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1. Storm Witch

Adventure, Drama, Thriller | Announced

Centers on villagers in a coastal town wary of a mystical woman, Morag, who has a unique connection to nature amid hardships from the sea and feudal landowners.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Gemma Arterton, Stuart Martin, Kevin McKidd, Kate Dickie

2. The Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree

Drama | Announced

1492, Spain, the fall of Muslim rule. This is the saga of a family caught within an uncannily familiar clash of ideologies who end up at the mercy of conquering and intolerant Christians.

Director: David Blair

3. The Reckoning (2023)

59 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of Jimmy Savile's life from his working-class roots, to his rise to TV stardom as a BBC presenter, and his later years when he managed to keep his reign of sexual abuse concealed until after his death in 2011.

Stars: Steve Coogan, Mark Stanley, Mark Lewis Jones, Darien

Votes: 3,742

4. The Reckoning (2023)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2023)

59 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

In the early 60s, Jimmy Savile became famous as a DJ in the dance halls of Leeds and Manchester. He ran sell-out dances for young people

Directors: David Blair, Sandra Goldbacher | Stars: Steve Coogan, Mark Stanley, Jade Croot, Isabella Pappas

Votes: 315

5. The Reckoning (2023)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2023)

57 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Now at the height of his fame, Savile engineers more opportunities for charity work to further conceal his abusive behaviour

Directors: David Blair, Sandra Goldbacher | Stars: Steve Coogan, Faye McKeever, Tia Dutt, Anita Breheny

Votes: 222

6. The Reckoning (2023)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2023)

59 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Savile is asked to host Jim'll Fix It. Now at the peak of his fame and influence, Savile's status allowed him to hide in plain sight and silence the victims of his crimes.

Directors: David Blair, Sandra Goldbacher | Stars: Steve Coogan, Mark Stanley, Siobhan Finneran, Mark Lewis Jones

Votes: 192

7. The Reckoning (2023)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2023)

58 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

In the 2000s, as his career and influence began to wane, Savile made increasingly desperate attempts to conceal the truth. Yet his crimes didn't come to light during his lifetime.

Directors: David Blair, Sandra Goldbacher | Stars: Steve Coogan, Madeleine Edmondson, Delroy Brown, Eloise Thomas

Votes: 182

8. Four Lives (2022)

59 min | Crime, Drama, History

A true-crime drama. Four young gay men are murdered in similar circumstances between 2014 and 2015 in the Barking area of London.

Stars: Sheridan Smith, Leanne Best, Stephen Merchant, Memet Ali Alabora

Votes: 5,392

9. Warts and All (2022)

Short, Drama

Aron, a single thirty something, attempts to navigate falling in love, while struggling to hide his insecurities.

Director: Pat Shortt | Stars: Danny McCafferty, Jessica Glynn, Michael Keohane, Michelle Lehane

10. Crime (2021– )
Episode: Episode #2.4 (2022)

TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The case continues to evade Lennox; he has a connection between the victims but can't find a motive. As he struggles to find answers, Lennox's past trauma comes back hard.

Director: David Blair | Stars: David Elliot, Moyo Akandé, Fiona Bell, Dylan Blore

Votes: 65

11. Crime (2021– )
Episode: Episode #2.5 (2022)

TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As Lennox wrestles with the consequences of his actions, the hunt to catch the killer ramps up when one of his own team is targeted. Lennox and Drummond look back at a 1992 case.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Dougray Scott, Joanna Vanderham, David Elliot, Brian McCardie

Votes: 59

12. Four Lives (2022)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2022)

59 min | Crime, Drama, History

When two young men are found dead in London, the police blame their deaths on overdoses. Their loved ones are unconvinced and try to find out the truth.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Sheridan Smith, Tim Preston, Kate Layden, Leanne Best

Votes: 210

13. Four Lives (2022)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2022)

59 min | Crime, Drama, History

Another man's body is found in the same place in London, but again the police rule it an overdose. Meanwhile, the suspicions of the previous two men's families continue to rise.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Rufus Jones, Sheridan Smith, Memet Ali Alabora, Leanne Best

Votes: 192

14. Four Lives (2022)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2022)

59 min | Crime, Drama, History

A fourth man's body is found, and the victims' families want answers. Stephen Port is arrested, but securing a guilty conviction for the murder of all four men is far from certain.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Stephen Merchant, Giselle Cullinane, Paddy Rowan

Votes: 187

15. Crime (2021– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When an Edinburgh schoolgirl is abducted, DI Ray Lennox investigates her disappearance whilst confronting his own past trauma.

