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The_100_Greatest_Albums
A count down of the top 100 albums of all time as voted for by Channel 4 viewers.
1959-_The_Year_That_Changed_Jazz
1959 was the seismic year jazz broke away from complex bebop music to new forms, allowing soloists unprecedented freedom to explore and express. It was also a pivotal year for America...
1964_NME_Poll_Winners_Concert
Yearly afternoon gala performed at the Empire Pool, Wembley by the acts voted for by readers of NME. Originally broadcast in 2 parts. Includes performances from The Beatles, Manfred Mann, Rolling Stones, Roy Orbison, amongst many others.
1965_NME_Poll_Winners_Concert
Yearly afternoon gala performed at the Empire Pool, Wembley by the acts voted for by readers of NME. Originally broadcast in 2 parts. Includes performances from The Animals, The Beatles, The Kinks, Rolling Stones, amongst many others.
1966_NME_Poll_Winners_Concert
This the second part of a two-part concert from the Empire Pool, Wembley which was filmed on May 1st 1966. Due to the refusal of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones to allow cameras to film their performances, ITV companies refused to broadcast the concert thus making part one unavailable.
Storyville-_1968
Documentary exploring what really happened throughout the world in the seminal year of 1968, a time of music and of revolution, asking why so many hopes were disappointed and what is the period's true legacy.
1989-_Summer_Of_Rave
Documentary explores the rave culture of the 1980s
1990
Science fiction drama series set in the near future and starring Edward Woodward.
24_Hour_Party_People-_The_Factory_Records_Saga
Documentary about Factory Records and Hacienda Club founder Tony Wilson, to tie in with the release of Michael Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People
24_Hours-_The_World_of_John_and_Yoko
The World of John and Yoko was a fascinating documentary for which a BBC camera crew followed John and Yoko for five days at the start of the final month of the 1960's. The programme was broadcast as part of the 24 Hours series and screened in colour on Monday 15th December 1969
25_x_5-_The_Continuing_Adventures_of_The_Rolling_Stones
An Arena Special looking at the career, development and success of the band over the past 25 years, and including clips from the Stones' own archives and from the hitherto unseen GREAT ROCK N ROLL CIRCUS of 1969, made in answer to the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour. It traces in detail the high and low points of the group over the years and their present continuing success.
32_Years_of_News_at_10
Documentary on ITN News at 10
The_50_Greatest_Documentaries
A countdown of the top 50 documentaries, based on a vote by documentary filmmakers.
50_Films_To_See_Before_You_Die
50 Films to See Before You Die was a television programme first shown on Channel 4 on Saturday 22 July 2006, to celebrate the relaunch of Film4 as a free-to-air TV channel available to digital terrestrial homes in the United Kingdom. It consisted of a list of 50 films compiled by film critics, experts and personalities. Each film was chosen as a paragon of a particular genre or style
99-1
Implicated in a corruption enquiry, Detective Inspector Mick Raynor agrees to go deep under cover to bring down criminal networks that appear to be beyond the reach of the law. Complete series.
A_Beast_With_Two_Backs
Play by Dennis Potter. Set in the Forest of Dean in the 1890s. A woman is savagely attacked in the forest. The inhabitants of her remote and primitive village are determined to revenge her death and a dancing bear in the village becomes the victim.
Absurd_Person_Singular
Three couples meet in three kitchens on three Christmas Eves.
A_Cold_Night's_Death
A scientific experiment to study the effects of altitude on apes turns into a terrifying experience for two of the humans involved. TV film. Teleplay by Christopher Knopf
The_Accountant
When small-time accountant Lionel Ellerman takes on what should be just a routine investigation, he uncovers illegal offshore holding companies, leading to a large firm of City accountants and, in time, to the Mafia.
Across_The_Lake
Drama about Donald Campbell's fatal attempt on the water speed record on Lake Coniston in 1967.
A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Ian_Mcculloch
Interview with Ian McCulloch with music by Echo and the Bunnymen.
A_Day_Out
Television play. A group of men and youths of a cycling club leave the soot and smoke of Halifax one summer Sunday in 1911, and argue, tease, talk about temperance and socialism and encounter the occasional cow. Filmed in black and white. Partly set at Fountains Abbey.
A_Follower_For_Emily
Harry and Emily are two of the livelier residents of a London old people's home. When they decide to get married, things prove less simple.
A_For_Andromeda
THIS MINI-SERIES IS INCOMPLETE IN PLACES but includes reconstruction segments in place of missing scenes with sound and still frames. Set in 1970, a team of scientists decipher a mysterious signal from space and discover that it provides instructions to build a powerful super-computer.
Afternoon_Off
Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in him, on his afternoon off work he buys a box of chocolates and sets off to find her.
Afternoon_of_the_Nymph
An agent invites his young starlet to a party, to meet all the right people. A chance to move on from the commercials she has been doing, to bigger roles and maybe stardom. However while she is there, she realizes there is a price to pay...
After_Pilkington
Set in Oxford. A don becomes involved with a colleague's wife, who turns out to be an old flame from his youth.
A_Game_of_Murder
The once famous athlete Bob Kerry dies mysteriously on a golf course. His son Jack, a detective, suspects murder and decides to investigate the case...
A_Genius_Like_Us-_A_Portrait_of_Joe_Orton
Documentary portrait of the life of playwright Joe Orton, who was murdered by his lover Kenneth Halliwell in April 1967. Contributors include Orton's sister Leonie, actors Kenneth Williams and Ken Cranham, Orton's agent Margaret Ramsay, publisher Charles Monteith,, director Charles Marowitz and Orton's biographer John Lahr.
The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_of_Phil_Spector
Phil Spector is a pioneer of American music, a legendary producer to John Lennon and Tina Turner, and, as of April 13th 2009, a convicted murderer. Yet the Spector who appears in Vikram Jayanti's documentary is not the severe, outlandishly coiffed defendant seen in sensationalistic accounts of his trial, but a charming, savvy music executive with a generous, but arguably accurate, estimation of his place in the history of popular music.
A_Hole_In_Babylon
A siege situation develops when an attempted robbery of a restaurant goes wrong.
A_is_for_Acid
Drama based on the true story of John George Haigh, the acid bath murderer of the 1940s. Starring Martin Clunes
Alas_Smith_and_Jones-_Series_1
Comedy sketch show series. Complete series 1.
Alas_Smith_and_Jones-_Series_2
Comedy sketch show series. Complete series 2.
Alas_Smith_and_Jones-_Series_3
Comedy sketch show series. Complete series 3.
Alas_Smith_and_Jones-_Series_4
Comedy sketch show series. Complete series 4.
Alas_Smith_and_Jones-_Series_5
Comedy sketch show series. Complete series 5.
Alas_Smith_and_Jones-_Series_6
Comedy sketch show series. Complete series 6.
Alas_Smith_and_Jones-_Series_9
Comedy sketch show series. Complete series 9.
Alas_Smith_and_Jones-_Series_10
Comedy sketch show series. Complete series 10.
The_Alchemists_Of_Sound
A documentary about the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, responsible for creating some of the most memorable television and radio music in British popular culture.
Alec_Guiness_Interview
Alec Guiness is interviewed by Michael Parkinson. BBC 1977.
Alice_in_Wonderland
Television adaptation of the Lewis Carroll novel.
Alive_and_Kicking
Screen One. Black comedy about drug dealer Smudger, who is convinced he is untouchable, and Liam Kane, an ex-gangster turned drug counsellor who is determined to break him.
Omnibus-_All_My_Loving
Documentary linking savage newsreel clips of Buddhist monks burning to death, scenes from the Vietnam war and police brutality, with screaming pop music and interviews with pop stars about their world compared to the violence of these events.
Always_on_Sunday
The life of French painter Henri Douanier Rousseau, whose work was constantly misunderstood and ridiculed by those who failed to recognise its originality.
Aly_Bain-__True_North
Documentary profiling the acclaimed fiddler, shown to mark his 60th birthday. He discusses his childhood on Shetland and how the island continues to influence his music. Featuring contributions from his family and playing partner Phil Cunningham, as well as Billy Connolly, Bill Paterson and Jack McConnell. Plus, a chance to see footage from a celebration session in Edinburgh, with Eddi Reader and a selection of rising Scottish folk musicians.
A_Man_From_The_Sun
Dramatised documentary on the problems facing a West Indian immigrant in London.
The_American_Nightmare
An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.
And_Did_Those_Feet
TV play by David Mercer, satirising the impotence of British aristocracy. Lord Fountain hates his illegitimate twin boys as he does not seem to be able to produce legitimate heirs.
An_Englishman_Abroad
Television play, based on a true incident in 1958 when actress Coral Browne met the spy and defector Guy Burgess in a Moscow theatre. Written by Alan Bennett
An_Evening_With_Spike_Milligan
Spike recalls his exploits in the army, setting up a jazz band and other sources of his comic inspiration...
Angels_Are_So_Few
Dennis Potter play. Housewife Cynthia Nicholls is married to prudish Richard Nicholls. One day, her mundane household chores are interrupted by the arrival on her front step of scruffy, coarse Michael Biddle. He claims to be an angel, but on the face of it, he could simply be a deranged street person. She challenges the angel Michael by pointing out that he has no wings.
An_Ideal_Husband
BBC Play of the Month 1969. Tv adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play starring Jeremy Brett.
A_Night_Out
Mother's boy Albert finally rebels, and goes to a works party. But things start to go wrong when he is accused of molesting a female colleague. Written by Harold Pinter.
The_Animals
Various live footage and television promos
An_Interview_With_Dennis_Potter
Television writer Dennis Potter speaks openly to Melvyn Bragg about his life and work, and about the fatal cancer which has left him with only a few weeks to live.
Annika
Three-part drama series about a teenage Swedish girl and an English boy who meet on holiday on the Isle of Wight and fall in love.
Another_Sunday_and_Sweet_FA
ITV Saturday Night Theatre. A dedicated local soccer referee is brought to the depths of disillusionment with the game when he officiates at a bruising encounter between two less-than-brilliant local sides.
Anthony_Hopkins-_A_Taste_for_Hannibal
Interview and biography of Anthony Hopkins. Omnibus 2002
A_Passage_to_India
Play of the Month. TV adaptation by John Maynard of the play by Santha Rama Rau from E.M.Forster's novel.
A_Photograph
Michael Otway has everything to live for, but he is going to die. His life is elegant, his marriage successful, as is his career. Then one morning a photograph arrives in the morning post and his world is turned upside down.
A_Place_of_One's_Own
An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife...
A_Pleasant_Terror_-_The_Life_and_Ghosts_of_M.R_James
Rare 60 minute documentary on the famous writer.
Around_the_World_in_80_min-_Century_in_Song
TV documentary which uses newly restored archive film and unique musical performances from around the world to capture the spirit of the 20th Century. Featuring performances from a range of artists, including Frank Sinatra, Shirley Temple, Judy Garland, The Rolling Stones, Joan Baez, the Japanese Factory Workers Ensemble, the Red Army Choir and more.
The_Armstrongs
Wonderfully mad documentary-come-car crash in the mould of The Office. Complete series 1.
Arthur_Lee_and_Love
Rare footage of Arthur Lee and Love
The_Artist_Formerly_Known_As_Captain_Beefheart
Examination of the career of musician Don Van Vliet, otherwise known as Captain Beefheart, considering the influences on his work and including archive footage of performances over the years. Includes interviews with Ry Cooder and Matt Groening and extracts from the last television interview given by Frank Zappa. Also looks at his reclusive life now and his work as an American landscape painter since retiring from the music world.
Art_That_Shook_The_World-_Pet_Sounds
Documentary series focusing on revolutionary works of art. This episode focuses on The Beach Boys' seminal album Pet Sounds, includes interviews with Brian Wilson and other key players
A_Sense_of_Guilt
Family tensions are unearthed when a middle-aged writer has an affair with his friend's teenage daughter.
The_Ash_Tree
A Ghost Story for Christmas 1975. Story by M.R. James. Dramatised by David Rudkin. A nephew is haunted because of the testimony of his great uncle.
Aspel_and_Company-_George_Harrison_and_Ringo_Starr
Michael Aspel interviews George Harrison and Ringo Starr on his talk show ASPEL and COMPANY. This was the first major television interview given by any two former Beatles since the group disbanded in 1970.
A_Taste_of_Evil
Rare tv movie starring Barbara Stanwyck and Roddy McDowall. On her way home from a stay at a mental institution after a traumatic rape, a woman realizes that someone is deliberately trying to drive her insane.
A_Taste_of_Morrissey
Various promos, live footage, and tv peformances of The Smiths and Morrisey
A_Time_to_Dance
TV mini-series. When Andrew Powell takes early retirement from his job as a bank manager to care for his invalid wife, he meets 18 year old Bernadette Kennedy, the youngest child of a hell-raising family from the wrong side of town.
Atom
In this three-part documentary series, Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of one of the greatest scientific discoveries ever: that the material world is made up of atoms.
A_Traveller_in_Time
Penelope lives in the twentieth century, and it is only when she goes to live with her aunt at Thackers, a remote, ancient farmhouse, that she finds herself travelling back in time...
A_Very_Peculiar_Practice
Written by Andrew Davies, A Very Peculiar Practice is set in the eccentric world of Lowlands University, where brilliant doctor, but disastrous human being, Stephen Daker (Peter Davison) arrives from a broken marriage with a phobia of being touched. Complete series 1 and 2.
A_Very_Polish_Practice
Shown in the UK as part of the 'Screen One' series. In a sequel to A VERY PECULIAR PRACTICE, Stephen and his wife Grete are now living in Warsaw. Stephen is happy working as a hospital doctor until his old colleague Bob Buzzard turns up causing disruption.
A_View_from_a_Hill
A Ghost Story for Christmas 2005. Adaptation of the classic ghost story by MR James in which a man visits his friend and has an unsettling experience after borrowing some binoculars and venturing up Gallows Hill.
A_Visit_from_Miss_Protheroe
BBC 2 Play of the Month. Arthur Dodsworth has recently retired. He lives alone except for his budgie and memories of his late wife Winnie. One afternoon his nap is interrupted by the doorbell, his former secretary, Peggy Prothero, has come to visit.
A_Walk_In_The_Forest
Play by Jeremy Paul.
A_Warning_To_The_Curious
Ghost Story for Christmas 1972. An amateur archaeologist visits the remote Norfolk coast to search for a buried Saxon crown. Legend has it that three crowns were placed in the ground to protect the country from Viking invasion. Only one remains. Should anyone try to take it, they will have to reckon with the ghost who guards the crowns.
A-Z_of_Animation
Features many short animation films and clips from the past 40 years, including interviews with the creators.
Baal
Adaptation of Berthold Brecht's play, by John Willet with Alan Clarke.
Badger_Girl
Part of the BBC Look and Read series for schools.
Bad_Ronald
TV film. When Ronald, a disturbed teenager, accidently kills a girl who taunts him, his mother hides him in a secret room of their house. She dies suddenly, and Ronald stays in his hide-out, unknown to the new occupants, to whom he ultimately brings terror.
The_Ballad_of_Tam_Lin
Based on an ancient Scottish folk song, an older woman uses witchcraft to keep her young jet-set friends. Starring Ian McShane dvd includes rare introduction by Roddy McDowall
The_Ballroom_Of_Romance
A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.
Banged_Up_Abroad-_Series_1
Banged Up Abroad is a British documentary TV series that was produced for Channel Five. It features stories of people who have been arrested while travelling abroad, usually for trying to smuggle illegal drugs out of a particular country and have received lengthy prison sentences as a result.
Banged_Up_Abroad-_Series_2
Banged Up Abroad is a British documentary TV series that was produced for Channel Five. It features stories of people who have been arrested while travelling abroad, usually for trying to smuggle illegal drugs out of a particular country and have received lengthy prison sentences as a result.
Banged_Up_Abroad-_Series_3
Banged Up Abroad is a British documentary TV series that was produced for Channel Five. It features stories of people who have been arrested while travelling abroad, usually for trying to smuggle illegal drugs out of a particular country and have received lengthy prison sentences as a result.
Banged_Up_Abroad-_Series_4
Banged Up Abroad is a British documentary TV series that was produced for Channel Five. It features stories of people who have been arrested while travelling abroad, usually for trying to smuggle illegal drugs out of a particular country and have received lengthy prison sentences as a result.
Banged_Up_Abroad-_Series_5
Banged Up Abroad is a British documentary TV series that was produced for Channel Five. It features stories of people who have been arrested while travelling abroad, usually for trying to smuggle illegal drugs out of a particular country and have received lengthy prison sentences as a result.
Banged_Up_Abroad-_Series_7
Banged Up Abroad is a British documentary TV series that was produced for Channel Five. It features stories of people who have been arrested while travelling abroad, usually for trying to smuggle illegal drugs out of a particular country and have received lengthy prison sentences as a result.
Banned_Cartoons_Volume_1
Various banned cartoons.
Barbapapa
Barbapapa was a friendly blob who could change his shape into anything. He wanted to help his human, and especially, animal friends.
Barbary_Coast
Rare 1970s western tv series starring William Shatner, 6 episodes including pilot.
Bar_Mitzvah_Boy
A Jewish boy thinks seriously about the meaning of his forthcoming Bar Mitzvah and realises the limitations of his father and other male members of the family. Meanwhile his family prepare for the celebration, preoccupied with the banquet, guest lists, clothes and preparations for the event.
The_Basement
A fussy, spinsterish bachelor's carefully furnished basement flat is invaded late one night by his former roommate with a young girl in tow. Harold Pinter play.
Beat,_Beat,_Beat
2 dvds containing lots of footage from 1960's German Live Music tv series. Includes Hendrix, Small Faces, Kinks etc...
The_Beatles-_By_The_Bushel
Music promos/rare footage
The_Beatles-_By_The_Bushel_Volume_2
Music promos/rare footage
The_Beatles-_Chronology_1962_-_1970_Volume_1
Music promos/rare footage
The_Beatles-_Chronology_1962_-_1970_Volume_2
Music promos/rare footage
The_Beatles-_Ed_Sullivan_Anthology_1964_-_1970
Complete Ed Sullivan appeareances 1964 - 1970.
The_Beatles_in_Love
BBC arts and culture series IMAGINE follows the creation of the album LOVE, a spectacular collaboration bringing together the magic of The Beatles' music with the imagination of Cirque Du Soleil. The documentary had exclusive access to Sir George Martin, along with his son/co-producer Giles Martin, as they demonstrated the process by which the soundtrack was created. The entire, long-protected Beatles' back catalog was made available and, by re-mixing and re-mastering the Beatles' recorded performances, completely new music was produced.
The_Beatles-_A_Mad_Day_Out
Covers the year 1968. Contains some very unusual footage, as well as other rarities you may have seen before..
The_Beatles-_In_Love
Documentary series Imagine follows the creation of LOVE, a spectacular collaboration bringing together the magic of Beatles music with the imagination of Cirque Du Soleil. The documentary had exclusive access to Sir George Martin, along with his son/co-producer Giles Martin, as they demonstrated the process by which the soundtrack was created
The_Beatles-_The_Making_of_Sgt_Pepper's_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band
South Bank Show special 1992. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of probably the most famous rock album of all time, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and the producer George Martin explain how SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS' CLUB BAND came about.
The_Beatles_On_Record
A collection of interviews and footage of the band detailing how their sound progressed and how their albums were made.
The_Beatles-_Watching_Rainbows
Various promo films of The Beatles from 1964 - 1970
Beavis_and_Butthead_(complete_series_-_Uncut)
Every episode of the cult MTV series, including music video sections.
The_Best_of_The_Word
Compilation series of highlights from the entertainment and music series which ran between 1990 and 1995.
Betty_Boop
Selection of rare Betty Boop cartoons
The_Beyond_Within-_The_Rise_and_Fall_of_LSD
Two-part documentary tracing the history of the drug LSD - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide - and investigating its use.
The_Big_Deal
The all powerful Sir Pierson Cale, rules his company with a rod of iron and is willing to tread on anyone who steps in his way...
Bill_Hicks-_Live_in_Chicago_1992
Rare concert of Bill Hicks standup live in Chicago
Bill_Hicks-_Rare_TV_Performances
Various rare television appeareances of Bill Hicks' standup, also included is an interview on the Clive Anderson Show.
Bill_Withers-_In_Concert
Rare footage of Bill Withers BBC studio performance from 1973.
Billy_Joel-_The_South_Bank_Show
Focuses on the career of American songwriter Billy Joel
Bird_on_a_Wire
Rare documentary following Leonard Cohen on his 1972 European tour.
Birds_of_Prey
Harry Walker, X-military pilot, works for a radio station in Salt Lake City as a traffic helicopter pilot...
