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- DirectorWilliam BrayneStarsBenedict TaylorLucy HornakDavid HaigIt is late in the uneasy summer of 1939. War threatens Poland, and invasion by Germany is a matter of hours away. Everyone knows what is about to happen, yet no one will admit it.
- DirectorColin FinbowStarsJack MayFrank MiddlemassOliver HicksAn unpopular boy returns to Cathedral Choral School from his broken home, to learn that he is to be "beekeeper", a symbolic role merely requiring plenty of singing.
- DirectorJohn Scarlett-Davis
- DirectorMohamed Shukri JameelStarsOliver ReedGhazi Al-TakriteeJames BolamThis movie is about the 1920 revolution in Iraq against the English occupation.
- DirectorMichael RadfordStarsPhyllis LoganGiovanni MaurielloGianluca FavillaSet in 1943 Scotland during World War II, Janie is a young housewife married to a man named Dougal, 15 years her senior. As part of a war rehabilitation program, Janie and Dougal welcome three Italian P.O.W.'s to work on their farm and Janie soon falls in love and enters into a doomed affair with one of the Italians named Luigi.
- DirectorEdward BennettStarsJulie CovingtonIan CharlesonJohn PhillipsConnie is a member of the British landowning "Ascendancy" in Ireland after WWI. Through a chance friendship with a British soldier, she learns how sheltered she has been, and chooses to ally herself, in her own way, with the struggle for Irish independence.
- DirectorDavid Hugh JonesStarsJeremy IronsBen KingsleyPatricia HodgeAn affair between a literary agent and his best friend's wife. The story unfolds in reverse-chronological order.
- DirectorBryan ForbesStarsDavid NivenArt CarneyMaggie SmithTwo men show up claiming to be the grandfather of a child heiress.
- DirectorDick ClementStarsAlan ShearmanDiz WhiteRonald E. HouseThe dashing Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond (Alan Shearman) - World War I ace fighter pilot, Olympic athlete, racing driver, part-time sleuth, and all round spiffing chap - must save the world from the dastardly Count Otto van Bruno (Ronald E. House), his wartime adversary. And, of course, win the heart of a jolly nice young lady.
- DirectorJohn Maybury
- DirectorPeter Gidal
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsDavid NivenRobert WagnerHerbert LomEnsuing after the events of Clouseau's disappearance, his bosses at the Surete put a computer into service to elect a new shrewd detective, Sleigh, who turns up just as inept as Clouseau.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsTimothy HuttonMandy PatinkinLindsay CrouseDaniel Isaacson attempts to determine the true complicity of his parents Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed for espionage in the 1950s.
- DirectorAlain TannerStarsBruno GanzTeresa MadrugaJulia VonderlinnA Swiss sailor abandons his post during a stopover in Lisbon and takes up residence in a small hotel in the city.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsMichael CaineJulie WaltersMichael WilliamsAn alcoholic professor has been hired by a working-class girl for higher education.
- DirectorGregory NavaStarsZaide Silvia GutiérrezDavid VillalpandoErnesto Gómez CruzAfter their family is killed in a government massacre, siblings Enrique and Rosa flee Guatemala and embark on a perilous journey to "El Norte": the United States.
- DirectorGordon HesslerStarsJimmy McNicholTimothy Van PattenEthan WayneA young American is framed and thrown into a Mexican prison. His friends journey to Mexico to break him out.
- DirectorNicolas RoegStarsGene HackmanTheresa RussellRutger HauerIn 1925, a lone and obsessed Arctic prospector Jack McCann finally strikes gold. Twenty years later, he begins spiraling out of control when his only daughter becomes engaged to a man he strongly dislikes.
- DirectorJames ScottStarsPhyllis LoganAlex NortonLeonard O'MalleyA film about the early life of the acclaimed British artist William Scott the father of the director of the film James Scott.
- DirectorGerry O'HaraStarsLisa FosterOliver ReedWilfrid Hyde-WhiteFrances is a naive young woman who arrives in London from the countryside. There she works in a brothel. Her charm and beauty make her highly coveted, but she falls in love with Charles, who loves her not only for her body.
- DirectorBarry BlissStarsElvis PayneMark WingettKathryn ApanowiczInfluential, cult classic, UK buddy road movie about two friends, one white and one black, who bond over their desire to escape from boredom and unemployment in Thatcher's Britain.
- DirectorDavid DruryStarsJames AubreyNicholas GecksKaren ArcherA lonely young boy idolizes his local priest. An old acquaintance of the priest shows up one day, and the boy learns that his idol isn't exactly what he seems to be--it turns out that many years before, the priest had betrayed his friend, and now his friend has come back for revenge.
- DirectorMichael Eaton
- DirectorJames Kenelm ClarkeStarsGregg HenryElizabeth DailyGareth HuntIn Las Vegas young Barty Nicholls inadvertently steals a fortune from the Mob and is slashed to death by a limping hood. Later his girlfriend Cass arrives in London with a stack of stolen credit cards looking for Ben Turtle, famed as a credit card king who she needs as a partner in her credit card swindles. Thrown out of a West End hotel for stealing cards, the pair are soon muscled back in by two heavy Minders to sexually perform at a Mob party in front of Mr. Big. Ben and Cass check out with suit cases of Mafia cash then the real funny money begins to flow and the chase is on.
- DirectorDavid Kent-WatsonStarsCliff TwemlowJane CunliffeAnthony SchaefferA bouncer is called in to help fight off a mob boss who is trying to take over local night clubs.
- DirectorKen McMullenStarsPascale OgierLeonie MellingerRobbie ColtraneThrough the experiences of two women in Paris and London, Ghost Dance offers a stunning analysis of the complexity of our conceptions of ghosts memory and the past.
- DirectorTony GarnettStarsKaren YoungClayton DaySuzie HumphreysShortly after moving to Dallas, a young woman is raped at gunpoint. Her intense anger drives her to seek revenge, and she becomes a hunter on a vengeance mission.
- DirectorJames IvoryStarsJulie ChristieGreta ScacchiChristopher CazenoveAnne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. As Anne delves into the history of her grand-aunt, she is led to reconsider her own life.
- DirectorJoe StrummerStarsMartin DegvilleTony JamesMick Jones
- DirectorPete WalkerStarsVincent PriceChristopher LeePeter CushingAn American author finds a dilapidated Welsh manor perfect for writing until the residents host a bizarre family reunion.
- DirectorBill BrydenStarsJoseph BradyJames CopelandJ.G. DevlinThe story of St Kilda, in the Outer Hebrides: the farthest inhabited island in the United Kingdom until it was evacuated in 1930: after continuous inhabitation for 4,000 years.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsKen MarshallLysette AnthonyFreddie JonesA prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet, Krull.
- DirectorPeter BrookStarsHélène DelavaultZehava GalEva Saurova
- DirectorBill ForsythStarsBurt LancasterPeter RiegertFulton MackayAn American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to buy up an entire village, but things don't go as expected.
- DirectorRichard EyreStarsLindsay DuncanCarol HarrisonFrances LowA lesbian and feminist woman advertises for a traveling companion to accompany her in a drive across Europe. The man who answers her ad is the most helpless, chauvinistic person she's ever met.
- DirectorAhmed Alauddin JamalStarsRita WolfTony WreddenMeera Syal
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsMartin FryDavid PalmerStephen SingletonA longform video that showcases the British pop group ABC, using songs from their album "The Lexicon of Love" to tell a spy-caper story of how the unsuspecting lead singer, Martin Fry, is duped into fronting the band because of his striking resemblance to another man associated with espionage. Will he stumble onto the deception before it is too late for him?
- DirectorNagisa ÔshimaStarsDavid BowieTom ContiRyuichi SakamotoDuring WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.
- StarsMiles Davis
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsSean ConneryKim BasingerKlaus Maria BrandauerA S.P.E.C.T.R.E. agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.
- DirectorJohn GlenStarsRoger MooreMaud AdamsLouis JourdanA fake Fabergé egg recovered from the body of a fellow agent leads James Bond to uncover a jewel smuggling operation led by the mysterious Octopussy, and a plot to blow up a NATO air base.
- DirectorStanley O'TooleStarsRichard MorantCatherine SchellPaul WilliamsonA couple return home to find a man inside who claims to be friends with the previous homeowner. He seems a friendly at first, but all is not as it seems.
