh

Plot Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh has been on leave following the death on duty of a member of his team, DS Sarah Hillier. His superiors order him back to work...

Direction John Elliot · David Cunliffe · Bill Hays · Rudolph Cartier

Cast Patrick Stewart · John Rhys-Davies · Gemma Jones · Michael Kitchen

Plot A 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing with the ruling dynasties Austria-Hungary (the Habsburgs), Germany (the...

Direction Gareth Davies

Cast Tom Bell · Christine Hargreaves · Susan Richards · Erik Chitty

Plot For the BBC's WEDNESDAY PLAY series, Dennis Potter offered one of his "visitation dramas": Housewife Cynthia Nicholls is married to prudish Richard Nicholls. One day, her mundane household chores are...

Direction Alan Gibson · Peter Sasdy · Silvio Narizzano · Bryan Stonehouse

Cast Norman Rodway · Noel Hood · Roland Culver · Jane Eccles

Direction David Giles · Robert Tronson · Rodney Bennett · Steve Goldie

Cast David Jason · Pam Ferris · Stephanie Ralph · Philip Franks

Plot TV Series (1991-1993). 3 seasons. 20 episodes. The life of the Larkin family, farmers in Kent.