Spartacus

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. A

Animal Farm

Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. How

Imaginary Friends

Ellen Pitblado is a widow who lives in recluse in 1930s Gloucestershire. When her scummy journalist

Lorenzo's Oil

Augusto and Michaela Odone are dealt a cruel blow by fate when their five-year-old son Lorenzo is di

The Bachelor

Jimmie is seeing his single friends get married one by one. He isn't too worried until his girlfrien

Death on the Nile

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on b

Evil Under the Sun

An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to

The French Revolution

A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Gene

Appointment with Death

Emily Boynton, the stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a seco

Logan's Run

In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — but no

Billy Budd

Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-a

Topkapi

Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims t

Luther

During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in

We're No Angels

Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby Fre

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

Director Guy Hamilton and several of the stars of Agatha Christie's "Evil Under The Sun" walk you th

Thirteen at Dinner

Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercul

Dead Man's Folly

During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a r

Murder in Three Acts

In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat an

Quo Vadis

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lyg

Robin Hood

With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about ta

The Egyptian

In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his frien

Hot Millions

A con artist gains employment at an insurance company in order to embezzle money by re-programming t

The Way Ahead

A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and

Lola Montès

Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after ha

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a

The Mouse and His Child

A mouse and his child, the two parts of a single small wind-up toy, go on a quest to become "self-wi

The Sundowners

In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep dro

Beau Brummell

Captain George Bryan Brummell is a British soldier who appreciates fine clothing and innovative dres

Blackbeard's Ghost

The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains

Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty

Schönbrunn is a world of marvels and mystery, of public glamour and curious secrets. The wealth of i

The Old Curiosity Shop

A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of d

There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs

Everyman

Bert Haanstra paints a portrait of The Netherlands and the Dutch, in his own unparalleled manner. Pa

Viva Max!

In order to prove his greatness to his unimpressed girlfriend, Mexican general Max takes a group of

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a

Hotel Sahara

World War II farce about the hotel of the title

The Spies

A doctor at a run-down psychiatric hospital is offered a large sum of money to shelter a new patient

Odette

The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom,

The Magic Box

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young a

Lady L

Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves and

Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years

While silent-film star Charlie Chaplin may have charmed American audiences with the onscreen antics

Babar Comes to America

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

Digby Geste joins his brother, Beau, in the Foreign Legion following the theft of a priceless family

Ashanti

Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment,

Hammersmith Is Out

The Faust legend retold (loosely) and applied to a mentally disturbed patient in a hospital run by a

The Comedians

American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.

The Purple Taxi

With his mauve taxi, the old philosopher Dr. Seamus Scully runs around the small green roads of the

Stiff Upper Lips

Stiff Upper Lips is a broad parody of British period films, especially the lavish Merchant-Ivory pro

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by

The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet

Stuck in their late Grandfather's country cottage with no TV, Anthea, Robert and Chris are resigned

The Man Who Wagged His Tail

The owner of a building tyrannizes his immigrant tenants. Transformed into a dog by an old woman's c

Romanoff and Juliet

Political satire has Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet story updated for the cold war era, with the c

Diaghilev: The Years Abroad

This is one of the Omnibus programmes about the Russian impresario Diaghilev. Presented by Peter Ust

Winter Solstice

When Elfrida Philips abandons London for a country village, she settles in quickly. She is very poor

After Mein Kampf

Allied propaganda in the form of cartoons and newsreels shows the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis

The Thief of Baghdad

A resourceful thief helps a handscome prince fight an evil wizard and win the hand of a beautiful pr

Granpa

Granpa tells stories to his granddaughter Emily, who imagines them as crayon drawings in motion.

Grendel Grendel Grendel

This is an animated story covering the ancient legend of Beowulf, as narrated by Grendel himself, th

The Goose Steps Out

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by Brit

Not an Evening like any Other

Two competing antique dealers have their shops opposite each other in a small shopping street. The d

An Audience with Peter Ustinov

A classic live performance of Peter Ustinov, actor and raconteur, in which he shares his comical sto

Parkinson at 50

Sir Michael Parkinson looks back over his 50 years as a broadcaster, revealing some tricks of the in

The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper

A panel of experts examines the five main suspects in the Jack the Ripper murders and determines whi

Memed My Hawk

In 1920s Turkey, a young peasant is smitten with a beautiful young girl, who has been promised in ma

A Storm in Summer

A story of the friendship between an elderly Jewish man and a young African-American boy set during

My Khmer Heart

An Australian woman fights to save her orphanage in Cambodia against the country's ever-changing pol

The Legend of the Good Beasts

Fabergé animals in a Russian influenced Easter tale.

