The Colour of Blood

The Colour of Blood 1973

1

A young girl on a train finds out that her companion is a serial killer.

1973

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night 1970

6.40

Sir Alec Guinness, Sir Ralph Richardson and Joan Plowright star in this merry on-stage mix-up of identity, gender and love in Tony Award-winner John Dexter’s production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Originally broadcast on Britain’s ITV, this classic performance captures all the slapstick, puns and double entendres that have amazed and amused audiences for over four hundred years.

1970

Death of a Princess

Death of a Princess 1980

7.80

A journalist investigates a newspaper story of the execution of an Arab princess.

1980

A Place to Die

A Place to Die 1973

10.00

Doctor Bruce Nelson takes over the medical practice of a village general-practitioner. Upon arriving in their new home, the doctor and his wife, Tessa, receive a very warm welcome from all the villagers. Tessa is at first flattered by the villagers' constant fawning and gifts, but soon becomes wary of their strange ways, and begins to suspect there is something evil in the village.

1973

The Sandy Duncan Special

The Sandy Duncan Special 1974

1

This program features then-newcomer Sandy Duncan in her first network television special. Only a few years after being passed over by Gene Kelly for a role in Hello Dolly, Duncan's star had ascended so far so fast that he was now her special guest star. Paul Lynde is also featured in a campy version of "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown".

1974

Peter Pan

Peter Pan 1976

6.00

Peter Pan is a 1976 musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, produced for television as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame, starring Mia Farrow as Peter Pan and Danny Kaye as Captain Hook, and with Sir John Gielgud narrating. Julie Andrews sang one of the songs, "Once Upon a Bedtime", off-camera over the opening credits. It aired on NBC at 7:30pm on Sunday, December 12, 1976, capping off the program's 25th year on the air. The program did not use the score written for the highly successful Mary Martin version which had previously been televised many times on NBC. Instead, it featured 14 new and now forgotten songs, written for the production by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.

1976

Murrain

Murrain 1975

6.70

When a mystery illness infects the pigs of a village farmer and a local boy is also taken ill, the villagers try to convince a veterinarian that it is caused by a curse from a woman they believe to be a witch.

1975

Possession

Possession 1973

6.00

With the exception of the poor central heating system, Ray and Penny Burns' newly-purchased country house seems ideal. While repairing the pipes, a handyman digs up the cellar and uncovers the body of the home's previous owner who was murdered twenty years earlier. A séance held in the home reveals something very disturbing.

1973

24 Hours in a Woman's Life

24 Hours in a Woman's Life 1961

1

Helen Lester is in love with a man she has known just 24 hours, a playboy who spent time in jail for passing bad checks. Though the man has promised to change, most of her strait-laced relatives are up in arms. But Clare Lester, Helen's grandmother, says the girl is free to join the man she loves. On one condition, that she listen to the story of a day in Clare's own life and of a man she tried to change.

1961

In the Steps of a Dead Man

In the Steps of a Dead Man 1974

8.00

When a young soldier suddenly dies, his parents and his girlfriend are naturally shocked and upset by the news. Several months later a young man turns up at the parent's house claiming to be their dead son's best friend. They welcome him and invite him to stay for a while. They also introduce him to their son's girlfriend and she is similarly impressed by him. It is later discovered, however, that he is not what he appears to be and may have had a hand in their son's death.

1974

Where the Action Is

Where the Action Is 1975

1

A gambler is smuggled into a billionaire's house to undertake a gambling duel.

1975

Dave Allen in Search of the Great English Eccentric

Dave Allen in Search of the Great English Eccentric 1974

7.00

A 1974 documentary in which comedian Dave Allen meets a variety of eccentrics including Alexander Stuart Wortley who lives in a box on wheels, a cowboy vicar and the artist/filmmaker Bruce Lacey showing his set-up where he pretends to fly a Lancaster bomber in his garage.

1974

Male of the Species

Male of the Species 1969

5.50

Never trust a man whoever he is. This is the bitter lesson learned by Mary MacNeil in her relationships with three different men: her father, a mendacious womanizer; a smooth-talking office flirt, Cornelius; and an aging barrister, Emlyn, who is enchanted by Mary's youthful vitality and charm.

1969

Beasts: The Dummy

Beasts: The Dummy 1976

1

A washed-up actor has a nervous breakdown and believes that he really is the movie monster that he has been hired to play. Created as an episode of Nigel Kneale’s “Beasts” horror anthology miniseries.

1976

A Midsummer Nightmare

A Midsummer Nightmare 1975

1

A young woman's knowledge of Shakespeare helps her solve a five-year-old mystery.

1975

K is for Killing

K is for Killing 1974

1

A husband and wife team are hired to protect an eccentric millionaire from an assassin but a series of murders follows.

1974

Beasts: Buddyboy

Beasts: Buddyboy 1976

2.00

When a nightclub owner buys a derelict dolphinarium, he and a young woman seem to be haunted by the ghost of Buddy Boy, the star attraction. Created as an episode of Nigel Kneale's "Beasts" horror anthology miniseries.

1976

Sin with Our Permission

Sin with Our Permission 1981

1

A social scientist working in a New Town development discovers that the community television system is being used to monitor and control the population.

1981