Peter Hammond

Peter Charles Hammond Hill was an English actor and television director. Peter Charles Hammond Hill was born in Victoria, Central London. His father, Charles, was an art restorer and his mother, Ada, a nurse. After attending Harrow School of Art, he started work as a scenic artist at Sheffield Repertory Theatre. Following this, he turned to acting to "earn some cash", where he adopted the stage name of Peter Hammond. He first appeared in a West End production at the age of 17. Hammond made his film début in Waterloo Road (1945) and went on to carve a career playing handsome boy-next-door types throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s, most notably as Peter Hawtrey in The Huggetts Trilogy – Here Come the Huggetts (1948), Vote for Huggett and The Huggetts Abroad (both 1949). [Source: Wikipedia]

Works

The Buccaneers

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.

Release Date1956-09-19

Charactersd Lt. Edward Beamish

Episode Count26

Vote Count5

The Adventures of William Tell

The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC Entertainment.

Release Date1958-09-15

Charactersd Captain Hofmanstahl

Episode Count6

Vote Count4

Confession

A falling-out between thieves over the proceeds of a stickup results in several deaths and a priest being marked for murder because of a confession he receives from one of the gang members.

Release Date1955-06-01

Charactersd Alan

Vote Count7

X: The Unknown

Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on energy and proceeds to terrorise a remote Scottish village. An American research scientist at a nearby nuclear plant joins with a British investigator to discover why the victims were radioactively burned and why, shortly thereafter, a series of radiation-related incidents are occurring in an ever-growing straight line away from the fissure.

Release Date1956-09-21

Charactersd Lt. Bannerman

Vote Count74

Helter Skelter

A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.

Release Date1949-08-07

Charactersd Spencer Stone

Vote Count4

The Crowded Day

One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.

Release Date1954-10-01

Charactersd Michael Blayburn

Vote Count9

Model for Murder

An American officer scours Britain in search of his dead brother's girlfriend and becomes involved in a jewel heist.

Release Date1959-02-01

Charactersd George

Vote Count6

Morning Departure

The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?

Release Date1950-02-21

Charactersd Sub-Lt. Oakley

Vote Count20

Fly Away Peter

Director Charles Saunders' low-key domestic comedy, adapted from A.P. Dearsley's play, centers on a middle-aged London couple who react in different ways as their four children grow up, fall in love and make career choices.

Release Date1948-10-07

Charactersd George Harris

Vote Count1

Holiday Camp

The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend missing from home.

Release Date1947-08-05

Charactersd Harry Huggett

Vote Count12

The Huggetts Abroad

Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get to South Africa where he has a new job. So the family decide that they should go to South Africa by truck. With their travelling companion they travel across the desert which includes a brush with the law.

Release Date1949-03-21

Charactersd Peter Hawtrey

Vote Count6

Fortune in Diamonds

As the Boer War ends a South African soldier hides a cache of diamonds he finds on a body. He returns to the town he left three years earlier where his girl has married a disgraced English officer. Needing funds to get back to pick up the diamonds the Boer enlists the help of a fellow soldier as well as the Englishman and a local hotel keeper. This ill-assorted bunch set off into the bush intent on finding their fortune.

Release Date1951-03-07

Charactersd Hendrik van Thaal

Vote Count4

Vote for Huggett

A firm of solicitors do battle with the head of the local council over a parcel of river front land, owned by the Huggett family, in order to build a lido/community center.

Release Date1949-02-01

Charactersd Peter Hawtrey

Vote Count6

Here Come the Huggetts

The Huggetts have their first telephone installed, sleep rough on The Mall whilst waiting for the Royal Wedding and deal with a fire at the 'Oatibix' factory.

Release Date1948-12-02

Charactersd Peter Hawtrey

Vote Count7

Father's Doing Fine

Lady Buckering, an English widow, has four daughters; Doreen, married to Dougall and about to give birth at home, and Gerda, Bicky and Catherine. The story revolves around the impending birth and the love affairs of the other three daughters; Bicky, with eccentric student Roly; Gerda, married to artist Wilfred; and Catherine, in love with the landlord's son, Clifford Magill. In addition, the impoverished Lady Buckering is being courted by Dr. Drew. Written by Les Adams

Release Date1952-08-15

Charactersd Roly

Vote Count4

Flannelfoot

Ace crime reporter Watling tries to discover the identity of a notorious jewel thief, but his informant is murdered. At a house party, Watling helps detective Adam expose the criminal.

