Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.
The Children's Hour (1961)
An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run it of having a romantic relationship.
Beecham (1990)
1990 TV adaptation of a 1979 biographical play by Ned Sherrin & Caryl Brahms, based on the life of conductor and impresario Sir Thomas Beecham. With Timothy West as Beecham.
Our Town (1940)
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.
A Subject of Scandal and Concern (1960)
A dramatized account of a Victorian cause célèbre, written by John Osborne and concerning the true story of the last person in England to be tried for blasphemy. Richard Burton plays John George Holyoake, a social reformer who goes on trial for speaking in public about his atheist views. Rachel Roberts plays his wife, and the programme is introduced by Face to Face inquisitor John Freeman.
Hamlet (1948)
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.
A Well Paid Walk (1966)
Dobře placená procházka (English title: Worth While or A Well Paid Walk) is a Czech musical and film.
The Candidates Are Tied (1996)
A crooked mayor is in danger of losing the next election to an honest (and beautiful) upstart. Determined to use every dirty trick in the book, she has her minions capture, bind and gag her rival, but in politics, your former allies may soon be your bitterest foes.
The Women (1939)
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
The Subtenant (2008)
A farce about blackmailing, a kidney transplant operation performed at home, deviants and human relationships.
Dear Mr Shakespeare: Shakespeare Lives (2016)
An evocative and imaginative exploration of the racial tensions in Othello and how the themes in Shakespeare's play still resonate today.
Six Characters in Search of An Author (1976)
A rehearsal is disrupted when six figures mysteriously appear on the stage, claiming to be fictional characters from an unfinished play searching for an author to tell their tragic story. An adaptation of the classic Luigi Pirandello play, updated to take place in a 1970s television studio.