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| The Dark Room |
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| Two-part production, originally broadcast on BBC1 on 2nd and 3rd April 1999. Now on DVD | ||
| Synopsis: | Powerful psychological thriller. Jinx emerges from a coma with no memory of her life as a successful photographer, and she must face up to the question of whether she has committed a murder | |
| Starring: | Dervla Kirwan, James Wilby, Paul Freeman, Nicholas Gecks and Connie Hyde | |
| Directed by: | Graham Theakston | |
| Produced by: | Tony Redstone | |
| Executive producer: | Suzan Harrison | |
| Screenplay by: | Niall Leonard based on the book by Minette Walters | |
| BBC Television Production. Click here for a synopsis of each episode | ||
| The Blonde Bombshell | |
| Two-part production, originally broadcast on ITV on 26th and 27th April 1999 | |
| Synopsis: | Britain's answer to Marilyn Monroe had a private life every bit as dramatic as any of her on screen roles. She became a national icon before cancer claimed her in 1984 |
| Starring: | Keeley Hawes, Rupert Graves, Sheila Gish, Larry Lamb, Amanda Redman, Gary Webster and Barnaby Kay |
| Directed by: | Bob Bierman |
| Produced by: | Trevor Hopkins |
| Executive producers: | Laura Mackie and Jo Wright |
| Written by: | Ted Whitehead based on the book Dors By Diana by Diana Dors |
| The English Channel and LWTP. Click here for a synopsis of each episode | |
| The Waiting Time |
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| Two-part production, originally broadcast on ITV on 28th October and 4th November 1999. Now on DVD | ||
| Starring: | John Thaw, Zara Turner, Struan Rodger and Hartmut Becker | |
| Directed by: | Stuart Orme | |
| Produced by: | Chris Burt | |
| Executive producer: | Ted Childs | |
| Screenplay by: | Patrick Harbinson based on the novel by Gerald Seymour | |
| Carlton Production | ||
| The Secret |
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| Three-part production, originally broadcast on ITV on 21st and 28th April and 5th May 2000. Now on DVD | ||
| Synopsis: | Catherine Cookson's only thriller, set around the dark streets and riverside of 19th-century Tyneside. As a boy, Freddie Musgrave was running contraband on the Tyne, but as a successful businessman he seems to have it all. But his troubled past comes back to haunt him and threatens his new-found security | |
| Starring: | Colin Buchanan, Hannah Yelland, Stephen Moyer, Clare Higgins, Elizabeth Carling and June Whitfield | |
| Directed by: | Alan Grint | |
| Produced by: | Ray Marshall | |
| Executive producer: | Keith Richardson | |
| Screenplay by: | T R Bowen based on the book The Harrogate Secret by Catherine Cookson | |
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| An Unsuitable Job For A Woman - Playing God - (Fourth Story) | |
| Two-hour detective drama, originally broadcast on ITV on 16th May 2001 | |
| Synopsis: | Private eye Cordelia Gray investigates another mysterious case. Now heavily pregnant, she accepts a job from old adversary Chief Superintendent Fergusson, who hires her to spy on his daughter's boyfriend. Her initial evidence seems to confirm Fergusson's suspicions, but when the boyfriend is killed, the man who hired her quickly becomes the prime suspect |
| Starring: | Helen Baxendale, Annette Crosbie, Struan Rodger, Anna Madeley, Jack Ellis and David Harewood |
| Directed by: | Mary McMurray |
| Produced by: | Debbie Shewell |
| Executive producer: | Douglas Rae |
| Written by: | Barbara Machin based on a character originally created by P D James |
| Ecosse Films / HTV Limited | |
| An Unsuitable Job For A Woman - Living On Risk - (Third Story) | |
| Two-hour detective drama, originally broadcast on ITV on 27th August 1999 | |
