Barry Davis

Most Popular Barry Davis Trailers

Total trailers found: 30

Katie: The Year of a Child Trailer (1979)

13 December 1979

Katie, the 14-year-old daughter of a travelling family, is left in charge of an ailing mother and her nine brothers and sisters in Dublin whilst her father is in England seeking his fortune.

Paper Roses Trailer (1971)

13 June 1971

Facing retirement, elderly journalist Clarence Hubbard reflects on the pointlessness of a life wasted writing banal tabloid human interest, animal, and crime stories.

Baby Love Trailer (1974)

07 November 1974

Play about Eileen who steals a baby, and the reactions of those around her, including the priest, police, and authorities and the consequences of what she does.

The Cause Trailer (1981)

03 February 1981

"I wish I could write ... about what Spain was like - a real cause. Not just Cornford, Hemingway and Orwell, but the ordinary blokes who went.

Your Man from Six Counties Trailer (1976)

26 October 1976

When his father becomes a bomb victim, Jimmy leaves Belfast for his uncle’s farm in remote west Ireland.

Schmoedipus Trailer (1974)

20 June 1974

Glen, a complete stranger, appears at the door of Elizabeth Carter, a middle-aged woman, and claims to be the illegitimate son she gave away at birth.

Do as I Say Trailer (1977)

25 January 1977

A quietly unhappy housewife finds a stranger in her house and is raped at knife-point by him. But when she turns to friends, neighbours and her parents-in-law for sympathy, they all seem preoccupied by other matters.

Benefactors Trailer (1989)

02 January 1989

Michael Frayn play part of TV series Theatre Night.

Eleanor Trailer (1974)

12 December 1974

Eleanor seems normal enough to her parents and teachers. Why then has she disappeared?

Gotcha / Campion's Interview Trailer (1977)

12 April 1977

Two stories about school. Gotcha by Barrie Keeffe: On his last day at school, a 'no hope' 16-year-old pupil holds his teachers hostage using a motor-bike petrol tank as a bomb.

The Floater Trailer (1975)

29 May 1975

A comedy about the law - seen from the inside. All formality and procedure on the surface but not quite so convincing when you see the works.

Mummy and Daddy Trailer (1973)

15 November 1973

Arthur takes early retirement, and with his wife Marion, moves into a bungalow by the sea, bought by their son.

For Sylvia, or the Air Show Trailer (1973)

19 February 1973

Was this the finest hour? Sifting the truth and fiction about the Battle of Britain, Burrows and Harding give their own account of how the nation sees its heroes - and itself.

Brimstone and Treacle Trailer (1976)

06 April 1976

A mysterious stranger inserts himself into a troubled family's life, blurring the lines between good and evil as he cares for their disabled daughter.

The Ha-Ha Trailer (1969)

25 August 1969

A young woman has a mental breakdown in a state institution.

The People’s Jack Trailer (1970)

26 January 1970

A musical version of the life of the 17th Century English radical politician, John Wilkes, who campaigned for the right for voters to determine their representatives, not the House of Commons.

Funny Trailer (1971)

16 November 1971

In London, Tom and Phyl are self-assured and in control of the situation whenever they meet their friends Huw and Tegwen.

The Waiting Game Trailer (1967)

29 December 1967

A henpecked trade union leader tries to bully and then bribe a vulnerable housing manager into letting him jump the queue and have a new council flat.

There Is a Happy Land Trailer (1974)

05 May 1974

Keith Waterhouse's near autobiographical tale about characters from his childhood.

Pews Trailer (1980)

12 January 1980

Liftchick has a problem. As beadle to the synagogue he is responsible for getting ten men together to say Kaddish, but it is holiday-time and the town is empty.

What the Butler Saw Trailer (1987)

23 May 1987

White golliwogs, cross-dressing coppers, bellboy rapists, insanity, incest, and Winston Churchill’s giant member all play their part in this BBC production of Joe Orton’s farcical, bitingly satirical 1969 play, in which the head psychiatrist of a lunatic asylum, when trying to conceal the attempted molestation of his new secretary from his wife, only succeeds in making himself (and everyone else) look completely round the bend.

Her Majesty's Pleasure Trailer (1973)

25 October 1973

They are all 'in' for life so the pleasures are sparse, and strictly of their own making.Their really big event is the Christmas pantomime, only this year they have lost their star.

Separation Trailer (1990)

27 June 1990

When neurologically ill American actress Sarah calls emotionally crippled English playwright Joe, they begin a very special relationship conducted through trans-Antlantic phone calls.

If Only the Trains Came Trailer (1968)

16 December 1968

Play based on a story by Chekhov. For Gromov, behind the bars of a mental ward, the railway is the one hope of escape.

When We Are Married Trailer (1987)

26 December 1987

Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law.

Crippled Bloom Trailer (1972)

10 September 1972

A bookmaker moves in with two sisters. He gets more than he bargained for.

It's Called the Sugar Plum Trailer (1969)

01 November 1969

When a college student accidentally hits and kills a pedestrian, the dead man’s fiancée shows up at his door the next day, demanding answers.

Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely Windows Trailer (1970)

02 February 1970

Drama about the 1914-16 Irish uprising, from the perspective of Irish rebels and English military planners.

The Sullens Sisters Trailer (1972)

03 September 1972

Tommy Adams has become quite the grown man. Now 19 years old, he is the man of the house, working full-time and supporting his widowed mother.

The Watercress Girl Trailer (1972)

17 September 1972

Mary stands trial for throwing vitriol in the face of Elizabeth, her rival for the love of Frank.