Release Date1953-11-01

Charactersd Andy Fraser

Vote Count3

The Reluctant Widow

A young governess becomes embroiled in French spy intrigue, in this adaptation of a Georgette Heyer novel.

Release Date1950-05-01

Charactersd Eustace Cheviot

Vote Count2

It's Never Too Late

To Laura Hammond's large family, she is simply the mother who makes all their lives run more smoothly. But although they don’t know it, she is a very successful novelist and when her screenplay comes to the attention of a Hollywood producer, Laura is suddenly plunged into the big time.

Release Date1956-05-07

Charactersd Tony

Vote Count3

They Knew Mr. Knight

After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing friendship leads to the Knights selling their home to the Blakes when they move back to London. All looks rosy for the Blakes as share prices in Mr Knight's new business venture soar, but is their confidence misplaced?

Release Date1946-03-05

Charactersd Douglas Blake

Vote Count6

Fools Rush In

Howes plays Pamela Dickson, an impulsive young bride-to-be, while Guy Rolfe portrays her long-lost father Paul. Ostensibly a cad and bounder, Paul turns out to be just the opposite when he arrives for Pamela's wedding.

Release Date1949-05-23

Charactersd Tommy

Vote Count3

Spin a Dark Web

A boxer and war-time Telephone Engineer (Lee Patterson) is lured into a murder cover-up plot by a scheming woman ( Faith Domergue).

Release Date1956-03-01

Charactersd Bill Walker

Vote Count7

Alf's Baby

Three old bachelors 'inherit' an orphan baby, Pam, who is pursued by a car-stealing spiv after she turns 21.

Release Date1953-02-01

Charactersd Tim Benson

Vote Count2

Come Back Peter

There's pandemonium in a country house when various relatives come to stay.

Release Date1952-10-31

Charactersd George Harris

Vote Count2

The Avengers

A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).

Release Date1961-01-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count19

Vote Count151

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.

Release Date1984-04-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count8

Vote Count262

Theatre 625

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.

Release Date1964-05-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count5

Tales of the Unexpected

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.

Release Date1979-03-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count50

Playhouse

A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.

Release Date1974-03-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count1

Screen Two

Series of single made-for-television dramas.

Release Date1985-01-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count7

Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.

Release Date1987-01-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count143

The Wednesday Play

An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.

Release Date1964-09-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count5

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, a format that would inspire Dramarama. Actors appearing in the series included Leslie Anderson, Gwen Nelson, Ricky Alleyne, Pat Heywood, Michael Elphick, Ian Hendry, Edward Woodward, Margaret Lockwood, Jessie Matthews and Lloyd Peters.

Release Date1967-09-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

Z-Cars

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.

Release Date1962-01-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count7

Thirty-Minute Theatre

An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known.

Release Date1965-10-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count8

Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.

Release Date1975-12-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count24

BBC2 Play of the Week

An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.

Release Date1977-09-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play

BBC anthology drama series that ran over four seasons and replaced the previous BBC Sunday Night Theatre series.

Release Date1960-09-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.

Release Date1987-08-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count12

Churchill's People

Churchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies. 26 episodes were produced by the BBC and initially broadcast from 30 December 1974 to 23 June 1975.

Release Date1974-12-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

Out of the Unknown

Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Each episode was a dramatisation of a science fiction short story; some were created for the series, but most were adaptations of already published stories. The first three years were exclusively science fiction, but that genre was abandoned in the final year in favour of horror and fantasy. A number of episodes were wiped during the early 1970s, as was standard procedure at the time.

Release Date1965-10-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count8

The Dark Angel

The Dark Angel

Lovely and sensitive Maud Ruthyn is sent to stay with her Uncle Silas, 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.