The_Birthday_Party
Stanley Webber, an erstwhile piano player in his 30s, lives in a rundown boarding house, run by Meg and Petey Boles, in an English seaside town. Two sinister strangers, Goldberg and McCann, who arrive purportedly on his birthday and who appear to have come looking for him, turn Stanley's apparently-innocuous birthday party organized by Meg into a nightmare.
Black_Easter
aka. NO MAN'S LAND. Thriller starring Trevor Eve, set along the border zone of Europe in the year 2000. Europe's Eastern borders are under severe pressure. Civil war in the former Soviet Union has led to tide of refugees flooding to the West and public order is fragile. Detective Alex Fischer investigates the murder of a Danish woman.
Black_Eyes
Dennis Potter Play. A novelist writes a book about a beautiful young model named Blackeyes which is actually based on events in the life of his niece Jessica, with whom he has a tortured relationship.
Black_Sabbath-_Paris,_France_-_December_19th,_1970
Black Sabbath in concert 1970
Black_Sabbath-_Santa_Monica,_California_-_September_4th,_1975
Black Sabbath in concert 1975
The_Black_Sleep
Horror film about the effect produced by administration of a mysterious Oriental drug which simulates death.
Blind_Justice
Drama series featuring an inside view of lawyers and the legal profession.
Blood_Money
A thriller serial in six parts written by Arden Winch.
Blood_On_The_Dole
The story of four Merseyside school-leavers and their struggle to find their identities in a world blighted by unemployment and social deprivation.
Blood_On_The_Turntable-_The_Sex_Pistols
Documentary about the conflict between John Lydon and manager Malcolm Mclaren
Blood_Orange
Early Hammer film. Story of American detective's exploits in clearing up a jewel robbery and solving three subsequent murders. Directed by Terence Fisher.
Bloomers
Sitcom about an out of work actor. Starring Richard Beckinsale in his last ever acting role. Complete series.
Blooming_Youth
Play about three young men and a woman sharing a flat in Kentish Town, London, living away from home for the first time.
The_Bloxham_Tapes
A film investigation of the remarkable tape recordings of Arnall Bloxham, eminent hypnotherapist, who, over a 20-year period, hypnotised four hundred people and recorded what appear to be descriptions of previous lives. Do the Bloxham tapes prove reincarnation or can they be explained in some other way?
The_Blue_Boy
Ghost story. Joe and Marie are a married couple in Glasgow, but Joe has an affair with a younger woman. When Marie unexpectedly becomes pregnant they try to revive their marriage by going on a trip to the Highlands. Once at the hotel both feel haunted by a child who drowned there. Gradually the nightmares of the past begin to have a terrifying relevance to the present.
Bob_Dylan's_Legends
Bob Dylan's songs are often inspired by the lives of real people. This film focuses on three - songwriter Woody Guthrie, boxer Rubin Carter and comedian Lenny Bruce.
Bob_Marley_-_Exodus_'77
Documentary about the making of Bob Marley's Exodus '77 record.
The_Body
A film about all aspects and functions of the human body. Documentary shows the human body as affected by, and affecting, every aspect of society. Narrated by Vannessa Redgrave. Music by Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame.
Bonjour_La_Classe
Laurence Didcott is a new teacher who joins the staff at the Mansion School at the start of the autumn term...
Born_and_Bred_-_Series_2
Comedy series about two feuding, inter-related south London families who are reunited when the oldest among them is awarded the British Empire Medal.
Boswell_and_Johnson's_Tour_of_the_Western_Isles
In the autumn of 1773, the English writer Samuel Johnson visits the Hebrides, or Western Isles, off the North-West coast of Scotland. With him are his friend, the Scotsman James Boswell, and his black servant Francis Barber.
The_Boy_from_Space
BBC Look and Read Tv show for Schools.
Brassneck
TV play by Howard Benton and David Hare. England 1945-75, Builder Alfred Bagley makes a fortune, with a little help from his friends.
Brave_New_World
1980 tv mini-series based on the Aldous Huxley novel.
Break_In_The_Sun
Children's drama series, based on a book by Bernard Ashley, adapted by Alan England.
The_Breakthrough
TV play by Daphne Du Maurier. Mysteries of ESP and life after death at a remote computer research station.
Brian_Jones-_Who_Killed_the_Rolling_Stone-
60 minute documentary on founder member of the Rolling Stones
The_Brides_in_the_Bath
Dramatisation of the real-life case of George Joseph Smith who was hanged in 1915 for the murder of his three wives, each of whom he killed in turn by drowning them in the bath while trying to make the deaths look like accidents.
Brimstone
Tv mini-series. A dead cop, sentenced to Hell, is returned to Earth by the Devil to recover 113 escaped evil spirits.
Bring_Back...The_A_Team
Presenter Justin Lee Collins travels to the United States on a mission to track down the stars of 1980s series The A-TEAM and reunite them. However, things do not go smoothly.
Bring_Back...Dallas
Follows Justin Lee Collins as he attempts to reunite some of the cast of DALLAS at a ball in Los Angeles.
Bring_Back...Grange_Hill
Looks back at the successful childrens' televison series GRANGE HILL and particular its anti-drugs campaign in 1986 which led to the production of the pop record Just Say No. Justin Lee Collins tries to track down the original actors in the show at the time and reunite them for a one-off performance of the song.
Bring_Back...The_One_Hit_Wonders
Justin Lee Collins tries too track down some of his favourite one-hit wonders from the 1970s and 1980s and persuade them to join in a gala concert at the Clapham Grand, London.
Bring_Back...Star_Trek
Justin Lee Collins tracks down the cast of the original Star Trek in an attempt to reunite the cast. But will he manage to meet William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy?
Bring_Back...Star_Wars
Follows Justin Lee Collins on his quest to reunite members of the cast of the original STAR WARS film.
_Britain's_Most_Terrifying_Ghost_Stories_
Dramatised reconstructions of encounters with spirits, including the testimonies of people who believe that ghosts have tried to drive them from their homes. Narrated by Ian McShane
Brits
Three-part documentary on the role of the British armed forces in Northern Ireland, made by journalist Peter Taylor. Continues the history of the Troubles Taylor told in the earlier series PROVOS and LOYALISTS.
Brond
Tv mini series. Robert, a young student, witnesses a horrific murder, but as their is no corpse there is grave doubt about what he really saw. But a man called Brond suddenly takes a great deal of interest in Robert, and the answer to the mystery seems to lie in a Glasgow backstreet. Drama series based on his own novel by Frederic Lindsay.
Bukowski_reads_Bukowski
Rare film featuring cult writer Bukowski reading passages from his fiction.
The_Bullion_Boys
A comedy thriller about what might have happened to Britain's gold reserves when they were transported to Liverpool during World War II.
The_Burger_and_the_King-_The_Life_and_Cuisine_of_Elvis_Presley
Documentary discussing Elvis Presley's appetite for fast food and his eating habits from childhood onwards.
The_Burning_Hell
The Burning Hell is a 1974 film created by the evangelist Estus Pirkle. This film is Pirkle's interpretation of what the Bible has to say about hell. The screenplay is by Ron Ormond.
Burnt_Offering-_The_Cult_of_the_Wickerman
Documentary about the film THE WICKER MAN, looking at the themes of the film, the pagan rituals depicted in them, the making of the film and problems with production and editing, and its emergence as a cult classic. Includes interviews with Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Robin Hardy and Anthony Shaffer.
Burt_Bacharach...This_Is_Now
Documentary taking a look at the life and work of Burt Bacharach, includes interviews and archive clips.
Call_Me_Daddy
When her boss, Mr Hoffman discovers her fianace, Tom has been stealing from the office Janet Smith is blackmailed in to spending seven days and seven nights with him. With terror of things to come she turns up at his home afraid.
The_Camp_on_Blood_Island
Commandant of a Japanese Pow camp doesn't realise that the war is over.
Can-_Documentary
Documentary on German experimental rock band Can
Can-_Vitamin_Can
Various live footage of German rock band 'Can' in the 1970s
Cannonball
Adventure/Drama, the stories of two truck drivers whose cargo takes them across the Canadian/U.S borders. 4 episodes.
The_Canterville_Ghost
TV Film. Adaptation of the story by Oscar Wilde, adapted by Sue Grafton, Steve Humphrey and George Zateslo. Harry Canterville loses his job in Cleveland Ohio, but learns that he is heir to a Norman castle in England. However the ghost of 17th century Sir Simon de Canterville is determined to frighten them away.
Captain_Beefheart_And_His_Magic_Band_1967_-_1981
Television, live, and promo footage of band 1967 - 81
Captain_Clegg_(aka_Night_Creatures)
Rare Hammer film starring Peter Cushing and Oliver Reed. Concerning the Vicar of an 18th Century village who is in reality a retired pirate.
Care
This story concerns Davey Younger, a mischevious lad who's put in care for a tad of trouble-making, and is subjected to unspeakable horrors by the people who are supposed to be looking after him.
Cash_On_Demand
Starring Perter Cushing and Andre Morell. A ruthless crook abducts the wife and child of a bank manager and then masquerades as an insurance company.
The_Century_of_the_Self
Documentary series on the rise of consumerism.
Chalk
Comedy series set in a comprehensive school. Complete series.
Chance_In_A_Million_-_series_1
Sitcom following the misadventures of coincidence-prone Tom Chance and his long-suffering girlfriend Alison Little.
Chance_In_A_Million_-_series_2
Sitcom following the misadventures of coincidence-prone Tom Chance and his long-suffering girlfriend Alison Little.
Chance_In_A_Million_-_series_3
Sitcom following the misadventures of coincidence-prone Tom Chance and his long-suffering girlfriend Alison Little.
The_Changeling
TV production of the play by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley. 17th Century tale of a beautiful woman who falls in love with a sea-captain and plots to kill her fianc?.
The_Changes
Children's drama set in modern-day England - but with a major difference: everyone has rebelled against modern technology (electricity, engines, trains etc) and gone back to a pre-industrial-revolution way of life.
Changing_Step
Set in 1917 at Sorn Castle, where soldiers are sent to convalesce, it follows the arrival and subsequent experiences of two newcomers, Private Jamie Ross, to recuperate after losing his leg, and Lady Alice Napier, who has come to tend the many wounded, disabled and shell-shocked soldiers without knowing anything of what is expected of her as a V.A.D. The psychological problems of amputees, class collisions and the beginnings of a love interest all occur.
Charlatans_TV
Nearly 3 hours of very rare footage of this band in their early days.
Charles_Manson_-_The_Man_Who_Killed_The_Sixties
Documentary explores the Manson murders and the cultural impact that proceeded them
Charlie_Is_My_Darling
Rare documentary following the Rolling Stones on their 1965 tour of Ireland. Includes extras.
Chelmsford_123
Situation comedy written by Jimmy Mulville and Rory McGrath, presenting a version of life in Roman Britain. Complete series.
Chelsea_Hotel
Documentary about New York's Chelsea Hotel, for years a legendary haven for artists of all kinds, with William Burroughs and Andy Warhol, Quentin Crisp, Virgil Thomson, George Kleinsinger, Alpheus Cole, Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas all past residents of the hotel.
Chester_Cycle_Mystery
TV production of the medieval Mystery Cycle first performed in Chester in the 14th century.
The_Children_of_Green_Knowe
The Children of Green Knowe was a BBC drama serial comprising 4 episodes. It was broadcast between on BBC 1 between Wednesday 26 November and 17 December 1986.
Chiller_(The_complete_series)
British horror/supernatural tv series.
Chimera
Rare British horror-sci-fi drama. Dvd contains the original 4 hour version as originally screened in 1991.
Christine
Rarely seen drama directed by Alan Clarke. Follows the day to day life of a teenage heroin addict.
Christmas_Spirits
Julia, a Hollywood property scout, is looking for a house to star in a horror movie, she finds more than she bargained for at Glebes Hall.
Christopher_Lee's_Ghost_Stories_for_Christmas
Christopher Lee hosts and narrates a series of ghost stories written by M.R. James
The_Chocolate_Tree
Aging and wheelchair bound retired Army officer Israel Strang is a man out of his time. As the sun finally sets on the British Empire he and his family have been forced to leave colonial Africa, where everybody knew there place, and return home to Britain. As Strang and his family prepare to throw a party for a very important guest from Africa who he hopes can influence the continent one last time before his death and keep the family name alive. However can the family keep the quiet and not appear racist for one last night?
CI5_The_New_Professionals
CI5, the British squad formed by George Cowley to combat 'anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public', has developed into an international force with operatives hired from around the world by the 1990s. With connections to the FBI, CIA and other law-enforcement agencies, CI5 operates outside borders with a group of specialists under a similar brief.
Cincinnati_Pop_Festival
Rare footage of legendary festival, includes The Stooges and MC5
Cinefile-_Stanley_Kubrick_-_The_Invisible_Man
Documentary on film director Stanley Kubrick
Circle_of_Fear_(aka._Ghost_Story)
Rare horror anthology tv series. 20 episodes
Storyville-_Citizen_King
Documentary about the final years of Martin Luther King prior to his assasination.
City_of_the_Dead
Horror film focusing on a secret coven of witches. Starring Christopher Lee.
Civvies
British drama written by Lynda La Plante. Complete Series
Classic_Ghost_Stories_by_M.R._James
Robert Powell hosts and narrates a series of ghost stories by M.R. James
The_Clifton_House_Mystery
A family moves into an old house and the children discover a mysterious sealed room.
Clint_Eastwood
Melvynn Bragg presents this South Bank Show special on the life and films of Clint Eastwood. Bragg interviews the great man at his home in California.
Clive_Barker's_A-Z_of_Horror
Series of 6 one-hour programmes in which Clive Barker explores the art of horror, primarily in relation to films and literature
Clive_James_Meets_Roman_Polanski
Clive James interviews Roman Polanski
Clocking_Off_-_Series_2
Interconnected dramas about the lives of a group of workers at a Manchester textile factory, with each episode focusing on the home life of a different character. Complete second series.
Clocking_Off_-_Series_3
Interconnected dramas about the lives of a group of workers at a Manchester textile factory, with each episode focusing on the home life of a different character. Complete third series.
Clocking_Off_-_Series_4
Interconnected dramas about the lives of a group of workers at a Manchester textile factory, with each episode focusing on the home life of a different character. Complete fourth series.
Coast_to_Coast
Two men meet, one American, a deserter from the US army, one Brit, and they are drawn together by their mutual love of Soul music. Neither being gainfully employed they decide to start a mobile disco service for fellow soul lovers, which leads them to buy an ice cream van, and the adventure begins. Before long they find themselves on the run from the bad guys and the police.
Cold_Comfort_Farm
Flora Poste, having been orphaned is looking for relatives with whom to live. After rejecting a number of others, she chooses the Starkadders, relatives on her mother's side, who live in the isolated Cold Comfort Farm. This three-part serial adaptation of Stella Gibbons novel starred Sarah Badel as Flora Poste, Brian Blessed as Reuben, Peter Egan as Seth, and Alastair Sim as Amos.
Colditz
Drama series set in the Colditz prisoner of war camp during World War II. Series devised by Brian Degas and Gerard Glaister. Complete series.
Cold_Lazarus
Four part drama by Dennis Potter, a sequel to his earlier series KARAOKE. A group of scientists in the future find a way to tap into the memory of a long dead writer.
Colin's_Sandwich_-_series_1
Struggling writer Colin has the unenviable daytime job of listening to the complaints of the public using British Railways.
Colin's_Sandwich_-_series_2
Struggling writer Colin has the unenviable daytime job of listening to the complaints of the public using British Railways.
Common_As_Muck
The trials and tribulations of a group of binmen brought together by their common love of their job. Complete series.
Compensation_Alice
It's the height of the swinging sixties and while out on a shopping trip with her au pair, Lisa, housewife Alice suddenly realises she has reached middle-age and become a non-person who is out of touch with world around. Her husband. Wilfred takes her for granted while she is envious of Lisa, who with her ever shortening skirts, is fighting of the boys and seems to have endless fun. Alice decides enough is enough and she joins with Lisa to re-caputure her youth whether the world want it or not.
The_Confessions_of_Robert_Crumb
Documentary on comic-strip artist, Robert Crumb, creator of Fritz the Cat, and M r. Natural.
Contact
Drama about a platoon of British paratroopers on patrol in Northern Ireland.
Cool
Documentary exploring the meaning and history of cool through the American music that started in the 1940s in the bars of New York and LA, and became known as cool jazz.
The_Cormorant
Writer John Talbot and his wife inherit a remote country cottage in Snowdonia. But a condition of the inheritance is that the couple look after the cormorant which comes with the house. Soon they realise that the cormorant is more than a minor nuisance.
The_Corridor_People
Surreal four-part espionage thriller series created and written by Eddie Boyd.
Corruption
About an eminent surgeon's obsession for a beautiful young woman whom he accidentally disfigures.
Counterstrike
Simon King, an alien agent from the Inter Galactic Council, is sent to Earth on a mission to stop unscrupulous refugees from a dying planet from wiping out Mankind and taking over the planet Earth. Dvds include 2 episodes only.
Country_Matters_-_Series_1
Granada drama series based on stories by H.E. Bates and A.E. Coppard. Series 1.
Country_Matters_-_Series_2
Granada drama series based on stories by H.E. Bates and A.E. Coppard. Series 2.
Court_Martial
Military legal drama featuring Peter Graves and Bradford Dillman as two lawyers attached to the Judge Advocate General's office in Europe during World War Two. 4 episodes
Cracked_Actor-_A_Film_About_David_Bowie_
BBC documentary about David Bowie at the peak of his career.
Crackerjack!
Children's variety and game show. 1 episode.
Crescendo_
Rare Hammer film starring Stephanie Powers. Music student Susan Roberts travels to the South of France to research her thesis on a little known dead composer. She meets his widow, Danielle, and his strange, wheelchair-bound son, Georges. It soon becomes clear though that things are not that they seem in the dysfunctional household.
Crimes_That_Shook_The_World
Documentary series that lifts the lid on some of the 20th century?s most infamous crimes. Using archive footage, reconstructions and interviews, the series profiles the most notorious murder cases in recent history. 11 episodes.
The_Critic
In this classic eighteenth-century satire, Mr. Puff, a foppish, would-be playwright-critic, invites his literary-minded associates to see a production of his horrendous and nonsensical spectacular, THE SPANISH ARMADA, confident that he has written a great play.
Crocodile_Shoes
Drama series set in the music business.
Crocodile_Shoes_2
Drama series set in the music business. Series 2
Crowhaven_Farm
Feature film made specially for TV. A childless couple inherit a New England farm when the owner is killed in a mysterious accident. They adopt a young girl who introduces some happiness into their lives, but only the child is aware of a secret about the farm.
Cry_for_the_Strangers
TV film. Thriller. A couple are holidaying in a quaint rustic Pacific Northwest fishing town when a bizzare series of deaths occur. Based on the novel by John Saul.
Culloden
A reconstruction of the Battle of Culloden, the last battle to take place on British soil, as if modern TV cameras were present.
The_Cult_Of...Blake's_7
Tribute to the classic sci-fi series, The Cult of... Blake's 7, first broadcast on 12 December 2006 on BBC Four as part of that channel's Science Fiction Britannia series.
The_Cult_Of...Survivors
Part of a series of programmes celebrating the history of British literary and small-screen science fiction. The Cult of... Survivors explores the behind-the-scenes story of the making of the show and the reasons for its enduring popularity.
The_Curse_of_the_Werewolf
Classic Hammer Horror. Leon, illegitimate offspring of a beautiful mute girl and an animal type creature, begins to suffer nightmares as he grows relating to becoming a werewolf. At the same time, some sheep are found slaughtered near the village.
Dalziel_and_Pascoe-_Season_10
Supt. Dalziel and partner DI Pascoe investigate murders, and find a bond forming between them despite their blatantly differing personalities.
Dalziel_and_Pascoe-_Season_11
Supt. Dalziel and partner DI Pascoe investigate murders, and find a bond forming between them despite their blatantly differing personalities.
Dalziel_and_Pascoe-_Season_12
Supt. Dalziel and partner DI Pascoe investigate murders, and find a bond forming between them despite their blatantly differing personalities.
Dancing_in_the_Street-_A_Rock_and_Roll_History
9 Episodes. A documentary on the history of rock and roll.
Dancin'_Thru_The_Dark
Linda's out on her hen night, her fiance is out on his stag night. Linda is having major doubts about getting married, when both groups arrive at a club, to find the band fronted by her ex-boyfriend - and the love of her life - Peter. Linda has to decide. Does she stay and settle down, like her friends want her to, or does she chuck it all in and run away with Peter?
