Known for
7.0An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
7.3Gary Sparrow is an ordinary bloke in 1990s Britain, married to the ambitious Yvonne and working as a TV repairman. Then his whole world changes when he stumbles upon a portal to WWII-era London and begins a dual life as an accidental time traveler.
Goodnight Sweetheart
1993
6.7Spirited dialogue, posh Roaring '20s style, and devious mysteries abound as Tommy and Tuppence Beresford mix marriage and mystery solving.
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983
6.8In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.
Chariots of Fire
1981
5.0Mitch is a newspaper reporter with a difference, he cares about the people he reports.
Mitch
1984
7.4Colin's Sandwich is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC2 in 1988 and 1990 which stars Mel Smith as Colin Watkins, a British Rail clerk who aspired to be a horror writer. The show was written by Paul Smith and Terry Kyan and ran for two series of six episodes. In the second series, Colin manages to achieve some small successes as a writer.
Colin's Sandwich
1988
Film credits
1980s · 4 titles
6.8In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.
Chariots of Fire
1981
NRFour friends fancy a cycle trip to the country. It's unknown territory for them and Benny in particular looks forward to impressing the 'natives' with a new racing bike. But the experience affects the group in ways they hadn't foreseen.
On Yer Bike!
1981
7.0Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.
The Chain
1984
8.0A ragtag group of kids set out to save derelict steam ferry Lady Hope from destruction.
Save the Lady
1981
1970s · 4 titles
Adventure story for children about the accidental discovery of a formula for invisibility and the attempts of a couple of crooks to misuse it.
Where's Johnny?
1974
7.2On the eve of his Bar Mitzvah, young Elliot finds that all the grown men in his life are somewhat wanting.
Bar Mitzvah Boy
1976
Helicopter pilots help children to track down cattle rustlers.
The Copter Kids
1976
NRThe London of bed-sits, rundown housing, a world of the eccentric and the lonely. Since her husband walked out Eileen battles on her own to make a life for her children. She needs someone-but some people don't think George is the right man.
Another Day
1978
Series credits
7.0An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
7.3Gary Sparrow is an ordinary bloke in 1990s Britain, married to the ambitious Yvonne and working as a TV repairman. Then his whole world changes when he stumbles upon a portal to WWII-era London and begins a dual life as an accidental time traveler.
Goodnight Sweetheart
1993
6.7Spirited dialogue, posh Roaring '20s style, and devious mysteries abound as Tommy and Tuppence Beresford mix marriage and mystery solving.
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983
5.0Mitch is a newspaper reporter with a difference, he cares about the people he reports.
Mitch
1984
7.4Colin's Sandwich is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC2 in 1988 and 1990 which stars Mel Smith as Colin Watkins, a British Rail clerk who aspired to be a horror writer. The show was written by Paul Smith and Terry Kyan and ran for two series of six episodes. In the second series, Colin manages to achieve some small successes as a writer.
Colin's Sandwich
1988