Seventy Deadly Pills

Seventy Deadly Pills 1963

6.00

A small boy, Dickie Goodwin, finds some strychnine pills mixed with sweets in a stolen car left in a deserted garage. With them he buys his way into the Rocket Gang. Brian, the leader, shares out the pills for swaps next day. One of the gang eats hers and collapses. The police frantically search for the pills and a broadcast appeal is made. Brian hears this and reaches the gang at Battersea funfair just in time to save them.

1963

Danny the Champion of the World

Danny the Champion of the World 1989

6.15

Somewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life together. Only their gas station happens to sit on a piece of land that a local developer wants to buy. And when he won't take no for an answer, and sets government inspectors and social works onto Danny and his father, Danny and his father decide to get even with Hazell and his pheasant- shooting friends in a manner in keeping with their own family tradition.

1989

The Dog and the Diamonds

The Dog and the Diamonds 1953

5.50

A group of children establish their own zoo in the garden of a disused house, which proves to be the headquarters of a gang of crooks.

1953

Pop Pirates

Pop Pirates 1984

4.80

A story of adventure in the pop music world. A schoolboy pop group who call themselves The Pirates find themselves involved with a different sort of piracy when they discover a secret video tape-copying factory

1984

Gabrielle and the Doodleman

Gabrielle and the Doodleman 1984

1

A wheelchair bound little girl gets involved with characters from her computer game that help her though a difficult time.

1984

Night Ferry

Night Ferry 1976

5.10

Night Ferry stars Bernard Cribbins as Pyramid, a dastardly master-of-disguise who plans to smuggle an ancient Egyptian mummy out of the country. When young Jeff discovers the plan, a dangerous chase via London's Victoria and Clapham stations ensues.

1976

The Clue of the Missing Ape

The Clue of the Missing Ape 1953

6.00

Story of how two youngsters round up crooks planning to blow up the British fleet off Gibraltar.

1953

Exploits at West Poley

Exploits at West Poley 1985

3.50

Somerset 1850. Two boys exploring an underground cave, divert the course of a river and drastically change the lives of the people of two villages.

1985

The Man from Nowhere

The Man from Nowhere 1975

6.20

The Man from Nowhere is a beautifully told Victorian gothic thriller from acclaimed director James Hill. Young orphan Alice has been invited by her rich uncle to live in his country mansion but she soon finds herself persecuted by the apparent visitations of an unsettling stranger. Who is this man from nowhere and just why is he tying to scare her away?

1975

Daylight Robbery

Daylight Robbery 1964

1

Three children are locked in a store by accident. They help catch a gang who break into the store the same day in order to get to the bank next door.

1964

Rangi's Catch

Rangi's Catch 1972

1

Four children on a remote sheep station in New Zealand hear of the escape of two convicts, and realise that the crooks are responsible for burgling their house.

1972

A Hitch in Time

A Hitch in Time 1978

5.60

Two children help an eccentric professor test his new time machine.

1978

The Monster of Highgate Ponds

The Monster of Highgate Ponds 1961

5.00

The story of three children who find themselves with a friendly monster that grows at an alarming rate.

1961

A Ghost of a Chance

A Ghost of a Chance 1967

6.50

Three children try to fight against the destruction of a local historic landmark. They are helped by a group of friendly ghosts.

1967

The Cat Gang

The Cat Gang 1959

6.00

The Cat Gang is a group of precocious British kids. They have a habit of hanging around a grown-up customs official who wishes that they'd beat it. But the Gang comes in handy when a smuggling gang arrives on the scene.

1959

The Boy with Two Heads

The Boy with Two Heads 1974

6.00

Chris & Jill discover a South American shrunken head with magical powers.

1974

The Boy Who Turned Yellow

The Boy Who Turned Yellow 1972

5.40

John and his class go on a school trip to the Tower of London. While he is there he loses his pet mouse and vows to return and find her later. Back in school, he is not very attentive and falls asleep during a lesson about electricity so his teacher sends him home. On the 'tube' there is a sudden flash, and John, the train and all of the passengers turn yellow. With the help of Nick (short for 'Electronic') John learns about electricity, invades the Tower of London and saves his pet mouse ... or was it a dream. This is the Powell & Pressburger touch applied to children's films.

1972

Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek 1972

4.90

A young boy runs away from an approved school to meet up with his father in the hope that he can persuade his dad to allow him to travel to Canada with him. He also meets up with two local children and discovers that his father is instead planning a bank heist.

1972

Riders of the New Forest

Riders of the New Forest 1948

1

Two children attempt to tame a wild New forest pony in this jolly kids' adventure. When they befriend local farm hand, Davy, the children begin to suspect he may be a horse thief.

1948

Johnny on the Run

Johnny on the Run 1953

7.50

A Polish boy runs away from his unkind foster mother in Edinburgh and finds a new home in a lakeside village for orphans of all nations, after encountering trouble through his innocent implication in a robbery.

1953