Diarmuid Lawrence Movies

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

2012

Matthew Rhys, Tamzin Merchant, and Julia McKenzie headline this made for television mystery filled with passion and intrigue, and adapted from an unfinished novel...

South Riding

2010

Inspired by Winifred Holtby's popular 1936 novel of the same name, this three-part television miniseries details the drama that unfolds at a Depression-era Yorkshire...

Little Dorrit

2008

Screenwriter Andrew Davies' adapts Charles Dickens' tale of struggle and hardship in 1820s London. Returning to England after many years abroad, Arthur Clennam (Matthew...

The Murder Room

2004

The heir to London's Dupayne Museum has died in a suspicious fire and it's up to Commander Dalgliesh (Martin Shaw) to crack the case in this mystery based on the...

Messiah

2001

Not a religious program, the British mystery miniseries Messiah nonetheless contained Biblical elements, albeit sinister ones. London Detective Red Metcalfe (Ken...

Heat of the Sun

1998

The British miniseries Heat of the Sun was set in 1933. After several instances of insubordination, Scotland Yard supervisor Albert Tyburn (Trevor Eve) was discplined by...

The Beggar Bride

1997

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Emma

1996

In this made-for-TV adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel, Emma Woodhouse (Kate Beckinsale) is a clever young woman from a wealthy family who fancies herself a...

Deep Secrets

1996

A cop goes into dangerous territory in this British made-for-television thriller. Colin Salmon stars as Detective Charlie Nolan, a cop who goes undercover to track down an...

The Hanging Gale

1995

The four-part BBC1 miniseries The Hanging Gale was set in 1846, the year of the Irish potato famine. As starvation stared them in the face, a group of farming families...

Loving

1995

An Irish castle filled with eccentric characters, both upstairs and down provides the basis for this lively, loopy British comedy based on Henry Green's anti-novel set in 1941....

Comics

1993

The two-part British miniseries Comics was written by Lynda La Plante, of Prime Suspect fame. In one of his first major TV roles, Tim Guinee stars as Johnny Lazar, a...

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

1992

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Vanity Fair

1987

Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray's once-controversial novel about the ambitious and amoral country lass Becky Sharp, has been adapted for British television on a...

Our Exploits at West Poley

1986

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The Echo

1977

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