British TV & Films 1990 Not Yet Released On DVD Region 2
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- DirectorKen McMullenStarsRoshan SethJohn LynchTimothy SpallA young actress becomes politically aware within the Paris Commune of 1871.
- StarsRowland RivronTony BilbowComedy series written by and starring Rowland Riveron as each of the Scrote sextuplets
- DirectorShani GrewalStarsSaeed JaffreyHayley MillsIan DuryAn alcoholic night watchman in a Dublin hotel redeems himself with the help of a new assistant.
- DirectorTerence RyanStarsChristopher CazenoveEdita BrychtaPatrick ShaiWhen an African country declares its independence, the results vary from thrilling to catastrophic, depending on what side of revolution one fought with.
- DirectorDon McLennanStarsBruce BoxleitnerBruce MylesDeborah Kara UngerAn escaped prisoner abducts an accountant as he tracks a rodeo fair which is sheltering his wife.
- StarsCaroline BerryJon BigginsLucy JenkinsHalf-hour installments, each featuring six different serials: "Cheapo TV" were parodies of other TV shows, "Single Tales" had a narrator reading a story, "Zounds" another comedy segment, "Runners", a science-fiction segment, and "Nice Chap", a comedy/drama section about a comic strip character who comes to life, all book-ended by puppet cooking utensils in "The Kitchen Crew".
- StarsDelia SmithAlice KingChristmas is much more than one meal: it's a season of celebration. Delia Smith presents an array of mouth-watering treats from truffles and syllabubs to the more traditional mince pies. Party-time is also catered for, and vegetarians can enjoy a menu that has moved on since the nut roast. More than anything, though, Delia's ideas, experience, planning and thoughtfulness ensure that cooks at home responsible for the Christmas meal have all the information they need to make a memorable feast.
- StarsChuck FosterRichard MadeleyJames BelliniA unique game show in which celebrities try to deduce which of the classic characters commited a murder by watching a short film and interviewing the suspects.
- StarsPeter HowittJames PurefoySandy HendrickseThe dodgy business deals of an older brother finally catch up with him, forcing him and his blameless younger brother to seek refuge in the family theme park business in Blackpool. The tension of this drama series, which ran for seven episodes in 1990, is whether or not Howitt's character can stay on the straight and narrow or if he will end up getting himself or his brother killed.
- DirectorTeddy PageStarsRomano KristoffJim GainesDavid LightDuring a drugbust operation in Vietnam, two members of the elite force of the army are captured by a ruthless drug lord. When the CIA figures out the capture of these men, they send in their best team to rescue them at all costs!
- DirectorPeter BiddleStarsKen CampbellJim CarterMichael ElwynComedy drama, based on an idea by Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek, considering what might happen if the nation's criminals went on strike.
- StarsDave AllenA few years after announcing his retirement, Dave Allen is back to share his views on the absurdities of modern life.
- StarsAdrian DunbarPete PostlethwaiteDavid HargreavesA series of six short TV plays by writers new to television.
- DirectorArne MattssonStarsDebra BeaumontNorman BowlerFiona CurzonA bitter married couple are planning to divorce, but the husband decides he wants to get rid of his wife, so he hires a hitman. However, the wife also has the same planned for her hubby, while their daughter plots her own lethal intrigue.
- StarsMiranda RichardsonFrederic ForrestHans KremerA woman searches for her children, who have been abducted by her ex-husband, a member of the German 'Red Liberation Front'.
- DirectorMalcolm MowbrayStarsSteve GuttenbergJami GertzShelley LongCartoonist Gus has survived cancer treatment and now his romance novelist sister tries to find him a woman and guide him. Will they succeed?
- CreatorChris KellyIain RoyStarsJohn BirdSimón AndreuTony HaygarthThe series follows two policemen, Bromley and Blake, decide to uproot their lives and move to Spain. They move into luxury yacht 'El CID' on the sunny and relaxed Costa del Sol. But while the sun may shine, the criminal world does not take a siesta.
- DirectorPat O'ConnorStarsIain GlenMary Elizabeth MastrantonioSean T. McCloryA Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.
- DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsEwen BremnerBrian McCardieZsuzsanna VárkonyiThe story of two Scottish squadies off on leave to Budapest to see a concert by the band Simple Minds. On their way they meet a beautiful Hungarian girl and a love triangle begins.
- StarsAnne BancroftCharlotte ColemanRichard PearsonMaxine Chandler is an aging Hollywood actress residing in a suite at the Savoy Hotel during her London project. She hires Freddie Latham, a bold cockney woman, as her personal aide. Freddie is frank in pointing out Max's evident flaws.
