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1. Hudson's Bay (1959– )
Episode: Martinet

30 min | Adventure, Family, Western

Jonathan Banner and Pierre Falcon are sent on a mission with the British military, led by Captain Malton, who immediately suspects Banner of mutiny. Malton sends the Native American guides ... See full summary »

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Barry Nelson, George Tobias, Jeffrey Alexander, Leslie Yeo

2. Hudson's Bay (1959– )
Episode: Mysterious Journey

26 min | Adventure, Family, Western

Jonathan Banner and Pierre Falcon are sent to exhume the corpse of Moore (a mass murderer) and bring it back to their fort. They are accompanied by Kendricks, the man who killed and buried ... See full summary »

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Barry Nelson, George Tobias, Robert Goodier, Uta Linder

3. Hudson's Bay (1959– )
Episode: The Watch

27 min | Adventure, Family, Western

Jonathan Banner discovers American soldiers on an expedition to find the source of the Mississippi River, which they hope is the natural border between the U.S. and Canada. Disappointed ... See full summary »

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Barry Nelson, George Tobias, Tom Harvey, George Luscombe

4. Hudson's Bay (1959– )
Episode: Revelry at Red Deer

TV-G | 26 min | Adventure, Family, Western

The Hudson Bay Company hosts a party after the trapping season, which turns into a drunken brawl over the affections of a Native American woman between frontiersmen Harris and Martin. ... See full summary »

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Barry Nelson, George Tobias, Ben Lennick, George Luscombe

5. Hudson's Bay (1959– )
Episode: Gentleman's Adventure

27 min | Adventure, Family, Western

Jonathan Banner and Pierre Falcon escort Peter Swayze, a member of the Hudson Bay Company's Board of Directors, back to the fort. While he is eventually meant to replace the current factor ... See full summary »

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Barry Nelson, George Tobias, Joseph Shaw, Nancy Lou Gill

6. Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2014– )
Episode: Sean Connery (2023)

Documentary, Biography

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Dr. Michael Hunter researches the life story and the final days of Scottish actor, producer, director, husband and father Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 - October 31, 2020).

Stars: Michael Hunter, Eric Meyers, Sean Connery, Michael Feeney Callan

7. Strange Relationship: Alvin Rackoff on Hoffman (2022 Video)

22 min | Documentary, Short

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Director Alvin Rakoff recalls HOFFMAN's troubled history and his friendship with Peter Sellers.

Star: Alvin Rakoff

8. Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2014– )

45 min | Documentary, Biography

7.7
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A forensic pathologist (currently Dr. Michael Hunter) analyzes the official autopsy reports of various celebrities to determine their cause of death.

Stars: Michael Hunter, Eric Meyers, Linda Papadopoulos, Iain Glen

Votes: 830

9. Meet Me on the Southbank (2013)

70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

8.2
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One place, one year, and one romance.

Director: Adam Rolston | Stars: Tom Duncan, Evelyn Adams, Rachael Barrington, Helen Armes

Votes: 8

10. Jacqueline Hill: A Life in Pictures (2011 Video)

Short, Biography

7.0
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Director: Thomas Guerrier | Stars: Verity Lambert, Alvin Rakoff, Tom Baker, Jacqueline Hill

Votes: 5

11. The Saint Steps in... to Television (2008 Video)

124 min | Documentary

6.3
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A documentary investigating the history of the popular TV series The saint from the 1960'ies, narrated by no other than the former Saint Roger Moore.

Directors: Thomas Cock, Ian Dickerson, Stephen La Rivière | Stars: Anthony Arnell, Ken Baker, Robert S. Baker, Roy Ward Baker

Votes: 40

12. Stormy Seas: The Voyage from Bloodstar to Death Ship (2007 Video)

41 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: Jake West | Stars: Jack Hill, George Kennedy, Nick Mancuso, Alvin Rakoff

13. The Saint Steps in... To Colour (2006 Video)

50 min | Documentary

5.8
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Directors: Thomas Cock, Stephen La Rivière | Stars: Robert S. Baker, Roy Ward Baker, Alexandra Bastedo, Malcolm Christopher

Votes: 10

14. Brits Go to Hollywood (2003– )

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Stars: Cal MacAninch, Harrison Ford, Terry Gilliam, Diane Cilento

15. Brits Go to Hollywood (2003– )
Episode: Sean Connery (2003)

60 min

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The role that made actor Sean Connery was James Bond - but Bond has cast a shadow over Connery's career that he has spent a lifetime trying to escape.

