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The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978)
8.4/10
Director: David Giles
Starring: Alan Bates, Anna Massey, Anne Stallybrass
Alan Bates stars in this powerful BBC production of Thomas Hardy's tragic tale, dramatised by Dennis Potter. Set in the 1840s, this is the vivid and r... Read more
Mansfield Park (1983)
6.7/10
Director: David Giles
Starring: Anna Massey, Bernard Hepton, Angela Pleasence
Mansfield Park is the magnificent country residence of Sir Thomas Bertram and his family, and stands as the very bastion of upper class country life i... Read more
Sense and Sensibility (1971)
6.7/10
Director: David Giles
Starring: Ciaran Madden, Patricia Routledge, Robin Ellis, Isabel Dean
Mrs. Dashwood and her two daughters, Elinor and Marianne, are faced with the prospect of Mrs. Dashwood's stepson and his wife moving into their home a... Read more
The Barchester Chronicles (1982)
7.7/10
Director: David Giles
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Geraldine McEwan, Alan Rickman, Nigel Hawthorne
The Barchester Chronicles, a BBC miniseries, is adapted from two mid-19th century novels by Anthony Trollope. When a crusade against the Church of Eng... Read more
The Darling Buds of May: Series 2 (1992)
7.8/10
Director: David Giles, Gareth Davis, Robert Tronson
Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, David Jason, Pam Ferris, Philip Franks, Stephanie Ralph
Wallow in the nostalgia of the 1950s as Britain's best loved family return for the complete second season. Loveable rogue Pop Larkin (David Jason), a... Read more
The Anthony Trollope Collection: The Barchester Chronicles / The Way We Live Now / He Knew He Was Right (2004)
Director: David Giles, David Yates, Tom Vaughan
Starring: Donald Pleasence, David Gwillim, Geraldine McEwan, Alan Rickman, Nigel Hawthorne...
Three exceptional BBC mini-series, adapted from the works of 19th century novelist, Anthony Trollope. 'The Barchester Chronicles' (1982) is based on... Read more
The Darling Buds of May: Series 3 (1993)
7.8/10
Director: David Giles, Rodney Bennett, Robert Tronson
Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Pam Ferris, David Jason, Philip Franks, Stephanie Ralph
The eccentric and loveable Larkin family, return for the third season of the popular series based on the novels by H.E. Bates. Wallow in the nostalgi... Read more
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: Collection 1 ( The Body in the Library / The Moving Finger / A Murder is Announced ) (1985)
7.8/10
Director: David Giles, Roy Boulting, Silvio Narizzano
Starring: Joan Hickson
Joan Hickson plays the perfect little old spinster lady whose meekness and fondness for knitting belie a needle-sharp brain and a genius for unravelli... Read more
The Darling Buds of May: Series 1 (1991)
7.8/10
Director: David Giles, Rodney Bennett, Robert Tronson
Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, David Jason, Pam Ferris, Philip Franks, Stephanie Ralph
Set in quintessential 1950s England and based on the novels by H.E. Bates. This popular series is based around the eccentric and loveable Larkin famil... Read more
The Darling Buds of May: The Complete Series (1991)
7.8/10
Director: David Giles, Rodney Bennett, Robert Tronson, Steve Goldie
Starring: David Jason, Pam Ferris, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stephanie Ralph, Philip Franks
Set in the idyllic rural bliss of 1950s England, David Jason is the head of the eccentric and lovable Larkin family, along with wife, Pam Ferris. Thei... Read more
Alan Bennett at the BBC (2010)
Director: David Hinton, Giles Foster, John Schlesinger, Malcolm Mowbray, Richard Eyre, Stephen Frears, Stuart Burge, Udayan Prasad, Jonathan Stedall
Starring: Alan Bates, Alan Bennett, Daniel-Day Lewis, James Fox, Janet McTeer, Jim Broadbe...
Alan Bennett is one of Britain's most popular and prolific authors and playwrights. He initially wrote for the stage, but found that with his observan... Read more