Jonathan Lynn

Victor Maynard, münzevi bir hayat yaşayan orta yaşlı bir katildir. Profesyonel bir şekilde yaptığı işi bir gün kurbanlarından biri olan Rose ile tanışmasının ardından sekteye uğrar. Victor yalnızca Rose'un hayatını bağışlamakla kalmaz, özel dedektif olduğunu zanneden genç bir çırak da edinir. Hayatının akışı tamamen değişmiştir.

Yurtdışından kaçak olarak değerli taşlar getiren Diana taşların peşinde olan katillerden kaçarken bir otoparkta karısı tarafından aldatılan ve iyi kalpli bir adam olan Ed ile tesadüfen karşılaşır ve bu iyi kalpli adamın ona yardım etmesiyle birlikle olaylar gelişir.

Üç bekar adam, bebekliğinden beri büyürken yanında oldukları küçük kız çocuğu Kate'den ayrılacaklarını öğrendiklerinde çok üzülürler. Three Men And A Baby'nin devam filminde Kate büyümüş, küçük, sevimli bir kız çocuğu olmuştur. Annesi Sylvia'nın işleri öyle yoğundur ki, Kate'in üç bekar erkek bakıcısı olan Peter, Michael ve Jack'le ilgilenemez olmuştur. Derken, Sylvia'nın işi gereği İngiltere'ye taşınması gerekir. Üç adam da bu habere çok üzülürler. Bebekliğini bildikleri Kate ve annesi Sylvia'dan ayrı kalmak o kadar kolay olmayacaktır.

McTeaguslarla tanışmaya hazır mısınız? Bütün işe yaramayanların sonuncusu bu ailede. Hepsi marangozluktan yetişti ve zengin amcalarının malvarlığını sahiplenmek istiyor...ancak o henüz ölmedi! Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas ve Nancy Travis yaramazlıklarıyla sizleri çok güldürecek. Ailesi eski usülle zengin olmaya çalışan Joe Amca (Douglas) banka yolunda gülme krizi geçiren bunamış ve çok rahat kandırılabilen biridir. Öbür yandan da muhteşem pizza dağıtıcısı bir kız Joe'nun hemşiresi olur ve onun bu hastaya karşı gösterdiği tutum tehdit edici bir hal almaya başlar. Bunun üzerine uzun zamandır kayıplarda olan kuzen Danny'i (Fox) ararlar ancak Joe'nun gözleri bir kere açılmıştır ve bu yaşlı adamın kalbini ısıtacak yolu bulmuştur. Ama Danny'nin kız arkadaşı (Travis) onu bu kötü durumdan kurtaramaz. Danny çok yakında bir grup akbabanın öncüsü olacaktır.

A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.

Breaking Glass is the story of punk singer Kate and her meteoric rise to stardom. Starting out in the rock pubs of London, Kate, assisted by her manager Danny, becomes a huge star overnight. Once at the top the pressure is immense as Kate's band are squeezed out and she is left to cope alone in the spotlight.

Vinny Mathews is a small time boxing promoter who struggles with his conscience over what to do with a fighter he knows is unfit to face his opponent. However, Mathews needs sponsorship and this would be the ideal opportunity to mix with the "frilly shirted" sportsmen who enjoy their lavish lifestyle as fighters slug it out as the steak is served!

Prudence Hardcastle is on the pill. So is her sister-in-law, but someone has been swapping aspirin for their pills. Is it the teenage niece, the maid, the chauffeur, a lover, Prudence's husband Gerald, or all of the above?

Clue (1985) has become a cult classic film and is loved by multiple generations. Yet there has never been a documentary created to tell the behind the scenes stories...until now.

The Secret Policeman benefit shows for Amnesty International brought together comedy grand masters - from Python and Beyond the Fringe - and performers then relatively unknown, like Rowan Atkinson. Narrated by Dawn French, the programme includes interviews with many of the comedians and musicians who took part: John Cleese, Stephen Fry, Michael Palin, Sting, Lenny Henry and many more. The shows and their stars had a huge effect on modern British comedy. There are few comics today whose careers have not been heavily influenced by the anarchic and surreal humour of these events.

Charts the early years of HandMade Films seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel, and the man who started it all: former Beatle George Harrison.

