Albert (BBC 1951 with Bill Travers and Michael Gough)
UK / BBC / 1×100 minute episodes / Broadcast 12 August 1951 Writers: Edward Sammis, Guy Morgan / Producer: Stephen Harrison Wartime drama. During the second world war a group of allied P.O.W.s use a...
View ArticleCopenhagen (BBC-2 2003 with Daniel Craig and Stephen Rea)
UK / BBC Two / 1×90 minute episode / Broadcast 26 September 2002 Play: Michael Frayn / Adapted and Directed by: Howard Davies / Producer: Richard Fell Drama showing what might have taken place in...
View ArticleIsland At War (ITV 2004 with James Wilby and Clare Holman)
UK / ITV-1 – Granada – Isle of Man Film Commission / 6×90 minute episodes/ Broadcast 11 July -15 August 2004 Writer: Stephen Mallatratt / Music: Geoffrey Burgon / Executive Producers: Sita Williams,...
View ArticleMantrap (ITV 1956)
UK / ITV – Associated Rediffusion / 7×30 minute episodes / Broadcast 17 September – 9 October 1956 Executive Producer: Caryl Doncaster Wartime spy drama series. Exploits of spies during the Second...
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Passing Bells, The (BBC-1 2014, Paddy Gibson, Jack Lowden)
A strong drama tying in with the 100th First World Anniversary Commemorations, The Passing Bells was stripped across five weekday nights and followed the progress of the war through the eyes of two...
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Fooling Hitler (ITV-1 2004, Jason Durr, Dorian Healy)
Drama documentary Fooling Hitler focused on the story of an unorthodox unit put together during Word War II whose task it was to provide deceptions and hoaxes to disguise the real intentions and...
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Parer’s War (ABC-1 2014, Matt Le Nevez, Adelaide Clemens)
Wartime drama Parer’s War took us back to 1942. With Darwin under attack, war documentary maker Damien Parer is filming Australian troops fighting the Japanese in New Guinea. He knows he needs to make...
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Wish Me Luck (ITV 1988-1990, Kate Buffery, Suzanna Hamilton)
Drawing comparisons with such shows as Secret Army and Manhunt Wish Me Luck stars Kate Buffery (in her first big lead role) as 20-something Liz Graniger, she has a five year old daughter and her...
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Jane (BBC-2 1982, Glynis Barber, Robin Bailey)
Jane was a clever BBC series of the early 1980’s mixing cartoon backgrounds with live actors. Jane had been created by Norman Pett as a comic strip that appeared in the Daily Mirror during world war II...
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P.O.W. (ITV 2003, James D’Arcy, Patrick Baladi)
Wartime drama series telling tales of life in a World War II German P.O.W. camp. The series tells the story of the solidarity between a group of lads thrown together in the face of adversity but with...
View ArticleAlbert (BBC 1951 with Bill Travers and Michael Gough)
UK / BBC / 1×100 minute episodes / Broadcast 12 August 1951 Writers: Edward Sammis, Guy Morgan / Producer: Stephen Harrison Wartime drama. During the second world war a group of allied P.O.W.s use a...
View ArticleCopenhagen (BBC-2 2003 with Daniel Craig and Stephen Rea)
UK / BBC Two / 1×90 minute episode / Broadcast 26 September 2002 Play: Michael Frayn / Adapted and Directed by: Howard Davies / Producer: Richard Fell Drama showing what might have taken place in...
View ArticleIsland At War (ITV 2004 with James Wilby and Clare Holman)
UK / ITV-1 – Granada – Isle of Man Film Commission / 6×90 minute episodes/ Broadcast 11 July -15 August 2004 Writer: Stephen Mallatratt / Music: Geoffrey Burgon / Executive Producers: Sita Williams,...
View ArticleMantrap (ITV 1956)
UK / ITV – Associated Rediffusion / 7×30 minute episodes / Broadcast 17 September – 9 October 1956 Executive Producer: Caryl Doncaster Wartime spy drama series. Exploits of spies during the Second...
View ArticlePassing Bells, The (BBC-1 2014, Paddy Gibson, Jack Lowden)
A strong drama tying in with the 100th First World Anniversary Commemorations, The Passing Bells was stripped across five weekday nights and followed the progress of the war through the eyes of two...
View ArticleFooling Hitler (ITV-1 2004, Jason Durr, Dorian Healy)
Drama documentary Fooling Hitler focused on the story of an unorthodox unit put together during Word War II whose task it was to provide deceptions and hoaxes to disguise the real intentions and...
View ArticleParer’s War (ABC-1 2014, Matt Le Nevez, Adelaide Clemens)
Wartime drama Parer’s War took us back to 1942. With Darwin under attack, war documentary maker Damien Parer is filming Australian troops fighting the Japanese in New Guinea. He knows he needs to make...
View ArticleWish Me Luck (ITV 1988-1990, Kate Buffery, Suzanna Hamilton)
Drawing comparisons with such shows as Secret Army and Manhunt Wish Me Luck stars Kate Buffery (in her first big lead role) as 20-something Liz Graniger, she has a five year old daughter and her...
View ArticleJane (BBC-2 1982, Glynis Barber, Robin Bailey)
Jane was a clever BBC series of the early 1980’s mixing cartoon backgrounds with live actors. Jane had been created by Norman Pett as a comic strip that appeared in the Daily Mirror during world war II...
View ArticleP.O.W. (ITV 2003, James D’Arcy, Patrick Baladi)
Wartime drama series telling tales of life in a World War II German P.O.W. camp. The series tells the story of the solidarity between a group of lads thrown together in the face of adversity but with...
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