British TV & Films 1969 Not Yet Released On DVD Region 2
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- DirectorRichard QuineStarsRichard WidmarkTopolGeneviève PageA professional gambler is trapped into marrying within a Mexican family under an Aztec curse.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsDavid HemmingsMichael YorkPrunella RansomeWhile Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the ninth century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his land, he puts away his religious vows, to take up arms against the invaders, leading the English Christians to fight for their country. Alfred soundly defeats the Danes and becomes a hero. Although Alfred still longs for the priesthood, he is torn between his passion for God and his lust for blood.
- DirectorSamuel GalluStarsShelley WintersDonald PleasenceTerry-ThomasThe inventor of sure-fire failures leads such an abysmal life that he creates a second identity that of a dashing, debonair womaniser.
- DirectorJohn DanischewskyStarsTotti Truman TaylorHoward Marion-CrawfordMoustacheThe English children are on holiday in the Tyrolean alps and are having a great time when one of them breaks his leg. The rest of the children get him to a mountain hut but then the avalanche strikes.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsDavid NivenTopolAnna KarinaAfter World War II, in an Austrian camp for displaced people, an interpreter mediates between the British and the Soviets regarding the fate of various refugees.
- DirectorAnthony NewleyRichard WilliamsStarsAnthony NewleyJoan CollinsAlexander NewleyHeironymus Merkin (Anthony Newley) screens an autobiographical movie of his life, growth, and moral decay.
- StarsJoss AcklandWilliam SquireJohn CaterAdaptation of Chaucer's tales, told by pilgrims on their journey from London to Canterbury.
- DirectorJames HillStarsRobert RyanChuck ConnorsNanette NewmanWhen Captain Nemo saves the passengers of a sinking ship and takes them to his Utopian underwater city he discovers that not all of his guests agree to remain there forever.
- StarsJon FinchSarah BrackettKatie FitzroySimon King, an alien agent from the Inter Galactic Council, is sent to Earth on a mission to stop unscrupulous refugees from a dying planet from wiping out Mankind and taking over the planet Earth.
- StarsBernard CribbinsBob ToddSheila SteafelA skit based show with Bernard Cribbins
- DirectorJim O'ConnollyStarsTelly SavalasEdith EvansWarren OatesTwo crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.
- DirectorAlvin RakoffStarsRoger MooreMartha HyerAlexis KannerAn advertising executive sets out to find a woman for a new advertising campaign. His only clue to the woman is a photograph, and the search leads him into bewildering political ploys and mayhem.
- StarsAnthony Smith
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsGlenn CorbettAlfred BurkeKurt RussellWalt Disney's 3-part made-for-TV feature, The Secret of Boyne Castle (1969), originally shown on "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" (the new title for "Disneyland"), re-edited into feature film form for European theatrical release.
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsOliver ReedJohn AldertonMichael J. PollardA British prisoner of war working at a zoo gets the chance to escape from the Germans, so he does and takes with him the elephant that he's been caring for. Together, they head for the Swiss border and freedom.
- StarsPeter BowlesFrank JarvisFred BeaumanA series of plays, each reflecting an individual dilemma - sometimes serious, occasionally humorous - and each with a happy ending.
- StarsIvan BeavisRaymond MasonHarvey HallThe series was a training platform, which took the viewer through the essentials of accounting in a (heating) manufacturing company, filmed in the 'Dimplex' heating appliance factory. Each episode covered an element of the accounting process, with explanation and examples demonstrated in the factory environment, using actors (see cast) to play the part of factory employees.
- DirectorJan Darnley-SmithStarsJill RiddickJohn TrayhornFrancis AttardDick and Jenny Brewster hope to win a race for home-made Hoverbugs. They build their own Hoverbug but their rivals Charlie and Sidney bend the rules by enlisting professional help. The main trouble with the Brewster Hoverbug is that it keeps falling apart. until Dick and Jenny meet Mr Watts, a real inventor, who has developed an instant glue, Wattstick. But Wattstick proves to be only a temporary adhesive.
- DirectorPiers HaggardStarsDennis WatermanTessa WyattAlexandra BastedoA young, sensitive girl becomes panicky on her wedding night with an overpowering fear of marital sex and ultimate pregnancy.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsJenny AgutterBryan MarshallClare SutcliffeA 15 year-old girl coming to terms with her sexuality suspects her foster brother may be guilty of a murder.
