British TV & Films 1981 Not Yet Released On DVD Region 2
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- DirectorHarold OrtonStarsLisa EastDexter FletcherSarah JerkinsA group of kids, who are part of the police-sponsored scheme 4D Special Agents, tackle a gang of Cockney crooks.
- StarsRon BainMiriam MargolyesRoger SlomanSketch show that originally explored a theme each week (work, death, sex).
- DirectorSharad PatelStarsJoseph OlitaThomas BaptisteLeonard TrolleyThe chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.
- DirectorBill ForsythStarsCyril CusackWendy MorganSandra VoeMysterious young Andrina is the only friend of an old man. When she fails to visit him one day, he goes down to his seaside village to look for her but no one knows of such person there. Who is Andrina?
- DirectorMax H. BouloisStarsPeter CushingClaudine AugerHugo StiglitzSir Thomas Bedford orchestrates the heist of a Spanish casino, with the aid of a singer performing there. The police are aware of their activities, and a hostage situation arises.
- StarsBernard HeptonMichael DenisonJuliet HammondCaptain Percival, an operative of British Special Intelligence, works with Scotland Yard to solve the kidnapping of the young son of the Administrator General of the United Nations by a terrorist cell.
- StarsMalcolm StorryCarolyn PicklesIan RedfordTales of hardship and survival in rural Wiltshire in the early 19th century. Based on W.H. Hudson's 'A Shepherd's Life'.
- StarsNicola CowperKevin TaffurelliBrian HallPatsy runs away from home and joins a theatre troupe who are traveling by boat to Margate.
- DirectorMenelik ShabazzStarsCassie McFarlaneVictor Romero EvansBeverley MartinA young black woman in England becomes increasingly frustrated with her life with her lazy, demanding boyfriend, and with the help of friends seeks something better.
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsGeorge SegalSusan Saint JamesJack WardenWhen a rich white corporate executive finds out that he has an illegitimate black son, things start falling apart for him at home, work, and in his social circles.
- DirectorGeorge KaczenderStarsMarie-France PisierTimothy DaltonRutger HauerThis movie tells the story of the early life and rise to fame and fortune of French fashion designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (Marie-France Pisier), beginning with her upbringing in an orphanage and training as a milliner, but concentrating on her relationship with Etienne de Balsan (Rutger Hauer) and her tempestuous love affair with his friend Boy Capel (Timothy Dalton), and the role the two men played in setting her up as an independent business woman.
- DirectorFrans WeiszStarsBirgit DollElisabeth TrissenaarBrigitte HorneyIn 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents' villa in the south of France. A little later, war breaks out, and Charlotte must, besides forgetting all she left behind, deal with her grandmother's depression, and her mother's suicide. To fight despair, Charlotte starts to paint, producing over one thousand images. "Is my life real, or is it theater?" This is the title she gives her body of work, which highlights her former life in Berlin. She finds herself though her art, but in 1943 is deported to Germany and Auschwitz.
- CreatorPeg LynchStarsMichele DotriceRichard EastonDilys Laye
- StarsBarry AngelJack GallowayPhilip LockeA child prodigy is being manipulated as the basis for a complex scheme involving nuclear missiles and the mysterious Icarus Foundation's plot to take over the world.
- StarsAndrew ByattRoger WalkerMoira BrookerFollowing the local council elections, County Hall is now controlled, for the first time, by a coalition. The Rate Payers Alliance are part of this but discover how difficult real change is
- StarsSandra DickinsonAlan HowardSarah PorterNew staff member joins a deeply secret organisation. Boss suspects he may be a plant sent by a companion agency head, "Trimble", testing their security. Boss' increasingly paranoia, leading to confrontation.
- StarsVanessa Knox-MawerPatrick MalahideGabrielle DayeAdaptation of Jean Webster's novel about Sallie McBride's growth from a frivolous socialite to a mature woman and her relationships with a doctor and a politician.
- StarsJohn StrideHildegard NeilSimon WardFrank takes over Coleman and Sons, Diamond Merchants, when his father dies, and his ruthless business practices make enemies of his friends and family. His wife Margaret is tempted to leave him when she falls in love with his buyer, Bernard. Frank, racked with guilt at having cheated a concentration-camp survivor out of a fortune, believes that decision has brought a curse upon his life.
- StarsBernard HorsfallJudith BruceSimon SheardGhost story for children, set in modern and Victorian times.
