Directing

John Bruce

Known for

Directing

Credits

20 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

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5.5

Drama about the world of deregulated financial trading in the City of London during the Thatcher era.

The Moneymen

1988

The Squad poster
NR

Belfast. Four men meet -'for a drink', says Denis. The car is ready in the back alley. The youngest, Terry, isn't drinking. He's begun to have doubts about his new company - and they about him.

The Squad

1976

Piano Lessons poster
NR

Sally and George appear a happy middle class couple. However, they are childless, which is starting to cause tension. While George ponders an illegal business venture, Sally starts to grow closer to her piano teacher.

Piano Lessons

1976

The Dissolution of Marcus Fleischman poster
NR

Marcus Fleischman's reincarnation proves a frustrating one. His widow, in his absence, leads the simple life of a shopkeeper, and brings up their son as best she can.

The Dissolution of Marcus Fleischman

1978

Kate: The Good Neighbour poster
9.0

Kate lives fiercely alone, cut off the from present and haunted by the memories of grief from her past.

Kate: The Good Neighbour

1980

Instant Enlightenment Including VAT poster
4.5

BBC Play for Today. Maximillian Schreiber runs a series of gruelling motivational courses - all coming at a cost to the participants - including VAT.

Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

1979

Bold Face: Condensed poster
NR

' Waiting for pages half my life ' - but this time the printer is drunk and the editor has a deadline to meet.

Bold Face: Condensed

1974

No Further Cause for Concern poster
NR

Prison inmate Danny Monk does not foresee the circumstances when he barricades himself in a cell during a prison riot with Prison Officer Green as hostage.

No Further Cause for Concern

1988

The House on the Hill poster
NR

A court had to decide what to do about Ellen, an elderly lady living on her own in a deteriorating rented property.

The House on the Hill

1975

Article Five poster
NR

Members of a shadowy group demonstrate techniques of enhanced Interrogation of terrorist suspects. However, the demonstration causes consternation that such techniques were approved.

Article Five

1975

Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain poster
7.0

Two women navigate the challenges of life on a wintry day in 1980s Belfast. While Ruby has a cold and gets caught in the rain, Iris is job-hunting but feels lost in the traffic.

Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain

1981

Miss Morison's Ghosts poster
4.0

Two British women claim to have been thrown into a time warp where they saw Marie Antoinette as they were strolling through the gardens at Versailles Palace in France. After they tell their story to a psychic society, they find themselves the objects of derision and their jobs are threatened.

Miss Morison's Ghosts

1981

Salad Days poster
NR

A boy, a girl, a tramp and a piano with the most amazing effect on people, find each other in a park in a heatwave.

Salad Days

1983

The Lady Irene poster
NR

A fisherman is about to launch his new trawler and wants to make it an occasion for his girlfriend to remember.

The Lady Irene

1978

No artwork available
NR

Mary and Barry Case's second child, Lindsey, has spina bifida. They must decide whether to allow an operation which would save her life but leave her permanently crippled, or leave her fate to nature.

Lindsey

1980

The Dandelion Clock poster
NR

Belfast: 'On the hike' from school, her day controlled by the unreal time of the dandelion clock, Suzy embarks on an increasingly desperate search for her absent father.

The Dandelion Clock

1975

No artwork available
NR

Four people intend to register a protest at their firm's outing and cricket match. But it proves a strain on their team spirit.

It's Not Quite Cricket

1977

Grease Monkey poster
NR

An old motorbike gets a new lease of life from a "grease monkey".

Grease Monkey

1976

The Cornet Lesson poster
NR

A young woman wants to play the cornet in a Salvation Army band. She receives tuition, until the bandmaster questions her commitment to Christianity.

The Cornet Lesson

1973

The Weekend poster
NR

Ruth invites her friend Mary to visit for the weekend. Mary brings an unexpected companion and the weekend becomes increasingly unsettled.

The Weekend

1976