This darkly humorous drama set in Northern Ireland centre's around the Troubles, taking as its focus five Catholic youths whose lives are shaped by the violence that surrounds them.Wart, his girlfriend Frances and their friend Marley are joy riders. The nights are filled with car thefts, insane car rides in the stolen vehicles, fights and wild parties. Their lives are self-destructive and full of violence. The only things that mean anything to them are the solidarity with the group and the next crazy exploit they can come up with.After a meeting in which the Church and the IRA try to find a solution to the joyride epidemic, a devastating conflict flares up between the IRA representatives and the youths.The dark nature of the film is lifted only by the youngsters' slightly macabre sense of humour.
David Suchet and Hugh Fraser team up again as the great detective Hercule Poirot and trusty Captain Hastings for more engaging adventures in Double Sin / The Adventure of the Cheap Flat. The Adventure of the Cheap Flat blends international intrigue with the gentle comic relief of a foolish American FBI agent. Double Sin contains a novel twist: Poirot announces his retirement and Hastings is left to solve the case by himself. The cast has the easy rapport of old friends and as always Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp and Pauline Moran as the remarkable Miss Lemon are welcome companions. Brew some tea, check it for arsenic and get ready for a thoroughly entertaining evening. --Ali Davis
Ken Stott Lesley Manville Kevin Whately and Adrian Scarborough are among the stars of this powerful highly original drama of love and redemption originally screened at Christmas in 2003. Mike is an ordinary man who finding life and failure too difficult to handle has slipped into alcoholism and finally homelessness. Then one day amongst Christmas shoppers and revellers he sees Salvation Army Captain Annie Walsh. He lurches across the street towards her and into the path of a bus... Annie runs to his side and comforts him; a crowd assembles and an ambulance is called. Miraculously Mike recovers from the injuries sustained in the accident but has no memory of who he is. One day he turns up on the doorstep of the detox centre that Annie runs and she takes him in despite the reservations of her superior and fiancé Major Hurst. Seeing in Annie his last chance to live and love Mike decides he must go through the agony of detoxification to make himself worthy of her.
Bergerac the Jersey-based detective series stars John Nettles as Jim Bergerac a recovering alcoholic divorcee and father to a young daughter. He is a Detective Sergeant with the Bureau des Etrangers a department for non-residents on the Channel Island of Jersey. Episodes Comprise: 1. A True Detective (1 of 2) 2. My Name's Sergeant Bergerac (2 of 2) 3. The Dig 4. Roots of Evil 5. Entente Cordiale 6. In Love and War 7. Under Wraps 8. All the Sad Songs 9. The Messenger Boy 10. Diplomatic Incident 11. There for the Picking
Set against the stunning scenery of the South African bush this boxed set contains both Series One and Series Two of Wild at Heart the story of Danny Trevanion a widowed English vet and his new extended warring family. Sarah Danny's second wife decides the family should all go on holiday to return a sick monkey to its natural habitat in Africa. She hopes the trip as well as being a break from their normal city routine will bring them all closer together as a family. The holiday becomes a permanent adventure when they decide to stay to run a game reserve presenting life-changing opportunities for the whole Trevanion family.
Set against the stunning scenery of the South African bush this boxed set contains both Series One and Series Two of Wild at Heart the story of Danny Trevanion a widowed English vet and his new extended warring family. Sarah Danny's second wife decides the family should all go on holiday to return a sick monkey to its natural habitat in Africa. She hopes the trip as well as being a break from their normal city routine will bring them all closer together as a family. The holiday becomes a permanent adventure when they decide to stay to run a game reserve presenting life-changing opportunities for the whole Trevanion family.
New World Disorder drops you into the twisted world of new school mountain biking and it's outrageous offspring. Hold on for 65-mph speed wheelies full suspension wheelchairs 55-foot cliff drops world cup downhilling deadly dirt jumping and crazed unicycle stunts. Shot in 16mm film across the globe 'NWD' pioneers the latest in extreme filmmaking techniques - helmet boom and stedi-cam footage combined with high speed helicopter footage provides a visual feast never before seen in mountain biking.
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