Patricia Routledge

George Lester is a man who is chasing rainbows, looking for the pot of gold at the end. When his wife, Pamela grows tired of being dragged all over...

The story of a retired man who decides to fulfil his life-long ambition of walking from one end of Britain to the other.

Arthur Dodsworth has recently retired. He lives alone except for his budgie and memories of his late wife Winnie. One afternoon his nap is...

When a young man brings an unexpected new partner home for dinner, the underlying prejudices of his straitlaced, middle-class parents are brought to...

A BAFTA award nominated drama about a park keeper who arrives to open up his park. Waiting at the gate is the bane of his life: a bag lady with...

Egyptologist Robin Ellis and American reporter Eva Marie Saint uncover King Tut's burial site but wealthy profiteer Raymond Burr tries to make sure...

As a young child, Frederic had been apprenticed to a pirate by mistake when he should have been apprenticed to a pilot. Now, having reached his 21st...

Based on the true story of Shelia Bowler, accused of murdering her elderly aunt.

Harriet Blossom is married to Robert Blossom, a businessman who'd rather spend the night at his bra factory than at home with her. One day, Harriet's...

A historical adaptation of John Gay's 18th Century ballad opera, exuberantly performed for BBC television.

A 29-year old aspiring composer—still single and without any romantic prospects—vows to both marry and write a hit musical before he turns 30....

Second World War drama - A young woman decides against working in a munitions factory, and lands a post with the signals corps attempting to crack...

A series of pink forms has Doris and Doreen fearing for their cushy jobs.

Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother, a vicar's wife, an inveterate letter writer, a...

A series of monologues.

A couple rebel against being forced out of their home (in the name of progress) and into a high rise publicly owned apartment.

Keeping Up Appearances remains one of Britain's best loved series. Running for 5 years throughout the 90s, millions of viewers tuned in to watch the...

An abbess, visionary, naturalist, playwright and composer, Hildegard of Bingen (played by Patricia Routledge) was a remarkable woman of the Middle...

'Egghead' Wentworth adapts his father's robot paratrooper to perform his chores, but forgets to programme it to keep him out of trouble.

Miss Polly decides to spend a few months with her wealthy spinster aunt as a traveling companion. While in Singapore her aunt's demise leaves her...

Emphasises the importance of professional knowledge of an organisation’s stocks or services in dealing with difficult customers. Highlights the...

A British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his uninterested and delinquent pupils are in...

Daisy and Onslow find the secret diary of Hyacinth and start reading in it. The rest of this TV-special are clips from prevous episodes.

Patricia Routledge, as patron of the Beatrix Potter Society, presents a documentary on the author's life and work.

The story of Androcles, the simple-hearted Christian tailor whose friendship with a lion saves himself and his friends from martyrdom in the Roman...

Exploring the wit, work and world of Joe Orton through his own words, and the testimony of those who knew him and worked with him.

During a visit to childhood friend Edith, retired housewife Hetty Wainthropp discovers that Edith's husband, Frank, has a son by a previous marriage....

A group of travelers from the United States race through seven European countries in 18 days.

Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law. This was the fifth...

In 1977, after a fourteen year dry spell, the novelist Barbara Pym was nominated for a Booker Award for her novel, Quartet in Autumn. This drama...

Award-winning one-woman drama starring Patricia Routledge. What do Miss Schofield and the gang find to talk about at their table in the canteen?...

"The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends", episode 2. Tom Kitten and his sisters spoil the tea party of their mother Tabitha, while Jemina Puddle-Duck...

Classic tales of Peter Rabbit."Once upon a time there were four little rabbits, and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter." So begins...

John Cleese training video on customers.

Maggie Hobson (Patricia Routledge) decides to marry Willie Mossop (Michael Caine), the gifted but underpaid bootmaker in her father's shop. Despite...

Three sailors on leave turn a British town upside down.

Barry Humphries performance at The Hilton Hotel London for The Variety Club of Great Britain.

Half-fae-half-mortal shepherd Strephon wants to wed shepherdress Phyllis, but, although she reciprocates his feelings, she has a dilemma — she is...

A well-to-do family moves from the city to a country farmhouse, determined to make a go of things on their own, but the existence of an already...

"The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends", episode 3. While hiding from his mother Tabitha, Tom Kitten got caught by two rats who wants to turn him...

Movie with some of the greatest brittish comedians such as Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese.