Colin Finbow

Willie's War (1994)

When 10-year-old Willie is evacuated from the East End of London, he is chosen by Zander, 13-year-old son of an army captain, to be his companion in a rambling country house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Jean Alexander  •  Charles Kay  •  Philip Boddy  •  Lee Turnbull

When 10-year-old Willie is evacuated from the East End of London, he is chosen by Zander, 13-year-old son of an army captain, to be his companion in a rambling country house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Jean Alexander  •  Charles Kay  •  Philip Boddy  •  Lee Turnbull

The Higher Mortals (1993)

This movie deals with the problems suffered by many smaller girls' boarding schools during the early 1990s recession, and makes use of metaphor and analogy in its critique of the John Major government of the day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Georgina Glyn  •  Charlotte Payne  •  Peter J. Morton  •  Fergus Brazier

This movie deals with the problems suffered by many smaller girls' boarding schools during the early 1990s recession, and makes use of metaphor and analogy in its critique of the John Major government of the day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Georgina Glyn  •  Charlotte Payne  •  Peter J. Morton  •  Fergus Brazier

A Swarm in May (1983)

John Owen returns to the Choir School at the start of term to find that he is the youngest Singing Boy in the school. This means he must also be Beekeeper - a traditional role. One of the traditional duties of the Beekeeper is to sing a solo in the Cathedral. Owen ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Frank Middlemass  •  Oliver Hicks  •  Jack May  •  Milo Twomey

John Owen returns to the Choir School at the start of term to find that he is the youngest Singing Boy in the school. This means he must also be Beekeeper - a traditional role. One of the traditional duties of the Beekeeper is to sing a solo in the Cathedral. Owen ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Frank Middlemass  •  Oliver Hicks  •  Jack May  •  Milo Twomey

Dark Enemy (1984)

After a nuclear war, a group of children at an isolated farmhouse debate what the outside world might be like. Soon one of them leaves the house to investigate, and finds out that things aren't the way they thought.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  David Haig  •  Douglas Storm  •  Martin Laing  •  Chris Chescoe

After a nuclear war, a group of children at an isolated farmhouse debate what the outside world might be like. Soon one of them leaves the house to investigate, and finds out that things aren't the way they thought.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  David Haig  •  Douglas Storm  •  Martin Laing  •  Chris Chescoe

Daemon (1985)

11-year-old Nick moves into a large old house with his sisters Jennie and Clare, left in the care of Helga the Swedish au pair while their parents are away in America. Nick is unhappy at his new school, where he is befriended by a boy named Sam and intimidated by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Arnaud Morell  •  Bert Parnaby  •  Susannah York  •  Sadie Herlighy

11-year-old Nick moves into a large old house with his sisters Jennie and Clare, left in the care of Helga the Swedish au pair while their parents are away in America. Nick is unhappy at his new school, where he is befriended by a boy named Sam and intimidated by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Arnaud Morell  •  Bert Parnaby  •  Susannah York  •  Sadie Herlighy

Under the Bed (1988)

A young girl kicks all of her rubbish under her bed creating a monster which she and her brother must fight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Thomas Arnold  •  Bill Oddie  •  Graeme Garden  •  Tim Brooke-Taylor

A young girl kicks all of her rubbish under her bed creating a monster which she and her brother must fight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Thomas Arnold  •  Bill Oddie  •  Graeme Garden  •  Tim Brooke-Taylor

Hard Road (1988)

When Kelly and Max, two 13-year olds from widely different social backgrounds, form an unlikely alliance and take off in Max's father's Ferrari for an illegal trip to Brighton. On the way they discover more about life and each other than they had bargained for.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Francesca Camillo  •  Max Rennie  •  Peter Bayliss  •  David Savile

When Kelly and Max, two 13-year olds from widely different social backgrounds, form an unlikely alliance and take off in Max's father's Ferrari for an illegal trip to Brighton. On the way they discover more about life and each other than they had bargained for.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Francesca Camillo  •  Max Rennie  •  Peter Bayliss  •  David Savile

Infantile Disorders (1988)

A gang of boys who run their money raising 'business' - on strictly free market lines - is threatened by the arrival of another group. - A socialistic group, headed by a black girl!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Gavin May  •  Jenni Barrand  •  Elaine Tan  •  Mark Heatley

A gang of boys who run their money raising 'business' - on strictly free market lines - is threatened by the arrival of another group. - A socialistic group, headed by a black girl!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Gavin May  •  Jenni Barrand  •  Elaine Tan  •  Mark Heatley

Doombeach (1989)

A young boy dies after swimming at a seaside resort, and the local children, led by Gavin, investigate and are led to suspect that contamination from a nearby nuclear plant is to blame. Their teacher is sympathetic, but has broken into her house, perhaps as a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Glenda Jackson  •  Michael Sheard  •  Jeremy Coster  •  Donna Taibe

A young boy dies after swimming at a seaside resort, and the local children, led by Gavin, investigate and are led to suspect that contamination from a nearby nuclear plant is to blame. Their teacher is sympathetic, but has broken into her house, perhaps as a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Glenda Jackson  •  Michael Sheard  •  Jeremy Coster  •  Donna Taibe

Survivors (1990)

A group of teenage boys are tricked into accompanying their teacher on a survival holiday to a deserted island. But when the teacher suffers a nervous breakdown and turns hostile, the boys are forced to fend for themselves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Ian Hogg  •  Ben Wheeler  •  Susan Curnow  •  Michael Bond

