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51. Skyport (1959–1960)
30 min | Drama
Stars: George Moon, Manning Wilson, Edward Judd, Pauline Stroud
Votes: 9
52.
Follyfoot (1971–1973)
Episode:
Someone, Somewhere
(1972)
Family, Drama
There is always someone somewhere who cares - or so Steve, searching for his mother in Liverpool, and Dora, searching for the owner of a horse, believe. They could both be wrong.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Gillian Blake, Steve Hodson, Arthur English, Christian Rodska
Votes: 9
53.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Hello and Goodbye
(1979)
Drama
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Yvonne Bryceland, Bill Flynn
Votes: 9
54. Victorian Scandals (1976)
55 min | Drama, History
Dramatized versions of true stories that shocked mainstream Victorian society.
Stars: Simon Callow, Julian Fellowes, Suzanna Hamilton, Robert Hardy
Votes: 8
55.
C.A.T.S. Eyes (1985–1987)
Episode:
A Naval Affair
(1987)
50 min | Crime, Drama
When ship designer Alan Moss's house burns down and all his work on a revolutionary design concept for warships is destroyed, the Eyes team find themselves assigned to prevent further ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Jill Gascoine, Kate Ingram, Tracy-Louise Ward, Leslie Ash
Votes: 8
56.
ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
Episode:
You in Your Small Corner
(1962)
82 min | Comedy, Drama
TV drama exploring a mixed-race, mixed-class relationship.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Pauline Devaney, Ronald Falk, Charles Hyatt, Elizabeth MacLennan
Votes: 8
57.
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1973)
Episode:
Is That Your Body, Boy?
(1970)
34 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Ron Moody, Keith Skinner, Robert Yetzes, Michael Kitchen
Votes: 7
58.
Follyfoot (1971–1973)
Episode:
The Debt
(1972)
Family, Drama
Dora thought Arthur Wimble was a nice old man, and he is, in spite of the problem he creates. Steve has an even greater problem to face - and a debt to pay.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Gillian Blake, Steve Hodson, Arthur English, Christian Rodska
Votes: 7
59.
Plays of Today (1969– )
Episode:
A Voyage Round My Father
(1969)
80 min | Drama
A son recalls his eccentric father, who pursued an active career as a barrister despite being blind.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Mark Dignam, Ian Richardson, Arthur Lowe, Trevor Bannister
Votes: 6
60.
ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Episode:
Facing the Sun
(1980)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Marjorie Bland, Ann Bruce, Cheryl Burfield, Victoria Fairbrother
Votes: 6
61. The Appleyards (1952–1957)
20 min | Family, Drama
Children's soap opera about the ups and downs of a suburban family.
Stars: Constance Fraser, Derek Rowe, Douglas Muir, David Edwards
62. Private Affairs (1975)
50 min | Drama
Series of plays about the romantic entanglements hidden behind the public images of famous historical figures.
Stars: Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, David Hemmings, Sorcha Cusack
63. The Inventing of America (1975 TV Special)
110 min | Documentary, History, Music
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Raymond Burr, James Burke
64. The Verdict Is Yours (II) (1958–1963)
30 min | Drama
Stars: David Ensor, Geoffrey Sutcliffe, John McGregor, Arthur Barclay
65. Between the Wars (1973)
60 min | Drama
Six plays adapted from English short stories written in the nineteen-twenties and thirties.
Stars: Robert Hardy, Richard Briers, George Baker, Sarah Badel
66. Betzi (1978 TV Movie)
85 min | History
Moody drama concerning the lonely but luxurious imprisonment of Napoleon Bonaparte on St Helena.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Michael Barrington, Stephanie Cole, Barrie Cookson, Roland Curram
67. The House of Bernarda Alba (1976)
A domineering, reclusive and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives. However, the eldest... See full summary »
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Mary Morris, Jane Lapotaire, Sylvia Kay, Patience Collier
68. Family Solicitor (1961– )
60 min | Drama
Naylor and Freeman is a firm of solicitors. There are five partners, and each handles a variety of cases involving human problems.
Stars: Geoffrey Palmer, Philip Grout, A.J. Brown, Bernard Horsfall
69. It's a Woman's World (1964– )
55 min | Drama
Short series of plays focusing on women of different ages.
