The lives of various people in a town in the North of England. The staple diet of births, ill-fated marriages and violent deaths continued. Storylines included the birth, in 1977, of Tracy Langton, ...

Writers include Peter Whalley, Joe Turner, Mark Wadlow, David Lane, Martin Allen, Jayne Hollinson, Jonathan Harvey, Daran Little, Chris Fewtrell, Catherine Hayes, Debbie Oates, John Stevenson, John ...

Based on an idea by Spike Milligan and written by Johnny Speight, Curry and Chips (ITV, 1969) is very much a product of its day. The sight of Spike Milligan, blacked up, and sporting a ludicrous ...

British agents in WWII Crete hatch a daring and ambitious plan to capture the Commander of the island's occupying German forces.

A hugely prolific Scots character player, John Laurie was Central School-trained, on stage from 1921 after World War I service and in films since Juno and the Paycock (d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1930).

Production Company Steven S.A.

There have been relatively few Chinese themes and characters on British cinema screens - certainly by comparison with those from, for example, India - despite a significant Chinese population since ...

Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs. The film is poetic in tone and features a number ...

Long-limbed, hefty of build and possessed of jug ears and pug-like features, Martin Clunes was never romantic leading man material, but has carved out a successful niche in the world of sitcom and ...

Although she appeared in many British comedies and dramas from the late 1960s to the mid-1990s, Indianapolis-born Connie Booth will always be best known for co-writing and co-starring in the classic ...

The creation of the National Coal Board (NCB) on 15th July 1946 sowed the seeds for one of Britain's most substantial and long-lasting industrial film units - the NCB Film Unit. Film production in ...

Visiting a country house, architect Walter Craig realises that it and his fellow guests are familiar from a recurring nightmare. As the guests share their own tales of the supernatural, Craig is ...