The_Dandy,_Beano_Story
50th anniversary tribute to the Beano and Dandy comics.
Dante's_Inferno
A movie about jealousy, and the complex and painful relationship between Rossetti and his sickly wife, Elizabeth.
Danton's_Death
TV production of the play by George B?chner. France in 1791, Danton is sickened by the excesses of the guillotine which he helped to create and wants to call a halt, but Robespierre and Saint-Just spur on the wild horses of revolution.
Dare_I_Weep,_Dare_I_Mourn
An attempt is made to smuggle a refugee out of east germany by placing him in a coffin.
Daria
Animated series about the antics of a cynical teenager and her troublesome family. Spin-off from BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD series. Complete series
Dark_Night_of_the_Scarecrow
In a small town, a wrongfully killed man exacts revenge on those who murdered him beyond the grave.
Darkroom
An anthology horror/thriller series, along the same lines as Twilight Zone or Night Gallery. Each week features a new story and a new cast. Complete Series.
The_Darkside_of_the_Sun
Supernatural thriller series dealing with a secret society on the Greek island of Rhodes.
Dark_Towers
Tracy follows her dog Towser into the overgrown garden of a strange old house, Dark Towers, and meets the impoverished Lord Dark and his son Edward. BBC Look and Read.
Dave_Allen-_Christmas_Special_1979
Special from Christmas 1979
Dave_Allen_1981
Complete 1981 standup specials
Dave_Allen_1993
Complete series including xmas special
Dave_Allen_At_Large
Comedy sketch show with standup
Dave_Allen-_The_Unique_Of
complete series
David_Bowie-_An_Earthling_at_50
Interview with David Bowie, in an original format of non-linear edition, cut-and-paste style.
David_Bowie-_German_TV_Special
David Bowie - Musikladen. German TV special recorded 30th May 1978. Original broadcast 4th August 1978
David_Icke-_The_Lizards_and_the_Jews_
Reviews the ideas and beliefs of David Icke, a British writer and public speaker notable for unusual and controversial theories.
David_Icke-_Was_He_Right-
Documentary looking at David Icke and his theories, and how some of the latter are touching a nerve with society, particularly his concerns over increased use of CCTV and infringements of traditional liberties by the State. Looks at how he regularly attracts large audiences at his lectures and the popularity of his books and website worldwide.
Days_that_Shook_the_World-_Series_1
Documentary series recalling major landmark events and dates in history.
Days_that_Shook_the_World-_Series_2
Documentary series recalling major landmark events and dates in history.
Dead_Head
4-part drama series. A dark tale about a small-time crook, Eddie Cass, who finds himself threatened by the state's shadowy security agencies.
Dead_of_Night
Supernatural anthology series - 3 episodes: Return Flight. A Woman Sobbing. The Exorcism.
Dear_John
John Lacey comes home one evening to discover a letter from his wife (starting with Dear John - hence the title) telling him that she is leaving him. Complete series including Christmas special.
Death_by_Excess-_Elvis
An insight into the death of the King of rock 'n' roll - Elvis Presley. Many were surprised by his premature death at the relatively young age of 42, given his youthful deportment and slender figure during his heyday. The programme uses CGI to expose the damage done to his internal organs through years of abuse, which eventually caused him to suffer a fatal heart attack.
The_Debussy_Film
A dramatised account of the life of the French composer Claude Debussy.
The_Deliberate_Stranger
Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Theodore Robert Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the cooperation of a number of police forces to work efficiently on this case. Soon, but not soon enough, the police eliminate endless possibilities and close in on him. Bundy is tried in the media and his good-boy attitude brings him sympathy but also the hatred of many.
Delius-_Song_of_Summer
Traces last 5 years of the life of Frederick Delius through the eyes of a young composer called Eric Fenby.
Depeche_Mode-_Scrapbook_1981_-_1985
Various rare footage and tv appeareances
The_Deputy
Western series starring Henry Fonda as Simon Fry. Complete series.
Desert_Island_Discs
Documentary which looks at the lasting success of the long running radio series Desert Island Discs, with comment from previous guests of the show, including Paul McCartney, Arthur Askey, Frankie Howerd, Russell Harty, Trevor Brooking, Prof. J.K. Galbraith and Roy Plomley.
Devo_-_TV_Rarities
Various rare footage and tv performances of new-wave band Devo
Dial_999
Police series featuring Robert Beatty as a Detective Inspector of the Canadian Mounties who is attached to the Metropolitan Police.
Die_Die_Darling!
aka Fanatic. Rare Hammer film starring Stefanie Powers. Written by Richard Matheson. A young woman is terrorized by her fiance's demented mother who blames her for her son's death.
Dirty_Dal?_-_A_Private_View
Art critic Brian Sewell relates his own personal knowledge and experience of Salvador Dali, and examines Dali's works and genius, as well as his sexual obssessions and psychological demons - which also contributed to and influenced his work.
Disinfo_Nation
Director/host Richard Metzger takes the viewer on a disturbing and often funny tour of underground culture in America.
Dixon_of_Dock_Green
Classic police drama from the 1950s, starring Jack Warner. Dvd contains 6 episodes
Do_Not_Disturb
Contemporary ghost story about a group of literary enthusiasts who descend on a remote Norfolk village the visit the hidden world of ghost stroy author Eleanor Mont, but whilst exploring and rooting for information and souvenirs in the reserved village, other forces begin to stir and they encounter some strange occurrences.
Don't_Be_Afraid_Of_The_Dark
A young couple moves into a house where the previous owner, the woman's father, mysteriously disappeared years before. As it turns out, the young couple aren't the only ones living in the house, there are scary demons living in the basement.
Doomwatch
Series 1 to 3. Doomwatch is the nickname for the Department of Measurement of Scientific Work. Under the leadership of Nobel Prize winning physicist, Dr. Spencer Quist, the Doomwatch team struggled, for three seasons, to keep an eye on the environment and supervise government and private sector research in an attempt to prevent pollution and other disasters that might be caused by the misuse of new scientific developments, discoveries and technology. While confronting dangers ranging from a plastic eating bacteria to hyper intelligent species of rats, from mind destroying sound waves to toxic wastes and genetic mutations, the Doomwatch team always found themselves under the gun, from unsupportive governmental superiors, and openly hostile corporations, and the powerful influences they could wield.
Doomwatch-_Winter_Angel
University lecturer Neil Tannahill is drawn into a sinister conspiracy involving secretly-stored Soviet nuclear waste at a remote British nuclear facility after receiving an enigmatic note from legendary atomic scientist and one-time former head of Doomwatch, Dr Spencer Quist.
The_Doors-_Feast_of_Friends
Follows rock band 'The Doors' on their tumultuos 1968 US tour
The_Doors-_Volume_1
Includes lots of television features, interviews, documentaries, and other rare footage of legendary 60's rock band The Doors
The_Doors-_Volume_2
Includes lots of television features, interviews, documentaries, talk shows, and other rare footage of legendary 60's rock band The Doors
The_Doors-_Volume_3
Includes lots of television features, interviews, documentaries,talk shows, and other rare footage of legendary 60's rock band The Doors
The_Doors-_Volume_4
Includes lots of television features, interviews, documentaries,talk shows, and other rare footage of legendary 60's rock band The Doors
The_Doors-_Volume_5
Includes lots of television features, interviews, documentaries,talk shows, and other rare footage of legendary 60's rock band The Doors
The_Doors-_Volume_6
Includes lots of television features, interviews, documentaries,talk shows, and other rare footage of legendary 60's rock band The Doors
Doris_and_Doreen
Doris and Doreen work in a small office within a vast bureaucratic organisation, with their paperwork filling the gaps in their lengthy conversations. But who is to occupy the third desk in their office and how will this affect their lives?
Double_Dare
For the BBC's PLAY FOR TODAY series, Dennis Potter wrote this reflexive commentary on writers and actresses, the first Potter production to be done entirely on film. Playwright Martin Ellis (Alan Dobie) intends to write a play about a call girl visiting a client at a hotel. So he invites the actress (Kika Markham) he plans for the part to join him for a drink at a hotel, hoping this will give him some material to work with. As they talk in the hotel lobby, the boundaries between fantasy and reality begin to blur and overlap.
Down_on_Us
The story of Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin, and how their message for their generation made them targets of a US government plot.
Dramarama
A series of plays for children which featured the supernatural frequently and science fiction occasionally. 4 episodes.
Dreams_of_Leaving
Early 1970s. A young man arrives in London to make his way as a journalist and sample everything the capital has to offer. He meets a young woman who seems the very embodiment of the swinging London lifestyle.
Dylan's_Folk-_The_Pure,_the_Bad_and_the_Holy
Documentary about the American folk revival, the milieu from which the nascent Bob Dylan emerged in the early 1960s and whose crucible was the Newport folk festival. In 1963 it provided the perfect platform for Dylan, under the patronage of Pete Seeger and Joan Baez, to be acknowledged as the principal voice of folk music at the age of just 22. Other stars of the time such as Baez, Seeger, Peter Paul and Mary, Judy Collins, Muddy Waters and Mahalia Jackson are also featured.
Dylan_in_the_Madhouse
The story of Bob Dylan's first time in London in December 1962 to film the BBC drama - Madhouse on Castle Street
Early_Struggles
When Kevin's wife walks out on him and their baby he is left to cope ineptly and sees his aspirations for a career in pop music being badly affected.
East_of_Ipswich
Comedy about a family on holiday at a Suffolk seaside resort.
Edgar_Allan_Poe;_Love,_Death_and_Women
Film investigating the relationships between Edgar Allan Poe and the women in his life.
Edna-_The_Inebriate_Woman
About a woman tramp who has nothing and nowhere to go, but refuses charity with strings.
Elephant
Drama providing an indirect commentary on the pitiless sectarian murders that would become almost a routine feature of news from Northern Ireland.
The_Elephant's_Graveyard
Bunny has told his wife he is working as a postman, but in fact is wandering the hills all day, wondering why he doesn't want to work...
Elgar
A partly dramatised account of the life of Sir Edward Elgar classical composer. Huw Wheldon narrates the life story over backdrops of beautiful mountain scenery, especially memorable is the image of young Elgar riding his horse around Malvern Hills.
Encounters-_Madame_Montand_and_Mrs_Miller
Based on a real meeting between the two actresses, the screenplay speculates on what the contents of their relationship might have been.
End_Day
End Day is a docu-drama produced by the BBC that depicts various doomsday scenarios. The documentary follows the fictional scientist Dr. Howell as he travels from his hotel room in London, England to his laboratory in New York City, and shows how each scenario affects his journey as well as those around him, with various experts providing commentary on that specific disaster as it unfolds.
Endgame_In_Ireland
Four-part series about the peace process in Northern Ireland.
The_Evacuees
The experiences of two young Jewish boys evacuated from Manchester to Blackpool during the Blitz.
Evelyn
Play centered around a forty year-old man?s extra-marital affair. Starring Edward Woodward.
The_Expert
TV drama series following the professional and personal life of Home Office pathologist Dr John Hardy, played by Marius Goring. 26 episodes
Ex-S-__The_Wickerman
Documentary on cult film, revisits filming locations in Scotland. Includes interviews with main actors and film makers.
Fabian_of_Scotland_Yard
One of TV's first police heroes, pipe-smoking Inspector Fabian of Scotland Yard would scream around the streets of the capital in a heavy Humber Hawk squad car. Through 39 episodes he stalked the wrongdoers and unravelled mysteries with quiet competence. Dvd contains 2 episodes only.
Face_to_Face-_Billy_Connolly
1994 interview conducted by Jeremy Isaacs. Billy discusses his early years at school and the dock yards and his sudden rise in popularity after his appearence on the Parkinson show. He goes on to talk about the way his life is now and the sources for his material including the development of his comedy stage act.
Face_to_Face-_Tony_Hancock
In early 1960, Hancock appeared on the BBC's Face to Face, a half-hour in-depth interview programme conducted by former Labour MP John Freeman. Freeman asked Hancock many searching questions about his life and work. Hancock, who deeply admired his interviewer, often appeared uncomfortable with the questions, but answered them frankly and honestly.
Factory_Records-_From_Joy_Division_to_Happy_Mondays
90 min bbc film focusing on the legendary Manchester record label
The_Fall-_The_Wonderful_and_Frightening_World_Of_Mark_E._Smith
Documentary looking at the Manchester post-punk group and its infamous leader Mark E Smith.
Famous_Banned_Cartoons
Various banned cartoons.
Fantastic_Animation_Festival
1977 film collecting various late '60s and early '70s psychedelic, phantasmagoric shorts
Father_Murphy
TV series about a gold-mining town in the pioneer days. The greedy nature of the town's leader sparks off a massacre of gold prospectors, and indirectly leads to his own death. A schoolteacher then tries to set up a school for the orphaned children. Complete series.
Favourite_Piano_Pieces_Vol_1
Compilation of incredible classical music recitals conducted by the greatest names in the Classical world. Includes the work of such masters as Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Prokofiev, Rhakmaninov...
Favourite_Piano_Pieces_Vol_2
Another compilation of incredible classical music recitals conducted by the greatest names in the Classical world. Includes the work of such masters as Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Prokofiev, Rhakmaninov...
Favourite_Piano_Pieces_Vol_3
Another compilation of incredible classical music recitals conducted by the greatest names in the Classical world. Includes the work of such masters as Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Prokofiev, Rhakmaninov...
The_Fear
Drama series set in North London about alternative criminals in Islington who expand their territory into the domain of the old-style East End gangsters.
Fear_and_Loathing_in_Gonzovision
TV Documentary which attempts to follow writer Hunter S. Thompson and artist Ralph Steadman on a bizarre trip across America.
Fear_in_the_Dark
A spine chilling study of the history of horror film.
Felix_the_Cat
selection of rare Felix the Cat cartoons
Feltham_Sings
A documentary film crew go into Feltham young offenders prison where the teenagers who left are 75% likely to re-offend. The film talks to a handful of inmates about life in prison and how they got there in the first place.
The_Ferryman
Part of ITV's Haunted series. A horror novelist and his wife go to a house in the country for a short vacation. However, they soon find that one of his novels is coming true when they are haunted by the ghost of a drowned ferryman.
Fever-_The_Music_Of_Peggy_Lee
Documentary charting the chequered life and legendary music of Peggy Lee. With contibutions from k.d.lang, Nancy Sinatra, Leiber and Stoller, Quincy Jones and Andy Williams, and featuring duets with Mel Torme, Judy Garland, Bing Crosby and Dean Martin.
First_and_Last
A retired man decides to fulfill his life-time ambition and walk the length of Britain from Land's End to John O'Groats. The film centres around the discovery of himself, the relationship with his wife (who is unsure of his reasons) and the colourful, and not so colourful, people he meets on his travels.
The_Fishing_Party
Three miners plan a weekend fishing.
Fist_Of_Fun_-_series_1
Sketch based comedy series.
Fist_Of_Fun_-_series_2
Sketch based comedy series.
The_Five_Minute_Films
Mike Leigh shorts
Flesh_and_Blood
A man who was adopted at birth traces his real parents, and discovers that they have severe learning disabilities and do not know he exists.
Flesh_and_Blood-_The_Hammer_Heritage_of_Horror
Documentary on the rise and fall of Hammer Films.
Follow_the_Yellow_Brick_Road
Dennis Potter play from 1972. A disturbed actor takes refuge in drugs and therapy. Originally shown as part of the SEXTET television series of plays.
Folk_at_the_BBC_-_Parts_1_and_2
Shown as part of the Folk Britannia season in 2006, these two programmes are compilations of material from the BBC archives, and material that was recorded but not, or only partly included in the three Folk Britannia programmes which formed the core of the season. Part 1 includes archive material from the 50's and 60's and Part 2 includes archive material from the 60's and 70's.
Folk_America
Three-part documentary series charting the history of American folk music.
Folk_Britannia
This three-part series was the centrepiece of our 2006 season exploring British folk music. Folk Britannia traces the evolution of folk music from the end of World War II up to the scene's latter-day revival.
Forty_Minutes-_The_Heart_of_the_Angel
This film documents one day in the life of Angel station on the Northern Line of the London Underground in the days before its refurbishment
Forty_Minutes-_Many_Happy_Returns
Examines the unusual stories of two children, one in England and one in India, who claim to remember previous lives. Nicola, in Keighley, West Yorkshire, began talking about being a little boy and reacting violently to the sound of a steam train when she was very small, and after investigations and tracing the names she mentioned, her mother discovered the records for a young boy from 1857 who died, and whose father was a railway worker. Six year old Titu in India also vividly remembers being someone else, a man who was shot dead outside his house, with a radio shop and wife called Uma in Agra, all of which exist.
The_Four_Just_Men
Four prominent men from different countries place their lives on the line in the pursuit of justice all over the world. 4 episodes
The_Foxtrot
Play for Today, 29 April 1971 - Season 1, Episode 18
Francis_Bacon-_The_South_Bank_Show
Southbank show special on the art of Francis Bacon. Includes indepth interview of the artist.
Franz_Kafka's_It's_A_Wonderful_Life
Dark comedy about the struggle Kafka had in completing the first sentence of his masterpiece - Metamorphosis.
French_Fields
Comedy series about Hester and William Fields who decide to move to France. Follow-on series to FRESH FIELDS. Complete Series.
Frontline-_Holocaust_Documentary
In April 1945, British and American camera crews with their respective armies entered the Nazi death camps, the film was stored away and the documentary was unfinished. The directors which included Alfred Hitchcock, however wrote a script, this documentary presents the finished documentary as close as possible to what the producers intended half a century ago.
The_Frozen_Dead
A crazed scientist keeps the heads of Nazi war criminals alive until he can find appropriate bodies on which to attach them so he can revive the Third Reich.
The_Fugitive_-_Season_1
A doctor, wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit, escapes custody and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer. Complete first series.
The_Fugitive_-_Season_2
A doctor, wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit, escapes custody and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer. Complete second series.
The_Fugitive_-_Season_3
A doctor, wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit, escapes custody and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer. Complete third series.
The_Fugitive_-_Season_4
A doctor, wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit, escapes custody and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer. Complete fourth series.
Full_Circle_aka_The_Haunting_of_Julia
After the death of her daughter, Julia Lofting, a wealthy housewife, moves to London to re-start her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the sadness of losing her own child and the ghosts of other children.
Funny_Farm
Play about a day in the life of charge nurse Alan Welbeck, who works in a mental hospital.
The_Funny_Side_of_Christmas
Specially written seasonal comedy variety special
The_Gaffer
A series of comical misadventures with Fred Moffat, the manager of a small engineering firm. Series 2 and 3.
The_Gamma_People
An American reporter smells a story when he is stranded in an Iron Curtain country where the local dictator is using gamma rays to transform children into mutated henchmen.
Gangsters
Play for Today. Birmingham is a melting pot of races and every community has a stake in the city's underworld. When John Kline is released from prison after serving a sentence for murder, he becomes the unwilling catalyst in a gang war.
The_General's_Day
Part of the Play for Today series. General Suffolk finds he has a tough battle on his hands when charlady Mrs Hinch decides to move in.
Ghosts
Ibsen's powerful drama explores the suppression of disturbing truths and tragic effects of hypocrisy.
Ghosts
Rare BBC television series of supernatural tales. Dvds contain six episodes including - 1.Massage 2.Shadowy Third 3. I'll Be Watching Over You 4. Blood and Water 5. Three Miles Up. 6. The Chemistry Lesson
The_Ghost_of_Adelphi_Terrace
TV play. George Bernard Shaw takes his friend J.M. Barrie for a night out on the town, hoping to cure his friend's melancholia. But Barrie is haunted by the ghost of Adelphi Terrace.
Ghosts_on_the_Underground
Documentary looking at inexplicable phenomena, including unexplained noises and ghostly apparitions, that different people have experienced on the London Underground. Includes interviews with both staff and passengers and paranormal expert Vic Tandy tries to show that such experiences may have scientific foundation due to the presence of infrasound.
Giger's_Necronomicon-Giger's_Alen
Two documentaries on the legendary Swiss artist H.R. Giger: GIGER'S NECRONOMICON (1975) and GIGER'S ALIEN (1979) which focuses on his designs for the Ridley Scott film. Both films directed and narrated by Giger himself, and feature electronic scores by Joel Vandroogenbroeck (from the Krautrock psych band Brainticket). English language with unremovable Japanese subtitles.
Girl_Groups-_The_Story_Of_A_Sound
The story of the girl groups such as the Supremes and the Ronettes, which were successful in the sixties.
The_Glass_Menagerie
A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister.
