TV Drama
TV Drama will generally include a story development with a beginning, middle and an end. In the more conventional sense, dramatic presentations include the portrayal of characters, settings, life situations and stories in the course of a theatrical performance.
Both made for TV Drama Films as well as TV Drama Series reside here, hence many fondly remembered highlights are to be found including "I Cladius", "Hornblower", "Edge of Darkness", "Boys From The Blackstuff", "Roots" and "Shogun". Scrolling the "Television Shows" function may also prove helpfull.
Right: "Shogun" Poster
Catherine Cookson: The Gambling Man (1995)
Director: Norman Stone
Starring: Robson Green
'The Gambling Man' focuses on Rory O'Connor, an entrepreneur and gambler whose vices may lead to a tough prison sentence. When his wife is lost at sea... Read more
Catherine Cookson: The Girl (1996)
Starring: Jonathan Cake, Siobhan Flynn
After tragedy strikes her husband, an embittered, resentful wife lashes out in revenge against his illegitimate stepdaughter, whom she had been raisin... Read more
Catherine Cookson: The Glass Virgin (1995)
7.7/10
Director: David Wheatly
Starring: Jan Graveson, Brendan Coyle, Emily Mortimer, Jean Heywood, Nigel Havers, Sylvia...
Set in 1870s England, the story tells of Annabella Lagrange and the terrible secret her wealthy parents have kept from her. When she finally learns th... Read more
Catherine Cookson: The Mallen Curse (1979)
Starring: Juliet Stevenson
'The Mallens' was originally transmitted as two films and has since been reissued on DVD as four separate instalments - The Mallen Streak, The Mallen... Read more
Catherine Cookson: The Mallen Girls (1979)
7.7/10
Starring: Juliet Stevenson
'The Mallens' was originally transmitted as two films and has since been reissued on DVD as four separate instalments - The Mallen Streak, The Mallen... Read more
Catherine Cookson: The Mallen Secret (1979)
7.7/10
Starring: Juliet Stevenson
'The Mallens' was originally transmitted as two films and has since been reissued on DVD as four separate instalments - The Mallen Streak, The Mallen... Read more
Catherine Cookson: The Mallen Streak (1979)
7.7/10
Starring: Juliet Stevenson
'The Mallens' was originally transmitted as two films and has since been reissued on DVD as four separate instalments - The Mallen Streak, The Mallen... Read more
Catherine Cookson: The Man Who Cried (1993)
7.5/10
Director: Michael Whyte
Starring: Ciaran Hinds, Amanda Root, Daniel Massey, Gemma Craven
Abel Mason is a man caught in a loveless marriage with a harridan wife who constantly berates him and beats their son Dick. When the one woman he love... Read more
Catherine Cookson: The Moth (1997)
7.5/10
Director: Roy Battersby
Starring: Jack Davenport
Set in 1913 Northumbria, England, the story is about Robert Bradley, a strong-willed young worker at a Jarrow shipyard, who arrives home one day to fi... Read more
Catherine Cookson: The Round Tower (1998)
7.5/10
Director: Alan Grint
Starring: Emilia Fox, Ben Miles, Jan Harvey, Keith Barron, Denis Lawson
Vanessa Ratcliffe is just sixteen, daughter of one of the town's richest men. And in spite of her social standing and convent education Vanessa's prov... Read more