Don Chaffey

An orphan boy and his magical dragon come to town with his abusive adoptive parents in pursuit. (imdb)

The legendary Greek hero leads a team of intrepid adventurers in a perilous quest for the legendary Golden Fleece. (imdb)

Caveman Tumak is banished from his savage tribe. He finds a brief home among a group of gentle seacoast dwelling cave people until he is banished from them as well. (imdb)

Scotland 1865. An old shepherd and his little Skye terrier go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd dies of pneumonia, the dog remains faithful to his master, refuses to be adopted by anyone, and takes to sleeping on his master's grave in the Greyfriars kirkyard, despite a caretaker with a "no dogs" rule. And when Bobby is taken up for being unlicensed, it's up to the children of Edinburgh and the Lord Provost to decide what's to be done. (imdb)

Thomasina the cat brings a family together, through her mysterious death and reappearance. (IMDb)

To honour her father's dying wish, Queen Salina shares the rule of Icena with Justinian, a fair and just Roman. This displeases the bloodthirsty Druids on one side and the more hard-line Romans on the other. As Salina and Justinian fall in love their enemies start to plot, and blood soon stains the green hills of Britain. (imdb)

See prehistoric love rites! See primitive chieftains duel in naked fury! See the young lovers sacrificed! See staked girl menaced by giant python! See...Creatures the World Forgot. (tagline)

A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the boy's invention from him. (imdb)

A Union Army soldier on the lam in Mexico during the Civil War encounters a crippled, homeless Indian in the desert. They team up and face down a bounty hunter who threatens to return the soldier to the North for a $500 reward. (BFI)

Drama set in an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War 2, where a group of British soldiers find their plans for escape thwarted by a mysterious traitor in their midst. (imdb)

Peter Watson is troubled with pain and and an inability to sleep. He tries to light the gas-fire and seeks held from another lodger, artist Nicholas, who is spending the night with his model and is reluctant to be disturbed. Another neighbor, Pollen, tries to be helpful but is hit by Watson. Frightened and angry, Pollen calls for police help. (imdb)

Lassie is legally wrested from freckled-faced Michael Sharrett by evil Pernell Roberts, who hopes that the kid's grandpa Jimmy Stewart will sell his valuable vineyards to "ransom" the dog. Roberts' scheme falls through, and Lassie makes her getaway, embarking upon a grueling trek to be reunited with her young master. (allmovie.com)

Crime comedy melodrama about British health officer and American oil man who prevent a dangerous smallpox epidemic.

Directed by Don Chaffey and dating back to 1957, it's the story of Tony Giani (John Derek), a pimp who preys on the naive, 'just off the bus' young women who come to post-war London for fame and fortune. He wines and dines them, gets them a place to stay and even finds them a job. Then he pretends he needs money fast and convinces them to prostitute themselves - to become a 'Giani Girl'. (cinedelica.com)

Mike Connors is a suave gambler who owns a floating hotel/casino which takes a turn when the passengers are stalked by a saboteur during the casino ship's maiden voyage. (imdb)

This British programmer was filmed on the cheap in Yugoslavia, with an American star, Robert Ryan, to secure U.S. playdates. Ryan plays an American journalist who views with alarm as a dictator (Stewart Granger) runs roughshod over the citizens of an unnamed Balkan country. The news hound puts together enough incriminating evidence to topple the dictator from power. (allrovi.com)

Gamboling along in a series of sketches without great regard for anything except the next joke, this is a light-minded, unevenly funny comedy by family-oriented director Don Chaffey, put together not long before he began working for Disney studios. At the nexus of the action are David (Bob Monkhouse) and Brian (Ronnie Stevens), two students in the dental school, and Sam (Kenneth Connor) the petty thief who tricks them into selling stolen dental equipment. (allmovie.com)

In this thriller, a crime reporter's photograph contains the key evidence needed to solve a murder. It is a picture of a girl, believed to be the only one who knows the killer's identity. Using the photo, the intrepid journalist tracks her down, falls in love with her, and ultimately, saves her from the killer. (allmovie.com)

An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas that will kill them off. But first they'll at least have a good laugh. (imdb)

Scott, a poor farm boy, is given a wild pony from a wealthy ranch owner's herd to ride to and from school. Scott and his pony soon become an inseparable team, until one day the pony suddenly disappears. Soon after, the ranch owner's handicapped daughter Josie has a wild pony especially trained to pull her cart. But Scott is convinced that Josie's pony is actually his. (imdb)

After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape. (imdb)

Two years after the original "Danger Man" series concluded, it was revamped and retconned. The series returned in a longer format. (1 hour/episode instead of 30 minutes). John Drake was now an agent for MI9, getting exotic assignments exclusively from Her Majesty's Secret Service as an agent of M9. This version of the series introduced several Bond-like gadgets, including a tape-recording shaver, as well as a lighter with a camera hidden inside. (imdb)

The adventures of three sexy female private eyes. (imdb)

An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture. (imdb)

The weekly adventures of tough-as-nails veteran police officer Sgt. T.J. Hooker, who rides the beat with his rookie partner Vince Romano. (imdb)

Young David Masters drowns his mothers cat Sheba in its milk, claiming she loves it more than he, one of many such Shebas he has killed... (imdb)

Dan Tanna, a Vietnam vet, works as a private eye in Las Vegas. Dan lives in an apartment in back of the Desert Inn and his boss is the owner of the hotel, Phillip Roth. Dan is aided by his sexy, but efficient, secretary Bea Travis and his nerdy legman Bobby "Binzer" Borso. Dan's contact on the force is Lt. Dave Nelson. This show is also notable for perhaps the only known portrayal of a house with a "drive-in" living room.

A happily-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she wrongly believed was killed in the Blitz. (imdb)

Two boys, one a prince and one a poor boy, change places. (imdb)

Mark Loring is madly jealous of his wife, Mary, former American cabaret singer. Due to an automobile accident, she loses her unborn child, and Mark becomes sterile. His father, Brit-stuffy Sir John Loring, has never approved of the marriage and, again, tries to break it up. Believing that a child will hold the marriage together, Mary suggests artificial insemination to Mark, who finally agrees to accompany her to a clinic in Switzerland.

The Case of The Missing Scene is a children's crime thriller that has been designed in the tradition of classic British children's films. A camera team takes pictures of rare birds from a hide when a poacher happens to get into the picture. The evidence (namely shot 63) disappears under mysterious circumstances. As always in these films, the case can only be solved with the help of a few bright children.

A British anthology series about everyday people finding themselves put into unusual circumstances...many of them supernatural in nature.

‘Strange Stories’ consists of two stories, ‘The Strange Mr Bartleby’ and ‘The Strange Journey’. The stories were sometimes shown individually on television.

Story about a group of young cyclist track riders and their effort to retain their track against long odds.

The Stratton kids, Samantha and Chip, and their grandmother Ada. drive to "visit" their uncle Stuart. Grandma collapses and dies in a strange town, leaving the kids and Lassie on their own.