Go_Ask_Alice
Inadvertently, a 14-year-old girl in the late American 1960's is sucked into an odyssey of sex and drugs. She eventually seeks help.
Going_Gently
Play about two elderly cancer patients suffering in hospital.
The_Golden_Vision
Northern drama about the relationship of a group of fans with their local team, Everton, and how this permeates their lives. Footage of matches against Sheffield United, Arsenal and Manchester City is incorporated, as are training sessions and interviews with playing and coaching staff. The Golden Vision refers to the player Alex Young.
Go_Now
Nick, is a young Scottish soccer player living in the big city. He meets Karen, and the two fall in love and move in together. Soon after, Nick exhibits signs of serious illness. As his body slowly succumbs to multiple sclerosis, he experiences a wide sweep of jagged emotions, and in the process gives himself and those who love him the strength to carry on.
The_Gorge
TV play by Peter Nichols. An English family on a picnic take suburban living with them, to the disgust of their son.
Govan_Ghost_Story
BBC Play on One 1989. Old memories are awakened in a terrifying and dangerous way when Jock McGinn encounters a strange little girl in the high-rise block of flats where he lives.
Graham_Nash_and_David_Crosby-_In_Concert
A classic concert from 1970 by American singer-songwriters Graham Nash and David Crosby.
Grange_Hill-_Series_5
Drama serial about the children and staff of Grange Hill comprehensive school.
Grange_Hill-_Series_6
Drama serial about the children and staff of Grange Hill comprehensive school.
Grange_Hill-_Series_7
Drama serial about the children and staff of Grange Hill comprehensive school.
Grange_Hill-_Series_8
Drama serial about the children and staff of Grange Hill comprehensive school.
Grange_Hill-_Series_9
Drama serial about the children and staff of Grange Hill comprehensive school.
Grange_Hill-_Series_10
Drama serial about the children and staff of Grange Hill comprehensive school.
Grange_Hill-_Series_11
Drama serial about the children and staff of Grange Hill comprehensive school.
Grange_Hill-_Series_12
Drama serial about the children and staff of Grange Hill comprehensive school.
Grange_Hill-_Series_13
Drama serial about the children and staff of Grange Hill comprehensive school.
Grange_Hill-_Series_14
Drama serial about the children and staff of Grange Hill comprehensive school.
Grange_Hill-_Series_15
Drama serial about the children and staff of Grange Hill comprehensive school.
The_Grass_Arena
Tells the story of a young man, John Healy, and his turbulent childhood as victim to his violent father; his descent into vagrancy, alcoholism and crime as an adult and his eventual escape from addiction through his talent for playing chess.
The_Great_British_Housing_Disaster
Documentary about the system built housing of the 1960's.
Great_Britons-_Charles_Darwin
TV Series on Great Britons. This episode charts the life and achievements of Charles Darwin.
Great_Britons-_Elizabeth_I
TV Series on Great Britons. This episode charts the life and achievements of Queen Elizabeth I.
Great_Britons-_Horatio_Nelson
TV Series on Great Britons. This episode charts the life and achievements of Horatio Nelson.
Great_Britons-_Isambad_Kingdom_Brunel
TV Series on Great Britons. This episode charts the life and achievements of Isambad Brunel.
Great_Britons-_Issac_Newton
TV Series on Great Britons. This episode charts the life and achievements of Issac Newton.
Great_Britons-_John_Lennon
TV Series on Great Britons. This episode offers an indepth look at the life and accomplishments of John Lennon
Great_Britons-_Oliver_Cromwell
TV Series on Great Britons. This episode charts the life and achievements of Oliver Cromwell.
Great_Britons-_William_Shakespeare
TV Series on Great Britons. This episode charts the life and achievements of William Shakespeare.
Great_Britons-_Winston_Churchill
TV Series on Great Britons. This episode charts the life and achievements of Winston Churchill.
Great_Crimes_and_Trials
An informative trawl through some of the most infamous crimes of the last century. Narrated by Robert Powell series includes episodes on The Lindbergh kidnapping, gangsters Al Capone, Lucky Luciano and John Dillinger, The Black Panther, John Christie, John Haigh, The Great Train Robbery, Crippen, the massacre of the tsar's family, Gary Gilmore, Ted Bundy and lesser known cases such as Dr Sam Sheppard's possibly tragic miscarriage of justice. 63 episodes.
The_Great_Hunger-_The_Life_And_Songs_Of_Shane_MacGowan
BBC Documentary on Shane MacGowan
Grown_Ups
TV play. A young couple in Canterbury dream of moving into a council house, but their dream is threatened by their relationship with the wife's unmarried sister and the next-door neighbour, their former teacher.
Grumpy_Old_Men
Series in which male celebrities rail against the modern world. Contains all 3 series including Christmas special.
The_Guilty
Two-part psychological thriller about a ruthless barrister who is about to be made judge.
Hallelujah_Handshake
Henry is a misfit who seeks social acceptance by throwing himself with fervour into the life of first Methodist, then Anglican, congregations - to the perplexity of the respective clergy.
Hammer_Films-_Trailers
Archive of trailers from the Hammer stable.
Hammer-_The_Studio_That_Dripped_Blood
A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips from Hammer productions and interviews with actors, actresses, directors and producers who worked on these films.
Hancock
Dramatisation of the last eight years in the life of comedian Tony Hancock.
Hancock_and_Joan
In the mid-1960s, Joan, not long married to comic actor John Le Mesurier, meets and is mutually attracted to comedian Tony Hancock, married to the long-suffering Freddie. Hancock's most successful period is in the past and he has become depressive and alcoholic, recently emerging from a stay in a rehab centre...
Happy_Hunting_Ground
The story of an attractive but unscrupulous young man who works on the fish quays of the North East and takes over first his employer's business, then his wife.
Hard_Contract
A cold hearted American hit man goes to Europe for 'one last score'. His encounter with a beautiful young woman casts self doubt on his lifeblood, and influences him to resist carrying out the contract.
Hard_Labour
Directed by Mike Leigh. Play for Today 1973. Story of a middle-aged working class housewife, her loveless humiliating relationship with her husband and the ways in which the lives of those around her serve to reinforce her oppression.
Harold_Pinter
Nigel Williams's two-part film biography explores Pinter's life, work, and political passions - from his East End childhood to his work as an actor, his experience of both early critical rejection and adulation, his screenwriting, and his love of poetry and passion for cricket.
Harry_Enfield_and_Chums-_Series_1
Comedy sketch show featuring Harry Enfield in a variety of character guises, including the Old Gits, Tim-Nice-But-Dim, The self-Righteous Brothers, Kevin, The Lovely Wobbly Randy Old Ladies, Mr Cholmondley-Warner and Mr Greyson and The Slobs. Complete series 1.
Harry_Enfield_and_Chums-_Series_2
Comedy sketch show. Complete series 2.
Harry_Enfield's_Television_Programme-_Series_1
Comedy series featuring Harry Enfield who has created a new collection of characters, including a 13 year old brat, Lee and Lance the cowboy garage mechanics, the Slobs - Wayne and Waynetta, who married at 17 and are going to seed, old-age pensioners who enjoy accidents and obituaries, and an alien, whose powers don't work on earth as they should. Complete series 1.
Harry_Enfield's_Television_Programme-_Series_2
Comedy series featuring Harry Enfield who has created a new collection of characters, including a 13 year old brat, Lee and Lance the cowboy garage mechanics, the Slobs - Wayne and Waynetta, who married at 17 and are going to seed, old-age pensioners who enjoy accidents and obituaries, and an alien, whose powers don't work on earth as they should. Complete series 2.
Haunted
US mini-series. After having a near-death experience, ex-cop-turned-private-eye Frank Taylor learns that he has the ability to see and communicate with restless ghosts of murdered people who ask for his help in solving their deaths.
The_Haunted
Tv movie starring Sally Kirkland. When the Smurl family moves into a duplex, they find out its haunted.
The_Haunting_of_Julia
After the death of her daughter, Julia Lofting, a wealthy housewife, moves to London to re-start her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the sadness of losing her own child and the ghosts of other children.
Hearts_and_Minds
The trials and tribulations of an idealistic young teacher at a tough comprehensive school in Liverpool.
Hellraisers
An affectionate look at the legendary characters who are as famous for their outrageous exploits as they are for their careers. Includes actors Richard Harris and Oliver Reed, musician Keith Moon, Ozzy Osbourne, snooker player Alex Higgins and musician Liam Gallagher.
High_Flight
The Commanding Officer of an RAF Training School must deal with a difficult cadet, but the cadet reminds the C.O. of himself when young.
Highway_61_Revisited
John Bucklen, Bob Dylan's childhood friend, travels the famous highway from the Canadian border to New Orleans, via Dylan's home town of Hibbing, Minnesota.
Highway_Patrol
Police drama series starring Broderick Crawford and featuring the work of the California Highway Patrol unit. Complete Series.
Hollywood_Ghost_Stories
An investigation into the reports of houses in Hollywood that are supposedly haunted by the ghosts of dead movie stars.
Home
Televison play starring Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud as patients at a home for the elderly
Home
A disturbing, darkly comic tale of a man who attempts to sever all contact with the outside world, by simply staying at home. As Gerald Ballantyne rids himself of the surface clutter in his life he is lead to a startling discovery; a mystery about the house begins to reveal itself, though possibly only in his fevered mind. The changes that begin to obsess and take control of Ballantyne, bring his experiment to a chilling climax.
The_Horror_at_37,000_Feet
An architect hires the plane to transport a chapel which has been in his wife's aristocratic family for centuries. The chapel was once used by druids for human sacrifice and the flight happens to take place on the summer solstice, a night sacred to the druids...
Horror_Cafe
Six directors and writers of horror and fear gather round a table at the Horror Caf? to discuss what frightens them and with a shared obsession try to create the ultimate horror movie for the end of the millenium, beginning by exploring the classic tale of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Those taking part include directors John Carpenter, Roger Corman and Clive Barker, and writers Ramsey Campbell, Peter Atkins and Lisa Tuttle.
Hotel_California-_L.A_from_The_Byrds_to_The_Eagles
The music and mythology of a golden era in the culture of California is explored in this feature-length documentary.
The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles
Starring Tom Baker as Sherlock Holmes
The_Hour_of_13
Nicholas Revel is a young man any dowager in London welcomes to her parties. He has taking ways, and the Calgurie Emerald is one of the things he takes. This daring theft brings unexpected complications, among them the daughter, Jane Frensham, of the head of Scotland Yard, Sir Herbert Frensham ...and a maniacal killer loose in London. Revel sets a trap for the madman, with himself as bait, in a fog-shrouded stalk where one of them has to die.
How_Music_Works_With_Howard_Goodall
In this series Goodall looks at melody, rhythm, harmony and bass to establish how music is made and how it comes to reflect different cultures. Setting out on a journey that spans the globe and moves through the centuries, Goodall uncovers the elements that are shared by all styles of music.
How_The_Beatles_Rocked_The_Kremlin
Documentary on the Beatles' impact on Soviet Russia.
How_The_West_Was_Won
Zeb Macahan takes in his orphaned nieces and nephews after their parents are killed and raises them with the help of their aunt Molly Culhane... COMPLETE SERIES.
Hugh_Cornwell-_Songbook
Hugh Cornwell discusses his songwriting
The_Human_Animal
TV series in which Desmond Morris focuses on the behaviour of homo sapiens.
The_Human_Jungle_-_Volume_1
Box set contains 15 episodes, including the original pilot episode. Medical drama series featuring the cases of psychiatrist Dr. Roger Corder (starring Herbert Lom).
The_Human_Jungle_-_Volume_2
Box set contains 11 episodes. Medical drama series featuring the cases of psychiatrist Dr. Roger Corder (starring Herbert Lom).
The_Human_Sexes
Desmond Morris presents TV Series exploring human gender
Hwy_-_An_American_Pastoral
Rare film, made by Jim Morrison
Hysteria
Rare Hammer thriller involving plot to fasten a murder on to a man who has lost his memory in a car crash. Screenplay by Jimmy Sangster.
Ian_Dury-_On_My_Life

The_Ice_House
A Ghost Story for Christmas, BBC 1978
If_It_Ain't_Stiff_It_Ain't_Woth_A...
Rock film with Elvis Costello, etc. A film of the tour made by all the rock artists who record with Stiff Records, in 1978, in Britain.
Iggy_Pop-_The_Southbank_Show
Arts documentary series. Profile of the archetypal rock n roller who achieved fame with his band the Stooges, but left the group as a result of his drug habit.
I_Know_My_First_Name_Is_Steven
Two part TV film. Based on the true story of Steven Stayner, who is kidnapped as a child of 7 and held by his captor for seven years.
I_Love_the_70's-_1970-71
Cultural retrospective of the decade. Each episode focused on a different year in the decade.
I_Love_the_70's-_1972-73
Cultural retrospective of the decade. Each episode focused on a different year in the decade.
I_Love_the_70's-_1974-75
Cultural retrospective of the decade. Each episode focused on a different year in the decade.
I_Love_the_70's-_1976-77
Cultural retrospective of the decade. Each episode focused on a different year in the decade.
I_Love_the_70's-_1978-79
Cultural retrospective of the decade. Each episode focused on a different year in the decade.
I'm_In_A_Rock_N_Roll_Band
I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band is a documentary television series broadcast on BBC Two, narrated by Mark Radcliffe and first broadcast on 1 May 2010. The series charts the history of rock music, with the first five episodes focusing on different members of a typical band, such as the singer or the guitarist. The final episode is a special live episode in which industry experts discuss their favourite musicians before creating the ultimate fantasy band. This will also feature the result of a public vote, which will ask viewers who they think are the greatest rock bands and band members. At the end of the series, Led Zeppelin were named the best ever band, while the make-up of the Ultimate Fantasy Band was announced as Freddie Mercury, Jimi Hendrix, John Bonham and Flea.
I'm_Not_Like_Everybody_Else_-_The_World_Of_Ray_Davies_And_The_Kinks
Documentary profile of Ray Davies, includes interviews with him and The Kinks and footage of the group.
The_Importance_of_Being_Morrissey
Documentary offering exclusive and extremely rare access to one of the most controversial, elusive and enigmatic pop stars of all time.
In_Bed_With_Medinner
The legend that is Bob Mills sifts through videos to find the best and shows them to a studio audience with Hilarious Results. Dvds contain 26 episodes from series 2,3, and 4
In_Confidence_-_Tom_Baker
Tom Baker gives a rare televised interview lasting 46 minutes to Laurie Taylor
The_Incredible_Robert_Baldick
Drama about a victorian ghost hunter. Pilot for unrealised series
Infamous_Addresses
Examines the fate of the houses and flats which once belonged to perpetrators of some of Britain's worst crimes. The programme visits the houses of John Christie, John Haigh, George Joseph, Hugh Clark, George Smith, Dennis Nilsen and Joe Orton.
In_Suspicious_Circumstances
Series of hour long drama-documentaries presented by Edward Woodward depicting crimes from the past. 1 episode only - An Evil Business
Intensive_Care
Denis is determined to be there when his father dies. But Dad lingers on, the hospital wants Denis out of the way and maybe Denis wants his Dad out of the way... until night nurse Valery arrives.
The_Interview
Unsettling psychological drama. Thirty-Minute Theatre.
Interview_With_A_Poltergeist
Documentary looking at the case of Janet Hodgson in 1977, an eleven-year old girl who became the focus of extraordinary poltergeist activity for several months. Sound recordings and film footage from the time are examined, and various witnesses talk about what they saw. Considers whether the events were an elaborate hoax or real paranormal activity.
In_The_Red
Satire on fictional machinations within the BBC. The drama's multiple storylines include a plot by the fictitious controllers of Radio 2 and Radio 4 to bring down a philistine BBC director general with the most offensive BBC1 show ever, blue religious satire Oh Jesus.
In_The_Teeth_of_Jaws
Documentary. After 22 years, JAWS, one of the top ten biggest grossing films of all time, is truly a phenomenon of recent cinema history, and it still holds a fascination for a new generation of cinemagoers. As part of BBC2's celebration of the movie, this documentary explores the the making of the film, including comments from some of the actors and crew involved. Includes Richard Dreyfuss talking about working with Robert Shaw and shooting the film; the major problems they had with getting the shark model to work and the problems with location shooting and going over budget; how particular scenes and sound effects were made; casting for the film; John Williams talks about his music score and it also examines the immense and immediate success of the film.
Into_The_Storm
Continuing the storyline of The Gathering Storm, Churchill at War is a look at the former British prime minister's life and career at the end of WWII.
In_Two_Minds
A study of schizophrenia. Kate, a young woman, is denied any expression of her own individuality by her repressive, suburban family. But the psychiatric methods of the time choose to ignore this important factor of mental illness.
Iris_in_the_Traffic,_Ruby_in_the_Rain
Play by Stewart Parker. In Belfast, Ruby has a cold and is caught in the rain while Iris is looking for work and gets caught in traffic...
Isadora
The eccentric life and bizarre death of the dancer Isadora Duncan.
It_Was_20_Years_Ago_Today
An examination of the classic rock album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and the year of its debut, 1967.
Jack_the_Ripper-_Case_Closed
BBC Omnibus, following crime writer Patricia Cornwell on a reconstruction of her quest to prove the identity of Jack The Ripper.
Jack_the_Ripper-_The_Final_Solution
Documentary based on the book by Stephen Knight which seeks to solve the mystery of the identity of Jack the Ripper.
Jacqueline
A documentary recording Jacqueline du Pr? playing the Elgar Cello Concerto with the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by her husband Daniel Barenboim.
James_Bond-_South_Bank_Show
Melvynn Bragg presents a South Bank Show special on James Bond, includes interviews with Sean Connery and Daniel Craig
James_Taylor-_In_Concert
A classic concert from 1971 by American singer-songwriter James Taylor.
Janis_Joplin-_Southern_Discomfort
A look at the life and reputation of the singer Janis Joplin.
Jessie
Set during the Edwardian era. A boy is rejected by his family as he is dumb. He strikes up a relationship with the maid, Jessie.
Jimi_Hendrix-_American_Landing
THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE: AMERICAN LANDING celebrates the 40th anniversary of Hendrix?s legendary Monterey Pop performance and triumphant return to the United States after achieving stardom throughout Europe. The film traces the remarkable journey that saw Hendrix rise from virtual obscurity in New York?s Greenwich Village in 1966 to his enormous worldwide success.
Jimi_Hendrix-_Atlanta_Pop_Festival_1970
Hendrix live in Atlanta 1970
Jimi_Hendrix-_Flashback
Includes lots of promos, live footage etc
Jimi_Hendrix-_Reputations_-_The_Man_They_Made_God
Television documentary on the life of Hendrix.
Jimi_Hendrix-_MTV_Rockumentary
MTV special on legendary rock musician Jimi Hendrix
Jimi_Hendrix-_Rock_Week
Documentary on Hendrix, alot of the interview footage has been taken from the 1973 documentary film.
Jimi_Hendrix-_Royal_Albert_Hall
Hendrix live at the Royal Albert Hall 1969 + bonus
Jimi_Hendrix-_Scuse_Me_While_I_Kiss_The_Sky
Includes documentaries, plus many promos (Crosstown Traffic, Hey Joe, Dolly Dagger etc), Beat Club, Woodstock Unreleased footage, Beat Beat Beat, Rock City movie, Lulu Show etc
Jimi_Hendrix-_The_South_Bank_Show
Melvyn Bragg presents South Bank Show special on legendary rock musician Jimi Hendrix
Jimi_Hendrix-_Swedish_Erotica
Jimi Hendrix Experience Live in Stockholm 1968 plus extras
Jimi_Hendrix-_VH1_Legends
Vh1 special on legendary rock musician Jimi Hendrix
Jimi_Hendrix_Volume_1
Compilation of rare Hendrix live footage, tv promos, interviews and news reels.
Jimi_Hendrix-_Voodoo_Child
40 years after Jimi Hendrix's death on September 18th 1970, this film tells Jimi Hendrix's life story in his own words and is narrated by funk legend Bootsy Collins in the soft, authoritative voice of Hendrix himself.
Jim_Morrison-_50th_Birthday_Specials

Jim_Morrison-_An_American_Poet_in_Paris
Rare French documentary includes interviews with friends of Jim in Paris. Majority of documentary is in French.
Jim_Morrison-_Final_24
Using archive footage, dramatic reenactment and interviews with his closest companions, this documentary details the last hours of Morrison's life and the gripping events that led to his tragic death in Paris.
Joan_Baez-_In_Concert
A classic concert from 1962 by American singer-songwriter Joan Baez.
