Franc Roddam — Director (8)
The Lords of Discipline (1983) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Lords of Discipline
other title: Verflucht sei, was stark macht / La Loi des seigneurs
Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first time and Will is asked to keep an eye out for the inevitable racism. The racists come in the form of The Ten, a secret group of the elite students. They want Pearce to leave on his own free will, but are prepared to torture him to make it 'his free will'. Will is forced to help Pearce and he is prepared to risk his own career to do so.
Dessert Masters (2023) [TV] IMDb TMDB
MasterChef: Dessert Masters
director: Franc Roddam actor: Melissa Leong / Amaury Guichon
other title: MasterChef: Dessert Masters
Some of the most exciting names in pastry, desserts and all things sweet and delicious will bring their elite skills to the competition as they contend to be the nation’s first Dessert Master, and with $100,000 on the line, the pressure is on not to fudge it up.
MasterChef Australia (2009) [TV] WikiData IMDb TMDB
MasterChef Australia
8.2 (8 ratings) director: Franc Roddam actor: Andy Allen / Poh Ling Yeow
other title: 厨艺大师澳洲版 / 我要做廚神 澳洲版
Australian reality competitive cooking game show based on the original British MasterChef
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983) [Movie] Douban
director: Franc Roddam actor: 蒂莫西·斯波 / 杰米·内尔
The adventures of a gang of British workmen abroad. Combines black and white humour with moments of drama, poignancy and drunkenness. In series 1, the lads head to Germany seeking work, and are thrown together by virtue of shared nationality and a run-down wooden hut. The story follows the lads' relationships with women, Germans and each other, and their attempts at passing the time away from home, saving money and ordering food in a German curry house. The series ends with new employment legislation forcing some of the Brits having to choose between the UK and their new-found pleasures abroad. Two years later the gang are reunited for a second series, in which they travel to Wolverhampton to rebuild both the "magnificent seven" and Barry's home for his impending marriage. A further offer of work sees the lads head to a Derbyshire stately home in need of refurbishment. Here they fall foul of an irritable pub landlord, suspicious locals, a less than enlightened employer and the Inland Revenue. Finally, they are packed off to Spain as illegal workers for Tyneside villain Ally Fraser, and they fall under the unwelcome spotlight of tabloid publicity. Despite this, they still manage to indulge in some serious drinking practice AND complete the building work. Written by Mike Cryan