- DirectorTerry WinsorStarsDaniel PeacockKarl HowmanPerry FenwickIt's New Year's Eve, and Larry's having a party at his parents' house--only his parents don't know, as they're out at their party. Everyone else does though--from all of Larry's friends to the local police, who have been given the night off. The story starts with the build-up to the party, as everyone who's anyone will be there.
- DirectorFausto CanelStarsJon FinchCatriona MacCollNeil Hallett
- DirectorTerry MarcelStarsRichard HatchKay LenzJohn SaxonThree people are transported into a parallel reality, where they find they must use modern technology, but medieval weapons, in order to save the citizenry from a murderous warlord.
- DirectorMichael BlakemoreStarsPatrick PearsonMichael ElphickJoe MeliaThe members of S.A.D.U.S.E.A. (Song and Dance Unit South East Asia) fall in and out of love while trying to dodge Malayan Communist bullets in the late 1940s. Not only that, they have to contend with Bible bashing Major Giles Flack (John Cleese), who creates far more danger than any of the jungle inhabitants. Only gay Acting Captain Terri Dennis (Denis Quilley) seems to be capable of coping with him, but even he isn't aware of the cowardly Sergeant Major Reg Drummond (Michael Elphick) selling arms to the natives.
- DirectorPeter SmithAn absent-minded professor develops different types of potions--such as potions that restore youth, formulas that give super strength and one particular drinks that makes anyone who takes it tell the truth--that students use to cause havoc at school.
- StarsDavid TateJon GloverNorma RonaldIn a lawless future, an enforcer called Ragnarok interferes in various problematic situations on different planets.
- StarsBryan FerryPhil ManzaneraAndy MackayA Roxy Music concert, recorded at Frejus, France, on 27 August 1982 during their Avalon tour.
- DirectorCharles SturridgeStarsKate HardieJames FoxJane AsherWhen his young daughter disappears, her father refuses to accept that she is dead and sets out on a journey to find her.
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenJohn GuillerminStarsBrooke ShieldsLambert WilsonJohn Rhys-DaviesIntent on winning a competition in place of her distinguished late father, beautiful young heiress Dale takes on the guise of a man and competes in his spot, embarking on a car race that crosses the unforgiving Sahara desert.
- DirectorMichael ArmstrongStanley A. LongStarsVincent RussoMichael GordonMarie ScintoA trilogy of three improbable stories of horror and the supernatural are combined into this low budget thriller: "That's the Way to Do It," "Dreamhouse,," and "Do You Believe in Fairies?"
- DirectorGavin MillarStarsHelen LindsayJohn HorsleyAnna JonesTeen girl in 1963 finds freemasonry items in her late fathers briefcase including condoms and a book of rites. The book is taken to school and the girls form their own club. The mother finds the condoms and makes wrong assumption.
- DirectorTerry BedfordStarsPeter CoyoteMel SmithBillie WhitelawThieves run over a child while escaping after a robbery. A deadly hitman who likes to taunt his targets is hired to track them down. Stone moves to England, but the assassin follows. Loosely based on Donald Westlake's cult crime novel.
- DirectorAlan BriggsStarsColin ChamberlainGinny RoseJon HollanzA mute child arrives at a children's home and starts terrorizing the other children with her demonic powers.
- DirectorRichard LesterStarsChristopher ReeveRichard PryorMargot KidderSynthetic kryptonite laced with tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel.
- DirectorTom HuckabeeKent SmithStarsBill PaxtonBarry WoollerDavid GuthrieMilitant feminist scientists brainwash research subject to assassinate the Welsh Minister of Prostitution. Meanwhile World War III is being fought and the USA has been invaded.
- DirectorDavid Kent-WatsonStarsCliff TwemlowJohn Saint RyanMax Beesley SnrProfessor Lindenbrook has secret documentation wanted by the Russians. She is kidnapped and taken to The Caribbean. Following in hot pursuit are Chaser and William Grant.
- DirectorNavin ThaparStarsAmerjit Deu
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsAlbert FinneyTom CourtenayEdward FoxPersonal assistant Norman struggles to get deteriorating veteran actor Sir through a difficult performance of King Lear.
- DirectorSally PotterStarsJulie ChristieColette LaffontHilary WestlakeAn avant-garde exploration of a woman's life.
