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  1. Plays for Britain: The Complete Series (2013)

    Director
    Michael Apted; Jim Goddard; Leslie Blair; Peter Gill; Alan Clarke; Philip Saville
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 325 minutes), £19.99

    Thames Television series which was first broadcast in the mid-1970s, featuring six contemporary plays by writers then at relatively early stages in their careers. Stephen Poliakoff’s HITTING TOWN is an...

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  2. Fellow Traveller (1989 Video)

    Director
    Philip Saville
    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 97 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    A McCarthy period thriller in which a blacklisted scriptwriter attempts to investigate the death of an actor friend and the role played in it by their Marxist psychotherapist. Highlights the differing moods...

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  3. Mandela (1987 Video)

    Director
    Philip Saville
    Producer
    Dickie Bamber
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 150 min., 1999 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

    A dramatised biography of Nelson Mandela and his wife Winnie, filmed in Zimbabwe. Traces Mandela’s shift in philosophy from passive resistance to armed struggle.

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  4. Dreams Are the Worst (1985 Video)

    Director
    Philip Saville
    Producer
    Penny Webb
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Betamax, VHS. col. 30 min.

    Drama concerning a young man’s efforts to integrate himself into society after a near fatal car crash. We see through his eyes a world that is frequently insensitive to the needs of people with...

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  5. Boys from the Blackstuff (Episodes 1-5) (1982 Video)

    Director
    Philip Saville
    Producer
    Michael Wearing
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 308 minutes), £15.99

    A drama series made for television illustrating the indignities of unemployment and its inherent evils, skillfully blending black farce and tragedy. The story centres around a gang of tarmac layers from...

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  6. Hamlet at Elsinore (1964 Television)

    Director
    Philip Saville
    Producer
    Peter Luke
    Subject
    Drama; Shakespeare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 165 minutes), $24.98

    1964 television broadcast of the English/Danish co-production of the play which was filmed at Kronsberg Castle, Elsinore, Denmark. Christopher Plummer is Hamlet with a supporting cast that includes Michael...

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  7. Honourable Murder, An (1959 Film)

    Director
    Godfrey Grayson
    Producer
    Edward J. Danziger; Harry Lee Danziger
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Out of distribution. No archive copy found (2006)

    British B-feature. Julius Caesar enacted in a big business setting. Julian Caesar, chairman of Empire Petroleum, trys to effect a merger, but Cassius, a jealous director plots to overthrow him. A clause in...

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  8. Shakespeare Country (Television)

    Director
    Philip Saville
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No archive copy found (2006).

    Television drama written by Alfred Fagon about a black actor, who, after 14 months without a part, explodes in frustration. No further information on content found (8/2007).

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