| Synopsis: | With her detective agency struggling financially and a baby on the way, Cordelia welcomes a deceptively simple surveillance job, despite Edith's misgivings. However, a lapse of concentration has disastrous consequences, leading Cordelia to unravel the truth behind a murder |
| Starring: | Helen Baxendale, Annette Crosbie and Steve John Shepherd |
| Directed by: | David Evans |
| Produced by: | Debbie Shewell |
| Executive producer: | Douglas Rae |
| Written by: | Christopher Russell based on a character originally created by P D James |
| Ecosse Films / HTV Limited | |
| Heaven On Earth | |
| Two-part production, originally broadcast on BBC1 on 22nd February and 1st March 1998 | |
| Starring: | Neil Pearson, Geraldine Somerville, Isla Blair, Jonathan Hackett, William Lucas, Jerome Willis, Ray Llewellyn and Lionel Jeffries |
| Directed by: | Stuart Orme |
| Produced by: | Julia Ouston |
| Executive producers: | Linda James and Jen Samson |
| Screenplay by: | Adrian Hodges |
| Red Rooster Film and Television Entertainment Limited | |
| Noah's Ark - Second Series | |
| Six-part production, originally broadcast on ITV on 18th and 25th September and 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd October 1998 | |
| Synopsis: | Drama series about a family-run country veterinary practice |
| Starring: | Anton Rodgers, Angela Thorne, Paul Warriner, Orla Brady and Kate Alderton |
| Directed by: | A J Quinn (1, 2 and 3) and Paul Harrison (4, 5 and 6) |
| Produced by: | Michael Whitehall and Sue Bennett-Urwin |
| Executive producer: | Jonathan Powell |
| Written by: | Johnny Byrne (1 and 3), Joe Turner (4) and Sam Lawrence (2, 5 and 6) |
| Whitehall Films / Carlton Production. Click here for the title and synopsis of each episode | |
| Imogen's Face | |
| Three-part production, originally broadcast on ITV on 2nd, 9th and 16th July 1998 | |
| Starring: | Lia Williams, Samantha Janus, Richard Lintern, John Bowe, Michael Byrne, George Anton and Claire Bloom |
| Directed by: | David Wheatley |
| Produced by: | Simon Passmore |
| Executive producers: | Steve Clark-Hall and Eileen Quinn |
| Written by: | Andrea Newman |
| Yorkshire Television Production | |
| Tilly Trotter |
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| Four-part production, originally broadcast on ITV on 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th January 1999. Now on DVD | ||
| Starring: | Carli Norris, Simon Shepherd, Gavin Abbott, Beth Goddard, Madelaine Newton and Rosemary Leach | |
| Directed by: | Alan Grint | |
| Produced by: | Ray Marshall | |
| Executive producer: | Keith Richardson | |
| Screenplay by: | Ray Marshall based on the novel by Catherine Cookson | |
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Festival Film and Television Production
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| The Wingless Bird |
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| Three-part production, originally broadcast on ITV on 12th, 19th and 26th January 1997. Now on DVD | ||
| Synopsis: | Agnes Conway is a disenchanted young woman, working in the family sweet shop and longing for love. The Christmas of 1913 brings changes, though, with the arrival in her life of Charles Farrier - and a family crisis that threatens to have terrible consequences | |
| Starring: | Claire Skinner, Edward Atterton, Julian Wadham, Frank Grimes, Anne Reid, Elspet Gray, Moira Redmond and Dinsdale Landen | |
| Directed by: | David Wheatley | |
| Produced by: | Ray Marshall | |
| Executive producer: | Keith Richardson | |
| Screenplay by: | Alan Seymour based on the novel by Catherine Cookson | |
| Festival Production for Tyne Tees Television. Click here for a synopsis of each episode | ||
