British TV & Films 1979 Not Yet Released On DVD Region 2
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- DirectorKen FairbairnStarsSadie FrostMichael SampsonMark DeamerHorse turned detective, and communicates with children, helping them to foil a dairy robbery.
- StarsAlison ElliottJill BalconRobin DaviesYoung Elizabeth's quiet village life in Kent changes in the summer of 1940 with the arrival of a group of RAF officers.
- DirectorColin NearsStarsHarry AndrewsAlan DobieRosemary LeachThe last days of famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy which are paralleled with one of his last stories - The Death of Ivan Ilyich - about a man who is happy with his life until he finds out he's sick and is about to die.
- DirectorPeter CurranStarsOliver ReedSylvaine CharletPeter CushingA bumbling US marine Captain is assigned to retrieve a space capsule from a despotic African ruler.
- StarsPaul CopleyCyd HaymanJohn CarsonAdaptation of Elizabeth Jane Howard's novel about the family of a publisher, killed in World War II, who discover unwelcome truths about him twenty years later in the course of a weekend at his widow's home.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsDustin HoffmanVanessa RedgraveTimothy DaltonIn December 1926, Agatha Christie's husband asks for a divorce. She leaves her car and goes missing for 11 days. She books into a hotel as Mrs. Neele. A US reporter looks for her and investigates.
- DirectorGlyn EdwardsStarsDavid BoyceDavid CalderJacquey Chappell
- DirectorDon SharpStarsDonald SutherlandVanessa RedgraveRichard WidmarkOn the remote Norwegian Bear Island, used as a submarine base by the Germans during World War II, U.N. scientist Larsen sends a distress signal using an emergency N.A.T.O. frequency, and is received by scientific vessel Morning Rose.
- StarsNorman RossingtonBob HoskinsDavid Beckett1950's set sitcom about Big Jim and his gang of builders, the Figaro Club, who are looking to enjoy life in their seaside town while avoiding work at all costs.
- DirectorDoug AitkenStarsNigel HumphreysMatthew WrightVictoria GibsonThe children of long-distance lorry drivers are taken prisoner by a gang of lorry hijackers led by the owner of a cab company, but the captive children have a trick or two up their sleeves.
- DirectorBen BoltStarsMartin MurphyMichael SalmonMichael ElphickJoe and Michael, 13-year-old Brits, become separated from their class outing, stranded on a small island, and captured by armed men.
- StarsRichard BeckinsaleDavid SwiftPat GormanA young actor, struggling with both his career and his neurotic girlfriend, gets a job in a florist's shop.
- DirectorRalph Lawrence MarsdenStarsHelen FitzGeraldRoger FurseChristine MaskelleSix members of a multi-cultural household in Hampstead, north London, explore their innermost fantasies.
- StarsIain CuthbertsonTony OsobaAnnie RossIn this short lived series, Iain Cuthbertson returned to the role of Charlie Endell, the Glaswegian gangster in London, which he had made famous in "Budgie" (1970-72).
- StarsTerrence HardimanSheila SteafelRichard WillisThe comic tale of Charles Pooter and his wife Caroline, a middle-class couple living in London towards the end of the 19th Century.
- CreatorNorman CollinsStarsTony VogelAnthony HeatonJames CosmoThe adventures of World War 2 veteran turned crimefighter Dick Barton and his sidekicks Snowey & Jock.
- StarsColin BakerLiza GoddardJacqueline BrownLWT's junior soap opera Doctors and Nurses - where the staff of Haven Rest Hospital were played by children and the patients by adults - debuted at 5:15 pm on Sunday 29 July 1979 and ran for six twelve-minute episodes.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsCliff RobertsonJean SimmonsJenny AgutterA millionaire, who drove his wife to commit suicide, starts believing that he is being haunted by her spirit.
- DirectorFrank GodwinStarsTom ChadbonIvor DanversKris EmmersonA young Eskimo boy accidentally gets hit by a mysterious ray during a secret British experiment and finds that he is now electrified.
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsSophia LorenJames CoburnO.J. SimpsonA merc is hired by the F.B.I. to track down a powerful recluse criminal. A woman is also trying to track him down for her own personal vendetta.
- StarsNeville JasonSheila GishRenée AshersonA series of eight plays on the theme of lost love.
- StarsClive DunnGeoffrey RussellJames MarcusChildren's comedy serial. Clive Dunn plays a caretaker in a community hall and has a large (unseen) dog called Nero.
- StarsJudy LoeMalcolm StoddardJudy ParfittA series of plays concerning the theme of love.
- StarsHarry WorthGiles WatlingDebby CummingSitcom starring Harry Worth as a widower with two teenage children.
