Direction: Tristram Powell

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


Sparkling Cyanide (TV)

2003 · Movie · 120 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tristram Powell

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

Synopsis 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 Rose Mary. Just after they have drunk their glasses, Rose...

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

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

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

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Tears Before Bedtime

1995 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tristram Powell

Cast Samantha Bond · Adrian Rawlins · Emily Ruck-Keene · Julius Grower

Synopsis A story of a middle-class professional couples who employ full-time live-in nannies to look after their children. The nannies meet up as a collective group, and often discuss their employers' habits in sordid detail. As the plot develops, it becomes...

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

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

Synopsis 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

Synopsis 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 finds he enjoys their company, particularly that of Elinor, and...

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

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

Synopsis (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 both television and theatrical release. The result was a transition...

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

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

Synopsis 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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