David Hargreaves

Othello (1965)

General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Burge
CAST:  Laurence Olivier  •  Maggie Smith  •  Joyce Redman  •  Frank Finlay

General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Burge
CAST:  Laurence Olivier  •  Maggie Smith  •  Joyce Redman  •  Frank Finlay

Agatha (1979)

England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Apted
CAST:  Vanessa Redgrave  •  Dustin Hoffman  •  Timothy Dalton  •  Helen Morse

England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Apted
CAST:  Vanessa Redgrave  •  Dustin Hoffman  •  Timothy Dalton  •  Helen Morse

Thatcher: The Final Days (1991)

The re-creation of events leading up to Margaret Thatcher's defeat as party leader and Britain's Prime Minister.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Sullivan
CAST:  Sylvia Syms  •  Bruce Alexander  •  Henry Ayrton  •  Christopher Benjamin

The re-creation of events leading up to Margaret Thatcher's defeat as party leader and Britain's Prime Minister.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Sullivan
CAST:  Sylvia Syms  •  Bruce Alexander  •  Henry Ayrton  •  Christopher Benjamin

Henry V - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2012)

Shakespeare’s masterpiece of the turbulence of war and the arts of peace tells the romantic story of Henry’s campaign to recapture the English possessions in France. But the ambitions of this charismatic king are challenged by a host of vivid characters caught up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ross MacGibbon  •  Dominic Dromgoole
CAST:  Jamie Parker  •  Brid Brennan  •  Graham Butler  •  Olivia Ross

Shakespeare’s masterpiece of the turbulence of war and the arts of peace tells the romantic story of Henry’s campaign to recapture the English possessions in France. But the ambitions of this charismatic king are challenged by a host of vivid characters caught up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ross MacGibbon  •  Dominic Dromgoole
CAST:  Jamie Parker  •  Brid Brennan  •  Graham Butler  •  Olivia Ross

Last Christmas (2019)

Kate is a young woman who has a habit of making bad decisions, and her last date with disaster occurs after she accepts work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, after she meets Tom there, her life takes a new turn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Feig
CAST:  Emilia Clarke  •  Henry Golding  •  Emma Thompson  •  Michelle Yeoh

Kate is a young woman who has a habit of making bad decisions, and her last date with disaster occurs after she accepts work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, after she meets Tom there, her life takes a new turn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Feig
CAST:  Emilia Clarke  •  Henry Golding  •  Emma Thompson  •  Michelle Yeoh

The Wars of the Roses (1965)

A 1965 BBC adaptation of William Shakespeare's first historical tetralogy (1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III), which deals with the conflict between the House of Lancaster and the House of York over the throne of England, a conflict known as the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Hall  •  Robin Midgley  •  Michael Hayes  •  John Barton
CAST:  David Warner  •  Janet Suzman  •  Peggy Ashcroft  •  Donald Sinden

A 1965 BBC adaptation of William Shakespeare's first historical tetralogy (1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III), which deals with the conflict between the House of Lancaster and the House of York over the throne of England, a conflict known as the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Hall  •  Robin Midgley  •  Michael Hayes  •  John Barton
CAST:  David Warner  •  Janet Suzman  •  Peggy Ashcroft  •  Donald Sinden

This Country - The Aftermath (2018)

After Kerry's trusting nature was taken advantage of and she became embroiled in a criminal enterprise with her devious father Martin, the police's net tightened around the Mucklowes. Kerry was left with a direct choice - save her father or save herself. Eight ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom George
CAST:  Daisy May Cooper  •  Charlie Cooper  •  Paul Chahidi  •  Paul Cooper

After Kerry's trusting nature was taken advantage of and she became embroiled in a criminal enterprise with her devious father Martin, the police's net tightened around the Mucklowes. Kerry was left with a direct choice - save her father or save herself. Eight ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom George
CAST:  Daisy May Cooper  •  Charlie Cooper  •  Paul Chahidi  •  Paul Cooper

1914 All Out (1987)

A village cricket team plays its last match before most of its players go off to fight in World War I, confident that "it will all be over by Christmas".  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Green
CAST:  David Hargreaves  •  Jean Rimmer  •  Christopher Baines  •  Jonathan Cullen

A village cricket team plays its last match before most of its players go off to fight in World War I, confident that "it will all be over by Christmas".  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Green
CAST:  David Hargreaves  •  Jean Rimmer  •  Christopher Baines  •  Jonathan Cullen

She's Been Away (1989)

A woman who has been institutionalized for 60 years for the "crime" of not conforming to the 1920s image of what a proper young woman should be (in other words, she did what she wanted and didn't care what anyone else thought about it) is finally released to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Hall
CAST:  Peggy Ashcroft  •  Geraldine James  •  James Fox  •  Rachel Kempson

A woman who has been institutionalized for 60 years for the "crime" of not conforming to the 1920s image of what a proper young woman should be (in other words, she did what she wanted and didn't care what anyone else thought about it) is finally released to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Hall
CAST:  Peggy Ashcroft  •  Geraldine James  •  James Fox  •  Rachel Kempson

Some Kind of Life (1995)