- DirectorPeter WoodStarsJulie ChristieJohn HurtMichael SarrazinYoung Catherine Morelli (Julie Christie), who lives in Rome, goes to Geneva to find romance at her father's wedding. There she begins a nearly nymphomaniacal pursuit of a mystery-fantasy man called Gregory (Michael Sarrazin).
- StarsTommy CooperPeter ReevesClovissa NewcombeA show with jokes and failed attempt magic tricks done by Tommy Cooper,also in the program he dresses up like working people in everyday life and he dose mock interviews dressed up as historical figures.
- StarsMichael BalfourMadoline ThomasDiane CilentoAnthology series of dramatic works.
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsNicol WilliamsonAnna KarinaJean-Claude DrouotA married middle-aged art critic and 16-year-old Margot begin an affair and develop a troublesome mutually parasitic relationship.
- DirectorPeter CoeStarsChristopher PlummerSusannah YorkGlynis JohnsA trio of randy sailors go looking for girl-friends in 18th-century London.
- DirectorIan ShandStarsPaul FraserIain BurtonAdrienne Byrne
- DirectorKen AnnakinSam ItzkovitchStarsBourvilLando BuzzancaWalter ChiariAn international car rally across Europe is complicated by smuggling, cheating, love at first sight, etc. etc.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsJames OlsonCatherine SchellWarren MitchellA space salvage expert and his partner become involved with a group of criminals intent on hijacking a small asteroid made of sapphire and crashing it into the moon.
- StarsPeter JonesSheila HancockJanet BrownThe comedy concerns the relationship between boss Roland Digby (Peter Jones) and his adoring, loyal secretary Thelma Teesdale (Sheila Hancock), who totally indulges him.
- StarsThora HirdRuth HoldenMay WardenThora Parker (Thora Hird) is the landlady of a North Country boarding house that predominantly caters for showbiz types. Everything must be in place, she is always precise. She oversees the comings and goings of her boarders while caring for her two children, Alan and Vera as well as her mother. but she can't stop her neighbour, Elsie, from borrowing anything that isn't nailed down!
- StarsKenneth WatsonNeil CossonsEdward BurnhamDramatised historical series for schools.
- StarsWendy HillerMary MorrisAnn BellSix of Britain's top television playwrights were given the opportunity to write the plays they had always wanted to write.
- StarsSpike MilliganJohn BluthalAlan ClareSpike Milligan's groundbreaking yet largely unknown surreal comedy sketch series that inspired Monty Python's Flying Circus.
- DirectorRichard C. SarafianStarsJohn MillsGordon JacksonSylvia SymsPhilip Ransome, a boy from the west of England about ten-years-old, has been mute since age three and spends his days roaming the moors alone. His parents despair of a cure. One day, he sees a singular wild albino pony with blue eyes and befriends it avidly. A kindly retired Colonel, who accepts Philip as he is, a girl his age, and a pet falcon she gives him provide him with more things to love and care about. Gradually, Philip emerges from his shell. But the way out is full of heartbreak and setbacks.
- DirectorRobert LynnStarsHeinz DracheMarianne KochDavid RichardsWhen a lighthouse keeper takes in a seal in need and gives to his children to look after, the whole family is drawn into the shadowy world of illegal seal poaching. The family then finds themselves leading the fight to rid their coastal town of the criminals and save the seals.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsJohn HurtPamela FranklinNigel DavenportThe humorous adventures of the notorious Scottish highwayman and thief Davey Haggart during the 1820s in Britain.
- StarsFrank WindsorNorman BowlerDavid Lloyd Meredith1970s BBC police drama with experienced cops DCS Charlie Barlow and DS John Watt who lead a task force charged with tackling the toughest cases Thamesford has to offer.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsRex HarrisonRichard BurtonCathleen NesbittCharles Dyer (Sir Rex Harrison) and Harry Leeds (Richard Burton) are a couple that have been living together for nearly twenty years. Both earn a living as hairdressers in the West End of London and both care deeply for their mothers, but not each other as time apart takes its toll on their relationship when Harry has to care for his invalid mother who snips at him every chance she gets.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsJames CaanDavid SumnerNorman BowlerDuring World War II, the British Royal Navy used experimental midget submarines to raid German warships in Norway.
- StarsLiza GoddardBarra GrantAngela DownThree single women, including cellist Victoria and art student Avril, navigate life, relationships, careers, and family dynamics while living in bedsits in London's SW3 area.
- DirectorJerome EpsteinStarsMilo O'SheaPhyllis DillerBillie WhitelawAn accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsOliver ReedDiana RiggTelly SavalasA woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge.
