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- DirectorMartin StellmanStarsDenzel WashingtonDorian HealySean ChapmanA retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.
- DirectorPeter WoodStarsAlan BatesAlan HowardSimon CadellIn this movie, Rupert Purvis (Alan Howard) jumps off a bridge onto a dog, and causes problems for Blair (Sir Alan Bates), his superior at MI5, and Blair must convince Hogbin (Simon Cadell), the Agent who's been tailing Purvis, of which side Purvis is really on, once he finds out what it is.
- DirectorJeremy AncockSue DunderdaleStarsAlfred MolinaJulia SwiftAnna CropperNativity Blues was a TV pilot that first aired in 1989, but wasn't picked up beyond 1989.
- DirectorNick MeadStarsDennis HopperMichael VartanWendy AbramsBased upon Mick Farren's book,'The Black Leather Jacket', this documentary explores the history of this garment from it's utilitarian beginnings through to it's 'bad boy' reputation and considers whether it has now become emasculated by pop culture.
- DirectorMurray GrigorStarsMarina AbramovicSedar ChazamWu Xiao MingLovers mark the end of a romance by meeting in the middle of China's Great Wall.
- DirectorDarren J. PerryStarsMartin ChambersAn old book opens a gateway to another world.
- DirectorRon TannerStarsWindsor Davies
- DirectorMarc MundenA clear perspective of the mindless acquisitiveness of Thatcher's England. The corruption that easy money brings and the paucity of culture in the lives of a gambling couple.
- DirectorChris ShortStarsJackie Milburn
- DirectorRichard BradleyStarsJim BowenEric BristowTony Green
- DirectorMark BakerA country couple and their shepherd endure drought, flood, a monstrous bear, hunters and tourists during a somewhat odd few days in their normally quiet life.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsDennis WatermanGeorge ColeGlynn EdwardsTerry goes into panic mode when he finds himself facing the prospect of another stint in prison after the police stake-out a stolen van full of electrical items that he has collected for Arthur. Meanwhile, Arthur has his own preoccupations, especially as his used-car business remains dead.
- DirectorSarah HardingStarsWilliam TarmeyElizabeth DawnLynne PerrieDon pleads with Mike to waive his gambling debt, while Ivy is kept in the dark. Mavis and Derek decide to buy a house. Rita wonders if Alan's plan to buy a shop has hit a snag.
- A look back at the highlights of the 1988 Notting Hill Carnival.
- Sir John has pulled out of Archie's team. Inverdarroch tells Claire he would like her to move in. Kalsang has banned meat at the Croft.
- StarsNick MercerStella GoodierGreenclaws was a big green monster who lived in a greenhouse. The man who played Greenclaws was Nick Mercer. Every week, Iris would visit Greenclaws. They would put one of Greenclaws' fabulous seeds in a plant pot, put the plant pot inside a secret growing place in the Riddle Tree, wait for Owlma (a mechanical owl) to alert them that the plant was ready, answer three riddles/questions correctly from Owlma (which were always along the lines of "Twit twoo, twoo, twit twit twoo?" and then translated into English by Iris for her and Greenclaws to solve), then open the tree to find the plant had grown into something bearing unusual fruit
- StarsElizabeth EstensenJohn HaslerKellie BrightA woman is obsessed with a silver tea set, and will stop at nothing to get it! With a little forced help from her unwilling assistant T-Shirt!
- DirectorTerence DawStarsEric RichardChristopher EllisonTony ScannellDI Frank Burnside is given the wrong information by PC Pete Ramsey while hunting for a man suspected of abduction. Burnside ends up raiding a doctor's hotel room by mistake.
- DirectorLeon ThauStarsElizabeth EstensenJohn HaslerKellie BrightThe High T. Lady punishes T.Bag for her wicked ways, but Tallulah soon turns the tide. T. Shirt scatters the 8 silver spoons of the T. set and only Sally Simpkins can find them.
- DirectorAlbert BarberStarsJohn AlfordAnthony BaileySarah ButlerTegs' brother comes home, Mr. Bronson's car breaks down, Danny Kendall gets off to a bad start and Clarke's new paper round is beset with difficulties.
- DirectorLeslie PittStarsRod BurtonJane TuckerFreddy MarksHaving braved the stormy seas as sailors, and with a few pieces of clothing and some grease paint, Rod becomes a clown and Jane a fish, a princess, a great explorer and a ballet dancer.
