Basil Dearden

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Pool of London
7.1

Pool of London

Feb. 20, 1951

Pool of London

Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
Cage of Gold
6.4

Cage of Gold

Oct. 23, 1950

Cage of Gold

The love that Judy, a young painter, feels for Alan, a promising doctor to whom she is engaged, falters when Bill, an old friend, suddenly appears.
The Blue Lamp
6.8

The Blue Lamp

Jan. 19, 1950

The Blue Lamp

P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to ...
Train of Events
6.5

Train of Events

Jan. 18, 1949

Train of Events

A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
Saraband for Dead Lovers
6.5

Saraband for Dead Lovers

Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I ...
Frieda
7.1

Frieda

Jun. 19, 1947

Frieda

An RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII returns home to his English village with his new bride. The trouble is that she is the German lady who ...
The Captive Heart
7

The Captive Heart

Apr. 29, 1946

The Captive Heart

A series of stories about the lives and loves of men in a Prisoner of War camp over five years. The main story is of Hasek (Redgrave) a Czech ...
Dead of Night
7.5

Dead of Night

Sep. 09, 1945

Dead of Night

Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring ...
They Came to a City
6.3

They Came to a City

Aug. 21, 1944

They Came to a City

People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city
My Learned Friend
7.1

My Learned Friend

Oct. 25, 1943

My Learned Friend

An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop ...
The Halfway House
6.6

The Halfway House

Apr. 02, 1944

The Halfway House

A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain ...
The Bells Go Down
6.6

The Bells Go Down

May. 16, 1943

The Bells Go Down

Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of ...
The Goose Steps Out
6.5

The Goose Steps Out

Aug. 01, 1942

The Goose Steps Out

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new ...
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
6.7

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and ...