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Robert Ross (Brent Carver) lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled. He feels compassion for his weak and conventional father. He avoids any confrontation with his mother (Martha Henry), a dominating woman whose despondency at having given birth to a handicapped child has turned to bitterness. Rowena occupies a central position in Robert's existence of daydreams and make-believe. When she dies, Robert clashes openly with his family, and decides to take himself in hand. It's 1914. He enrolls in the Canadian army, and, after training in Alberta and Montreal, he finds himself in England and France. The war becomes another way for him to resolve his conflicts, his dramas, his passions--his wars.

Love Life

Act like Tommy

event1967 top_panel_open

Can Theodore Quill, a self-styled Casanova, face the truth of his affairs?

Trog

Act like Reporter

event1970 star_border 4.4 top_panel_open

Anthropologist Dr. Brockton unearths a primitive troglodyte -- an Ice Age "missing link": half-caveman, half-ape -- in a local cave. Through medical experimentation, she manages to communicate with him and domesticate him before he's let loose by an irate land developer and goes on a rampage, terrorizing the local citizenry.

The Siege of Sidney Street

Act like Gardstein

event1960 star_border 2 top_panel_open

A police inspector (Donald Sinden) tracks down Russian anarchist Peter the Painter (Peter Wyngarde) and his gang in circa-1911 London.

Murder Most Foul

Act like George Rowton

event1964 star_border 7 top_panel_open

A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation.

Bomb in the High Street

Act like Feeney

event1961 top_panel_open

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

Doctor Who: The Gunfighters

Act like Phineas Clanton

event1966 star_border 7 top_panel_open

Arriving in the town of Tombstone, the First Doctor finds himself involved with gunmen out to kill Doc Holliday...

Traitor's Gate

Act like King

event1964 star_border 5.7 top_panel_open

A businessman organises a caper to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.

The Rising of the Moon

Act like Constable O'Grady

event1957 star_border 6.9 top_panel_open

Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty of the Law," a police officer must arrest an old-fashioned, traditional fellow for assault. The man's principles have the policeman and the whole village, including the man he slugged, sympathizing with him. "One Minute's Wait" is about a little train station and glimpses into the lives of the passengers, with a series of comic setups. The third piece, "1921," is about a condemned Irish nationalist and his daring escape.

Much Ado About Nothing

Act like Friar Francis

event1988 top_panel_open

Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.

The Taming of the Shrew

Act like Vincentio

event1988 top_panel_open

The swaggering Petruchio agrees to marry the spitting hellcat, Katherine.

Public Eye

Act like Wilson (1 ep.)

event1965 star_border 7.8 top_panel_open

Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four series. The series depicted the investigations and cases handled by the unglamorous enquiry agent Frank Marker, an unmarried loner who is in his early forties when the series begins. In the words of an ABC trailer for the third series: "Marker isn't a glamorous detective and he doesn't get glamorous cases—he doesn't even get glamorous girls. What he does get is people who are in trouble—the sort of trouble you can't go to the police about, even if you are innocent."

The Saint

Act like Brine (1 ep.)

event1962 star_border 7.3 top_panel_open

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.

Doctor Who

Act like Phineas Clanton (4 ep.)

event1963 star_border 7.9 top_panel_open

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

The Avengers

Act like Harry Mercer (1 ep.)

event1961 star_border 7.7 top_panel_open

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish and assertive women: Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King. Later episodes increasingly incorporated elements of science fiction and fantasy, parody and British eccentricity.

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