Barry Davis

Most Popular Barry Davis Trailers

Total trailers found: 25

Schmoedipus Trailer (1974)

20 June 1974

Glen, a complete stranger, appears at the door of Elizabeth Carter, a middle-aged woman, and claims to be the illegitimate son she gave away at birth.

Baby Love Trailer (1974)

07 November 1974

Play about Eileen who steals a baby, and the reactions of those around her, including the priest, police, and authorities and the consequences of what she does.

What the Butler Saw Trailer (1987)

23 May 1987

White golliwogs, cross-dressing coppers, bellboy rapists, insanity, incest, and Winston Churchill’s giant member all play their part in this BBC production of Joe Orton’s farcical, bitingly satirical 1969 play, in which the head psychiatrist of a lunatic asylum, when trying to conceal the attempted molestation of his new secretary from his wife, only succeeds in making himself (and everyone else) look completely round the bend.

The Cause Trailer (1981)

03 February 1981

"I wish I could write ... about what Spain was like - a real cause. Not just Cornford, Hemingway and Orwell, but the ordinary blokes who went.

When We Are Married Trailer (1987)

26 December 1987

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

Paper Roses Trailer (1971)

13 June 1971

Facing retirement, elderly journalist Clarence Hubbard reflects on the pointlessness of a life wasted writing banal tabloid human interest, animal, and crime stories.

Do as I Say Trailer (1977)

25 January 1977

A quietly unhappy housewife finds a stranger in her house and is raped at knife-point by him. But when she turns to friends, neighbours and her parents-in-law for sympathy, they all seem preoccupied by other matters.

Your Man from Six Counties Trailer (1976)

26 October 1976

When his father becomes a bomb victim, Jimmy leaves Belfast for his uncle’s farm in remote west Ireland.

Benefactors Trailer (1989)

02 January 1989

Michael Frayn play part of TV series Theatre Night.

Gotcha / Campion's Interview Trailer (1977)

12 April 1977

Two stories about school. Gotcha by Barrie Keeffe: On his last day at school, a 'no hope' 16-year-old pupil holds his teachers hostage using a motor-bike petrol tank as a bomb.

The Floater Trailer (1975)

29 May 1975

A comedy about the law - seen from the inside. All formality and procedure on the surface but not quite so convincing when you see the works.

Separation Trailer (1990)

27 June 1990

When Sarah, a New York actress, calls Joe, a London playwright they begin a very special relationship conducted through trans-Antlantic phone calls.

Eleanor Trailer (1974)

12 December 1974

Eleanor seems normal enough to her parents and teachers. Why then has she disappeared?

There Is a Happy Land Trailer (1974)

05 May 1974

Keith Waterhouse's near autobiographical tale about characters from his childhood.

If Only the Trains Came Trailer (1968)

16 December 1968

Play based on a story by Chekhov. For Gromov, behind the bars of a mental ward, the railway is the one hope of escape.

Mummy and Daddy Trailer (1973)

15 November 1973

Arthur takes early retirement, and with his wife Marion, moves into a bungalow by the sea, bought by their son.

For Sylvia, or the Air Show Trailer (1973)

19 February 1973

Was this the finest hour? Sifting the truth and fiction about the Battle of Britain, Burrows and Harding give their own account of how the nation sees its heroes - and itself.

The Ha-Ha Trailer (1969)

25 August 1969

A young woman has a mental breakdown in a state institution.

The People’s Jack Trailer (1970)

26 January 1970

A musical version of the life of the 17th Century English radical politician, John Wilkes, who campaigned for the right for voters to determine their representatives, not the House of Commons.

Katie: The Year of a Child Trailer (1979)

13 December 1979

Katie, the 14-year-old daughter of a travelling family, is left in charge of an ailing mother and her nine brothers and sisters in Dublin whilst her father is in England seeking his fortune.

Funny Trailer (1971)

16 November 1971

In London, Tom and Phyl are self-assured and in control of the situation whenever they meet their friends Huw and Tegwen.

The Waiting Game Trailer (1967)

29 December 1967

A henpecked trade union leader tries to bully and then bribe a vulnerable housing manager into letting him jump the queue and have a new council flat.

Pews Trailer (1980)

12 January 1980

Liftchick has a problem. As beadle to the synagogue he is responsible for getting ten men together to say Kaddish, but it is holiday-time and the town is empty.

Her Majesty's Pleasure Trailer (1973)

25 October 1973

They are all 'in' for life so the pleasures are sparse, and strictly of their own making.Their really big event is the Christmas pantomime, only this year they have lost their star.

Brimstone and Treacle Trailer (1987)

25 August 1987

The Bates care for their severely disabled daughter Pattie. Martin arrives at their door claiming to be her college friend.