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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

The Merchant of Venice (BBC) (1980)

7.1/10
Director: Jack Gold
Starring: Warren Mitchell, Gemma Jones, John Franklyn-Robbins, John Nettles, Kenneth Cranh...

Warren Mitchell brings a finely balanced ambiguity to the villainous Shylock in this faithful BBC adaptation of one of Shakespeare's most controversia... Read more

Overlord (1975)

7.2/10
Director: Stuart Cooper
Starring: Brian Stirner, Davyd Harries, Nicholas Ball, Julie Neesam, John Franklyn-Robbins

An under-appreciated masterpiece of filmmaking focusing on 18-year-old Tom, who enters the British Army in 1944. The film follows him through his rigo... Read more