British TV & Films 1985 Not Yet Released On DVD Region 2
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- DirectorBrian MillsStarsJoyce RedmanRupert FrazerNigel HaversThe possessive mother of a 30-year-old is constantly pushing him into marriage. He isn't interested. He is living with a man, a hard fact that his mother must recognize and understand.
- DirectorWilliam BrayneStarsBenedict TaylorLucy HornakDavid HaigIt is late in the uneasy summer of 1939. War threatens Poland, and invasion by Germany is a matter of hours away. Everyone knows what is about to happen, yet no one will admit it.
- DirectorJohn DaviesStarsKay AdsheadFrances BarberMichael BruceA British TV crew interviewing a Catholic Belfast family gets some controversial footage, which headquarters destroys.
- StarsGiselle AndrewsRobert PetersKesser AndrewsAnglia Television's 5 episode adaption of Lewis Caroll's Alice in Wonderland was inspired and based upon an early production put on by the famous Da Silva Puppets group at the Norwich Puppet Theatre.
- StarsJimmy CricketHazel O'ConnorRory BremnerStand-up comedy and sketches with Jimmy Cricket and friends.
- StarsDaniel PeacockCleo RocosTerrence BrownNot unlike Monty Python and Benny Hill, this short-lived, fast-paced sketch comedy show, a co-production between U.S.' Cinemax and U.K.'s Channel 4, featured numerous, mostly unrelated sketches performed by a mixed U.K. and U.S. cast.
- CreatorTerence FeelyStarsJill GascoineLeslie AshDon WarringtonAn all-female detective outfit, the "Eyes Enquiry Agency", is formed as a front for the Home Office's new security operation the Covert Activities Thames Section (or "C.A.T.S." for short). Initially led by ex-Oxford Union President Pru Standfast (Rosalyn Landor), she was followed by experienced ex-cop Maggie Forbes (Jill Gascoine) (who later led the section), computer genius Frederica "Fred" Smith (Leslie Ash), and later Tessa Robinson (Tracy-Louise Ward). Their contact with the Ministry was Nigel Beaumont (Don Warrington). The team dealt with a variety of crime from theft to blackmail, to espionage and terrorism.
- DirectorTony BicâtStarsPeter ChelsomBill FraserDanny Wooder
- DirectorAnwar KawadriStarsDeborah RaffinNicholas BallJohn Moulder-BrownEager to escape her high-society life among the English elite, a woman falls in love with a young musician. Her husband, however, has other plans for her.
- StarsChris BarrieCarla MendonçaGareth HaleSketch comedy looking at modern life, with the soap opera spoof WestEnders and early appearances from Hale and Pace's iconic characters Ron and Ron and Billy and Johnny.
- DirectorAnthony B. RichmondStarsJaclyn SmithNigel TerryShelley WintersA writer who believes that he was reincarnated believes that his present fiancée possesses the soul of his fiancée in his previous life, a ballerina.
- StarsLee RossJenny JayMark FletcherChildren's drama set in a foster home in London.
- DirectorGavin MillarStarsCoral BrowneIan HolmPeter GallagherIan Holm is children's author Lewis Carroll in this poignant fantasy-drama set in 1930s New York and populated by the fabulous special effects creatures of Muppet master Jim Henson.
- StarsRichard PascoCiaran MaddenAnthony CalfLife in a 1950s boarding school for boys.
- StarsKeith FloydRick SteinKeith Floyd shares his love of seafood and prepares some succulent fish dishes.
- StarsBill OddieMoyra FraserMaggie RennieWilliam Worthington gives up his job as a banker in order to go to a Theatre School as a very mature student.
- StarsCarol DrinkwaterBryan MarshallMichaela AbayThe adventures of a struggling family and their friends in a gold rush mining area.
- DirectorJim ShieldsStarsTony ArmitageDawn BellTim Blackwell
- StarsJennifer SaundersAdrian EdmondsonDawn FrenchGuy Fuddle (Ade Edmondson) lives with his grandmother (Jennifer Saunders). He has four sisters(Saunders) who were sent away from home as small children. Grandmother is now ill and she wants to see her granddaughters before she dies. She sends Guy into the world to find them. Grandmother's real motives are revealed when the family reunites.
- StarsKenneth CranhamJohn HowardValerie GoganSet in the 1880s, Ceci leaves her home in England for the untamed territory of New Zealand. She faces a series of challenges that will ultimately prove if she's meant to live in the high country.
- StarsRichard WilsonVivienne MartinBernard CribbinsA shady character buys a decrepit seaside pier with a view to refurbishing it.
- DirectorDennis C. LewistonStarsSimone GriffethBryan MarshallSteve MarachukWife of successful NZ businessman is seduced by fellow American after "chance" meeting in park. However, Greg has more than love-making with the beautiful Christine in mind.
- StarsMichael AngelisPeter CaffreyRobert GillespieComedy series about four recovering alcoholics who meet whilst receiving psychotherapy treatment in hospital.
- DirectorRichard StanleyStarsCharles HelpsNicola KenchAnton Beebe2037. Rugged soldier Max and weary sculptress Nicky try to sustain a relationship in a bleak totalitarian future plagued by war, nuclear fall-out, and overpopulation. Flashbacks show Max and Nicky's doomed romance throughout the years as things get worse and the world deteriorates all around them.
- DirectorRichard CallananStarsAnnie HayesJohn BleasdaleSamantha HollandWhen Mum and her three children rent a country cottage, the arrival of Dad coincides with the manifestation of a ghostly crying woman on the telephone, radio, record player and television.
- DirectorMatt McConaghyStarsJudi LaisterAnthony SouterThe story of Victor, a young man in his early 20's who has returned to London fr om Paris with a secret. He meets his best friend Charlie and they spend the day in Soho.
- StarsRichard HolianJane LoweSue DevaneyJonny Briggs centers on the exploits of a young boy, the eponymous hero (played by Richard Holian), his pet dog, Razzle, and his eccentric family members.
- StarsPeter BarkworthRowena CooperAkosua BusiaWhen his wife walks out leaving him penniless, a retired university professor finds himself having to start again and having to live in a run down bedsit in North London.
- DirectorRichard EyreStarsLindsay DuncanCarol HarrisonFrances LowA lesbian and feminist woman advertises for a traveling companion to accompany her in a drive across Europe. The man who answers her ad is the most helpless, chauvinistic person she's ever met.
- StarsPenelope KeithRonald PickupRoger Lloyd PackNow that their children have grown up and left home, Sarah and Frank Gladwyn are alone in their large family home.
- StarsIan RichardsonJane GloverRobin BaileyMusical biography of the great composer, featuring the London Mozart Players.
- DirectorRoy BattersbyStarsBarry JacksonMaurice DenhamMargaret TyzackA mild-mannered gardener becomes a lovable legend in his town for his talent to romantically please every woman that fancies him.
- DirectorClaude WhathamStarsAli MacGrawBillie WhitelawHywel BennettAn English woman returns to her homeland after losing her fortune in The United States, and is stalked by a serial killer.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsJoanna PaculaSam RobardsTodd GraffWhile working in a kibbutz (an Israeli voluntary farming collective community), a tourist and a female worker fall in love. However, he can't stay and she can't leave her work. Will love triumph?
- StarsMichael GambonRobin McCallumTim HardyBiography of Irish writer Oscar Wilde.
- DirectorJimmy MurphyStarsLouis RolstonMark MulhollandJoe McPartlandThe elderly apostle John lives as a prisoner in the penal colony on the island of Patmos, where he gets inspiration to write the Book of Revelation.
- CreatorMaurice GranLaurence MarksStarsMatthew KellyMark FarmerDavid BattleyFitz finds out he has a son from a holiday fling at Butlins in Clacton. When he turns up Fitz has to be a father for the first time.
- StarsLiza GoddardRichard VernonDesmond McNamaraHeavy Metal singer Nigel Cochran moves into a small English village and forms a relationship with the local classical music teacher.
- DirectorBarbara RennieStarsAnna MasseyKatrin CartlidgeOona KirschLife in a repressive convent school during the Second World War.
- StarsMark ChapmanAlfred MolinaJulie WaltersAnthology of unconnected movies of different genres.
- StarsJude NorthRoger BrierleyGeoffrey ChaterIn 1984 Kenith Trodd joined BBC team responding to Channel 4 releases, leading to transition from BBC studio plays to Screen One/Two anthology series. Trodd oversaw first group of titles in these series in 1985.
- DirectorAmber Production TeamMurray MartinStarsRosie LaidlawBrian LaidlawAlison LaidlawA visually powerful drama exploring the raw capitalism of seacoaling, rooted in a documentary engagement with the community of seacoalers on Lynemouth Beach in Northumberland.
- DirectorPhilip SavilleStarsAntony SherBillie WhitelawPatrick MacneeA young man discovers that not only has he the ability to read minds, but also that if he holds a camera next to his head he can transmit the thoughts he sees onto film. He strikes a deal with a wealthy businessman to use his powers, with two conditions: that he will make enough money for a sex-change operation; and that under no circumstances shall his powers be used for military purposes. Things don't work out quite the way he planned.