Release Date1989-01-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Out of This World

Out of This World is a British science fiction anthology television series made by ABC Television and broadcast in 1962. A spin-off from the popular anthology series Armchair Theatre, each episode is introduced by actor Boris Karloff. Many episodes are adaptations of stories by sci-fi writers including Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick and Clifford D. Simak. The series is generally seen as a precursor to the BBC science fiction anthology Out of the Unknown.

Release Date1962-06-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count4

Armchair Mystery Theatre

Armchair Mystery Theatre is a 60-minute United Kingdom television anthology mystery series. Thirty-four episodes aired from 1960-65. It was hosted by Donald Pleasence and produced by Leonard White.

Release Date1960-06-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count1

Our Mutual Friend

After his father's will stipulates he must marry Bella Wilfer to inherit his fortune, John Harmon fakes his death to avoid the marriage and the threats on his life. He returns as John Rokesmith and becomes the secretary for the Boffins, who inherit Harmon's estate following his alleged death.

Release Date1976-03-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count7

Vote Count1

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

In this thrilling final series starring Jeremy Brett as the famous 'consulting detective' Sherlock Holmes, six of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories are adapted: The Three Gables, The Dying Detective, The Golden Pince-Nez, The Red Circle, The Mazarin Stone, and The Cardboard Box.

Release Date1994-03-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count9

Follyfoot

Dora Maddocks goes to live with her uncle Geoffrey on his rural estate, Follyfoot, a sanctuary for old and mistreated horses.

Release Date1971-06-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count3

The Protectors

Ex-insurance investigator Ian Souter sets up his own security agency — the SIS (Specialists in Security) — alongside ex-cop Robert Shoesmith and secretary Heather Keys - and fight crime.

Release Date1964-03-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count1

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

In the second series of the widely celebrated ITV detective programme, Dr John Watson finds a mystery in an empty house, while Holmes and he later solve the mysteries of an abbey grange, the Musgrave ritual, a second stain, a man with a twisted lip, the priory school, and a half-dozen plaster busts of Bonaparte.

Release Date1986-07-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count5

The Three Musketeers

In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

Release Date1966-11-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Vote Count2

Romance

Romance

Television adaptations of six books by well-known romantic novelists.

Release Date1977-03-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Hereward the Wake

Hereward, son of Duke Leofric and Lady Godiva, fought a long and ultimately hopeless guerilla war against the invading forces of William the Conqueror in the fens of Lincolnshire, betrayed not only by his allies but by his own weaknesses.

Release Date1965-09-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count12

Vote Count1

Dial M for Murder

Dial M for Murder

Anthology of crime stories in which the telephone plays a key role.

Release Date1974-05-20

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Six Days of Justice

Six Days of Justice is a British television drama anthology series of single plays created by Thames Television and shown on ITV from 1972 to 1975, over four seasons of six episodes apiece.

Release Date1972-04-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Wuthering Heights

Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.

Release Date1978-09-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count4

Shades of Darkness

With Norma West, Annette Wilkie-Miller, Francesca Annis, Eileen Atkins. An anthology of short mysterious dramas, each with a supernatural twist.

Release Date1983-05-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count3

Treasure Island

A young lad becomes cabin-boy on a ship bound for an island where treasure is to be found.

Release Date1968-11-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count9

Vote Count1

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

Release Date1956-07-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count6

The Master Blackmailer

For years, a blackmailer has been preying on the weaknesses of others throughout London. When Holmes hears of the utter misery this mystery man is creating, he adopts a campaign to thwart his evil scheming. The campaign astonishes Dr. Watson by its strangeness and finds Holmes falling in love.

Release Date1992-02-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count27

Funny Man

Funny Man

"Funny Man" chronicles an extended family of UK music-hall entertainers in the late 1920s, an era of decline for variety entertainment, as audiences flocked instead to motion-picture cinemas.

Release Date1981-04-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Shades of Greene

Shades of Greene is a British television series based on short stories written by the author Graham Greene. The series began in 1975, with each hour-long episode featuring a dramatisation of one of Greene's stories, many of which dealt with issues such as guilt and the Catholic faith, as well as looking at life in general. Actors to have appeared in the series include John Gielgud, Leo McKern, Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, and Roy Kinnear. The series began on 9 September 1975 and ran for two seasons.