- DirectorMichael J. MurphyStarsSteven LonghurstCaroline AylwardColin EffordNeville Harmer thinks his troubles are over when his wheel-chair bound father meets with an untimely death due to Neville's negligence leaving him with a hefty inheritance. But stipulations in the will means that Neville will have to continue to run his father's sawmill and live in his house or forfeit the inheritance. But the house has a dark history where many unexplained things occur causing many to question their sanity.
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsMichael CaineRichard GereBob HoskinsDuring the Dirty War, a half-English doctor in Argentina befriends the police, the rebels and the alcoholic Honorary British Consul, whose Latino wife he seduces. When the consul is mistakenly kidnapped by the rebels, he must pick a side.
- DirectorTony ScottStarsCatherine DeneuveDavid BowieSusan SarandonA love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire (Catherine Deneuve), her cellist companion (David Bowie), and a gerontologist (Susan Sarandon).
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsMichael CaineLaurence OlivierSusan GeorgeAn MI6 defector has his appearance altered by the K.G.B. and is sent back to Britain to retrieve top-secret documents.
- DirectorMichael MannStarsScott GlennIan McKellenAlberta WatsonNazis are forced to turn to a Jewish historian for help in battling the ancient demon they have inadvertently freed from its prison.
- DirectorMichael J. MurphyStarsSteven LonghurstCaroline AylwardDavid BruhlTwo psychos escape from the maximum security wing of Broadmoor Prison and sneak in the backdoor of a theatre to hide away while a performance of a stage play titled "Murder in the Dark" stages its final night.
- DirectorTerry JonesStarsJohn CleeseTerry GilliamEric IdleThe comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.
- DirectorWilford LeachStarsKevin KlineAngela LansburyLinda RonstadtAfter a young man leaves a band of pirates, hilarity ensues.
- DirectorRichard EyreStarsJonathan PryceWilliam MaxwellPaul JessonJames Penfield (Jonathan Pryce) has made a career out of journalism. Now bankrupt, he finds himself with a group of other writers in the middle of the dispute-ridden British homeland at the time of the Falklands War.
- DirectorTerence DaviesStarsPhillip MawdsleyNick StringerValerie LilleyThree autobiographical short films made over seven years about a young gay man coming to terms with his Catholic schooling, his homosexuality and guilt, his parents and their deaths, despair and loneliness.
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsFaye DunawayAlan BatesJohn GielgudCaroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her new wealthy situation, she gets bored and turns to highway robbery for thrills. While on the road she meets a famous highwayman, and they continue as a team, but some people begin suspecting her identity, and she risks death if she continues her nefarious activities.
- DirectorBob KellettStarsRichard OwensMark JefferisRebecca LaceyA family on holiday in Italy get into trouble when a cable car journey goes wrong.
- DirectorBette GordonStarsSandy McLeodWill PattonRichard M. DavidsonA woman becomes obsessed with pornography and the mysterious rich patron of the Times Square porn theater called Variety where she works selling tickets. This awakens her sexuality, which confuses her worried boyfriend.
- DirectorChristopher MongerStarsIan McNeiceBish NethercoteJohn CassadyA sheltered late night radio show host who offers escapism to his audience via his narrations of his 19th century romance novels, finds a brutalized young woman and takes her in to take care of her, which makes his psyche start to crack.
- DirectorMel DamskiStarsGraham ChapmanPeter BoyleCheech MarinAfter serving two decades in prison, Yellowbeard (Graham Chapman) breaks out determined to recover the treasure that he buried so long ago, alongside his son, old crew, and the British Navy.
- DirectorBarbra StreisandStarsBarbra StreisandAmy IrvingMandy PatinkinA Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.
- DirectorKarl FrancisStarsDafydd HywelGwenllian DaviesEluned JonesRealistic and stark drama on a Welsh man struggling with his alcohol addiction
- StarsStephanie PugsleyJack BabuscioKate CrutchleyMagazine style program for and about homosexual people, with entertainment interviews and features.
