Soundtrack: Joseph Horovitz

Direction Christopher Hodson · Paul Annett · Tony Wharmby

Cast Francesca Annis · James Warwick · Reece Dinsdale · Arthur Cox

Synopsis Dame Agatha Christie 's husband-and-wife sleuthing team take on a series of short whodunits.

Direction Tony Wharmby

Cast James Warwick · Francesca Annis · George Baker · Gavan O'Herlihy

Synopsis After two old friends accidentally meet and resolve to become investigators for hire, they quickly become embroiled in a missing treaty and a Bolshevik conspiracy.

Direction Tony Wharmby

Cast John Gielgud · Harry Andrews · Cheryl Campbell · James Warwick

Synopsis Lady Eileen 'Bundle' Brent a pert, aggressive young aristocrat insinuates herself into a series of murders, stolen state secrets, and a mysterious secret society.

Direction John Davies · Tony Wharmby

Cast Francesca Annis · Leigh Lawson · James Warwick · Connie Booth

Synopsis While out playing golf with his friend Dr. Thomas, Bobby Jones finds a man who has apparently fallen over the side of a cliff onto the seaside rocks below. His dying words are "Why didn't they ask Evans?". The dead...

Direction Donald McWhinnie · Roger Bamford · Julian Amyes · Robert Tronson

Cast Leo McKern · Jonathan Coy · Julian Curry · Marion Mathie

Synopsis (1978-1992). 7 seasons. Horace Rumpole is an "Old Bailey Hack," one of the underpaid barristers who ply the courtrooms of the Old Bailey, London's criminal court. Rumpole refused to handle most suits and will never prosecute. Each of his trials...

Direction Christopher Ralling

Cast David Collings · John Castle · Dinsdale Landen · Ronald Pickup

Synopsis A BBC miniseries tracing the long struggle to abolish the slave trade in the British Empire.

Direction John Gorrie

Cast Michael Hordern · Derek Godfrey · David Waller · Warren Clarke

Synopsis Prospero, the true Duke of Milan is now living on an enchanter island with his daughter Miranda, the savage Caliban and Ariel, a spirit of the air. Raising a storm to bring his brother – the usurper of his dukedom...

Direction John Gorrie · Christopher Hodson · Tony Wharmby

Cast Francesca Annis · Catherine Feller · Peggy Ann Wood · Anton Rodgers

Synopsis TV Mini-Series (1978). 13 episodes. Lillie Langtry, trapped in a loveless marriage, takes full advantage of her beauty, attracting many lovers and admirers including the Prince of Wales and Oscar Wilde. As her husband slowly drinks himself to death, Lillie...

Direction John Gorrie

Cast Alec McCowen · Robert Hardy · Felicity Kendal · Annette Crosbie

Synopsis Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. Orsino sends her to help him woo the Lady Olivia,...

Direction Desmond Davis · David Hugh Jones · Gavin Millar · Barry Davis

Cast Nick Brimble · John Hurt · Billie Whitelaw · Yvonne Antrobus

Synopsis TV Mini-Series (1973). 6 episodes.

Direction Christopher Ralling · Fred Burnley · Richard Marquand

Cast Kenneth Haigh · James Mason · John Quentin · Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Synopsis TV Miniseries (1971). 6 Episodes. The Nile's source was the last great mystery for European explorers in the 19th century. The story of its discovery is one of heroism in the service of faith, greed, and obsession.

Direction Sarah Pia Anderson · Bill Hays · Don Taylor · Brian Parker

Cast Ralph Morse · John Bluthal · Gawn Grainger · Denholm Elliott

Synopsis TV Series (1973-1983). 106 episodes

Direction Robert Day

Cast Jock Mahoney · Woody Strode · Tsu Kobayashi · Earl Cameron

Synopsis The spiritual leader of an oriental country is dying. The leader's evil brother Khan is plotting to prevent Kashi, the youthful heir, from assuming his rightful position. Tarzan is summoned to protect Kashi and, in doing so, he must face...

Direction David Collison · Julia Cave · Kenneth Shepheard

Cast Magnus Magnusson · David Drew · John Julius Norwich · Andrew Faulds

Synopsis TV Series (1966-1991). 132 episodes. Series tracing new developments in historical research.

Direction James MacTaggart

Cast Anna Cropper · Amanda Walker · Julian Holloway · Freda Bamford

Synopsis After the break-up of a long-term relationship, urban sophisticate Norah seeks refuge in a remote house in the country. The locals are friendly, if eccentric, and she toys with the idea of a flirtation with dishy young gamekeeper Rob. But...

Direction Gareth Davies

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

Synopsis 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 interrupted by the arrival on her front step of scruffy,...

Direction Barry Davis · Alan Clarke · John Mackenzie · Philip Saville

Cast Alison Steadman · Nigel Hawthorne · Tony Caunter · David Daker

Synopsis TV Series (1970-1984). 14 Seasons. Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series. It was produced by the BBC and it was transmitted on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984. During this period, more than 300 different programmes, featuring...

Direction Ken Russell · Robert Vas · Tony Palmer · Fred Burnley

Cast Kirsty Wark · Ginger Baker · Stephen Fry · Patrick Allen

Synopsis TV Serie (1967–2003). 35 Seasons. Arts documentary series.

Direction John Gorrie

Cast John Gielgud · Peter Firth · Jeremy Brett · Gwen Ffrangcon Davies

Synopsis Dorian Gray is a privileged man who sits for artist Basil Hallward. Gray is so happy with the results that he wishes he could look that way forever; Hallward tells him it could be so, but for a terrible price....