By Common Consent

By Common Consent 1975

1

In a foreign port two boys come to a fisherman saying they are refugees from a country where a military take-over has organised a gigantic League of Youth.

1975

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing 1967

5.00

Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy, in which young lovers Hero and Claudio conspire to make sharp-tongued rivals Beatrice and Benedick fall in love with each other.

1967

Atatürk - Father of the Turks

Atatürk - Father of the Turks 1970

8.00

In the documentary, the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the last period of the Ottoman Empire, the War of Independence and the developments in the first years of the Republic of Turkey are told in parallel. The documentary prepared by Michael Adams consists of recordings made by the BBC in 1970 in Çanakkale, Samsun, Amasya, Sivas and Ankara, as well as historical footage.

1970

Nineteen96

Nineteen96 1989

1

Britain in the mid-1990s: a divided, violent nation where civil disorder and urban terrorism are on the increase. Scotland Yard detective Commander Jack Bentham is seconded to Wales to look into a series of shootings by police officers, and uncovers a complex web of deceit and corruption

1989

The House on the Hill

The House on the Hill 1975

1

A court had to decide what to do about Ellen, an elderly lady living on her own in a deteriorating rented property.

1975

The Counterfeit Man

The Counterfeit Man 1965

1

On Jupiter's moon Ganymede, an alien life-form has taken over the body of a human astronaut, creating an almost perfect copy. It then begins the long return journey to Earth.

1965

In the Labyrinth

In the Labyrinth 1976

1

After 30 years apart, a man is reunited with his mother, who resides on a psychiatric ward.

1976

The Flight Fund

The Flight Fund 1975

1

Angie, Tony and their son Farnley go to stay with Uncle Edward. The routine of Edward and his companion servant, Blades, becomes unsettled when Edward and Angie develop a close bond.

1975

Stranger in the Family

Stranger in the Family 1965

1

A boy is skilled at telepathy and in mind control. He attracts the attention of the government.

1965

Padre Pio

Padre Pio 1968

1

BBC TV movie about the life of the late Francesco Forgione, widely known as Padre Pio.

1968

The Midas Plague

The Midas Plague 1965

1

The Future. Robot labour and free energy make the creation of goods easy and automatic. Now people are continually supplied with more things than they can possibly consume.

1965

Is It Something I Said?

Is It Something I Said? 1974

1

A businessman having a nervous breakdown checks in for one last night at a shabby hotel where he composes a suicide note. The hotel owner intervenes and the two men debate and argue the matter.

1974

The Life of Galileo

The Life of Galileo 1964

1

BBC version of Brecht's epic account of Galileo's persecution for his 'heretical' idea that the earth moved around the sun.

1964

No Place Like Earth

No Place Like Earth 1965

1

Earth is no more, destroyed by nuclear war; but itinerant handyman Bert Foster, wandering the canals of Mars, is possessed by a restlessness for a home which no longer exists. He considers a move to an isolated outpost on Venus.

1965

Old Times

Old Times 1975

1

Kate and Deeley are married and live in the country. They are joined by Kate's friend, Anna, and talk of the past. Although it is a past they have shared, their memories of it are not always the same.

1975

I Spy a Stranger

I Spy a Stranger 1972

1

Play set in the Home Counties during the Second World War. A Czech refugee arrives at her cousin's Mrs Hudson's, which create xenophobic problems in the local community.

1972

Kipper

Kipper 1977

1

Kipper is obsessed with Manor Park Football Club. At his workplace, this obsession attracts the derision of two of his colleagues. Meanwhile, Manor Park are to play against Dutch club Ajax

1977

Dummy Run

Dummy Run 1974

1

Some ex-rugby players gather at a stadium to reminisce.. They meet a TV commentator to rehearse the discussion of the scoring of "the most momentous try in rugby history." Discord follows, when a lone voice declares that the try was awarded in error.

1974

Article Five

Article Five 1975

1

Members of a shadowy group demonstrate techniques of enhanced Interrogation of terrorist suspects. However, the demonstration causes consternation that such techniques were approved.

1975