Frenchman's Creek 1998  TV, 120 min.
Genre: Action / Romance
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax
Cast: Tara Fitzgerald, Anthony Delon, Tim Dutton, James Fleet, Rupert Vansittart, Daniel Web, Richard Bonehill, Jeremy Child, Constantine Gregory, Michael Jenn, Anna Popplewell
Based on a Daphne du Maurier romantic adventure set in 17th century Cornwall, Tara Fitzgerald takes on the role of Lady Dona St. Columb who returns to her family's estate and finds it filled with pirates. She meets French pirate Jean Aubrey (Anthony Delon), falls in love with him, deceives husband Sir Harry (James Fleet), and heads off on a high-seas adventure with Jean Aubrey. It is only later that Lady Dona questions the wisdom of leaving husband and family in her quest for love and adventure.
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Nate and Hayes 1983  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe, Max Phipps, Jenny Seagrove, Grant Tilly, Peter Rowley, Bill Johnson, Roy Billing, Kate Harcourt, Bruce Allpress, Reg Ruka, David Letch, Pudji Waseso, Prince Tui Teka, Peter Vere-Jones
Nate Williamson (Michael O'Keefe) and Sophie (Jenny Seagrove) are preparing to settle down and do missionary work on a South Pacific island when bounty hunter Ben Pease (Max Phipps) and his shipmates kill all of Nate's and Sophie's family and kidnap Sophie during her wedding ceremony. Pirate captain Bully Hayes (Tommy Lee Jones), who has his own romantic interest in Sophie, rescues Nate (Michael O'Keefe), and, together, they sail the seas searching for Sophie with the plan of securing her safe release from the captors.
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Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981  N/R, 390 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax
Cast: Robert Hardy, Sian Phillips, Nigel Havers, Chloe Salaman, Tamsin Murray-Leach, Katherine Levy, Tim Pigott-Smith, David(2) Swift, Sherrie Hewson, Moray Watson, Paul Freeman
Based on a biography by Sir Martin Gilbert, this good made-for-British TV miniseries covers an important 10 years (1929-1939) before the start of World War II. Winston Churchill was out of power and was a lone voice trying to warn the population and leadership of the threat posed by Hitler's re-arming of Germany. He returned to power after his warnings were proven to be valid.
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| 1. Frenchman's Creek (1998)
2. Nate and Hayes (1983)
3. The Rescue (1988)
4. Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)
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