John Owens

Doctor Who (Türkçe anlamıyla Doktor Kim) BBC yapımı İngiliz bilim kurgu televizyon dizisidir. Dizi; Doktor olarak bilinen, zamanda yolculuk yapan insansı Dünya dışı yaratık olan Zaman Lordu'nun maceralarını anlatmaktadır. Doktor, dışarıdan 1950'lerden kalma bir polis kulübesi gibi görünen TARDIS adındaki bilince sahip ve zamanda yolculuk edebilen bir uzay gemisi ile evreni araştırır. Doktor, yardımcıları ile beraber uzay ve zamanı keşfeder, sorunları çözer, yaratıklarla yüzleşir ve tarihe yapılan müdahalelere engel olur. Guinness Rekorlar Kitabı tarafından dünyanın en uzun süren bilim kurgu televizyon programı olarak listelenen dizi aynı zamanda İngiliz popüler kültürünün de önemli bir parçasıdır. Dizi iyi planlanmış hikâyeleri, ilk yayınlandığı dönemdeki düşük bütçeli yaratıcı özel efektleri ve elektronik müzik kullanımındaki önderliği ile tanınır.

Londra’da itibarını yitirdikten sonra rehabilitasyondan kaçan Sherlock zengin babasının en kötü kabusuyla –ciddi bir arkadaş olan Dr. Watson ile- yaşamaya zorladığı Manhattan’a geliyor. Üç yıl önce bir hastasını ve lisansını kaybedene dek başarılı bir cerrah olan Watson yeni işini insanlara yardım edebileceği ve cezasını ödeyebileceği bir fırsat olarak görmektedir. Ancak, huzursuz Sherlock eski müşterileri gibi değildir.

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.

Ülkeyi korumak için zamana karşı çalışırken İngiliz Güvenlik Servisi'nin karşılaştığı farklı zorluklar hakkında gergin drama dizisi. Başlık, casuslar için popüler bir konuşma dilidir ve dizi, hizmetin Thames House merkezinde, The Grid olarak bilinen oldukça güvenli bir ofis paketinde bulunan bir grup MI5 memurunun çalışmalarını takip eder.

The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.

A snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her long suffering husband.

Shoestring is a BBC detective drana set in Bristol and starring Trevor Eve as private detective Eddie Shoestring, who operatee his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The programme ran between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, in two series with 21 hour-long episodes. Eve opted not to return after two series, as he wanted to diversify into theatre, so the production team changed the setting to Jersey and created Bergerac, also following a detective returning to work after a bad period in his life.

An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.

Middle-aged Terry and June Medford are beginning to find the trials of life more difficult as they try to succeed in their daily lives. The couple have just moved to Purley, south-east London... Aunt Lucy and the mynah bird have disappeared, as had the occasionally visiting daughters. Terry and June now mixed with friendly next door neighbour Beattie; Terry's chatty work colleague, Malcolm; and their gruff boss Sir Dennis Hodge. Otherwise, things were much as before, with Terry's pigheaded childishness causing no end of problems, usually thwarting June's attempts at leading a cosy life.

A story of two sisters attempting to find happiness in the tightly structured society of 18th century England. Elinor, disciplined, restrained and very conscious of the manners of the day, represents sense. Outspoken, impetuous, emotional Marianne represents sensibility.

A hapless but caring teacher tries to control his class of unruly kids. The teacher sees much good and potential in his pupils, much to the dismay of his fellow teachers who have lost hope in these kids.

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.

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.

Two hundred years after the construction of the great cathedral, the medieval town of Kingsbridge is taken under siege by Queen Isabella. Caris, a visionary young woman, inspires her people to stand up for their rights and revolt against to the most powerful forces of her time, the Church and the Crown.

This series shows the workings of an English hospital through the eyes of its junior doctors. Naive and idealistic Dr Andrew Collins (Andrew Lancel), soon realises he still has much to learn. His boss, Dr Claire Maitland (Helen Baxendale) on the other hand, has seen it all. She is a competent doctor, with a cynical view, and is ready to work the system when needed, but she and Collins work well together as she guides him through the many minefields of working in the NHS.

