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Murder by the Book

Murder by the Book (1987)

Murder by the Book

When Agatha Christie decides to kill off her most famous and long-running character, she has an unexpected visitor - none other than the great detective himself - Hercule Poirot

My Octopus Teacher

My Octopus Teacher (2020)

My Octopus Teacher

A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world

The Naked Civil Servant

The Naked Civil Servant (1975)

The Naked Civil Servant

The story of Quentin Crisp, from his youth in the early 20th century to his emergence as a flamboyant gay icon, made a star of actor John Hurt and catapulted Crisp himself into overnight celebrity status

A Night Out

A Night Out (1960)

A Night Out

Albert Stokes finds himself perpetually fighting the dominance of women, not least of all his possessive widowed mother.

Noah Gives Thanks

Noah Gives Thanks (1952)

Noah Gives Thanks

After broadcast in 1952 the BBC was bombarded with letters of enthusiastic appreciation and gratitude for this simple yet moving piece of drama...

Number 3 TV Drama

Number Three (1953)

Number 3 TV Drama

One of the most significant pieces of unrecorded and therefore "missing" drama presentations from the television archives, 'Number Three' was an 80-minute science fiction drama shown under the BBC's 'Sunday-Night Theatre' strand.

Nuts in May

Nuts in May (1976)

Nuts in May

A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them in Mike Leigh's masterpiece on the comedic potential inherent in human behaviour

The Offshore Island

The Offshore Island (1959)

The Offshore Island

Post-apocalyptic drama - one of the first TV plays on a politically sensitive topic, about the survivors of a nuclear attack on the British isles.