Young housewife Alison tries to care for both her husband, who became brain-damaged after a motorbike accident, and their young child. Her husband's mother and best friend make things even more difficult.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julian Jarrold
CAST:  Jane Horrocks  •  Ray Stevenson  •  Gwen Taylor  •  Andrew Tiernan

Young housewife Alison tries to care for both her husband, who became brain-damaged after a motorbike accident, and their young child. Her husband's mother and best friend make things even more difficult.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julian Jarrold
CAST:  Jane Horrocks  •  Ray Stevenson  •  Gwen Taylor  •  Andrew Tiernan

A Life Is Forever (1972)

Johnson begins his life sentence for the murder of a policeman. It is not long before he will experience the harsh realities of the brutality and day to day drudgery of prison life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Clarke
CAST:  Maurice O'Connell  •  Neil Seiler  •  David Hargreaves  •  Basil Clarke

Johnson begins his life sentence for the murder of a policeman. It is not long before he will experience the harsh realities of the brutality and day to day drudgery of prison life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Clarke
CAST:  Maurice O'Connell  •  Neil Seiler  •  David Hargreaves  •  Basil Clarke

Stronger Than the Sun (1978)

Kate works in the nuclear industry. She is concerned about the way things are being run. So she smuggles out some Plutonium to prove how easy it is. She tries to pass it on to protest groups, but nobody is interested as they have their own agendas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Apted
CAST:  Francesca Annis  •  Tom Bell  •  Clive Merrison  •  Gerald James

Kate works in the nuclear industry. She is concerned about the way things are being run. So she smuggles out some Plutonium to prove how easy it is. She tries to pass it on to protest groups, but nobody is interested as they have their own agendas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Apted
CAST:  Francesca Annis  •  Tom Bell  •  Clive Merrison  •  Gerald James

The Intercessor (1983)

A writer seeking seclusion takes rooms in a remote farmhouse. Soon his quiet is broken by sounds and then sightings of a small child...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Smith
CAST:  John Duttine  •  Peter Hughes  •  David Hargreaves  •  Maggie Ford

A writer seeking seclusion takes rooms in a remote farmhouse. Soon his quiet is broken by sounds and then sightings of a small child...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Smith
CAST:  John Duttine  •  Peter Hughes  •  David Hargreaves  •  Maggie Ford

Doran's Box (1976)

A long-distance lorry driver; a spaceman; a volunteer under reduced environmental conditions; a man in solitary confinement: the discomfort of these people is shared by Doran - when he can't put his finger on the panic button.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthew Robinson
CAST:  Peter Eyre  •  Susan Glanville  •  Frederick Treves  •  David Hargreaves

A long-distance lorry driver; a spaceman; a volunteer under reduced environmental conditions; a man in solitary confinement: the discomfort of these people is shared by Doran - when he can't put his finger on the panic button.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthew Robinson
CAST:  Peter Eyre  •  Susan Glanville  •  Frederick Treves  •  David Hargreaves

Minor Complications (1980)

Kay Gilbert goes into hospital for a minor operation which goes badly wrong. Based on an actual case, this play tells the story of her fight for compensation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Moira Armstrong
CAST:  Paola Dionisotti  •  David Hargreaves  •  Bernard Holley  •  Benjamin Whitrow

Kay Gilbert goes into hospital for a minor operation which goes badly wrong. Based on an actual case, this play tells the story of her fight for compensation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Moira Armstrong
CAST:  Paola Dionisotti  •  David Hargreaves  •  Bernard Holley  •  Benjamin Whitrow

Your Christmas Or Mine? (2022)

Students Hayley and James are young and in love. After saying goodbye for Christmas at a London train station, they both make the same mad split-second decision to swap trains and surprise each other. Passing each other in the station, they are completely unaware ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim O'Hanlon
CAST:  Angela Griffin  •  Asa Butterfield  •  Daniel Mays  •  Harriet Walter

Students Hayley and James are young and in love. After saying goodbye for Christmas at a London train station, they both make the same mad split-second decision to swap trains and surprise each other. Passing each other in the station, they are completely unaware ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim O'Hanlon
CAST:  Angela Griffin  •  Asa Butterfield  •  Daniel Mays  •  Harriet Walter

No Further Cause For Concern (1988)

Prison inmate Danny Monk does not foresee the circumstances when he barricades himself in a cell during a prison riot with Prison Officer Green as hostage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Bruce
CAST:  Sean Chapman  •  Rod Culbertson  •  John Benfield  •  John Tams

Prison inmate Danny Monk does not foresee the circumstances when he barricades himself in a cell during a prison riot with Prison Officer Green as hostage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Bruce
CAST:  Sean Chapman  •  Rod Culbertson  •  John Benfield  •  John Tams

The Passion (1999)

During a rural representation of The Passion of Christ, a young actor and a married costume designer start a romance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Catherine Morshead
CAST:  Gina McKee  •  Paul Nicholls  •  Juliet Cowan  •  Alastair Galbraith

During a rural representation of The Passion of Christ, a young actor and a married costume designer start a romance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Catherine Morshead
CAST:  Gina McKee  •  Paul Nicholls  •  Juliet Cowan  •  Alastair Galbraith