James Bolam

A juvenile offender at a tough reform school impresses its governor with his running ability and is encouraged to compete in an upcoming race, but faces ridicule from his peers.

Two dogs escape from a laboratory and are hunted as possible carriers of the bubonic plague. (imdb)

Orlando, a younger brother, is forced to work like a servant for his brother Oliver, so he goes to win his fortune in a wrestling contest, where he meets a lady of the court, Rosalind... (imdb)

The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests. (imdb)

Alex is an 11-year old boy who, during WWII, hides in the Jewish ghetto from Nazis after all the relatives have been sent to the concentration camp. The movie portrays the ghetto through his eyes. (imdb)

A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I. (imdb)

Play-like movie (set in one room) concerning the memories of three brothers. At first they're all a happy bunch but as the day moves on bitter memories surface. What's interesting is how chatty the father (Owen) is but the mother is reserved. I'm sure if it were three daughters instead of sons then the mother would be the boisterous one. What's also interesting is how different the brothers are - Bates talks too much, Cox is uncomfortably silent, and Bolam appears gay. (imdb)

Northern draughtsman Vic Brown flirts with typist Ingrid Rothwell until he finally seduces her. However, he's forced to marry her when she becomes pregnant, but draws the line at living with her shrewish mother. (Empire Magazine)

Shy Brenda Thompson writes naive children's stories to amuse herself. Stifled and desperate for a man of her own, she leaves Liverpool, telling her mom she's pregnant, and gets a job in a boutique in London. She moves in with the promiscuous but good-hearted Caroline but the mod set shuns her for her plain looks. She kidnaps a strange young man's dog to perhaps get to know him while returning it. The young man turns out to be Peter, a psychopath with a predilection for killing beautiful things. (imdb)

An obsessed sculptor kills a young women to make a perfect bronze sculpture of her. Years later at his secluded home a number of people become trapped in a web of revenge, murder and horror. (imdb)

Gerald Otley, a petty thief and garbage rummager, wakes up one morning, after a drunken night on the town, and finds that he is wanted by the police for murder. And that is only the beginning. While being pursued for a crime he did not commit, he is kidnapped by a group of criminals who suspect him of being involved with double agents. Otley manages to escape, but cannot avoid getting into one near-fatal crisis after another, as police and foreign agents chase after him. (imdb)

Trevor and Jill just want to teach and lead a quiet life but a lodger they're led to take in upturns their lives.

Trevor and Jill get drawn into a web of intrigue after a strange encounter.

A young Glaswegian prostitute in London tries to start a new life. (imdb)

"The Likely Lads" is the hilarious feature-length spin-off from the popular television series. Yet again the two lovable Geordies are up to their likeable necks in trouble. It begins when Bob's wife talks Terry and his Finnish girlfriend into touring the North of England in a caravan. And it ends with both like-minded lads running away to sea. With a fantastic script from Clement and La Frenais, "The Likely Lads" is vintage, essential British comedy. (DVD Sleeve Overview)

A loan shark, Liam, calls on his customers: a disabled mother and two teens, Kristen and Owen. Kristen flirts with him, but Liam's passion is for the naive Owen. Owen goes along with the shark's gender-bending fetish, creating a conflict with his coming-of-age (imdb)

A troubled special needs student slowly comes to connect with a teacher through a shared love of running.

The adventures of two "likely lads" ostensibly set in the North East of England (but filmed in Willesden Junction, London). Terry and Bob have been friends since childhood. Bob is the sensible one trying hard to get on with his job and with life. Terry is the wild one, always ready to lead Bob astray. (imdb)

Terry and Bob from The Likely Lads (1964) continue their life after Terry arrives home from serving in the Army to discover that Bob is about to marry his girlfriend Thelma. Can Thelma lead Bob onto the straight and narrow path or will Terry divert things once again ? (imdb)

Three retired police officers are drafted in to solve cold cases, with a touch of comedy and drama (imdb)

A rather naive, middle-class man is admitted to a hospital ward and finds that he is sharing it with a working-class layabout and an upper-class hypochondriac. All three of them cause headaches for the hospital staff. (imdb)

An ex-con gets caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. (imdb)

Andy is an out-of-work layabout who only wants to have a drink and read the racing news. This leaves his long-suffering wife Flo as the sole breadwinner.

Marcus Walwyn develops a fatal obsession for a young girl he meets on a train. Corrupted by a book he reads by the convicted serial killer Helmut Kranze he embarks on a murderous mission. (imdb)

Follows Ian and Emma, a married couple, who deal with the ups and downs of their 30-year long marriage. (imdb)

Set in Gallowshields on Tyneside between the 2 World Wars, this story follows the life of ex-sergeant Jack Ford and the Seaton family as they deal with the aftermath of the Great War, the Great 1920s Depression and trade union activists. (imdb)

Edward fancies himself to be a cunning manipulator, but is so tragically self-deluded that he can't see he's being used by his wealthy friends as a sex-tool and a dupe. Banality ensues. (imdb)