- DirectorKrzysztof ZanussiStarsSam NeillChristopher CazenoveLisa HarrowThe film is a biography of Pope John Paul II. It starts in 1926 when the boy Karol Wojtyla was celebrating Christmas with his father in Poland. Thirteen years later, Nazi Germany attacks Poland, starting World War II and invades the country while Wojtyla seeks refuge at the house of Cardinal Wyszynski. Also appearing are all the other important stations of the life of the Pope, during and after World War II.
- DirectorNico RamsdenMel SmithStarsAlexei SayleJon AndersonRowan AtkinsonA BBC charity comedy and music show, recorded At The Apollo Theatre London 1st June 1981, introduced by Alexei Sayle, featuring Rik and Ade, Not The Nine O'Clock News, Ian Dury, Elvis Costello, Chas and Dave and more.
- DirectorJeremy Joe KronsbergStarsTony DanzaJessica WalterStacey NelkinWhen 80-year-old Max Sabatini dies, he leaves his three prized orangutans in the care of his only son, Foster. To inherit his father's $5-million fortune, Foster must take care of the apes for the next five years.
- StarsIan LavenderKim BradenJohn AlkinDentist Tom and teacher Val have been contemplating marriage for ten years. Let the fun begin.
- DirectorDavid ElliottJohn KellyDavid LaneStarsDon MasonRobert EastonRay BarrettWhen aquatic aliens plot to take over the planet, the world aquanaut security patrol are called in to battle the aliens.
- DirectorNoel NosseckStarsHarry HamlinJoseph BottomsDeborah Van ValkenburghA group of friends race their high-powered cars up and down a dangerous and deadly mountain road known as Mulholland Drive to see who can claim the title of "King of the Mountain."
- DirectorKen LoachStarsGraham GreenCarolyn NicholsonTony PittsMick and Alan, two friends who have just left school, are full of dreams for the future. But against the background of Thatcher's Britain, the two soon wake up to reality. From acclaimed Director Ken Loach.
- DirectorJohn QuestedStarsAlbert FinneyMartin SheenSusannah YorkWhen architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's biggest bank vaults.
- StarsKirsty MillerMichael SheardMary RiggansDrama series about a teenage girl growing up in Glasgow.
- StarsAnne StallybrassEnn ReitelKevin LloydA sitcom about two young men on their way to Katmandu living with a divorcee.
- DirectorJohn BruceStarsWendy HillerHannah GordonBosco HoganTwo British women claim to have been thrown into a time warp where they saw Marie Antoinette as they were strolling through the gardens at Versailles Palace in France. After they tell their story to a psychic society, they find themselves the objects of derision and their jobs are threatened.
- DirectorJune HowsonStarsColin BlakelyLiam NeesonColm MeaneyIn a holding centre in Northern Ireland a member of the RUC attempts to interrogate a suspect.
- DirectorBeate KlöcknerStarsBarbara RudnikPer HolgherPeter Kaempfe"Headshot" - Annie is a cashier in a Munich Cinema Center. Her everyday life is the complete opposite of the exciting screen adventures she sells at the box office, so she fantasizes about the movies during the day. At night, she also begins to stage her own adventure in real life and is increasingly looking for danger and thrills.
- StarsJudy ParfittJudy CornwellAlec McCowenA series of six plays about relationships.
- StarsJohn MorganRichard GriffithsGeorge HarrisA series of dramas about the abuse of human rights throughout the world.
- DirectorRoss CramerStarsEddie KiddIrene HandlMurray SalemA young motorcycle messenger begins training to take part in a major competition.
- StarsSusannah YorkRalph BatesKate DorningMiddle aged couple, Chris and Kate Hurst, face up to divorce.
- StarsRobert LindsayLee MontagueKen JonesPete Dodds is a boxer and a bit of a wide boy who messes about in the ring, but has potential. Tony Sprake becomes his manager and Dave Locket his trainer.
- StarsPaul DanemanNanette NewmanAlison ElliottAdaptation of John Braine's novel about extramarital affairs between middle class couples.
- StarsJudy LoeEdward WoodwardMartin JarvisThis thriller was shot in the most beautiful location by a lake in the Cotswolds, England.
- StarsRichard DaviesRhoda LewisSue Jones-DaviesEveryday tales of the lives and loves of the residents of the South Wales mining village of Taff Acre.