Stars: Dougray Scott, Joanna Vanderham, Ken Stott, Sarah McCardie

Votes: 6,187

16. Crime (2021– )
Episode: Episode 1 (2021)

TV-MA | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

DI Ray Lennox and DS Amanda Drummond are called in to investigate the disappearance of a schoolgirl.

Director: James Strong | Stars: Dougray Scott, Joanna Vanderham, Jamie Sives, Gordon Kennedy

Votes: 296

17. Crime (2021– )
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2021)

TV-MA | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As Lennox wrestles with his sobriety, the investigation continues.

Director: James Strong | Stars: Dougray Scott, Joanna Vanderham, Jamie Sives, Derek Riddell

Votes: 227

18. Crime (2021– )
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2021)

TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Lennox interrogates S&M den owner Richie Gulliver; Gillman and Leblanc are able to identify the man who murdered Fabienne and Gaston; Lennox begins to feel the strain of the case.

Director: James Strong | Stars: Dougray Scott, Joanna Vanderham, Jamie Sives, Derek Riddell

Votes: 192

19. Crime (2021– )
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2021)

TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ray closes in on the area where the killer keeps his van.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Dougray Scott, Joanna Vanderham, Jamie Sives, Michael Abubakar

Votes: 189

20. Crime (2021– )
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2021)

TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The surveillance that Ray and Amanda set up pays off. Ray races to save a child.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Dougray Scott, Joanna Vanderham, Michael Abubakar, Jamie Sives

Votes: 185

21. Crime (2021– )
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2021)

TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Lennox has to face his demons to help him uncover the truth.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Jamie Sives, Michael Abubakar, Laura Fraser, Sam Graham

Votes: 204

22. Isolation Stories (2020– )

Drama

Four short dramas reflecting what families are going through after weeks of isolation brought on by the coronavirus health-care capacity crisis.

Stars: Angela Griffin, Tom Glenister, Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Bodhi Marsan

Votes: 134

23. Isolation Stories (2020– )
Episode: Karen (2020)

TV-PG | 13 min | Drama

A grandad stops off outside his grandkids' window every day to mess about and make them smile. But his son-in-law, still hurting after being left by his wife, does not welcome these daily ... See full summary »

Director: David Blair | Stars: Bodhi Marsan, Eddie Marsan, Blu Marsan, David Threlfall

Votes: 30

24. The Road to Gehenna (2019)

Short, Drama

In hiding for crimes they believe no one will ever discover, three fugitives are visited by the very last person they want to see. A dark tale of justice and redemption, where the dividing line between and good and evil is never certain.

Director: Michael Keogh | Stars: Glen Wallace, Jason Done, Sean Croke, Gabriel Keogh

25. Mission of Honor (II) (2018)

Not Rated | 107 min | Action, Drama, War

The exploits of 303 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain. The squadron consisted of Polish pilots, many of whom were veterans of the air battles involved in Germany's invasion of Poland.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Iwan Rheon, Milo Gibson, Stefanie Martini, Krystof Hádek

Votes: 5,517

26. Care (2018 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

Jenny, a single mother raising two daughters after her husband leaves, is aided by her mother, Mary. But Jenny struggles to stay afloat after Mary suffers a string of medical issues.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Sheridan Smith, Alison Steadman, Kevin Doyle, Sinéad Keenan

Votes: 429

27. The Block (2018 TV Movie)

Drama

A Diverse cultural drama series which follows the lives of different people. This pilot is aimed at changing stereotypes.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Aliya Ali, Ceyda Ali, Lev Ali, Karen Bryson

