Bedtime from writer Andy Hamilton (Outnumbered and Trevor's World of Sport) is a unique and hugely rewarding comedy series set in the bedrooms of various adjoining houses during the last half-hour of the day. Andrew and Alice Oldfield (Timothy West and Sheila Hancock) are the couple to whom - and around whom - so much is happening; a small suburban world of car alarms noisy lovemaking broken windows newborn babies and revenge as a dish served fiery hot. From the couple whose marriage is tested in unexpected ways to the young model who falls into the clutches of tabloid journalism; from the grieving son and his empathetic father to the lover with a demanding deadline; from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day - over three series you are invited through open doors and closed windows into the hilarious surprising and completely engaging world of other people just before Bedtime. Special Features: Andy Hamilton on 'Bedtime' Cast Filmographies Picture Gallery Subtitles
A funny and compelling mini-soap set in the bedrooms of adjoining houses in an ordinary street in an ordinary London suburb 'Bedtime' peers behind the curtains and watches the night time rituals of three couples in the last half hour of their day.
Brendan Gleeson stars as Harry McKee, a TV celebrity, a drunk, and an unfaithful slob. But the night before his wife is to divorce him Harry is attacked and wakes up with no memory beyond being 18. Will Harry be able to get it right second time around?
Poetry is essential and Daisy Goodwin told us why in Essential Poems (To Fall in Love With). This series was transmitted from 14-18 February 2003 and looks at how poets from William Shakespeare and Andrew Marvell to Maya Angelou and Wendy Cope are still relevant today. Starring Amanda Holden Stephen Tompkinson Ralf Little Jo Whiley and Andrew Lincoln.
With or Without You works as an above-average television drama; but that's about the height of its ambition. It's strange that Michael Winterbottom, director of the hard-edged, bitter Welcome to Sarajevo (1997) and the grandiose snowy western The Claim (2000) should have bothered with anything as routine and undemanding. Perhaps its greatest distinction is that it's set in present-day Belfast without so much as a mention of the Troubles. The plot is a bog-standard romantic triangle. Rosie and Vincent, who have been married five years or so, want a baby, but nothing's happening. It doesn't help that Rosie's older sister has sprogs burgeoning like mushrooms wherever you look. Then up pops a figure from Rosie's past--Benoît, her pen-pal from before she met Vincent. And being French, he's naturally charming, witty, romantic and everything poor old Vincent isn't. Think you can guess what's coming? Well, most likely you can--right down to the all-too-pat happy ending. Still, the actors (Christopher Ecclestone, Dervla Kirwan and Yvan Attal are the leads) are accomplished and watchable, the dialogue stays the right side of banal and it's refreshing to see Belfast shown as a civilised, cultured place to live. With or Without You passes an hour and a half pleasantly enough and may even raise the odd chuckle, but it covers well-trodden territory without much new to say. On the DVD: aptly routine stuff--the theatrical trailer, a bland "making of" featurette and some interviews with the three principal players. Widescreen (16:9 anamorphic) and Dolby Surround Sound give the material the best possible showcase. --Philip Kemp
Hapless insurance salesman Vic Timms ( Ian Robertson) stands naked outside a hotel, talking to God (Simon Callow) in a torrential downpour. He’s been attending a sales conference alongside a pair of philosophical hit-men, a crooked undertaker, a homicidal con-man and a frigid estate agent named after the most famous whore in history. Acts of Godfrey is a tale of love, lust, loss and longing among an assortment of strangers who slowly discover that their lives; past, present and future are inextricably linked.Make a date with fate. Sex, suspense and surprises, all in rhyming couplets.
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