LOOK AROUND YOU. Look around you. Just look around you. What do you see? A tree. A weather-vane. A discarded lollipop-wrapper. A traffic shop. All of these things, and any other things you may care to mention, have one thing in common. Can you work out what it is?

Mel and Howard's wedding is one week away. Howard experiences a series of humiliating disasters in the week leading up to the ceremony.

In the aftermath of Upstairs Downstairs, chauffeur Thomas Watkins and housemaid Sarah Moffat have gone their separate ways. But when a near fatal auto accident reunites them, the duo team up to hatch get-rich-quick schemes, pose as wealthy investors, or take on various odd jobs—often at the expense of others.

The Further Adventures of the Musketeers was a BBC drama series and a follow-up to the 1966–67 10-episode serial The Three Musketeers. Based on Alexander Dumas' novel Twenty Years After, this 16-episode series follows Athos, Porthos and Aramis, along with new recruit d'Artagnan, as they continue to protect the name and throne of the King.

Open All Hours is a British television sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke, starring Ronnie Barker as penny-pinching corner-shopkeeper Albert Arkwright, and David Jason as his nephew and assistant Granville. The programme originated as a 1973 episode of Barker’s comedy anthology Seven of One, and later ran for 26 episodes; the first series broadcast on BBC2, the remaining three series broadcast on BBC1.

Mapp & Lucia is a British television comedy, based on E. F. Benson's novels, beginning with the eponymous 1931 entry for series 1, with Lucia's Progress and Trouble for Lucia for series 2. Mrs Emmeline Lucas (nicknamed Lucia) has just moved to the small English town of Tilling where she comes into conflict with the social ambitions of Miss Elizabeth Mapp. Until now, Miss Mapp has led (and controlled) the social life of Tilling, but that was before they met Lucia.

Black and Blue was a BBC TV comedy-drama series, first broadcast in 1973. The show consisted of six 50–60 minutes episodes, each a separate self-contained playlet. The only connection was the Black and Blue humour theme. The first episode was broadcast on 14 August 1973, with the finale on 18 September 1973. The first, Secrets, was wiped, only surviving thanks to a domestic videotape copy made from the master by producer Mark Shivas.

To Serve Them All My Days is a 1980-81 British television drama serial, adapted by Andrew Davies from R. F. Delderfield's 1972 novel of the same name. David Powlett-Jones, a shell-shocked World War I veteran, becomes a teacher at an elite English boarding school, Bamfylde. The drama explores his personal growth, relationships, and evolving views on society over his 20-year career at the school.

Amerika'dan gelen iki genç öğrenci, İngiltere kırsalında ne olduğunu anlamadıkları bir yaratığın saldırısına uğrar. Arkadaşını bu saldırı sonucu kaybeden David ise hayatta kaldığına pişman olacaktır. Çünkü, lânet artık onun da kanına girmiştir.

Chon Wang ve Roy O'Bannon, Çin'den Londra'ya doğru bir yolculuğa çıkarlar. Chon'un kardeşi, Londra'da bir cinayete kurban gitmiştir ve Chon, onun intikamını almak için geri dönmeye karar verir. İkili, Londra'daki suçluları araştırırken, aynı zamanda Kraliçe'nin tahttan indirilme planları ile karşılaşıyor.

Lawrence Talbot’un çocukluğu, annesinin öldüğü gece sona ermiştir. Lawrence, sessiz sakin Victoria dönemi kasabası Blackmoor’u terk ettikten sonra kendisini toplayıp herşeyi unutmak için uzun yıllar boyunca ortalıkta görünmez. Ancak kardeşinin nişanlısı Gwen Conliffe’in (Emily Blunt), kaybettiği biricik aşkını bulmak için yardımını istemesi üzerine arama çalışmasına katılmak için geri döner. Kasabaya ulaştığında doymak bilmeyen bir kana susamışın kasaba halkını tek tek öldürdüğünü; olayı araştırmak için Aberline (Hugo Weavin) adlı bir Scotland Yard müfettişinin kasabaya geldiğini öğrenir. Lawrence, vahşet dolu bulmacanın parçalarını birleştirdikçe dolunayda ortaya çıkan kurt adamlarla ilgili çok eski bir laneti duyar.