Director: Christopher Bruce | Stars: Cal MacAninch, Ken Adam, Letitzia Adam, Archie Brennan

16. A Dance to the Music of Time (1997– )

Not Rated | 416 min | Drama

7.5
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Anthony Powell's twelve volume novel sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time" has been dramatized for television.

Stars: Gillian Barge, Nicholas Jones, Simon Russell Beale, Robin Bailey

Votes: 518

17. Sean Connery: An Intimate Portrait (1997)

Documentary, Biography

4.4
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Directors: Louise Krakower, Michael Tobias | Stars: Sean Connery, Billy Connolly, Alvin Rakoff, Ed Harris

Votes: 110

18. A Dance to the Music of Time (1997– )
Episode: Post War (1997)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama

6.5
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Ten years after the end of WWII, Quiggin starts a literary magazine. Pamela leaves MP Widmerpool for X Trapnel but eventually returns. As the 1960's progress, Widmerpool becomes college ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Morahan | Stars: Eileen Atkins, Sean Baker, Robin Bailey, Gillian Barge

Votes: 27

19. A Dance to the Music of Time (1997– )
Episode: The Thirties (1997)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama

7.7
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Jenkins reconnects with Stringham and Widmerpool and meets Quiggan. Widmerpool is articled to a solicitor but intends to go into business and politics as well.

Director: Christopher Morahan | Stars: Sarah Badel, Robin Bailey, Gillian Barge, Paul Brooke

Votes: 28

20. A Dance to the Music of Time (1997– )
Episode: The Twenties (1997)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

8.2
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In flashback to 1920's Britain, Nicholas Jenkins reminisces about his school days, where he met Widmerpool and Jean.

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Robin Bailey, Gillian Barge, Alan Bennett, Jonathan Cake

Votes: 42

21. A Dance to the Music of Time (1997– )
Episode: The War (1997)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama

7.2
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Nicholas joins up to fight WWII. He is assigned to assist now-Major Widmerpool. Priscilla leaves her husband to live with Odo Stevens. When Widmerpool is promoted, Nicholas is transferred ... See full summary »

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Sarah Badel, Gillian Barge, Jonathan Cake, Emma Fielding

Votes: 30

22. A Haunting Harmony (1993 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama, Fantasy

7.1
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A young member of a choir becomes friends with a ghost in a school of English cathedral.

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Tim Wylton, Jean-Marc Perret, John Hallam, Nathaniel Moreau

Votes: 20

23. Molly (1993 TV Movie)

Drama

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An MP and his wife find themselves at the mercy of a desperate woman who exposes a guilty secret from their past.

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Nerys Hughes, Rupam Maxwell, John Standing, Susan Wooldridge

24. Sam Saturday (1992– )

60 min | Drama

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Sam is a Jewish detective in North London whose old-fashioned mother moves in after his wife leaves him.

Stars: Ivan Kaye, Doreen Mantle, Peter Armitage, Dennis Victory

25. Sam Saturday (1992– )
Episode: Home Free (1992)

Drama

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Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Ivan Kaye, Peter Armitage, Kate Buffery, Michael Elwyn

26. Sam Saturday (1992– )
Episode: On the Other Hand (1992)

Drama

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Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Ivan Kaye, Rubina Akhtar, Peter Armitage, Gary Brown

27. The Best of Friends (1991 TV Movie)

81 min | Biography

7.7
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Adapted from their letters and journals, this is a portrayal of the unique twenty-five-year friendship shared by Dame Laurentia McLachlan (Benedictine nun), Sir Sydney Cockerell (museum ... See full summary »

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Patrick McGoohan, Amma Asante

Votes: 122

28. The Play on One (1988–1991)
Episode: Gas & Candles (1991)

Drama

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A black comedy about two pensioners struggling to survive in a high-rise flat.

