The liaisons were dangerous. The wigs were lethal. France 1782 during the reign of Louis XVI and his Queen Marie Antoinette. We find the Comtesse De Vache and her trusty maid Lisette up to no good amid the decadent splendour of the Palace of Versailles. The corrupt court is awash with sexual scandal and intrigue most of it stirred up by the Comtesse in her schemes to get the better of her deadly rival the man-eating Madame De Plonge. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Pox 2. Murder 3. The Portrait 4. Making Voopee 5. A Marriage Of Convenience 6. The Royal Command Performance
Some teachers just don't give an F. For example there's Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz). She's foul-mouthed ruthless and inappropriate. She drinks she gets high and she can't wait to marry her meal ticket and get out of her bogus day job. When she's dumped by her fiance she sets her plan in motion to win over a rich handsome subsititute (Justin Timberlake) - competing for his affections with an overly energetic colleague Amy (Lucy Punch). When Elizabeth also finds herself fighting of the advances of a sarcastic irreverent gym teacher (Jason Segel) the consequences of her wild and outrageous schemes give her students her coworkers and even herself an education like no other.
In the vein of Wedding Crashers, Bridesmaids and The Hangover and from the writer and director of Made in Dagenham. Raif (Rufus Hound) is a shambolic oaf with a unique sense of humour who is suddenly asked to be his brother's best man. He returns from abroad to meet brother Tim (Robert Webb) for the first time in years and his fianc� Saskia (Lucy Punch). His present to the happy couple, he decides, will be a video of their wedding.
A Little Bit of Heaven is a love story set in New Orleans about an irreverent young woman who unexpectedly falls in love with her doctor.
Featuring all the episodes from series 1 & 2 of Doc Martin. Dr Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes) is forced to give up his career as an eminent surgeon and retrain as a GP after developing a phobia to blood. A vacancy arises in the sleepy Cornish hamlet of Portwenn following the death of the local GP. A regular visitor to Portwenn as a child with his Aunt Joan (Stephanie Cole) Martin applies for the position. However his complete lack of social skills and human understanding are going to get him into plenty of scrapes that's for sure! Winner of the Best Comedy Drama at the 2004 British Comedy Awards. Series 1: 1. Going Bodmin 2. Gentlemen Prefer 3. Sh*t Happens 4. The Portwenn Effect 5. Of All the Harbours in All the Towns 6. Haemophobia Series 2: 1. Old Dogs 2. In Loco 3. Blood is Thicker 4. Aromatherapy 5. Always on my Mind 6. The Family Way 7. Out of the Woods 8. Erotomania
Its about navigating the trials and traumas of middle-class motherhood, looking at the competitive side and unromantic take on parenting - not the cute and acceptable public face of motherhood.
BBC Two's darkly comic detective series stars Toby Stephens (Die Another Day Jane Eyre) with Lucy Punch (Bridesmaids) and Miranda Raison (Spooks) respectively. Created by Howard Overman (Misfits) Vexed takes a fresh approach to crime drama. D.I. Jack Armstrong (Stephens) is charming disorganised and prone to laziness but is first partnered with the determined Kate (Punch) and then the ambitious Georgina (Raison). In both cases sparks fly. Jack's best friend café-owner and ex-cop Tony and forensic expert Naz complete the crime solving team. This three disc set contains all nine episodes from both series. Special Features: Promotional Trailer Picture Galleries Subtitles
Dr Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes) is forced to give up his career as an eminent surgeon and retrain as a GP after developing a phobia to blood. A vacancy arises in the sleepy Cornish hamlet of Portwenn following the death of the local GP. A regular visitor to Portwenn as a child with his Aunt Joan (Stephanie Cole) Martin applies for the position. However his complete lack of social skills and human understanding are going to get him into plenty of scrapes that's for sure! Win
The Nation's favourite gang of Mums (and Dad) return to navigate the pitfalls of middle-class parenting and the clash of cliques formed at the school gates.
Annette Bening stars as a West End diva in this tale of amorous folly and revenge set in the world of the London stage in the late 1930's.