| Ivanhoe | |
| Six-part production, originally broadcast on BBC1 on 12th, 19th, 26th January and 5th, 12th and 19th February 1997 | |
| Synopsis: | Drama serial about Sir Walter Scott's swashbuckling 12th-century hero |
| Starring: | Steven Waddington, James Cosmo, Niven Boyd, Ciaran Hinds, Trevor Cooper and Victoria Smurfit |
| Directed by: | Stuart Orme |
| Produced by: | Jeremy Gwilt |
| Executive producer: | Chris Parr |
| Adapted by: | Deborah Cook based on the novel by Sir Walter Scott |
| BBC / A&E Network Co-Production. Click here for a synopsis of each episode | |
| Pie In The Sky - Fifth Series | ||
| Eight-part production, originally broadcast on BBC1 on 29th June, 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th July, 3rd, 10th and 17th August 1997. Now on DVD | ||
| Starring: | Richard Griffiths, Maggie Steed and Malcolm Sinclair | |
| Directed by: | Bill Pryde (1), Simon Massey (2), David Innes Edwards (3, 4 and 7), Rob Evans (5 and 8) and Morag Fullarton (6) | |
| Produced by: | Chrissy Skinns | |
| Executive producer: | Andrew Payne | |
| Written by: | Andrew Payne (1, 7 and 8), Niall Leonard (2), John Milne (3), Robert Jones (4 and 5) and Ann Marie Di Mambro (6) | |
| Witzend Production Limited / BBC Television Production. Click here for the title and synopsis of each episode | ||
| The Beggar Bride | |
| Two-part production, originally broadcast on BBC1 on 24th and 25th August 1997 | |
| Synopsis: | Drama about a young mother forced to lead a double life |
| Starring: | Keeley Hawes, Joe Duttine and Nicholas Jones |
| Directed by: | Diarmuid Lawrence |
| Produced by: | Kate Harwood |
| Executive producer: | Michael Wearing |
| Screenplay by: | Lizzie Mickery |
| Written by: | Gillian White |
| BBC Television Production. Click here for a synopsis of each episode | |
| Noah's Ark - First Series | |
| Six-part production, originally broadcast on ITV on 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th September and 6th and 13th October 1997 | |
| Synopsis: | Drama series about a family-run country veterinary practice |
| Starring: | Anton Rodgers, Angela Thorne, Peter Wingfield and Orla Brady |
| Directed by: | A J Quinn (2, 3, 4) and Herbert Wise (5 and 6) |
| Produced by: | Michael Whitehall and Sue Bennett-Urwin |
| Executive producer: | Jonathan Powell |
| Written by: | Johnny Byrne |
| Whitehall Films/Carlton Production. Click here for the title and synopsis of each episode | |
| The Locksmith | |
| Six-part production, originally broadcast on BBC1 on 25th September, 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th October 1997 | |
| Starring: | Warren Clarke, Chris Gascoyne, Sheila Kelley, Polly Hemingway and Sarah-Jane Potts |
| Directed by: | Alan Dossor (1 and 2), Lawrence Gordon Clark (3 and 4) and Chris Bernard (5 and 6) |
| Produced by: | Irving Teitelbaum |
| Executive producer: | Tony Virgo |
| Written by: | Stephen Bill |
| Fair Game Films for BBC. Click here for the title of each episode | |
| The Rag Nymph |
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| Three-part production, originally broadcast on ITV on 3rd, 10th and 17th October 1997. Now on DVD | ||
| Synopsis: | Atmospheric, gripping drama set in Victorian Newcastle, adapted from the best-seller. When her mother is arrested for prostitution and subsequently commits suicide, ten-year-old Millie is taken in by local rag woman Aggie, who trades in old clothes. As years pass, Millie transforms the rag and bone yard into a thriving bakery, but when a young man from her past visits, it marks the beginning of a tragic courtship | |
| Starring: | Honeysuckle Weeks, Alec Newman, Val McLane, Crispin Bonham-Carter and Patrick Ryecart | |
| Directed by: | David Wheatley | |
| Produced by: | Ray Marshall | |