- CreatorMichael GreenStarsKeith BarronReece DinsdaleSam KellySquire Haggard, the womanising, destitute former friend of the Prince of Wales, optimistically searches for rich men "willing" to part with their money, and rich, beautiful women willing to part with their virtue. His handsome son, Roderick, a typical Regency Buck, falls in love very easily, and the objects of his desire just happen to be very beautiful Ladies of Quality, who are heiresses to large fortunes. Squire Haggard, desperate to restore the family fortune, often uses his son in his 'get rich, quick' schemes - however, Roderick's foolishness usually brings his father's schemes undone. Their sly underhanded servant, Grunge, despises his 'put upon' position in life and, through guile and other means, has actually been able to acquire more wealth than his master. This money, however, is often at stake through the Squire's involving Grunge in his plots.
- StarsBen BoardmanNeil McCaulDenica FairmanIn Berlin, 1938, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun have a love-hate relationship with their Jewish neighbours in this bizarre spoof of 'fifties American sitcoms.
- DirectorMargo HarkinStarsEmer McCourtMichael LiebmannCathy CaseyA pregnant Irish girl tries to contact her boyfriend in British prison but her letters are not allowed through to him because she writes in Irish.
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsJean-Pierre LéaudMargi ClarkeKenneth ColleyHenri is depressed after losing his job, but finds himself too afraid to go through with suicide. He hires a contract killer to do the job for him instead - but what happens if he changes his mind?
- DirectorMichael StoneStarsMarcus CraigJudith KerlinLukas MunroAfter a year of self-imposed exile, a writer - Gabriel - returns to the North London house he shared with friends from school and childhood - Michael, Valerie, Alex, Anna, Eric, and Shelly. A year after the fact, they are scarred alike by the suicide of Shelly and Gabriel's subsequent flight, and when the blackout of a winter storm keeps Gabriel from leaving, all are forced to spend one last night together, resolving the issues and watching the slow breakdown of relationships put on hold. In flashback, the events of a year before are seen, even as current friendships and love left hanging at the point of change are catalyzed and reformed by fear, by rivalry, by the anger that lingers after Shelly's death, and by the betrayal revealed in the affair that Gabriel and Valerie undertook in the aftermath of Shelly's death.
- StarsJosie LawrenceGian SammarcoRichard WaitesComedy series about an Indiana Jones-style adventurer.
- DirectorPeter DuffellStarsRichard HarrisGlenda JacksonFrank FinlayIn 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel, evil and good and thus begins the life of Sham.
- StarsLeigh LawsonSerena GordonDavid SavileMidlands lawyer Neil Kinsey, known for being a maverick, takes on a new partner, Tricia Mabbott, who has recently left a larger firm. He brings an unconventional approach to dealing with his clients' cases, but has to contend with his estranged wife, Judy, his rivals, and the potential of romance with Tricia.
- DirectorNorman HullStarsMartin ShawEleanor DavidBob PeckDon, his alcoholic wife Denise and Daley 'The Dancing Bear' are waiting on the moors to hear about a job. However, a fight, a disappearance and a death leads to unwanted attention from the police but a budding romance with a local widow.
- StarsRachel GurneyBernice StegersJonathan NorrisBased on the novel by CA Jones, 'Little Sir Nicholas' is a story set in the Victorian era about heritage, identity and family rivalries. It was always the destiny for the sons of the wealthy and proud Tremaine family of Cornwall to join the Royal Navy but this legacy seems doomed to end when Sir Walter Tremaine, his wife and his four-year-old son Nicholas drown when their ship capsizes in stormy weather. Five years later, Lady Tremaine-- still yet to come to terms with the loss of her son and grandson-- advertises across the country for a new heir thus bringing the promise of wealth to impoverished Londoner Joanna Tremaine, who hopes her ten-year-old son Gerald will be the child chosen to inherit the Tremaine title and fortune. However, just as Joanna settles her family into a luxurious life, a new discovery threatens to destroy her newfound happiness: Little Sir Nicholas has been found alive and well in a small coastal French village. As Nicholas struggles to adjust to life back in England, feelings of rivalry, bitterness, resentment and anger quickly emerge on the return of the little boy. And just how far will Joanna go to ensure Gerald retains his new title...?
- DirectorGeorge DugdalePeter Mackenzie LittenStarsMark JaxKatie OrgillGary MartinHoward, a shy morgue worker, falls in love with a girl who ends up in the morgue, but he doesn't let that stop him.
- StarsLouisa RixTim BentinckMoira BrookerA couple (Rix and Bentinck) set up a Wedding Agency to arrange the happy day for prospective couples.
- StarsBill NighyAnnie LambertPaul DarrowDrama series about a satellite television news company and the people who work for it.
- StarsLoyd GrossmanGary RhodesRaymond BlancCookery competition for amateur chefs.
