Siân Phillips

On 3 May 2022, Cameron Mackintosh invited many of Stephen Sondheim’s old friends to join him in London’s West End for a thrilling, joyously staged production. He had specially devised it to celebrate Sondheim’s extraordinary talents as a composer and lyricist. Featuring an all-star cast including Michael Ball, Helena Bonham Carter, Rob Brydon, Petula Clark, Anna-Jane Casey, Rosalie Craig, Janie Dee, Judi Dench, Daniel Evans, Maria Friedman, Haydn Gwynne, Bonnie Langford, Damian Lewis and Julia McKenzie.

A community is sleeping. If you listen closely, you can hear their dreams. The retired sea captain yearning for his lost love. The landlady living in terror of her guests. A father who can no longer access his memories. A son in search of redemption. As they awake to boiled eggs and the postman, the residents of a small Welsh village juggle old secrets and new realities.

A community is sleeping. If you listen closely, you can hear their dreams. The retired sea captain yearning for his lost love. The landlady living in terror of her guests. A father who can no longer access his memories. A son in search of redemption. As they awake to boiled eggs and the postman, the residents of a small Welsh village juggle old secrets and new realities.

Narra la historia real de Jan Vokes (Toni Colette), una camarera de Gales que decidió comprar y criar un caballo de carreras. Jan convenció a sus vecinos y amigos para que contribuyeran financieramente al proyecto. El improbable plan de inversión comenzó a valer la pena a medida que el caballo mejoró y comienzó a ganar, luchando por el campeonato nacional.

The radical new take on Dickens’ classic seeks both to exhume the original story’s gritty commentary on social inequality and the corrupting influence of greed, and to breathe new life into the lyricism of the original text by setting its scenes to extraordinary tableaux of modern dance.

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en Inglaterra, muchos niños son evacuados de las ciudades y exiliados a casas en la periferia para que se encarguen de ellos. