Christopher Morahan

Christopher Morahan

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Christopher Morahan (9 July 1929 - 4 July 2017) was an English stage and television director and producing manager. Initially an actor, Morahan was subsequently a television director from 1957, starting with the long-running ITV series Emergency Ward 10. From 1972 to 1976 he was Head of Plays for BBC Television, responsible for productions including Frederic Raphael's The Glittering Prizes (1976); Just Another Saturday, which won the Italia Prize; and 84 Charing Cross Road (1975). Morahan joined the National Theatre in 1977 as Deputy Director and was appointed Co-Director of the Olivier Theatre. His first stage production was Jules Feiffer's Little Murders for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre in July 1967, starring Brenda Bruce, Barbara Jefford, Derek Godfrey and Roland Curram. Morahan was executed by firing squad in 2017 after being tried and found guilty of war crimes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Morahan licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Christopher Morahan
  • Popularity: 7.058
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1929-07-09
  • Place of Birth: London, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Christopher Thomas Morahan, Chris Morahan
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Christopher Morahan Movies

  • 2003
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    The Kneale Tapes

    The Kneale Tapes

    1 2003 HD

    Documentary about Nigel Kneale, creator of Quatermass.

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  • 2016
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    Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage

    Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage

    7.833 2016 HD

    This documentary celebrates one of Britain’s greatest actors, Dame Judi Dench, and looks back over her remarkable 60-year career.

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  • 1986
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    Clockwise

    Clockwise

    6.299 1986 HD

    An uncompromising British school headmaster finds himself beset by one thing going wrong after another.

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  • 1969
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    All Neat in Black Stockings

    All Neat in Black Stockings

    4 1969 HD

    A small comedy drama about the life and sex adventures of an amorous window cleaner, in the hip and swingin' London of the '60s.

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  • 1968
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    The Gorge

    The Gorge

    1 1968 HD

    A reluctant teenager accompanies his family on a day out to a local beauty spot.

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  • 1990
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    Paper Mask

    Paper Mask

    6 1990 HD

    A lowly hospital orderly impersonates a recently deceased doctor and goes to work in the busy ER of a small hospital where he meets and befriends a...

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  • 1970
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    Lay Down Your Arms

    Lay Down Your Arms

    6 1970 HD

    Dennis Potter used his own background as a Russian language clerk in the War Office when writing this play for ITV's SATURDAY NIGHT THEATRE series....

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  • 1971
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    Platonov

    Platonov

    1 1971 HD

    The title character is a married provincial schoolmaster and a notorious philanderer. He is a russian Don Juan except that he himself doesn't seek to...

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  • 1970
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    Uncle Vanya

    Uncle Vanya

    6 1970 HD

    Uncle Vanya is a tragic comedy of lost hopes, stifled passions and wasted lives. Vanya is a bitter, sarcastic man, obsessed with his wasted years and...

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  • 2002
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    The Dwarfs

    The Dwarfs

    4.7 2002 HD

    A young actor and an angst-ridden city worker fight over a girl watched over by a disturbed chum. The play is concerned with three young men, Len,...

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  • 1987
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    After Pilkington

    After Pilkington

    7 1987 HD

    The quiet life of Oxford professor James Westgate is shattered when he is introduced to Penny, the wife of his crass new colleague.

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  • 1980
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    Bedroom Farce

    Bedroom Farce

    6 1980 HD

    Trevor and Susannah, whose marraige is on the rocks, inflict their miseries on their nearest and dearest: three couples whose own relationships are...

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  • 1994
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    A Summer Day's Dream

    A Summer Day's Dream

    1 1994 HD

    Adaptation of the play by J B Priestley. After a nuclear war, the nations have combined to set up a World Government. An old man who lives quietly in...

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  • 1965
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    Fable

    Fable

    1 1965 HD

    In Great Britain a reversal of African apartheid comes into place, and the country is governed by black people with whites as the subservients.

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  • 1966
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    A Month in the Country

    A Month in the Country

    1 1966 HD

    An adaptation Turgenev's play of the same name.

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  • 1968
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    Diamonds for Breakfast

    Diamonds for Breakfast

    5.583 1968 HD

    Swinging playboy Grand Duke Nicholas Goduno, a direct descendent of the Romanov family who were overthrown in the Russian Revolution of 1917, learns...

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  • 1965
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    The World of George Orwell: 1984

    The World of George Orwell: 1984

    1 1965 HD

    Early adaption of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four as part of the Theatre 625 series.

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  • 1992
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    Common Pursuit

    Common Pursuit

    1 1992 HD

    Common Pursuit is a play by Simon Gray which follows the lives of six characters who first meet as undergraduates at Cambridge University when they...

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  • 1996
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    The Peacock Spring

    The Peacock Spring

    7 1996 HD

    Filmed in India, Rumer Godden’s story has been adapted and directed by the Jewel in the Crown team. Two English schoolgirls arrive in New...

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  • 1985
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    In the Secret State

    In the Secret State

    1 1985 HD

    A Government Department with data on us all in its computers is not functioning quite as its ex-Head intended. Frank Strange sets out to clear his...