The first of the Amnesty International comedy benefit galas. The title is a play on the phrase at Her Majesty's pleasure (the show was performed at Her Majesty's Theatre, London). This show came to be considered part of the Secret Policeman's Ball series of shows that it inspired, although it pre-dated the first show in the series by three years. The event was organized by a team of three: Monty Python member John Cleese, Amnesty's Assistant Director Peter Luff and Transatlantic Records executive Martin Lewis. It featured the cream of Britain's comedic talent of the era, setting a precedent that would inspire many subsequent Amnesty galas...

While on a Pyrenees vacation in 1922, upright English gentleman Richard Chandos (Malcolm McDowell, A Clockwork Orange, Heroes) encounters the villainous Vanity Fair (Eileen Atkins, Cold Mountain). Mistress of the turreted Chateau Jezreel and leader of a motley band of criminals, she will inherit millions if she can force her stepdaughter to marry. Pitting his wits against this formidable adversary, Chandos determines to rescue the beautiful young woman. But Vanity Fair keeps one step ahead of him, a trick forever up her sleeve and murder in her heart.

An unreleased 1969 made-for-TV short adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, produced, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. Originally part of the abandoned CBS special Orson’s Bag, the completed film later became partially lost due to missing workprints and sound elements, surviving only in fragmentary form until a reconstructed restoration premiered in 2015.

Tribute to the much-loved character actor.

A bassist shows up early for the betrothal ball of a beautiful princess, and whiles away the time having a dip in the river. The princess is doing the same, unbeknownst to the bass player, but when someone steals their clothes, the bass player helps the princess to preserve her dignity by transporting her back to the castle in his bass case, and along the way they discover they have feelings for each other. Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov.

A hard-bitten newspaper reporter is drawn back into the world of sleaze he had hoped to have left behind, and this time it goes right to the top.

Four men attempt "The Knowledge" examination to qualify as London taxi drivers.

The local social cricket team are up to bat and sometimes it seems they are one batsman short of of an eleven. There are good secrets and not so good secrets that come to light during the course of the day. Roger is the ultimate captain rallying his troops whilst ignoring his greatest strength, Miriam, who makes the 'fantastic' teas with or without the 'non-compulsory' help. The days builds to a climax where it seems that everything must change forever. But will it?

On the eve of his Bar Mitzvah, young Elliot finds that all the grown men in his life are somewhat wanting.

One Man Band (1999) is a posthumous archival reconstruction created by the Munich Film Museum from unfinished footage shot by Orson Welles between 1968 and 1971. The film assembles five comic vignettes—Churchill, Swinging London, Four Clubmen, Stately Homes, and Tailors—originally produced for Welles’s abandoned television project Orson’s Bag. Edited into a 29-minute composite short for festival exhibition, the film represents a curatorial reconstruction rather than a completed work authored or released by Welles. (Note: This is a posthumous archival assembly. The original unfinished project exists separately under the working titles London / Swinging London and was never completed or released by Orson Welles.)

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.

An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.

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

Colditz is a British television series co-produced by the BBC and Universal Studios and screened between 1972 and 1974. The series deals with Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at the supposedly escape-proof Colditz Castle when designated Oflag IV-C during World War II, and their many attempts to escape captivity, as well as the relationships formed between the various nationalities and their German captors.

Tom and Barbara Good escape the rat race and pursue a self-sufficient lifestyle in Surbiton, much to the concern, frustration and sometimes envy of their neighbours Margo and Jerry Leadbetter. Entitled ‘Good Neighbors’ when shown in the USA.

The very different lives of Jan Leigh, a poor but studious young country lad, and Diana Gayelorde-Sutton, the equally single minded daughter of a rich landowner, from the 1920s through to post-war Britain.

The misadventures of a group of medical students.

Doctor in Charge is a British television comedy series based on a set of books by Richard Gordon about the misadventures of a group of doctors. The series follows directly from its predecessor Doctor at Large, and was produced by London Weekend Television in 1972-73. Writers for the Doctor in Charge episodes were David Askey, Graham Chapman, Graeme Garden, George Layton, Jonathan Lynn, Bernard McKenna, Bill Oddie, Phil Redmond and Gail Renard.

Twice a Fortnight is a 1967 British sketch comedy television series with Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Jonathan Lynn and Tony Buffery. Graeme Garden suggested to the director, Tony Palmer, that Michael Palin and Terry Jones be included in the cast and writers of the show.