- DirectorPeter KosminskyRichard HandfordStarsOlivia O'LearyPhilip TibenhamDocumentary which follows a murder investigation in Moscow from the discovery of the body to the arrest and interrogation of the final suspect.
- StarsBeatie EdneyJane LapotaireTim WoodwardMaud Ruthyn, a lovely and sensitive girl, is sent to stay with her Uncle Silas Ruthyn, a charismatic rogue who stands to inherit the family fortune... should anything untoward happen to young Maud. With the tyrannical Madame De La Rougierre as her governess, Maud finds that the estate holds terrors beyond her imaginings.
- Claire has agreed to marry Inverdarroch. Fergus is invited to join Archie's team but turns him down.
- StarsJeremy RamplingShaughan SeymourIsabelle AmyesTom Long is staying with his Uncle and Aunt. When their grandfather clock strikes thirteen, Tom makes a strange discovery - a portal to the past where only a friendly girl called Hatty can see him. Adapted from a novel by Philippa Pearce.
- DirectorHerbert WiseStarsJohn ThawKevin WhatelyAmanda HillwoodA vanished baronet and the theft of some of his collection of erotic art is investigated by Morse and Lewis.
- 1963–198925mTV-G7.1 (465)TV EpisodeDirectorAlan WareingStarsSylvester McCoySophie AldredT.P. McKennaThe Doctor goes into the Dark Circus and defeats the Gods Of Ragnarok, helped by Ace, Kingpin and Mags. Captain Cook, the clowns and the Chief Clown are killed. The circuses are destroyed.
- DirectorSarah HardingStarsWilliam TarmeyElizabeth DawnLynne PerrieIvy ignores Don's wishes and confronts Mike about the gambling debt. Alan arranges an appointment for a surveyor to view Number 7. Bet tackles Alec about finding a replacement for Gloria.
- StarsClive JamesMariana de MoraesFrançoise SaganA travel program originally broadcast on BBC, and later transferring to ITV.
- CreatorTrix WorrellStarsNorman BeatonCarmen MunroeRam John HolderMeet Desmond, his non-conforming family, and the regulars of his hairdresser salon in Peckham, London.
- DirectorChristopher HodsonStarsTony ScannellJon IlesMark WingettP.C. Haynes goes to see about a shoplifter with P.C. Ramsey who is back in uniform The Shoplifter claims she is innocent. While they are out the back, the shop is held up by armed robbers who shoot at Ramsey.
- DirectorPaul CianiStarsAndy CraneMark Goodiera-ha
- DirectorJulia SmithStarsNej AdamsonJohn AltmanNick Berry
- DirectorSue Sudbury"Clare Reed is 91 and can no longer fend for herself. Her adjustment to life in an old people's home is the poignant subject of the first in a new series about the care of the elderly", The Telegraph. "I found the films really engaging and moving...an attractive and memorable series", Alan Horrox, Controller, Education, Thames TV. A Home for Clare won the Finalist award at the New York International Film and TV Festival, 1988.
- DirectorDerek JarmanStarsNathaniel ParkerTilda SwintonLaurence OlivierA movie with no spoken dialogue, it is set against the music and lyrics of Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" which includes poetry by World War I soldier Wilfred Owen reflecting the horrors of war. There is no linear story or dialogue. It's imagery reflects Owen's story, that of other soldiers, and a nurse during World War I. It also includes actual footage of contemporary wars, including World War II, Vietnam, and Angola.
- StarsMargi ClarkeRachel DaviesTracie BennettA mixed comedy and drama portraying the factory floor women at New Lyne Electronics in Manchester; tackling their personal lives and issues of recession, redundancy and retrenchment as the factory goes through various crises and takeovers.
- StarsHugh Johnson
- DirectorChester DentStarsAnnie LennoxDavid A. Stewart
- DirectorAlbert BarberStarsJohn AlfordRuth CarrawayGeorge ChristopherJustine meets Tegs's on-the-run brother, Vince saves Georgina with his "psychic powers" and Gonch explains his computerized Homework Service to Ziggy and Robbie.
- DirectorAndrew ThomasDaphne ShadwellStarsGeoffrey HayesStanley BatesRoy SkeltonZippy, George & Bungle learn the difference between things that can bend and things that cannot as they try to build a robot. Meanwhile Geoffrey is working with bricks but Bungle keeps messing things up.
- Peter leaves David with the Blair's to go drinking. Eric returns and argues with Joanna, then gets fired by Sir John. Archie's team wins as Fergus answers every question.