- DirectorJane HowellStarsJohn BenfieldPeter BensonBrenda BlethynFollowing his father's early death and the loss of possessions in France, young Henry VI comes to the throne, under the protection of the Duke of Gloucester. He is unaware that there are other claimants to the throne, Plantagenet of York and Somerset of Lancaster, whose factions will ultimately cause the Wars of the Roses. Ignorant of the schisms, Henry tries to unite them in the Hundred Years' War, capturing Joan of Arc, before he marries Margaret of Anjou to unite England and France. However, there is no dowry, angering the court. Margaret finds the pious Henry a dull husband and embarks upon an affair with Somerset as well as crossing Gloucester's wife Eleanor. When Gloucester is arrested for alleged treason because of Eleanor, Henry is too feeble to prevent his death or the country slipping into civil war.
- DirectorJohn KilbyStarsSimon CadellPaul ShaneRuth MadocSpike is smitten by Francoise Ogilvy, staying at the camp with her mother, but Francoise believes that Spike should adopt a more sophisticated act. Spike does this in order to please her but he is not a success. Finally Ted and Peggy sabotage his act, which annoys Francoise but regains Spike's popularity. Gladys sees off the opposition when Sylvia becomes the camp announcer on a trial basis.
- DirectorJohn BruceStarsAmanda BairstowAnn BeachSusan BeagleyA boy, a girl, a tramp and a piano with the most amazing effect on people, find each other in a park in a heatwave.
- DirectorPeter HarrisStarsJim BowenTony GreenDave Whitcombe
- StarsAndy JayeTim DamnSteve RydeLater known as CITV, it was a slot on UK channel ITV1 (known as ITV at the time), broadcast between 3.00 and 5.00pm weekdays and from 9.25am Saturdays. Comprising scheduled childrens' programmes linked by presenters' reading viewers input.
- DirectorBob SpiersStarsRobbie ColtraneAdrian EdmondsonDawn French1985:- England has been invaded by the Warsaw Pact countries and middle-class couple Hermine and Godfrey retreat to their rural hide-away but after witnessing a bunch of incompetent commandos kill each other, they get separated.
- DirectorRon JonesStarsPeter DavisonSarah SuttonLeonard SachsOn Gallifrey, someone on the High Council of the Time Lords is perpetrating a treasonous act - transmitting the Doctor's bio-extract data from the space/time Matrix to a mysterious anti-matter being they are in contact with. On Earth, two lads backpacking in Amsterdam spend the night sleeping in a crypt where they're attacked by an alien creature under the same anti-matter being's control.
- DirectorCharles KitchenStarsPeter AdamsonJean AlexanderJohnny BriggsEpisode aired Dec 13, 1982 in the U.K. / Hilda is thrilled when Eddie returns with Marion. They are reconciled. The factory girls make up denim handbags behind Mike's back for Christmas presents. They make extra ones to give to Sammy Patel to sell on his market stall. Eddie plans to make up the £1,000 by stopping drinking and smoking. Marion is amused by his determination. Blanche invites the Barlows and Albert to spend Christmas with her at the country club. Deirdre is keen but Albert refuses to go. Ivy refuses to have anything to do with the handbags which Vera and Elsie are making. She warns them that Mike will kill them if he finds out.
- StarsMarc ZuberMichael ElphickCarol HawkinsComedy drama series by Roy Clarke about unsuccessful private eye Billy Gibbs and his ex-wrestler assistant Bloomfield.
- StarsCarolyn PicklesDavid HaymanLiz SmithEsther lives with her gran, and is all set for life as a spinster, until Raymond appears, and changes her life, for both good and bad.
- DirectorRon JonesStarsPeter DavisonSarah SuttonJanet FieldingThe High Council sentence the Doctor to death on Gallifrey, as Nyssa works with Damon to find proof that one of their own had stolen his biodata extract. Meanwhile Tegan arrives in the Netherlands to look for her missing cousin.
- DirectorCarol WilksStarsJo KendallGwyneth PowellFraser CainsIt's the start of a new year: Pogo is selling pens while Gripper is extracting money from the 1st years.
- DirectorSandra GregoryStarsDebbie Supnik
- DirectorKeith WashingtonStarsDoreen SloaneJim WigginsNigel CrowleyPaul has a job interview, and is confident that he has done well. Annabelle starts making clothes for Lucy as part of her economy drive. Bobby goes back to work after the strike, and finds that some of his co-workers are angry.
- CreatorRichard HillsStarsBen EllisonPaul GreenwoodRichard MorantChildren's TV show where each week Captain Zep 'Space Detective' introduces a crime to an audience of 'cadets' which they and the kids at home can try to solve.