Richard Briers Trailers
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Richard David Briers, CBE (14 January 1934 – 17 February 2013) was an English actor. His fifty-year career encompassed television, stage, film and radio.
Briers first came to prominence as George Starling in Marriage Lines (1961–66), but it was a decade later, when he narrated Roobarb and Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk (1974–76) and when he played Tom Good in the BBC sitcom The Good Life (1975–78), that he became a household name. Later, he starred as Martin in Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–89), and he had a leading role as Hector in Monarch of the Glen (2000–05). From the late 1980s, with Kenneth Branagh as director, he performed Shakespearean roles in Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Hamlet (1996), and As You Like It (2006).
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01 January 1992
An aging actor remembers his past stage triumphs and contemplates a dim future on the stage of an empty theatre.
01 June 1970
Fred Midway may be a bit short on brains, but he's got plenty of ambition. However, before he can gain promotion as a salesman, he must make his family more socially acceptable.
09 March 1994
Back in the 'bad old days' when the physically and mentally disabled were locked away in institutions a legend grew of someone who could stand up to the authorities and help them.
03 October 1961
Health officials from the World Health Organization link a smallpox outbreak in Europe to oil drilling in the Middle East.
18 December 2003
In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook.
23 August 2002
After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's adored all her life.
25 March 1960
An incompetent boarding school headmaster, Professor Jim Edwards, devises a bizarre plot to raise the profile of his boarding school, and thus save his job, by passing off his bookie's son as a Middle Eastern prince.
13 December 1983
In the future England is ruled by a fascist government, and one day the leaders begin the construction of a heavily guarded, mysterious airport.
13 November 2009
Big Chris leads a chorus of characters from various animated children's television shows in a medley of seven songs: 1.
12 August 2022
The cosy sitcom had storylines tackling mid-life crises, drunken wife-swapping and more.
31 December 1972
Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability.
25 August 1967
While touring abroad in Europe, beautiful American skydiver Fathom Harvill gets wrapped up in international intrigue when Scottish spy Douglas Campbell recruits her to help him on a secret mission.
07 May 1993
In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme.
05 August 1962
Norman Wisdom does to P.G. Wodehouse in Girl on the Boat what Jerry Lewis did to Gore Vidal in Visit to a Small Planet.
04 November 1994
Victor Frankenstein is a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life.
02 January 1964
A Guinness advert in the form of a short comic film set in a traditional country pub.
18 December 1997
World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their fans.
11 December 1973
In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
25 December 1996
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer.
14 October 1978
When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.
11 December 1964
A Home of Your Own is a 1964 British comedy film which is a brick-by-brick account of the building a young couple’s dream house.
05 October 1989
In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.
31 October 1974
The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.
23 April 1964
After a lock-keeper entrusts his daughter to a canal Casanova, he is shocked to learn that she is pregnant.
18 July 2011
Mark Ayres presents a look at the making of Paradise Towers.
31 August 2012
A group of Cockneys arm themselves to rescue their elderly relative and his retirement home friends who are trapped and fighting off a zombie attack during a zombie apocalypse in the East End of London.
31 March 2000
A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.
24 February 2005
Lucy Gannon (Soldier, Soldier, Bramwell, Trip Trap) has written Dad, the poignant story of Larry James (Richard Briers), a cheery and independent 86-year-old who has been caring single-handedly for his beloved wife Jeannie James (Jean Heywood) who has Alzheimer's disease.
26 September 1961
Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.
15 December 1981
"That order to scatter was as good as a death sentence to those merchant ships. And there isn't one officer or rating who doesn't agree with me.
18 August 1989
Guy Jones (Irons) moves to a small British town and joins the local amateur dramatics society as a way to meet people.
01 September 2006
Witty, playful and utterly magical, the story is a compelling romantic adventure in which Rosalind and Orlando's celebrated courtship is played out against a backdrop of political rivalry, banishment and exile in the Forest of Arden - set in 19th-century Japan.
01 October 1958
When HMS Scotia pays a visit to the French Riviera, the officers throw a lavish party to celebrate the engagement of Captain Robert Randall to Jill Eaton, a charming American girl; among the guests are Mary Carlton, Jill's American friend, and Antoinette, a vivacious redhead.
