Brian Spink
Actor · 1934 – 2014 · Bristol, England, UK
Movies5
Movie7.8AdventureAnimationTwo dogs, Rowf and Snitter, struggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal research laboratory. They're pursued by search parties and then the military after rumours spread that they could be carrying the bubonic plague.
The Plague Dogs
1982 · 309 votes
Movie4.0TV MovieDrama1984 was not a leap into the future-but a look at the dangers already present-in Orwell's lifetime. The Road to 1984 intertwines vision and reality. It displays the passion and chronicles the career of Orwell--who warned us of what could happen if we stayed on that road--his road to 1948 and ours to 1984.
The Road to 1984
1984 · 2 votes
Movie10.0AdventureDramaA self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win the love of the fair Dulcinea.
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973 · 1 votes
Movie10.0DramaHistoryDennis Potter's controversial reading of the life of Christ, with Jesus portrayed as a hearty, fiery, well-meaning carpenter who believes that people should try to love their enemies rather than fight all the time, but who is racked by self doubt as to whether or not he is the popularly anticipated Messiah.
Son of Man
1969 · 1 votes
- MovieDocumentaryDrama
A re-creation of some of the confrontations and sketches in the remarkable background of the Windscale Enquiry. The dialogue is taken from the Official Verbatim Transcript of Proceedings. It was filmed on location in the Lake District and at Whitehaven Civic Hall where the Enquiry took place.
Series5
TV5.2DramaA BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · 8 votes
TV7.1DramaComedyRumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975 · 24 votes
TV7.8CrimeDramaHighly skilled Detective Inspector Jane Tennison battles to prove herself in a male dominated world.
Prime Suspect
1991 · 105 votes
TV7.3DramaSci-Fi & FantasyA group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.
Blake's 7
1978 · 51 votes
- TV9.0Comedy
Birds on the Wing is a 1971 BBC Two television comedy written by Peter Yeldham and produced by Graeme Muir, originally aired in a single series of six episodes. A businessman becomes enamoured of an attractive young woman, whom he finds out is trying to con him with her friend. The three form an unlikely alliance.
Birds on the Wing
1971 · 1 votes