1880'ler Londrası'nda insanları dehşete sürükleyen Karındeşen Jack cinayetleri hüküm sürmektedir. Korku içerisindeki insanlığı bu vahşetten kurtarabilecek tek kişi Müfettiş Frederick Abberline olamak üzeredir. Psişik güçlere sahip olan Abberline, partneri Godley'le birlikte bu güçlerinin ortaya çıkardığı delilleri takip etmeye koyulurlar. Sinemaya çokça kereler ilham veren Karındeşen Jack vakasından esinlenen yapıt, bir çizgi romandan beyaz perdeye uyarlanan ilginç bir iş görünümünde.

Klasiğin bu uyarlamasında Alice, tavşan deliğinden aşağı iner ve içinde muhteşem sakinleriyle birlikte çılgın harikalar diyarı bulur.

Şarkıcı Jake (Dolly Parton), New York'taki country müzik kulübünden ayrılmak ister, ancak patronu onu bırakmaz. En azından bir iddiaya girmeye razı olur: Eğer Jake, bir hafta içinde Nick'i (Sylvester Stallone) bir country şarkıcısına dönüştürebilirse, özgür olacak. Ama Nick country müzikten nefret etmektedir...

The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.

Charles Dickens klasiği Scrooge bu kez müzikale dönüştürülmüş. Ebenezer Scrooge (Albert Finney) çok zengin ama taş kalpli ve cimri bir adamdır. Geçmişin, şimdinin ve geleceğin Noel hayaletleri yine yalnız geçirdiği bir Noel akşamı Scrooge’u geçmişini yeniden gözden geçirmeye zorlar ve eğer bu şekilde yaşamaya devam ederse geleceğinin nasıl olacağını ona gösterirler. Alec Guinness, Kenneth Moore, Laurance Naismith ve Edith Evans başarılı performanslarıyla dikkat çekici! Müzikler, sahne ve kostümler mükemmel! 1951 versiyonunun vermekte başarılı olamadığı detaylar bu kez seyirciye çok iyi yansıtılmış. Noel hediyeleri alınırken, zenginlerin düşünmeden hediye alıp geçmesi ama fakir bir adamın minnettar bir şekilde15 şiline hediye seçmeye çalışması en etkileyici sahnelerden…

Geraldine and her two daughters, Livvie and Angeline, are living rough on the streets on London. When their van blows up, they must find an alternative place to stay. At first, they live in temporary housing, but the conditions are unbearable. Geraldine reacts quickly and the family decides to take up residence in Scottley's, the best department store in London. They must keep it a secret from doorman Brian (whom the girls call Mr. Whiskers), and a couple of bumbling thieves who want to rob the store safe of its jewels.

When 17 year old Joanna comes to Swinging London, she meets a host of colourful characters, discovers the pleasures of casual sex and falls in love. That's when things get complicated.

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 eccentric characters. With his passion for the railways and naïve disposition, Benjamin inadvertently encourages them to reveal their innermost fears and darkest secrets.

Ludo French stars in a sci-fi series, but working with the arrogant, conceited, always dissatisfied man pushes the production to its limits.

Harry Clegg is an ex policeman who fights dirty, his mission to track down a crazed prostitute responsible for a string of murders.

An elderly woman learns that she is dying of cancer. She and her husband leave their small farm on the Isle of Skye to visit their children to inform them of the news. During the journey, the couple rediscover their love for each other.

Is there nothing new under the sun? 1770. The South Atlantic. A fleet sets sail from Buenos Aires to expel the British forces and reconquer the Falkland Islands. A major international crisis explodes. What follows may sound strangely familiar, but is firmly based on the historical record and the actual speeches and writings of the time.

A deadly virus threatens the population, but a vaccine has been developed. However, it has a devastating side-effect. All is not well in the family of the government's chief scientific adviser. But the mood at the vaccine manufacturer is more upbeat, at the prospect of a lucrative government contract.