BBC TV Movie Trailers
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Something Rich and Strange: The Life and Music of Iannis Xenakis Trailer (1991)
01 January 1991
BBC TV documentary
After Man Trailer (1989)
29 October 1989
A stop-motion adaptation of the 1981 novel by geologist Dougal Dixon of the same name, which explores the speculative paths of evolution of modern animals into the far future.
Dallas — The Big Store Trailer (1981)
24 February 1981
Records the run up to Christmas 1980 in Dallas, Texas, from the point of view of the city's largest department store, Neiman-Marcus.
Sunset People Trailer (1984)
03 March 1984
Sunset Boulevard stretches 27 miles from Los Angeles’ Chinatown all the way to the ocean – a ride made famous by Philip Marlowe in the Chandler books.
Rust Trailer (1973)
04 September 1973
A deadly virus threatens the population, but a vaccine has been developed. However, it has a devastating side-effect.
Some Lapse of Time Trailer (1965)
06 December 1965
Dr Max Harrow is awakened from a re-current nightmare in which he is pursued by a barbaric accusing figures, to find a tramp collapsed on his doorstep, The tramp is suffering from a genetic radiation disorder that should killed him in infancy as it did Harrow's baby son.
No Place Like Earth Trailer (1965)
04 October 1965
Earth is no more, destroyed by nuclear war; but itinerant handyman Bert Foster, wandering the canals of Mars, is possessed by a restlessness for a home which no longer exists.
Stranger in the Family Trailer (1965)
18 October 1965
A boy is skilled at telepathy and in mind control. He attracts the attention of the government.
Snooker Trailer (1975)
13 January 1975
In the snooker room at a genteel gentleman's club, the mood darkens when adultery becomes the subject of conversation.
Garbo, by Joan Crawford Trailer (1969)
06 November 1969
Joan Crawford narrates this documentary about the career of Greta Garbo.
Deathday Trailer (1971)
12 May 1971
Adam Crosse is a reporter for a local paper. A neurotic under-achiever, the last straw comes when he discovers his wife Lydia is having an affair and she coolly tells him she has no intention of either giving up her lover or divorcing Adam.
By Common Consent Trailer (1975)
05 June 1975
In a foreign port two boys come to a fisherman saying they are refugees from a country where a military take-over has organised a gigantic League of Youth.
Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes Trailer (1977)
21 February 1977
A boy reflects on time he spent staying with his aunt and uncle.
The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family Trailer (1973)
21 August 1973
A film tycoon hires the wrong writer. Instead of getting the writer of Lawrence of Arabia, he gets someone whose only credits are two episodes of Coronation Street.
Article Five Trailer (1975)
04 August 1975
Members of a shadowy group demonstrate techniques of enhanced Interrogation of terrorist suspects. However, the demonstration causes consternation that such techniques were approved.
Mutinies Trailer (1974)
29 July 1974
Gerald works in publisling. He was a pilot in World War 2 and enjoys talking about his aerial battles.
Welcome Home Trailer (1971)
26 May 1971
Dr Frank Bowers has been looking forward to returning home after a long stay in a psychiatric ward. But when he gets there, he finds that not only does no one recognize him, but another man called Frank Bowers is living in his place.
In the Labyrinth Trailer (1976)
14 February 1976
After 30 years apart, a man is reunited with his mother, who resides on a psychiatric ward.
The Flight Fund Trailer (1975)
14 July 1975
Angie, Tony and their son Farnley go to stay with Uncle Edward. The routine of Edward and his companion servant, Blades, becomes unsettled when Edward and Angie develop a close bond.
The Machine Stops Trailer (1966)
06 October 1966
The future. The material needs of people are tended by the Machine, which makes their environment, in vast tunnels beneath the earth, comfortable and safe.
The Emperor's New Hat Trailer (1977)
07 February 1977
For 51 years, the Comtesse has bought a new hat to celebrate her wedding anniyear, she invites her granddaughter Sylvie to the ceremony.
The Life of Galileo Trailer (1964)
29 April 1964
BBC version of Brecht's epic account of Galileo's persecution for his 'heretical' idea that the earth moved around the sun.
The Stick Insect Trailer (1975)
18 August 1975
A married couple go to stay at a remote cottage. Once there, they discover there is no running water for tea.
Padre Pio Trailer (1968)
01 November 1968
BBC TV movie about the life of the late Francesco Forgione, widely known as Padre Pio.
I Spy a Stranger Trailer (1972)
25 September 1972
Play set in the Home Counties during the Second World War. A Czech refugee arrives at her cousin's Mrs Hudson's, which create xenophobic problems in the local community.
The Last African Flying Boat Trailer (1990)
07 January 1990
For the first time in 40 years African skies resound to the roar of a flying boat. Alexander Frater boards a wartime Catalina in search of the romance and adventure of Imperial Airways' legendary route from Cairo to the Cape - down the White Nile to the Rift Valley lakes of Kenya and on to the astonishing Ilha de Mocambique - the forgotten jewel of the Indian Ocean.
Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor Trailer (1985)
27 May 1985
In 1985, cameras take a look inside the Berkshire Music Center, the most prominent pre-professional classical music academy in the US.
Tanglewood: A Place for Music Trailer (1985)
26 May 1985
A look at the activities of the Tanglewood Music Center, America's renowned summer Academy for talented musicians, singers, composers and conductors.
