Patrick Cargill

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The Escape of R.D.7 (1961) Reviews

When a scientist’s almost fanatical devotion to a vaccine project brings her into collision with orthodox authority and there is a threat to put an end to her experiments, she rebels and continues on her own…with devastating consequences

Father, Dear Father

Father, Dear Father (1968) Reviews

Father, Dear Father

Generation gap comedy starring middle-aged divorcee Patrick Glover, the author of a series of pulp fiction novels, who is left to bring up his two teenage daughters (Anna and Karen) in trendy Hampstead when his wife, Barbara, runs off to marry his best friend.

Tony Hancock

Hancock (1963) Reviews

Tony Hancock

When Tony Hancock left the BBC for ITV his was one of the most watched shows on British television. By the end of this ITV series his career was in shreds...

The Queens Champion

The Queens Champion (1958) Reviews

The Queens Champion

Loyalty and treason on the eve of the Armada in this eight-part BBC serial featuring some of television's best known names

The Silver Sword

The Silver Sword (1957) Reviews

The Silver Sword

When a Polish schoolteacher is arrested and taken to a German labour camp, his wife has to support her three young children. But when she is arrested on a similar charge, the children are forced to live in a ruined cellar whilst depending on each other for survival.

Top Secret

Top Secret (1961) Reviews

Top Secret

A British Intelligence agent is engaged by a South American businessman to act wherever the official forces of law and order cannot or will not do so.

Up Pompeii

Up Pompeii on the Big Screen TVH Plus

Up Pompeii

"Nay, nay and thrice nay!" Frankie Howerd in an orgy of an historical and hysterical romp as his Roman slave character Lurcio is coerced into a plot to assassinate Emperor Nero. "Ooh-er, missus!"

Carry On Jack

Carry On Jack TVH Plus

Carry On Jack

"At the turn of the 18th Century, Britain was at war. These were the years when history was written in the blood and smoke of mighty sea battles and the name Nelson typified the spirit of the British Navy. But on the good ship Venus - my, you should have seen us!"