When the union in his factory walks out on strike, a family man refuses to participate, risking the wrath — and retaliation — of his fellow...

Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by...

When his best friend is murdered inside a London dancehall, a cab driver and his girlfriend involve themselves in the investigation and discover a...

Young Anthony Pendrell plays the precocious son of Scotland Yard inspector Norman Shelley. Pendrell's efforts to emulate his father usually results...

Set in contemporary Bethnal Green in east London, A Place to Go charts the dramatic changes that were happening in the lives of the British...

Animal puppet cartoon demonstrating three aspects of accident prevention, not swimming whilst the tide goes out, not burying broken glass in the sand...

While casing a bank he intends to rob, gangster Leo discovers one of the clerks, Antonio, is his exact double. He kidnaps Antonio and robs the bank,...

The life and times of the Duke of Wellington

When Mrs Hinch, the sinister charlady, decides to move in, General Suffolk fights his last battle.

People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city

A murderous skipper involved in dope trafficking.

During the First World War a group of British soldiers serving on the Western Front stage a comic performance of the play East Lynne to entertain...

The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench...

A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.

A curio dealer sells a monkey's paw that can grant the possessor three wishes but warns that disaster will follow.

A firm of solicitors do battle with the head of the local council over a parcel of river front land, owned by the Huggett family, in order to build a...

A woman suspects that the local council is corrupt and building defective drains that could cause public health issues.

The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II....

The manufacture of cables for transmitting electric power is shown. Copper bars are rolled and drawn into wire, which is twisted into strands, and...

Roger Fenton has been released from prison and stared to build a new life. But his past catches up when an elderly visitor is murdered in his office.

Determined, independent Bridie Quilty comes of age in 1944 Ireland thinking all Englishmen are devils. Her desire to join the IRA meets no...

Farmer Chris Lowe meets and falls in love with Molly , a chorus-girl. Despite the fact that she is a city girl through and through, she accepts his...

Documentary by Andrew Buchanan illustrating a time when faith lay at the heart of the British Experience.

Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making and broadcasting of pedagogical radio shows on the BBC.

Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum....

In Ballyconnen, Emmy Baudine is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town, she encounters...

'Innocent blacksmith hanged on circumstantial evidence.' (British Film Catalogue)

Based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift and built around the Lilliput and Blefuscu episode. It was made partly in live action and...

'Strange Stories' consists of two stories, 'The Strange Mr Bartleby' and 'The Strange Journey'. The stories were sometimes shown individually on...

P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the...

Peter feels his life has to change, but should he risk his marriage with another woman?