Release Date1975-09-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count2

Cold Comfort Farm

Adaptation of Stella Gibbons's comic novel of the same name. Following the death of her parents, 20-year-old Flora Poste (Sarah Badel) finds herself alone with insubstantial means in 1930s London. Fascinated by the little she knows of her distant relatives the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm in Sussex, she goes to stay with her aunt Judith Starkadder (Rosalie Crutchley) and a colourful array of cousins. There she finds a variety of earthy, passionate relations, dominated by Great Aunt Ada Doom (Fay Compton) who long ago saw "something nasty in the woodshed" and now holds the rest of the household in thrall. Flora decides to put to rights the lives of all of them.

Release Date1968-06-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count2

Luke's Kingdom

In 1829, a recently widowed Englishman brings his children to New South Wales to claim land and begin a new life, only to find it already occupied. Forced to settle as squatters, the family faces mounting challenges from colonial authorities, rival settlers, and the harsh conditions of the frontier.

Release Date1976-03-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count2

Lord Raingo

Lord Raingo

Lord Raingo is the fictional protagonist and title character of the 1926 novel Lord Raingo by English author Arnold Bennett, portraying a self-made millionaire elevated to the peerage for his contributions to Britain's World War I propaganda efforts. Sam Raingo, born to humble origins, amasses wealth as a promoter before being appointed Minister of Propaganda, where his innovative approaches to information control aid the war machine, culminating in his ennoblement despite his outsider status among the political elite

Release Date1966-04-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Armchair Cinema

British television drama anthology series of single plays.

Release Date1974-05-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Saracen

Saracen is a 1989 British television drama series. Made for ITV by Central Television, it starred Christian Burgess and Patrick James Clarke in the title roles. 13 episodes were made which were shown throughout the autumn of 1989.

Release Date1989-09-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

The Little World of Don Camillo

In a small village in the Po Valley a permanent state of feud exists between the parish priest Don Camillo and the Communist mayor Peppone. They fight their battles in the cause of the betterment of the Northern Italian community and Camillo comforts himself in his frequent times of crisis with intimate little conversations with the Almighty.

Release Date1981-01-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count13

Vote Count1

The Sign of Four

Mary Morstan has received a pearl in the post every year since her father's disappearance. This leads Holmes and Watson to the truth about a secret pact between four convicts during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

Release Date1987-03-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count80

Oranges and Lemons

Oranges and Lemons

'Oranges & Lemons' is the name of a well-known rhyme about the city of London. This is a handful of plays with England's capital the common theme.

Release Date1973-11-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Aubrey

A biographical portrait of pen-and-ink artist, Aubrey Beardsley.

Release Date1982-01-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

A TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbé Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbé tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbé dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbé told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.

Release Date1964-10-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count12

The Eligible Bachelor

Sherlock Holmes' problem with disturbing dreams proves to be both an impediment and an aid in the search for a missing woman.

Release Date1993-02-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count23

Jack the Ripper

A serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman is brought in to help Scotland Yard solve the case.

Release Date1959-05-28

DepartmentWriting

JobScenario Writer

Vote Count26

A Chance of Thunder

A Chance of Thunder

A six-part adventure series, written by John Hopkins.

Release Date1961-11-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

King of the Castle

King of the Castle is a British children's television serial made by HTV for ITV in 1977. Written by Bob Baker and Dave Martin, the series is a surreal tale centred around a lonely young boy, Roland, who lives unhappily in a council flat with his father and stepmother. Escaping from a gang of local bullies in a malfunctioning lift, Roland finds himself transported to a strange fantasy environment where people and places are twisted variations of those he sees in his real life. Philip Da Costa starred as Roland, while other prominent roles were played by Talfryn Thomas, Fulton Mackay, Milton Johns and Angela Richards.

Release Date1977-05-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count2

Send in the Girls

Send in the Girls

Stories of girls on a Sales Promotion Team.

Release Date1978-03-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

The Demon Lover

When young Kathleen makes a promise to Keith Cameron during World War One, that no matter what happens they will meet again one day, she little realises what the consequences could be.

Release Date1986-06-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Kilvert's Diary

Kilvert's Diary

The daily life of a Victorian country curate.