- DirectorPhilip SavilleStarsDavid HemmingsJoanna PettetGeorge SandersIn Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution by establishing the world's most fabulous brothel.
- StarsHarry H. CorbettJune WhitfieldBob ToddCockney wide-boy, Alfred Wilcox, works as a salesman for a plastics firm. He values his independence and will take any opportunity to get to the top. As far as he is concerned, the best things in his life are the opposite sex, wealth and prosperity and he doesn't care in which order they may come.
- DirectorDavid GilesStarsLaurence OlivierGeraldine McEwanCarolyn JonesA filmed record of Laurence Olivier's farewell theatrical performance as the canny, psychotic captain of the August Strindberg play.
- CreatorDonald BullStarsRichard LeechJustine LordPamela DuncanThe series was set around a general practice in north London and leading cast members included: Justine Lord, Nigel Stock, Barry Justice, Richard Leech, Isla Blair and Lynda La Plante (billed as Lynda Marchal). Nigel Stock's character, Dr. Thomas Owens, was the lead in a later spin-off series, Owen, M.D., which aired between 1971 and 1973. Most of the episodes produced are missing from the archives; 139 of the 160 shows are thought to be lost.
- DirectorSam WanamakerStarsYul BrynnerCharles GrayEdward WoodwardU.S. Agent Novak and Scotland Yard Officer Thompson go undercover to infiltrate a counterfeit organization.
- StarsJohn DavidsonRich LittleMireille MathieuAn ATV Colour production (Associated Television) taped at Elstree Studios, London, England for the ITV network [UK] and the ABC network [USA]. Broadcast in the USA on Fridays 8:00-9:00 PM from May 30th to September 5th, 1969.
- DirectorGordon HesslerStarsHugh MarloweZena WalkerPatricia HainesMurder plot involving a writer, his wife and her lover.
- StarsLiberaceRichard WattisGeorgina MoonLiberace's series of specials for the British ATV Company.
- StarsNerys HughesPolly JamesMollie SugdenThe lives and loves of Beryl Hennessey (Polly James) and Sandra Hutchinson (Nerys Hughes), two young, single women sharing a flat in Liverpool.
- DirectorJack GoldStarsNicol WilliamsonRachel RobertsAnn BellMichael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him - after five years - back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is confronted with his lost Irish roots. He finds out that his father died because of a fight with some anglo-saxon teddy boys. It becomes "a matter of honour" for him, to take his revenge without involving the British police.
- DirectorSidney HayersOrson WellesStarsGeorge SegalUrsula AndressOrson WellesIn 1912 West Africa, diamond tycoon Kramer hires penniless American fortune hunter Dan Rockland, who's posing as a geologist, but when a huge diamond is found, everyone wants to steal it.
- StarsTom JonesThe Mike Sammes SingersSue GloverA typical variety show featuring music by both guests and the host. Interspersed were comedy segments often by Ace Trucking Company which featured rising talents Fred Williard and Patti Deutsch.
- DirectorJames SalterStarsCharlotte RamplingRobie PorterSam WaterstonTwo American college friends, traveling in Europe near the Mediterranean, meet and fall for a charming English tourist. However, they agree not to test their friendship and just be friends with her. Soon, reality kicks in.
- DirectorPeter HallStarsRod SteigerClaire BloomJudy GeesonSteve Howard, a British sales executive living in Middlesex, England, begins an affair with a young hitchhiker, Ella Patterson, to emotionally get away from his marriage to his wife Frances. But when Ella moves into a room in Steve and Frances's house, he must keep the true nature of his relationship with Ella under wraps at all costs.
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsRobin PhillipsJudy GeesonEster AndersonAn insecure Briton and a Briton of Jamaican descent share a London apartment together.
- DirectorBob GodfreyStarsRonnie BarkerDeryck GuylerA pair of irreverent shorts. In "Masks," a sad man hides behind a happy mask. In "Happenings," a bored man stands around waiting for something to happen.
- DirectorJan Darnley-SmithStarsGary SmithJon PertweeFelix FeltonVictorian children improvise a balloon to escape from their Dickensian boarding school.
- StarsFrankie HowerdElizabeth LarnerKerry GardnerLurcio is a much-put-upon slave in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii. More often than not, Lurcio finds himself keeping his owner's family members apart, in order to keep them together.
- StarsKim Kee LimKen NazarinAhmad JamalAn anthology series based on the varied stories by W. Somerset Maugham divided into three categories: "Rule Britannia" about colonial life, "Women of the World" which focus on female characters, and "Victims of Fate".