| Executive producer: | Keith Richardson | |
| Screenplay by: | T R Bowen based on the novel by Catherine Cookson | |
| Festival Production for Tyne Tees Television. | ||
| An Unsuitable Job For A Woman - A Last Embrace - (Second Story) | |
| Three-part production, originally broadcast on ITV on 19th and 26th February and 5th March 1998 | |
| Starring: | Helen Baxendale, Annette Crosbie, Gemma Jones and Leigh Lawson |
| Directed by: | John Strickland |
| Produced by: | Colin Ludlow |
| Executive producer: | Douglas Rae |
| Written by: | William Humble based on a character by P D James |
| United Film And Television Production | |
| An Unsuitable Job For A Woman - Sacrafice - (First Story) | |
| Three-part production, originally broadcast on ITV on 23rd and 30th October and 7th November 1997 | |
| Synopsis: | An eminent scientist hires Cordelia to investigate the death of his son, who has committed suicide. Although the case seems simple, after moving into the summer house where the young man was found hanged, Cordelia finds herself threatened |
| Starring: | Helen Baxendale, Annette Crosbie, Ian McDiarmid, Phyllis Logan and Rosemary Leach |
| Directed by: | Ben Bolt |
| Produced by: | Colin Ludlow |
| Executive producers: | Rebecca Eaton and Stephen Matthews |
| Written by: | William Humble based on the novel by P D James |
| Harvest Entertainment / HTV / WGBH Boston Production | |
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| Pie In The Sky - Fourth Series |
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| Six-part production, originally broadcast on BBC1 on 15th, 22nd, 29th September and 6th, 13th and 20th October 1996. Now on DVD | ||
| Starring: | Richard Griffiths, Maggie Steed, Malcolm Sinclair and Samantha Janus | |
| Directed by: | Malcolm Mowbray (1 and 2), Bill Pryde (3 and 6), Keith Boak (4) and Paul Harrison (5) | |
| Produced by: | Chrissy Skinns | |
| Executive producers: | Andrew Payne (1 and 2), Allan McKeown and Jonna Willett (3, 4, 5 and 6) | |
| Written by: | Richard Maher (1 and 2), Andrew Payne (3 and 6) and Robert Jones (4 and 5) | |
| Witzend Production Limited / BBC Television Production. Click here for the title and synopsis of each episode | ||
| The Tide Of Life |
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| Three-part production, originally broadcast on ITV on 5th, 12th and 19th January 1996. Now on DVD | ||
| Synopsis: | Period drama set in early 20th-century England, following the fortunes of a housekeeper Emily Kennedy, an unconventional young woman who learns some harsh lessons through her relationships with three very different men | |
| Starring: | Gillian Kearney, John Bowler, Ray Stevenson, Diana Hardcastle and James Purefoy | |
| Directed by: | David Wheatley | |
| Produced by: | Ray Marshall | |
| Executive producer: | Peter Moth | |
| Screenplay by: | Gordon Hann based on the novel by Catherine Cookson | |
| Festival Production for Tyne Tees Television. Click here for a synopsis of each episode | ||
| Our Friends In The North |
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| Nine-part production, originally broadcast on BBC2 on 15th, 22nd, 29th January, 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th February and 4th and 11th March 1996. Now on DVD | ||
| Starring: | Christopher Eccleston, Gina McKee, Alun Armstrong, Peter Vaughan, Larry Lamb, Saskia Wickham, Daniel Craig, Mark Strong and Malcolm McDowell | |
| Directed by: | Pedr James (1, 3, 4 and 5), Stuart Urban (2 and 3) and Simon Cellan Jones (3, 6, 7, 8 and 9) | |
| Produced by: | Charles Pattinson | |
| Executive producer: | Michael Wearing | |
| Script by: | Peter Flannery | |
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BBC Television Production.