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Edna Doré, Bert Parnaby, Leslie Sands, Simon Oates

29. The Play on One (1988–1991)

Drama

5.6
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Various plays from each of the home nations.

Stars: Kenneth Cranham, Tom Watson, Susan Wooldridge, Phyllis Logan

Votes: 58

30. Paradise Postponed (1986)

569 min | Drama

8.0
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A clergyman, famous for his support of left-wing causes, dies, and surprises his family by leaving a great deal of money to a Conservative Member of Parliament. Why?

Stars: Annette Crosbie, Paul Shelley, Peter Egan, David Threlfall

Votes: 141

31. Paradise Postponed (1986)
Episode: And a Happy New Year to You, Too! (1986)

49 min | Drama

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The extended Simcox clan gathers at the rectory for Christmas, while the Titmusses join the Fanners. But the season's goodwill proves in short supply. Agnes learns disturbing news about ... See full summary »

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Michael Hordern, Annette Crosbie, Peter Egan, Eleanor David

32. Paradise Postponed (1986)
Episode: Chez Titmuss (1986)

50 min | Drama

7.0
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Fred's relationship with Agnes's father, Dr. Salter, improves even as his affair with Agnes ends. Titmuss's romance with Charlotte Fanner, on the other hand, goes from strength to strength, but both sets of parents disapprove.

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Michael Hordern, Annette Crosbie, Paul Shelley, Peter Egan

Votes: 9

33. Paradise Postponed (1986)
Episode: Death of a Saint (1986)

79 min | Drama

6.9
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From the time Leslie Titmuss was a young boy, Reverend Simcox encouraged his endeavors. Now an accounts clerk at the Simcox brewery, Titmuss shows every sign of being on the way up. The ... See full summary »

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Michael Hordern, Annette Crosbie, Peter Egan, Paul Shelley

Votes: 12

34. Paradise Postponed (1986)
Episode: Enigma Variations (1986)

50 min | Drama

7.6
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Dr. Salter finally breathes his last, as if Leslie Titmus being a member of Parliament is too much for him to bear. His daughter, Agnes, meanwhile, tires of Henry's infidelities and walks ... See full summary »

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Michael Hordern, Annette Crosbie, Colin Blakely, Paul Shelley

Votes: 8

35. Paradise Postponed (1986)
Episode: Faith Unfaithful (1986)

52 min | Drama

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Titmuss has recovered politically from his personal heartbreak, but moves are afoot to unseat him. Henry targets Titmuss, determined to contest Reverend Simcox's will in court. Fred, ... See full summary »

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Annette Crosbie, Paul Shelley, Eleanor David, Peter Egan

36. Paradise Postponed (1986)
Episode: Living in the Past (1986)

52 min | Drama

6.8
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Henry and Agnes get married and have a child, and the brothers finally reconcile. But as he's coming to terms with his current life, Fred also begins to probe some mysteries in his past. ... See full summary »

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Michael Hordern, Annette Crosbie, Peter Egan, Paul Shelley

Votes: 9

37. Paradise Postponed (1986)
Episode: The Gods of the Copy Book Headings (1986)

52 min | Drama

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It's election time again for Leslie Titmuss, MP, and he hits the stumps. A father now, he's determined to get young Nicholas into the best boarding school, which creates more friction with ... See full summary »

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Michael Hordern, Annette Crosbie, Zoë Wanamaker, David Threlfall

38. Paradise Postponed (1986)
Episode: The Lost Leader (1986)

51 min | Drama

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Titmuss eyes the Conservative Party nomination for the parliamentary seat recently lost to the socialists. First, though, he has to maneuver a rival out of the way. Then his wife, Charlotte, threatens to thwart his chances.

