Occupied Hungry 1994. Wealthy Jewish industrialist Krauzenberg is about to sign over his business to Henrich Himmler to in return for the safe passage of his family out of Germany. Himmler himself is overseeing the transfer in order to get his hands on the Krauzenbergs' money. Before this can happen a detailed security check is being run on all members of the household. The Krauzenburg's servants Hans and Ingrid Vassman are coming under close scrutiny. On the surface they are the perfect Aryan couple - but are they what they seem?
The Blackheath Poisonings: The Complete Series
Call the Midwife has won the devotion of millions with its moving and true-to-life portrayal of a group of midwives in London's East End in the 1950s. Working alongside the nuns of Nonnatus House in Poplar, midwives Jenny, Trixie, Cynthia and Chummy strive to bring the best possible care to the community's poorest families. As they help women face the challenges of childbirth, and nurse the sick, we share their desperation, anguish and elation, as well as relishing their moments of camaraderie, laughter, adventure and romance. Based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth and dramatised into an award-winning series by Heidi Thomas, this complete collection of Series One, Two and the Christmas Special features an outstanding British cast including Jessica Raine, Miranda Hart, Jenny Agutter, Pam Ferris and Judy Parfitt. Special Features: Behind the Scenes with Cast Interviews
Includes all four series of the hit BBC One drama series and the Christmas Special. Starring Miranda Hart, Jenny Agutter, Pam Ferris and Jessica Raine.
It's 1910 and we're in Banbury Church Hall at the Intricate Craft Circle. Margaret (Jessica Hynes - W1A, Spaced) has just returned from a trip to London, where she was inspired to join the Women's Suffrage movement. She wants her fellow craft circle members to support the cause. After some resistance, a cup of tea and a slice of cake, the "Banbury Intricate Craft Circle politely request women's Suffrage" group is born. Hynes is joined by a stellar cast including Rebecca Front (The Thick of It, The Day Today), Judy Parfitt (Call The Midwife) and Adrian Scarborough (Gavin & Stacey).
In 1883, Irish-born Oscar Wilde (Stephen Fry) returned to London from America, full of talent, passion and most of all, full of himself.A few years later Wilde's wit, flamboyance and creative genius were widely renowned and he and his wife Constance had two sons whom they both loved and adored.However, as Wilde finally confronted the homosexual feelings that had gripped him since his school days, his private life flew increasingly in the face of the decidedly rigid social conventions of late Victorian society. This was to lead him into a passionate and stormy relationship which would consume and ultimately destroy both him and his family.
A victim of her father's debt Little Dorrit has spent her childhood behind the heavy iron doors of Marshalsea Prison. But will a chance meeting change her life? Andrew Davies' gripping new series brings to life Dickens' classic tale of hardship and struggle in 1820s London where larger-than-life characters leap from rags to riches (and back again) and fortunes can be reversed in an instant. Returning home after many years abroad Arthur Clennam is surprised by the mysterious presence of Amy Dorrit a young seamstress in his mother's house. Troubled by the Dorrits' plight and suspecting his own family's involvement in their downfall he resolves to help them. Delving into the puzzling connections between the two families Arthur entangles himself in a mystery that transcends the walls of Marshalsea to include an epic scope and a personal resonance that makes this tale one of the most exhilarating and stirring in history. And as the truth unfolds Arthur discovers that the shadow of debt can fall in the most unlikely of places'.
Further adventures of the oh so dapper John Steed and his sidekick Emma Peel. Features six episodes from the 1967 season: 'From Venus With Love' 'The Fear Merchants' 'Escape In Time' 'The See-Through Man' 'The Bird Who Knew Too Much' and 'The Winged Avenger'.
A great wind of change is blowing over the Isle of Sark and it goes by the name of Mr. Pye. Mr. Pye is a man on a mission or as he might describe it an evangelical adventure. He has come to encourage the residents to put aside their differences and embrace his concept of 'The Great Pal'. This proves harder than he expected as Sark has bred a good many long-standing disagreements and rubbed-the-wrong-way rivalries. There's his landlady the formidable Miss Dredger and her ongoing feud with the equally formidable Miss George; Thorpe a frustrated artist in more ways than one especially by his love for the free-loving 'Tanty'; and then there's Mr. Pye himself a man about to discover how demanding the 'Great Pal' can be as first he pays the price for being too good... and then for being too evil.
The second of the Merchant/Ivory films (A Room with a View, Howard's End), Maurice deals with a theme few period pieces dare mention--a young man's struggle with his homosexuality. It's not just a gay coming-of-age story, however. The hero wrestles with British class society as much as his personal and sexual identity.The film opens on a stormy, windswept beach, as an older man awkwardly instructs young, fatherless Maurice Hall (James Wilby) in the "sacred mysteries" of sex. The same turbulent, wordless struggle with passion lasts throughout this slowly evolving, beautifully filmed story. Novelist E M Forster's brainy, British melodrama hinges on choice and compulsion, as the pensive hero falls for two completely different men. First comes frail, suppressed Clive (Hugh Grant), who wants nothing more than classical Platonic harmony ... and a straight lifestyle. (Grant's performance is so convincing, one wonders how he ever became a heterosexual sex symbol.) After Clive's wedding, Maurice turns to hypnosis to cure his unspeakable longings. Unfortunately, his "cure" is interrupted by Clive's lustful, brooding, barely literate gamekeeper Scudder (Rupert Graves), a worker more at home gutting rabbits than discussing the classics. Maurice's love for a "social inferior" forces him to confront his illicit desire and his ingrained class snobbery. --Grant Balfour
When British jocky Bob Champion is struck down with cancer in the prime of his career his desire to live is determined by a single promise; on successful recovery he will ride jump prospect Aldaniti in the 1981 Grand National... John Hurt gives a truly stunning performance as Bob Champion in this true story of courage dedication and the strength of the human spirit.
