Val McLane

In the 1830's in northern England, Riah Millican, a widow with three children, takes a job as housekeeper to a reclusive former teacher, Percival...

Release : 1991.06.02
Popularity : 2.407

In 1961, a 60-year-old taxi driver stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and...

Release : 2021.07.23
Popularity : 13.248

Amongst the desperation and fear growing in a crime ridden estate in northern England, one man becomes embroiled into saving what community life...

Release : 2013.09.20
Popularity : 2.419

Gerry and Sewell are broke. Gerry's still at school and Sewell is unemployed. They both wish for better things in life. Owning two season tickets to...

Release : 2000.11.03
Popularity : 2.666

Incendiary 1981 Play for Today, written by Jim Allen and directed by Roland Joffé that tells the story of a group of housing estate residents...

Release : 1981.12.08
Popularity : 1.166

Suzy's a British soldier, born and bred, but fitting back into civilian life after fighting in Iraq isn't easy. Haunted by the responsibility she...

Release : 2010.09.10
Popularity : 1.945

Charlotte Bronte's classic novel is filmed yet again. The story of the Yorkshire orphan who becomes a governess to a young French girl and finds love...

Release : 1997.03.09
Popularity : 8.775

Set in working class Newcastle, the Stott family fight their private battles against the backdrop of the conflict of World War II. Helen Stott, over...

Release : 1989.04.17
Popularity : 4.117

While trying to expose corruption and greed, television reporter Edison Carter discovers that his employer, Network 23, has created a new form of...

Release : 1985.04.04
Popularity : 12.079

The ground-breaking soap set in a housing estate on the outskirts of Liverpool.

Release : 1982.11.02
Popularity : 88.298

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and...

Release : 1984.10.16
Popularity : 46.052

Jimmy Nail plays tough cop Spender, forced to return to his native Newcastle after a failed undercover operation in London. He uses tough and...

Release : 1991.01.08
Popularity : 13.221

Release : 1999.07.11
Popularity : 4.699

Release : 1983.10.19
Popularity : 2.553

Adapted from Forrest Wilson's books, the children's programme revolves around a grandmother with super powers and her arch nemesis, The Scunner...

Release : 1985.01.20
Popularity : 10.564

An epic tale of a changing Britain over four decades, seen through the eyes of four friends.

Release : 1996.01.15
Popularity : 9.063

It’s 1854 and ten-year-old Millie is taken in by ‘Raggie Aggie’ after her mother dies in a Newcastle brothel. The spirited young...

Release : 1997.10.03
Popularity : 3.857

Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Dusseldorf. We follow their...

Release : 1983.11.11
Popularity : 9.967