- DirectorLaurens C. PostmaStarsRobbie ColtraneDawn HopeJesse LawrenceWhen sweet-voiced Cassie (Dawn Hope) of unsigned reggae act Midnight is offered a lucrative deal to join successful group Breaks by record company rep Billy (Toyah Willcox), her bandmate boyfriend Tyron (Letts) is less than thrilled.
- DirectorPhilippe SetbonStarsJeff GoldblumKathy BakerAlan BatesA serial killer gets sent to a mental institution, but as his insidious presence cause the doctors and orderlies to receive strange visions, his psychiatrist tries to find out his true identity.
- DirectorJames IvoryStarsPaul NewmanJoanne WoodwardSaundra McClainSet during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.
- StarsNathaniel ParkerJames FoxJonathan CoyShortly before World War II, a disillusioned journalist finds that the mystery woman he has been pursuing is a Nazi spy.
- DirectorJoy ChamberlainStarsLisa EichhornCaroline PatersonA young woman is living on her own. She is intrigued by a young female couple who visit her home. She is forced to revisit her past and reawaken memories from her convent education. She addresses unresolved issues, which are satisfied after she is seduced by one of her house guests. She finds herself deserted the following morning and also discovers a burglary.
- StarsRonald PickupStephen ReaMike GradyAll people in the world have been eliminated except this small group of people ... which include only one woman!
- DirectorLindsay ShonteffStarsMichael HoweGary HopeGerald SimNumber 1 has to compete against the mad Russian agent Ace Kissoff, who can change into a woman by just taking a pill.
- DirectorElaine ProctorStarsMichael O'BrienAletta BezuidenhoutGys de VilliersThis bleak and claustrophobic chamber piece traced the breakdown of the marriage between an Afrikaner soldier and his wife after the terrible revelations about his work activities.
- StarsPeter BowlesBryan MurrayIan BartholomewPerfect Scoundrels first broadcast in 1990 on British television. A comedy-drama following two con-men doing there best To separate various people from their money/
- CreatorMick GarrisTom McLoughlinStarsNeil DicksonKate HodgeScott FultsA female American graduate student in London is bitten by a werewolf, then teams up with an English professor to investigate supernatural occurrences.
- DirectorChris BernardStarsHelmut GriemSharon DuceGary McDonaldDrama set in Manchester see's the star striker of the City's one & only football team, Manchester City, meets a fan & lucky radio phone in winner that results in a Kidnapping nightmare involving an out of his depth, jealous admirer of the winner
- StarsSteven Berkoff
- DirectorJames ScottStarsRobert LindsayMolly RingwaldMarianne PriceA London accountant on his honeymoon gets swept away by gambling fever.
- DirectorColin FinbowStarsIan HoggSusan CurnowMichael BondA group of teenage boys on a survival course are thrown into confusion and have to fend for themselves and face many problems when their leader has a nervous breakdown.
- StarsGeorgina HaleJohn HaslerKellie BrightTabatha Bag takes over where her sister left off, enlisting T.Shirt as her T. Caddy and usurping Captain Cockle's lighthouse. Only the Pearls of Wisdom can defeat her, so it's another quest for Sally Simkins to find them all in time.
- StarsRob SpendloveUrbano BarberiniUlrike SchwarzThree ambitious young people set up a new kind of detective agency to outmanoeuvre criminals across Europe, with support from two Brussels-based lawyers.
- StarsRichard HefferGareth HuntColin BruceBased on the children's adventure novel by Enid Blyton, five young children come to learn the secrets of a ruined castle.
- DirectorTony PalmerStarsBen KingsleyKim NovakSiri NealRose Sellars (Kim Novak) is a middle-aged woman who falls in love with a widower (Sir Ben Kingsley). However, his children believe that their father is too old to start a new relationship.
- DirectorAxel CortiStarsValeria GolinoRobin RenucciPaul CrauchetSet in the seventeenth century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.
- DirectorDavid WheatleyStarsMalick BowensJuliet StevensonJoseph MydellA group of several thousand Africans migrate westward across northern Africa and sail across the Strait of Gibraltar to Europe. Their message is: "We are poor because you are rich."
- StarsHugh DennisDavid BaddielSteve PuntThe Mary Whitehouse Experience was an rapid-fire observational sketch comedy show, which first aired on radio, and then moved to television, where it ran on the BBC (BBC 2), between 1990-1992. It's title was a tongue-in-cheek jab on the well-known morality crusader, Mary Whitehouse. The show featured a lot of topical humour, based on famous people, films and TV shows of the day, along with original character material, in a format somewhat similar to _"Kids In the Hall (1988)". The series starred 2 comedy duos (who had all graduated from Cambridge University); Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, and David Baddiel and Rob Newman. It was first broadcast on the radio during the late 1980s, before airing to TV.
