Ian Hendry is finally getting his due as an actor.
An effective actor due to using a naturalistic approach. Ian Hendry was one of many people who played a part in the way British acting would evolve during the 1950s. Fortunately, he is now being recognized as a true talent.
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- CreatorSydney NewmanStarsPatrick MacneeDiana RiggHonor BlackmanA quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners.The original leading character.
- CreatorMichael J. BirdStarsIan HendryWanda VenthamAnthony StambouliehA war veteran and his wife, unknowingly a secret agent, run a Greek island bar. When she's activated on a mission and suspicions about him surface after a murder, their loyalty faces a test.
- StarsPeter VaughanArtro MorrisRichard LeechTough cop Detective Chief Superintendent Cradock is assigned to track down and bring to justice the criminals behind the daring theft of five and half million pounds worth of gold bullion from an airfield in the South of England.
- CreatorBrian ClemensAnthony SkeneMichael ZagorStarsDonna MillsGary CollinsDerek Francis"Thriller" was an anthology series of self-contained episodes, with genres ranging from murder mystery to suspense to psychological and supernatural horror.
- CreatorSydney NewmanStarsIan HendryJohn WarwickHoward Daley
- CreatorGeoffrey BellmanJohn WhitneyStarsIan HendryNeil HallettJean MarshA disgraced ex-lawyer, now released from prison, uses his accumulated knowledge to earn a living from both sides of the law.
- StarsPatrick MacneeGareth HuntJoanna LumleySecret agent Steed, working for an unnamed branch of British intelligence, is teamed up with two partners to fight evil plots for world domination, dealing with suspended animation, biological warfare, robotics, and other threats.
- StarsDerek FrancisAlfred BurkeArthur HewlettAn anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
- CreatorDavid NobbsStarsMichael BryantWilliam SimonsKatherine BarkerAnthology series of dramatic works.
- StarsCampbell SingerThomas HeathcoteRichard CaldicotRichard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
- StarsHarry H. CorbettPaul Whitsun-JonesBillie WhitelawThis show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
- StarsReginald BarrattPriscilla MorganFrank CromptonAnthology series with each episode a different story set in a village hall.
- CreatorIan Kennedy MartinStarsJohn ThawDennis WatermanGarfield MorganJack Regan and George Carter are hard-edged detectives in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police. They pursue villains by methods which are underhanded and often illegal, frequently violent and - more often than not - successful.
- StarsIan HolmTom BellRudolph WalkerThe Frighteners was a British psychological suspense anthology series that ran for 1 series consisting of 13 self contained episodes.
- StarsPeter WheelerJoseph BerryRichard ColsonA courtroom drama in which each case is usually presented in three episodes. At the end of the third episode, a jury of "ordinary people" comes to a verdict on the evidence presented.
- StarsAndre Van GyseghemBillie WhitelawIan HendryChilling anthology series where membership to the secret society, The Club of the Damned, is granted through telling horror stories.
- CreatorRobert Banks StewartStarsJohn NettlesTerence AlexanderSean ArnoldRecovering alcoholic and divorced father of a young daughter, DS Jim Bergerac is a true maverick who prefers doing things his own way, and consequently doesn't always carry out his investigations the way his boss would like.
- StarsDonald PleasenceIan HendryThomas HeathcoteArmchair Mystery Theatre is a 60-minute United Kingdom television anthology mystery series. Thirty-four episodes aired from 1960-65. It was hosted by Donald Pleasence and produced by Leonard White.
- StarsRoger MooreIvor DeanLeslie CrawfordSimon (the Saint) Templar's an adventurer, and friend to those in need. Where his money comes from isn't mentioned, but, he travels europe in his white Volvo P1800S righting wrongs.In two of the best episodes from the series.
- StarsPatrick McGoohanPeter MaddenFrank MaherJohn Drake is a special operative for M9, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element that threatens world peace.
- StarsTim TurnerLisa DanielyDeborah WatlingWhile working on an invisibility formula, British scientist Dr. Peter Brady (Tim Turner) suffers a tragic accident which turns him invisible. Unfortunately, there is no antidote, so while working on a method to regain his visibility, he undertakes missions for his government stopping bad guys.
- StarsTony CurtisRoger MooreLaurence NaismithTwo worlds collide when Lord Brett Sinclair, a titled British man, and Danny Wilde, a Bronx-raised, self-made American, reluctantly join forces to right wrongs and protect the innocent.