- DirectorJohn BrasonStarsTenniel EvansFaith BrookPeter CopleyPsychological drama, set in a boys Boarding School, dealing with the after effects of a sexual harassment charge against one of the teachers.
- DirectorJames ClavellStarsTommy SteeleStanley BakerAlan BadelThe adventures and the exploits of notorious English thief and prison-breaker Jack Sheppard in 1720s London.
- StarsAlan Whicker
- StarsAlan Whicker
- CreatorLewis GreiferStarsGary RaymondAmanda ReissAnthony SagarAnthology of detective dramas set in the 1930s, conceived as puzzles for the viewers, who were given the same clues as the television detectives and challenged to solve the mysteries for themselves.
- DirectorJohn HoughStarsDavid WarbeckKathleen ByronDan MeadenRobert of Loxley, a simple farmer, is working his land when a fellow Saxon runs through their property. Robert denies seeing the alleged poacher, and the fight, which ensues, is destined to seal his fate.
- StarsTim PreeceJoseph O'ConorKeith BellAdaptation of Dostoevsky's novel about liberal discussion versus revolutionary action in a provincial Russian town in the mid-nineteenth century.
- StarsJohn CarsonKara WilsonChristopher SandfordThe dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.
- StarsAharon IpaléJohn TurnerEdwin RichfieldThe citizens of a Greek village in the 1920's prepare to stage their annual Passion Play, about the life and death of Jesus Christ.
- StarsAlan LakeKeith DrinkelVictor HenryTwo childhood friends continue to rival each other in their adult lives, competing in their careers and for the love of a woman.
- CreatorKevin LaffanStarsSally JamesKathy StaffRoy BarracloughThis was a soap set in a Victorian House which had been converted into flats.
- DirectorBill HaysStarsClifford EvansPeter JeffreyJohn TurnerThe USA have created a deadly gas known as Omega. Britain have countered with it's antidote Omega Minor. Lawyer Philip Skelton is recruited to join a secret Cell called Gauntlet and they must stop Dr. Maurice Owen before he passes it on.
- DirectorIan FordyceStarsGary RaymondTrisha NobleEric Barker
- DirectorStuart AllenStarsDavid BattleyHoward GoorneyBob GrantA comic fantasia based on the (alleged) diary musings of Mrs. Mary Wilson, wife of Prime Minister Harold.
- StarsJonathan AdamsPaul GristJohn AbineriSome years after the adventure of the "Triton", Belwether and Lamb take to the air, uncover a plot by Napoleon's forces to bomb Portsmouth from balloons.
- DirectorTerry HughesStarsHarry SecombeRoy CastleHattie JacquesSet in England in 1828, the story centres on wealthy Samuel Pickwick and his valet Sam Weller, who are in a debtors' prison where they recall the misadventures that led to their imprisonment. On the previous Christmas Eve, Pickwick introduced his friend Wardle, Wardle's daughters, Emily and Isabella, and their Aunt Rachael to Nathaniel Winkle, Augustus Snodgrass, and Tracy Tupman, three members of the Pickwick Club. They were soon joined by Alfred Jingle, who tricked Tupman into paying for his ticket to a ball that evening. Upon learning Rachael is an heiress, Jingle set out to win her hand and eventually succeeded. Pickwick engages Sam Weller as his valet and, through a series of misunderstandings, he inadvertently leads his landlady, Mrs. Bardell, to believe he has proposed marriage to her. Pickwick is charged with breach of promise and hauled into court, where he is found guilty as charged and sentenced to prison when he stubbornly refuses to pay her compensation.
- DirectorMichael MillsStarsDora BryanBruce ForsythCyril CusackAn 'interlude with music' about a struggling music hall act, presented by the BBC as part of Noël Coward's 70th birthday tribute.
- StarsMaurice RoëvesHannah GordonAnton DiffringThriller serial set against the backdrop of the Edinburgh Festival.
- DirectorPhilip DudleyStarsMargaret LeightonRichard WarwickPatrick BarrYoung Nicky Lancaster must cope with the discovery that his socialite mother is a drug addict.
- DirectorJonathan AlwynStarsJohn AbineriBernard ArchardPaul BaconWorried that the presence of the imprisoned Earl of Warwick will threaten his dynasty, Henry has him entrapped into an act of treason to justify his execution.
- DirectorBrian CumminsStarsAlexis KannerSusan HuntRobert LangGraham Baird wakes up in strange clothes in a strange apartment, both he and his wife want to know where he had been the previous night.