Acting
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.
The adventures of privateer Captain Dan Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they make their way across the seven seas in The Sultana.
The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery.
"Mountain" McClintock is over the hill as a boxer, but his corrupt manager keeps putting him back in the ring.
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows and arrows) to New York and they arrive during a nuclear drill that has cleared the streets.
A notorious bandit develops a grudging respect for the English military man assigned to capture him.
The title character is a US army Captain of Native American descent who is asked to investigate the murder of an Indian agent. His only clue is "April morning", the last words spoken by the victim. Can he unravel the mystery before the clock runs out?
A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.
Pilot for failed TV series
The life and loves of Music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility
An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.
An elderly cardinal has been taken prisoner in a fictional Eastern European country because the clergyman is the leader of the political opposition. The IMF force is tasked with freeing him from the "inescapable" prison.
The host of a radio crime show finds himself mixed up with real gangsters after he re-creates a notorious murder on the air. He uses his knowledge of criminology to foil the gang's wicked scheme.
"A", a member of a student protest organization, becomes disenchanted by his group's inability to effect real change. Emboldened to pursue more radical methods by the older, experienced leftist organizer Despard, "A" unwittingly becomes party to a labor strike that turns violent. Ultimately held responsible by the authorities for the fracas, "A" allies himself with terrorist Leonard, who intends to avenge those jailed in the protest.
An American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother's death that occurred during a WW2 commando raid.
A hotel porter is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old place of work which is in financial difficulties.
A doctor's sophisticated wife joins him at his remote Asian practice to try and patch up their marriage. Increasingly violent friction between local rubber plantation workers and the authorities force both parties to make decisions.
The rise to underworld eminence of the notorious Chicago gangster Artuto Ui - who bears a striking resemblance to Adolf Hitler.
A supposedly dead writer suddenly turns up to confront the young woman who is using his penname.
A young actress must decide which of two lovers will be her husband. She daydreams about each one to help her decide.