I Love This Dirty Town Trailer (1969)
04 January 1969
An authored film by Margaret Drabble about the rise of the suburbs and the failure of city planning.
Monsoon Trailer (1991)
27 May 1991
In the last week of May, the whole of India prays for the onset of the monsoon. Without its life-giving rains, the nation would become a land of dry wells and deserts.
Kipper Trailer (1977)
14 February 1977
Kipper is obsessed with Manor Park Football Club. At his workplace, this obsession attracts the derision of two of his colleagues.
Level Seven Trailer (1966)
27 October 1966
Level 7 is the deepest and the safest level in a nuclear bunker. The nerve centre of the government is based here.
The Midas Plague Trailer (1965)
20 December 1965
The Future. Robot labour and free energy make the creation of goods easy and automatic. Now people are continually supplied with more things than they can possibly consume.
Sucker Bait Trailer (1965)
15 November 1965
An expedition sets out to discover what has happened to a lost colony on a distant planet. Amongst the scientists is a teenager raised to be a kind of human computer, able to make connections between different specialisms.
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain Trailer (1985)
08 April 1985
Drama documentary which takes the form of an up-dated version of Pygmalion. With a special music score by jazz group Working Week, with real "society" characters and locations from 1984.
The Man in My Head Trailer (1971)
09 June 1971
A team of soldiers break into an enemy missile base. Such is the secrecy of their mission that they have been hypnotically programmed with their orders and will only remember each stage of the operation when they hear a pre-arranged signal.
Gambitt's Move Trailer (1975)
06 March 1975
Angie, an unemployed single mother moves into a new rented home. She then receives an unwelcome visitor from her past.
The Last Lonely Man Trailer (1969)
21 January 1969
What if it became possible for the personality to pass at the moment of death into the mind of someone still alive?
Lambda 1 Trailer (1966)
20 October 1966
The future. The TAU-mode shuttle carries passengers to Australia through the earth's crust. When a routine TAU-shuttle becomes entombed in solid rock miles under the earth, the only means of rescue is the experimental LAMBDA-mode shuttle; which its creator is unsure about.
The House on the Hill Trailer (1975)
20 January 1975
A court had to decide what to do about Ellen, an elderly lady living on her own in a deteriorating rented property.
Sisters Trailer (1976)
22 August 1976
A widow, Millie, moves in with her sister, Ada, who is also a widow. Millie finds the house is not too her liking and starts to make changes, to Ada's annoyance.
The Little Black Bag Trailer (1969)
25 February 1969
When a down-at-heel, alcoholic physician discovers a medical kit, based on future technology, accidentally left in the wake of a time-travel expedition, he becomes a successful cosmetic surgeon.
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am! Trailer (1966)
09 February 1966
The uneasy relationship between elderly couple Thora Hird and Ron Moody and a cheerful stranger who moves in with them (Ronald Lacey).
Two Men from Derby Trailer (1976)
21 February 1976
Two men from Derby County FC are keen to make a new signing, but he is not at home. His wife promises he won't be long and makes conversation with them while attending to her household chores.
The Dead Past Trailer (1965)
25 October 1965
The Chronoscope is a device that analyses ancient photons to allow a glimpse into any event in Earth's distant past.
Nineteen96 Trailer (1989)
17 September 1989
Britain in the mid-1990s: a divided, violent nation where civil disorder and urban terrorism are on the increase.
Beach Head Trailer (1969)
28 January 1969
On his thirty-seventh mission, Commandant Tom Decker and his colleague Ensign Warner-Carr become alarmed at what they find when their spaceship lands on Planet 0243/B.
The Naked Sun Trailer (1969)
18 February 1969
Earth police detective Lije Baley and his robot associate, R. Daneel Olivaw, investigate an impossible murder on a planet where physical proximity is taboo but nudity is not.
Time in Advance Trailer (1965)
01 November 1965
The future. Criminals serve prison sentences before they commit their crimes. Prisons are on new planets that are being colonised.
Tunnel Under the World Trailer (1966)
01 December 1966
Déja vu: as Guy Birkett goes through the day he has a nagging feeling that he's been here before, experienced this already; except the details are always different.
James and the Giant Peach Trailer (1976)
28 December 1976
A TV adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic book.
The Counterfeit Man Trailer (1965)
11 October 1965
On Jupiter's moon Ganymede, an alien life-form has taken over the body of a human astronaut, creating an almost perfect copy.
Old Man March Is Dead Trailer (1976)
15 May 1976
In rural New Zealand an alcoholic ex-soldier is desperate to obtain more liquor. His family try to keep liquor away from him.
The Making of 'Husbands' Trailer (1971)
28 March 1971
A documentary behind the scenes of John Cassavetes' 'Husbands' (1970).
Atatürk: Father of the Turks Trailer (1970)
05 September 1970
In the documentary, the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the last period of the Ottoman Empire, the War of Independence and the developments in the first years of the Republic of Turkey are told in parallel.
Is It Something I Said? Trailer (1974)
22 July 1974
A businessman having a nervous breakdown checks in for one last night at a shabby hotel where he composes a suicide note.
Judge the Bloody City Trailer (1975)
01 September 1975
British soldiers are captured and interrogated in post-World War 2 Palestine.