John Barrett

Play 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.

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.

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.

Theatre 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.

A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.

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.

Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.

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.

The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.

Churchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies. 26 episodes were produced by the BBC and initially broadcast from 30 December 1974 to 23 June 1975.

Anthology series of half hour plays produced in BBC's Television Centre's studios.

Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.

Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology of classic horror and supernatural dramas. Five series were broadcast from 1966 to 1970 on ITV and produced by ABC and Thames Television.

Poldark is a television drama based on Winston Graham's novels of the same title. It was first transmitted on BBC Two across two seasons between 1975 and 1977. The adaptation covered all seven novels (of the eventual twelve) published up to the time. In late 18th-century Cornwall, Ross Poldark loses his fiancée, well-bred beauty Elizabeth, to his cousin Francis. He ends up marrying his servant, Demelza Carne, but his passion for Elizabeth simmers on for years. Meanwhile, he strives to make his derelict copper mines a success. Life is hard, smuggling is rife, and Ross finds himself taking the side of the underclass against the ruthless behaviour of his enemies, the greedy Warleggan clan.

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a British sitcom which was broadcast between 9 January 1973 and 9 April 1974 on BBC1. It was the colour sequel to the mid-1960s hit The Likely Lads. It was created and written, as was its predecessor, by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. There were 26 television episodes over two series; and a subsequent 45-minute Christmas special was aired on 24 December 1974. The cast were reunited in 1975 for a BBC radio adaptation of series 1, transmitted on Radio 4 from July to October that year. In 1976, a feature film spin-off was made. Around the time of its release, however, Rodney Bewes and James Bolam fell out over a misunderstanding involving the press and have not spoken since. This long-suspected situation was finally confirmed by Bewes while promoting his autobiography in 2005. Unlike Bewes, Bolam is consistently reluctant to talk about the show, and has vetoed any attempt to revive his character.

Studio 4 is an anthology drama series utilising BBC Television Centre's Studio Four, and running for two series in 1962 on BBC One. It was envisaged as a sequel to Storyboard, a similar anthology series which had been transmitted the previous year.

The Famous Five is a British television series based on the children's books of the same name by Enid Blyton. It was broadcast on ITV over two series in 1978 and 1979. It was produced by Southern Television in 26 half-hour episodes.

Jubilee 1977 is a thirteen-part 1977 BBC One television limited series produced by Pieter Rogers, an anthology centred around the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the accession on Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. It was celebrated with large-scale parties and parades in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth throughout 1977, culminating in June with the official 'Jubilee Days', held to coincide with the Queen's Official Birthday.

An anthology of 1920s set plays and musicals, transmissioned from 10 September to 10 December 1968 on BBC One.

Juliet Bravo was a drama that focused on two female police inspectors, neither of whom were called Juliet Bravo! These two inspectors worked in the small fictional town of Hartley, Lancashire. Jean Darblay was on the scene first and had trouble with her sexist colleagues. However she soon managed to gain their trust and prove a woman could be a successful police officer and housewife. Jean's call sign was Juliet Bravo. When she was promoted and moved on she was replaced by Kate Longton who not only took over the patch but also the headaches that went with it.

A series of plays from Birmingham by new writers.

Shadows is a British Supernatural television anthology series produced by Thames Television for ITV between 1975 and 1978. Extending over three seasons, it featured ghost and horror dramas for children. Guest actors included John Nettleton, Gareth Thomas, Jenny Agutter, Pauline Quirke, Brian Glover, June Brown, Rachel Herbert, Jacqueline Pearce and Gwyneth Strong. The series was also notable for reviving the character of Mr. Stabs. Notable writers for the series included J. B. Priestley, Fay Weldon and PJ Hammond.

London itself takes the starring role in this series of plays from the BBC – a role which varies between hero and villain, enchantress and harpy. The series features extensive location filming, ranging from Soho to the Law Courts, Wembley to the docks. Of the twelve episodes, eleven are believed to be lost.

In Colne, Lancashire, in the North West of England, Nellie and Eli Pledge may be siblings, but their personalities are polar opposites. If not for inheritance, they would never even think of becoming business partners for five years.

1943'de bir grup Alman paraşütçü komando Polonya ordusu üniformalarıyla gizlice İngiltere'ye inerek Winston Churchill'i kaçırmaya çalışır.

Robin ve Marian birbirlerini 20 sene sonra bulurlar. Artık ikisi de yaşlanmış, Robin askerlikten emekli, Marian ise rahibe olmuştur. Marian 20 sene tek satır yazmayan (zira Robin in okuma yazmasi yoktur) Robin'e ofkeli de olsa fazla vakitleri kalmadığı ve ondan baska bir erkeği sevmediği için Sherwood'a dönmeye razı olur. fakat serif ve adamlari peslerini birakmayacaktir. robin serifi teke tek dovusmeye razi edip oldurdukten sonra agir yarali sekilde marian'in evine tasinir. marian robin'e acisini dindirmesi icin bir kadeh ilac doldurur ve kendisi de bir miktar icer.