Stars: Jack Austin, Judy Cornwell, Trevor Bannister, Moray Watson
70. Plays of Today (1969– )
Drama
Six of Britain's top television playwrights were given the opportunity to write the plays they had always wanted to write.
Stars: Wendy Hiller, Mary Morris, Ann Bell, Geraldine Moffat
71. On Trial (1960– )
Crime
A series of real trials from British history, famous and notorious, dramatised from the court records.
Stars: Andrew Faulds, William Mervyn, George Skillan, Ballard Berkeley
72. All's Well That Ends Well (1968 TV Movie)
Comedy, Romance
Helena loves Bertram, but he's of noble birth, while she's just a doctor's daughter. But Bertram is at the court of the King of France, who is ill, and Helena has a remedy that might cure ... See full summary »
Directors: John Barton, Claude Whatham | Stars: Catherine Lacey, Ian Richardson, Brewster Mason, Lynn Farleigh
73. Short Stories of D H Lawrence (1966– )
60 min | Drama
BBC dramatisations of some of Lawrence's lesser-known works.
Stars: David Langton, Celestine Randall, Brian Smith
74. Friday Night (1963– )
55 min | Drama
Stars: Helen Fraser, Brian Wilde, John Evitts, Keith Barron
75. Tornado (1985)
29 min | Documentary, Short
About a simulated attack on a Warsaw Pact surface-to-air missile site.
Director: Claude Whatham
76. Can I Help You? (1981)
28 min | Short
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Freddie Jones, Miriam Karlin
77. The Blakes (1955)
180 min | Drama
A man loses his job and buys an old bus. He and his family set out on an adventure driving through England on their new "home on wheels".
Stars: Betty Woolfe, Robert Raglan, Martyn Anderson, Douglas Hankin
79. The Magic Idol (1955 TV Movie)
Drama, Family
Stars: Cameron Hall, Joan Haythorne, Melvyn Hayes, Sheila Eves
80. Off the Record (1955–1958)
30 min | Music
Jack Payne introduces stars and personalities who are Off the Record together with the latest news from the record industry featuring Benny Hill, Jill Day, Lita Roza, Bert Weedon, Ronnie ... See full summary »
Stars: Jack Payne, The George Mitchell Singers, Jimmy Young, Alma Cogan
81. The Wonderful Horse (1955 TV Movie)
Family
Director: Shaun Sutton | Stars: Penelope Bartley, Joyce Blackham, Oliver Burt, Richard Dawson
82.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
Anyone for Tennis?
(1968)
75 min | Drama
Garry committed suicide to escape disgrace and imprisonment. Does he now have the chance to change the circumstances leading to his downfall?
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Clifford Evans, Rachel Kempson, Joseph O'Conor, Ernest Clark
83.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
Jamie, on a Flying Visit
(1968)
65 min | Drama
Jamie's flying visit is a somewhat sentimental one. Because Jamie is calling to see Lois, an old and dear flame he hasn't met since they left Oxford ten years ago. He is still the same old Jamie, but Lois has changed quite a bit.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Anton Rodgers, Caroline Mortimer, Dinsdale Landen, Felicity Gibson
84.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
Birthday
(1969)
75 min | Drama
A woman unwittingly springs a surprise at her sister's 27th birthday party.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Rosemary Leach, Angela Pleasence, Clive Swift, Georgina Ward
85.
W. Somerset Maugham (1969–1970)
Episode:
Mother Love
(1969)
50 min | Drama
Laura Clayton, a respectable American woman, marries an Italian playboy. At first, their marriage is blissful but after he returns to his old habits of drinking and gambling, Laura becomes more and more drawn towards his father.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Amanda Murray, Peter Egan, Brendan Barry
86.
W. Somerset Maugham (1969–1970)
Episode:
Flotsam and Jetsam
(1970)
50 min | Drama
A man recuperates uncomfortably at the home of an unpleasant man and his pathetic wife, whose startling tale makes her guest all the more eager to recover his strength and get away from the place.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Dorothy Tutin, Lee Montague, Julian Holloway, Ian Barritt
87.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
(1976)
73 min | Comedy, Drama
A divorced woman is introduced to a separated man at an awkward dinner party.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Rosemary Leach, Michael Gambon, Joan Hickson, Sandra Tallent
88.
