Gambitt's Move

Gambitt's Move 1975

1

Angie, an unemployed single mother moves into a new rented home. She then receives an unwelcome visitor from her past.

1975

By Common Consent

By Common Consent 1975

1

In a foreign port two boys come to a fisherman saying they are refugees from a country where a military take-over has organised a gigantic League of Youth.

1975

The Machine Stops

The Machine Stops 1966

1

The future. The material needs of people are tended by the Machine, which makes their environment, in vast tunnels beneath the earth, comfortable and safe. But if the Machine stops, what then?

1966

Padre Pio

Padre Pio 1968

1

BBC TV movie about the life of the late Francesco Forgione, widely known as Padre Pio.

1968

Visitors

Visitors 1987

6.00

A British businessman whose family company has been taken over by a multinational corporation clashes with his new American manager while they both vacation with their families at an Italian villa at their employer's expense. The manager's son fantasizes a murderous outcome.

1987

Haida Gwaii: Islands of the People

Haida Gwaii: Islands of the People 1990

1

Describes the natural resources of Haida Gwaii and its relationship with the Haida. The video opens with a creation myth and develops in a chronological manner. Each section deals with a resource area and how the Haida have lived in balance with it. It briefly discusses current forestry issues and land rights

1990

I Spy a Stranger

I Spy a Stranger 1972

1

Play set in the Home Counties during the Second World War. A Czech refugee arrives at her cousin's Mrs Hudson's, which create xenophobic problems in the local community.

1972

Atatürk - Father of the Turks

Atatürk - Father of the Turks 1970

8.00

In the documentary, the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the last period of the Ottoman Empire, the War of Independence and the developments in the first years of the Republic of Turkey are told in parallel. The documentary prepared by Michael Adams consists of recordings made by the BBC in 1970 in Çanakkale, Samsun, Amasya, Sivas and Ankara, as well as historical footage.

1970

War and Peace

War and Peace 1991

1

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov, is intertwined with the "Great Patriotic War" of 1812 against the invading Napoleon's Armies. People of Russia from all classes of society stand up united against the enemy. Both sides suffer tremendous losses during the war, and Russian society is left irrevocably changed.

1991

The Life of Galileo

The Life of Galileo 1964

1

BBC version of Brecht's epic account of Galileo's persecution for his 'heretical' idea that the earth moved around the sun.

1964

The Imp of the Perverse

The Imp of the Perverse 1975

1

A student commits murder. He inherits his victim's estate. For a while, he is content, but finally his conscience starts to trouble him.

1975

The Counterfeit Man

The Counterfeit Man 1965

1

On Jupiter's moon Ganymede, an alien life-form has taken over the body of a human astronaut, creating an almost perfect copy. It then begins the long return journey to Earth.

1965

Judge the Bloody City

Judge the Bloody City 1975

1

British soldiers are captured and interrogated in post-World War 2 Palestine.

1975

The Flight Fund

The Flight Fund 1975

1

Angie, Tony and their son Farnley go to stay with Uncle Edward. The routine of Edward and his companion servant, Blades, becomes unsettled when Edward and Angie develop a close bond.

1975

High Kampf

High Kampf 1973

1

As wealthy Johann Schultz lies close to death in an Irish monastery, his heirs gather round.

1973

Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor

Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor 1985

1

In 1985, cameras take a look inside the Berkshire Music Center, the most prominent pre-professional classical music academy in the US. Seiji Ozawa, Leonard Slatkin and others work with the next generation younger conducting talent.

1985

Mutinies

Mutinies 1974

1

Gerald works in publisling. He was a pilot in World War 2 and enjoys talking about his aerial battles. His employees dislike him, apart from his loyal secretary. One evening, his wife tells him about her depression. Gerald has a solution: gin and tonic. He complains to her about the state of modern society, but his own problems are about to worsen...

1974

No Place Like Earth

No Place Like Earth 1965

1

Earth is no more, destroyed by nuclear war; but itinerant handyman Bert Foster, wandering the canals of Mars, is possessed by a restlessness for a home which no longer exists. He considers a move to an isolated outpost on Venus.

1965