Lee Remick stars as Jennie Jerome, born in the United States in 1845, who eventually became Lady Randolph Churchill
Cast member Bruce Alexander recalled: "'Message for Posterity' was remade as a tribute to [Dennis Potter] just after his death the original recording of the early 60's having been lost by the BBC. As a result we under the direction of David Jones reproduced the original script with painstaking (perhaps over-scrupulous) accuracy, honouring every comma and letter in a way for whi...
Dramatised reconstruction of the writing of George Orwell's novel "1984" on the island of Jura between 1946 and 1948. Transmitted in 1983 reconstruction of the writing of George Orwell's novel 1984 on the island of Jura between 1945 and 1948
Robert Nobel is a 12 year old schoolboy – polite, well-spoken and friendly. However, he is bullied by schoolmates and called 'Norbert No-Bottle'. When his parent's split up he is further damaged made worse by his father planning to remarry. Robert mistakenly volunteers to take part in a story telling campaign in a local old people's home, where he meets an old lady that will ch...
故事发生在1934年的英国,菲尔比(托比·斯蒂芬斯 Toby Stephens 饰)、博格思(汤姆·霍兰德 Tom Hollander 饰)和麦克林(鲁伯特·潘瑞-琼斯 Rupert Penry-Jones 饰)是三位在剑桥大学深造的前途无量的年轻人,他们受到了苏联海外情报部门的招募,成为了间谍,这就是之后闻名于历史的剑桥间谍帮。三个野心勃勃的年轻人将苏联视为实现他们政治理想抱负的肥沃土壤。
第二次世界大战爆发之后,间谍帮的成员们被英国**雇佣,在整个战争期间,他们为苏联提供了无数的珍贵情报,可谓是于无形之中影响了整个战局。1951年,博格思和麦克林因为身份败露而逃往了苏联,剩下菲尔比一人顶着巨大的压力接受了来自英国**的严酷调查。
Taken from the book by John le Carre, George Smiley rallies to the aid of his former intelligence colleague, Ailsa Brimley, to investigate a mysterious letter from a junion master's wife at Carne School - a boy's school. When Smiley goes to Carne to investigate, he finds the junior master's wife brutually murdered with her husband as one of the suspects. Smiley begins to scratc...
Jeremy O'Reilly - the malicious, self-important presenter of a TV news show - has returned to further demolish the reputation of a disheveled bunch of East End locals as part of his 'Clean Up Britain' crusade. However, an unexpected turn ensues as the local's play a mischievous prank that goes horribly wrong and culminates in the murder of the beautiful Paige Boston, a local ac...
Determined to gatecrash her ex-lover's funeral on glamorous French hideaway Ile-de-Re, former Hollywood siren Helen (Joan Collins) escapes her London retirement home with the help of Priscilla (Pauline Collins), a repressed English housewife stuck in a bad marriage. Pooling their limited resources, they hit the road together by coach, ferry, car and foot in a race to get to the...