Click here for the title and synopsis of each episode
N.B. A soundtrack was released, but included 'hits' by well-known artists and sadly did not include any of Colin's material! |
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| The Girl |
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| Three-part production, originally broadcast on ITV on 16th, 23rd February and 1st March 1996. Now on DVD | ||
| Synopsis: | The arrival of a dying woman and her young daughter sends shock waves through Thornton House. The mystery woman reveals the father of her child to be the house's owner, Matthew Thornton. When Thornton agrees to take in the child to raise alongside his three other children, his wife is horrified | |
| Starring: | Siobhan Flynn, Jonathan Cake, Jill Baker, Malcolm Stoddard, Susan Jameson and Mark Benton | |
| Directed by: | David Wheatley | |
| Produced by: | Ray Marshall | |
| Executive producer: | Peter Moth | |
| Screenplay by: | Gordon Hann based on the novel by Catherine Cookson | |
| Festival Production for Tyne Tees Television. Click here for a synopsis of each episode | ||
| Bodyguards | |
| Pilot episode, originally broadcast on ITV on 10th April 1996 | |
| Starring: | Louise Lombard, Sean Pertwee and John Shrapnel |
| Directed by: | Robert Bierman |
| Produced by: | Nigel Stafford-Clark |
| Written by: | Jeffrey Caine |
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Carlton Television / Zenith Productions.
N.B. A 'one-off' pilot for the series of the same name. Colin scored the music for the pilot episode only and not for the subsequent series |
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| The Sculptress |
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| Four-part production, originally broadcast on BBC1 on 24th, 25th February and 2nd and 3rd March 1996. Now on DVD | ||
| Synopsis: | Olive Martin has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of her mother and sister. An author who is writing a book about Olive becomes convinced she is innocent, and with the help of a former policeman sets out to prove it | |
| Starring: | Pauline Quirke, Caroline Goodall and Christopher Fulford | |
| Directed by: | Stuart Orme | |
| Produced by: | Julia Ouston and Linda James | |
| Executive producer: | Jo Wright | |
| Adapted by: | Reg Gadney based on the novel by Minette Walters | |
| Red Rooster Film and Television Entertainment. Click here for a synopsis of each episode | ||
| Pie In The Sky - Third Series |
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| Six-part production, originally broadcast on BBC1 on 31st December 1995, 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th January and 4th February 1996. Now on DVD | ||
| Starring: | Richard Griffiths, Maggie Steed, Samantha Janus and Malcolm Sinclair | |
| Directed by: | Martin Hutchings (1 and 2), Keith Boak (3), Danny Hiller (4) and David Innes Edwards (5 and 6) | |
| Produced by: | Chrissy Skinns | |
| Executive producers: | Allan McKeown and Joanna Willett | |
| Written by: | Andrew Payne (1), Richard Maher (2), Christina Reid (3), John Milne (4 and 6) and Matthew Lays and Jim Doyle (5) | |
| Witzend Production Limited / BBC Television Production. Click here for the title and synopsis of each episode | ||
| The Crow Road |
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| Four-part production, originally broadcast on BBC2 on 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th November 1996. Now on DVD | ||
| Synopsis: | A four-part adaptation of Iain Banks's blackly humorous novel | |
| Starring: | Joseph McFadden, Bill Paterson, Valerie Edmond, Stella Gonet, David Robb, Dougray Scott, Patricia Kerrigan, Paul Young, Alex Norton and Peter Capaldi | |
| Directed by: | Gavin Millar | |
| Produced by: | Bradley Adams | |
| Executive producers: | Andrea Calderwood, Kevin Loader and Franc Roddam | |
| Screenplay by: | Bryan Elsley based on the novel by Iain Banks | |
| Union Pictures Production. Click here for the title and synopsis of each episode | ||
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| Pie In The Sky - Second Series | ||
| Ten-part production, originally broadcast on BBC1 in 1995. Now on DVD | ||
| Starring: | Richard Griffiths, Maggie Steed, Malcolm Sinclair and Samantha Janus | |
| Directed by: | Jim Hill (1, 3 and 4), Martin Hutchings (2 and 6), Danny Hiller (5, 8 and 9) and Lawrence Gordon Clark (7 and 10) | |
| Produced by: | Chrissy Skinns and David Wimbury | |
| Executive producers: | Allan McKeown and Joanna Willett | |
| Written by: | Andrew Payne (1, 2, 5 and 10), John Milne (3, 7,8 and 9), Lizzie Mickery (4) and Richard Maher (6) | |
| Witzend Production Limited / BBC Television Production. Click here for the title and synopsis of each episode | ||
| Chiller | ||
| Five-part production, originally broadcast on ITV in March 1995. Home-video release | ||
| Starring: | Peter Egan, Mel Martin, Miles Anderson, Tobias Saunders, Helen Caldwell and Angela Rippon (1); Nigel Havers, Sophie Ward, Tony Haygarth (2); Kevin McNally, Maggie O'Neill, Lorraine Ashbourne, Barbara Ewing, John McEnery and Don Warrington (3), Phyllis Logan, Paul Reynolds and John Simm (4) | |
| Directed by: | Lawrence Gordon Clark (2 and 4) and Rob Walker (3) | |
| Produced by: | Lawrence Gordon Clark and Peter Lover | |
| Executive producer: | David Reynolds | |
| Written by: | Peter James (2), Anthony Horowitz (3) and Stephen Gallagher (4) | |
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Yorkshire Television Production.
