David Reid (Director)

Mean Machine

Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and change the lives of the prisoners. When these prisoners have the chance to put one over the evil guards during a prison football match, Danny takes the lead.

Release Date2001-12-26

Charactersd Barman

Vote Count634

Agatha Christie's Poirot

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.

Release Date1989-01-08

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Episode Count1

Vote Count550

Playhouse

A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.

Release Date1974-03-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Screen One

Anthology drama series.

Release Date1989-09-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count5

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, a format that would inspire Dramarama. Actors appearing in the series included Leslie Anderson, Gwen Nelson, Ricky Alleyne, Pat Heywood, Michael Elphick, Ian Hendry, Edward Woodward, Margaret Lockwood, Jessie Matthews and Lloyd Peters.

Release Date1967-09-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

ITV Play of the Week

A UK anthology series of single plays from major playwrights old and new. It ran from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television. Season 1 also incorporates the Plays from the 'H.M. Tennant Globe Theatre' series, some of which were incorporated and labelled in listings as official Play of the Week episodes and some of which were played in place of Play of the Week episodes in alternative ITV regions. All 8 plays have been incorporated into this entry for convenience.

Release Date1955-09-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count5

Hammer House of Horror

Each self-contained episode features a different kind of horror, varying from witches, werewolves, ghosts, devil worship and voodoo, but also includes non-supernatural themes such as cannibalism, confinement and serial killers.

Release Date1980-09-13

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count13

Vote Count72

Sapphire & Steel

Sapphire & Steel is a British television science-fiction fantasy series starring David McCallum as Steel and Joanna Lumley as Sapphire. Produced by ATV, it ran from 1979 to 1982 on the ITV network. The series was created by Peter J. Hammond who conceived the programme under the working title The Time Menders, after a stay in an allegedly haunted castle. Hammond also wrote all the stories except for the fifth, which was co-written by Don Houghton and Anthony Read. None of the stories had onscreen titles, or any official titles assigned by the writers. The Region 1 Complete Series DVD release gives the titles "Escape Through a Crack in Time", "The Railway Station", "The Creature's Revenge", "The Man Without a Face", "Dr. McDee Must Die" and "The Trap", respectively. These titles have often been cited as having been created by science fiction magazine Time Screen.

Release Date1979-07-10

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count34

Vote Count25

The Sunday Drama

Anthology of self-contained dramas that aired from 1977 to 1978.

Release Date1977-05-29

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

The Power Game

The Power Game is an ITV drama spin-off from The Plane Makers (1963–65), created by Wilfred Greatorex. Broadcast for three 13-episode series, Patrick Wymark reprised his role as Sir John Wilder, who here ruthlessly pursues boardroom machinations and tangled relationships.

Release Date1965-12-13

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count13

Vote Count1

The Frighteners

A horror anthology series, with each episode featuring a different eerie tale.

Release Date1972-07-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

Clayhanger

Clayhanger is a British television drama based on Arnold Bennett's novel series of the same name, published between 1910 and 1918, dramatised by Douglas Livingstone for ITV. Produced by Associated Television, the 26-episode programme is a coming-of-age story set in 19th century England. Edwin Clayhanger aspires to be an architect but is expected to join his father's printing business. His personal growth, eventual acceptance of the family business, and his romantic entanglement with Hilda Lessways are explored. Clayhanger was ITV's longest-ever drama at the time. While some found the pacing slow, it was nonetheless praised for its faithful adaptation, excellent acting, and atmospheric sets.

Release Date1976-01-01

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count26

Vote Count2

Scorpion Tales

Scorpion Tales is a British anthology that aired on ITV in 1978, featuring one-off, hour-long plays with twist endings. Produced by ATV, the programme was similar in format to other thriller anthologies like Thriller and Sapphire & Steel. Each episode presented a self-contained story, often with a sinister or surprising conclusion, and starred actors such as Trevor Howard, David Robb, and Anthony Bate.

Release Date1978-04-29

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

Release Date1956-07-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count6

The Strauss Family

The Strauss Family is a British seven-part miniseries produced by Associated Television about 19th century Vienna's Strauss family: Johann I and his sons Johann II, Eduard, and Josef.

Release Date1972-11-07

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count8

Vote Count1

Vice Versa

Vice Versa is a seven-part series produced by ATV and based on a story published in 1882 by F. Anstey, the pseudonym of Thomas Anstey Guthrie. In contemporary Victorian London, a father and son switch places by means of a magic talisman from India, thus live each other's lives, and gain a better understanding for each other before they switch back.

Release Date1981-09-29

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count7

Vote Count2

Cold Warrior

Cold Warrior is a 1984 BBC One television series written by Arden Winch, based around the character of Captain Aubrey Percival (Michael Denison), first introduced in the 1981 thriller serial Blood Money. Moving away from the serial format of Blood Money and Skorpion, Cold Warrior consists of eight standalone episodes, which sees Percival dealing with various threats to national security.

Release Date1984-09-12

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count8

Vote Count1

Big Brother

A series of plays which examine if 1970s society is heading towards the dystopian world predicted in the book '1984'.

Release Date1970-08-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Best

Pulling no punches in its depiction of soccer legend George Best's slow descent from the heights of his Manchester United career, the man once dubbed the fifth Beatle for his glamorous lifestyle and good looks.

Release Date2000-05-10

DepartmentArt

JobArt Direction

Vote Count46

Carpathian Eagle

Murder victims are being found with the hearts cut out. A police detective is assigned to find and stop the killer. Originally an episode of British horror anthology TV series, Hammer House of Horror, that later received a feature release in the United States.

Release Date1980-11-08

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count5

The Mountain and the Molehill

It is May 1944, two weeks before D-day. Britain stands poised for the long-awaited invasion of France - thousands of troops wait anxiously for the orders to come for embarkation. MI5 is horrified to discover the top-secret codewords for the invasion suddenly appearing as clues in the Daily Telegraph crossword. Two agents are immediately dispatched to confront the culprit, the headmaster of a boys' school in southern England.

Release Date1989-10-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Visitor from the Grave

A former mental patient kills her would-be rapist, but his corpse returns from its secret grave. Originally an episode of British horror anthology TV series, Hammer House of Horror, that later received a feature release in the United States.

Release Date1980-11-22

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count2

The Daedalus Equations

Hans Daedalus has defected from East Germany to the West. Is it possible that his opacity equations live on after his death?

Release Date1976-10-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

The Two Faces of Evil

A family on holiday stop to pick up a mysterious hitch-hiker. Originally an episode of British horror anthology TV series, Hammer House of Horror, that later received a feature release in the United States.

Release Date1980-11-29

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count7

That Sinking Feeling

At the gathering of a North Country wedding, the prospective husband starts to have doubts about going ahead as he observes what marriage has done to the guests.

Release Date1973-11-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Miss Nightingale

The life, background, motivation and struggles of Florence Nightingale.

Release Date1974-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Exchange of Fire

A dance short that explores love through the concept of equations and the element of fire; unraveling the sensual, tender exploration that comes with opposite attraction. Beneath opposing forces, harbors a unified, shared energy-- intangible to touch, yet, utterly felt.

Release Date2025-10-12

DepartmentSound

JobSound

Come in Number Five

A special retrospective of Peter Davison's tenure as the Fifth Doctor.

Release Date2011-03-28

Trials and Tribulations

A retrospective of Colin Baker's turbulent three-years as the Sixth Doctor in Doctor Who (1963), covering his casting, the 1985 hiatus, and his sacking on the orders of BBC One controller Michael Grade.

Release Date2008-09-30