Based on a novel by Kenneth Royce The XYY Man tells the adventures of a former cat burglar named William ""Spider"" Scott. British Intelligence decide he will be useful to them and recruit him into their ranks. The XYY refers to a man who has an extra male chromosome a conditon characterised by height and a violent temperament. This series introduced the character of George Bulman a police detective whose further adventures were shown in Strangers and Bulman Season 1: 1. The Proposition 2. The Execution 3. The Resolution Season 2: 1. Friends And Enemies 2. The Missing Civil Servant 3. The Big Bang 4. At The Bottom Of The River 5. When We Were Very Greedy 6. Now We Are Dead 7. Whisper Who Dares 8. Law And Order 9. The Detrimental Robot 10. A View To Death
Starring Oliver Tobias, James Condon, Helen Morse and Elizabeth Crosby, and produced by Tony Essex (Follyfoot), Luke's Kingdom is an epic adventure series set in Australia during the early nineteenth century. Filmed entirely on location, it is a tale of pioneering and achievement against bitter odds, in which a family struggles to carve out an existence in a land more dangerous and more brutal than the West at its wildest. Amongst its directors are fan-favourite Peter Hammond (The Avengers) and the award-winning Peter Weir (Picnic at Hanging Rock).
Now in her thirties and head of a giant hotel empire Meredith Sanders (Melissa Gilbert) returns to the English village where she was born to visit Agnes (Ginny Holder) her childhood friend from their harsh days in the orphanage. She also meets Lucas (Jeremy Sheffield) who has experienced his own devastating losses. But Agnes is now dying and Meredith's return is soon to unlock an incredibly emotional chain of events that begins with the startling discovery that Meredith's mother is still alive. Soon the inevitable confrontation and a shocking revelation are to propel Meredith on a heart-wrenching journey that finally enables her to release her true feelings and find the courage to love again.
His wife just left him for another man; and so did his boyfriend.... Ben (Bates) is a man full of energy that he doesn't know what to do with. He's lost a grip on what gives his life purpose he's not sure that teaching is of any use or that he's even meant to be a teacher and he's feasting off the dregs of his relationships. In this first American Film Theatre Collection release Harold Pinter makes a very impressive directorial debut creating intricate characterisations in a movi
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