Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 16, 1938
Deathday: June 23, 2015
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1962-06-05
Overview: Barry Reckord adapted his stage play for TV and his brother Lloyd plays the central character – a Jamaican new to London. When he begins a relationship with a white woman, he finds himself in conflict with his mother, who has great expectations for him. The very early intimate portrayal of this interracial relationship broke new ground, and is believed to feature one of the world's first examples of an interracial kiss on TV.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-06-05
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1973-03-23
Overview: Comedy legend Frankie Howerd stars as the victim of sinister shenanigans in this hilarious spoof of British horror films of the early ‘70s. Starring Hugh Burden and Oscar winner Ray Milland, and written by Terry Nation. Foster Twelvetrees, a struggling tragedian who scrapes a living by giving hammy performances from the classics, can hardly believe his luck when he’s invited to give a dramatic reading at the country home of a well-off family. Joy soon turns to outraged horror when he discovers dead bodies, foul intentions, lots of snakes and a madwoman in the attic. Can he uncover the hidden family secret before he comes to a sticky end..?
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-23
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1965-01-02
Overview: “Fantasy of the end of civilization. Lesbians commit mayhem during a nuclear war in a wood.” - BFI.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-02
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1974-06-06
Overview: In their songs, comedy and exuberant music, a travelling theatre company give a fiercely polemic account of Scottish history, from the aftermath of Culloden to the oil boom. Their production before a live audience is intercut with filmed reconstructions of the Highland Clearances and the Victorian obsession with hunting stags.
Genres: Drama Documentary Music Comedy History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-06
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1971-10-17
Overview: A series of murders occur that mirror those committed by the Whitechapel Ripper. Through his experiments with psychoanalysis Dr Pritchard discovers a deadly violence in one of his young female patients. As he delves into the recesses of her mind he uncovers that Anna is possessed by her dead father's spirit, willing her to commit acts of gruesome savagery over which she has no control. But the most chilling revelation of all is the identity of her father: Jack the Ripper himself.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-17
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1980-11-11
Overview: In his further adventures Frank finds success and unhappiness.
Genres: Drama Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-11
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1986-12-04
Overview: A woman looks back on her life as a political activist in Scotland from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-04
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