Peter and the Wolf

Spoken word album narrated by Peter Ustinov.

Death on the Tagus

A curious fictional documentary filmed in London about two actors from the film "Death on the Nile,"

The Great Muppet Caper

Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashio

The Peaches

A film fantasy concerning the adventures of a modern girl whose passion for peaches is eventu­ally r

Metamorphoses

Several animated stories from "Metamorphoses," the Roman poet Ovid's narrative of legends, are prese

Treasure of Matecumbe

In post-Civil War Kentucky, young David Burnic becomes the unexpected heir to the family secret, a m

Beethovens Zehnte

Alice in Wonderland

Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets charact

Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Magic Flute

The Queen of the Night has begged Prince Tamino to free her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the

Salem Witch Trials

Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that f

Barefoot in Athens

The last few days in the life of Socrates, including his trial.

Abgehört

Gideon

The Angel of God and an ordinary shepherd named Gideon debate obedience versus disobedience to God.

Tarka the Otter

Set in the English countryside of the 1920s - when otter hunting was still legal - this film follows

Riders of the Wind

World-famous underwater adventurer Jacques Cousteau is on a journey on the surface of the sea. Along

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

During a raid on Germany, a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged.

Big Truck and Sister Clare

A middle-aged truck driver travelling through the desert with his good-for-nothing nephew and a pret

Paths of the Gods

The New Lot

A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is sh

Victoria & Albert

The passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's lengthy marriage. Beginning in

Women of the World

A mondo doc detailing the wild and weird world of women... around the world.

The Trouble With Agatha Christie

An investigation into the mysterious world of the crime novelist Agatha Christie, with comments from

Einstein's Universe

A documentary produced in 1979 to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Albert Einstein. Narrated

Peep and the Big Wide World

Peep the chicken ventures out on an adventure into the Big Wide World and makes some friends along t

The Marshal of Madrid

A gang of smugglers headed by an oil dealer are brought to justice by a lawman.

The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant

After his mother is killed by a hunter, Babar avoids capture by escaping to the city, where he is be

The Comedians in Africa

Behind the scenes short documentary about the cast and crew during the filming of The Comedians.

Max par Marcel: Lola Montès

In a series of four documentaries, Marcel Ophuls pays tribute to his father Max, and in this last on

Le Plaisir

Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep

An Evening with Peter Ustinov

An Evening with Peter Ustinov is a fireworks of polyglot humour. Two-time Oscar winner and ennobled

Summa Summarum - Sondersendung zu Heinz Rühmanns 75. Geburtstag

Julie's Christmas Special

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without some traditional Christmas favourites such as Julie’s Christ

F1 Review 1987

Seven years after the sport came under the control of FOCA, Formula 1 was more intercontinental than

The Bible According to Hollywood

Filmmaker Phillip Dye's documentary explores the many biblical adaptations Hollywood has produced th

Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren

Employees remember the director Max Ophüls, who was forced to emigrate in 1933 - his fifth film "Lie

The Ten Commandments of Creativity

Having struggled to crack his brief, Dennis Hopper decides the only honourable act is to throw himse

Through Joy and Beyond

A biography of C. S. (Clive Staples) Lewis, one of the 20th century's most influential Christian wri

The True Glory

A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage

Private Angelo

Angelo has been drafted into the Italian Army in World War II. He does not like people shooting at h

Alekan le magnifique

Double Murder

Detective Baldassarre spends his forced exile sorting criminal records. He gets a chance to return t

Nuclear Nightmares

Peter Ustinov hosts this haunting 1980 documentary exploring the world's nuclear weaponry and the fr

The Mermaid Frolics

In May 1977 a second Amnesty benefit was held to build on the success of the first show and with the

We'll Grow Thin Together

Victor is a screenwriter whose last work about the Marechal Pétain is refused by his producer. To ad

Night of 100 Stars

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place

Das Leben – ein Karussell: Max Ophüls und sein Werk

Children of Ghana

Let the People Sing

An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a vill

Venezia, carnevale, un amore

Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Abduction from the Seraglio

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio" is a famous spectacle that is enigmatic and

Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Marriage of Figaro

With the opera "Le nozze di Figaro" commenced the remarkably successful cooperation between Mozart a

Salzburg Marionette Theatre: Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni, opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Italian libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte) th

Salzburg Marionette Theatre: Così fan tutti

Così fan tutte, comic opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that premiered in Vienna on Janua

Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews

A selection of highlights from Sir Peter Ustinov's appearances on Parkinson. A look back at a multit

Majestät brauchen Sonne

A documentary about Germany's last emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II.