Movies: Frank Pettingell

Three long-married couples in northern England discover that their marriages are in fact invalid, causing much re-evaluation and chaos. This was the fourth television film version made by the BBC of this comedy by J. B. Priestley. It featured several...

A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time....

A coarse boot-shop owner becomes outraged when his eldest daughter decides to marry a meek cobbler....

After nearly 40 years of waiting for his big chance, Wilfred Morgenhall is given the case of defending Herbert Fowle who is accused of murdering his wife. Despite Fowle's insistence of guilt, Moregenhall will not let go of the opportunity to plead hi...

A barge-owner's adopted daughter falls in love with his son, and gives up her chances of stardom to be with him....

A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The other problem is that they used to be engaged to each other....

A former boxing champion, now an innkeeper, is accused of stealing a watch from a party of guests at his inn, who happen to be members of English royalty. The old man is arrested and thrown in prison. His son, knowing that his father didn't steal the...

Lord and Lady Pilkington get tricked out of their money by a con man. They later run into the swindler in a hotel - which happens to be owned by their butler - and they devise a plan to scam the con man and get both revenge and their money back....

The life of Irishman George Howard who buys an English theatre and strives to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and loosely based on fact....

A Yorkshire mill owner retires and leaves control to his nephew, who promptly gets married....

Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans, 1588, 1804, 1914, and 1940. Made to support morale during the war, its message is basically that you ...

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A group of children are evacuated during world war two into the care of an alcoholic woman....

A young man impersonates a doctor....

Adapted from Lady Eleanor Smith’s novel, this 1934 feature tells the story of Joe Prince, an orphan child of circus people who, after many struggles, achieves his life-long ambition of owning a circus....

A British comedy about a blacksmith who in looking to get away from his wife discovers a talent for rugby league....

Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regard...

An illegitimate war-baby adopted by a wealthy spinster....

An Italian musician begins to steal his brother's compositions after he is jailed for shooting a prince....

Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England....