BBC Play of the Month
1965
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A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadca...
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Acting
John Westbrook
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John Westbrook (1 November 1922 - 16 June 1989) was an English actor.
Born in Teignmouth, Devon, John Westbrook worked mainly in theatre and in radio. He also made occasional film and television appearances. His most famous role was as Christopher Gough in Roger Corman's The Tomb of Ligeia. Noted for his deep, mellifluous voice, he also recorded radio plays and audio books, and provided the role of Treebeard in the 1978 animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. Westbrook also recorded the spoken vocal parts for the orchestral pieces An Oxford Elegy by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Morning Heroes by Arthur Bliss.
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Filmography
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Playhouse
1974
star 7.0
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.
Blake's 7
1978
star 7.3
A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly...
Justice
1971
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Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 A...
The Main Chance
1969
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The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A dra...
The Lord of the Rings
1978
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Young Hobbit Frodo Baggins is thrown into an amazing adventure when he's tasked with destroying the One Ring, c...
The Edwardians
1972
star 6.3
The Edwardians is an eight-part miniseries broadcast in 1972–73. An anthology, each 90-minute episode explores...
Armchair Theatre
1956
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Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network fro...
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
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Lee Remick stars as Jennie Jerome, born in the United States in 1845, who eventually became Lady Randolph Churc...
North Sea Hijack
1980
star 6.3
When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric...
The Masque of the Red Death
1964
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A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" pla...
Room at the Top
1958
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An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a...
The Tomb of Ligeia
1964
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Verden Fell is shattered after the death of his lovely wife. But, after an unexpected encounter with Lady Rowen...
Foxhole in Cairo
1960
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A German spy in Cairo must report back to Rommel with information on British positions.
A Prize of Arms
1962
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A criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll.
Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery
1974
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While Holmes is away recuperating, Watson is left to help a damsel in distress.
Six Characters in Search of an Author
1977
An acting company prepares to rehearse the play The Rules of the Game by Luigi Pirandello. As the rehearsal is...
There Is Another Sun
1951
star 6.5
Story of romance between a young boxer in fairground boxing booth and a chorus girl, and how 'Racer', a 'Wall o...
The Breakthrough
1975
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An adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1966 short story of the same title, broadcast as part of the BBC's "BBC2 P...
Rupert of Hentzau
1957
A sequel to "The Prisoner Of Zenda" in which the villainous Rupert returns to Ruritania intent on exposing the...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1958
star 7.0
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods...
Let There Be Light
1970
What was it like to go to school 100 years ago?
The Dress
1984
star 7.0
A BAFTA award winning drama about a mistake when buying a dress for his mistress leads Howard to look again at...
Look at Life: Change at the Tower
1967
A look at the day-to-day running of the historic Tower of London and coping with up to 16,000 visitors each day...
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
1978
B. Traven is one of the most mysterious figures of the 20th century. He wrote The Treasure of the Sierra Madre...
The Twilight Forest
1957
Documentary produced by Unilever about of the operations of its subsidiary. The United Africa Company (Timber)...
Look at Life: Queue for Gardens
1968
Looking at Kew Gardens and Syon Park either side of the River Thames.
Look at Life: It's Odds on the Fish
1968
A look at the pastime of angling in Britain
Look at Life: Mini and Mod
1968
A study of design, and who designs are for, by following students at the Hornsey College of Art in Great Britai...
Look at Life: The Abbey Backstage
1966
A look behind the scenes at Westminster Abbey and all the things that are nor usually seen by the public.