Kenneth Ives
Know for: Directing
Born:
Place of birth:
Also know as:
The Deadly Affair (1967)
Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's...
The Lion in Winter (1968)
Henry II and his estranged queen battle over the choice of an heir.
Angels Are So Few (1970)
This neat, intense drama, labelled “a fable for television”, stars Tom Bell as the scruffy, childlike Michael Biddle, who is invited in...
Treasure Island (1965)
Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel.
Doctor Who: The Dominators (1968)
When two belligerent Dominators and their robotic servant Quarks land on the peaceful planet Dulkis planning to drop a radioactive seed into the...
The Right Prospectus (1970)
A school story with a noticeable difference - the adults regress to children.
A Kind of Alaska (1984)
A masterly study of a middle-aged woman waking up after 30 years passed in a coma induced by sleeping sickness. In her mind she is still 16, and her...
One for the Road (1985)
Powerful statement about the abuse of human rights by totalitarian governments, finds an unctuous and "civilized" interrogator humiliating the doomed...
Donkeys' Years (1980)
Michael Frayn's play about a college reunion.
Is It Something I Said? (1974)
A businessman having a nervous breakdown checks in for one last night at a shabby hotel where he composes a suicide note. The hotel owner intervenes...
The Caretaker (1981)
The story of two brothers and a tramp. Harold Pinter's first major success as a dramatist.
Landscape (1983)
A dysfunctional couple remember a better time.
The Birthday Party (1987)
It is Stanley's birthday, but the party he is given is not quite what he expects. [A BBC production broadcast on the Theatre Night series.]
Don't Be Silly (1979)
Play about middle class domestic abuse.
The Dumb Waiter (1985)
In the kitchen, two assassins await the arrival of their victim. But someone keeps sending them messages via the dumb waiter.
Butterflies Don't Count (1978)
A young priest is put in an agonising dilemma when he hears a confession of a murderer.
The Executioner (1980)
Jan and Meg Citron are on holiday in Germany. Their car is stopped by the police. A simple traffic offence? But their seemingly innocent past is...
The Button Man (1976)
' Whatever you think of me doesn't change what you are. Rabble who've heard of socialism and think it's ten pints a night. Go on, vote me out ...'