Stretching from the Stone Age to the year 2000, Simon Schama's Complete History of Britain does not pretend to be a definitive chronicle of the turbulent events which buffeted and shaped the British Isles. What Schama does do, however, is tell the story in vivid and gripping narrative terms, free of the fustiness of traditional academe, personalising key historical events by examining the major characters at the centre of them. Not all historians would approve of the history depicted here as shaped principally by the actions of great men and women rather than by more abstract developments, but Schama's way of telling it is a good deal more enthralling as a result. Schama successfully gives lie to the idea that the history of Britain has been moderate and temperate, passing down the generations as stately as a galleon, taking on board sensible ideas but steering clear of sillier, revolutionary ones. Nonsense. Schama retells British history the way it was--as bloody, convulsive, precarious, hot-blooded and several times within an inch of haring off onto an entirely different course. Schama seems almost to delight in the goriness of history. Themes returned to repeatedly include the wars between the Scots and the Irish and the Catholic/Protestant conflicts--only the Irish question remains unresolved by the new millennium. As Britain becomes a constitutional monarchy, Schama talks less of Kings and Queens but of poets and idea-makers like Orwell. Still, with his pungent, direct manner and against an evocative visual and aural backdrop, Schama makes history seem as though it happened yesterday, the bloodstains not yet dry. On the DVD: The Complete History of Britain extras are generously packaged on a separate disc and include the original score and a Simon Schama biography. There's an interesting "promotional message" to camera in which Schama explains the role of a cab driver, Wally, in inspiring the series, along with an interview with Mark Lawson in which Schama stresses the deliberate subjectivity of these programmes and an inaugural BBC History lecture in which he defends TV's ability to transpose history to camera. --David Stubbs
Kathleen Turner leads a star-studded cast in Channel 4's big budget retelling of the classic fairy tale set in 1950's Britain A humorous re-telling of a classic story that will surprise and delight adults and children alike. Cinderella (named Zezolla) lives in the glamorous 1950s in a gorgeous stately home, where fashion is everything. However, when her Father returns from a business trip with her new femme-fatale evil step-mother Claudette (Kathleen Turner) and two wicked step-sisters in tow, she is also faced with the challenge of keeping him from being murdered. Zezolla is banished by her new family to live in the attic and forced to wait hand and foot on her new relations. With no pumpkin in sight, an anti-social mermaid acting as fairy godmother and a guitar-playing Prince with more love for rock n roll and motorbikes than chatting up the ladies, this is a fairy-tale not to be missed. Starring Oscar-nominee Kathleen Turner, Emmy-winner David Warner, Marcella Plunkett, Leslie Phillips, Gideon Turner, Katrin Cartlidge and Lucy Punch. Directed by BAFTA winner Beeban Kidron (Oranges are not the Only Fruit).
Series One A group of less-than-perfect parents reveal the comic and crazy sides of middle-class motherhood as they navigate the trials and traumas of unromanticized parenting, where chaos and hyper-competition reign supreme as they struggle to keep up and stay the course. Series Two A collective sigh of relief can be heard across the Motherland as a new school term dawns. Julia makes a life changing decision about her career; Amanda consciously un-couples and reluctantly joins Liz in the single mothers' club. Kevin takes over from Julia as the resident life-juggling working parent whilst Anne is just hungry. There's a new face joining the scrum at the school gates as the gang wonder if high flyer Meg really does have it all. Series Three The Nation's favourite gang of Mums (and Dad) return to navigate the pitfalls of middle-class parenting and the clash of cliques formed at the school gates
Some teachers just don't give an F. For example there's Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz). She's foul-mouthed ruthless and inappropriate. She drinks she gets high and she can't wait to marry her meal ticket and get out of her bogus day job. When she's dumped by her fiance she sets her plan in motion to win over a rich handsome subsititute (Justin Timberlake) - competing for his affections with an overly energetic colleague Amy (Lucy Punch). When Elizabeth also finds herself fighting of the advances of a sarcastic irreverent gym teacher (Jason Segel) the consequences of her wild and outrageous schemes give her students her coworkers and even herself an education like no other.
""One of the most delightful films in years!"" -Liz Smith New York Post. Greenfingers is a charming and irresistible comedy featuring internationally acclaimed actors Clive Owen Helen Mirren and David Kelly. When British convict Colin is placed in an experimental program to finish off his prison sentence all he wants is peace and quiet. But after his wise elderly roommate Fergus introduces him to gardening Colin uncovers a surprising talent and passion - for plants! Teaming u
Series One of BBC Two's darkly comic detective series starring Toby Stephens (Die Another Day, Jane Eyre) and Lucy Punch (Bad Teacher) Jack (Toby Stephens) is lazy, inefficient and disorganised, but carries it off with great charm. Police work isn't a vocation, its a job. If he could think of something else to do, he might do it. Then again, he might not. Kate (Lucy Punch) has transferred to the city to gain a promotion and to escape the feeling that shes stuck in a rut. Shes determined to prove that she can do anything that Jack can, and better. Special Features: Promotional Trailer Picture Gallery Subtitles
Death threats against the daughter of the manor Melissa Townsend bring Barnaby and Sergeant Troy to the affluent village of Midsomer Malham. Melissa is blamed by some for causing the death of a local poacher. District nurse Sally Ricksworth is found in a confused state at the wheel of her crashed car on the same day that a quantity of barbiturates and syringes are discovered stolen from the veterinary surgery. Later that day the detectives find Melissa dead with a syringe in he
A Little Bit of Heaven is a love story set in New Orleans about an irreverent young woman who unexpectedly falls in love with her doctor.
In the vein of Wedding Crashers, Bridesmaids and The Hangover and from the writer and director of Made in Dagenham. Raif (Rufus Hound) is a shambolic oaf with a unique sense of humour who is suddenly asked to be his brother's best man. He returns from abroad to meet brother Tim (Robert Webb) for the first time in years and his fianc� Saskia (Lucy Punch). His present to the happy couple, he decides, will be a video of their wedding.
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