Alan Plater Trailers
Jake on the Box TrailerOn the Road with J.B. Priestley and The Good Companions Trailer
Most Popular Alan Plater Trailers
Total trailers found: 30
Practical Experience Trailer (1976)
16 April 1976
'I'm unusual. I really want to be an architect. Always have done. Always wanted to build fine buildings and fine cities where people can work and eat and sleep and be happy.
Misterioso Trailer (1991)
25 July 1991
On the death of her mother, a young woman in northern England learns that her father is actually her step-father.
Bewitched Trailer (1983)
08 July 1983
The story is set in a small English coastal town, around the turn of the century. A young woman, thought by many in the village to be a witch, dies suddenly one day.
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet Trailer (1976)
18 November 1976
Based on James Herriot's books about life as a 1930s veterinarian in Yorkshire, John Alderson plays the kindly doctor who ministers to animals in this enjoyable family film.
The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura Trailer (1983)
12 December 1983
A remote farmhouse on an isolated island. Strangers with English accents. Quarrels and a lonely child.
Belonging Trailer (2004)
12 September 2004
After giving up her job as a librarian to care for her husband’s elderly family, Jess’ world falls apart when he leaves her for a younger woman.
Juggernaut Trailer (1974)
25 September 1974
A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he has planted aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise ship.
Feet Foremost Trailer (1983)
10 June 1983
The new owners of a Manor House discover a legend that whoever is carried across the threshold shall unleash unknown forces.
Curriculee Curricula Trailer (1978)
28 February 1978
A plumber named Benny tries to find his way around a university, and gets no sense out of the intellectuals who work and study there.
On Your Way, Riley! Trailer (1985)
02 January 1985
Biopic of Arthur Lucan, who portrayed Old Mother Riley for over twenty years on stage and screen.
On the Road with J.B. Priestley and The Good Companions Trailer (1980)
09 November 1980
Alan Plater looks at the various adaptations of J.B. Priestley's 'The Good Companions', in the company of the author himself.
Land of Green Ginger Trailer (1973)
15 January 1973
Faced with the prospect of being sent to work abroad, Sally Brown returns home from London to Hull, to see if she still feels the same attachment for her home town - and for her old boyfriend Mike Thurlow.
The Inside Man Trailer (1984)
31 August 1984
In 1981, after the successful test of a submarine tracker device developed by the Swedish scientist Paul Mandell and sponsored by the US government through his representative Miller, his industry is totally burned and the laser device is stolen.
The Intercessor Trailer (1983)
03 June 1983
A writer seeking seclusion takes rooms in a remote farmhouse. Soon his quiet is broken by sounds and then sightings of a small child.
Priest of Love Trailer (1981)
11 October 1981
Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico.
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells Trailer (2000)
26 August 2000
After Elizabeth's husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when she was 15 and a member of the Blonde Bombshells, an all-girl (with one exception) swing band.
Sam's Song Trailer (1979)
01 January 1979
Sam and Ingrid start out with dreams of marrying someone rich who will make life easy. When they find they do not match up to each other's dreams however, they decide to set about making another dream come true.
Night People Trailer (1978)
06 December 1978
A classical string quartet stop at a motorway cafe in early hours. Among the people they meet are a football supporter, a commercial traveller and an elderly couple on their way to Gretna Green to get married.
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False? Trailer (1979)
10 April 1979
Spoof story, set in the 1950s, about espionage in a humberside village.
Doggin' Around Trailer (1994)
16 October 1994
The past catches up with an ageing American jazz pianist when he returns to the clubs of Lancashire and Yorkshire that he last visited 10 years previously.
Keep the Aspidistra Flying Trailer (1997)
20 November 1997
Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.
Coming Through Trailer (1985)
27 December 1985
While researching the work of author D.H. Lawrence (Kenneth Branagh), Kate (Alison Steadman) begins a romance with a fellow academic, and learns about Lawrence's love affair with the married aristocrat Frieda Von Richthofen (Helen Mirren) in this made-for-television drama.
Joe Maddison's War Trailer (2010)
19 September 2010
Newcastle, 1939. Shipyard worker Joe feels emasculated and past his prime; too old to serve in the war, and he’s shocked when his wife leaves him for a younger naval officer.
Who Bombed Birmingham? Trailer (1990)
22 April 1990
Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin ins
Jake on the Box Trailer (2006)
06 October 2006
An appreciation and retrospective look at the songs and humour of Leeds folk singer/songwriter Jake Thackray, including performances of some of his songs.
Give Us a Kiss, Christabel Trailer (1977)
27 October 1977
Casual labour appeals to Wilfred, and the street market is a friendly home until he meets the beautiful Christabel.
Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred Trailer (1970)
28 January 1970
Two incidents in a young actress's life have their effect on each other - a dinner date with a film producer, and attendance at the funeral of a favourite uncle.
The Virgin and the Gypsy Trailer (1970)
01 June 1970
Film adaptation from the novel by D.H. Lawrence, discovered after the celebrated author's death in 1930, a romantic love story tells of a prim young English girl who is sexually attracted to a seductively virile gypsy.
Death Is Part of the Process Trailer (1986)
01 January 1986
South Africa in the 60s. The campaign of sabotage is halted and the arrests continue. The Special Branch obviously have inside Information.
