Alan Badel stars as Edmond Dantes in this 1960s BBC adaptation of the novel by Alexandre Dumas. Though his only crime is his good fortune and his love for the beautiful Mercedes (Natasha Parry), Dantes is betrayed by a rival for her affection and exiled to the island prison Chateau d'If. Though no one has ever escaped from the prison, Dantes does not give up hope and through his friendship with a fellow convict hatches a plan to break out. Once free, Dantes recovers lost treasure and purchases the title of Count, before returning to Marseille to visit vengeance on those who wronged him.

Horror in which a couple find themselves stranded in a small European village, where they pique the interest of a local aristocrat. When the honeymoon of Gerald Harcourt (Edward De Souza) and his new wife, Marianne (Jennifer Daniel), is interrupted by a car breakdown, they reconcile themselves to staying a couple of days in a remote village. The locals seem friendly enough and the wealthy Dr. Ravna (Noel Willman) even invites the couple for dinner at his chateau. However, once trapped in Ravna's house the newlyweds swiftly find themselves regretting the invitation as they become the subject of increasingly bizarre and threatening behaviour...

Horror in which a couple find themselves stranded in a small European village, where they pique the interest of a local aristocrat. When the honeymoon of Gerald Harcourt (Edward De Souza) and his new wife, Marianne (Jennifer Daniel), is interrupted by a car breakdown, they reconcile themselves to staying a couple of days in a remote village. The locals seem friendly enough and the wealthy Dr. Ravna (Noel Willman) even invites the couple for dinner at his chateau. However, once trapped in Ravna's house the newlyweds swiftly find themselves regretting the invitation as they become the subject of increasingly bizarre and threatening behaviour...

The surviving episodes of the BBC sitcom starring Wendy Craig as a harassed middle-class mother. Jennifer Corner (Craig) and her husband, art teacher Henry (Paul Daneman/Ronald Hines), are proud parents to three young children. However, with her husband preoccupied at work, a new baby on the way and an unruly brood to manage while also overseeing a move to a new house, the patience of housewife Jennifer will be stretched to breaking point as she attempts to deal with the challenges put before her. Though over 38 episodes of the series were broadcast only eight survive.

Fleeing his creditors back home, showman Phineas T. Bsrnum (Burl Ives) sets up shop in England in 1875, and sets about persuading a syndicate of Brits to fund a rocket ship to the moon. Headed by the wealthy Lord Barset (Dennis Price), the group set about constructing their ship with the intention of blasting it into orbit froma gigantic gun barrel, but the interference of foreign spies and saboteurs ensures that the crackpot project is doomed before it has begun...

Every episode of the 1980s ITV sitcom starring Prunella Scales as Sarah France, a middle-aged, middle-class woman who finds herself sharing a house with her demanding mother Eleanor (Joan Sanderson) and prickly adolescent daughter Clare (Janine Wood) following the death of her husband Henry. An often volatile atmosphere prevails as the three generations of women try to find a way to cope with each other as best they can. Series 1 episodes are: 'The Older Man', 'Phone Calls', 'The Teapot', 'Security', 'Romantic Complications' and 'The Birthday'. Series 2 episodes are: 'A Quiet Christmas', 'Intellectual Aspirations', 'Open Secrets', 'Memory Games', 'The Cold', 'Wedding Bells', 'Lines of Communication', 'Gossip', 'Out On a Limb', 'Upstagers', 'Idle Speculation', 'Efficiency' and 'Going Away'. Series 3 episodes are: 'A Week of Sundays', 'Mr Right', 'Curiosity', 'Home Comforts', 'Relative Movement', 'The Dinner Party', 'Mr Fixit', 'Charity', 'The Mysterious Affair at Bygone Books', 'Party Politics', 'Unforeseen Circumstances', 'Family Album' and 'Last Chances'. Series 4 episodes are: 'Dependent Relatives', 'Poor Relations', 'A Fully Extended Family', 'Yes and No', 'The Married Man' and 'The Other Married Man'.

'He after honor hunts, I after love. He leaves his friends to dignify them more, I leave myself, my friends and all, for love.' - "Proteus", Act 1, Scene 1. 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona' is a delightful early work from a Shakespeare on the verge of brilliance, a rarely performed play that showcases the developing talents of perhaps the greatest literary voice that ever lived. Taking as its plot the venerable theme of the love triangle and its attendant complications, "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" was Shakespeare's first attempt at romantic comedy, a genre the author was later to master in "Twelfth Night". Read by a talented cast that includes Peter Wyngarde and Edward De Souza, this Howard Sackler production captures all the youthful whimsy, lyricism, and the already-profound grasp of human emotions which characterise early Shakespeare and which makes "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" a must for scholars and beginners alike.

An unsettling collection of full-cast dramas from the long-running BBC Radio 4 horror series. Throughout five series of Fear on 4 from 1988-1997, Edward de Souza was The Man in Black, a sinister raconteur who introduced a weekly half-hour of terror and suspense. Here, he welcomes us to his house of horrors as he presents thirteen terrifying tales that will make your flesh crawl. The Snowman Killing by J C W Brook Green and Pleasant by Bert Coules Survival by John Wyndham Soul Searching by Martyn Wade The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman By the River, Fontainebleau by Stephen Gallagher The Face by E F Benson The Monkey's Revenge by Guy Jenkin Fat Andy by Stephen Dunstone The Journey Home by Bert Coules Dead Man's Boots by William Ingram The Judge's House by Bram Stoker With eerie sound effects that enhance the atmosphere of dread, these bloodcurdling adaptations run the gamut from the mysterious to the macabre. With superb casts including Imelda Staunton, Bernard Cribbins, Anna Massey, Thora Hird and Sean Barrett. Duration: 6.5 hours approx.