A group of teenage boys are tricked into accompanying their teacher on a survival holiday to a deserted island. But when the teacher suffers a nervous breakdown and turns hostile, the boys are forced to fend for themselves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Ian Hogg  •  Ben Wheeler  •  Susan Curnow  •  Michael Bond

How's Business (1991)

During World War II a young city boy is evacuated to the country.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Paul Copley  •  Don Henderson  •  Ron Moody  •  Brett Fancy

During World War II a young city boy is evacuated to the country.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Paul Copley  •  Don Henderson  •  Ron Moody  •  Brett Fancy

Emily's Ghost (1992)

Emily, a young Edwardian girl stifled by the constraints put on the women of her time, moves with her family to the ancestral home in the country, and begins to see the ghost of another girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Martin Jarvis  •  Rosalind Ayres  •  Ron Moody  •  Patsy Byrne

Emily, a young Edwardian girl stifled by the constraints put on the women of her time, moves with her family to the ancestral home in the country, and begins to see the ghost of another girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Martin Jarvis  •  Rosalind Ayres  •  Ron Moody  •  Patsy Byrne

The Gingerbread House (1996)

A 10-year-old girl and her 6-year-old brother are dumped by their abusive mother and her boyfriend to spend a few days at the rambling country house of their grandfather, who has been estranged from the family for the past ten years. The girl discovers the old mans ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Danielle Hawley  •  Danny Barnham  •  Patsy Byrne  •  Ian Johnstone

A 10-year-old girl and her 6-year-old brother are dumped by their abusive mother and her boyfriend to spend a few days at the rambling country house of their grandfather, who has been estranged from the family for the past ten years. The girl discovers the old mans ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Danielle Hawley  •  Danny Barnham  •  Patsy Byrne  •  Ian Johnstone

Something Wicked This Way Comes (1972)

Strange things start to happen when Mr Dark's Pandemonium Carnival arrives in Greentown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Ben Clennell  •  Mark Ashman  •  Jenny Glennell  •  Glen Dunderdale

Strange things start to happen when Mr Dark's Pandemonium Carnival arrives in Greentown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Ben Clennell  •  Mark Ashman  •  Jenny Glennell  •  Glen Dunderdale

Mister Skeeter (1985)

Lisa and Jamie, residents of the Alton House Children's Home, learn that the home is to close because of government cuts. They decide to run away, and meet up with Mr. Skeeter who brings them food but steals their emergency money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Orlando Wells  •  Rodney Dodds  •  Peter Bayliss  •  Louise Rawlings

Lisa and Jamie, residents of the Alton House Children's Home, learn that the home is to close because of government cuts. They decide to run away, and meet up with Mr. Skeeter who brings them food but steals their emergency money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Orlando Wells  •  Rodney Dodds  •  Peter Bayliss  •  Louise Rawlings

School for Vandals (1986)

Middle-class parents have bought a run-down school in the country. Their two children, plus an assortment of friends, are staying there over the summer. One day an old lady is found in the school, claiming she used to work there. The children hold her to ransom, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Jenni Barrand  •  Jeremy Coster  •  Samantha McMillan  •  Nicholas Mott

Middle-class parents have bought a run-down school in the country. Their two children, plus an assortment of friends, are staying there over the summer. One day an old lady is found in the school, claiming she used to work there. The children hold her to ransom, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Jenni Barrand  •  Jeremy Coster  •  Samantha McMillan  •  Nicholas Mott

Nightshade (1995)

After his wife is murdered and his house torched, a judge becomes the vigilante title character and seeks revenge on the criminals who destroyed his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow  •  Wilbur Scott
CAST:  Timothy C. Arthur  •  Ben Thom  •  Venables Jarrah  •  Emily Richard

After his wife is murdered and his house torched, a judge becomes the vigilante title character and seeks revenge on the criminals who destroyed his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow  •  Wilbur Scott
CAST:  Timothy C. Arthur  •  Ben Thom  •  Venables Jarrah  •  Emily Richard

The Custard Boys (1979)

An Indian summer, 1942: "When I was thirteen, all I wanted to be was a hero." A young evacuee's response to the surrounding war-obsessed adult world seems the only one available to him, until he forms 'a particular friendship' with another boy, a Jewish refugee. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Chris Chescoe  •  Eric Milliet  •  Ben Clennell  •  Andrew Atkinson

An Indian summer, 1942: "When I was thirteen, all I wanted to be was a hero." A young evacuee's response to the surrounding war-obsessed adult world seems the only one available to him, until he forms 'a particular friendship' with another boy, a Jewish refugee. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Chris Chescoe  •  Eric Milliet  •  Ben Clennell  •  Andrew Atkinson

Captain Stirrick (1982)

The adventures of a group of nineteenth century homeless children who operate as pickpockets in the Smithfield area of London  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Jules Sylvester  •  Jason Kemp  •  Toby Robertson  •  Christopher Donkin

The adventures of a group of nineteenth century homeless children who operate as pickpockets in the Smithfield area of London  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Jules Sylvester  •  Jason Kemp  •  Toby Robertson  •  Christopher Donkin

Awayday (1997)

Two boys take an awayday in August, to Brighton to catch the last summer girls.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Daniel Cogan  •  David Comerford  •  Tom Golding  •  Shanie Hanley

Two boys take an awayday in August, to Brighton to catch the last summer girls.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Finbow
CAST:  Daniel Cogan  •  David Comerford  •  Tom Golding  •  Shanie Hanley