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode:
Fothergill
(1981)
Drama
John Fothergill, aesthete and scholar, becomes the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Thame, Oxfordshire, with the intent of turning it into the most celebrated Inn in England, catering to the brightest lights in London's literati.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Robert Hardy, Lynn Farleigh, John Carson, Patrick Newell
89.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
Hello, Good Evening and Welcome
(1968)
50 min | Drama
A talk-show host is required to examine his conscience and also the ethics of "good television".
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Robert Hardy, Michael Robbins, Ralph Ball, Ruth Trouncer
90.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Circle Line
(1971)
65 min | Comedy, Drama
A cynical student has a radically different view of life from his landlady, leading to conflict. Matters come to a head when he sleeps with her fourteen-year-old brother. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Michael Feast, Margo Andrew, Kiffer Weisselberg, Robert Garrett
91.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Thank You Very Much
(1971)
40 min | Comedy, Drama
A social satire in which advertisers realise that having a blind beggar as the public face of charities would help make them seem more appealing to donors. This episode remains in the BBC archives only as a 16mm black-and-white film print.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Julian Holloway, Stanley Lebor, Joanna Van Gyseghem, Peter Eyre
92.
Detective (1964–1969)
Episode:
The Unquiet Sleep
(1968)
Crime, Drama
Advising government on the illegal "high" called Mecron, Rachel Borrowdaile comes to the aid of minister Henry Leggatt who is blackmailed by drug pushers who want old stock.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Tom Bowman, Bernard Brown, Pamela Buckley, Richard Caldicot
93.
The Man in Room 17 (1965–1966)
Episode:
First Steal Six Eggs
(1966)
Crime, Thriller, Drama
Decorators at a flat near the Houses of Parliament arouse suspicion so Room 17 send in one of their female agents, Tracey. She gets emotionally attached to the prime suspect. Where will it go from here?
Directors: Richard Everitt, Claude Whatham | Stars: Richard Vernon, Denholm Elliott, Peter Wyngarde, Amber Kammer
94.
The Man in Room 17 (1965–1966)
Episode:
Lady Luck's No Gentleman
(1966)
Crime, Thriller, Drama
A group of gamblers win a lot of money from casinos across London. Can a fortune teller really be responsible? And why are charities suddenly receiving large anonymous donations. Can Room 17 provide the answers?
Directors: Peter Plummer, Claude Whatham | Stars: Richard Vernon, Denholm Elliott, Michael Gover, John Barrard
95.
The Man in Room 17 (1965–1966)
Episode:
Never Fall Down
(1966)
Crime, Thriller, Drama
How is a firm winning so many government contracts? Who is being nominated for a knighthood? Is there something for Room 17 to investigate and what are the consequences?
Directors: Peter Dews, Claude Whatham | Stars: Richard Vernon, Denholm Elliott, Michael Gover, Geoffrey Keen
96.
The Man in Room 17 (1965–1966)
Episode:
The Black Witch
(1966)
Crime, Thriller, Drama
An American ornithologist is found dead. The coroner thinks an accidental death but the police think murder. And how is this linked to a new car and the occult? Time to call in Room 17.
Directors: Peter Plummer, Claude Whatham | Stars: Richard Vernon, Denholm Elliott, Michael Gover, Amber Kammer
97.
The Man in Room 17 (1965–1966)
Episode:
Where There's a Will
(1966)
Crime, Thriller, Drama
Strange goings on in a country house - pictures change, artifacts appear. Is it the mentally ill daughter, her teenage step-sister, the strange uncle, the butler or the dead brother? Send for Room 17.
Directors: Peter Plummer, Claude Whatham | Stars: Richard Vernon, Denholm Elliott, Amber Kammer, Michael Gover
98.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Jingle Bells
(1973)
Comedy, Drama
Family Christmas, presents, drink, Christmas Eve at the club, Boxing Day football - but, among the celebrations, some hard home-truths. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Colin Farrell, John Barrie, Brenda Bruce, Jenifer Armitage
99.
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1973)
Episode:
Cause of Death
(1968)
Crime, Drama
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Richard Vernon, Peter Welch, Daniel Moynihan, Kenneth Colley
100.
Victorian Scandals (1976)
Episode:
Hannah
(1976)
Drama, History
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Kevin Brennan, Gideon Cole, Suzanna Hamilton, Robert Hardy