Following the recent death of Ken Russell, Alan Yentob looks back over the career of the flamboyant film director responsible for Women In Love, Tommy and The Devils. Friends and admirers - including Glenda Jackson, Terry Gilliam, Twiggy, Melvyn Bragg, Robert Powell and Roger Daltrey - recall a pioneering documentary-maker, talented photographer and fearless film director.

A man meets a woman at a wedding and manages to sweet talk her, only to end up inadvertently helping out another male.

The life of a young gangster -- who has an affair with his boss's wife -- no longer seems certain. However, he turns out to be tougher than his adversaries.

There were two series, each of six episodes, set in a fictional Yorkshire town and based on the books by David Nobbs, the creator of Reginald Perrin and Henry Pratt. Each episode took place at a different social function (a "do") and followed the changing lives of two families, the working-class Simcocks and the middle-class Rodenhursts, together with their respective friends, Rodney and Betty Sillitoe, and Neville Badger. Written by Martin Underwood {imdb@martinunderwood.f9.co.uk}

Ella, at almost forty, is forced to move back in with her father Alan. She's trying to stay sober having temporarily given up custody of her young daughters to her ex-husband Joseph and his new partner Bethan.

The boyfriend of an admiral's daughter poses as a detective in order to hunt missing emerald.

A doctor advises a woman not to proceed with her latest pregnancy, contrary to her strict Catholic upbringing.

A series of occurrences launch Norman on a succession of remarkable and unpredictable adventures.Unconnected comedy stories over 3 Series that sees Norman taking a job as a clerk in an office where he is pursued by the boss's daughter.

Richard and Kate are former lovers who are now working independently to find the secret of the aging process. Both apply for funding from the Michael Foundation, and are asked to spend the weekend discussing the proposals with the Head of the Foundation, who happens to be married to the Australian Treasurer. They have a very interesting weekend.

The highs and lows of different pairs show that in the end only one thing counts: love.