- DirectorJoyce ChopraStarsTreat WilliamsLaura DernMary Kay PlaceA free-spirited 15-year-old girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the Northern California suburbs and must prepare herself for the frightening and traumatic consequences.
- StarsYolande PalfreyFaye MaguireGraeme BriggsStarting Out was produced by ATV and later Central Independent Television for ITV's Schools and Colleges strand of programming. Aimed at students aged 14 and over, each series was presented as a serialised drama depicting the personal and social issues faced by young adults as they transitioned from school life to adult life, including careers, relationships, prejudice, sexuality and crime.
- DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsVanessa RedgraveSarah MilesDiana DorsThree female frequenters of a steam room decide to fight its closure.
- StarsSaeed JaffreyTariq YunusShelley KingJimmy Sharma is the owner of an upscale restaurant, 'The Jewel In The Crown'. A waiter working with him quits to open a rival restaurant. The story revolves around the lives of these people.
- DirectorMary McMurrayStarsDeborah KerrRonald RussellDaisy BellAn Englishwoman and her Indian neighbour bond while fixing up her Imperial-style garden. Meanwhile, present-day concerns and painful memories intrude.
- StarsPaula WilcoxPaul CopleyGeoffrey HughesBitter-sweet comedy about a young wife whose husband is in prison.
- StarsPhilip WhitchurchPaul BarberJean HeywoodTwo brothers from Liverpool. One is black and the other white.
- DirectorRichard DriscollStarsSteve MunroeBerderia TiminiJeff PirieIn a future police state, a stand-up comic murders a competitor for a job, then gets mixed up with a stripper.
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsTimothy DaltonJonathan PryceTwiggyIn Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more simple way to get the job done. Based on the horrifying Burke and Hare case.
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsAndrew HawleyKika MarkhamKate FosterThis densely-packed film is based on a book by Tom Hart about the struggles of a young Yorkshire boy trying to come to grips with squabbling parents, a doctor who wants to institutionalize him because of his epilepsy, and a mother who refuses to accept that he is different in any way -- and that is only the half of it. The boy, Tim (Andrew Hawley), also acts as a go-between for his friend Carns (Liam Neeson) who is having an affair with a married woman (Miranda Richardson). Eventually, things start to sort themselves out, and Tim sees life getting more interesting when he and his friend Win (Kate Foster) slowly get a relationship going.
- CreatorMark MassariStarsRay BradburyMichael CopemanFrank Whitten"The Ray Bradbury Theater" was a Canadian-produced anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.
- StarsKenneth CranhamRobert LangNatalie OgleAdaptations of classic and contemporary stage plays.
- StarsJohn TaylorJeff HardingLiza RossA computer hacker battles evil computers and other hackers electronically.
- DirectorRaúl RuizStarsVic TaybackMartin LandauAnna KarinaRaúl Ruiz's fabulist modern-day riff on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel.
- StarsAnnette BadlandMaureen BeattieDiana WestonAn attractive young vicar takes over a parish and has a startling effect on the local wives.
- DirectorJohn IrvinStarsGlenda JacksonBen KingsleyRichard JohnsonTwo separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd, but sympathetic camaraderie as they plan to steal two of the turtles and free them into the ocean.
- DirectorGeorge PavlouStarsDenholm ElliottSteven BerkoffLarry LambWhen high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex love Roy Bain to find her.
- StarsKen JonesLiz SmithDavid ThewlisAn ITV British Sitcom set in a public park, in which Tom (Ken Jones) the head gardener works along with Max (David Threnod) , Bodie (Daniel Peacock) and Doyle (Bernard Padden)
- StarsMichael MaloneyDeborah FindlayMiles AndersonPoignant drama series depicting the pressures and conflicts that lead to separation and divorce.
- DirectorRichard LowensteinStarsPete TownshendAndrew WildeFrances BarberA film based on the concept album by English musician Pete Townshend. It takes place in a low-income housing estate in the West London district of White City, near where Townshend had grown up.
- StarsLinda FrithNigel StewartAshok KumarA teacher wants his class in a lowly comprehensive school to have ambition, and to do great things in life. So he enters them for a tetrathlon competition against the rich students of Greycoats School. The team of four teenagers must master running, swimming, shooting and horse-riding.
- StarsIan KirkbyKarl CollinsPaul StarkA comedy sketch show made for children's television. With sketches including "Palace Hill" and "The Wimp Reports"