John Rowe Movies
- 1984
Sakharov
Sakharov71984HD
Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights.
- 1992
In Search of Cabaret
In Search of Cabaret01992HD
- 1992
Gladio
Gladio71992HD
In three programmes shown over consecutive weeks in BBC2's Timewatch strand, Allan Francovich interviewed key Gladio players such as Propaganda Due he...
- 1988
Reasonable Force
Reasonable Force01988HD
In times of civil unrest, crack police units like Inspector Maclntyre 's get the job of keeping order on the streets. But when a demonstrator dies af...
- 1985
Wynne and Penkovsky
Wynne and Penkovsky01985HD
The true story of Greville Wynne, the British businessman who doubled as a spy on his trips to Russia, and Colonel Penkovsky, the high-ranking Soviet...
- 1986
The Cold War Killers
The Cold War Killers01986HD
A missing 1950s era airplane is found 27 years later at the bottom of a lake. British and Soviet spy agencies are intensely interested.
- 1986
The Alamut Ambush
The Alamut Ambush01986HD
This British espionage thriller stars Terence Stamp as David Audley, former Oxford professor turned intelligence agent.
- 1987
Mary Rose
Mary Rose01987HD
A young woman vanishes on a visit to an island with her husband and child, only to turn up decades later apparently unchanged in age or appearance and...
- 2001
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India7.2552001HD
In 1890s India, an arrogant British commander challenges the harshly taxed residents of Champaner to a high-stakes cricket match.
- 1991
The War That Never Ends
The War That Never Ends01991HD
The Peloponnesian Wars (Athens versus Sparta for twenty-seven years) told in the format of news broadcast-like monologues by Theucydides, Plato, and o...
- 1988
Crossfire
Crossfire01988HD
A police computer expert is seconded to Belfast to track down the identity of an IRA mole.
- 1992
The Law Lord
The Law Lord01992HD
A new government takes power with a drastically reduced majority. But the ambitious young Home Secretary has a plan to bring the legal establishment t...
- 2004
The Heart of Me
The Heart of Me6.52004HD
Drama set in 1930s London with two sisters, Madeleine married to Rickie, and Dinah, who falls in love with him. Rickie and Dinah begin an affair which...
- 1986
Clockwise
Clockwise6.2691986HD
School headmaster Brian Stimpson is obsessed with timeliness, order, and discipline. Brian misses his train after meticulously preparing a speech for...
- 1988
Across the Lake
Across the Lake5.81988HD
Starring Anthony Hopkins as speed king Donald Campbell. This 1988 film set In 1967 when Campbell broke the 300mph water speed barrier in his beloved B...
- 2007
Scouting for Boys
Scouting for Boys02007HD
Lord Baden-Powell's 1908 handbook Scouting for Boys is one of the most influential and best-selling books of all time. In the 20th century, only the B...
- 1986
Fighting Back
Fighting Back01986HD
A single mother returns to her home town after fifteen years of unhappy marriage and fights to make a better life for herself and her children.
- 1984
The Chain
The Chain6.81984HD
Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.
- 1979
Henry VIII
Henry VIII6.51979HD
Henry is a proud monarch who flies in the face of the church in seeking to divorce Queen Katherine and marry Anne Bullen. As cardinal Wolsey, the powe...
- 1984
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
The Tragedy of Coriolanus81984HD
A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.