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  • 1993
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    The Bullion Boys

    The Bullion Boys

    1 1993 HD

    Based on a true story. In 1940, Britain's gold reserves were transferred for safety to Liverpool because of the threat of a German invasion. The...

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  • 1990
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    Old Flames

    Old Flames

    1 1990 HD

    Daniel is an obeying and high-flying barrister with the good life on his side. Nathaniel Quass is a rich and bizarre recluse, generous, obsessed and...

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  • 1990
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    Can You Hear Me Thinking?

    Can You Hear Me Thinking?

    10 1990 HD

    Real life husband and wife Judi Dench and Michael Williams star in this Screen One film as the parents of teenage boy diagnosed with schizophrenia

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  • 1969
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    You've Made Your Bed - Now Lie in It

    You've Made Your Bed - Now Lie in It

    1 1969 HD

    Eames is a middle aged man, with a boring, routine job. His life changes when he meets a young girl and a painter. This rekindles his youthful...

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  • 1963
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    The Road

    The Road

    1 1963 HD

    In the late 18th century a small English village is haunted by ghostly apparitions. Sir Timothy Hassall, accompanied by his friend Gideon Cole,...

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  • 1966
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    A Game, Like, Only a Game

    A Game, Like, Only a Game

    1 1966 HD

    The story begins with the death of a cat. For Mrs Everton, the owner, it climaxes four months of terror during which she has been paying two young...

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  • 1990
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    Paper Mask

    Paper Mask

    6 1990 HD

    A lowly hospital orderly impersonates a recently deceased doctor and goes to work in the busy ER of a small hospital where he meets and befriends a...

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  • 1970
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    Hearts and Flowers

    Hearts and Flowers

    6 1970 HD

    A family gather together for the funeral and cremation of the head of the family.

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  • 1967
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    A Slight Ache

    A Slight Ache

    1 1967 HD

    Harold Pinter play televised on the BBC.

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  • 1967
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    A Night Out

    A Night Out

    1 1967 HD

    Albert, a shy and repressed young man who lives with his mother, is persuaded to go for "a night out" with his workmates; it turns nightmarish.

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  • 1973
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    Monologue

    Monologue

    1 1973 HD

    A man sits alone remembering his love affair with the girl his best friend won.

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  • 1975
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    Old Times

    Old Times

    1 1975 HD

    Kate and Deeley are married and live in the country. They are joined by Kate's friend, Anna, and talk of the past. Although it is a past they have...

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  • 1989
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    The Heat of the Day

    The Heat of the Day

    1 1989 HD

    In World War II England, a woman is approached by a man claiming to work as an intelligence agent who has found out her lover is a spy. He promises...

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  • 1996
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    Element of Doubt

    Element of Doubt

    6.333 1996 HD

    A woman has doubts about the intentions of her husband, even to the point where she thinks he might kill her.

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  • 1973
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    Pygmalion

    Pygmalion

    1 1973 HD

    Staring Lynn Redgrave as Eliza Dolittle, this charming BBC production captures the complexities of human relationships in a social world. Phonetics...

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  • 1972
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    The Bankrupt

    The Bankrupt

    1 1972 HD

    Ellis Cripper has lost his money and his memory; in different ways he tries to make sense of his situation.

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  • 1992
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    Unnatural Pursuits

    Unnatural Pursuits

    1 1992 HD

    An English playwright sacrifices his health waiting for his play's make-or-break opening on Broadway.

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  • 1970
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    6.7 1970 HD

    A sweeping drama about the ruling and ruled classes of World War II India, the story begins with an unjust arrest for rape. The consequences of this...

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  • 1970
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    6.7 1970 HD

    A sweeping drama about the ruling and ruled classes of World War II India, the story begins with an unjust arrest for rape. The consequences of this...

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  • 1970
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    8 1970 HD

    A grown-up brother and sister's visit to their parents home culminates in a shocking tragedy. The events of the weekend are told over four episodes,...

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  • 1970
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    4.5 1970 HD

    The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written...

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  • 1970
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    7 1970 HD

    Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on...

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  • 1970
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    5.9 1970 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on...

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  • 1970
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    5.3 1970 HD

    A Dance to the Music of Time is a four-part adaptation of Anthony Powell's 12-volume novel sequence that aired on Channel 4 in 1997. The series is a...

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  • 1970
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    6 1970 HD

    Sergeant Cork is a British detective television series which first aired between 1963 and 1968 on ITV. It was a police procedural show that followed...

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  • 1970
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    3.8 1970 HD

    Thirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, which was used in part at least as a...

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  • 1970
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    10 1970 HD

    In 1919, Major Brendan Archer arrives in Ireland to reunite with his fiancée, Angela Spencer. Unfortunately, the family home, The Majestic...

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  • 1970
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    6.8 1970 HD

    Series of single made-for-television dramas.

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  • 1970
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    6 1970 HD

    An English playwright sacrifices his health waiting for his play's make-or-break opening on Broadway.

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