- DirectorLindsey C. VickersStarsEdward WoodwardJane MerrowSamantha WeysomA British horror film that starts with a bang, then settles into a slow-moving examination of one day in the life of a British family--a day full of tension and foreboding.
- StarsEdward HardwickeAngela ThornePhillada SewellComedic adventures of the eccentric Bagthorpe family - ineffective advice columnist Laura, frustrated comedy writer Henry, Scrabble cheating Grandma, serial arsonist Daisy, and psychic Jack.
- DirectorTsugunobu KotaniStarsRichard BooneToshirô MifuneMike StarrA steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.
- StarsJohn SheddenJames CosmoAnnette CrosbieA series of six plays centred on a house in Glasgow, from 1878 to the 1980s.
- StarsBrian MurphyRoy KinnearTony MelodyErnest Tanner is a bumbling, accident-prone man who is perhaps the worst escapologist in the world.
- StarsKenny EverettCleo RocosSheila SteafelZany antics and sketches by the anarchic camp comic.
- StarsKenny EverettHot GossipAnna DawsonThis show featured music set to imagery, just prior to MTV. Most of it was concert footage though some had effects and a theme. It had a choreography segment featuring dancers known as "Hot Gossip".
- CreatorCarla LaneStarsGeoffrey PalmerCaroline BlakistonHetty BaynesCharts the relationships between Leo Bannister, a middle-aged surgeon, and the women in his life: his two troubled daughters, Alice, his possessive ex-wife, and Liz, his 24-year-old fiance.
- StarsPhilip MadocLisabeth MilesWilliam ThomasThe story of the brilliant but immensely controversial David Lloyd George, who was the final Liberal Party Prime Minister of the UK.
- StarsMario AdorfBrian BlessedCyril CusackComedy series based on Giovannino Guareschi's stories of a small-town Italian priest and his relationships with God and the local communist mayor.
- StarsDavid RintoulAnnette CrosbieEleanor DavidThis three-part mini-series chronicles the sexual scandal in the late 1800's, involving the highly acclaimed Member of Parliament for Chelsea, Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke (1843-1911), a member of William Gladstone's cabinet who was being poised to succeed Gladstone until being listed as a third party in a divorce.
- StarsLois DaineHugh FraserIan BrimbleThe Olympian Way is a comedy drama series. It tells the story of millionaire Stan Wilson, who has invested heavily in a health club, run by his son Terry and hist wife Stella. Stan wants to see it become a success and Terry and Stella try not to let him down.
- DirectorPeter ZinnerStarsFranco NeroAnthony QuinnMartin BalsamAn Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a salamander. The policeman begins to suspect these murders are linked to a plot to seize control of the government.
- DirectorJohn PurdieStarsConnie BoothColin BrucePeter WhitmanThe nightmare experience of a young American housewife, confronted by a dark secret from her childhood.
- StarsMalcolm StoddardMary TammBen ArisMark Fraser (Malcolm Stoddard), an ex-intelligence agent, was falsely accused of murdering a well-known scientist. Three agents, hired by an unknown organization, go after Mark to prevent him from revealing the organization's most hideous secrets. Mark struggles to fight his way out against these skilled intelligence agents to save his life and clear his name.
- StarsWarren MitchellDandy NicholsPatricia HayesAlf and Elsie Garnett retire to Eastbourne, so Rita and Michael Jr. become the main characters who try to keep Alf out of trouble.
- CreatorBill SellarsStarsMichael CraigLarry LambPaul JerrichoA soap opera series about the crew of a North Sea ferry.
- StarsPeter BowlesIain CuthbertsonPaul SpurrierRole reversal comedy as a father and son swap bodies thanks to a magic talisman.
- StarsSusan ValentineToni PalmerPeter ChildsComedy series which looks at life through the eyes of Fiddler, a likeable rogue, and his two cronies.
- DirectorWanda AppletonStarsStuart WhitmanPaul L. SmithAldo Ray_When I Am King_ juxtaposes the story of Joringel and Jorinda with a new story played by the same actors ten years later. In the children's story, Joringel tries to save Jorinda from a witch and ogre, while Jorinda is transformed into a bird. The young adult's story, which takes up a larger portion of the film (though it switches back and forth), features Jorge, a stable boy working for a kind smithy, rescuing Jorinda, a travelling dancer, from Sir Blackstone Hardtack, a cruel lord who enslaves people in violation of the law.
- StarsKenneth WilliamsPatrick NewellSheila WhiteEverything a pupil needs to know to level the odds against their teachers and parents.