
Peter Armitage (1940-2018) was perhaps best known for playing builder Bill Webster, father of Kevin, in Coronation Street, a role he first played in 1984, before returning to the show for a second stint in 1995 to 1997, and for a final time in 2006 to 2011. He also played a bicycle-buying father in a memorable 1980s advert for Yellow Pages. His TV career stretched back to 1970 and his many credits...
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A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law abiding lives they are now living to recover the evidence that will save him.

Jimmy McGovern's depiction of the mid 90s Liverpool dockers strike. Featuring script contributions from Irvine Welsh and the real dockers themselves

Steve and Jane Clemant live a seemingly conent and happy life. They are both successful, professional people with a comfy home and a wide circle of friends. But each one has a secret similiar to the other; a plot to murder. And, that plot is on each other. Jane imagines killing Steve, who is actually more capable of killing Jane, but each of their lovers are connected amongst their many friends and a brilliant plot starts to unfold........

Charlie Alexander is a private detective who gets caught up in sinister trade union machinations when he stumbles across the dying Stan Peace, a shop steward in the Distributive Worker's Union. Peace dies, but Charlie wants to know why his name was in Peace's address book. As Charlie investigates, things get murkier.

An evening's drinking by rugby players after a match gets out of hand.

An old motorbike gets a new lease of life from a "grease monkey".

Part of BFI collection "Worth the Risk?" An investigation into the causes of a fatal accident on a motorway, in the course of which many aspects of road safety are revealed.
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