Direction: Tristram Powell

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Tristram Powell. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


7.4

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Sparkling Cyanide (TV)

2003 · Movie · 120 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tristram Powell

Cast Pauline Collins · Oliver Ford Davies · Kenneth Cranham · Jonathan Firth

Plot A dinner is held to honour the triumph of a sports team. There are seven guests. They start to chat and George Balton proposes a toast to his marriage to...

4.7

78 votes

4.7

78 votes

Judge John Deed (TV Series)

2001 · Series · min. · United Kingdom

Direction G.F. Newman · Andy Hay · Steve Kelly · Jonny Campbell

Cast Martin Shaw · Jenny Seagrove · Barbara Thorn · Simon Chandler

Plot Sir John Deed, a High Court judge, tries to seek real justice in the cases before him.

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The Lively Arts (TV Series)

1975 · Documentary · min. · United Kingdom

Direction Barrie Gavin · Peter Butler · Kenneth Corden · Donald McWhinnie

Cast Melvyn Bragg · Andre Previn · Benjamin Luxon · Richard Baker

Plot TV Series (1975-1981). 40 episodes. Documentary series taking a serious and wide-ranging look at the arts, encompassing intellectual subject matter and popular culture.

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American Friends

1991 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tristram Powell

Cast Michael Palin · Trini Alvarado · Connie Booth · Alfred Molina

Plot Francis Ashby, a senior Oxford don on holiday alone in the Alps, meets holidaying American Caroline and her companion Elinor, the blossoming Irish-American girl she adopted many years before. Ashby...

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Screen Two (TV Series)

1985 · Series · min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tristram Powell · Udayan Prasad · Christopher Morahan · Sandy Johnson

Cast Geoffrey Chater · Bernard Hill · Pete Postlethwaite · Patrick Godfrey

Plot (1985-2002). 10 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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Trial & Retribution (TV Series)

1997 · Movie · min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lynda La Plante · Aisling Walsh · Alex Pillai · Michael Whyte

Cast David Hayman · Dorian Lough · Victoria Smurfit · Kate Buffery

Plot 12 seasons. (1997-2009). The series detailed the most unsavory of crimes (beginning with a brutal child murder), concentrating primarily on the capture of the perpetrators and the ensuing court trial.

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