- DirectorFrancisco Lara PolopStarsPaul McGannSophie WardIsla BlairThe monk Ambrosio is renowned for his faith and his strength of will, a saint in the eyes of the populace. However, when he discovers the beautiful Matilda hidden in his own monastery, all his repressed passions begin to show themselves.
- StarsStacy DorningWilliam LucasGedeon BurkhardJenny Denning, the girl who experienced numerous adventures with the stallion Black Beauty in the first series, has grown up in the meantime. She has married Nigel, who boarded a ship bound for New Zealand shortly after their wedding, in order to prepare everything for his wife's arrival. But he never gets there. The ship is missing. Jenny, the young vet, who hates nothing more than sitting around doing nothing, decides to travel to New Zealand with Vicky. She finds it very hard to say good-bye to her father, Dr. Gordon, and to her beloved horse Black Beauty. She is confident that Nigel has succeeded in making his way to New Zealand against all odds. Weeks later, when Jenny and Vicky arrive at the farm in the south of New Zealand, they discover to their dismay that it is deserted. Neither the manager, who was supposed to look after the cattle and the fields, nor any living creature whatsoever can be found. But the young vet and her step-daughter do not give up easily. They turn up their sleeves and work to make themselves at home. They get some unexpected assistance from a young German called Manfred, who had secretly moved into the stables, believing the farm to be deserted. Vicky and Jenny like him immediately. He pitches in with a will and makes himself useful in many ways. However, Vicky is astonished to discover that Manfred does not ride. On the contrary, he is terribly afraid of horses. But he is a talented tinkerer who keeps inventing new original gadgets such as a flying machine. By and by, the two women settle down. One day, they find a beautiful black stallion who will allow nobody but Vicky to ride him. The horse reminds Jenny of her beloved horse back in England, so she christens it Black Beauty.
- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsPeter O'TooleOmar SharifChristopher LeeA petty crook in search of the clichéd pot of gold at the end of the rainbow hopes to cash in by befriending the heir to a huge fortune.
- DirectorPhilip RidleyStarsViggo MortensenLindsay DuncanJeremy CooperIn the 1950s, a young boy living with his troublesome family in rural USA fantasizes that a neighboring widow is actually a vampire, responsible for a number of disappearances in the area.
- StarsSimon DrakeRicky JayJames RandiA magic-based television programme fronted by British magician Simon Drake, featuring magicians, illusions, sideshow acts, freak shows and daredevil stunts.
- DirectorAnwar KawadriStarsJeff FaheyCamilla MoreSpyros FokasAn unscrupulous archaeologist searches for Alexander's treasure, using clues he finds by desecrating historical sites and artifacts; but he is not the only one who is trying to find the treasure.
- DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsDebra WingerJohn MalkovichCampbell ScottAn American couple travel abroad to revitalize their relationship. But as the trip drags on, their attempt at recovering what they once had seems futile.
- CreatorAnthony MinghellaStarsMichael GambonBrian HensonSteve VarnomA storyteller in a labyrinth tells his dog the stories of Perseus and Medusa, Icarus and Daedalus, Theseus and the Minotaur, and Orpheus and Euridyce.
- StarsTony SlatteryJeff RawleClive SwiftSpoof investigative reporter David Harper discovers and exposes scandal and wrongdoing in nineteen nineties Britain.
- CreatorJim EldridgeStarsPaul JonesHelen LambertGiuseppe PelusoUncle Jack gets hold of a secret formula, and has to stop it from falling into the hands of the notorious criminal known as the Vixen.
- StarsImelda StauntonMike GradyTessa Peake-JonesSchoolteacher Izzy Comyn (Imelda Staunton) searches and searches for romance, but the right man never seems to come along. Not helping matters is Izzy's habit of playing fast and loose with the truth whenever she finds herself in a jam.
- DirectorBeeban KidronStarsDiana QuickClive OwenDavid ThewlisTwo young men hope to fulfill their dreams by hitting the open road in a classic American car they have lovingly restored. Taking along the sultry divorcee with whom one of them has fallen in love is an idea bound to cause tension.
- CreatorPhil RedmondStarsBrian McCardieRupert FrazerDenis LillPolice series set in the Liverpool docks.
- DirectorDouglas JacksonStarsVictoria TennantJean LeclercChris SarandonA woman is stalked by a psychopathic killer. She eventually kills him, only for the man to show up again, this time sane and without any knowledge of the attacks. The police don't believe her, but one detective agrees to look into it.
- StarsRay LonnenDoreen ChanBruce PayneDetective series following the cases of the unorthodox cops of Hong Kong. Loosely based on the novels by William Leonard Marshall.
- StarsJohn Gordon SinclairTilda SwintonKen StottFrom Wikipedia: a BBC television comedy-drama series set in Scotland's country-music scene.