Votes: 16

28. Away (I) (2016)

Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama

A story set in the north English seaside town of Blackpool and centered on two kindred spirits who form an unlikely friendship.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Timothy Spall, Juno Temple, Hayley Squires, Matt Ryan

Votes: 1,972

29. Reg (2016 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 89 min | Drama

The story of Reg Keys who lost his son in the Iraq War and then went on to contest Tony Blair's seat at Sedgefield in the 2005 General Election.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Tim Roth, Anna Maxwell Martin, Elliott Tittensor, Sandra Voe

Votes: 358

30. The Messenger (I) (2015)

101 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Jack, a tortured soul, spends his days grudgingly seeing and speaking to the dead, helping deliver their messages to the loved ones left behind while trying to seek some respite from his tormented past and present.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Robert Sheehan, Lily Cole, Tamzin Merchant, Jack Fox

Votes: 1,281

31. Common (2014 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama

Jimmy McGovern's gritty drama stars Nico Mirallegro as guileless seventeen-year-old Johnjo O'Shea, who goes from innocent bystander to accessory to premeditated murder after giving a few friends a lift.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Nico Mirallegro, Philip Hill-Pearson, Andrew Ellis, Jack McMullen

Votes: 1,329

32. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (2011–2014)
Episode: The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: Beyond the Pale (2014)

TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Whicher is hired by a powerful political grandee to investigate violent threats made against his son, who has recently returned from India with his young family.

Director: David Blair | Stars: John Heffernan, Adrian Quinton, Laura Morgan, Raphael Brandman

Votes: 1,080

33. Playhouse Presents (2012–2015)
Episode: Snodgrass (2013)

Drama

In 1991, 51-year-old John Lennon, living on the dole in Birmingham and following the moderate success of the Beatles, recalls how he left the band in 1962 after they were persuaded to ... See full summary »

Director: David Blair | Stars: Ian Hart, Kevin Doyle, Emma Stansfield, Annette Badland

Votes: 54

34. Playhouse Presents (2012–2015)

30 min | Drama

A series of stand-alone dramas.

Stars: Hayley Atwell, Emma Thompson, David Tennant, Tom Ellis

Votes: 324

35. Best Laid Plans (2012)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama

David Blair directs this powerful British Drama, loosely inspired by John Steinbeck's novel 'Of Mice and Men'. Set in Nottingham, the film revolves around the relationship between the ... See full summary »

Director: David Blair | Stars: Stephen Graham, Lee Ingleby, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, David O'Hara

Votes: 1,603

36. Bert & Dickie (2012)

TV-PG | 89 min | Biography, Drama, History

Thrown together just five weeks before the final of the 1948 London Olympics, Bert Bushnell and Dickie Burnell row together in the the double sculls.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Matt Smith, Sam Hoare, James Frain, Douglas Hodge

Votes: 380

37. Accused (2010–2012)
Episode: Stephen's Story (2012)

TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Peter Cartwright engages Charlotte, a nurse, to tend his dying wife Katherine. Several months after Katherine's death, he begins to date Charlotte, finally marrying her. His elder son, ... See full summary »

Director: David Blair | Stars: Robert Sheehan, Tina Kellegher, Sheridan Smith, John Bishop

Votes: 208

38. Accused (2010–2012)
Episode: Mo's Story (2012)

TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mo Murray runs her hair salon with her friend Sue on an estate riven by gang violence. When Sue's son Sean is shot dead Mo spearheads a local group Women Against Guns,advocating informing ... See full summary »

Director: David Blair | Stars: Anne-Marie Duff, Ruth Sheen, Olivia Colman, Oliver Lee

Votes: 250

39. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (2011–2014)

386 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

"The Suspicions of Mr Whicher" premiered in 2011 and starred Paddy Considine as Jonathan 'Jack' Whicher, a detective leading the investigation into a notorious child murder in the 1860s. ... See full summary »

Stars: Paddy Considine, Tim Pigott-Smith, William Beck, Nancy Carroll

Votes: 978

40. Accused (2010–2012)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Created by Jimmy McGovern, each episode of this series examines a person who is accused of a crime and what led them to end up in the Dock.

