London's most disheveled barrister returns for a fourth series of the genre-defining 'Rumpole of the Bailey'. Flawless writing by John Mortimer and st... Read more
Nuclear test explosions send the planet off its axis and on a collision course with the sun in this atmospheric doomsday thriller from England. A land... Read more
Contains star-studded BBC productions of ten of Ibsen's plays. Considered the father of modern realistic drama he wrote about the values of Victorian... Read more
Adapted by Robert Bolt and Constance Willis from Bolt's hit stage play, A Man for All Seasons stars Paul Scofield, triumphantly repeating his stage ro... Read more
Lewis Carroll's classic children's story has long proved fertile ground for Freudian analysis, surrealists, social historians, literary critics and fi... Read more
In the seventh and final series of the multi-award winning programme, rumpled barrister Horace Rumpole (Leo McKern) defends the Timson family who are... Read more
David Graham (Michael Redgrave) is an alcoholic father who arrives in London after his release from an American sanatorium. His son has been sentenced... Read more
In a stand alone feature-length episode that follows on from the end of series 2, Rumpole (Leo McKern) has retired and moved to Florida to be closer t... Read more
Q.C. John Mortimer's satirical look at criminal law and the Old Bailey continues in this sixth series. Horace Rumpole makes his way through six compel... Read more
Q.C. John Mortimer's satirical look at criminal law and the Old Bailey continues in this fifth series. Horace Rumpole makes his way through six compel... Read more
In Joseph Losey's stirring World War I saga, Dirk Bogarde is a no-nonsense British captain assigned to defend fellow soldier Tom Courtenay, accused of... Read more
Leo McKern returns for a third series as the curmudgeonly defence lawyer Horace Rumpole. While crime doesn't exactly pay, at least it's a living. This... Read more
Opinionated and set in his ways, the portly and curmudgeonly Horace Rumpole (Leo McKern) powers forth in his daily quest for justice. In this second s... Read more
Leo McKern stars as 'the Old Bailey hack' Rumpole, in his best-known and best-loved role. The portly Rumpole refuses to prosecute in the cases he acce... Read more
Having spent decades living in the shadow of his renowned sibling, the brother of Sherlock Holmes finally gets the chance to shine when he is called u... Read more
From Morris L. West's bestseller, this is both an urgent tale of geopolitical intrigue and a fascinating look at Vatican procedure. Anthony Quinn play... Read more
Richard Lester's follow-up to 'A Hard Day's Night' doesn't try to assess the power and impact of the Beatles on popular culture, but creates as many c... Read more
David Williamson is considered one of Australia's greatest living playwrights. Writing contemporary stories about sex, sports and social politics. Mo... Read more
Based on the comedic stories and plays of Steele Rudd (a pseudonym for writer Arthur Hoey) following the Rudd family as they leave behind their city l... Read more
The real inspiration behind Ian Fleming's James Bond, Sam Neill is Sidney Reilly, true-life British spy. One heart-stopping mission after another tra... Read more
During a brief break-up of the Python gang in the mid to late 70s, BBC producer Terry Hughes approached Michael Palin and asked him to come up with a... Read more
A dvd double feature of survival, discovery and natural love. "The Blue Lagoon" (1980, 100 mins) stars Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins as the sh... Read more
A chilling drama about a priest (Marcello Mastroianni) opposing a Nazi colonel (Richard Burton) who must execute 330 Italian hostages in retaliation f... Read more
Leo McKern gives a grand performance as a crabby retiree, whose dream of living undisturbed 'up north' in Queensland with his new found divorcee, is c... Read more
Harold Pinter wrote the screenplay adapted from John Fowles' novel. A hauntingly beautiful film starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons, about a woman... Read more
Adapted by Robert Bolt and Constance Willis from Bolt's hit stage play, this is a literate, penetrating treatment of the conflict between Thomas More... Read more