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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

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

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