Description: Ian McShane, Mary Peach and Rosemary Leach star in a 1979 miniseries about Benjamin Disraeli's political aspirations. Genre: Drama Year Released: 1978 Number of episodes: 4 First episode air date: September 5, 1978 Network: ITV Director: Claude Whatham Genres: Drama, Miniseries
Plot: The challenging and spirited early life of cinema's first great comedic artist, Charlie Chaplin, is portrayed. The innately talented young Charlie must overcome a wayward life of poverty and familial chaos to reach the pinnacle of stardom. The early life of Cinema's first great comedic artist is...
Plot: Thomas & Sarah is a British drama series that aired on ITV in 1979. A spin-off from the BAFTA Award-winning series Upstairs, Downstairs, it stars John Alderton and Pauline Collins reprising their Upstairs, Downstairs roles. Wikipedia
Plot: The Plane Makers is a British television series created by Wilfred Greatorex and produced by Rex Firkin. ATV made three series for ITV between 1963 and 1965. It was succeeded by The Power Game, which ran for an additional three series from 1965 to 1969. Wikipedia
Plot: ITV Sunday Night Theatre, originally titled ITV Saturday Night Theatre, is a British television anthology series screened on ITV, and produced by London Weekend Television. Some episodes were produced with Kestrel Productions. Wikipedia
Plot: Playhouse is a British television anthology series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. Wikipedia
Plot: The Strauss Family is a 1972 English Associated Television series of eight episodes, about the family of composers of that name, including Johann Strauss I and his sons Johann Strauss II, Eduard Strauss and Josef Strauss. Wikipedia
Plot: The story of Jennie Jerome, who was born in the United States in 1845 and eventually became Lady Randolph Churchill, the mother of Winston Churchill.
Plot: Lillie Langtry, trapped in a loveless marriage, takes full advantage of her beauty, attracting many lovers and admirers including the Prince of Wales and Oscar Wilde.
Plot: It's 1589 in Elizabethan England, where a young William Shakespeare arrives from the small town of Stratford to an electric London punk-rock theatre scene. This seductive, violent world inspires Will to dream big, but his budding talent faces rioting audiences, religious fanatics and raucous sideshows...
Plot: Mary grows up under the care of her uncle, Doctor Thorne, and spends her shaping years with the Gresham family. But soon, their financial woes and her past begin to disrupt her peaceful life.
Plot: Period drama adapted from Daphne du Maurier's gothic novel about a young woman who is forced to live with her aunt and uncle following the death of her mother.
Plot: Jo Gillespie, who works as a police constable, is shattered when she finds out that her husband Ryan, an undercover cop, has been killed under mysterious circumstances and probes into his death.
Plot: Edward the Seventh is a 1975 British television drama series, made by ATV in 13 episodes. Based on the biography of King Edward VII by Philip Magnus, it starred Timothy West as the elder Edward VII and Simon Gipps-Kent and Charles Sturridge as Edward in his youth, and Annette Crosbie as Queen Victoria...
Plot: Dickens of London is a 1976 television miniseries from Yorkshire Television based on the life of English novelist Charles Dickens. Both Dickens and his father John were played by British actor Roy Dotrice. The series was written by Wolf Mankowitz and Marc Miller. In the United States, the series was...