Peter Barkworth

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Colditz
Reviews 1972 United Kingdom

War drama about the infamous German POW camp and the prisoner's attempts to escape it.

Detective TV series 1964 & 1968
Reviews 1964 United Kingdom

BBC anthology series in which each week a different famous literary detective is brought to the screen. The series spawned several long-running series including 'Cluff,' 'Father Brown,' and 'Sherlock Holmes'

The Ice Warriors
Doctor Who

In a future Ice Age, the Doctor battles revived Martian Ice Warriors threatening Brittanicus Base, as rival scientists clash over using a dangerous ioniser to stop advancing glaciers

Manhunt
Reviews 1969 United Kingdom

Three fugitives are trying to escape war torn France and make their way back to England. One of them has vital knowledge for the allies - but the German Army are closing in on them.

Melissa
Reviews 1964 United Kingdom

Few television thrillers can legitimately claim classic status across multiple generations, but Melissa occupies precisely that territory. We look at the three versions of this classic tale of blackmail, murder and secrets from the 60s, 70s and 90s

The Passenger
Reviews 1971 United Kingdom

David Walker makes a fateful decision on a lonely road: he stops to offer a lift to a young hitch-hiker. What begins as a moment of kindness spirals into catastrophe when she vanishes, only to be found murdered, with evidence cruelly designed to implicate Walker

Telford's Change
Reviews 1979 United Kingdom

Bank manager Mark Telford takes a backward step in his career in order to retreat from the rat race.

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Reviews 1981 United Kingdom

BAFTA nominated eight-part drama series based on Winston Churchill's enforced political exile during the 1920s and 1930s, starring Robert Hardy and an all-star cast