Screenplay: Richard Carpenter
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Richard Carpenter. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV Miniseries)
1999 · Series · 540 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Patrick Lau · Simon Langton
Cast Richard E. Grant · Elizabeth McGovern · Martin Shaw · Ronan Vibert
6.4
83 votes
6.4
83 votes
The Famous Five (TV Series)
1996 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Michael Kerrigan · Andrew Morgan · Tony Kysh · Tim Leandro
Cast Jemima Rooper · Marco Williamson · Paul Child · Laura Petela
Plot This TV series features the adventures of a group of young children — Julian, Dick, Anne and Georgina (George) — and their dog Timmy.
6.2
149 votes
6.2
149 votes
Doctor Snuggles (TV Series)
1979 · Series · 25 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Jeffrey O'Kelly · Joop Visch
Plot Kind and gentle, Dr. Snuggles is like few other doctors. Seemingly capable of communicating with anything, he finds himself in a seemingly endless variety of adventures with his animal friends...
6.2
37 votes
6.2
37 votes
Dick Turpin (TV Series)
1979 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Richard Carpenter · Sidney Cole · Paul Knight · Charles Crichton
Cast Richard O'Sullivan · Michael Deeks · Christopher Benjamin · David Daker
Plot TV Series (1979-1982). 4 Seasons. The eighteenth century, swashbuckling adventures of Britain's legendary highwayman. When he returned from military service in Flanders, Dick Turpin discovered he had been cheated out...
6.0
49 votes
6.0
49 votes
Famous Five (TV Series)
1978 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Peter Duffell · Sidney Hayers · Don Leaver · James Gatward
Cast Marcus Harris · Gary Russell · Jennifer Thanisch · Michelle Gallagher
Plot The Famous Five is a British television series based on the children's books of the same name by Enid Blyton.
5.9
45 votes
5.9
45 votes
The Borrowers (TV Miniseries)
1992 · Movie · 170 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Henderson
Cast Ian Holm · Penelope Wilton · Rebecca Callard · Paul Cross
Plot The Borrowers are small, 15cm high humans who live in the English hinterland. They live out their lives in mouse-hole sized nooks in human homes, and survive by 'borrowing' all...
5.1
21 votes
5.1
21 votes
Catweazle
2021 · Movie · 96 min. · Germany
Direction Sven Unterwaldt Jr.
Cast Milan Peschel · Urs Rechn · Otto Waalkes · Thomas Kautenburger
Plot Catweazle is a magician from the time of the Normans who is cast into the future by magic. With the help of two children he uses magic in an attempt...
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Pulaski: The TV Detective (TV Series)
1987 · Series · min. · United Kingdom
Direction Gerry Mill · Christopher King · Gerry Poulson · Roger Bamford
Cast David Andrews · Caroline Langrishe · Kate Harper · Rolf Saxon
Plot Actor Larry Summers stars in the TV-series 'Pulaski', about a brave and honest private detective and former priest. Off-camera, Summers is a drunk and general bad-boy - his television character's...
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I Was a Rat (TV Miniseries)
2001 · Series · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Laurie Lynd
Cast Calum Worthy · Brenda Fricker · Tom Conti · Katie Blake
Plot A little boy found wandering the streets is taken in by Bob and Joan, a kindly couple. The boy is cold, wet and desperate for shelter, but Bob and Joan...
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The Adventures of Black Beauty (TV Series)
1972 · Series · 55 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Charles Crichton · Alan Gibson · Gerry Poulson · John Reardon
Cast William Lucas · Charlotte Mitchell · Roderick Shaw · Michael Culver
Plot Black Beauty is a pure black, thoroughbred horse in late 19th Century rural England who is adopted into the household of James Gordon, a local doctor and widower, and befriended...
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Hannay (TV Series)
1988 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Guy Slater · Jeremy Summers · Ken Hannam · Henry Herbert
Cast Robert Powell · Christopher Scoular · Gavin Richards · Neville Phillips
Plot TV Series (1988-1989). 2 Seasons.
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The Return of the Borrowers (TV Miniseries)
1993 · Movie · 166 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Henderson
Cast Ian Holm · Penelope Wilton · Rebecca Callard · Paul Cross
Plot The Borrowers leave their new home and find a model village just the right size for them. They find George but the village's owner also finds out about the borrowers.
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Catweazle (TV Series)
1970 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction David Reid · Quentin Lawrence · David Lane · Richard Carpenter
Cast Geoffrey Bayldon · Robin Davies · Neil McCarthy · Charles Tingwell
Plot Catweazle is a magician from the time of the Normans who is cast into the future by magic. With the help of two boys he uses magic in an attempt...
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Smuggler (TV Series)
1981 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Dennis Abey · Jim Goddard · Charles Crichton
Cast Oliver Tobias · Lesley Dunlop · Hywel Williams-Ellis · Peter Capell
Plot TV Series. 13 Episodes. Set in 1802, this fast-paced swashbuckler chronicles the adventures of ex-British naval officer turned smuggler Jack Vincent as he eludes revenue officers along the coast of...
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