A VOYAGE ROUND MY FATHER
   
    Laurence Olivier
     Alan Bates
    Jane Asher

    INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARD

    3 BANFF FESTIVAL AWARDS
      including Best Director
          & Best in Festival

" A great television occasion. Faultlessly cast, exquisitely shot ... one of those few exercises the viewer never forgets " Punch

" Can set tears pricking, jaws aching with laughter, even thoughts revolving in heads " Sunday Times

" A performance for posterity "
Daily Telegraph

" A work of great power "
Financial Times

" Turbulent with talent "
The Guardian


" Olivier totally justified his reputation as the globe's greatest actor. This was a jewel. Spell-binding " Glasgow Times

" Some things in life shouldn't be missed such as A Voyage Round My Father " Toronto Star

CALL ME DADDY

   Donald Pleasance

   Reviews to follow

INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARD

WAITING FOR GILLIAN

   Patrick Barr
   Anne Crawford

" I watched the final result on the screen and it took my breath away. It exceeded all our hopes " Michael Barry, Head of Drama

" The production of Alvin Rakoff achieved a blend of sensitivity and heavy drama " News Chronicle

    DAILY MAIL NATIONAL
    TELEVISION AWARDS
    
      Best Actress
      Best Actor

PARADISE POSTPONED

A 12 hour series by John Mortimer

Michael Hordern
Zoe Wanamaker

" Paradise has all the hallmarks of British quality ; superb cast, dialogue that is true, scenery that is evocative .. the willingness to tell a story of deeper meaning and the democratic faith in an audience's ability to comprehend it " Time Magazine

" This is Paradise Found on television " Daily Express


" This series is paradise - with a dash of purgatory " USA Today

" Great fun, beautifully set against lush countryside, moved along at a good pace by director Alvin Rakoff " Los Angeles Times

" The series is packed with lovingly created period detail to which the director Alvin Rakoff adds a luxurious veneer of glamour. His landscapes are suffused with a hazy golden glow in which the Thames glints with a steely blue " The Times

" A real winner " Daily Mail

" Lingers on in the mind for warmth and wit and interplay of good characters and lush landscapes " Sunday Telegraph

THE ADVENTURES OF
DON QUIXOTE

Rex Harrison

" There are scenes that Picasso might have painted .. a splendid, robust, rich and varied experience, funny thoughtful and provocative. An extraordinary production. Everything about it cries for massive canvas " Los Angeles Times

" A marvelous sense of visual rhythm " Washington Post

" An absolute delight. A two hour programme I would happily have seen twice " Financial Times

" One of the great moments of television " Toronto Globe & Mail

" The sun-beaten, dusty magnificence of the Spanish landscapes " The Guardian

" Magical - that's the triumph of the Don. I really felt television had at last moved on " Daily Express

" Director Alvin Rakoff works a minor miracle with his transition from humor to pathos. Extraordinarily sensitive use is made of color, impressionistically establishing moods and tuning the viewer's response " The Australian

A DANCE TO THE MUSIC
OF TIME

" The toast of the chattering classes " Sunday Times


" Lavish sets and a sumptuous cast " Independent



" Lovely settings, gorgeous costumes, handsome and high-toned " Daily Mail

Sir John Gielgud
Miranda Richardson
Zoe Wanamaker
Edward Fox
Simon Russell Beale

Four films based on
Anthony Powell's 12 novels

ROMEO & JULIET

 Alan Rickman
 Celia Johnson

" Alvin Rakoff's direction, like the bard's pen, runneth over with rich, textured imagery, creating television picture that could hang in a gallery " Los Angeles Times


" Grand acting " Daily Variety


" A tremendous achievement in boldly bringing one of Shakespeare's greatest works to, perhaps the biggest audience ever to see it " Daily Express

" Like a sort of classic Italian painting " Sunday Mirror

HEART TO HEART

 Kenneth More
 Ralph Richardson

by Terence Rattigan

Specially commissioned and written for The Largest Theatre in the World an estimated total audience of 80 million

" Deep etched performances " Variety

" Compellingly acted " Dennis Potter, The Herald

" Towering head and shoulders over most TV drama " Sunday Telegraph

" A masterpiece of writing, production and acting " Sunday Post

THE CAINE MUTINY COURT MARTIAL

Produced, directed and adapted for the screen by Alvin Rakoff

" Alvin Rakoff .. showed that he is still one of the handful whose dexterity and certainty of touch are as individual as a signature " Daily Mail

" The most rewarding Sunday evening for months " Sunday Times

" Deserves unstinted praise. Compelling and engrossing even more than it had been on film " Evening Chronicle

REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT

 Sean Connery
 Michael Caine

" My hat is off to Alvin Rakoff and his entire company " Evening Standard

" Opened with a fight sequence that made my 17 inch screen seem yards wide " Daily Mirror