Single Drama / TV Movie
List of stand alone, single dramas I have seen. Which don't fit easily into my Film Diary Lists. Predominately UK television productions which have a life beyond British television and are promoted as TV Movies or may receive festival screenings.
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- DirectorAlan HorroxGavin RichardsStarsGavin RichardsJim BywaterClive RussellDuring questioning by the police, a railway worker falls to his death from the multi-story police HQ. The government says it was an accident but there is a public outcry. The Superintendant and Inspector responsible are awaiting the arrival of an Investigating Judge but get more than they bargained for when a lunatic escapes and impersonates him.14-09-1983 C4.
TV version of the Belt and Braces Roadshow Company's production. - DirectorTony WharmbyStarsJames WarwickFrancesca AnnisGavan O'HerlihyAfter two old friends accidentally meet and resolve to become investigators for hire, they quickly become embroiled in a missing treaty and a Bolshevik conspiracy.09-10-1983. Central.
Agatha Christie's The Secret Adversary. - DirectorGiles FosterStarsPeter FirthRichard JohnsonRichard BriersIn the future England is ruled by a fascist government, and one day the leaders begin the construction of a heavily guarded, mysterious airport.13-12-1983 BBC1.
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerKen PriceStarsJulie ChristieAlan BatesClaire BloomThe arrival of a beautiful model stirs up the guests of a peaceful small-town hotel where most of them hide from their troubles; secrets, infatuations, and lies emerge.02-01-1984 Central.
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsAlan BatesCoral BrowneCharles GrayThe actress Coral Browne travels to Moscow and meets a mysterious Englishman. It turns out that he's the notorious spy Guy Burgess.22-01-1984 BBC2.
- DirectorRodney BennettStarsAlec GuinnessRenée AshersonPaul RogersTouching comedy about a high court judge, now retired to his English countryside home, who resolves to end years of suspicion about his wife's fidelity and the true paternity of their son.03-05-1984 C4.
- DirectorMick JacksonStarsKaren MeagherReece DinsdaleDavid BrierlyThe effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.23-09-1984 BBC2.
- DirectorMichael WhyteStarsCharles GrayBernard HeptonCherie LunghiAfter years of being a butler, Arthur J. Mason finds himself a celebrity at the age of 63. A novel he wrote 36 years ago has been discovered and published to great acclaim. A TV crew go to investigate, but find him unenthusiastic at his change of fortune.18-10-1984 C4.
- DirectorRobert KnightsStarsLaurence OlivierRoger ReesGreta ScacchiA young artist goes to interview an older painter who lives in the south of France with two young women. He gets caught up in the painter's Bohemian lifestyle and begins to examine his own attitudes towards life and art.09-12-1984 Central.
- DirectorJohn MaddenStarsAlan HowardPhoebe NichollsJohn McEneryHe is a respectable pillar of London society who yearns for an idyllic existence away from the noise and the smoke. She feels hemmed in by the confines of an isolated fishing village and dreams of the bright lights, and even brighter people, of the great metropolis. On a hot August day in 1883, Clement Scott, the writer, and Louie Jermy, the miller's daughter, meet each other for the first time.Screen Two was umbrella banner for made for television films.
13-01-1985 BBC2. - DirectorGavin MillarStarsJulie WaltersGeorge LaphamDavid RappaportMavis's plight will ring a bell in the heart of anyone who ever felt like murdering a telephone. Is some ghoulish mind behind the increasingly mysterious and sinister calls she gets? Is it madness or the system, or a joke that's bigger than all of us?20-01-1985 BBC2.
- DirectorPiers HaggardStarsDerrick O'ConnorPauline CollinsMichelle MulvanyAlan and Sylvia fall in love and Alan gains a renewed sense of purpose. He begins to hope for an eventual release on licence. However both he and Sylvia have to face the fact that, for the foreseeable future, they cannot enjoy any physical intimacy. They decide to treat their affair as a long Victorian courtship.Original shown as part BBC2's Screen Two season; aired in two parts.
27-01-1985 BBC2. - DirectorEric IdleGary WeisStarsEric IdleJohn HalseyRicky FataarCharts the adventures of the prefab four, possibly the most famous band of all time.3-3-1985 BBC2.
- DirectorBob BrooksStarsNigel HawthorneMick FordKim TaylforthFour men attempt "The Knowledge" examination to qualify as London taxi drivers.19-08-1985 C4.
- DirectorHarry WinerStarsHart BochnerJamie Lee CurtisJohn HarkinsIndiana Jones spoof, an unsold pilot. Callahan and his new assistant try to solve the world's problems through science.Pilot which never went to series. 18-10-1985 Central.
- DirectorRodney BennettStarsAlec GuinnessLeo McKernIan RichardsonIn this modern adaptation of the Don Quixote theme based on a novel by Graham Greene, Quixote is an old Spanish village priest who travels through Spain with his friend, Sancho, the village's mayor and his car called Rocinante. On their way he has to master the same adventures as his ancestor.16-12-85 Central.
- DirectorFrancis MegahyStarsDennis WatermanGeorge ColeGlynn EdwardsSaving deceased gangster Jack South's daughter Nikki from an attack by hired thugs earns "minder" Terry McCann a trip for two across Europe on the famous Orient Express. But a perfect romantic opportunity with his girlfriend Annie is ruined when his dodgy employer and "friend" Arthur Daley cons his way onto the trip to avoid a court appearance, and Terry again finds himself battling to protect Nikki from a whole train load of sinister characters all after Nikki's legacy. Add to this a Mafia hitman, a gun-toting Interpol officer and an unwelcome appearance by Terry and Arthurs' London nemesis, the long suffering Detective Sergeant Chisholm.25-12-1985 Central.
- DirectorMichael Owen MorrisStarsAnn BellStephanie ColeVeronica RobertsIn 1950, five years after their release from internment, the women return to Singapore for a reunion, unaware of the intrigue that is to involve them in treachery and murder.26-12-1985 BBC1.
- DirectorGiles FosterStarsAnna MasseyDenholm ElliottGoogie WithersAn authoress, whose career is more successful than her private life, arrives at a Swiss hotel and finds her life changing in unexpected ways.2-03-1986 BBC2.
- DirectorColin BuckseyStarsCharles DanceAnn ToddMark RylanceFrom his window, film critic Paul Hatcher watches neighbour Mrs. Forbes-Duthie and her transvestite grandson, Gavin. He sees two men attacking them and Gavin falling to his death. The men were looking for something and believe he has it.12-01-1986 BBC2.
- DirectorRichard MichaelsStarsLindsay WagnerTony Lo BiancoCeleste HolmThe story of a Dr. Jessie Hayden, a female police department psychiatrist.03-04-1986 Central.
- DirectorNorman StoneStarsJoss AcklandClaire BloomDavid WallerNoted author and scholar finds love, then must endure its loss...04-05-1986 BBC2.
- DirectorBill HaysStarsArt MalikJohn MatshikizaJack KlaffThe struggles of white intellectuals and their black activist friends in the apartheid of South Africa during the 1950s.28-09-1986 BBC1. Shown in two parts.
- DirectorTim KingStarsFrederick TrevesSheila AllenChristoph Hargreaves-AllenMr and Mrs Desmond Howard Jones invite you to the wedding of their daughter Mariella to Dominic Frazer.17-04-1987 BBC2.
- DirectorChristopher MorahanStarsBob PeckMiranda RichardsonReina JamesWhat's happened to Pilkington? James doesn't much care, he's far more interested in renewing acquaintance with the girl he silently adored as a teenager - but maybe she knows something.03-11-1987 BBC1.