From the award winning director of Secrets And Lies comes Career girls - a wonderful film about friendship love sex and hilarious memories of student life. Former college flatmates Annie (Lynda Steadman) and Hannah (Katrin Cartlidge) decide to meet up in London for the weekend. Naturally both girls have changed since their student days of some 10 years earlier. The curry loving ""Cure"" obsessed acne ridden and moody flatmates of yesteryear have been replaced by confident career girls of today. As they talk go flat-hunting get drunk and bump into numerous people from their past the girls start to reminisce upon their earlier friendship. Mike Leigh cleverly weaves together past and present as we share their memories; the touching the funny and the sometimes tragic. Full of classic one liners hilarious comedy and tear inducing emotion Career Girls is Mike Leigh at his very best.
Jimmy McGovern one of British television's most prolific and influential writing talents returns with a major new drama series starring Jim Broadbent Sue Johnston and Jane Horrocks. Set in the North of England each episode concentrates on a different house in the street; each story is unique and individual but linked by community shared experience and an indomitable sense of humour.
The third Series of the Hit BBC Show Combining corpses, comedy and cracking mysteries, this quirky crime drama has won the hearts of over 200 countries. Now that Lu has passed her private investigator exams and Frank s tidied himself up a bit, there s no stopping them. But murder, kidnap, blackmail and infidelity still abound in the pretty tourist town of Stratford-upon-Avon. An ageing heavy metal star with a pact with the devil. A Shakespeare museum full of deadly secrets. A King Lear story set in a carpet warehouse. Welcome to the birthplace of the Bard, where low-life criminals get caught up in deliciously high drama. Includes subtitles for the Hard Of Hearing
Return of the acclaimed drama from Jimmy McGovern (Cracker) where six stories are told through neighbours living on the same street. Starring Timothy Spall (Auf Wiedersehen Pet) Mark Benton (City Lights) David Thewlis (Harry Potter) and Gina McKee (The Forsyte Saga) the drama explores unconventional lives in a street so tough that no-one wants to live there and yet so tight-knit that no-one wants to leave.
Series 5 of Ballykissangel featuring Hollywood actor Colin Farrell before he rose to prominence. Episodes Comprise: 1. Two Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest 2. Hello and Farewell 3. Catch of the Day 4. Moving Out 5. Eureka 6. Behind Bars 7. Brendan's Crossing 8. A Few Dollars More 9. The Outsiders 10. With a Song in My Heart 11. Love's Labours 12. The Wedding
Ever wondered what would happen if the cream of British comedy got together to star in their own show writing and performing their own comedy sketches alongside a pool of the best writing talent available? The answer is 'Monkey Trousers'. This highly anticipated comedy extravaganza debuted on ITV1 in May and the DVD will include all six episodes plus a plethora of bonus goodies. 'Monkey Trousers' is the first co-production by Pett Productions (Vic Reeves/Bob Mortimer) and Baby Cow
Britannia High is a vibrant exciting contemporary Fame for the noughties and has a host of talent on board. As well as an exceptional cast the show is choreographed by Arlene Philips with the score written by Take That's Gary Barlow and award-winning song writer Guy Chambers.
This is a vibrant exciting contemporary Fame for the noughties and has a host of talent on board. As well as an exceptional cast the show is choreographed by Arlene Philips with the score written by Take That's Gary Barlow and award-winning song writer Guy Chambers.
Head Teacher Michael Byrne is recovering from the hit-and-run that he cannot remember - but when the guilty party surfaces, he finds himself one teacher short. A 'teach-off' between two very different teachers results in an unexpected new Head of English, a woman who will face some particularly rough lessons of her own. Gang culture has invaded Waterloo Road, with Kyle's Dale Sken Crew joined by an uncertain Tariq, going head-to-head with the Murray Set Boyz joined by a lost and confused Finn. Yet the school with heart finds matters of the heart a constant source of upheaval as Grantly loses his wife to Alzheimers but finds that life may hold other opportunities; Janeece meets the man of her dreams in a whirlwind romance that will change her life; and even young Scout finds herself caught up in a love affair that may be more – or less - than it seems. With all this love in the air, it’s sad to see that the local education department has fallen very out of love with Waterloo Road, which teeters on the brink of closure. But with prom night coming, and Kyle on the loose with a crossbow, there may have to be more than one guardian angel at work to save a life, and save the day. Special Features: Social Networking Snaps Subtitles
BEYOND THE POLE is Touching the Void with laughs, and Withnail and I on ice. Funny and subversive it's the story of two men trying to find their place in the world before the end of the world.