- StarsRobert VaughnNyree Dawn PorterTony AnholtChallenges abound for worldwide crime-fighting team The Protectors. Organised into a global secret society, their mission is to protect the innocent and apprehend the guilty. Starring Emmy winner Robert Vaughn "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.".
- StarsIan OgilvyGayle HunnicuttStratford JohnsThis series chronicles the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
- StarsMichael BryantJudi DenchMaurice DenhamDrama anthology series transmitted on BBC Two.
- StarsIan HendryRonald LaceyDonald SumpterA science fiction satire based on Don Quixote. Astronaut Captain Don Quick and Sergeant Sam Czopanser, members of the Intergalactic Maintenance Squad, visit worlds where they attempt to set right imaginary wrongs, often upsetting the inhabitants.
- StarsRay MarioniDerrick SherwinAubrey RichardsBlackmail, in all its meanings and forms, was the central theme of the episodes comprising this series.
- CreatorNicolas FreelingStarsBarry FosterMichael LatimerJoanna DunhamCynical Dutch Detective Commissaris and his colleagues investigate murders, kidnappings, and political corruption.
- StarsAlfred LynchBernard HeptonGeoffrey MatthewsA historical anthology series based on "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples", Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies.
- CreatorMary TourtelAlfred BestallJoy WhitbyStarsBernard CribbinsKenneth WilliamsMartin JarvisA celebrity reads a story, enhancing it in ways that will entice the most restless of children.
- StarsTom AdamsDuggie BrownSharon MaughanDetective Chief Inspector Nick Lewis is tasked with investigating unsolved crimes.
- StarsIan HendrySheridan FitzgeraldRobert DuncanAfternoon soap which took on the difficult subject of a husband coming to terms with and then coping with his wife's terminal illness diagnosis.
- StarsRichard BealeJosie KiddJeremy ClydeA little boy is looking forward to spending the day with his divorced father; will he get his hopes up just to be disappointed?
- StarsMichael BalfourMadoline ThomasDiane CilentoAnthology series of dramatic works.
- StarsJay NeillRobert ListerGemma JonesAnthology of crime stories in which the telephone plays a key role.
- StarsDenholm ElliottShane BriantNeville PhillipsA collection of odd stories from the writer Graham Greene.
- StarsTommy CooperPatrick DurkinDavid HamiltonBroadcast in 1975, this series features 6 episodes where Tommy performs on stage gags and tricks, a musical number by Lynsey de Paul, a sketch featuring a couple of guest stars and finishes off with 'Fez To Fez' where David Hamilton doubles up as an interviewer to probe Tommy's mind.
- StarsBrian RixJoby BlanshardCyril LuckhamBBC Sunday-Night Play is the anthology drama series which replaced Sunday Night Theatre in 1960.
- CreatorIvan GoffBen RobertsStarsRobert ReedHugh O'BrianKatherine JusticeAnthology series consisting of pilot episodes for programs ABC had considered for future productions.
- StarsJohn PaulJohn ScottJessica SpencerAn early hit for ATV, this absorbing, rigorously researched and very human drama series centres on the work of a team of probation officers based in London, and the lives of the men and women of all ages and backgrounds who come under their care. Drawing on the documentary skills of creator Julian Bond and produced by Emergency - Ward 10s Antony Kearey, Probation Officer was broadcast at a time when the service was increasingly coming into focus as progressive response to rising crime.
- CreatorAntonia FraserStarsPatricia HodgeSally WattsIan HendryJemima Shore is a TV presenter and journalist but also an amateur sleuth solving crimes beyond the TV studio.
- StarsFrank GallopKeir DulleaJohn EricsonA successor to Kraft Television Theater with a change of focus away from straight drama. The high productions remained along with the ability to attract well known talent.
- DirectorVasili LevinStarsNikolai SimonovAndrei PopovNikolay VolkovA retired police commissioner in Bern becomes suspicious about two fatal road accidents. His private investigation brings him to a posh clinic near Zurich. Is the owner and a former doctor at a Nazi concentration camp one and the same?
- StarsRichard CaldicotGeorge WoodbridgeRobert BrownSeries of television plays performed live.
- StarsElvi HaleMadoline ThomasGeorge A. CooperAn anthology series of dramatisations of plays.
- StarsJill BrowneCharles 'Bud' TingwellFrederick BartmanSet in Oxbridge General Hospital, this soap opera focused equally on the lives and loves of its medical staff and the pressure of their work.
- StarsPhil DanielsJohnny AllanDavid ParfittA series of anthologies highlighting the initial projects of directors venturing into television drama filmmaking.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsSean ConneryHarry AndrewsIan BannenIn a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.
- DirectorMichael TrumanStarsIan HendryRonald FraserMargaret JohnstonWhen a beautiful girl is murdered, Inspector Birkett finds that she had some famous friends who don't want publicity.
- DirectorAnton LeaderStarsIan HendryAlan BadelBarbara FerrisSix impossibly intelligent children from all over the world with dangerous psychic powers hide in a church in England after the military tries to experiment on them. Besieged, they warn the military to back off before carnage ensues.
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsJoan CollinsPeter CushingRalph RichardsonFive strangers get lost in a crypt and, after meeting the mysterious Crypt Keeper, receive visions of how they will die.
- DirectorJack ClaytonStarsLaurence HarveySimone SignoretHeather SearsAn ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter despite falling in love with a married older woman.
- DirectorDouglas HickoxStarsVincent PriceDiana RiggIan HendryA Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsCatherine DeneuveIan HendryJohn FraserA sex-repulsed woman who disapproves of her sister's boyfriend sinks into depression and has horrific visions of rape and violence.
- DirectorMike HodgesStarsMichael CaineIan HendryBritt EklandWhen his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate.
- DirectorBrian ClemensStarsHorst JansonJohn CarsonShane BriantA master swordsman and former soldier and his hunchbacked assistant hunt vampires.
- DirectorLamont JohnsonStarsBrian KeithHelmut GriemIan HendryDuring WW2, German POWs in Britain plot to escape from their prison camp in Scotland.
- DirectorDon TaylorMike HodgesStarsWilliam HoldenLee GrantJonathan Scott-TaylorDamien the Antichrist, now about to turn thirteen years old, finally learns of his destiny under the guidance of an unholy disciple of Satan. Meanwhile dark forces begin to eliminate all those who suspect the child's true identity.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsRoger DaltreyAdam FaithCheryl CampbellJohn McVicar was a notorious London criminal known as "Public Enemy No. 1" for armed bank robberies. He was captured and imprisoned in a high security facility, but continued attempting escapes.
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsJack NicholsonMaria SchneiderJenny RunacreUnable to find the war he's been asked to cover, a frustrated war correspondent takes the risky path of co-opting the identity of a dead arms-deal acquaintance.
- DirectorPeter CraneStarsIan HendryEdward JuddFrank WindsorA government assassin is sent to kill a government official who might be leaking its secrets.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsJames CoburnLee GrantHarry AndrewsA retired intelligence agent devises a cunning plan to eliminate those who know too much about his past.
- DirectorSidney HayersStarsMartin PotterJulia FosterNicky HensonA young policeman and a small-time crook are both involved with the same girl.
- DirectorSidney HayersStarsIan HendryJune RitchieAvice LandoneA bored housewife has an affair with her mother's lodger. When he dumps her, she attempts suicide, which brings everyone to their senses.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsIan HendryJanette ScottRonald FraserOn a seaside holiday, pretty Bristol typist Shirley meets Dan Mackenzie from her local paper. He persuades her that she has what it takes in the world of beauty contests, and so it proves. Ditching her predictable fiancé and having to leave home, Shirley moves to London to continuing success. Increasingly smitten by her, Dan reckons he should be more than just her manager, but this is not at all the way Shirley sees things.
- DirectorJay LewisStarsIan HendryJune RitchieJohn GregsonAlbert is a cheerful, unscrupulous "tally-man", a door-to-door salesman who cons housewives into buying things they don't need on the installment plan. He's happy - until he begins to fall in love.
- DirectorSidney HayersOrson WellesStarsGeorge SegalUrsula AndressOrson WellesIn 1912 West Africa, diamond tycoon Kramer hires penniless American fortune hunter Dan Rockland, who's posing as a geologist, but when a huge diamond is found, everyone wants to steal it.
- DirectorJohn DavisStarsAnthony KempMary BurleighMartin BeaumontAn Imaginative young boy called Tony whose Dad is the Town Mayor, isn't believed when he might actually be telling the truth for once.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsAnthony NewleyAnne AubreyBernie WintersA gang of smalltime criminals is sent to an experimental prison where inmates are to be reformed, not punished. The leader of the gang plans to use this to his advantage and take control of the place through manipulation.
- DirectorRobert Hartford-DavisStarsMichael BentineDora BryanHarry H. CorbettA man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
- DirectorJohn FlynnStarsBruce DavisonNicol WilliamsonDaria HalprinAn American student starts working with his Arab colleague while putting all politics aside. However, is his colleague just a regular Joe? Set around the time of Arab-Israeli Six Day War.