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A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.

ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, a format that would inspire Dramarama. Actors appearing in the series included Leslie Anderson, Gwen Nelson, Ricky Alleyne, Pat Heywood, Michael Elphick, Ian Hendry, Edward Woodward, Margaret Lockwood, Jessie Matthews and Lloyd Peters.

An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known.

Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the then present-day, and dealt with a scientific government agency led by Doctor Spencer Quist, responsible for investigating and combating various ecological and technological dangers. The series was followed by a film adaptation produced by Tigon British Film Productions and released in 1972, and a revival TV film was broadcast on Channel 5 in 1999.

Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatising the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies ever to work for the British. Among his exploits, in the early 20th-century, were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of the Bolsheviks in 1918. His reputation with women was as legendary as his genius for espionage.

Professor Norman Wedgwood oversees an experimental rocket group on remote Buchan Island in Scotland. His children, Geoff, Valerie and Jimmy visit to watch the latest rocket launch, along with journalist Conway Henderson. When the pilot takes ill, Jimmy finds himself taking his place on a mission to the Moon along with his pet hamster, Hamlet.

Vita, attività politica e morte di Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948): studi a Londra, apprendistato in Sudafrica, attività politica, digiuni di protesta, morte violenta per mano di un bramino e solenni funerali. Nell'impersonare il grande apostolo dell'indipendenza dell'India e della non violenza, Kingsley è straordinario. Appartenente alla categoria dei colossi con un'idea, il film è coinvolgente, convincente, un po' didattico. 8 premi Oscar: film, regia, Kingsley, sceneggiatura (John Briley), fotografia, costumi, scenografie, montaggio.

La scoperta da parte del padre che la loro famiglia discende da un nobile ceppo normanno catapulta Tess in un tragico viaggio che terminerà con la sua esecuzione. Tess viene mandata dai suoi genitori a reclamare la parentela con un'altra famiglia di nome d'Urberville, senza sapere che questa è una famiglia di nuovi ricchi che proviene da un'altra parte del Paese dove hanno comprato il nome per apparire più rispettabili.