- DirectorMartin DennisStarsGorden KayeCarmen SilveraVicki MichelleTo prevent the Germans from getting it, the resistance will bring 1,000 kilo of explosives to René, disguised as 500 Christmas puddings.
- StarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonHercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.
- DirectorRoss DevenishStarsLynn RedgraveMalcolm StorryJay SimpsonIn September 1982, Pauline and Ray Williams were woken with the news that their 19-year-old son John had been found dead. They discovered he had been experimenting with drugs but the inquest verdict was clear: John had been 'unlawfully killed'. Yet no prosecutions followed. Pauline could not accept this decision and spent the next three years taking on the British legal establishment. The outcome of her campaign has now earned her a place in legal history.
- StarsBen CrossJohn GloverBruce GreenwoodAn attempted assassination plot against Hitler sends one of his trusted SS officers into hiding as a Jew (thanks to plastic surgery and false papers) in a concentration camp. After the camp is liberated, he joins the Zionist army in their fight for Israel.
- DirectorEdward BennettStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonPoirot probes the disappearance of a wealthy woman's cook, and soon uncovers an elaborate plot to hide an ever darker crime.
- DirectorTony DowStarsDavid JasonNicholas LyndhurstBuster MerryfieldAfter seeing the film 'Wall Street' Del fancies himself as Peckham's answer to Gordon Gecko and changes his image. He even - temporarily - gives up the Nag's Head for a trendy wine bar where he is just a little too casual for his own good. Rodney goes on a computer course and meets a nice girl called Cassandra. When she offers him a lift home, he is ashamed to tell her where he lives and gets her to drop him off in an upmarket suburban avenue. She eventually rumbles his deception, but agrees to go on a date anyway.
- DirectorStuart McDonaldStarsSue LawleyMichael ChecklandAllan FarringtonPart of the program discusses the BBC series Campion (1989).
- StarsRoy WalkerRoy Walker hosts this game show in which contestants have to guess a common phrase just by looking at a picture. The contestant with the most points goes on to play for a grand prize.
- DirectorRichard BradleyStarsJim BowenMaureen FlowersTony Green
- CreatorNorman LovettStarsNorman LovettDicken AshworthGeoffrey HughesThis series revolves around main character Norman, an inventor whose inventions land him in a series of comedic situations.
- DirectorHarold SnoadStarsKarl HowmanGary WaldhornElizabeth CounsellSplosh opens. Tommy Hooligan is born.
- DirectorWilliam BrayneStarsGeorge ColeDennis WatermanGlynn EdwardsWhen Dave's relief manager lets him down at short notice he asks Terry to step into the breach and run the Winchester Club for him. Dave's failure to show up the following day gets Terry and Arthur worrying, not least because they need to attend court in Dave's place in order to apply for the renewal of the Club's licence - firmly opposed by Detective Sergeant Rycott.
- DirectorNicholas FergusonStarsBarbara KnoxMark EdenSally Ann MatthewsAlan has his work cut out to prevent the surveyor's visit to Number 7 from being rumbled. Sally and Gina receive disturbing news of their father. Alec's decision to employ Charlie Bracewell baffles the pub staff.
- StarsThe Soup DragonsKitThe Wolfgang PressAlternative culture series which was credited with giving many then-new bands, initial and extra exposure to the major music business circles.
- DirectorJim CapperFrancesca Kirby-GreenPeter SagoStarsJack GallowayAndy RashleighLlewellyn ReesPeter Taylor asks whether a decade of Conservative government has eroded or enhanced democratic liberties in the UK.
- Hamish's new tup has not covered any of his ewes. Grace returns and is impressed by Kalsang. Peter argues with Fiona then storms off and nearly crashes with Claire and Inverdarroch.
- DirectorJan SargentStarsTrudie GoodwinGraham ColeRoger LeachA councillor's drug-addicted daughter causes trouble for WPC June Ackland and PC Tony Stamp. She takes June hostage in her parafin (kerosene) soaked flat, June tries to keep her calm but the woman ends up setting fire to the room.
- DirectorLeon ThauStarsElizabeth EstensenJohn HaslerKellie BrightRoman Emperor Bilius Buntius Caesar is celebrating his birthday. But the head of his army, Marcus Nastius, has it in for him. Sally Simkins only wants his silver spoon, but so does Soothsayer T. Bag.
