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Terry Bishop

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Terry Bishop (21 October 1912 – 30 October 1981) was a British screenwriter, and television and film director. In the 1940s Bishop directed a series of public information and documentary films, including Daybreak in Udi (1949) for the Crown Film Unit which in 1950 won the Oscar for Best Documentary and a BAFTA for Best Documentary Film. From 1950–1962 he worked extensively in British TV, directing episodes of series including The Adventures of William Tell, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sword of Freedom, Danger Man, and Sir Francis Drake. Bishop also made several low budget British films during this period, including Cover Girl Killer (1959), featuring future Steptoe and Son star Harry H. Corbett as a serial murderer of glamour models.

21-10-1912

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Libra

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Chiswick, London, England, UK

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Love Beyond Reason - The Video Album

Love Beyond Reason - The Video Album

Chronicling the making of five all new videos of Randy Stonehill's "Love Beyond Reason" album.
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1985

Hamile: The Tongo Hamlet

Hamile: The Tongo Hamlet

An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare, which takes place in the home of the Frafra people, in the far north of Ghana. Performed by students of the University of Ghana School of Music and Drama.
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1964

Hair of the Dog

Hair of the Dog

Fred Tickle is commissionaire at a razor blade factory, and grows a beard after developing a shaving rash, but his new appearance doesn't go down well with management.
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1962

Bomb in the High Street

Bomb in the High Street

Thieves disguised as soldiers plan to use a bomb scare as part of their plan to rob a bank.
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1961

The Unstoppable Man

The Unstoppable Man

Mitchell is a rich American businessman whose son is kidnapped in England. Naturally, there's a huge ransom demand, but Scotland Yard tells Mitchell to butt out.
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1961

The Unstoppable Man

The Unstoppable Man

Mitchell is a rich American businessman whose son is kidnapped in England. Naturally, there's a huge ransom demand, but Scotland Yard tells Mitchell to butt out.
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1961

Danger Tomorrow

Danger Tomorrow

A woman with extra-sensory perception has a vision of a murder.
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1960

Cover Girl Killer

Cover Girl Killer

A madman is on the loose... killing fashion models that appear on the cover of magazines. The police start a manhunt in an attempt to capture the killer.
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1959

Cover Girl Killer

Cover Girl Killer

A madman is on the loose... killing fashion models that appear on the cover of magazines. The police start a manhunt in an attempt to capture the killer.
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1959

Model for Murder

Model for Murder

An American officer scours Britain in search of his dead brother's girlfriend and becomes involved in a jewel heist.
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1959

Model for Murder

Model for Murder

An American officer scours Britain in search of his dead brother's girlfriend and becomes involved in a jewel heist.
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1959

Life in Danger

Life in Danger

Panic and fear overtake a small British farming community after a homicidal child-killer escapes from a local mental hospital.
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1959

Light Fingers

Light Fingers

Humphrey assigns a "watchdog" to keep an eye on his wife Rose, whom he thinks is a thief. She isn't - but the watchdog is.
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1957

Tim Driscoll's Donkey

Tim Driscoll's Donkey

Story of how a young Irish boy loses the donkey he has reared from birth.
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1955

Tim Driscoll's Donkey

Tim Driscoll's Donkey

Story of how a young Irish boy loses the donkey he has reared from birth.
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1955

West of Zanzibar

West of Zanzibar

Game warden Bob Payton (Anthony Steel) tracks a ivory smuggling ring through some of the most treacherous passages of the Zanzibar territory.
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1954

The Titfield Thunderbolt

The Titfield Thunderbolt

When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains. Unfortunately the local bus company starts to use methods that can hardly be seen as fair competition.
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1953

Journey to the Sea

Journey to the Sea

This is the story of a lorry's solitary journey with a new propeller for a trawler laid up in a port on the rugged sea-coast of Wales. For the lorry-driver and his mate it is all in a day's work; minor mishaps are overcome on the journey from Preston through the beautiful Welsh countryside. The story ends with the trawler on its way to sea.
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1952

The Man in the White Suit

The Man in the White Suit

The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...
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1951

You're Only Young Twice

You're Only Young Twice

Seeking her long lost uncle, Ada Shore arrives at Skerryvore University to find him working under another name as the Gate Keeper. Ada is mistaken by the Principal as his new secretary so she jumps headlong into the role
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1951

You're Only Young Twice

You're Only Young Twice

Seeking her long lost uncle, Ada Shore arrives at Skerryvore University to find him working under another name as the Gate Keeper. Ada is mistaken by the Principal as his new secretary so she jumps headlong into the role
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1951

Daybreak in Udi

Daybreak in Udi

An African tribe in the Eastern Nigerian village of Umana work to build a maternity hospital, with the aid of government officials, and against the opposition of some tribal members.
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1949

A Tale in a Teacup

A Tale in a Teacup

"Tale in a teacup"- a short documentary on England's love affair with tea.
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1947

Five Towns

Five Towns

A look at a family living in Stoke-on-Trent in the 1940's and what it's like working in the pottery factories that Stoke is famous for.
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1947

The Royal Mile: Edinburgh

The Royal Mile: Edinburgh

Three overseas servicemen take a tour of the Royal Mile - visiting the sights between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace, and learning about the sometimes gruesome history of Scotland.
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1943

Down Our Street

Down Our Street

A Ministry of Information film, in which three women, all from one street but different class backgrounds, mysteriously congregate at one house. Their paths may rarely have crossed in pre-war society, yet the experience of war appears to have helped remove some of their class prejudices. After all, these three housewives now share a common interest, their sons all serve in the armed forces.
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1942

The Western Isles

The Western Isles

A young man returns to his home of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland after surviving a German submarine attack.
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1941

The Western Isles

The Western Isles

A young man returns to his home of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland after surviving a German submarine attack.
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1941