Anthony Bate Movies

A boy tells his parents that a bus conductor turned him off the bus home for not having a ticket. The story gets out of control and the conductor, a...

Somerset 1850. Two boys exploring an underground cave, divert the course of a river and drastically change the lives of the people of two villages.

Two thugs rob a bookmaker as he leaves a dog track with his winnings, but complications begin to arise when they discover that his case full of money...

A World War II farce that follows the antics of an ENSA (Entertainment National Service Association) group. Fresh from the music halls, they bumble...

Our gamble is over, Dalhousie. You'll walk at dawn tomorrow as agreed, but in case you've no mind to return, there's one fact might persuade you. On...

Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between UK, France, Poland, Nazi-Germany and USSR from the day Czechoslovakia fell,...

Young Col is not enjoying his Cornish holiday and wishes his father would not join the family. Events make him grow up rather fast.

A play about bullying, asking whether anything can actually be done about it. A gang of boys engage David in a game of 'coins against the wall' every...

The flight attendant Sue Chambers becomes frightened for her life when she discovers that one of her coworkers was killed because the murderer...

A group of friends and relations gather at a country estate to see the first performance of an experimental play written and staged by the young man...

1956/57 - This episode reflects the Kim Philby spy affair.

A dangerous psychological game plays out between a man and the husband of the lover who spurned him.

BBC television film starring Anthony Bate.

A troublesome boy gets other children into danger while skin diving, but learns his lesson after a near-fatal accident.

Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map and embarks on a journey to find the treasure, but pirates led by Long John Silver have plans to take the...

Political drama about the Gorbachev-Reagan summit at Reykjavik

Three British soldiers are caught and interrogated by terrorists, unaware that they're in fact being put through mind-unhinging training as part of a...

What do Rose from Devon and Christina from Stuttgart have in common? And in what way is their fate linked to that of wealthy Fiona Dunkerley?

People claim to know an amnesiac who finds herself in a hotel with a suitcase full of cash.

Arthur Payne, recently out of prison, meets a stranger, Theo Gaunt, on a train and explains his situation. A few days later another stranger makes a...