Paradise Restored
A fictionalised biography of the poet. Now an old man, blind and out of favour, Milton seeks to leave a plague-ravaged London.
Don Taylor
Director
Don Taylor
Writer
Casts & Crew
John Neville
John Milton
Anne Stallybrass
Elizabeth Milton
Jane Hayden
Deborah Milton
Rosemary McHale
Anne Milton
Bernard Hepton
Oliver Cromwell
John Woodnutt
Sir Henry Vane
Alan Rowe
Andrew Marvell
Preston Lockwood
John Bradshaw
Also Directed by Don Taylor
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A suburban couple are held under siege by a pack of frighteningly intelligent rats.
Beasts is a series of six television plays by Manx writer Nigel Kneale, unconnected but for a bestial horror theme, made by ATV for ITV in the United Kingdom and broadcast in 1976.
A family gather together as their mother lies dying. Death brings family conflicts into sharp focus, not least those between brothers Edgar and Richard.
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Two great friends leave Verona for Milan, Valentine with great enthusiasm and Proteus unwillingly, as he will have to leave his recently-betrothered Julia. Valentine soon falls in love with Silvia, daughter of the Duke of Milan, but then Proteus meets the captivating Silvia... and he too becomes besotted.
Two-hander TV Play featuring Edward Woodward and Warren Mitchell