Joe's_Ark
Joe's daughter Lucy is dying from cancer in the room above his pet shop. Neither his profound religious convictions nor his son's humour can prepare them for the shock of bereavement.
John_Barry-_License_To_Thrill
Documentary on acclaimed film soundtrack composer John Barry
John_Belushi-_Final_24
Documentary unlocks the hidden secrets, psychological flaws and events that resulted in the tragic death of John Belushi.
John_Martyn-_Johnny_Too_Bad
John Martyn is one of Britain's originals; a musician whose distinctive, drawling vocals and virtuoso guitar playing have been an inspiration to household-name musicians for decades. This intimate documentary follows John Martyn as he emerges from a near-fatal encounter...
Best_of_the_Johnny_Cash_Show_1969_-_1971
The Johnny Cash Show was an American television music variety show presented by Johnny Cash and showcased many renowned singer/songwriters of the time including Cash himself. This special features some of the most memorable moments from the show.
Johnny_Cash-_The_Last_Great_American
Documentary on the life of the legendary country singer
Johnny_Jarvis
Drama serial written by Nigel Williams.
Joni_Mitchell-_In_Concert
A classic concert from 1970 by American singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell.
Journey_to_the_Unknown
British anthology series, similar to The Twilight Zone. Complete Series.
Journey_To_Tyme_Volume_1
This volume includes rare '60's TV footage by The Castaways, 13th Floor Elevators, Electric Prunes, Iron Butterfly, The Doors, Small Faces, Big Brother, Pink Floyd, and many others. Black and White and colour.
Journey_To_Tyme_Volume_2
This volume includes rare '60's TV footage by Love, Count Five, Offbeats, Them, Vejetables, Blues Magoos, Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck, Amboy Dukes, Fallen Angels, Wildweeds, Bad Seeds, Syndicate Of Sound and others. 31 tracks in all. Black and White and colour.
Joy_Division-_Final_Days
88 promo footage, UK TV 78, Pub filmed super 8 UK 78, Apollo Manchester 79, 1980 Promo footage and more
Joy_Division-_Here_Are_The_Young_Men
Live TV and Promos
The_Jumping_Bean_Bag
At an end-of-term school play, Ozzie and his band join in with a hard rock contribution. However, this leads to the unexpected fame of the schoolboy rock group, and they find that there is a darker down-side to fame and being successful music stars.
Junk
Tar and Gemma, 14-year-olds, run away to Bristol, but soon become involved in drugs and prostitution.
Just_a_Boys'_Game
Jake lives with his grandparents, and craves the respect of his sour grandfather, which leads to a vicious spiral of emulation, fostered by the dead-end environment.
Just_Another_Saturday
It's the day of the Orange Parade in Glasgow, but for Jon, the thrill of leading the parade and swinging the mace soon turns to horror as he learns the truth behind the costumes and songs.
Just_Your_Luck
When Alison unexpectedly falls pregnant after a brief encounter with Alex, David Hayman's first TV role, they decide to marry. The joining of two seemingly different families opens into a witty and audacious tale, which caused uproar after it's first broadcast in 1972. An early triumph for Peter McDougall when it was proclaimed, the most exciting writing debut since John Osborne's Look Back in Anger.
Kane_and_Abel
Kane and Abel are born on the same day the same year on each side of the Atlantic. William Kane are born in one of the richest families of Boston and grows up to be a banker on Wall Street. Abel Rosnovski is born in the Polish countryside and has to spend many years in Siberian prison camps before he travels to New York and eventually creates one of the world's largest chains of hotels. The confrontation between these two men, both striving for power and success, will make the finance capital of the world tremble.
Karaoke
Daniel Feeld is a screenwriter with pains in his gut and a new screenplay called Karaoke, about a girl named Sandra who works in a seedy Karaoke bar and is murdered by a lowlife named Arthur Pig Mallion. But whenever Daniel looks around, real people seem to be speaking his dialogue in real situations that mirror the script, including a beautiful young girl named Sandra who works in a Karaoke bar owned by a Mr. Mallion. Meanwhile, Balmer, the film's director, is in a spot of trouble with the leading lady of the film.
Keith_Moon
Video Collection- BBC doc, Behind The Music, promos and much more
Keith_Moon_-_Living_Famously
Episode from tv series on enduring icons. The eventful life and career of Keith Moon is put under the spotlight.
Keith_Richards_-_A_Culture_Show_Special
To mark the publication of Keith Richards' autobiography, Life, this Culture Show special looks at the life of the man with five strings and nine lives. In a candid interview he chats to Andrew Graham Dixon about his childhood in Dartford, his passion for music and the decade that catapulted the Rolling Stones from back-room blues boys to one of the greatest rock bands in the world.
Killing_Me_Softly
Drama based on the true story of Sara Thornton who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1990 for the murder of her husband. This year at a retrial she was found guilty of manslaughter and granted her freedom.
The_Kinks
Documentary on British rock group The Kinks, includes interviews with band members and archive footage of the band
The_Kinks-_All_Aboard
Various footage of The Kinks + interviews/docs
Kisses_at_Fifty
A middle-aged man's affair with a barmaid throws his family into turmoil.
The_Kiss_of_the_Vampire
rare Hammer film
The_Kiss_of_Death
Trevor is an extremely shy undertaker's assistant. He always tags along with his good friend Ronnie...
The_Kneale_Tapes
Documentery on the career of pioneering TV writer Nigel Kneale, whose Quatermass serials terrified audiences in the 1950s, and whose later works such as The Stone Tape are regarded as modern classics.
Knights_of_God
In the year 2020 Britain is divided into North and South. The Royal Family has been deposed and in its place rule the Knights of God, a harsh militaristic religious order headed by Prior Mordrin. But a rebel movement is growing, inspite of Mordrin's brainwashing re-education camps, and joining it are two love-struck teenagers, Gervase and Julia, who escape from one of the camps to join a quest to find the rightful King of England, and thus re-establish democracy and order to the land...
Kraftwerk-_Dvd_Activity
Includes videos and promo footage of Kraftwerk
Krautrock
Includes rare footage of Kraftwerk and Can among others
Kriss_Kristofferson-_The_Pilgrim_-_His_Life_and_Work
Profile of singer, songwriter and actor Kriss Kristoferson.
Land_of_Green_Ginger
Part of the Play for Today series. Faced with the prospect of being sent to work abroad, Sally Brown returns home from London to Hull, to see if she still feels the same attachment for her home town - and for her old boyfriend Mike Thurlow.
The_Last_Days_of_Jim_Morrison
Indepth documentary focusing on the untimely death of Jim Morrison. Includes many insightful interviews with John Densmore, Pearl courson, Herve Muller, Frank Lisciandro, Bill Siddons, among others. The majority of this dvd is in French.
The_Last_Train_Through_Harecastle_Tunnel
A young train spotter heads to Staffordshire for a historic journey through a soon to be condemned tunnel. During his trip he encounters a series of curious characters and stumbles upon a dark family secret.
The_Last_Word_on_Julie
Play by Lynne Reid Banks
Late_Night_Line-Up-_A_Profile_of_Johnny_Speight
Television review programme. Profile of writer Johnny Speight, creator of the television series TILL DEATH US DO PART, with numerous clips from the series.
Late_Night_Story
Tom Baker tells various horror stories on the theme of childhood. Complete first series.
Leap_in_the_Dark
Initially a documentary series on the paranormal, from series 2 onwards each episode was a dramatised re-enactment of a famous recorded case. 14 Episodes
Leaving
A moving, comic tale of three boys about to leave a grim Catholic School in Greenock, Scotland, who find they must each choose a different path in life as they face the future.
The_Leaving_of_Liverpool
Story of two children from Liverpool involved in the mass transportation of deprived and homeless children from all parts for Britain to areas of the British Empire in the 1950s, ending up in Australia.
Led_Zeppelin-_VH1_Legends
Documentary charting the rise and fall of rock band Led Zeppelin, includes interviews with band members and archive footage.
Leeds_United
Play about an industrial dispute and strike in the clothing trade in Leeds.
Lee_Marvin_-_A_Personal_Portrait_By_John_Boorman
Documentary featuring interviews with psychiatrist, immunologist and friend of Lee Marvin, Harry Wilmer, who discusses Marvin's paintings, his experience in the Marines, and his attitiude to violence and Hollywood...
The_Legacy_of_Reginald_Perrin
Comedy series. Reginald Perrin is now dead having been killed by a falling billboard advertising the insurance company with which he was insured. At the reading of the will, Miss Hackstraw reveals that he has left all his friends and relations equal divisons in his Grot empire-providing they do something absurd.
The_Legend_of_the_Werewolf
In Central Europe, mid C19th, a baby boy is suckled and reared by wolves. Years later he is captured and becomes the star attraction of a travelling sideshow. Full moon coincides with the arrival of a pack of wolves. He becomes a werewolf and begins to kill off people.
Le_Petomane
The incredibly true story of the legendary French entertainer Joseph Pujol, who performed impersonations with his self-described elastic anus and a surfeit of wind.
Leiber_and_Stoller-_Words_and_Music
Documentary on the classic songwriting collaboraters
Licking_Hitler
During World War II, a young woman is drafted into a propaganda unit.
The_Life_and_Crimes_of_William_Palmer
Keith Allen plays the title role in this true story of a Victorian-era English surgeon who relies on poison to settle scores and stave off debt. With a complete lack of remorse and detection he murders victim after victim, including his wife, brother, mother-in-law, and at least three of his own children. Can science end what science began?
Life_of_Python
This documentary tells the history of the Python group, allowing a few glimpses at the works of its predecessors - At Last the 1948 Show, Do Not Adjust Your Sets etc. and various interviews with the group's members and other associated artists.
Light's_Out
An anthology drama series that contained many horror, fantasy and mystery elements
Lion-_A_Pride_in_Peril
Rare David Attenborough wildlife documentary following a pride of lions
Lipstick_on_your_Collar
Drama series presenting a semi-autobiographical view of 1956 Britain. Two young Army conscripts work in the War Office alongside stuffy, middle-aged officers who are aghast at the Empire's imminent unravelling. With the in- flux of new social influences from America young Britons sought finally to break the shackles of pre-war conventions as the music of the era ushered in a new generation and a new attitude. It uses the style of the author's PENNIES FROM HEAVEN.
Liverpool_1
Drama series about a police vice squad set in Liverpool.
Logan's_Run
Science-fiction Drama based on the 1976 film LOGAN'S RUN Set in the future it follows the adventures of Logan and his companion Jessica who have fled from a society which calls for the death of anyone over the age of 30. They seek a place called Sanctuary away from the protective dome-world but are pursued by the police force , known as the Sandmen.
The_London_Nobody_Knows
James Mason guides us through the UK capital from the Roundhouse in Camden down to the Thames, through The Bedford Theatre and into the markets in Edgwarwe and Islington, it shows a London that has largely gone now, or else been gentrified into something else.
The_Lonely_Dorymen-_Portugal's_Men_of_the_Sea
National Geographic special on the six month expedition of the Portuguese fishing boat Jose Alb Erto to the Grand Banks of Greenland.
The_Long_Distance_Piano_Player
The story of a piano player's obsession to win the world long distance piano-playing record, whilst his wife and agent argue around him.
The_Long_Search
Thirteen part documentary series looking at the religions of the world.
Long_Term_Memory
Play by M.J. Read, starring Patrick Troughton as a man who wants a reunion with the family from which he has been separated for twenty-one years.
The_Longest_Hundred_Miles
During the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, an assorted group of refugees, including an American soldier, an Army nurse, a priest and a group of local children, try to make their getaway aboard a rattletrap, creaky bus.
Looking_After_Jo-Jo
A gripping and powerful story set in the 1980s in working class Edinburgh. Jo Jo is determined to follow in his father's footsteps and become a decent criminal, while his girlfriend reckons she is the best Marilyn Monroe since Marilyn Monroe. The world is changing however and drugs have arrived and the old rules don't apply anymore...
Look_What_Happened_to_Rosemary's_Baby
Rarely seen sequel to Rosemary's Baby. Having been adopted by the madam of a southwestern brothel, a now adult Adrian must cope with the fact that he's Satan's kid, and not living up to his expectations.
The_Lorelei
Supernatural cautionary tale
The_Lost_Films_Of_Orson_Welles
Consists almost entirely of previously unseen Welles-directed film footage, together with scenes from a live interview with a cinema audience and unshown television appearances.
Lost_Hearts
A Ghost Story for Christmas, BBC 1973. An orphan moves into the house of his uncle, but is disturbed by visions of a pair of ghostly children. Is their message a warning to be fearful of his uncle's obsession with immortality?
Lost_Highway
Four-part documentary history of America's home-grown musical genre.
Lost_Performances-_The_Doors-Led_Zeppelin
Ultra rare footage of these classic bands. The footage is in black and white, and the quality is very good for the rarity of this item. Both performances are from somewhere in Europe, probably Denmark or Germany. This was taken from The Doors one and only European tour.
The_Lost_Will_of_Dr._Rant
Supernatural drama based on M.R. James story The Tractate Middoth. Part of 1950s horror anthology series - Lights Out
Love-_Danish_TV_1970_+_Other_Rarities
Rare footage of legendary cult band Love
Love-_Glastonbury_2003
Arthur Lee live at Glastonbury 2003
Love_Her_Madly
Three men are dangerously obsessed with the same woman.
Love_In_A_Cold_Climate
Dramatisation by Simon Raven of the Nancy Mitford novels observing the life and loves of an upperclass family between the years 1924 and 1940.
The_Lover
A sophisticated suburban couple try to enliven their sterile marriage with erotic role-playing, but find their new games even more repressive than before.
Loyalists
Documentary series giving an intimate account of the lives of loyalist paramilitaries.
LSD-_The_Spring_Grove_Experiment
A Maryland hospital uses LSD to treat mental illness in the 1960s.
Ludwig
Ludwig was a surreal 1977 British-made children's cartoon animation about a magical egg-shaped gemstone who lived in a forest. The programme was produced by father and son team, Mirek and Peter Lang. Peter went on to co-produce Pigeon Street.
Macintyre's_Underworld
Donal MacIntyre profiles individuals active in Britain's criminal world. 7 episodes.
Machinegunner
A debt-collector turns amateur sleuth but finds himself in hot water with local criminals.
The_Mad_Death
Serial, about an outbreak of rabies in the Western Highlands of Scotland.
Make_and_Break
Michael Frayn's adaptation of his play stars Robert Hardy and Judi Dench. Hardy is the boss of a building components firm who is so devoured by his work that he is blind to his devoted secretary's adoration. But at a trade fair in Frankfurt, events take some unexpected turns.
Man_of_the_World
Action-adventure series starring Craig Stevens as a globe- trotting freelance photographer. Dvd contains 1 episode only.
The_Man_Who_Could_Cheat_Death
Rare Hammer film starring Christopher Lee. Story of a 104-year-old man who keeps ever young with the help of a series of operations repeated every ten years
The_Man_Who_Saw_Tomorrow
Hosted by Orson Welles, this documentary utilizes a grab bag of dramatized scenes, stock footage, TV news clips and interviews to ask: Did 16th century French astrologer and physician Nostradamus actually predict such events as the fall of King Louis XVI, the rise of Napoleon, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy? And are there prophecies that have yet to come true?
Margery_and_Gladys
TV film. Staid suburban housewife Margery goes on the run with her cleaning lady Gladys after having attacked an intruder in her home and left him for dead.
The_Martians_and_Us
Documentary series looking at British science fiction writers and their influence.
Marvin_Gaye-_Trouble_Man
Documentary focusing on the final years of the singer's life
Masters_of_Darkness-__Aleister_Crowley_-_The_Wickedest_Man_In_The_World
Documentary on the life of Aleister Crowley
Masters_of_Darkness-__John_Dee_-_Queen_Elizabeth's_Magician
A portrait of the 16th Century magician, mathematician, scientist and astonomer, Dr John Dee, the inspiration for Shakespeare's Prospero and Marlowe's Faust, as well as Queen Elizabeth I's adviser.
Masters_of_Darkness-__The_Marquis_De_Sade_-_Pornographer_or_Prophet-
Documentary that explores the legacy of the infamous French writer, whose exploits gave birth to the term sadism. De Sade's outrageous challenges to the morals of his day make him an enduring figure of fascination even today. With his scandalous views on religion, government and sexuality, he has become a key figure in our understanding of the modern world. This programme explores the various social and personal forces that shaped De Sade's life and asks whether he deserves his reputation as a misogynist and a pornographer or whether he can be seen, perversely, as a founding father of feminism.
Masters_of_Darkness-__Rasputin_-_The_Devil_in_the_Flesh
The scandalous mad monk of Tsarist Russia has a dark, sexual and bestial image. His nickname, Rasputin, means debauched one, and he'd already earned it, by his wild and licentious behaviour, when he was in his teens. But was he an enigmatic mystic, a political rogue or a skilled manipulator of innocent women? Contrary to popular belief, he was neither a...
Masters_of_the_Canvas
The meeting between pop artist Peter Blake and masked wrestler Kendo Nagasaki.
Max_Headroom
In the near future, an intrepid investigative TV reporter does his job with the help of his colleagues and a computerized version of himself. Complete series, including UK pilot episode.
MC5-_A_True_Testimonial
Insightful documentary on the band. Includes archive footage
Meet_Ricky_Gervais
Comedy chat show series hosted by DJ-turned-comedian Ricky Gervais. Complete series 1.
Me!_I'm_Afraid_Of_Virginia_Woolf
TV Play by Alan Bennett. A lecturer at the local Polytechnic is not happy. People make him uneasy and literature isn't much help. Hopkins, however, is about to turn a corner.
Melody
Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the future but as soon as possible. The story is told from the children's point of view.
Memoirs_of_a_Self-Confessed_Surrealist
Classic Arena documentary, made in 1978. George Melly takes a wayward day trip to the Hayward Gallery and a major show of pictures from the days of Dada and Surrealism. His indirect journey, inspired by the Surrealist derive, takes him through rooms, streets, a strange cafe, with brief curious encounters on the way. Among them, the last of the surrealists in England including Eileen Agar, Conroy Maddox, Robert Melville and Roland Penrose, punk rock band The Stranglers, and an elephant. Melly intersperses the journey with memories of Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte and E.L.T. Mesens, talking about the influence of Dada and Surrealism on his early life.
Menace
Thriller anthology of 75-minute plays produced by Jordan Lawrence. 2 episodes: Killing Time / Man with a Mission.
The_Mersey_Sound
A BBC television documentary that features the Liverpool sound by focusing on The Beatles and two unknown bands, The Undertakers and Group One.
Michael_Palin
A Michael Palin BBC special in which he talks about his newly published Monty Python diaries and picks some of his all-time favorite sketches.
The_Millionairess
The wealthiest woman in England finds a new kind of love when she leaves her useless husband for an Egyptian doctor who only tends to the poor.
The_Mind_Beyond
BBC series of six plays connected with the supernatural or paranormal.
The_Modern_Antiquarian
TV documentary based on the bestselling book by rock musician Julian Cope, in which he takes a megalithic tour of the British Isles.
Mojo_Working-_Janis_Joplin
A series on the roots of modern music. A series on the roots of modern music. Dvd contains 3 episodes on the following artists: Chuck Berry, Janis Joplin, and The Doors
Monitor-_Orson_Welles-Henry_Moore
2 episodes of BBC culture programme Monitor, on Orson Welles, and Henry Moore
Monitor-_Philip_Larkin
John Betjeman talks to Philip Larkin in 1964 about his life, his poetry and the city of Hull where he lived and worked as university librarian.
Monitor-_Alfred_Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock interviewed by Huw Wheldon in 1964
The_Monkey's_Paw
Rare 30 minute adaptation of the classic ghost story. Originally shown on British television in the mid 90s
Monsters
Horror anthology series. Complete series.
The_Monty_Python_Story
Eddie Izzard presents this documentary on Monty Python
Mother_Love
A British yuppie couple have a presumably idyllic existence. Yet there is one troubling factor in their lives - an eccentric, and possibly, difficult mother-in-law (Diana Rigg).
M.R._James-_Supernatural_Storyteller
Documentary on ghost story writer M.R. James. This documentary is also known as Corner of the Retina.
Mr_Humphreys_and_his_Inheritance
Rare short based on M.R James short story. Mr. Humphreys is an academic, who unexpectedly inherits a large country house and fortune from an Uncle he never met. Moving into the house he is fascinated by a maze in the garden, built by an ancestor, and to which his Uncle had never allowed visitors to tread. Exploring the maze Mr. Humphreys discovers a mysterious globe in the centre...
