This superb major BBC documentary provides an entirely fresh perspective on the Somme revealing that there was more to events than just senseless mass slaughter - because it was on those blood-soaked fields that the British Army learned how to defeat its German enemy. Featuring superb and highly authentic dramatic enactments and contemporary combat footage it compares the assault on Thiepval by a company of the 2nd Salford Pals on July 1st 1916 with an attack on the same objective
Writer-director Lisa Gornick stars in this charming and offbeat romantic comedy which takes a wry look at London lesbian life. Our narrator Marina (Gornick) is caught up in the midst of a thirty-something crisis after breaking up with girlfriend Romy (Raquel Cassidy). She starts to question her entire life embarking on a philosophical journey to make sense of her intricately woven community of lovers family and friends. As she cycles through London looking for answers chance encounters with friends ex-lovers and the occasional stranger present her with an ensemble of people all stumbling through crises of their own. This is a sparking philosophical comedy about life and all the questions it throws at you and a vibrant exploration of love life and its labels.
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