Direction: Giles Foster

Direction Jeremy Silberston · Gavin Millar · Tristram Powell · Giles Foster

Cast Michael Kitchen · Honeysuckle Weeks · Anthony Howell · Julian Ovenden

Direction Graham Evans · John Gorrie · Alan Gibson · Herbert Wise

Cast Roald Dahl · John Houseman · Andrew Ray · Joan Collins

Synopsis TV Series (1979-1988). 9 seasons. 112 episodes. A British anthology of mystery, suspense, horror and black comedy, highlighted by plot twists and surprise endings (in the early seasons, all by Roald Dahl), with lots of prestigious guest stars starring in...

Direction Giles Foster

Cast Tyler Butterworth · Jonathan Pryce · Freddie Jones · Vanessa Redgrave

Synopsis A tragic mishap at a chocolate factory results in candy lovers getting an unexpected 'extra' in their sweets. The problem is that they want more!

Direction Giles Foster

Cast Aidan Quinn · Alan Bates · Jonathan Hyde · Jonathan Timmins

Synopsis Mark Twain's classic tale of two boys who exchange their lives for a while is brought to the screen again in this made-for-television production. Tom (Robert Timmins) is the son of a poverty-stricken drunkard in 19th century England who dreams...

Direction Giles Foster

Cast Carolina Vera · Greg Wise · Jane Seymour · James Fox

Synopsis Elizabeth Lancaster’s heart transplant has left her physically healthy, but emotionally estranged from her husband and children. When the husband of the woman whose heart now beats in Elizabeth’s body pays her a visit, the two fall in love. In...

Direction Giles Foster

Cast Charles Dance · Eleonore Weisgerber · Eileen Atkins · Rebecca Night

Synopsis Balnaird House, one of the most splendid estates in the Scottish Highlands, is the home of the ancient and venerable Aird family – and of a dark family secret: when the American businessman Conrad Tucker discovers a photo of Laura...

Direction Giles Foster

Cast Rupert Everett · Natalia Wörner · John Hannah · Rowena Diamond

Synopsis Rebecca Kendall is blessed with beauty, talent, a splendid home, two wonderful daughters and a loving husband, Robert, who is often in Canada, where he runs a mining firm. After he dies in a plane crash, Rebecca learns that he...

Direction Giles Foster

Cast Peter Firth · Richard Johnson · Richard Briers · Dominic Jephcott

Synopsis In the future England is ruled by a fascist government, and one day the leaders begin the construction of a heavily guarded, mysterious airport.

Direction Giles Foster

Cast Marjorie Yates · Alun Armstrong · Susan Hopkins · Gary Carp

Direction Giles Foster

Cast Ben Kingsley · Jenny Agutter · Patrick Ryecart · Freddie Jones

Synopsis Silas Marner, a member of a strict religious community, is wrongly accused of theft and has no choice but to move to a faraway village. For 15 years he lives alone, hoarding the money he makes from his weaving and...

Direction Giles Foster

Cast Lindsay Duncan · Jonathan Coy · Miles Anderson · Lucy Dawson

Synopsis Anna Bouverie (Lindsay Duncan, Rome) chafes at her limited life as a vicar's wife in a small English town. When her husband Peter (Jonathan Coy, from the Horatio Hornblower series) is passed over for a promotion and her daughter is...

Direction Giles Foster

Cast Brenda Fricker · Robin Laing · Karen Ardiff · Benjamin Butler

Synopsis Maureen is an Irishwoman, happily married and living in Germany. Or so she thinks. When her husband dies, she finds that not only had he debts, but was also a bigamist, having had a second wife and family in Ireland....

Direction Giles Foster

Cast Helen Shaver · Lauren Bacall · Malcolm Stoddard · Peter Firth

Synopsis A woman is attempting to cope with her son's tragic death when her mother arrives on an ill-timed visit with her own remedies.

Direction Giles Foster

Cast Con O'Neill · Stephanie Beacham · Beatie Edney · Dervla Kirwan

Synopsis The lives of seven friends who share a bus from their village to Dublin every day get complicated as the reasons for their discontent are revealed.

Direction Giles Foster

Cast Katharine Schlesinger · Peter Firth · Robert Hardy · Googie Withers

Synopsis A tale of intrigue, adventure and romance, this enchanting, remastered dramatization captures the romance of Jane Austin’s classic novel “Northanger Abbey”.

Direction Giles Foster

Cast Senta Berger · Tom Conti · Michael York · Paula Kalenberg

Synopsis This is a special four part mini-series based on Rosamunde Pilchers drama: Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring. Focusing on the Combes family and their magnificent country estate Endellion. Patriarch Alex reigns over the estate with a mildness that infuriates his...

Direction Giles Foster

Cast Jason Durr · Lara-Joy Körner · Jacqueline Bisset · Franco Nero

Synopsis Summer Solstice continues the story from Winter Solstice three years later, in the summertime. As then, the story is set in the Scottish Highlands. Sam and Carrie's newly formed business empire is struggling. The exclusive Rhives Castle Hotel isn't attracting...

Direction Stuart Burge · Giles Foster

Cast Steven Beard · Alan Bennett · Stephanie Cole · Thora Hird

Synopsis Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother, a vicar's wife, an inveterate letter writer, a hopeful actress, a recently widowed woman, and an elderly shut-in.

Direction Giles Foster

Cast Peter O'Toole · Joanna Lumley · Penelope Keith · Anneliese Uhlig

Synopsis Young Judith Dunbar is a quiet, gentle voiced teenager in the 1930s, relegated to a life at boarding school thanks to her colonial parents. Judith becomes adopted into the family of her best friend, young Loveday Carey Lewis, after the...

Direction Giles Foster

Cast James Wilby · Alan Bates · Eileen Atkins · Dolly Wells

Synopsis A chronicle of the life of George VI, who was forced to become King following the abdication of his brother Edward VIII, and his relationship with his wife, Elizabeth.