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5.2A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.
BBC Play of the Month
1965
7.0A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.
Playhouse
1974
7.8Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
7.5Conservative MP Sir Giles Lynchwood schemes to have a government-backed motorway run through his wife's ancestral estate (Handyman Hall) to cash in on compensation money. However, his independent-minded wife, Lady Maud, teams up with their mysterious and resourceful handyman, Blott, to thwart the plans through sabotage, blackmail, and outright anarchy.
Blott on the Landscape
1985
NR1976 play. During the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands, Dame Sybil Hathaway comes up against her invading masters.
The Dame of Sark
1976
10.0What do Rose from Devon and Christina from Stuttgart have in common? And in what way is their fate linked to that of wealthy Fiona Dunkerley?
The Network
1979
Film credits
1980s · 2 titles
Based on a true story about a mountaineer named Lucy Walker who becomes the first woman to climb the Matterhorn in 1871.
A Dangerous Kind of Love
1986
NRGerald fancies himself as a bit of a gourmet and a trip to the gastronomic delights of France promises well. His wife Hilary is not so sure; she isn't sure of a lot of things about Gerald just recently, but the menu at the extravagantly recommended ' La Petite Chanson' provides an unexpected solution.
The Guest
1982
1970s · 4 titles
NR1976 play. During the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands, Dame Sybil Hathaway comes up against her invading masters.
The Dame of Sark
1976
10.0What do Rose from Devon and Christina from Stuttgart have in common? And in what way is their fate linked to that of wealthy Fiona Dunkerley?
The Network
1979
7.0The romantic and comic adventures of a group of Englishmen in France, on a course to learn the language.
French Without Tears
1976
7.0Dramatisation of Henry James's novel. Lambert Strether comes to Europe on a difficult and delicate mission. A chance meeting on arrival with the engaging Maria Gostrey provides him with much-needed support.
The Ambassadors
1977
Series credits
5.2A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.
BBC Play of the Month
1965
5.2A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.
BBC Play of the Month
1965
7.0A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.
Playhouse
1974
7.8Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
7.5Conservative MP Sir Giles Lynchwood schemes to have a government-backed motorway run through his wife's ancestral estate (Handyman Hall) to cash in on compensation money. However, his independent-minded wife, Lady Maud, teams up with their mysterious and resourceful handyman, Blott, to thwart the plans through sabotage, blackmail, and outright anarchy.
Blott on the Landscape
1985