- DirectorHenry LevinStarsRod TaylorStuart WhitmanElke SommerTwo friends reunite in the Caribbean to find the lost treasure of 17th century pirate Henry Morgan.
- CreatorKelly MonteithStarsKelly MonteithGabrielle DrakeMichael StaintonStand-up comedian Kelly Monteith's look at life: which is part sitcom and part sketch-show.
- StarsCaroline MortimerJames HazeldineNeil NisbetSeries based around a fictional assessment centre for children who have been taken into care and their own individual stories. The stories themselves are based on real life cases.
- DirectorAntonio MargheritiStarsLee MajorsKaren BlackMargaux HemingwayJewel thieves attempt to recover treasure from piranha infested waters. Mistrust and betrayals happen amongst the gang in the quest for gold.
- DirectorAlvin RakoffStarsDavid McCallumJohn ColicosPatrick MacneeThree adventurers lead an expedition into darkest Africa in search of the treasure of King Solomon, and on the way encounter hostile natives, volcanoes, dinosaurs and a lost Phoenician city ruled by a beautiful queen.
- DirectorLindsay ShonteffStarsGareth HuntNick TateFiona CurzonA British secret agent sent to America to rescue a nobleman comes up against an evil genius who is replacing people in important positions with clones who will do his bidding.
- DirectorMelvin FrankStarsGeorge SegalGlenda JacksonMaureen StapletonAn American widower and a British divorcée keep running into each other and marry. But when the marriage loses its bloom, they try to separate, yet can’t stop finding their way back together.
- StarsHywel BennettCheryl CampbellBelinda CarrollDr. Edmund Bickleigh is a man who is very careful and very determined. And he is especially determined to not get caught committing the perfect murder of his wife. In the end he succeeds but then finds circumstances are "agin him".
- StarsAnna Calder-MarshallPat KeenGeorgine AndersonTrilogy by William Trevor charting the changes in English society in the mid-twentieth century, seen through the memories of middle-aged Matilda looking back on her idyllic pre-war childhood.
- DirectorPeter BrookStarsDragan MaksimovicTerence StampMikica DimitrijevicG.I. Gurdjieff is a spiritual teacher and mystic who, after a lifetime study, developed a form of meditation incorporating modern dance.
- StarsRowan AtkinsonMel SmithPamela StephensonBritish sketch comedy starring the likes of Rowan Atkinson and Mel Smith.
- StarsNoel DysonJohn BarronJohn WarnerArthur Lowe as Redvers Potter owner of a mint manufacturers
- StarsGina McKeeVladek SheybalMichael WilliamsA young man is determined to find his dead father's treasure.
- DirectorRobert ReedStarsTommy SteeleMel MartinCharles MorganIt's the night before Christmas, and all toy store rejects are due to be tossed into the furnace. This includes Quincy, a most lifelike doll. In a last ditch effort to save himself and his "unwanted" chums from incineration, Quincy goes on a long and perilous journey in search of the only one who can save them: Santa Claus.
- StarsJeremy BrettJoanna DavidAnna MasseyA young English girl in Monte Carlo falls in love with a rude, handsome stranger who proposes to her and rescues her from the drudgery of being a hired companion. But when he takes her to his country estate, Manderley, all her confidence disappears, especially in the face of Maxim's dour and mysterious housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, and as odd rumors reach her, the second Mrs. de Winter decides to find out everything she can about her predecessor, Rebecca.
- DirectorPier CarpiStarsAnne HeywoodValentina CorteseFrank FinlayFour women make a pact with the Devil. The 13-year-old daughter of one of them has begun to shown signs of a dark nature which causes preoccupation and somewhat regret on her mother.
- StarsStuart WilsonRagnheiður SteindórsdóttirGeorge SewellWhen his old boss visits one day, retired secret agent Alan Stewart agrees to a simple job: taking a package to Iceland. Within hours of arriving, Stewart is on a remote road with a corpse at his feet and the job doesn't seem so simple.
- StarsGerald JamesSam KyddStephanie ColeDrama surrounding families and members' involvement in a local Salvation Army centre.
- DirectorRichard C. SarafianStarsFarrah FawcettCharles GrodinArt CarneyAfter a rich old man dies in a suspicious car accident in Acapulco, Mexico, his widow wants his insurance company to pony up five million dollars. Hotshot investigator Jake Decker (Charles Grodin) and charming model Ellie (Farrah Fawcett-Majors) come in to check it out.
- StarsDuggie BrownElisabeth SladenVictor SpinettiSitcom about struggling stand-up comedian Harvey Hall and his wife Josie.
