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Londoners

Londoners

1965 · 1 season · 12 eps · Drama

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London itself takes the starring role in this series of plays from the BBC – a role which varies between hero and villain, enchantress and harpy. The series features extensive location filming, ranging from Soho to the Law Courts, Wembley to the docks. Of the twelve episodes, eleven are believed to be lost.

Created by Peter Luke

Network: BBC One

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The Big BreakerThe Big Breaker · 1964
The Big Breaker
★ 10.01964
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A lodger, recuperating from a heart attack, sets his sights on his landlady.
The ConnoisseurThe Connoisseur · 1966
The Connoisseur
★ 10.01966
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George Stoupe, successful housemaster at the public school, has an eye to the main chance against his retirement. He chooses the boys for his house if their parents are rich and likely to help him in his profitable art-dealing sideline. Trouble threatens when the head boy of the house tries to expose some of the mal-practices amomg the boys.
The Big Man Coughed and DiedThe Big Man Coughed and Died · 1966
The Big Man Coughed and Died
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Louie, a married factory worker, has just been made redundant when he meets a girl in a park and decides to change his life.
Pity About the AbbeyPity About the Abbey · 1965
Pity About the Abbey
★ 9.01965
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Satirical play in which businessmen want to destroy Westminster Abbey to make way for a bypass.
Silent SongSilent Song · 1966
Silent Song
★ 9.01966
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Life in a Trappist monastery offers a life of contemplation and hard labour.
A Passage to IndiaA Passage to India · 1965
A Passage to India
★ 8.01965
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The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month strand, adapted by Santha Ramu Rau and John Maynard, and directed by Waris Hussein.
Hamlet at ElsinoreHamlet at Elsinore · 1964
Hamlet at Elsinore
★ 7.81964
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The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. An historic BBC production taped on location in and around Kronborg castle in Elsinore (Denmark), in which the play is set.
Theatre 625Theatre 625 · 1964
Theatre 625
★ 7.21964
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Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.
Macready's GalaMacready's Gala · 1966
Macready's Gala
★ 7.01966
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The Headmaster and governors of a boarding school are accidentally locked in the new memorial room with the convicted Great Train Robbers.
Cock, Hen and Courting PitCock, Hen and Courting Pit · 1966
Cock, Hen and Courting Pit
★ 7.01966
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A couple revisit a past love affair when they meet again ten years later.
A Man on Her BackA Man on Her Back · 1966
A Man on Her Back
★ 7.01966
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John is an aspiring composer and pianist at a club and Mary is a single girl that he meets there. When friendship turns to romance, John has to contend with Colin, a charming ladies' man who turns to Mary in times of trouble.
Calf LoveCalf Love · 1966
Calf Love
★ 7.01966
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A young English exchange student staying with a German family falls for the daughters
Armchair TheatreArmchair Theatre · 1956
Armchair Theatre
★ 6.01956
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Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.
In CameraIn Camera · 1964
In Camera
★ 5.61964
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A 1964 BBC adaptation of Sartre's "No Exit."
BBC Play of the MonthBBC Play of the Month · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
★ 5.31965
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A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.
The Wednesday PlayThe Wednesday Play · 1964
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An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.

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