On sekizinci yüzyıl Viktorya dönemi... Sarah, 'alt' sınıflardan gelme, sevdiği adamın peşinden gitmiş olduğu için toplum tarafından dışlanmış genç bir kadındır. Toplumun tamamen şekilden ibaret ahlak değerleri tarafından yargılanıp damgalanmış olan bu kadın, en ufak özgürlüklerden bile mahrum bırakıldığı, kıstırılmış bir hayat yaşamaktadır. Yine aynı şekilde, toplumun tamamen gösteriş budalası, samimiyetten uzak kurallarından sıkılmış ama bunu kendisine çok da itiraf etmek istemeyen Charles'la tanışan Sarah, çok da fazla konuşmaya gerek kalmadan aynı duyguları ve düşünceleri paylaştıklarını farkeder. Sarah'ın içinde bulunduğu 'düşük' sosyal sınıfa rağmen Charles, tam anlamıyla bir aristokrattır. Çok fazla ortak noktaları olan bu iki insanın bir arada olmalarını engelleyen belki de en önemli neden de budur. Tabi bir de Charles'ın, zengin bir tüccarın şımarık kızı ile olan nişan düzeyindeki ilişkisi.

Martin Thomas Hardy'nin "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" romanından sinemaya uyarlanan "Tess", Roman Polanski'nin en ünlü filmlerinden biri. Fakir bir köylü kızı olan Tess babası tarafından zengin akrabalarının yanına gönderilir. Babası içten içe uzaktaki akrabalarının kızını da kendilerinden görüp, ona sonsuz gibi gelen zenginliklerine ortak edeceklerini ummaktadır. Oysa işler hiç de umduğu gibi gelişmez, zira Tess'in yanına yerleştiği aile D'Urbervilles adını sonradan almıştır.

Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.

An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.

A chance discovery leads American mining engineer Ben Harris and acquaintance Harold to discover a lost city under the sea while searching for their kidnapped friend Jill. Held captive in the underwater city by the tyrannical Captain (Vincent Price), and his crew of former smugglers, the three plot to escape...

1950’lerin sonunda İngiltere’de ortaya çıkan “Özgür Sinema/Free Cinema” akımının en başarılı örneklerinden biri sayılan “Saturday Night and Sunday Morning” Arthur Seaton (Albert Finney)’ın özelinde, fabrika dumanlarıyla kararmış Nottingham kentindeki işçi ailelerinin yaşamına tanıklık etmemizi sağlıyor. Arthur bir montaj fabrikasında çalışan, ailesiyle yaşayan, uçarı, sorumsuz, yaşadığı hayata öfkeli bir genç. Gelecek daha güzel günlerin hayalini kurarken bir yandan da hafta sonları publarda körkütük sarhoş oluyor, arkadaşının karısıyla yatıyor, komşu kadına havalı tüfekle ateş ediyor, aşık oluyor…

Gertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness.

A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity belts in the market place, but on this day Sir Graggart de Bombast arrives to sack the castle, and to get the lovely Lobelia Custard in the sack! Lurkalot must help Custard cream the knight in pining armour...

In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes.

Eric Olthwaite is so boring that his family all leave home to escape him. Then one day he is accidentally caught up in a bank robbery and discovers that the robber shares his interests in shovels, black pudding and rainfall so they team up to make daring raids to steal rainfall records. As a result Eric becomes famous and is considered interesting again, so much so that he is made the mayor of Denley Moor.

Early adaption of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four as part of the Theatre 625 series.

A serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman is brought in to help Scotland Yard solve the case.

A criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll.

Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby. There she can benefit from the tranquillity and peace, enabling her to recover fully. But under the facade of idyllic country life she slowly unearths the frightening reality of village life in which the inhabitants are followers of a menacing satanic cult with the power to inflict indiscriminate evil and death if crossed.

An old man travels to London from the North Country, accompanied by his son, in order to find the truth about his daughter's suicide.

An army deserter hides out on a country estate but falls foul of the gamekeeper.

Comedians is a TV movie/play by Trevor Griffiths, set in a Manchester evening class for aspiring working-class comedians.

The first Play for Today is the story of one man's obsession (to win the world long distance piano playing record) and the battle for good (his wife) and evil (his agent) that rages around him.

Based on James Herriot's books about life as a 1930s veterinarian in Yorkshire, John Alderson plays the kindly doctor who ministers to animals in this enjoyable family film. Sequel to the 1975 film All Creatures Great and Small.

A Scotland Yard detective is investigating a string of robberies and a murder, and the information he uncovers leads him to the estate of a wealthy but strange English family, who share their mansion with a group of nuns. The detective comes to suspect that neither the family nor the nuns is quite what they seem to be.