Release Date1977-10-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count18

The White Rabbit

The White Rabbit

Release Date1967-09-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

The Hard Word

The Hard Word

Unemployment causes emptiness and desolation for two families who thought they had everything.

Release Date1983-01-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

The Happy Autumn Fields

Time is playing tricks on Mary. Around her the walls are crumbling- all the houses are being pulled down. Why does she insist on staying, caught in a dream about a family, years ago, out walking in the fields after the harvest? And who was Sarah, that beautiful young girl, whose sister couldn't bear that she was in love?

Release Date1980-11-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The Dark Angel

The Dark Angel is a sensual and stylish adaptation of Uncle Silas - Sheridan le Fanu’s influential Victorian literary masterpiece. Sheltered heiress Maud Ruthyn's troubles begin when her father hires a new governess. Madame De La Rougierre (played with considerable relish by Jane Lapotaire) is a cruel, brandy-swigging schemer with an unhealthy interest in Maud's inheritance and an approach to childcare that would make Mary Poppins faint. When Maud's father dies she has no choice but to live with her wicked uncle Silas, who will inherit the family fortune if Maud should happen to die. This is not a recipe for domestic bliss and soon it seems that everyone but Maud is either bad, mad, or both.

Release Date1987-02-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Round And Round

Round And Round

High-concept relationship sitcom with each episode charting a different key year in the life of Maureen Stevens, over a 14-year time span.

Release Date1984-06-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

The House That Jack Built

Serial in six parts charting 10 years of a marriage from wedding night to the present time. Eight Years Ago - Winter Lu's dream is that Jack should be happy. Their hopes are hatched in a little two up, two down house. Starred Duggie Brown as Jack and Sharon Duce as Lu.

Release Date1977-06-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Vote Count1

Contract to Kill

A former secret service agent turned private detective finds himself hired as a Nazi-hunter to avenge a murder committed during the Second World War.

Release Date1965-05-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Vote Count1

Spring and Port Wine

A stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's lives in working class Bolton, England.

Release Date1970-10-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count15

The Death of the Heart

A young orphan girl, Portia, goes to live with her well-to-do aunt and uncle. As she is groomed to become a lady, she is confused by the young man who seems to be courting her. Surrounded by pretentious people who have no clue how to deal with teenagers, she soon loses her naïveté and thinks of running away.

Release Date1987-05-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

The Maze

A couple move to a country estate that turns out to be haunted.

Release Date1983-01-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The Count of Monte Cristo

A TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbé Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbé tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbé dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbé told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.

Release Date1964-10-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The Shattered Eye

A chance meeting with an old tramp brings a violent force into a young painter's life.

Release Date1971-06-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Franklin's Farm

A grandson's attempt to help his grandma produces problems for the family.

Release Date1972-09-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Liza

Lavretsky returns to Russia from Europe and joins the group of admirers of his beautiful young cousin Liza.

Release Date1978-03-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The Phantom Kid

a couple of young vigilantes on a mission to stop a gang of train robbers.

Release Date1977-04-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

The Glory Hole

Cathy and Noel are a Catholic and a protestant soldier. They fall in love, to their cost.

Release Date1982-08-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

I Took My Little World Away

Mandy is in a dark place on the brink of suicide, can Geoffrey persuade her otherwise?.

Release Date1965-03-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The Children of Dynmouth

Timothy Gedge, a socially inept yet intrusive teenage boy, wanders around the dull seaside town of Dynmouth, spying on the town's residents. At first this behaviour is seen as merely annoying, even comical, until people begin to realise that his purpose may not be as innocent as initially thought.

Release Date1987-04-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Sea Song

Millionaire recluse Ray Carter takes part in a single handed race across the Atlantic - but soon discovers a stowaway.

Release Date1974-09-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Hallelujah, Mary Plum

A talented, independent artist lives by the sea with her daughter. As summer approaches, she faces two threats to her way of life: the local doctor who is in love with her and her unhappy sister who comes to stay.

Release Date1980-07-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Waterloo Road

During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and draft dodger who is having an affair with his wife.

Release Date1945-02-05

Vote Count20