Stars: Michael Maloney, Chord Melodic, Andrew Readman, Rosina Carbone

Votes: 2,941

41. Accused (2010–2012)
Episode: Willy's Story (2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Married to Carmel with three children, plumber Willy Houlihan is all set to leave his family for his girl-friend Michelle when his daughter Laura announces her forthcoming wedding. Though ... See full summary »

Director: David Blair | Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Emma Stansfield, Pooky Quesnel, Nicky Bell

Votes: 306

42. Accused (2010–2012)
Episode: Frankie's Story (2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Young Frankie Nash joins the army to get off an assault charge and is sent to Afghanistan with best mate Peter. Peter has only joined up to impress his war hero father and goes to pieces ... See full summary »

Director: David Blair | Stars: Mackenzie Crook, Ben Smith, Robert Pugh, Ben Batt

Votes: 276

43. Accused (2010–2012)
Episode: Alison's Story (2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Special needs teacher Alison Wade and her unemployed house husband David are drifting apart and, whilst she initially rejects the advances of charming work colleague Ben, David does not ... See full summary »

Director: David Blair | Stars: Naomie Harris, Warren Brown, Andrew Knott, Tony Pitts

Votes: 177

44. Accused (2010–2012)
Episode: Kenny's Story (2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After his little girl is molested in a park crematorium attendant Kenny,with his friends Gordon and Neil,assaults the man answering the culprit's description. But the man dies and Kenny's ... See full summary »

Director: David Blair | Stars: Marc Warren, Jack Deam, Joe Duttine, Andrea Lowe

Votes: 182

45. The Fattest Man in Britain (2009 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

Georgie Godwin, housebound for 23 years, is the fattest man in Britain, a tourist attraction, thanks to greedy 'agent', cabbie Morris who brings visitors to Rochdale to hear Georgie sing ... See full summary »

Director: David Blair | Stars: Bobby Ball, Akira Koieyama, Yuriri Naka, Timothy Spall

Votes: 348

46. The Street (2006–2009)
Episode: Smoke (2009)

TV-MA | 59 min | Drama

Paddy Gargan, landlord of the Greyhound pub, bans Calum Miller for smoking, antagonizing the boy's father Tom, a dodgy business-man who nonetheless subsidizes the pub's soccer team and ... See full summary »

Director: David Blair | Stars: Robert Emms, Steve Evets, Liam Cunningham, Bob Hoskins

Votes: 84

47. The Street (2006–2009)
Episode: The Hero (2009)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

Kieran Corrigan resents all foreigners, abuses Polish bus drivers, barks at the African staff in the kitchen where he is head chef, and walks out of a blind date with a Black woman. It is ... See full summary »

Director: David Blair | Stars: Joseph Mawle, Tanya Moodie, Piotr Baumann, Melanie Clare

Votes: 53

48. The Street (2006–2009)
Episode: Past Life (2009)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

Shay Ryan is an alcoholic following an armed robbery in the bookies' where he worked. One day ex-girlfriend Madeleine tells him that they have a 16-year-old son, Otto, who wants to see him,... See full summary »

Director: David Blair | Stars: Stephen Graham, Jonas Armstrong, James Foster, Vortre Williams

Votes: 59

49. The Street (2006–2009)
Episode: Loss of Control (2009)

TV-MA | 59 min | Drama

Eddie McEvoy is annoyed when his wife Margie opts to spend time with her abusive father after he suffers a stroke, leaving him and his young son at home. Having lost his driving licence he ... See full summary »

Director: David Blair | Stars: Timothy Spall, Ger Ryan, Ted Robbins, James Varley

Votes: 45

50. Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections.

Stars: Gemma Arterton, Eddie Redmayne, Ruth Jones, Hans Matheson

Votes: 6,625