A quintet of the finest Shakespeare adaptations in one box set! Featuring 'The Taming Of The Shrew' 'King Lear' 'Macbeth' 'Henry V' and 'Hamlet'. The Taming Of The Shrew: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton sparkle in Shakespeare's comic look at male chauvinism and women's lib. Petruchio journeys to Padua in search of a wealthy wife encountering the fiery Katharina a self willed shrew who leads Petruchio on a merry chase with Katharina as determined to maintain her indepen
Ralph Gorse a charmer in every sense of the word is handsome suave and stylish. It soon becomes clear however that there is a much darker side to his character: that of a conman seducer and murderer. Whilst staying in Reading he seduces Joan Plumleigh-Bruce much to the disgust of her friend Mr Stimpson and succeeds in swindling a great deal of money from her. Running off to Brighton with the money he soon wastes it all and has to get his old job back working in a car showroom. The owner's daughter Pamela falls for him and on discovering she is pregnant Gorse is forced to marry. After an insurance scam goes terribly wrong Gorse flits again to try and start a new life with a false identity. With Mr Stimpson catching up with him will Gorse succeed or will he finally get his comeuppance?
Verena Steynton (Judy Parfitt) is holding a party for her daughter. All the aristocratic families of Strathcroy in the Scottish Highlands are attending with all their guilty secrets. Lord Archie Balmerino (Edward Fox) a crippled war veteran and his long suffering wife will be there. Edmund Aird (Michael York) a wealthy entrepreneur and his beautiful American wife have been invited. And Pandora (Jacqueline Bisset) Archie's exotic and mysterious sister who disappeared from the village twenty years ago is returning under a cloud of suspicion. Only Edmund and her brother know the secret of her flight from home. But the rumours are flying and the local families feel that Pandora's return can only bring bad luck. When a lifeless body is found in the loch the tension rises. Why has Pandora come back after so long? What are her motives? And has her return already had deadly consequences?
The complete initial adventures of the upper crust crimefighter John Steed...
The second of the Merchant/Ivory films (A Room with a View, Howard's End), Maurice deals with a theme few period pieces dare mention--a young man's struggle with his homosexuality. It's not just a gay coming-of-age story, however. The hero wrestles with British class society as much as his personal and sexual identity.The film opens on a stormy, windswept beach, as an older man awkwardly instructs young, fatherless Maurice Hall (James Wilby) in the "sacred mysteries" of sex. The same turbulent, wordless struggle with passion lasts throughout this slowly evolving, beautifully filmed story. Novelist E M Forster's brainy, British melodrama hinges on choice and compulsion, as the pensive hero falls for two completely different men. First comes frail, suppressed Clive (Hugh Grant), who wants nothing more than classical Platonic harmony ... and a straight lifestyle. (Grant's performance is so convincing, one wonders how he ever became a heterosexual sex symbol.) After Clive's wedding, Maurice turns to hypnosis to cure his unspeakable longings. Unfortunately, his "cure" is interrupted by Clive's lustful, brooding, barely literate gamekeeper Scudder (Rupert Graves), a worker more at home gutting rabbits than discussing the classics. Maurice's love for a "social inferior" forces him to confront his illicit desire and his ingrained class snobbery. --Grant Balfour
Dear Frankie: Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town. Wanting to protect her deaf son from the truth that they've run away from his father Lizzie has invented a story that he is away at sea on the HMS Accra. Every few weeks Lizzie writes Frankie a make-believe letter from his father telling of his adventures in exotic lands. As Frankie tracks the ship's progress
Mrs Henderson Presents (Dir. Stephen Frears 2005): Nudity. Variety. High Society. Mrs. Laura Henderson (Judi Dench) may be a widow but she is by no means going to spend the rest her days playing bridge. The Windmill Theatre becomes her raison d'etre and the notorious showman Vivian Van Dam (Bob Hoskins) becomes her business partner and fiercest opponent. The Germans are bombing London but the roar of the Windmill is all that can be heard as Mrs Henderson convinces Lord Cromer (Christopher Guest) to allow her actresses to be the one thing no one could ever imagine: nude! Brought to its knees by war the non-stop revue 'Mrs. Henderson Presents' brings a nation to its feet in applause... Separate Lives (Dir. David Madden 1995): Linda Hamilton stars as a psychiatrist who herself has a split-personality problem: she keeps waking up in strange houses with odd clothes on and weapons. She hires a private detective James Belushi to follow her and he works out the problem quick enough. However the mystery deepens when some of her close friends are found dead. Is her other half the killer? Girl With A Pearl Earring (Dir. Peter Webber 2003): Young peasant girl Griet (Johansson) is forced into service as a maid in the home of the painter Johannes Vermeer (Firth) eventually being selected as the model for what is to become one of the Master's most famous works...
When the Cowan family hire a Swedish nanny to take care of their daughter Christina they are unaware that they are putting their daughter's life in great danger.
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