Known for
7.2Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.
Minder
1979
7.1Series of single made-for-television dramas.
Screen Two
1985
7.6The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.
The Professionals
1977
7.0A ten-part serial based on Jeffrey Archer's 1984 novel of the same name, which follows the careers and personal lives of a quartet of fictional Parliament members from 1964 to 1991, with each vying to become Prime Minister.
First Among Equals
1986
8.2Former soldiers in Britain's elite Parachute Regiment struggle to come to terms with civilian life after leaving the army.
Civvies
1992
5.2A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper. Born in 1911 Newport and last heard of in 1989, Luper’s life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered across the globe. In the first of three parts, we follow Luper through three distinct episodes: as a child during the First World War; as an explorer in Mormon Utah; and as a writer in Belgium during the rise of fascism.
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003
Film credits
2000s · 2 titles
5.2A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper. Born in 1911 Newport and last heard of in 1989, Luper’s life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered across the globe. In the first of three parts, we follow Luper through three distinct episodes: as a child during the First World War; as an explorer in Mormon Utah; and as a writer in Belgium during the rise of fascism.
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003
6.2Herbert Biberman struggles as a Hollywood writer and director blacklisted as one of The Hollywood Ten in the 1950s.
One of the Hollywood Ten
2002
1990s · 1 titles
1980s · 6 titles
Drama following the turbulent career of Labour politician Nye Bevan, founder of the National Health Service.
Nye
1982
3.6The Doctor has regenerated and all is not well. Confused, angry and acting strangely, the new Doctor decides to become a hermit, so takes his concerned companion Peri to a desolate asteroid where he plans to live for several centuries. However, the time travellers soon uncover a plot that threatens the entire galaxy. Why has an alien Gastropod kidnapped a pair of genius twins, and will the Doctor recover in time to find out?
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
1984
7.5A young Welsh soldier on duty in Northern Ireland finds himself used as a political pawn, following a tragic incident during a violent clash with some of the local agitators. The Guardian proposed that "if Spielberg's ET, in the immortal words of Pauline Kael, was a bliss out, Karl Francis' 'Boy Soldier' is a bleed out for sheer fist shaking emotionalism, it would be hard to find another British film of recent years to beat it."
Boy Soldier
1987
5.6Welsh investigative journalists set out to cover the Troubles in Northern Ireland only to unearth censorship and corruption back home.
Giro City
1982
10.0A 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
NRBritain in the mid-1990s: a divided, violent nation where civil disorder and urban terrorism are on the increase. Scotland Yard detective Commander Jack Bentham is seconded to Wales to look into a series of shootings by police officers, and uncovers a complex web of deceit and corruption
Nineteen96
1989
Series credits
7.2Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.
Minder
1979
7.1Series of single made-for-television dramas.
Screen Two
1985
7.6The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.
The Professionals
1977
7.0A ten-part serial based on Jeffrey Archer's 1984 novel of the same name, which follows the careers and personal lives of a quartet of fictional Parliament members from 1964 to 1991, with each vying to become Prime Minister.
First Among Equals
1986
8.2Former soldiers in Britain's elite Parachute Regiment struggle to come to terms with civilian life after leaving the army.
Civvies
1992