A self-centred pampered celebrity accepts a drunken bet that will change his outlook on life. On his funny and heart-warming journey around the coastline of Ireland he meets a series of bizarre characters falls for a feisty radio reporter and takes his fridge surfing. Written by Tony Hawks and based on his worldwide bestseller this comedy road movie proves that no matter how gloomy things seem open the fridge door and a little light comes on. Tony takes the lead role and is joined by a stellar cast of comedians including Sean Hughes Ed Byrne and Josie Lawrence. Special Features: Story Behind The Fridge Fridge Interviews
The second series of Red Dwarf is, as Danny John-Jules says in the accompanying DVD commentary, "the one where it really went good". First broadcast in the autumn of 1988, these six episodes showcase Rob Grant and Doug Naylor's sardonic, sarcastic humour to perfection. The writing has matured, no longer focussing solely on SF in-jokes and gags about bodily functions, instead allowing the humour to develop from the characters and their sometimes surprisingly poignant interactions: Lister's timeless love for Kochanksi, for example, or Rimmer's brief memory-implanted love for one of Lister's ex-girlfriends. The cast had gelled, too, and there's even more colour this year as the drab sets are spiced up, a little more money has been assigned to models and special effects, and the crew even go on location once in a while. "Kryten" introduces us to the eponymous house robot (here played by David Ross), although after this first episode he was not to reappear until Series 3, when Robert Llewellyn made the role his own. Then in "Better Than Life" the show produced one of its all-time classic episodes, as the boys from the Dwarf take part in a virtual reality game that's ruined by Rimmer's tortured psyche. Other highlights include "Queeg", in which Holly is replaced by a domineering computer personality, the baffling time travel paradox of "Stasis Leak", the puzzling conundrum of "Thanks for the Memory", and the astonishingly feminine "Parallel Universe". On the DVD: Red Dwarf, Series 2 has another chaotic and undisciplined group commentary from the cast, all clearly enjoying the opportunity to reminisce. The second disc has a host of fun extras, including an "A-Z of Red Dwarf", outtakes, deleted scenes, a Doug Naylor interview, model shots, and the full, unexpurgated "Tongue Tied" music video. As with the first set, the animated menus are great fun and the "Play All" facility is the most useful little flashing button ever created. --Mark Walker
Tony Hawks needs to beat the odds and the entire Moldovan national football team...at tennis. Adapted from the best-selling book of the same name playing the Moldovans at Tennis is the true story of an Englishman's lesson that real victory is found in the most unexpected places. Special Features: Making of Playing the Moldovans at Tennis Deleted Scenes
The BBC has handpicked a multitude of grumpy world-weary entertainers politicians and broadcasters and made them discuss what is wrong with Britain today. The show side-steps political correctness and taps a rich vein of sardonic eloquent and well informed grumpiness that gets right to the nub of each issue. Topics up for discussion include Tony Blair Pop Idol mobile phones tipping and Christmas!
First it was a bet, then an internationally best-selling book and now Tony Hawks' eccentric, hilarious Playing The Moldovans at Tennis, is a feature film starring Anatol Durbala, Stephen Frost, Angus Deayton, Morwenna Banks, Pat Cash and Alistair McGowan. The release of the DVD coincides with the red carpet premiere screening at Leicester Square in June 2012. Tony attempts to win a silly bet in order to gather material for a lighthearted new book, but soon becomes embroiled in an uplifting and life changing adventure in a little known country on the eastern fringes of Europe. The eccentric wager was made in a London pub during a televised World Cup qualifying match between England v Moldova and resulted in Tony trying to track down the entire Moldovan football team, challenge them individually to a game of tennis, and beat them all!Along the way Tony discovers that he may have bitten off more than he can chew. In Europe's poorest country, that endures daily power shortages, bullying gangsters, and even an illegal and lawless breakaway republic, he finds that it's not that easy to coax footballers onto a tennis court. Playing the Moldovans at Tennis is a life affirming, warm and moving film that shows us that, in love stories you don't always fall in love with another person - sometimes, it's a country.
Round Ireland With A Fridge
First it was a bet, then an internationally best-selling book and now Tony Hawks' eccentric, hilarious, and life-changing, Round Ireland with a Fridge, is a feature film. One of a trilogy of books that have collectively sold over a million copies, Round Ireland with a Fridge is the first to be adapted for the screen, with Playing the Moldovans At Tennis and A Piano in the Pyrenees coming soon. Round Ireland with a Fridge is directed by Ed Bye (Kevin & Perry Go Large, My Family, Red Dwarf) and stars Tony Hawks, Ed Byrne, Sean Hughes, Josie Lawrence, Sara Crowe and Valerie O'Connor.An inspiring, funny British comedy-drama in the spirit of Calendar Girls, The Full Monty and Local Hero, the film recreates Tony's actual 1997 hitchhike around Ireland. En route, he re-evaluates his life and career, finds romance, meets some bizarre characters and discovers that people are perfectly prepared to treat a small white domestic appliance as a fully fledged person with a personality in its own right.The fridge goes surfing, is christened, blessed by nuns, serenaded by a bagpiper, attends a bachelor festival and becomes a national celebrity, as Tony, and all those he encounters, become caught-up in the power and philosophy of the fridge!Round Ireland with a Fridge's BBC Television premiere, on the Saint Patrick's Day weekend this year, topped the channel's Sunday night ratings.
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