Mr_Rock_n_Roll-_Don_Arden
This program examines the career of Don Arden, the colorful but violent manager of such important musicians as Gene Vincent, the Nashville Teens, Small Faces, the Move, ELO, and Black Sabbath. Many people came to know him as the estranged father of Sharon Osbourne. But before Sharon met Ozzy, Don Arden made a name for himself as a manager for some of the top groups of the time. Later on he became a big time music mogul and started his own record label, Jet Records. His balloon eventually burst due to questionable accounting methods and his overly aggressive ways.
Mrs_Acland's_Ghosts
Play by William Trevor. Though Mr. Mockler has never met Mrs. Acland, Mrs. Acland's ghosts are taking over his life.
Mrs_Amworth
A vampire terrorizes a quiet English town.
Mr_Sardonicus
A search for a winning lottery ticket in his dead father's grave causes Sardonicus' face to freeze in a horrible grimace, until he forces a doctor to treat his affliction with even more grotesque results. The audience gets an opportunity to vote via the Punishment Poll for the penalty Sardonicus must pay for his deeds...
Mrs_Mandela
Fact-based drama which charts how Winnie Mandela went from innocent country girl to politicised fighter against apartheid, and from an adoring and loving wife to firebrand revolutionary.
The_Murder_Game
Series in which ten contestants try to solve a fictional murder, led by a real detective. Complete series.
Murder_in_Eden
3 part mini-series. The landlord of a pub in a remote Irish village murders his barman, and is then threatened by a mysterious blackmailer.
The_Murder_of_Stephen_Lawrence
Film drama based on the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence and his parents' fight for justice.
The_Muscle_Market
Danny Duggan's rough-house business methods and lifestyle owe more to early influences than the CBI. But with the bottom falling out of the building game playing at gangster is only fun on the winning side.
The_Music_of_Lennon_and_McCartney
A wonderful early showcase for the songwriting talents of Lennon and McCartney.
Music_Maestro-_Cults_and_Classics
Music educational programme broadcast on BBC 2 in 1994. Artists discuss their methods for song writing and reveal the stories behind the songs selected in the programme.
My_Generation
Four-part mini-series each episode focuses on a seminal British rock band including The Animals, The Kinks, The Small Faces, and The Troggs.
My_Generation-_Robbie_Krieger
Robbie Krieger hosts special on The Doors
My_Life_In_Film
BBC comedy series about a man who sees his life in terms of classic films.
Le_Mystere_Jim_Morrison
Very rare French documentary on the lead singer of rock band The Doors. The majority of the documentary is in English with French subtitles.
The_Mysteries
The Mysteries is a version of the medieval English mystery plays presented at London's National Theatre in 1977. The cycle of three plays tells the story of the Bible from the creation to the last judgement.
Mystery_and_Imagination
British supernatural series based on classic stories of mystery and horror. Includes eight full length episodes: Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, Open Door, Uncle Silas, The Fall of the House of Usher, Sweeney Todd, Suicide Club.
My_Way
Investigation of the appeal and staying power of the popular song MY WAY
My_Zinc_Bed
A recovering alcoholic becomes involved with his boss's wife, a former cocaine addict.
Needle
Set in the near future in a British city where the drug problem has grown to crisis proportions. Set against a couple with a young baby, whose own happiness is jeapordised when the husband becomes an addict.
Neil_Young-_Don't_be_Denied
Documentary features interviews with Neil and a number of his contemporaries. It also summarizes his biography and motivations.
Neil_Young-_In_Concert
A solo performance by Neil Young, recorded and broadcast in February 1971 at the BBC's television studio in the Shepherd's Bush area of London.
Nico_Icon
A solo performance by Neil Young, recorded and broadcast in February 1971 at the BBC's television studio in the Shepherd's Bush area of London.
Nick_Drake-_A_Skin_Too_Few_-_The_Days_of_Nick_Drake
50 min documentary on Nick Drake.
Nick_Drake-_A_Stranger_Among_Us-_Searching_for_Nick_Drake
40 min documentary on Drake's legacy
Night_Gallery
Anthology series of bizarre tales of horror and the occult, hosted by Rod Serling. Complete series.
Nightmare
Rare Hammer film directed by Freddie Francis. A girl, suffering from nightmares after having seen her mother kill her father, is sent to an asylum. Her guardian and private nurse have in fact devised the diabolical plot to get Janet's inheritance.
Nightmare-_The_Birth_of_Horror
4 part BBC documentary series on four Victorian Gothic novels - Dracula, Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and The Hound of the Baskervilles
Nineteen_Eighty-Four
Nigel Kneale's original BBC version of Orwell's novel, starring Peter Cushing.
Nobody_Does_It_Better-_The_Music_of_James_Bond
A celebration of the music featured in the James Bond films, following the stories behind the original soundtracks and the recording of the Shaken Not Stirred album of cover versions by contemporary artists, the brainchild of composer David Arnold. Some of the artists who perform on the record and are interviewed for the programme include Jarvis Cocker of Pulp, Martin Fry, and The Propellerheads. The programme also includes interviews with Bond composer John Barry and lyricist Don Black.
No_Child_of_Mine
Peter Kosminsky's hard-hitting drama-documentary based on a reportedly true story of a young girl abused by her parents and forced into prostitution at the age of 10.
No_Excuses
No Excuses was about Shelley Maze, a female rock star. The series showed her trying to come to terms with her failing career and her relationships with the people she'd worked with.
No_Honestly
1970's tv comedy series in which a couple married for ten years look back to when they first met and married. Complete Series
Norbert_Smith,_A_Life
Spoof documentary about the British film industry starring Harry Enfield
Nostalgic_TV
Collection of UK adverts, tv-shows, and other snippets mainly from the 1970s and early 1980s
Nostalgic_TV_2
Collection of UK adverts, tv-shows, and other snippets mainly from the 1970s and early 1980s
Nostalgic_TV_3
Collection of UK adverts, tv-shows, and other snippets mainly from the 1970s and early 1980s
No_Surrender
A scheduling mixup means two groups of old-timers have reserved the same bar for a party on the same night. The situation is trickier than expected since the bar is in Liverpool, and one group are Protestant die-hards while the other consists of Catholics hard-liners.
Not_of_this_Earth
An alien agent (Paul Birch) from the distant planet Davana is sent to earth via a high-tech matter transporter. There he terrorizes Southern California in an attempt to acquire blood for his dying race, the result of a devastating nuclear war.
Not_the_Nine_0'Clock_News-_Series_2
British sketch comedy starring the likes of Rowan Atkinson and Mel Smith. Complete 2nd series.
Not_the_Nine_0'Clock_News-_Series_3
British sketch comedy starring the likes of Rowan Atkinson and Mel Smith. Complete 2nd series.
Now_and_Again
When Michael Wiseman is killed in a tragic subway accident, the U.S. government covertly makes him an offer he can't refuse; they keep his brain alive and place it into a new, genetically bio-engineered body. The doctor in charge of the experiment has grand plans for him, but all Michael wants is to get back to his grieving wife and daughter. For security reasons, the government forbids such contact... not that Michael is going to let that stop him.
Number_13
A Ghost Story for Christmas, BBC 2006. An academic researcher repudiates local superstitions surrounding a devilish house. However, repeated visions and noises during the night suggest he may be proved wrong.
Nuts_in_May
A middle-class couple go caravan camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them.
Ny-Lon
Filmed in London and on location in New York's Lower East Side, NY-LON follows the troubled romance between a bohemian New York record store clerk, Edie, and London stock broker Michael, after their chance meeting in his city.
Odetta_Remembers
Profile of Odetta, dubbed the Queen of Folk by Martin Luther King, who died at the age of 77 in December 2008. Born in Alabama in times of harsh racial segregation, Odetta said she healed her hatred and hurt by singing. Through her own words in a long, intimate interview with the BBC, the film pays tribute to the life and work of a great guitarist, singer and civil rights campaigner who was hugely influential on the 60s folk revival. Featuring concert footage from throughout her 50-year career.
O_Fat_White_Woman
A frustrated and brutal ex-army man runs a crammer school to push boys to pass their Common Entrance exams. His fat wife is neglected and rejected by him, and lives in her own world. His brutality and physical violence end in tragedy however, when he accidentally kills one of his pupil's with a blow.
The_Old_Man_Who_Cried_Wolf
Rare tv movie starring Edward G. Robinson. Emile Pulska is visiting his old friend Abe Stillman. During the visit they are attacked and Emile is struck senseless. When he wakes up he is told that Abe is dead, dead by natural causes, the doctors tell him. When Emile insists that they were attacked, his relatives try to give him psychiatric help. Emile decides to try to find the killers himself, but someone is watching his every step.
Old_Times
First screen adaptation of Harold Pinter's screenplay version of his 1970 play. Twenty years after they lived together in London Anna visits her friend Kate, now married to Deeley. The visit stirs memories of old times in all three, sometimes complimentary or conflicting, but stimulating a growing awareness of the gulfs between them.
Oliver_Reed_-_Living_Famously
Series on enduring icons. 1: The eventful life and career of Oliver Reed is put under the spotlight.
Oliver_Reed_on_The_After_Dark_Show
Nighttime talk-show in which a leader of discussion and six or seven invited guests discuss a particular subject and the programme does not end until the topic is exhausted. This is a classic episode due to the presence of an inebriate Oliver Reed. There is slight interference at the start and end due to programme cuts, presumably because of Oliver Reed's behaviour.
The_Omega_Mystery
Armchair Theatre 1961. Butler and Robinson have to track down a saboteur at an atomic research station before it is too late.
The_Omen_Legacy
The Chilling True Stories Behind Hollywood's Eeriest and Most Successful Supernatural Film Series
Once_Upon_A_Time_In_New_York-_The_Birth_of_Hip_Hop,_Disco,_and_Punk
Documentary on the music that emerged from New York in the 60s and 70s.
The_One_and_Only_Rolling_Stones
Documentary on the history of British rock band The Rolling Stones. Includes archive footage and interviews.
One_Way_Or_Another
Documentary on rock/pop band Blondie. Includes interviews with band members.
Only_Fools_and_Horses-_The_Lost_Episodes
Rare unreleased episodes of classic British comedy series
Only_Make_Believe
Playwright Christopher Hudson finds his medical problem hinders his writing. He employs secretary Sandra George and dictates his new play to her, but tensions soon develop between the two.
On_The_Eve_Of_Publication
TV play by David Mercer. First in a trilogy concerning Marxist novelist Robert Kelvin. The occasion is a dinner party, Kelvin is concerned with a summation of his life, addressed in his head to his lover, Emma.
Ooh_La_La!_-_Keep_an_Eye_on_Amelie
Caryl Brahms adaptation of the story by Georges Feydeau starring Judi Dench. Part of BBC's OOH LA LA! series.
The_Operation
Play by Roger Smith, about property developers, fast cars and wife-swapping parties in Tunbridge Wells.
Operation_Julie
Drama serial written by Gerry O'Hara, and based on the real-life drug manufacture and sale criminal case of the 1970's. Based on the book by Colin Pratt and Dick Lee. Adaptation by Gerry O'Harra, Keith Richardson and Bob Mahoney.
Orson_Welles_interview_1970
Orson Welles intervied by Dick Cavett from July 1970
Orson_Welles_Magic_Show
Rare 27 minute feature in which Orson Welles performs magic tricks
Orson_Welles_Sketch_Book
A series of six programmes in which Orson Welles appears as himself in talks - ranging in theme from bullfighting to black magic - and illustrated by his own drawings.
The_Other_Loch_Ness_Monster
An insight into the mystery and legends surrounding Aleister Crowley's time living in Boleskine house on the banks of Loch Ness. Once Described as The Wickedest Man in the World, Crowley's fascination with Magick is explored in this half-hour documentary originally broadcast on BBC Scotland.
Our_Day_Out
Television play by Willy Russell. A Liverpudlian school outing to Conway Castle in North Wales, the zoo, the beach and the fair, brings out anarchic behaviour in pupils and teachers alike.
Our_Winnie
OBJECTS OF AFFECTION. Winnie is a mentally handicapped woman who lives with her elderly mother and aunt. They visit the cemetery where Winnie's father is buried. Also in the cemetery are two art students, one of whom asks if she can take a photograph of the three women.
Out_of_Control
Powerful, moving drama following the lives of three teenage boys sent to a young offenders institution.
Out_of_the_Unknown
Rare British Sci-fi Anthology series. 21 episodes. Episode entitled Little Black Bag has 5 minutes missing.
Pandora's_Box
Series of six programmes exploring the interaction of political power and science in the 20th century. BAFTA Best factual series; Most Original TV programme 1993.
The_Parachute
Play of the Month. Set in 1940 Werner von Reger, a young German officer, prepares to test a new parachute. As he does so his mind travels in flashback over the conflicts of his childhood and youth, and his story mirrors a whole era of European history.
The_Paradise_Club-_Season_1
Drama series about two unlikely brothers - a streetwise priest and a reluctant villain.
The_Paradise_Club-_Season_2
Drama series about two unlikely brothers - a streetwise priest and a reluctant villain.
Paranoiac
Rare Hammer film starring Oliver Reed. Simon Ashby is a wealthy psychotic who is is coddled by his aunt in their palatial mansion outside of London. One day, Ashby's long lost brother mysteriously arrives at the house, but events prove that he is an impostor, sent by Keith Kossett, son of the attorney for the family estate, who has been dipping into the family trust fund.
Parkinson-_2006
12 episodes of classic British talkshow from september to december 2006. Guests include - Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Matt Lucas, David Williams, Liza Minneli, Sharon Osbourne, Lionel Richie, Sheila Hancock, Jeremy Paxman, Corrine Bailey Rae, Shane Richie, Joan Bakewell, Eric Idle, Lemar Obika, Ray Winstone, Roger Daltrey, Jude Law, Justin Timberlake, Kate Winslet, Tony Bennett, Michael Caine, Paul Simon, Peter Kay, Ian Mckellen, Take That, Patrick Kielty, Paolo Nutini, Michael Palin, Wendy Richard, Noel Gallagher, Rod Stewart, Dustin Hoffman, Daniel Craig, Robin Williams, Ben Elton, James Morrison, Rory Bremner, Cameron Diaz, Jon McEnroe, Chris Rea, Judi Dench, Lenny Henry, Katherine Jenkins
Parkinson-_Kenneth_Williams,_Diana_Dors,_Desmond_Morris
Michael Parkinson interviews Desmond Morris, Diana Dors, and Kenneth Williams
Parkinson-_Orson_Welles
Michael Parkinson interviews Orson Welles
Parkinson-_Peter_Sellers
Michael Parkinson interviews Peter Sellers
The_Path_To_9-11
A television mini-series on the events leading up to the US terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
Peel_Slowly_and_See-_An_Evening_with_The_Velvet_Underground
Deborah Harry hosts three hours of programmes devoted to the music of The Velvet Underground.
Peel's_Sounds_Of_The_Sixties_And_Seventies
Archive footage of John Peel's favourite bands from the 1960s and 1970s when the DJ began his career at Radio One.
Peggy_Lee
Play of the Month
Penda's_Fen
Through a series of real and imagined encounters with angels, demons, and England's pagan past, a pastor's son begins to question his religion and politics, and comes to terms with his sexuality
People's_Century
26 hour tv series documenting the history of the twentieth century through the testimony of those who lived through it. Complete series.
The_Permissive_Society
The difficulties of relationships as seen through two troubled dates.
Peter_Cushing
Rare 90 minute documentary includes indepth interview with the legendary actor.
Phantom_of_the_Opera
Rare Hammer film starring Herbert Lom
Phantom_of_the_Rue_Morgue
After several women are murdered, the police are baffled who the suspect is. All evidence points to Bonnard, but soon it becomes apparent that it is something that is stronger and more deadlier than man.
Philip_K._Dick-_A_Day_In_the_Afterlife
BBC Arena special on Sci-Fi Author Philip K. Dick
Philip_Larkin-_Love_and_Death_in_Hull
An insight into the life of British poet, Philip Larkin.
Phil_Spector's_Demons
Documentary exploring the darker side of famed record producer Phil Spector
Phil_Spector_-_He's_A_Rebel
Biography of famed record producer Phil Spector, noted for discovering and producing the records of such rock icons as The Righteous Brothers
The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray
TV production of the play by Oscar Wilde. Dramatised by John Osborne.
Pigeon_Street
Series of animated adventures for children. 12 episodes.
Pink_Floyd-_Psychedelic_Chronicles
Includes various tv performances 1966 - 1973
Plaintiffs_and_Defendants
Drama featuring a husband caught up between his edgy wife, his over-eager mistress and a blas? son and a court case.
Platonov
Platonov was a distinguished academic, now a village schoolteacher married to the simple but cheerful and loving Sasha. Plotanov is a witty if temperamental guest, sought after at the dinner parties of Anna, a general's widow, who lives on her estate, deeply in debt, flirting with him. To the season's first dinner, Anna's aged stepson brings his new wife, Sofia, whom Plotanov knew when he was a professor. She's still in his thrall and he presses his suit. He also behaves badly at the party toward Maria Grekova, a young single woman. By the night's end, he has stirred up enough passion to overwhelm the neighborhood. Will anyone take any action, or will it be all talk?
Play_for_Tomorrow
An anthology of 6 hour-long science fiction plays
Police_Surgeon
Police drama series following the cases of an on-call police doctor. First episode only.
Poor_Girl
Part of ITV series Haunted. An Edwardian governess finds herself trapped inside a haunted house.
Pop_Go_The_Sixties
Includes performances by The Rolling Stones and The Kinks amongst many others
The_Potato_Factory
Based on Bryce Courtenay's novel of the same name, this four-hour miniseries tells the story of Ikey Solomon, his wife Hannah and his mistress Mary. Set in London and Tasmania in the middle 19th century it is the first in a trilogy of novels to be made into a mini-series.
The_Power_of_Nightmares-_The_Rise_of_the_Politics_of_Fear
A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.
The_Powers_That_Be
William Powers is a clueless senator whose career is run by his manipulative wife Margaret, his chief of staff/mistress Jordan and his political aide Bradley. Along for the ride are the senator's shrill daughter Caitlyn and her suicidal husband Theodore, who happens to be in love with the Powers' bumbling maid Charlotte. Last but not least is the senator's illegitimate daughter, Sophie Lipkin, who takes a job at her father's office.
Praying_Mantis
A single man thinks he has finally found a woman who loves him. The woman is charming and intelligent...
Precious_Bane
In the early 19th century, a young woman with a harelip falls foul of her family's ambition and the superstitions of the local community, but meets a man who may see her differently.
The_Price_of_Coal
Two films about life in the Yorkshire pits.
Prisoner_Cell_Block_H
Drama set in a women's prison. Complete series
Private_Life_of_the_Ford_Cortina
Film impression of Britain's most popular car for the last 20 years, with impressions of the car itself, the `typical' owner, and comment from Alexei Sayle, Tom Robinson, Sir John Betjeman, Sir Terence Beckett and ordinary Cortina owners.
Professional_Foul
BBC 2 Play of the week. Three philosophy professors travel to Prague for a conference. One of them, Anderson, is forced to rethink his ideas on ethics when a former student is arrested by the Czech authorities for writing about individualist approaches to morality.
Provos-_IRA_and_Sinn_Fein
BBC documentary series looking at the history of the IRA and Sinn Fein over the past 30 years.
The_Psychopath
Four men who were involved in the investigation of a German millionaire at the end of WW II are found murdered with tiny dolls left next to their corpses.
Psy-Warriors
Soldiers are captured and interrogated by terrorists, but is it real or only a sadistic form of psychological training exercise?
Public_Image_Limited
Lots of rare footage, interviews, documentaries
Pump_Up_The_Volume
Three-part documentary series looking at the history of house music.
Punk_and_the_Pistols
Documentary looking at the Punk movement with contributions from some of those involved and archive footage of some of the bands.
Punk,_The_Way_we_Were
Music show introduced by Tony Wilson with lots of footage from the programme he used to present called So It Goes which featured many prominent Punk and New Wave bands, also includes bonus material
The_Punk_Years
10 part definitive history of the music that shook the world, looking at the origins and development of the punk rock movement as a social, historical, political and musical force.
Q.E.D.
The tales of Quentin E. Deverill, an eccentric expatriate American professor who uses his unique skills to solve mysteries in Edwardian London.
Quentin_Tarantino-_Hollywood's_Boy_Wonder
BBC Omnibus special on the cult film maker. 1995
Quatermass_2
Several years after the previous serial took place, Professor Quatermass is trying to perfect a dangerously unstable nuclear-powered rocket engine...
Racism-_A_History
Indepth documentary mini-series which is exploring the impact of racism on a global scale, as part of the season of programmes marking the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery.