Click here for the title and synopsis of each episode
N.B. Colin scored the intro / outro title music for all five episodes, but only scored the incidental music to just three of them |
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| The Buccaneers |
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| Five-part production, originally broadcast on BBC1 in 1995. Home-video release | ||
| Synopsis: | The first screen production of the unfinished novel by Edith Wharton, who died in 1937. The Buccaneers are an anarchic group of adventuring, free-spirited young women, who, snubbed by the elitist New York set, take aristocratic English society by storm in the heady milieu of the 1870s | |
| Starring: | Cherie Lunghi, Dinsdale Landen, Rosemary Leach, Greg Wise, Jenny Agutter, Connie Booth and Sheila Hancock | |
| Directed by: | Philip Saville | |
| Produced by: | Philip Saville | |
| Executive producer: | Phillipa Giles | |
| Screenplay by: | Maggie Wadey based on Edith Wharton's final novel | |
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BBC/WGBH Boston Production.
Click here for the title and synopsis of each episode
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| The Castles | |
| 24-part production, originally broadcast on BBC1 in 1995 | |
| Starring: | Tony Doyle, Anna Cropper, Michael Simkins, Leslie Duff, John Bowler, Sara Griffiths, Judith Scott, Christopher Bowen, Emily Morgan, Lynn Farleigh and Simon Bright |
| Directed by: | Jeremy Silberston |
| Produced by: | Alison Gee |
| Executive producers: | Michael Wearing and Carolyn Reynolds |
| Written by: | Peter Whalley |
| BBC/Granada Co-Production | |
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| Pie In The Sky - First Series | ||
| Ten-part production, originally broadcast on BBC1 in 1995. Now on DVD | ||
| Starring: | Richard Griffiths, Maggie Steed and Malcolm Sinclair | |
| Directed by: | Colin Gregg (1, 2, 5 and 6), Martin Hutchings (3 and 10), George Case (4 and 8) and Lawrence Gordon Clark (7 and 9) | |
| Produced by: | Jacky Stoller (1, 2, 5 and 6), David Wimbury (3, 7, 9 and 10), Jacky Stoller and David Wimbury (4 and 8) and Chrissy Skinns and David Wimbury (7) | |
| Executive producers: | Allan McKeown and Joanna Willett | |
| Written by: | Andrew Payne (1, 2, 3, 6 and 7), John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch (4), Richard Maher (5 and 10), John Milne (7 and 9) and Paul Hines (8) | |
| Witzend Production Limited / BBC Television Production. Click here for the title and synopsis of each episode | ||
| The Dwelling Place | ||
| Three-part production, originally broadcast on ITV in 1995. Home-video release. Now on DVD | ||
| Synopsis: | Adaptation of the best-selling novel by Catherine Cookson | |
| Starring: | James Fox, Tracy Whitwell, Edward Rawle-Hicks, Lucy Cohu, Ray Stevenson and Philip Voss | |
| Directed by: | Gavin Millar | |
| Produced by: | Ray Marshall | |
| Executive producer: | Keith Richardson | |
| Screenplay by: | Gordon Hann based on the novel by Catherine Cookson | |
| Festival Production for Tyne Tees Television. Click here for a synopsis of each episode | ||
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| Three-part production, originally broadcast on BBC2 on 8th, 15th and 22nd December 1993. Now on DVD | ||
| Synopsis: | Colin is a sex starved writer who travels to Australia in search of inspiration, and meets Rachel, an idealistic young reporter. She alerts Colin to the shady dealings of Stark, a consortium of wealthy industrialists in whose greedy clutches lies the key to a horrifying ecological Armageddon | |
| Starring: | Colin Friels, Ben Elton, Derrick O'Connor, Jacqueline McKenzie, Deborra-Lee Furness, Bill Wallis, Fiona Press, Bill Hunter, Colette Mann, Gwen Plumb and John Neville | |
