Franc Roddam

A short film about a young anti-war demonstrator contemplating her pregnancy and recalling her childhood as she prepares to give birth.

"The Family" (1974) is one of the first "reality" shows in the history of television. Modelled after the US TV series "An American Family (1972), this 12-part series documents the daily life of a working-class family from Reading, UK.

A BBC documentary film strand, with the focus on investigative journalism.

Sandra is a deaf girl whose life descends into prostitution and degradation on the streets of Bradford.

Jimmy Cooper loathes his dead-end job and his working-class parents. He seeks solace with his mod clique, scooter riding, and drugs, only to be disappointed.

In 1960s America, a black cadet is allowed acceptance into a seemingly prestigious military academy, unleashing a barrage of corruption within the system that another cadet is willing to expose.

After years of research, the doctor finally succeeds in creating the perfect woman, who gets the name "Eva".

Documentaries on any possible subject, the only connection being that they last forty minutes.

10 short films by 10 different directors, set to arias by different composers.

A group of re-enactors attempt to stage a hundred year anniversary battle between US Cavalry and Blackfeet Indians. Unfortunately racial hostilities and a real gun lead to some all too real casualties, and three young Blackfoot men are caught in the middle. The film follows their flight for freedom in the face of an angry community which has mistakenly blamed them for the violence.

A U.S. climbing team, funded by millionaire Clairborne is determined to conquer K2.

The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his Captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.

Princess Cleopatra becomes Egypt's Queen and has an out-of-wedlock son with the son-less Roman ruler Julius Caesar. Through two romances, she strives to protect Egypt from the Romans, and make her son the heir to Caesar's Roman Empire.

A young girl finds a slot machine buried on a lonely open beach. When money is inserted, fact turns to fantasy in a malevolent form.

Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever-growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Düsseldorf. Follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind.

A mixed comedy and drama portraying the factory floor women at New Lyne Electronics in Manchester; tackling their personal lives and issues of recession, redundancy and retrenchment as the factory goes through various crises and takeovers.

Royal Marines defend Government House from Argentine invaders during the events that triggered the Falklands War.

Ruthless news agency owner Harry Salter stops at nothing, resorting to unscrupulous tactics and exploiting anyone to secure a story to sell.

Historical events are extensively re-explored both through written records and systematic examinations in the field.

In 1984 Kenith Trodd joined BBC team responding to Channel 4 releases, leading to transition from BBC studio plays to Screen One/Two anthology series. Trodd oversaw first group of titles in these series in 1985.

An adaption of Iain Banks' dark novel, whose central character is a young Scots history student.

An adaptation of six of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in a modern setting.

Jimmy's father is obsessed with a famous snooker player, Jimmy White. Jimmy hates it. Jimmy hates how every year he is dragged out at night to hide in the bushes by Jimmy White's house and shout Happy Birthday to him. Jimmy misses his mum. Jimmy feels like he is going crazy.

A nationwide search for the best home cooks in America. One of 50 hopefuls will become a culinary star and one of America's "Masterchefs."