The_Rainbirds
After a suicide attempt, John Rainbird is in a coma. Whilst in this state his mind experiences fantasies involving nightmare creatures and his relatives.
Rain_on_the_Roof
Dennis Potter Play. Play by Dennis Potter. Janet and John live in a large country house near Bristol. Janet suspects John of having an affair with Emma. At home during the day, she is teaching Billy to read and write, because Billy wants to read the Bible.
Rainy_Day_Women
Play For Today. A film about the cruelty of war. Charles Dance plays an officer who is sent out to investigate a rumour about German spies during the chaotic days of 1940.
Rawhide_Vol_1
Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive; he is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.
Rawhide_Vol_2
Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive; he is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.
Rawhide_Vol_3
Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive; he is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.
Ready_Steady_Go_Vol_1
Dvd contains many performances from the classic music tv show
Ready_Steady_Go_Vol_2
Dvd contains many performances from the classic music tv show
Ready_Steady_Go_Vol_3
Dvd contains many performances from the classic music tv show
Ready_Steady_Go_Vol_4
Dvd contains many performances from the classic music tv show
Ready_Steady_Go-_Motown_Special
Dvd contains many Motown artists performing on the classic music tv show
Ready_When_You_Are_Mr._McGill
Drama by Jack Rosenthal. A film extra has won a chance for the big break in his career - two crucial lines in a television film.
The_Real_John_Lennon
Superior biographical documentary tracing John Lennon's life and music
The_Real_Keith_Moon
Profile of drummer for the pop group The Who, Keith Moon.
The_Real_Oliver_Reed
TV documentary profile exploring the colourful life of the actor Oliver Reed, who died in May 1999.
The_Recordist
Ghost story about a female sound recordist who becomes personally involved with figures from Arthurian legend one Midsummer's Eve when she is near Cadbury Hill and Glastonbury Tor in Somerset.
Red_Empire
A thorough and intelligently summarized history of the Soviet Union, from the socio-political origins for the Bolshevik Revolution of October 1917 to the near end of Mikhail Gorbachev's government, immediately prior to the downfall of real communism and the splitting of the USSR. Conducted by British historian Robert Conquest, narrative benefits from a careful research of archive footage and from recent interviews with mostly common who participated in the events.
Redemption
After 16 years away Stan Peachey returns to his village. His wife still loves him but his sister wants revenge. What was his crime?
Red_Shift
TV play by Alan Garner. The destinies of three couples, separated by time, but living in the same place.
Renaldo_and_Clara
Rare film directed by Bob Dylan. Dvd contains the complete 4 hour, unedited version.
The_Reporters
First play in the 3rd series of Play for Today.
Reputations-_Alfred_Hitchcock
Two part documentary made to celebrate the centenary of Hitchcock's birth, this British documentary covers Hitchcock's entire career. Surviving collaborators and colleagues are interviewed. The documentary also includes footage from Kaleidoscope Frenzy.
Reputations-_Timothy_Leary_-_The_Man_Who_Turned_America_On
Documentary series. This programme focuses on psychologist Timothy Leary, who was widely acknowledged as the guru of psychedelic drugs.
The_Return
Rare 30 minute ghost story starring Peter Vaughan.
The_Return_Of_A_Clockwork_Orange
Explores the cultural and social phenomenon of the film A CLOCKWORK ORANGE.
Return_to_Glennascaul
A mystery story introduced by Orson Welles in a flashback..
Richie_Havens-_In_Concert
A classic concert from 1974 by American singer-songwriter Richie Havens.
Riders_on_the_Storm_Volume_1
Includes lots of very rare promos, interviews, documentaries,talk shows, and other rare footage of legendary 60's rock band The Doors
Riders_on_the_Storm_2
Includes lots of very rare promos, interviews, documentaries,talk shows, and other rare footage of legendary 60's rock band The Doors
The_Right_Prospectus
Play by John Osborne, in which a middle-aged married couple enrol as boarders at a boys' public school.
Riverboat
Western adventure set on board a paddle steamer on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers during the 1840s. 16 episodes.
Road
Alan Clarke drama. Carol and Louise are looking for a different kind of excitement and find it in the form of Lancashire lads, Brink and Eddie.
Robin_Redbreast
Norah is a modern, city-dwelling woman, who has unsettling experiences with the local people and area when she goes to stay in her cottage in the country. Ancient and frightening aspects seem to come to the fore.
Rock_and_Roll
10 part PBS documentary on the history and evolution of rock music
Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame_Induction_Ceremony_1993
Speeches and performances from all three inductees, including Cream, The Doors, and Creedence Clearwater Revival
Rock_Family_Trees-_And_God_Created_Manchester
The series concludes with a look at some of the best bands to come out of Manchester in the past 20 years, and tells the stories of groups such as the Buzzcocks, Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays.
Rock_Family_Trees-_Banshees_and_Other_Creatures
This episode focuses on new wave bands Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image, and The Slits
Rock_Family_Trees-_Birmingham_Beat
Series looking at the history of pop music. This programme traces the careers of musicians such as Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan of Move, who later became the Electric Light Orchestra and later again, Wizzard; Denny Laine; the Moody Blues; Balls; who were part of the Birmingham music scene.
Rock_Family_Trees-_The_British_R_and_B_Boom
Rock family trees traces the history of the British RandB boom of the 60's
Rock_Family_Trees-_California_Dreamin
Series charting the musical and human dramas behind some of the best known rock and pop groups of the last 40 years. This programme looks at the stories of the Mamas and the Papas and the Lovin Spoonful, the classic 60s bands responsible for California Dreamin, Monday, Monday, Summer in the City and Daydream.
Rock_Family_Trees-_Fleetwood_Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British/American rock band formed in 1967 which have experienced a high turnover of personnel and varied levels of success. From the band's inception through the end of 1974, no incarnation of Fleetwood Mac lasted as long as two years. The two most successful periods for the band were during the late 1960s British blues boom, when they were led by guitarist Peter Green, and from 1975 to 1987, with more pop-orientation, featuring Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks
Rock_Family_Trees-_The_Mersey_Sound
Series looking behind the scenes at well-known rock and pop groups. This episode charts the sudden rise and equally speedy fall of bands that emerged from Liverpool in the early 1960s.
Rock_Family_Trees-_Sabbath_Bloody_Sabbath
Series looking behind the scenes at well-known rock and pop groups. This episode profiles the history of heavy rock band Black Sabbath.
Rockliffe's_Babies
Series featuring the tough and experienced Det. Sgt. Alan Rockcliffe, and his squad of young and enthusiastic plain-clothes PCs.
Rockliffe's_Folly
Drama series. Det. Sgt. Rockliffe has now swapped his hectic job with the Metro politan Police for the rural life of Wessex.
The_Rock_'n'_Roll_Years-_1956,_1957,_1958
Series features peformances of the various pop acts of the time, also includes historical facts of the year.
The_Rock_'n'_Roll_Years-_1959,_1960,_1961
Series features peformances of the various pop acts of the time, also includes historical facts of the year.
The_Rock_'n'_Roll_Years-_1962,_1963,_1964
Series features peformances of the various pop acts of the time, also includes historical facts of the year.
The_Rock_'n'_Roll_Years-_1965,_1966,_1967
Series features peformances of the various pop acts of the time, also includes historical facts of the year.
The_Rock_'n'_Roll_Years-_1968,_1969,_1970
Series features peformances of the various pop acts of the time, also includes historical facts of the year.
The_Rock_'n'_Roll_Years-_1971,_1972,_1973
Series features peformances of the various pop acts of the time, also includes historical facts of the year.
The_Rock_'N'_Roll_Years_1974,_1975,_1976
Series includes footage of some of the classic pop and rock acts of the year. Also includes historical facts of the year.
The_Rock_'N'_Roll_Years_1977,_1978,_1979
Series includes footage of some of the classic pop and rock acts of the year. Also includes historical facts of the year.
The_Rock_'N'_Roll_Years_1977,_1978,_1979
Series includes footage of some of the classic pop and rock acts of the year. Also includes historical facts of the year.
The_Rock_'N'_Roll_Years_1980,_1981,_1982
Series includes footage of some of the classic pop and rock acts of the year. Also includes historical facts of the year.
The_Rock_'N'_Roll_Years_1983,_1984,_1985
Series includes footage of some of the classic pop and rock acts of the year. Also includes historical facts of the year.
The_Rock_'N'_Roll_Years_1986,_1987,_1988,_1989
Series includes footage of some of the classic pop and rock acts of the year. Also includes historical facts of the year.
Rock_'N'_Roll,_The_Greatest_Years_1963
Series includes footage of some of the classic pop and rock acts of the year
Rock_'N'_Roll,_The_Greatest_Years_1964
Series includes footage of some of the classic pop and rock acts of the year
Rock_'N'_Roll,_The_Greatest_Years_1965
Series includes footage of some of the classic pop and rock acts of the year
Rock_'N'_Roll,_The_Greatest_Years_1966
Series includes footage of some of the classic pop and rock acts of the year
Rock_'N'_Roll,_The_Greatest_Years_1967_Volume_1
Series includes footage of some of the classic pop and rock acts of the year
Rock_'N'_Roll,_The_Greatest_Years_1967_Volume_2
Series includes footage of some of the classic pop and rock acts of the year
Rock_'N'_Roll,_The_Greatest_Years_1968
Series includes footage of some of the classic pop and rock acts of the year
The_Rolling_Stones-_Cocksucker_Blues
Follows the Rolling Stones on their infamous Exile on Main Street tour
The_Rolling_Stones-_Fade_Away
Various peformances of the band on American television between 1964 and 1970
The_Rolling_Stones-_In_Memory_Of_Brian_Jones
Various peformances of the band with Brian Jones
Roll_On_4_O'Clock
ITV Saturday Night Theatre. Expose of life in a tough inner city school.
Roman_Polanski
Two documentaries on film maker Roman Polanski. Also includes rare short.
The_Romantics
Series presented by Peter Ackroyd looking at the English Romantic poets.
Roxy_Music_1972_-_1975
TV and Live footage 1972 - 1975
Rudies_Come_Back
Documentary on the rise of 2-tone music, a blend of black and white British music which was highly popular in the UK at the time this documentary was filmed. Programme features the founders of the sound, Coventry bands The Specials and The Selecter.
Rutland_Weekend_Television-_Series_1
Low budget comedy sketch series purporting to show the programming of a low key regional television service.
Rutland_Weekend_Television-_Series_2
Low budget comedy sketch series purporting to show the programming of a low key regional television service.
Safe
Award winning drama starring Robert Carlyle. Kaz is a young woman rejected by her mother and raped by her mother's lover. Living on the streets, she fleeces men of money in exchange for promises of sex that she fails to fulfil.
Say_Something_Happened
Part of the OBJECTS OF AFFECTION series of plays written by Alan Bennett. An inexperienced social worker is sent to interview an elderly couple deemed to be at risk, but ends up learning just as much about herself.
Scene_By_Scene
Documentary series in which filmmakers's describe their artform. Includes 4 episodes on David Lynch, Paul Schrader, Woody Allen, and Sean Connery
Schalcken_the_Painter
Rare drama originally shown on BBC's Omnibus. Dramatised tale of the supernatural, based on a story by Sheridan Le Fanu, A terrible bargain is struck between master painter Gerrit Dou, and a mysterious stranger. Based on a real painting by Godfried Schalcken.
Scientology_and_Me
Documentary broadcast as part of the BBC's Panorama series. Reporter John Sweeney visited the United States to investigate whether the Church of Scientology was becoming more mainstream. The programme gained particular controversy before and during filming due to unresolved differences on content and approach between Sweeney's production team and Scientology members, who did not want detractors or perceived enemies of the church to be interviewed or included in the documentary.
Scott_Walker
For a time in the 60s Scott Walker was more popular than the Beatles. Then, one of the all time great voices of pop, he disappeared. Imagine... tells the story of one of music's greatest enigmas with insights from people such as Jarvis Cocker, Radiohead and David Bowie, and rare interviews with the man himself.
Scully's_New_Year's_Eve
TV play by Alan Bleasdale.
The_Sculptress
Olive Martin, a heavily overweight young woman is convicted of killing and butchering her mother and sister and sentenced to life imprisonment...
The_Search_for_Bridey_Murphy
After being shown what hypnotism can do, a Doctor sets out to study it in depth. When experimenting on his friend's wife, she regresses back to an earlier life- that of Bridey Murphy. Several hypnotic sessions explore the life and death of Murphy, a 19th Century Irish lady who lived in Cork and Belfast from 1798 to 1864. The Doctor then attempts to verify if Bridey Murphy really existed.
Season's_Greetings
The family have gathered for their traditional merry Christmas, but like many family Christmasses things don't go quite as everyone wished.
The_Secret_of_Blood_Island
A British female agent is shot down near a Japanese prison camp, and is helped by the inmates to convince the guards she is a man and eventually to escape.
Seeing_in_the_Dark
Tony has begun to panic that life may be passing him by. As his friends forge ahead, he feels stuck in a dead end job and trapped by his relationship with Judith. One day he starts to be plagued by a series of mysterious phone calls and letters. Tony becomes haunted by a growing premonition of catastrophe.
Seven_Ages_of_Rock
Documentary series charting the development of rock music in the UK and US. Complete series
Sex_and_Chocholate
Bev Bodger is a married teacher tempted by an old school boyfriend to enjoy a little sex and chocolate in Paris.
Sex,_Drugs,_and_Ruck_n_Roll-_Joy_Division
30 minute epsiode from a tv series featuring biographies of some of the world's biggest rock and pop icons covering artists. It was broadcast in the UK on a short-lived channel called UK Play. The Joy Division episode included some interviews with Paul Morley, Vini Reilly, Tony Wilson, Barney Hoskyns, Arthur Baker, Alan McGee and Pete Shelley and Steve Sutherland, the former NME head honcho exploring half truths about Nazi connections. Added to that were the usual clips from Here Are The Young Men, Granada Reports and Something Else, along with footage from the Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, Durutti Column, UK Subs and the Exploited.
The_Sex_Pistols
Lots of rare footage, interviews, documentaries
Shades_of_Darkness
A series of adaptations of classic ghost stories made by Granada Television from the 1980s. Includes episodes: Feet Foremost, The Lady Maid's Bell, Afterward, The Maze, Bewitched, The Intercessor, The Demon Lover, Seaton's Aunt
Shadow_of_the_Cat
Mystery thriller, centering on a cat, the only witness of a murder.
Shadows
Anthology series of scary stories for children. Includes the following episodes: Optical Illusion / The Waiting Room / And Now For My Next Trick / The Witches Bottle / The Eye / The Dark Streets Of Kimball's Green
Shadows_of_Fear-_The_Death_Watcher
A scientist embarks on an experiment dealing with life after death and ghosts.
Shakespeare_or_Bust
Sequel to 1972 Play for Today episode THE FISHING PARTY. Three miners on a boat go on a pilgrimage to Stratford-on-Avon.
Sharp_at_Four
Armchair Theatre, 1964. Jean Hobley has a problem, trying to hold down a job that allows her to pick up her child from school.
She's_Been_Away
Televison play by Stephen Poliakoff. The story of an old woman who emerges form a mental home after 60 years of internment, to discover that little has changed in the world, but the effects are different.
Shockers
Series of self-contained psychological dramas. Complete series 1 and 2.
Shoestring
Private eye series starring Trevor Eve. Complete series.
Shooting_the_Chandelier
BBC 2 Play of the Month. Czechoslovakia, April 1945. A chance meeting between a professor and his former student develops into a violent trial of strength.
Shoot_to_Kill
serial that dramatises the events surrounding the Armagh killings of 1982 and the inquiry set up, subsequently, which alleged there to be a shoot to kill policy operating in the RUC. The inquiry is lead by Deputy Chief Constable John Stalker.
Shore_Leave
True-life crime drama starring Phil Daniels.
Sid_Vicious-_Final_24
uncovers the series of events that led to Sid's death and reveals for the first time a shocking revelation that sheds new light on his last day.
Sixth_Sense
Dr. Michael Rhodes is a college professor with an interest in the paranormal. He and his assistant Nancy spend much of their time investigating mysteries involving extra-sensory perception, spirits, possessions, and other such experiences.
Skorpion
Drama serial based on a story by Arden Winch, about a series of incidents relate d by a terrorist attack.
Sky
Sci-fi mini-series. A young time-traveller with superhuman powers is stranded on Earth after running into a Black Hole. Pursued by the evil Goodchild, Sky is helped on his quest to find a way home by three human teenagers, Arby, Jane and Roy. Complete series.
The_Slab_Boys
Play by John Byrne. Set in the slab room of a carpet factory.
Smoky_Dives-_Jazz_Faces_and_Places
George Melly presents this BBC Documentary which looks back on the underground jazz clubs of the Soho district of London during their 1950s heyday
The_Snorkel
Rare thriller made by Hammer films. Mandy Miller plays the teenage child who believes that her stepfather killed her mother and passed it off as suicide
Softly,_Softly
Police drama series developed from Z CARS. 5 epsidoes
Soft_Targets
A minor Soviet official, on secondment in London, begins to break the rules in the hope of being sent back to Russia, and becomes entangled emotionally with a young woman whom he accompanies to a society wedding.
Solid_Geometry
Adaptation of a short story by Ian McEwan. Solid Geometry is about Phil whose life is changed when he receives 41 volumes of his great grandfather's diaries. The diaries becomes an obsession and alienates himself away from his wife Maisie.
Someone_I_Touched
A married couple have to face up to the problem of venereal disease.
Something_Evil
Rare tv movie directed by Stephen Spielberg. A young couple moves into a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania. What they don't know is that there is an unseen presence in the house, and that it wants to take possession of the wife.
Son_of_Man
Play by Dennis Potter, retelling the story of the Crucifixion.
Songs_from_the_Life_of_Leonard_Cohen
BBC Omnibus 1988. More a biographical documentary than a concert, the 70-minute program combines live performances--some complete, many abridged--mainly from Cohen's 1988 show at Carnegie Hall, in support of his then-current album, I'm Your Man, with interviews with Cohen himself, his original musical patron Judy Collins and protege Jennifer Warnes. There's also fascinating film footage of Cohen as a young poet in the '60s, and, back again in 1988, revisiting old haunts such as New York's Chelsea Hotel, where he met Janis Joplin, and the Greek island of Hydra, where he wrote such classics as Bird on a Wire and met the love of his life and inspiration of his classic So Long, Marianne.
Sorry
Play by Carol Bunyan. Two very different ladies share an office a common enemy and a sense of humour. Sorry follows them through a day and their very different, and in one case, traumatic, lunch hour.
Soul_Deep
Documentary series tracing the history of soul music.
Sound--
This short experimental movie is an excellent audiovisual dialoge of two individual musicians - John Cage, composer and writer, and Roland Kirk, original post-bop jazz-man.
The_Sound_of_Change
Shown as part of LATE NIGHT LINE UP on BBC 2 on 10th September 1968. This show includes interviews with Bob Wooler, Mick Jagger, Alexis Korner, and Pete Townshend. The show concludes with a Pink Floyd segment.
Sounds_of_69
Documentary examining the 19 number one singles of 1969.
Sounds_of_the_Sixties
Ten-part series featuring vintage rock, pop and soul performances from the BBC archives.
Sounds_of_the_Seventies
Ten-part series featuring vintage rock, pop and soul performances from the BBC archives.
Sounds_of_the_Eighties
8-part series looking back at the music of the 1980's.
The_Source
Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs in 1997. Three actors provide dramatic interpretations of the work of these three writers, and the film chronicles their friendships, their arrival into American consciousness...
Sovereigns_Company
The Wednesday Play 1970. An unhappy young cadet at a military school has an unhealthy need to display machismo.
Speech_Day
The last day of school for Ronnie, Wally and Rob, who look on the Speech Day as a bit of a laugh. Not being prize-winners or academically successful, what does the future have in store for them now they have finished with school
Spender
Police series set in the North East, with Jimmy Nail as an undercover policeman. Dvds include all three seasons plus the 1993 Christmas special.
Spend_Spend_Spend
Part of the Play for Today series. Based on the book by Vivian Nicholson and Stephen Smith. Story of pools winner, Vivian Nicholson.
Spine_Chillers
Series of tales of fear and imagination read by well known actors. 6 episodes.
Spine_Chillers
Spine-Chillers was a short-lived horror/comedy anthology show that was screened initially on BBC 3 before being shown on late night BBC 1. Complete series.
The_Spongers
Play about a family, consisting of a mother and four children, one of whom has Downs Syndrome, struggling to exist on State Aid, and set against the background of celebrations for the Silver Jubilee.
