Production

Chris Parr

Born 1943-09-25 · Surrey, England, UK

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Moonstone poster
7.6

A cursed Hindu diamond, stolen by a British officer in 1799 and bequeathed to his niece, vanishes.

The Moonstone

1996

Buying a Landslide poster
NR

Republican Senator Walter Partin trails Democrat Philip Kautsky in the polls and will shortly face him in a televised debate. Drafted to play Kautsky in rehearsals is Michael Tyne, ex Democrat turned Republican. But Tyne is alarmed by an unexpected twist in the Partin campaign and reacts in devastating fashion.

Buying a Landslide

1992

Pity in History poster
8.0

A sculptor is working to finish off a memorial to the Royalist years - just as Cromwell's men are approaching the surrounding cathedral walls.

Pity in History

1985

The Scold's Bridle poster
6.4

Detective Cooper investigates the bizarre circumstances surrounding the murder of Matilda who was found dead in her bath wearing the Scold's Bridle.

The Scold's Bridle

1998

Children of the North poster
7.7

The murders of two MI6 agents in Northern Ireland add up to an explosive political situation.

Children of the North

1991

Shalom Salaam poster
NR

Two disparate families become intertwined when a Jewish man and a Muslim woman fall in love while attending college.

Shalom Salaam

1989

The Long March poster
7.0

A woman returns to Belfast after ten years in England and becomes involved in the Maze prison protest.

The Long March

1980

The Cry poster
7.0

Ulster 1959. A young journalist visiting his quiet hometown is awakened by a scream in the night. He catches sight of a youth being beaten up and dragged away. When he investigates, witnesses seem to melt away, and life-long friends reveal a sinister indifference. Or is it fear?

The Cry

1984

My Kingdom for a Horse poster
9.0

Steve Deakin teaches history and is a foot soldier in the Sealed Knot Society. In a fortnight between two English Civil War battles he finds he faces challenges, both personal and professional.

My Kingdom for a Horse

1991

Love Birds poster
NR

Barbara and Naseem are in the same hospital, having babies. They make friends. But the celebrations of their husbands, Kenny and Quereshi, 'Jimmy', lead to a headlong chase, with crazy mix-ups, collisions and brushes with the law

Love Birds

1988

Bad Company poster
NR

A dramatization of the circumstances surrounding the murder of Carl Bridgewater and the subsequent trial and imprisonment of four men.

Bad Company

1993

Too Late to Talk to Billy poster
7.0

Relationships are strained in a Belfast family, particularly between a father and his son. First in a multi-year trilogy.

Too Late to Talk to Billy

1982

Fighting Back poster
10.0

A single mother returns to her home town after fifteen years of unhappy marriage and fights to make a better life for herself and her children.

Fighting Back

1986

Clubland poster
NR

Sylvie, a Belgian girl living in London, arrives at her local police station. She starts to tell how she was picked up in a nightclub by the handsome Ajay, and the listening DC Judd realises he is onto a most unusual case

Clubland

1991