Four years of concert party performances in the North African desert during World War 2 come easy compared to the mundane lifestyle following DEMOB . This hit ITV drama series from the 1990 s stars two of this country s finest comedy actors, Martin Clunes and Griff Rhys-Jones. Its 1945 and after his DEMOB Captain Ian Deasey (Griff Rhys Jones) heads back to his steady desk job and his loving wife (Amanda Redman) and family. Lance Corporal Dickie Dobson (Martin Clunes) has other ideas and heads for the bright lights of London. After a chance meeting the two war buddies decide to follow their dream of stardom and agree to hang on to their battlefield camaraderie and the popularity of their wartime stage routines. They attempt to break into show business, only to find it far more difficult than they imagined. However, when an opportunity to resurrect their war time stage act at a local nightclub comes up, the bright lights beckon once more. To everyone's surprise, including their own, the double act becomes a big hit that pushes their lives headlong in a dramatic new direction.
Two down on their luck Liverpool cabbies Tommy (Steven Waddington) and Gerry (Paul Barber) strike an unusual deal with a local gangster (Mark Womack) to take their sons on a trip of a lifetime to watch their beloved football team play in the 2005 Champions League Cup Final in Istanbul. Hoping to use the trip as a chance to bond with their sons big trouble awaits them in the form of two ruthless crooks and a bag of stolen cash. It’s 3-0 down at half time and things couldn’t be more desperate both on and off the pitch. The boys in red are trying to launch the most amazing football comeback in history and Tommy is in deep water being held hostage with no hope of escape. With the clock ticking and time running out a miracle is needed fast. In the end a bit of faith and Gerry’s lucky underpants may be the only thing that can get them and the cup back home in one piece!
From the BAFTA award-winning producers of 'Father Ted' 'Have I Got News for You' and 'Dicing with Debt' comes the complete first series of the comedy series 'Game On'. See flat-sharing in an all new light... Join Matthew (the agoraphobic self obsessed macho man); Martin (the wimpish sex-starved underdog) and Mandy (the gorgeous blonde who always seems to end up dating the wrong men) in this outrageously funny flat-share comedy that is anything but politically correct! Epis
From the BAFTA award-winning producers of 'Father Ted' 'Have I Got News for You' and 'Dicing with Debt' comes the complete second series of the comedy series 'Game On'. See flat-sharing in an all new light... Join Matthew (the agoraphobic self obsessed macho man); Martin (the wimpish sex-starved underdog) and Mandy (the gorgeous blonde who always seems to end up dating the wrong men) in this outrageously funny flat-share comedy that is anything but politically correct! Ep
Things are going badly for Iris. Her mother has been given only weeks to live and she feels increasingly distant from her happily married and heavily pregnant older sister Rose. Unable to deal with her grief and jealousy Iris ditches her job her flat and her boyfriend and prowls the streets looking for love in all the wrong places. Sexy dark and ultimately uplifting Carine Adler's stylish debut won the Michael Powell award at the Edinburgh Film Festival and the Critics Prize at th
Who Do You Think You Are? follows the journeys of ten well known personalities as they explore their family trees uncover their family history and discover fascinating and poignant facts about their ancestors that have been until now hidden in the annals of time. Samantha Womack discovers a great-grandfather 'instrumental' in his own life's fortunes and an actress America-bound; Gregg Wallace uncovers extraordinary tales of love and loss involving his great-grandfather; Sir Patrick Stewart sees more clearly a father whose army career led him to a forgotten D-Day; Annie Lennox explores tales of great poverty and happier times game-keeping on a royal estate Hugh Dennis digs up his family's mining roots and some terrible truths of the First World War; Alex Kingston lights-up over stories of magic lanterns and a widow with an unexpected and profitable line of business; William Roache discovers how he once came to play in Alton Towers and finds roots in phrenology' Celia Imrie finds herself attached to a heroic defender of liberty as well as a Tudor tale of love and murder; John Barnes discovers a quiet grandfather whose energies focused on anti-colonialism and worker's rights; and John Bishop uncovers entertaining roots that take him into the world of Minstrels. Special Features: Celebrity Biographies Subtitles Useful Links
Wanted: Intergalactic couple seeks romance + possibly more w/nubile SWF. We're a real pair! He's an NSGEM (Non-Smoking, Green-Eyed Monster). She's a SCECLS (Scantily Clad, Egg-Carrying Love Slave). You're eager to get nekkid, have an IQ that resembles a Celsius temp. reading, and reside at an unnamed female college filled w/randy staffers & idiotic administration. First date w/us includes attempts at terrorisation & you being encased in a monster semen chrysalis. May include zombification. Interested? Wander down to the local sewers--we'll be waiting! (No boyfriends (except as HDs [hors d'oeuvres]) or STDs (space-transmitted diseases).) --Keith Simanton, Amazon.com
For the first time on DVD all six episodes from series three come together! Matt (the agoraphobic self obsessed macho man) Mandy (the gorgeous blonde who always seems to end up with the wrong men) and Martin (the wimpish sex-starved ginger underdog) are Game On for life in the third series of the cult hit comedy about three twenty-something flatmates. Episode titles: 1. Palms Pigs And Bad Debts 2. Martin's Baby 3. Marines And Vacuum Cleaner 4. Crabs 5. Laura 6. Weddin
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