TV Drama
TV Drama will generally include a story development with a beginning, middle and an end. In the more conventional sense, dramatic presentations include the portrayal of characters, settings, life situations and stories in the course of a theatrical performance.
Both made for TV Drama Films as well as TV Drama Series reside here, hence many fondly remembered highlights are to be found including "I Cladius", "Hornblower", "Edge of Darkness", "Boys From The Blackstuff", "Roots" and "Shogun". Scrolling the "Television Shows" function may also prove helpfull.
Right: "Shogun" Poster
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
7.3/10
Starring: Peter Barkworth, Peter Vaughan, Douglas Wilmer, Ronald Hines
This British television series, shot almost entirely on videotape, dramatized short mystery fiction by authors who were contemporaries of Sir Arthur C... Read more
Tom Brown's Schooldays (TV Series) (1971)
7.6/10
Starring: Richard Morant, Richard Gibson, Iain Cuthbertson, Simon Fisher-Turner, Anthony M...
1971 adaptation of Thomas Hughes' novel. Anthony Murphy stars as Tom Brown who, as a new boy at Rugby Public School, has to contend with the school's... Read more
Upstairs Downstairs: Series 1 (1971)
8.4/10
Director: Herbert Wise, Raymond Menmuir, Joan Kemp-Welch, Derek Bennett, Brian Parker
Starring: Gordon Jackson, Jean Marsh, Nicola Pagett, Pauline Collins, Simon Williams, Davi...
Critically acclaimed, "Upstairs Downstairs" maintains its position as one of the most successful and watched dramatic series in television history. A... Read more
Cousin Bette (1971)
8.3/10
Director: Gareth Davis
Starring: Helen Mirren, Thorley Walters, Margaret Tyzack
Based on the novel by Honore de Balzac, Cousin Bette is a poor spinster and a frequent visitor to her cousin Baron Hulot's household. When she is betr... Read more
Follyfoot: Series 1 (1971)
8.3/10
Director: Michael Apted, Stephen Frears, Vic Hughes
Starring: Gillian Blake, Steve Hodson, Arthur English, Christian Rodska, Desmond Llewelyn
Based on Monica Dickens' 1963 novel 'Cobbler's Dream', the series was set in a horse sanctuary and often dealt with the way horses were poorly treated... Read more
Casanova (1971)
8.1/10
Director: Mark Cullingham
Starring: Frank Finlay, Norman Rossington, Christine Noonan, Zienia Merton
Dramatised by Dennis Potter (his first TV adapatation) and loosely based on the memoirs of the 18th century libertine, this 6-part BBC series contrast... Read more
Elizabeth R (1971)
8.8/10
Director: Claude Whatham, Herbert Wise, Richard Martin, Roderick Graham, Donald McWhinnie
Starring: Robert Hardy, Ronald Hines, Glenda Jackson, Anthony Ainley, Vivian Pickles, Nich...
Glenda Jackson stars as England's strong-willed 'Virgin Queen' in this acclaimed Masterpiece Theatre presentation. Beginning with her ascendance to th... Read more
Callan: Series 4, Part 2 (1971)
8.4/10
Starring: Edward Woodward, William Squire, Patrick Mower
Re-enter the dark and sinister domain of Callan, Britain's favourite Cold War spy with seven more episodes from the acclaimed fourth series. Episodes... Read more
Jude the Obscure (1971)
7.6/10
Director: Hugh David
Starring: Robert Powell, Fiona Walker, John Franklyn-Robbins, Daphne Heard
Robert Powell stars as Jude Fawley in this faithful and uncompromising BBC adaptation of Thomas Hardy's bitter and controversial novel. Born into rura... Read more
Home (1971)
6.6/10
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Starring: John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Dandy Nichols, Mona Washbourne, Warren Clarke
Two irrepressible legends of the British stage (Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson) lend elegance, wit and pathos in this made for television a... Read more