| Directed by: | Nadia Tass | |
| Produced by: | Michael Wearing, David Parker and Timothy White | |
| Executive producers: | Michael Wearing and Jill Robb | |
| Written by: | Ben Elton based on his novel of the same name | |
| BBC Television and Cascade Ash Productions in association with Australian Broadcasting Corporation | ||
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| Between The Lines - First Series |
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| Thirteen-part production, originally broadcast on BBC1 in 1992. Home-video release. Now on DVD | ||
| Synopsis: | CIB: the police for the police. Loathed by fellow officers and treated with suspicion by the public, their's is a grey world of corruption and one that leaves rising star Superintendent Tony Clark cold. Reluctantly involved in the beginning, he finds that now there is no going back. As the taste of his promotion turns sour, he finds himself well and truly caught between the lines... | |
| Starring: | Neil Pearson, Tom Georgeson, Siobhan Redmond, Tony Doyle, Lynda Steadman and David Lyon | |
| Directed by: | Charles McDougall (1, 6 and 7), Alan Dossor (2, 3, 12 and 13), Roy Battersby (4 and 5), Tom Clegg (8 and 9) and Jenny Killick (10) | |
| Produced by: | Peter Norris | |
| Executive producer: | Tony Garnett | |
| Written by: | J C Wilsher (1, 5, 12 and 13), Russell Lewis (2 and 8), Steve Trafford (3 and 9), Michael Russell (4 and 10), and Rob Heyland (6 and 7) | |
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BBC Television Production in association with Island World.
Click here for the title and synopsis of each episode
N.B. Colin scored the incidental music for the first series only, and did not score the main intro / outro themes |
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| Anglo-Saxon Attitudes |
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| Three-part production, originally broadcast on ITV in 1992. Now on DVD | ||
| Synopsis: | Gerald Middileton is a wealthy and cultured professor of medieval history who, at sixty, feels both an academic and emotional failure. His broken marriage to the monstrous Inge has produced three children from whom he is estranged. Dollie, his best friend’s wife with whom he had a long and passionate love affair has disappeared from his life in a cloud of recrimination and alcohol. And Gilbert Stokesay, the best friend, long dead in the trenches of the Great War continues to haunt and threaten his self as an historian - all because of the Melpham Idol, a pagan phallic figure found in the coffin of a disinterred Bishop. It is the most important archaeological find of the century, a discovery that changes the course of scholarship and sets the academic world in turmoil. But is it a hoax? And if so who was responsible? And why? | |
| Starring: | Richard Johnson, Elizabeth Spriggs, Tara Fitzgerald, Dorothy Tutin, Douglas Hodge and Daniel Craig | |
| Directed by: | Diamuid Lawrence | |
| Produced by: | Andrew Brown | |
| Executive producer: | John Hambley | |
| Written by: | Andrew Davies based on the novel by Angus Wilson | |
| Euston Films Limited. Click here for a synopsis of each episode | ||
| The Blackheath Poisonings | |
| Three-part production, originally broadcast on ITV on 7th, 8th and 9th December 1992 | |
| Starring: | Christien Anholt, James Faulkner, Christine Kavanagh, Ian McNeice, Patrick Malahide, Judy Parfitt, Julia St. John, Zoe Wannamaker and Nicholas Woodeson |
| Directed by: | Stuart Orme |
| Produced by: | Stephen Smallwood |
| Executive producers: | Ted Childs and Rebecca Eaton |