Spyship
Drama serial based on a novel by Tom Keene, adapted by James Mitchell, with Robert Smith.
Stagecoach
The adventures of a group of stagecoach passengers of mixed social backgrounds involving natural hazards, outlaws and Indians.
The_Stalls_of_Barchester
A Ghost Story for Christmas, BBC 1971. A mysterious box in the old library of Barchester Cathedral reveals the strange story leading up to the death of a former Archdeacon. From some old diaries, Dr Black, a scholar, pieces together a chain of events leading to a horrifying climax. As Dr Black delves deeper into the past a macabre explanation emerges. Filmed entirely on location at Norwich Cathedral and Cathedral Close.
Stanley_Kubrick's_Boxes
Documentary filmmaker Jon Ronson embarks on a revealing exploration of the Stanley Kubrick archives.
Starlings
Gary Wilson loses his factory job, retrains as a butler and under the patronage of a wealthy young woman finds success in the City.
Stars_of_the_Roller_State_Disco
Alan Clarke drama, written by Michael Hastings, about a group of unemployed teenagers who try to gain fame as roller-skaters.
Stephen_King-_Shining_in_the_Dark
BBC Omnibus 1999.A profile of the life and work of horror writer Stephen King.
Stephen_King's_This_is_Horror
13 part TV documentary series on horror films featuring interviews with writer Stephen King
Stephen_King's_World_of_Horror
46 minute documentary on horror films featuring interviews with writer Stephen King
Stigma
A Ghost story for Christmas, BBC 1977
Stocker's_Copper
Drama based on the strike of Cornish clay miners in 1913. The striking Stocker finds a strike-breaking policeman being billeted on him, but they manage to rub along, until events become violent. Striking clay workers plan to march on the clay pit where blackleg labour is being used. However, the authorities send in the specially trained squad of tough Welsh police to suppress them.
The_Stone_Tape
A research team from an electronics company move into an old Victorian house to start work on finding a new recording medium...
The_Story_of_Creation
Videos and interviews with the bands Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, and Ride, as well as Creation record exec Alan McGee.
The_Story_of_the_Ghost_Story
30 minute documentary on the history and origins of the English ghost Story
The_Story_of_the_Guitar
Alan Yentob embarks on a three-part personal journey to discover how the guitar became the world?s favourite musical instrument. Beginning with the rise of the acoustic guitar, the series takes him from an ancient Middle Eastern ancestor of the lute, to the iconic guitars draped round the necks of Bill Hailey and Elvis Presley and beyond. Featuring interviews with Bert Weedon - the man who taught Britain to Play in a Day, Pete Townshend, Bill Bailey, flamenco player Paco Pena and classical guitarist John Williams.
The_Story_of_Jackanory
A look back at the history of the hugely popular children's series.
The_Story_of_The_Kinks
Episode of The Late Shift looking at the life of Ray Davies and his band, THE KINKS.
Strange_Deaths
This UK documentary focuses on the mysterious circumstances surrounding the deaths of icons such as James Dean, Andy Warhol, Jimi Hendrix, and Jim Morrison
The_Stranger_Left_No_Calling_Card
A story of the perfect crime.
The_Strangerers
Ten-part science-fiction comedy written by Rob Grant.
The_Strange_Story_of_Joe_Meek
Detailing the life of an influential 1960s British record producer, the first to top both the UK and US pop music charts with the same record.
Stronger_than_the_Sun
TV play by Stephen Poliakoff. A woman worker in a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant attempts to bring the Plutonium Energy programme to a full and final stop.
Sunset_Across_The_Bay
Play by Alan Bennett, about an elderly couple who retire to Morecambe and find it hard to settle down in a new environment with a lower income.
Supernatural
Series made up of eight stories of the supernatural told at the Club of the Damned. Complete series.
Take_Me_Home
A middle-aged married man has an obsessive affair with a younger, married woman.
Tales_from_the_Darkside
Series of mystery and horror stories. Complete series.
Tales_of_the_Vikings
Rare tv series
Tales_that_Witness_Madness
Anthology horror film. Starring Jack Hawkins and Donald Pleasance
Talking_to_a_Stranger
Tv mini-series starring Judi Dench. Consists of four episodes, telling the same events from each major character's point of view
Tammy_Wynette-_Till_I_Can_Make_It_On_My_Own
Documentary profile of country music singer, Tammy Wynette.
Target
TV series. Exploits of Det.-Spt. Hackett, in charge of operations of a Regional Crime Squard. Complete Series 1.
Tarry_Dan,_Tarry_Dan,_Scarey_Old_Spooky_Man
Ghost story. A local Cornish tramp has a frightening message for Jonah, the school's toughest tearaway.
Telegoons
Puppet series based on the radio show The GOONS. 1 episode.
Tell_Us_The_Truth
About the rock band Sham '69 and the pressures that face the kids that follow the band, the 'Sham Army'.
Terror_in_the_Sky
Tv movie starring Roddy McDowall and Doug McClure. On a transcontinental flight, the flight crew suffer from food poisioning and become incapacitated. To save the aircraft, the cabin crew locate a passenger with flying experience. He is coached by an experienced pilot on the ground.
That_Sinking_Feeling
Comedy thriller about a group of unemployed youths in Glasgow, who steal a van load of stainless steel sinks from a warehouse.
These_Things_Take_Time
Vic Reeves narrates the story of legendary band the Smiths, featuring previously unseen film footage, animated sequences and rare performances.
They_Came_From_Manchester
Various peformances of Manchester musicians over the past five decades, from The Hollies to Happy Mondays
Thomas_Fraser-_Shetland_Lone_Star
Documentary about Thomas Fraser. When he died in 1978, he was remembered only as a shy fisherman crofter. Thirty years later, he was hailed as the most important figure in the history of British country music and honoured in Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame. No mean achievement for a man who never even played live in Shetland's capital Lerwick. His friends, family and admirers tell his unlikely story.
Thriller_(aka._Boris_Karloff's_Thriller)
Rare mystery and horror anthology series hosted by Boris Karloff. Complete series.
Till_Death_Us_Do_Part
Television comedy series centering on the outrageous bigotry of Alf Garnett. Various episodes 1965 - 75.
The_Time_Element
Rod Serling's original pilot episode for The Twilight Zone
Tina_Goes_Shopping
Single TV drama using the actual inhabitants of a tough Leeds council estate in the leading roles. Tina is a single mum who steals to order for her own `shopping' business, her drug-addict boyfriend Aaron is planning the theft of a cow so he can sell the meat, and Tina's father, Don, is the mobster in control of the local drugs trade.
Tina_Takes_a_Break
Sequel to TINA GOES SHOPPING. Tina promises her children a trip to Blackpool, but then spends the money on drugs.
Tonite_Lets_All_Make_Love_In_London
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London is a 1967 semi-documentary film made by Peter Whitehead about the swinging London, based around a series of psychedelic performances and interviews. It features live performance by Pink Floyd and footage of John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Mick Jagger, Vanessa Redgrave, Lee Marvin, Julie Christie, Allen Ginsberg, Eric Burdon, Michael Caine and many others attending one of the band's concerts.
Top_Ten_-_Electropop_Pioneers_
Marc Almond counts down 10 of the greatest electropop bands, includes interviews with key players and footage of bands such as Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, and New Order
Top_Ten_-_Guitar_Heroes
Leads us through the 20th century phenomenon of the guitar hero, counting down the ten most successful and revealing legendary stories of their egos, talent and excess. The featured heroes are Brian May, Hank Marvin, The Edge, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page, Johnny Marr, Ritchie Blackmore and Jimi Hendrix
Top_Ten_-_Punk_
Malcolm Mclaren counts down 10 of the greatest punk bands, includes interviews with key players and footage of bands such as Sex Pistols, The Clash, and The Stranglers
Top_Ten_-_Sixties_Soul_
A look at the Top Ten of 1960s soul hosted by Smokey Robinson. It look back to the glory days of Berry Gordy's Motown label, and the underbelly of an industry that was rife with sex, drugs and infighting. Thethree remaining members of The Four Tops -Levi Stubbs, Obie Benson and Duke Fakir talk about their unblemished success as the longest running group in pop music history. Aretha Franklin talks about her career from her roots in the Church and gospel music to her later stardom. She also talks about her tempestuous first marriage, the pain of which she transformed in to some of her most memorable songs.
Top_Ten_-_Seventies_Soul_
Isaac Hayes introduces a rundown of the top ten Soul acts from the 1970s.
Traitor
Disillusioned by his rich, aristocratic upbringing in Britain, top foreign office diplomat Adrian Harris became a spy for the Russians. He escaped to Moscow after being found out and it is there that, a few years later, a group of Western journalists come in search of his story. He disgusts them with his drunken ranting, but, unknown to them, he has good reason to conceal his true feelings. Part of the Play for Today series
Transatlantic_Sessions_Live_at_Celtic_Connections_2009
Musicians from Transatlantic Sessions in concert
The_Trap
A fur trapper takes a mute girl as his unwilling wife to live with him in his remote cabin in the woods.
The_Trap-_What_Happened_To_Our_Dream_of_Freedom-
Three one-hour programmes which explore the concept and definition of freedom
The_Treasure_of_Abbot_Thomas
A Ghost Story for Christmas, BBC 1974. An academic clergyman and his student examining a stained-glass window uncover clues as to the location of a great treasure hidden long ago by an evil monk. The clergyman sets out to find it.
The_Triple_Echo
While her husband is a prisoner of war in World War II, Alice gives shelter to a young British deserter on her farm, disguising him as her young sister. Based on the novel of same title by H.E. Bates.
Tripping
TV documentary about archetypal Sixties figure and author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey. Programme features his own archive footage of his famed 1964 Magic Bus Tour across the US.
True_Horror
True Horror is a factual supernatural documentary series, made by October Films, for Discovery Europe. Topics will include vampires, demons, witches and exorcism, with Anthony Head interviewing the experts.
Tucker's_Luck_Series_1
Drama series following the adventures of three ex-pupils of the Grange Hill Comprehensive School, Tucker, Alan and Tommy Watson, after they have left school.
Tucker's_Luck_Series_2
Drama series following the adventures of three ex-pupils of the Grange Hill Comprehensive School, Tucker, Alan and Tommy Watson, after they have left school.
Tucker's_Luck_Series_3
Drama series following the adventures of three ex-pupils of the Grange Hill Comprehensive School, Tucker, Alan and Tommy Watson, after they have left school.
Two_Sundays
Simon Gray's follow up to Plaintiffs and Defendants, explores the alternative histories of characters played by Alan Bates and Dinsdale Landen - this time delving into their respective childhoods to examine their choices.
UK_Public_Information_Films
Various short UK public information films mostly from the 1970s
Uncle_Vanya
A man and his neice live in the country supporting a distinguished relative living in Moscow. When the relative comes to visit they find him not to be so distinguished and realise all their sacrifice has been in vain.
The_Underground
Documentary about the London underground
Under_the_Age
Thirty-Minute Theatre presents an early Alan Clarke drama. Mike and Jack are young lads from Liverpool out for a good time, when they meet Susie, the barman at a Birmingham pub...
Unfair_Exchanges
Play by Ken Campbell about a female single parent whose late night phone calls from her ex-husband take on a sinister ring.
United_Kingdom
Play about a local government crisis in the North East of England. A housing estate becomes a no-go area and the SPG are asked in by local police to resolve the situation.
Universal_Horror
The story of how Universal Studios became Hollywood's most famous producer of horror films. Presented by Kenneth Brannagh.
Up_the_Junction
The Wednesday Play. From the BBC's 'Wednesday Play' series, this play was the first to seriously tackle the issue of abortion. It paints a realistic portrait of working class Londoners at work and play, but has a potent political agenda.
Valley_of_the_Dinosaurs
Animated children's show about a modern family whose plane crash lands in a prehistoric valley. They quickly make friends with some local prehistoric humans (who know how to speak English, oddly enough) and spend their time fighting off dinosaurs and trying to repair their plane. Complete Series
Vampires
Brothers Stu and Davey, influenced by watching a horror film on television, are convinced that a vampire is at large in their local cemetery in Liverpool and they mean to capture him.
The_Velvet_Underground
Rare archive footage/promos etc
The_Velvet_Underground_1993_Reunion_Tour
Documentary on the Velvet Underground's 1993 reunion tour of Europe
Omnibus-_Video_Jukebox
3 part documentary follows the development of the rock video from the musicals and promotional shorts of the 1930s, the jazz sound films of the 40s, the rock 'n' roll films and scorpitones of the 50s and the television pop programmes of the 60s to the first true videos in the 1970s and the 1980s.
Vivian_Stanshall's_Week
TV programme. A TV camera unit follows a personality around for one week. The personalities are Spike Milligan, David Hutchings, Vivian Stanshall, Bill Tidy.
Vivian_Stanshall_-_The_Early_Years
Vivian Stanshall narrates a musical autobiography.
Viz-_The_Documentary
Documentary about British adult humor magazine, Viz.
Viz_Top_Tips_with_Reeves_and_Mortimer_
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer present a selection of Top Tips from the Viz comic.
Voices
After her young son accidentally drowns, a woman has a breakdown and is finally placed in a mental hospital. After her release, her husband takes her for a weekend at a secluded country mansion, hoping to help her recover. However, things at the mansion aren't quite what they seem to be
Walking_Tall
A former wrestler accepts the post of sheriff of a small town and proceeds to clean up the town of its gambling and criminal community.
Walk_On_By-_The_Story_Of_Popular_Song
8 part Series depicting 100 years of history of popular song, from early pioneers to rock'n'roll revolution and modern-day pop. Complete series.
Walk_On_The_Wild_Side
Tells the story behind Lou Reed's song Walk on the Wild Side. The characters named in it were people who frequented Andy Warhol's studio in the late 1960s. Holly Woodlawn and Joe Dallesandro are the only survivors and they are interviewed in the programme. The programme presents a snapshot of a certain moment in the life of New York's underground culture.
The_War_Game
The War Game is a fictional, worst-case-scenario docu-drama about nuclear war and its aftermath in and around a typical English city...
Wasted
Hardhitting four-part documentary series featuring first hand accounts of lives wrecked by various forms of drug addiction.
Way_Upstream
Alan Ayckbourn's black comedy about two couples who go on a boating holiday together, and run into some disturbing people and events.
Werewolf
A young man's best friend has turned him into a werewolf, in desperation he sets off to destroy the head of the werewolf bloodline. Complete series
Werner_Herzog-_Beyond_Reason
Alan Yentob meets the renowned German film director Werner Herzog in this documentary from the BBC's flagship 'Imagine' strand. Herzog is as far from the mainstream as it is possible to be, so it is a surprise when Alan finds him living in the Hollywood Hills. Spending time with Werner at some of his favorite Los Angeles locations, Alan attempts to uncover whether Herzog is the maverick risk-taker he appears to be. He also questions what the future is for Herzog - will he succeed in bucking the Hollywood system, or will he be forced to compromise his unique vision and style?
West_Country_Tales
Series of ghost stories from the Plymouth area, submitted by viewers and coming from their own experience. 9 episodes.
What_Have_the_60's_Done_For_Us-
Archive film and memorable period music give a taste of how the application of science affected life in the sixties
When_Reason_Sleeps
Series of psychological mystery/thriller films. Includes the following 2 episodes: Fear of the Dark / The Scar
Where_Adam_Stood
Play by Dennis Potter, based on FATHER AND SON by Edmund Gosse, about eight year old Edmund who lives alone with his father.
Where_Have_All_The_People_Gone
Rare tv movie. A strange series of solar flares proves fatal for inhabitants of the Earth, except for the fortunate few who are somehow immune from the effects. Animals go insane and human beings turn to white powder, leaving behind only empty clothing. A handful of survivors attempt to rebuild their lives on the de-populated Earth.
Where_the_Buffalo_Roam
The Wednesday Play, BBC 1966. BBC TV play from the WEDNESDAY PLAY series. Hywel Bennett plays a mentally disturbed Welsh teenager obsessed with Wild West films.
The_Whitechapel_Murders
Documentary on the possible identity of Jack the Ripper in which David Jessel presents evidence, using up-to-date forensic methods, which point to an original suspect as being the correct one.
The_White_Lady
Play by David Rudkin. After the breakdown of his marriage Gil struggles to bring up his two daughters, but his care is not enough to ward off the all-pervading power of the White Lady, a symbol of the chemicals used in food production in Britain.
The_Who-_Tv_and_Film_Archives_Volume_1
Footage of rock band in their 60's hey day
The_Who-_Tv_and_Film_Archives_Volume_2
Footage of rock band in their 60's hey day
The_Who-_Tv_and_Film_Archives_Volume_3
Footage of rock band in their 60's hey day
Who_Will_Love_My_Children-
Based on events in the life of Lucille Fray, a woman who discovered, in the early 1950's that she had terminal cancer and then resolved to find new homes for each of her ten children.
Omnibus-__Willem_De_Kooning_-_The_Greatest_Living_Painter
Documentary about the abstrace expressionist artist. Omnibus, BBC 1995
Omnibus-__William_Blake_-_Singing_for_England
A profile of the life and work of artist and poet William Blake.
William_Burroughs
1997 BBC documentary on the life of William Burroughs, author of Naked Lunch and The Soft Machine.
William_Wilson
CENTRE PLAY FOR CHRISTMAS. TV dramatisation of the story by Edgar Allan Poe. Dramatised by Hugh Whitemore.
Will_You_Love_Me_Tomorrow
Freedom fascinates and frightens Jackie, encountering the real world for the first time in years.
Wings
A Dramatic Epic about World War One Fighter Pilots. Complete Series
Witchcraft
Drama series about a crew making a film about witchcraft. The director gets rather carried away and endangers the lives of his cast.
The_Witches_of_Pendle
Dramatisation of a real life witch-trial from 1612
With_Orson_Welles-_Stories_of_a_Life_in_Film
A two-and-a-half hour documentary retrospective on the career of Orson Welles. Includes indepth interview with the great man.
Without_Walls-_The_Art_of_Tripping
Bernard Hill presents a two-part documentary on the relationship between drugtaking and the arts from 1800 to the 1990s.
The_Woman_in_Black
Ghostly British drama based on the novel by Susan Hill, directed by Nigel Kneale
Woody_Allen_-_South_Bank_Show
An interview with Woody Allen in which he talks briefly about the effect on his life of Mia Farrow's accusations of child abuse. He speaks at length about his craft - his method of writing, acting, working and casting. There are extracts from MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY, ANNIE HALL and MANHATTAN.
Woody_Guthrie_-_BBC_Arena
Documentary on the life and work of American folk singer Woody Guthrie, and his influence on other writers and singers. Contains black and white archive footage.
The_World_About_Us-_The_Manwatcher
TV documentary in which Desmond Morris takes a zoologist's eye-View of man's gestures, postures and movement.
The_World_According_To_Smith_And_Jones
Comedy series, in which Smith and Jones looks at Hollywood film versions of great historic events. Dvds contain complete series 1 and 2. Final episode of series 2 is missing.
The_World_of_Hammer
13 part documentary series on Hammer films. Narrated by Oliver Reed.
Worlds_Beyond
A half-hour supernatural anthology series adapted from real cases of the Society for Psychical Research. 13 episodes.
The_Worlds_of_Fantasy
Three-part documentary series about fantasy fiction, one of the biggest-selling genres.
Wormwood_Scrubs
Two-part documentary about the life of prisoners and staff at Wormwood Scrubs, one of Europe's largest prisons.
The_Worst_Journey_in_the_World
Written by and starring Mark Gatiss, this drama tells the little known story of Apsley Cherry-Garrard's epic hunt for penguin eggs during Captain Scott's polar expedition of 1910?1913. During their expedition the men underwent terrible privations; man-hauling sledges in total darkness for a full month and enduring extreme temperatures. This film is a quintessentially British tale of an ill-equipped and resolutely amateur team of adventurers battling the elements.
X_Rated-_The_20_Most_Controversial_TV_Moments
Countdown of the 20 most controversial television moments on British television.
The_Year_of_the_Sex_Olympics
Set in a future where the world is dominated and run by television...
The_Yellow_Wallpaper
Charlotte Gilman's story, in first-person narration, places us inside the mind of the woman descending into madness.
Your_Cheatin'_Heart
Six-part drama series set in Glasgow written by John Byrne.
Z_Cars
Police drama set in the fictional north of England town, Newtown. 31 episodes, with extras.
Z_For_Zachariah
Part of the Play for Today series. Based on a book of the same name, depicting events in a Welsh valley after a nuclear holocaust, in which almost everyone has dies, leaving just two families.

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