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In London's West End, the 1920s are one long and glittering post-war celebration. Nightlife fills society restaurants and the theatre business is booming. The spirit of the age creates stars whose social escapades seem as daring as their dramatic roles. This "Masterpiece Theatre" presentation, created by playwright Rosemary Anne Sisson, shows the public triumphs and behind-the-scenes ...

Manufacturer: Bfs Entertainment
Starring: Norman Rodway, Barbara Murray, David Yelland, Belinda Lang, George Winter
Directed By: Baz Taylor

Alan Bates gives a fierce, uncompromising performance in The Mayor of Casterbridge, a skillful miniseries adapted from Thomas Hardy's classic novel. The arrogant Michael Henchard (Bates), in a foul drunken mood, sells his long-suffering wife Susan (Anne Stallybrass) and infant daughter Elizabeth-Jane to a sailor at a country fair. Henchard awakens the next morning stricken with ...

Manufacturer: Acorn Media
Starring: Alan Bates, Janet Maw, Jack Galloway, Anne Stallybrass, Anna Massey
Directed By: David Giles (III)

The first two episodes of this BBC miniseries only hint at the delights to come. A lawsuit aimed at church reform in the town of Barchester forces a decent middle-aged clergyman (the august Donald Pleasence, best known in the U.S. for the Halloween movies) into a moral crisis and a conflict with his son-in-law, a pompous archdeacon (Nigel Hawthorne, The Madness of King George). ...

Starring: Donald Pleasence, David Gwillim, John Ringham, Joseph O'Conor, Clifford Parrish
Directed By: David Giles (III)

Manufacturer: Bfs Entertainment
Starring: Norman Rodway, Barbara Murray, David Yelland, Belinda Lang, George Winter
Directed By: Baz Taylor

Starring: Angela Bettis, Johnathon Schaech, Sara-Jane Alexander, Andrea Cassar, John Castle (II)
Directed By: Franco Zeffirelli

Starring: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Louie Ramsay, Diane Keen, Rossano Brazzi
Directed By: Sandy Johnson

Alan Bates gives a fierce, uncompromising performance in The Mayor of Casterbridge, a skillful miniseries adapted from Thomas Hardy's classic novel. The arrogant Michael Henchard (Bates), in a foul drunken mood, sells his long-suffering wife Susan (Anne Stallybrass) and infant daughter Elizabeth-Jane to a sailor at a country fair. Henchard awakens the next morning stricken with ...

Starring: Alan Bates, Janet Maw, Jack Galloway, Anna Massey, Peter Bourke