| Screenplay by: | Simon Raven based on the novel by Julian Symons |
| Central Independent Television PLC / WGBH Boston Production | |
| Nice Town | |
| Three-part production, originally broadcast on BBC2 in 1992 | |
| Synopsis: | A suburban drama, following the emotional trials of married couple Paul and Linda Thompson. They are trying for a baby, but nothing appears to be working. It seems Paul isn't quite up to the task. When his handsome brother Joe arrives on the scene, Linda realises that he could be the answer to her prayers |
| Starring: | Paul McGann, Josette Simon, Gwyneth B, Philip Davis, Judy Cornwall, Doreen Mantle, Neil Dudgeon, Brigit Forsyth and Bernard Horsfall |
| Directed by: | Pedr James |
| Produced by: | Hilary Salmon |
| Executive producer: | Michael Wearing |
| Written by: | Guy Hibbert |
| BBC Television Production. Click here for the title and synopsis of each episode | |
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| Clarissa |
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| Three-part production, originally broadcast on BBC2 on 27th November and 4th and 11th December 1991. Now on DVD | ||
| Synopsis: | Lovelace, a handsome young rake has one ruthless ambition: to seduce - and thus destroy - the beautiful young virgin Clarissa Harlowe, a wealthy heiress famed for her virtue. As Clarissa is forced by her scheming family into the predatory Lovelace's arms, it seems that his strategy is certain to succeed. But Lovelace has failed to reckon with both Clarissa's strength of character and his one fatal weakness: his own heart. For the first time in his life, he is shocked to find himself genuinely infatuated by his prey - a failing that drives him to new heights of decadence and sows the seeds of his own destruction | |
| Starring: | Sean Bean, Saskia Wickham, Lynsey Baxter and Sean Pertwee | |
| Directed by: | Bob Bierman | |
| Produced by: | Kevin Loader | |
| Executive producer: | Michael Wearing | |
| Screenplay by: | David Nokes and Janet Barron based on the novel by Samuel Richardson | |
| BBC Television Production in association with WGBH Boston. Click here for a synopsis of each episode | ||
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| Capital City - Second Series |
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| Ten-part production, originally broadcast on ITV on 18th and 25th October, 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th November and 6th, 13th and 20th December 1990. Now on DVD | ||
| Synopsis: | Capital City gives a realistic insight into the fast-paced life of working at an international bank. Set in the offices of London-based Shane Longman, the charismatic team of bankers are hired for their blend of style, intelligence and verve. They take risks, and thrive on the pressure of closing the deal. Experience for yourself the highs and lows of being at the top (and sometimes the bottom), working in one of the most dynamic professions in the world | |
| Starring: | William Armstrong, Emily Bolton, John Bowe, Denys Hawthorne, Douglas Hodge, Jason Issacs, Joanna Kanska, Richard Le Parmentier, Trevyn McDowell, Anna Nygh, Joanna Phillips-Lane, Saira Todd and Rolf Saxon | |
| Directed by: | Mike Vardy (1, 4, 7 and 10), Clive Fleury (2, 5 and 8), Diarmuid Lawrence (3, 6 and 9) | |
| Produced by: | Irving Teitelbaum | |
| Executive producer: | Andrew Brown | |
| Written by: | Andrew Maclear (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 and 10), Tom Greenwood (5), Richard O'Keefe (7) | |
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Euston Films Limited.
N.B. A soundtrack was released. Click here for the title and synopsis of each episode |
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