- DirectorHarley CokelissStarsRay WinstoneJulie ShipleyTony LondonTwo girls travel to Torquay in Devon from the North of England to work as chamber maids for the summer. They meet two boys, also in Torquay for the summer, one of whom (Winstone) is entered in the "round the bay" swimming race. They have a run in with a gang of Scottish lads, one of whom (Morrison) is also entered into the swimming race. Various confrontations ensue with Morrison and his friends framing Winstone for a robbery in a chemists shop. Winstone is arrested just as he is about to start the race. He escapes from the police and follows Morrison into the water, catches him up, forces him to confess to framing him and then goes on to win the race.
- DirectorSilvio NarizzanoStarsGlenda JacksonOliver ReedMichael MurphyIn the tradition of classic classroom dramas such as To Sir, with Love (1967), comes the story of dedicated teacher Conor MacMichael (Glenda Jackson), who tries to reach out and give to her pupils, juvenile delinquents, at a London alternative school.
- DirectorColin FinbowStarsChris ChescoeEric MillietBen Clennell
- StarsMichael CraigJohn Rhys-DaviesTessa Peake-JonesIn the village of Danedyke St Mary the Reverend Septimus Treloar, a former Chief Inspector, investigates mysterious goings on linked to his church.
- StarsLes DawsonRoy BarracloughGordon PetersLes Dawson has a team of assistants and a computerised system in "Dawson Control", enabling him to put together footage and reports on the problems of modern society.
- StarsBernard LloydYolande BavanBeth PorterA group of international celebrities meet in an English country house to advise a large business corporation. A body is found and the search begins for the murderer.
- StarsCandida BeveridgeGeorgia SloweSimon SheardGerald, James and Kathleen discover a garden in which is hidden a Princess and a magic ring. Although the Princess is not quite who she says she is the ring is truly magic and so are other parts of the castle's grounds.
- DirectorJosé Ramón LarrazStarsIna SkriverJune ChadwickSuzanne DanielleA wealthy industrialist hires Julia Hemingway and her elite team of three female mercenaries to sabotage a deal between his competitor and an oil sheik. They spy, seduce, steal and, when their employer tries to double-cross them, kill.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsRichard AttenboroughNicol WilliamsonDerek JacobiWhen a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, security man Daintry is brought in to investigate.
- StarsNeil InnesBryan PayneGillian GregoryNeil Innes performs parody songs old and new, all set to specially-shot footage, and including special guest performers. Plotless and surreal, Innes described the programme as "songs and pictures, about people and things".
- StarsFelicity DeanDavid RobbMaureen O'BrienThe classic story of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table.
- StarsMarti CaineGeoff Richer's First EditionLinda JardimMarti Caine presents a star studded variety show in which she performs comedy material, sings and dances alongside special guests.
- DirectorIan SharpStarsGerry SundquistDavid EasterMichael FeastLovely live venue The Music Machine in Camden provides the glitzy glitter-ball backdrop for this hugely entertaining North London disco dance contest drama.
- StarsNigel HawthorneJoseph O'ConorMarjorie YatesAnthology of plays, each featuring an element of the 'flipside'.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsAnthony QuinnJames MasonMalcolm McDowellDuring World War II, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees while being pursued by a sadistic German.
- DirectorBill HaysStarsHelen MirrenJohn WoodvineMichael ElphickA hopeless quiz team is revived by the addition of a bright young lecturer but all is not well when the barmaid takes a shine to him and this upsets her boyfriend.
- DirectorCyril FrankelStarsIan OgilvyGayle HunnicuttStratford JohnsA two-part episode of the 1978 TV series "The Return of the Saint," edited together and released as a feature.
- StarsJim HarrisMatthew BeamishTimothy DaviesA young boy's experiment to see if a wolf will adopt a newborn baby leads to strange adventures.
- CreatorIan MacKintoshStarsJames CosmoDerek WaringPaul Aston
- StarsRonald PickupHilary TindallHilary PritchardComedy about the residents of an executive housing estate, written by Leslie Thomas and based on his novel 'Tropic of Ruislip'.
- StarsGerry CowperStephen GarlickCharlotte ColemanThe lives of two teenagers and their relationship and the fallout with their parents.
- StarsPaul NicholasSu PollardNorman TiptonA newly married couple come home from their honeymoon to find squatters have moved into their new house and are living in the main bedroom - they have little choice but to confront the alternative society head on.
- DirectorTerry MarcelStarsGeorge ChakirisGemma CravenYvonne WilderThe peaceful existence of a New York post-office clerk is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a heavily pregnant girl on his doorstep.
- DirectorNeil LeiferStarsSuzanne SomersIan McShaneAdam FaithA has-been, alcoholic former soccer star determines to make a comeback. He gets help from his former girlfriend, now a rock star, and her partner.