
Caroline Mortimer
Actor · 1942 – 2020 · Willersey, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Series19
TV6.6DramaPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
Play for Today
1970 · 10 votes
TV7.4Action & AdventureCrimeSimon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
The Saint
1962 · 136 votes
TV7.2DramaTheatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.
Theatre 625
1964 · 5 votes
TV5.2DramaAn anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.
The Wednesday Play
1964 · 5 votes
TV4.8CrimeDramaNo Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.
No Hiding Place
1959 · 4 votes
TV7.0Anthology series of dramatic works.
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · 3 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
TV7.1Sci-Fi & FantasyThe crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.
Space: 1999
1975 · 166 votes
TV6.6DramaTwo sisters who set up a London fashion house for society of the early 1920s.
The House of Eliott
1991 · 14 votes
TV6.4DramaThis sprawling BBC saga follows an aristocratic family through three generations of power, wealth, intrigue, and scandal in Victorian England. Based on Anthony Trollope’s “political” novels .
The Pallisers
1974 · 5 votes
- TV5.0Drama
Anthology of self-contained dramas that aired from 1977 to 1978.
The Sunday Drama
1977 · 1 votes
TVDramaComedyAnthology series of love stories.
Boy Meets Girl
1967
- TVDrama
An anthology series based on the varied stories by W. Somerset Maugham divided into three categories: "Rule Britannia" about colonial life, "Women of the World" which focus on female characters, and "Victims of Fate".
TV3.8DramaThe Cleopatras is a 1983 BBC Television historical drama serial created and written by Philip Mackie. Set in Ancient Egypt during the latter part of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, the eight-part series follows the lives of a series of queens belonging to the Ptolemaic Dynasty of ancient Egypt, culminating in its final active ruler Cleopatra VII. Intended to be the I, Claudius of the 1980s, The Cleopatras met with a decidedly negative critical reaction, and was regarded and portrayed as a gaudy farce. It also produced a number of complaints due to scenes of nudity.
The Cleopatras
1983 · 4 votes
TV6.0DramaArmchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.
Armchair Theatre
1956 · 6 votes
- TVDrama
Love story adapted from the novel by Margaret Drabble.
The Waterfall
1980
- TV1.0MysteryDrama
On the eve of William and Anne's wedding, family chaos erupts when William's ex-wife interferes. During the post-wedding party, heavy drinking leads to open fights and hidden trysts. The festivities turn grim when a body is discovered in the barn, forcing the family to close ranks and cover up dark truths.
Murder at the Wedding
1979 · 1 votes
- TV
An industrial espionage drama in which an agent investigated the world of big business
Intrigue
1966
- TVDrama
Flemish peasant Madeleine Vanderlynden has a farm situated in French Flanders, close to the WWI Front, with some British troops billeted there. Madeleine is determined to track down Georges D’Archeville, son of the local baron who owns the land on which the farm stands, with whom she had an affair before he went off to war.
The Spanish Farm
1968
Movies13
Movie6.3ThrillerActionA terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he has planted aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise ship. Inspired by real events.
Juggernaut
1974 · 147 votes
Movie5.9ActionWarA German U-Boat commander plans a daring escape from a PoW camp in Scotland.
The McKenzie Break
1970 · 34 votes
Movie6.6WarDramaThe final days in the Bunker, with Hitler becoming more and more paranoid, plumbing the depths of his madness and reaching his well deserved fate.
The Death of Adolf Hitler
1973 · 5 votes
Movie5.1DramaRomanceGlobe-trotting clothes-horse Julia, who's harboring a secret, embarks on a 10-day fling with Valerio in Italy.
Movie8.0ComedyDramaThe Home-Made Car is a 1963 short film directed by James Hill about a young man who rebuilds a vintage car and finds love. Made in and around Farnborough, Hampshire, it became a cult success when regularly broadcast as a trade test colour transmission on the run up to the start of BBC2 colour transmissions. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
The Home-Made Car
1963 · 7 votes
Movie5.8DramaRomanceBased on the novel by L. P. Hartley, The Hireling is a dissection of antiquated but hardly dormant British class distinctions as a lonely socialite and her chauffeur become more than friends.
The Hireling
1973 · 28 votes
- Movie10.0TV Movie
A man enters into a correspondence with his colleague's eight-year-old daughter.
A Child and a Half
1969 · 1 votes
Movie6.0MusicComedyFive seamen and a passenger are intent on making the most of the 14 hours they will spend in London.
Saturday Night Out
1964 · 4 votes
Movie7.0DramaTV MovieAre Maggie and Tony using each other as a means of communicating with Dr Leafer? Or are they using Dr Leafer as a means of communicating with each other?
Three's One
1973 · 1 votes
- MovieDrama
Once, long ago, Clive Breeze was a hero whose bravery won him a medal. Now, he's a middle-aged failure who's in big, big trouble.
The Gong Game
1965
Movie8.0TV MovieA writer is having an affair with a married woman and gets embroiled with the other women in her life.
A Little Temptation
1965 · 1 votes
- MovieHistory
A film following Harold II at the Battle of Hastings
- Movie7.0
Michael Frayn play part of TV series The Wednesday Play.
Jamie, on a Flying Visit
1968 · 1 votes