Played by Charlie Higson and developed from The Fast Show character who claimed ""Buying a car is like making love to a beautiful woman"" Swiss Toni will no doubt entertain enthral evoke laughter and most of all make you feel evolved. With his blonde quiff standing to attention and his grey shot-silk suit sparkling under the showroom lights Swiss Toni is the emperor of his car emporium. However Toni is being taught to drive by his long-suffering wife Ruth and is con
Roman Mysteries follows the stories of Flavia Nubia Jonathan and Lupus four young friends growing up in Ancient Rome. As they try to get to grips with Roman society they also have to deal with the very modern issues of prejudice violence and the environment. This excellent series informs and educates children to the history of the Ancient Civilisation whilst providing entertaining stories of volcanoes assassins and plagues; full of mystery and suspense.
This simple comedy by British filmmaker Mike Leigh (Secrets and Lies) concerns the reunion of two women friends from university days who try hard, although awkwardly, to rediscover their early closeness. They succeed beautifully and experience a series of chance encounters with old friends and lovers whom they once knew together. Katrin Cartlidge (Breaking the Waves) and Lynda Steadman are outstanding, playing their characters via flashback in their grungy, early 20s as well as their more polished, contemporary selves at age 30. Following the complex ambitions of Secrets and Lies, Career Girls almost looks like a holiday for Leigh, but it is no less the rich product of his now-famous process of symbiotic rehearsal and writing. The film is also graced by some of the most delicate passages of remembered love between two people seen in a long time. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
This is a vibrant exciting contemporary Fame for the noughties and has a host of talent on board. As well as an exceptional cast the show is choreographed by Arlene Philips with the score written by Take That's Gary Barlow and award-winning song writer Guy Chambers.
'Broken Lance' is a remake of 'House Of Strangers' (1949) which was also remade as 'The Big Show' (1961). All three are based loosely on Shakespeare's play 'King Lear'. Tyrannical cattle baron Matt Devereaux (Spencer Tracy) has raised his older sons harshly leaving them neglected and bitter particularly Ben (Richard Widmark). Matt's youngest son Joe (Robert Wagner) however receives the most attention from Matt's wife a Comanche Indian (Katy Jurado). Joe remains loyal even t
Barbara: Series 1
Secrets And LiesNominated for 5 Oscars winner of 3 BAFTA Awards and the winner of 'Best Film' at the Cannes Film Festival Mike Leigh's hilarious bittersweet comedy is an unmissable and moving slice of real life. Life Is SweetLife is Sweet is the remarkable story of an unremarkable British family told in the classic tragi-comedy style that is uniquely Mike Leigh's. It covers issues of unemployment anorexia failure nervous breakdown and hope as they affect one suburban London family and their friends and acquaintances. The characters and story were created with and by the actors - giving a special edge and momentum to the unfolding events. Leigh's sharply satirical and unsentimentally compassionate view of life strikes a chord with audiences and critics alike. Life is Sweet brings together an impressive cast - including Alison Steadman ('Let Them Eat Cake') Jim Broadbent ('The Avengers') Jane Horrocks ('Little Voice') and Timothy Spall ('Topsy Turvey') - many of whom have worked with Leigh in the past as has producer Simon Channing-Williams. Career GirlsFormer college flatmates Annie (Lynda Steadman) and Hannah (Katrin Cartlidge) decide to meet up in London for the weekend. Naturally both girls have changed since their student days of some 10 years earlier. The curry loving Cure obsessed acne ridden and moody flatmates of yesteryear have been replaced by confident career girls of today. As they talk go flat-hunting get drunk and bump into numerous people from their past the girls start to reminisce upon their earlier friendship.
Haunting dark and disturbing 'Mr In-Between' is a genuinely unsettling drama set against the backdrop of London's underwold with an original twist on a love triangle story of divided loyalties the perils of love and ultimate death... 'Delivers shocks and gruesome thrills ... darkly memorable' - Film Review
Developed from a pilot screening in ITV's 1995 Comedy Firsts season this acclaimed sitcom cast Gwen Taylor as Barbara Liversidge a blunt-talking heftily opinionated advice-giving occasionally ranting Yorkshirewoman. Sam Kelly (Porridge) stars as Ted Barbara's cab-driver husband of 35 years and a man who learned long ago to play second fiddle while Sherrie Hewson (Coronation Street) is her nouveau-riche sister Jean - the victim of many a withering look and practised put-down. Mark Gatiss (The League Of Gentlemen) Joanna Van Gyseghem (Duty Free) Helen Atkinson-Wood (Blackadder) Jean Alexander and Roy Barraclough (Coronation Street) and singer and actress Julie Driscoll also appear in this second series originally screened in 2000 and 2001.
What started as a holiday for 14 enthusiasts ended in a Greek jail on espionage charges! Caught in a minefield of regional politics 14 spotter found themselves arrested for behaving 'suspiciously' at an air base in remote Greece. Their protests fell on bemused and then incredulous ears. Surely the telescopes radio scanners and aircraft serial numbers could mean only one thing: they were spies! What started as an extraordinary farce soon became terribly serious when the spotters we
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