17 March 1975
An animated film about the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who spearheaded numerous engineering marvels of the early 19th century - including the Thames Tunnel, the Great Western Railway, and the Great Eastern steamship (for 40 years the world's largest steamship).
18 January 1977
Comedy about a couple expecting their first baby.
18 September 1992
After inheriting a large country estate from his late father, Peter invites his friends from college: married couple Roger and Mary, the lonely Maggie, fashionable Sarah, and writer Andrew, who brings his American TV star wife, Carol.
26 October 1987
The Doctor and Mel visit Paradise Towers, a residential complex that promises a peaceful life to its residents.
18 October 1982
A silent slapstick comedy depicting the travails of young couple moving into a new home, who hire an accident-prone firm of house removers, headed by Sykes.
30 December 1988
The tale begins when a brother and sister are separated in a shipwreck, but survive to be washed up on the shore of Illyria.
12 June 2017
Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection has a lot of 69 episodes, the two pre-school children's shows including the 1974 tv show "Roobarb" (30 eps).
29 September 1995
Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, somewhat against the advice of his agent Margaretta.
30 July 1963
"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lancelot Spratt, Simon Sparrow's old teacher and sometimes nemesis.
01 January 1976
On Christmas Eve, a poor old woman plays her accordion in the street. Apart from two children, the passers-by ignore her and by the end of the day she has to sell her accordion to buy some food.
17 April 1979
Adaptation of the play by George Bernard Shaw. (Synopsis) Richard Briers tries to woo Judi Dench in this play by George Bernard Shaw.
29 December 2010
What was it really like behind the scenes of The Good Life? With contributions from Richard Briers, Penelope Keith, Monty Don, Brian Sewell and John O'Farrell.
24 June 2010
Grace has agreed to marry Sir Harcourt in return for his financial support of her family. At a house party in her father's place, Harcourt's son Charles also falls in love with Grace.
26 August 2001
The passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's lengthy marriage. Beginning in 1837, the year of King William IV's death and 18-year-old Victoria's ascension to the throne, the series charts the tumultuous period in 19th Century England where Victoria comes to terms with the enormous duties that lay ahead of her, while also falling deeply in love with her beloved Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
16 May 2012
John Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie in Finsbury and Michelle in Stockwell.
11 March 2003
When an old castle needs repairs, it's time to call Bob the Builder! Unfortunately a case of mistaken identity puts Bob's father in charge, resulting in one disaster after another! Meanwhile, tales of Camelot inspire Bob's noble crew of machines - Sir Lift-A-Sot, Sir Roll-A-Lot and Lady Mix-A-Lot - in their quest to get the job done.
03 March 2005
Movie with some of the greatest brittish comedians such as Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese.
16 December 2013
Animation telling of the adventures of Mouse, Mole, Rat and Owl. Before giving a Twelfth Night party, Mouse makes a snowmole for Mole.
03 October 2005
Based on the best-selling book by award-winning writer Simon Garfield, four stories from Britain's 'lost decade' (1945 - 1955) are presented from the diaries of four very distinct people.
22 November 1998
The Queen's youngest son is off to university, mainly because "I'm hopeless at anything else". Barry, his new bodyguard, has no time for the royal family and left school at fifteen.
12 September 2016
Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context from which our favourite sitcoms grew.
24 December 1995
At Blandings Castle, the Earl of Emsworth only cares about his prize pig 'The Empress' and is wilfully ignorant of the fact that his brother is planning to publish a book which might ruin the family name forever.
30 December 1994
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders reprise some of their favourite characters for a yuletide airing, while Charles Dickens and the Oscar-winning film The Piano feel the lash of their satirical humour.
16 January 1983
A frightened Swiss soldier climbs into a young Bulgarian girl's room during wartime.
01 January 1994
An animated fire safety PIF from the 1990s, narrated by Richard Briers. A book version of the PIF was published in 2004.
28 October 2025
Documentary celebrating 50 years of The Good Life.
24 December 1995
Mole decides it's time for an adventure! It isn't long before he discovers all the fun and thrills of the riverbank in the company of his new found friend, Rat.