- DirectorAlbert BarberStarsJohn AlfordAdrienne BurgessRuth CarrawayVince's psychic powers continue to amaze Trevor Cleaver. Subterfuge is used to get Calley to do Mauler's French homework and the police raid Tegs's house.
- StarsJack ThompsonAnthony Brandon WongMartin DewA five hour television series in five parts examining China's People's Liberation Army.
- DirectorLeslie PittStarsRod BurtonJane TuckerFreddy MarksJane is up in the attic in her secret place when Rod and Freddy bring in their pretend friend Horace. Afterward they all play around with old clothes and Freddy picks up his grandfathers old banjo.
- DirectorJames ScottStarsJohn ThawKevin WhatelyAmanda HillwoodA headless, armless, footless body of a murdered academic is found in Oxford Canal and his investigation leads to petty hatred and jealousy among the local academia.
- DirectorNicholas FergusonStarsBarbara KnoxMark EdenSally Ann MatthewsCharlie's presence at the Rovers proves far from uplifting for staff and patrons alike. Rita confronts Alan with her suspicions. Sally deserts Kevin to be at the hospital with her dad.
- DirectorPhilip DayStarsJim BaikieAlan MooreExploring the world of the graphic novel with Alan Moore talking about the incredible Watchmen series.
- DirectorAlan LewensStarsClive JamesTom ShuffMarshall FieldClive discovers what makes Chicago tick. He chats to the influential of Chicago to uncover the facts.
- DirectorBarry DavisStarsEric RichardTrudie GoodwinRobert HudsonPCs Taffy Edwards and Yorkie Smith along with WPC June Ackland try to enforce a child protection order on a Gypsy family and take their child into protective custody.
- DirectorPaul CianiStarsSimon MayoSybil RuscoeMarc Almond
- StarsSheila MercierFrederick PyneRonald MagillDrama set in the Yorkshire Dales with one of Britain's longest running and most beloved soaps. ITV.
- StarsLauren HarriesLyndon JonesJane MerrowA documentary series from BBC Wales, focussing on the lives of people in the region.
- DirectorRemington SteelStarsStacey OwenPippa Price
- DirectorSue SudburyWill and Gordon have been living at Claybury psychiatric hospital for many years. This film follows them as care staff prepare them for their new lives in 'the community' when their 'home' will be demolished and the land sold off for development. "The jury were impressed by the disciplined structure of the programme and the sensitivity with which the protagonists were presented", RTS Award jury.
- StarsDavid JasonGwen TaylorNicola PagettThe television comedy followed two families in a Yorkshire town, the working-class Simcocks and middle-class Rodenhursts, through social events. It was based on books by David Nobbs, who also created Reginald Perrin.
- DirectorDavid ReynoldsStarsDavid JasonGwen TaylorNicola PagettSnobbish dentist Laurence Rodenhurst and his flirtatious wife Liz see their socially-conscious daughter Jenny marry Paul, scruffy son of lower-class Ted and Rita Simcock. At the reception Jenny argues ethics with Ted's friend Rodney Sillitoe who owns a chicken factory, his wife Betty gets drunk, and melancholy widower Neville Badger tells anyone who will listen how much he misses his wife. Rita's father embarrasses her in front of Laurence, making her lament that the Rodenhursts must look down on her; she's unaware that Ted and Liz are having sex in one of the hotel rooms. When Jenny announces that she's pregnant, social niceties vanish and Ted's other son, brusque would-be philosopher Elvis, punches Jenny's estate-agent brother Simon.
- DirectorRoger OrdishStarsStephen FryHugh LaurieDeborah NortonSketches include Fry as headmaster and Laurie as a parent with child "poisoned by randy sex talk" in Biology Class; Laurie reads Fry poetry suitable for daily and vacation uses; Fry plays a minister who simply wants kids to stay away from his bloody car; Fry plays recruiter and Laurie is applicant to a perverted SAS; Fry is a Tally-Ho librarian who proviides patrons like Laurie with severely edited texts which extol Mother England; Laurie plays an odd psychic who claims he can bend spoons on Fry's talk show; F&L tongue-in-cheek skit poking fun at the thought police which culminates in epic tune, "Bitchmother, Come Light My Bottom." Fry plays a demented barber and Laurie the customer who asks for all of his hair cut and taunts the barber, who is distressed and brings a chainsaw.
- DirectorAlbert BarberStarsJohn AlfordGeoffrey BeeversSarah ButlerIt's the night of Ronnie's party, and there are unwelcome guests in the form of Trevor Cleaver and Mauler McCaul.