Swashbuckling BBC TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. The lavish BBC costume drama based_on Alexandre Dumas' classic novel set in the early 1800s sees Alan Badel leading_a distinguished cast in the greatest tale of betrayal, adventure, romance and revenge the world has ever known. Edmond Dantes is a brave and honest young man whose peaceful life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are abruptly shattered when he is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune Unlawfully sentenced to the infamous island prison of Chateau D'If, Edmond is destined to spend the rest of his days behind bars. When Edmond audaciously escapes the island he sets off to find the treasure and exact revenge on those who wronged him. This 12-part BBC series is now widely considered to be one of the finest adaptations of the legendary story.
Italian director Franco Zeffirelli stunned the world when he cast two young unknowns to portray the star crossed lovers in 'Romeo and Juliet' but it was a gamble that resulted in one of the most popular motion pictures of the time winning international acclaim and two Academy Awards. Shakespeare's classic romance comes to stunning visual life in a modern young person's interpretation bringing new vitality and a fresh insight to the most durable love story ever written.
A peaceful seaside village is shocked by a sudden and vicious double murder. The murdered men are a petty thief and a taxi driver. A beautiful young actress informs the police that she saw the dead man's taxi and the man who stood beside it. The newspaper reports that she is potentially able to identify the killer and although the police provide her with protection, the 'Dark Man' strikes and leaves her for dead. The police decide to transfer her to a secret location but is it secret enough to protect her from him?
The brittle marriage of Alec and Lee Windom is on the verge of breakdown. With Alec working in a remote Asian village as a doctor and Lee back home in England the strain cannot continue. So Lee decides she will move to be with her estranged husband hoping to re-kindle their affections. However on arrival Lee realises that both their lives are in danger as local plantation workers and the authorities are clashing on an ever increasingly violent scale. The predicament the Windom's find themselves in strengthens their marriage but will they survive the escalating conflict...
A fascinating 5 disc collection providing a fitting tribute to this giant of the silver screen including four of his films a rarely seen live TV appearance and two documentaries on his life and work. The Stranger (1946): In postwar Germany a meeting of the War Crimes Commission is being held. Those present decide that a heinous Nazi war criminal (Konstantin Shayne) should be released from prison in the hopes that he will lead the commission to his superior the infamous Franz
Peter Finch delivers a BAFTA-nominated performance as a compassionate doctor caught up in escalating tensions between the native population and local police in this dramatic adaptation of James Ramsay Ullman's best-selling novel. Co-starring Mary Ure and directed by Ronald Neame, the multiple-award-nominated Windom's Way is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Dr Alec Windom cares for the local population in his remote practice in the Far East. When the exploited workers rebel against the colonial authorities the local police respond violently and Windom is caught in the middle.
Crow Hollow: Ann, a newlywed, moves into her husband's gloomy ancestral home, shared with his three eccentric aunts. When a maid mysteriously dies, Ann realizes her own life may be in danger. Castle Sinister: During the War, a British agent travels to the remote Glennye Castle in the wilds of Scotland to investigate a mysterious murder by a masked phantom. Who or what is the phantom? And how are the Germans involved?
Chief Inspector Birkett (Ian Hendry) and Sergeant Saunders (Ronald Fraser) are called in to investigate the murder of a glamorous model. They discover that the murdered girl has led a chequered life and that her acquaintances include drug pushers. Jordan Barker (Jeremy Brett) and Hammond Barker (Peter Arne) are reluctant to help but when the police finally make an arrest another murder occurs in a seedy Soho Jazz caf. But are the two murders connected?
The beautiful Kit Preston becomes disconcerted when she starts receiving crank calls claiming that her life is in jeopardy. Although She tells police about the messages her somewhat hysterical manner leaves them convinced that the danger is all in her imagination... or fakes in order to get attention from her neglectful husband. However two people know that the peril is very real indeed...
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