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Michael Hordern, Annette Crosbie, Colin Blakely, Paul Shelley

39. Paradise Postponed (1986)
Episode: The Simcox Inheritance (1986)

52 min | Drama

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Fred finally learns the truth about his father--and that the Simcox, Fanner, and Titmuss families are linked in a way that no one could have imagined. Truths of all sorts catch up with ... See full summary »

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Michael Hordern, Annette Crosbie, Paul Shelley, Eleanor David

40. Paradise Postponed (1986)
Episode: The Temptation of Henry Simcox (1986)

49 min | Drama

6.9
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The relationship between Fred, the jazz-drumming medical student, and Agnes, the local doctor's daughter, hits a sour note. Meanwhile, Henry finds out that he and his brother have more in ... See full summary »

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Michael Hordern, Annette Crosbie, Peter Egan, Paul Shelley

Votes: 11

41. Paradise Postponed (1986)
Episode: The Wrongs of Man (1986)

48 min | Drama

7.0
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The death of a local poacher is thought to be accidental. But Fred isn't convinced. Why did Dr. Salter always pretend he didn't know the man? The good doctor and the poacher may share more ... See full summary »

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Michael Hordern, Annette Crosbie, Paul Shelley, Colin Blakely

Votes: 8

42. The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)

237 min | Drama, History, Sport

7.6
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This movie describes the founding of the modern Olympics and concentrates on the creation of the American team and their trials in getting to the Olympics in Athens.

Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Hunt Block, David Caruso, Alex Hyde-White

Votes: 433

43. A Talent for Murder (1984 TV Movie)

80 min | Drama, Mystery, Comedy

6.2
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A famed mystery writer (Dame Angela Lansbury) and her doctor ex-lover (Sir Laurence Olivier) solve her daughter-in-law's murder.

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Laurence Olivier, Hildegard Neil, Charles Keating

Votes: 169

44. The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)
Episode: Part 1 (1984)

Drama, History, Sport

6.2
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Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Hunt Block, David Caruso, Alex Hyde-White

Votes: 10

45. The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)
Episode: Part 2 (1984)

Drama, History, Sport

6.0
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Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Hunt Block, David Caruso, Alex Hyde-White

Votes: 9

46. Number 10 (1983)

52 min | Biography, Drama, History

8.6
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The private lives of seven British prime ministers who resided at 10 Downing Street between the 1780s-1920s, including Pitt the Younger, Wellesley, Disraeli, Gladstone, Lloyd George, Asquith and MacDonald.

Stars: Neville Barber, Bernard Archard, Jeremy Brett, Denis Quilley

Votes: 51

47. Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (1983 TV Movie)

55 min | Comedy, Drama

7.7
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At the funeral of Mr. Halpern's wife he meets Mr. Johnson who confides in him that he fell in love with Mrs. Halpern even before she met her husband and has been seeing her regularly during all the years of her marriage.

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jackie Gleason

Votes: 108

48. Number 10 (1983)
Episode: Old Glad Eyes (1983)

Biography, Drama, History

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In 1882 Prime Minister Gladstone is inviting prostitutes off the street, attempting to recruit them away from their sordid profession. His cabinet fear for his safety and that his actions may bring down his government.

Directors: David Cunliffe, John Glenister, Alvin Rakoff, David Reynolds, Herbert Wise | Stars: Denis Quilley, Eirene Beck, Jay Benedict, Sebastian Breaks

49. Number 10 (1983)
Episode: A Woman of Style (1983)

Biography, Drama, History

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In 1911, David Lloyd George, in the position to become Prime Minister, takes a fancy to a young personal secretary. What is his loyal wife to do when war comes and she finds out about the affair?

Directors: David Cunliffe, John Glenister, Alvin Rakoff, David Reynolds, Herbert Wise | Stars: John Stride, Iona Banks, John Beardmore, Stewart Bevan

50. Number 10 (1983)
Episode: Bloodline (1983)

Biography, Drama, History

8.8
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From childhood, young William Pitt is groomed by his affectionate but tormented father for the highest job in British public life. Unfortunately, he has inherited more than a great name.

Directors: David Cunliffe, John Glenister, Alvin Rakoff, David Reynolds | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Keith Barron, Frances Bennett, Alfred Burke

Votes: 24



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