David Hayman plays the lead role in this true prison story of Jimmy Boyle, Glasgow's toughest racketeer in the sixties. When Boyle was sentenced to life imprisonment his was known as Scotland's Most Violent Man'. With nothing to lose Boyle sets about becoming the warders worst nightmare. A shocking true story about his fight against the system. Not for the faint-hearted. Written by Jimmy Boyle From his best-selling book Known great seller 2 disc set with original and clean' versions
Two Doors Down returns with 6 brand new exasperating episodes and a Christmas Special that really tests the neighbours' friendships to the limit. Bursting with comic vitality, acid-tongued put downs and ultimate awkwardness, this sixth series of the award-winning comedy brings us back into the world of the neighbours we wouldn't want to live next door to. Beth and Eric's peaceful suburban existence is continually punctured by the inappropriate behaviour of their fellow residents, who are often rude about their hospitality and nearly always outstay their welcome. Lifelong hypochondriac Christine never misses an opportunity to sponge a cuppa off Beth while undermining her at the same time; Colin needs his neighbours more than ever this series but can't help oversharing personal details as he adjusts to his new life; and ever-positive Michelle continues to struggle with hapless Alan's imperfections. It seems Beth and Eric's only support comes in the form of loving son Ian and his wide-eyed fiancé Gordon. Includes All Series 6 episodes + 2022 Christmas Special
There's fresh hell for the residents of Latimer Crescent, as smouldering rivalries and razor-sharp put-downs push the neighbours' friendships ever-closer to the edge.
Loving thy neighbour continues to be an uphill struggle for the residents of Latimer Crescent. Two Doors Down returns to the street for another dose of neighbourly interference. Beth (Arabella Weir) and Eric (Alex Norton), Cathy (Doon Mackichan) and Colin (Jonathan Watson), Ian (Jamie Quinn) and partner Gordon (Kieran Hodgson), new neighbours Alan (Graeme Grado' Stevely) and Michelle (Joy McAvoy) and the indomitable Christine (Elaine C Smith) look out for each other and drive each other to distraction on a regular basis. They also all do their very best to endure everything friends and family can throw at them - which this year includes a dubious trifle, an unconventional wake, an extended stay in hospital and overbearing pressure to love rhubarb.
In this new version of the classic tale A young man, falsely imprisoned by his jealous "friend," escapes from a terrible prison years later and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge.
Let's see--he has been Han Solo in three films and Indiana Jones in three more. So why shouldn't Harrison Ford take on a new continuing character in Tom Clancy's CIA analyst Jack Ryan? In this film, directed by Phillip Noyce, Ford picked up the baton when Alec Baldwin, who played Ryan in The Hunt for Red October, opted for a Broadway role instead. In this film, Ryan and his family are on vacation when Ryan saves a member of the British royal family from attack by Irish terrorists. The next thing he knows, the Ryan clan has been targeted by the same terrorists, who invade his Maryland home. The film can't shed all of Clancy's lumbering prose, or his techno-dweeb fascination with spy satellites and the like. But no one is better than Ford at righteous heroism--and Sean Bean makes a suitably snakey villain. --Marshall Fine
Seven years ago Rory McHoan set out to visit his brother Kenneth. He never got there. And despite exhaustive police investigation it was as if he had vanished from the face of the earth. Rory's nephew Prentice takes on the task of uncovering the truth about his missing uncle's disappearance. But with only Rory's inaccessible computer disks and a ghost at his shoulder there are discoveries to be made about himself before he can exhume the dark secrets that lie buried in his family
Alan Bird (Bill Patterson, Outlander, Dad's Army) thinks he has life pretty well organised. Glasgow's top DJ, with a nice apartment, and the only red BMW Cabriolet north of Manchester, he has little to worry about until his kleptomaniac girlfriend Maddy ditches him just before Christmas. With his apartment and his life stripped bare, he stumbles across a furious vendetta between rival ice-cream families. Caught in the crossfire and looking for something meaningful in life, he decides to take things seriously and settle the dispute between these feuding mafiosi Extras: Brand new interview with Bill Paterson Brand new interview with Clare Grogan Brand new interview with Bill Forsyth
Two Doors Down features a cast of truly distinctive characters Beth (Arabella Weir) and Eric (Alex Norton), Cathy (Doon Mackichan) and Colin (Jonathan Watson), Christine (Elaine C Smith) and daughter Sophie (Sharon Rooney), Ian (Jamie Quinn) and Jaz (Harki Bhambra) all ready to support each other through life's highs and lows. That sounds like a blessing but it's often more of a curse. From day-to-day, apparently trivial, events to life-defining decisions and ordeals, what starts out as friendly interest usually snowballs into trodden toes, crossed boundaries and seriously frayed tempers.
