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Entertaining Mr Sloane

Entertaining Mr Sloane (1968)

Entertaining Mr Sloane

A handsome, sexy and completely amoral young man, joins Kath's household as a lodger and proceeds to manipulate her and her brother. Joe Orton's play made its television debut almost a year after the author was bludgeoned to death by his partner.

Everyman

Everyman (1947)

Everyman

A modern adaptation of the 15th/16th century morality tale The Somonyng of Everyman

The Falklands Play

The Falklands Play (2002)

The Falklands Play

The gripping account of how Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government handled the biggest crisis in British foreign affairs since the Suez Canal.

The Final Test by Terence Rattigan BBC 1951

The Final Test (1951)

The Final Test by Terence Rattigan BBC 1951

An ageing cricketer's last match is marred by his poor final innings, but the arrival of his pretentious, sport-hating son brightens the day in Terence Rattigan's debut television comedy.

First Night

First Night (1963)

First Night

First Night presented a series of new plays written for television with an emphasis on action and conflict. The series debuted on BBC with Alan Owen's The Strain on 22 September 1963 and ran through until 1964.

Freedom in September

Freedom in September (1962)

Freedom in September

A Soviet musician is missing from his hotel. He wanders through 1962 London trying to contact people he has met and known in Russia. Who are these people? What lies behind his desperate search?

The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm (2002)

The Gathering Storm

It's the mid-1930s and MP Winston Churchill (Albert Finney), once the most dynamic Member of Parliament, finds both his public and private life in turmoil in this award winning co-produced UK & US drama.

The Giftie

The Giftie (1988)

The Giftie

What would happen if you could clone yourself? Two ordinary friends decide to try this with a new machine at work. Thinking this experiment has not worked the friends go home...