Stephen Poliakoff

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Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things Trailer

​   Stephen Poliakoff, CBE, FRSL (born 1 December 1952) is an acclaimed British playwright, director and scriptwriter, widely judged amongst Britain's foremost television dramatists.

Most Popular Stephen Poliakoff Trailers

Total trailers found: 22

Soft Targets Trailer (1982)

19 October 1982

Stephen Poliakoff's parody of the spy-thriller genre. A Russian diplomat becomes convinced that he is at the centre of a Foreign Office plot.

Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things Trailer (2013)

24 December 2013

A tribute to British comedian Mel Smith, who died in July 2013, aged 60, featuring home video footage, rare archive material and many classic sketches.

City Sugar Trailer (1978)

01 November 1978

During the course of a live radio broadcast, a disc-jockey is made forcibly aware that he's getting old.

Runners Trailer (1983)

18 August 1983

When his young daughter disappears, her father refuses to accept that she is dead and sets out on a journey to find her.

Glorious 39 Trailer (2009)

20 November 2009

A mysterious tale set around a traditional British family on the eve of World War Two. Oblivious to the looming shadow of World War II, the wealthy Keyes maintain a confident façade in the British countryside until daughter Anne becomes an unexpected pawn.

Century Trailer (1993)

31 December 1993

Turn-of-the-century love story centered around a young doctor and the emergence of modern science.

Stronger Than the Sun Trailer (1978)

11 March 1978

Kate works in the nuclear industry. She is concerned about the way things are being run. So she smuggles out some Plutonium to prove how easy it is.

Food of Love Trailer (1997)

19 October 1997

A group of ex-university students reunite to perform a Shakespeare play in a quaint English village.

Close My Eyes Trailer (1991)

22 November 1991

After some years of tension, Richard begins a sexual relationship with his sister Natalie. Now married, the relationship proves dangerously obsessional.

Gideon's Daughter Trailer (2005)

21 October 2005

Bill Nighy and Miranda Richardson star in a story of grief and celebrity, set in the intense spring and summer of New Labour's election victory and Diana's death.

A Real Summer Trailer (2007)

10 November 2007

It is 1958, and the final debutante 'season'. Mary, a brilliant young writer and critic is befriended by Geraldine, a seemingly friendly young debutante of a similar age but a very different background.

Hitting Town Trailer (1976)

26 April 1976

Ralph decides to give his sister Clare a night on the town to cheer her up. They visit a burger bar and a disco in a modern precinct, and Clare gets slightly drunk.

Astonish Me Trailer (2011)

26 July 2011

When a young boy gets locked in the Natural History Museum after closing, a mysterious guard gives him a magical ticket that allows him to visit a restricted area of the museum, where a professor and a guide show him examples of the wondrous new species of animals being discovered every day on Earth.

Hidden City Trailer (1987)

24 June 1987

Cassies Stuart leads the uncooperative Charles Dance into a world of misplaces government secrets, capalistic artists and bungling secret agents.

Joe's Palace Trailer (2007)

04 November 2007

A drama centered on the relationship between Elliot, a strange and wealthy Londoner, and Joe, a teenager who takes care of an empty house Elliot owns.

The Tribe Trailer (1998)

21 June 1998

Property developer Jamie has to evict some weird, post-modern hippies from a building. But they slowly drag him into their dark underworld of bizarre rituals and dangerous liaisons.

Capturing Mary Trailer (2007)

12 November 2007

A young man ushers an older woman into a dark exploration of her past - back to the time when, as a young girl, she met a stranger who affected her life forever.

Caught on a Train Trailer (1980)

31 October 1980

British playwright Stephen Poliakoff's comical teleplay investigates Europe's changing social landscape via three strangers who meet on a train.

Friends & Crocodiles Trailer (2005)

28 August 2005

Paul Reynolds is a Gatsby-like figure: owner of a magnificent house, the host of great parties, and a collector of interesting people.

Strawberry Fields Trailer (1985)

09 January 1985

An old man and a teenage boy, both neo-Nazis, are travelling across Germany to take funds to the party headquarters.

Bloody Kids Trailer (1980)

22 March 1980

Two boys pull a Saturday night prank on the police in a seaside British town.

She's Been Away Trailer (1989)

09 July 1989

A woman who has been institutionalized for 60 years for the "crime" of not conforming to the 1920s image of what a proper young woman should be (in other words, she did what she wanted and didn't care what anyone else thought about it) is finally released to the custody of her family, consisting of her grand-nephew and his family.