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Nicholas Nickleby (TV Series) (2000): Dir. Stephen Whittaker
Feat. James D'Arcy, Charles Dance; An ITV version of Charles Dickens’ saga of family misfortune. Young Nicholas (James D’Arcy) must fight his malevolent uncle (Charles Dance) to…
Oliver Twist (TV Series) (1999): Dir. Renny Rye
Feat. Alan Bleasdale, Julie Walters, Robert Lindsay…; Charles Dickens' enduring classic of orphan Oliver's hardships in Victorian London. Here the timeless story gets the lavish six hour treatment at…
Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, The (1998): Dir. Sheree Folkson, Kieron Walsh
Feat. Ciaran McMenamin, Simone Lahbib, Nicole Stapleton…; Young persons are the target of the whimsical Scottish TV series following the fortunes of an eclectic rock group who go from garage nobodies to gain…
Ivanhoe (1997): Dir. Stuart Orme
Feat. Steven Waddington, Victoria Smurfit, Ciaran Hinds…; Sir Walter Scott's classic adventure of the Crusades gets a fair rollicking in this BBC adaptation. Returning from the wars in Palestine, Ivanhoe…
Tom Jones (Mini-series) (The History of Tom Jones - A Foundling) (1997): Dir. Metin Hüseyin
Feat. Max Beesley, Brian Blessed, Kathy Burke…; Full–scale adaption of Henry Fielding's comic masterpiece, charting the amorous misadventures of the orphan Tom through the rollicking morals…
Buccaneers, The (1995): Dir. Philip Saville
Feat. Carla Gugino, Mira Sorvino, Alison Elliott…; Four blue–blooded American girls search in England for the fortune and success denied to them back home. A BBC production, from Edith Wharton's…
Lipstick On Your Collar (1993): Dir. Renny Rye
Feat. Giles Thomas, Louise Germaine, Ewan McGregor; Dennis Potter's musical comedy combines the elements that made his 'Singing Detective' and 'Pennies from Heaven' so memorable and distinctive. This…
Typhon's People (1993): Dir. Yvonne MacKay
Feat. Alfred Molina, Sophie Lee, Michael Hurst…; Capable sci–fi thriller, scripted by Margaret Mahy, concerning dodgy genetic–engineering in a remote NZ research station. Stars local…
Monsignor Quixote (1988): Dir. Rodney Bennett
Feat. Alec Guinness, Leo McKern; Fine tele–version of Graham Greene's novel follows a newly appointed Monsignor and his avowed Marxist companion on an enlightening drive to…
On the Black Hill (1987): Dir. Andrew Grieve
Feat. Bob Peck, Nicola Beddoe, Patrick Godfrey; Adapted from Bruce Chatwin's novel about the difficult lives of Welsh tenant–farmers in the early 20th century. A bull–headed Bob Peck…

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