Long before The Full Monty there was this lovely fish-out-of-water comedy by deft Scots writer-director Bill Forsyth (Gregory's Girl). Set in the 1980s during a period of controversy over North Sea oil drilling, Local Hero follows a likeable, woolly American junior executive (Peter Riegert) dispatched from Texas by his blustering boss (a high-spirited Burt Lancaster) to a small fishing village on the coast of Scotland for the purpose of swindling the presumably simple-minded locals out of their drilling rights. The surprise isn't that the villagers turn the tables on the American schemers, but that they do so without displaying a hint of malice. They get a kick out of flummoxing the city slickers. Even Lancaster's greed-head Felix Happer eventually has a change of heart. In outline, this may sound more ordinary than it feels as you're watching it. The fine young British actor Denis Lawson, who had a tiny role as one of the fighter pilots in Star Wars plays Riegert's UK contact, Gordon Urquhart, a sad sack with a noble soul. --David Chute
Let's see--he has been Han Solo in three films and Indiana Jones in three more. So why shouldn't Harrison Ford take on a new continuing character in Tom Clancy's CIA analyst Jack Ryan? In this film, directed by Phillip Noyce, Ford picked up the baton when Alec Baldwin, who played Ryan in The Hunt for Red October, opted for a Broadway role instead. In this film, Ryan and his family are on vacation when Ryan saves a member of the British royal family from attack by Irish terrorists. The next thing he knows, the Ryan clan has been targeted by the same terrorists, who invade his Maryland home. The film can't shed all of Clancy's lumbering prose, or his techno-dweeb fascination with spy satellites and the like. But no one is better than Ford at righteous heroism--and Sean Bean makes a suitably snakey villain. --Marshall Fine
Set in 1960 in Greenock the hub of the Clyde's shipbuilding industry. Three friends are about to leave school - they are about to be released into a wilderness of a town that seems to offer them nothing. Wonderful acting witty dialogue nostalgic footage of Greenock Endearing characters and some hilarious classroom scenes combine to create a realistic gritty often harrowing and sometimes funny portrayal of school life in 1960's Scotland. Leaving is one of the prestigious films screened under the BBC2 Screen Two banner. Released for the first time on DVD it was originally broadcast in 1988. Written by Daniel Boyle who went on to write Hamish McBeth Inspector Morse Taggart Rebus and Lewis TV dramas.
Based on the Iain Banks novel this gripping thriller is set in Scotland with a strong cast including the brilliant Johnny Lee Miller. Cameron Colley is a journalist who writes articles that takes the underdog's viewpoint. His motives are shared by a serial killer who commits murder on behalf of the underdog. The two stories then begin to fuse together...
The Hatton Garden Heist will tell the true story of the most remarkable and lucrative robbery in British history. The story of an ageing gang of grandads, who so nearly got away with it. Analogue criminals in a digital world, this will be the cinematic account of a group of plucky old school bandits (and the one that got away) who went down in a blaze of glory attempting the crime of the century.
Alan Bird (Bill Patterson, Outlander, Dad's Army) thinks he has life pretty well organised. Glasgow's top DJ, with a nice apartment, and the only red BMW Cabriolet north of Manchester, he has little to worry about until his kleptomaniac girlfriend Maddy ditches him just before Christmas. With his apartment and his life stripped bare, he stumbles across a furious vendetta between rival ice-cream families. Caught in the crossfire and looking for something meaningful in life, he decides to take things seriously and settle the dispute between these feuding mafiosi Extras: Brand new interview with Bill Paterson Brand new interview with Clare Grogan Brand new interview with Bill Forsyth
INCLUDES: Halfway House: A young man is found shot in a public park and the only clue to his identity is a library ticket from a local college. Burke Ross and Reid set about tracing the young man which leads them to a halfway house boasting a familiar list of numerous ex-cons. An Eye For An Eye: A doctor at a women's health clinic is murdered and an anti-abortion group become the prime suspects. Burke and his team investigate whether the protesters have been framed. Penthouse & Pavement: A famous horror novelist Jason Randell is found murdered in an alley the morning after a book launch and police discover the victim enjoyed a secret life amid Glasgow's sleazy underworld. Atonement: When Billy McCree is found dead in his workshop recently-released prisoner Jim Naysmith is the prime suspect for his murder - as the dead man's testimony had put Naysmith behind bars twenty years before. Forensic evidence places the victim's mistress at the crime scene but she denies killing him and Ross is inclined to believe her. Compensation: Reid and the team leave their urban patch and head for the countryside of Fenmore to investigate a farmer's suspicious death in a blaze - but instead of discovering a rural idyll they find themselves in the middle of a private war. DCI Burke's private life comes to the fore as inquiries proceed and a second fire gives the case an added urgency.
A team of hard-bitten Glasgow detectives solve a huge variety of murders in the city's Northern Division. Features: Genesis The Caring Game lifeline
In the wildly entertaining spirit of A Fish Called Wanda BLAME IT ON THE BELLBOY delivers the year's craziest laughs! Featuring an all-star cast the hilarity kicks off when a daffy bellboy (Bronson Pinchot) accidentally switches the itinerary envelopes for three guests (Dudley Moore Bryan Brown and Richard Griffiths). His actions cause a hilarious case of mistaken identities sending the trio down a road of comic non-stop adventures! Check in today for a zany time where mix-ups
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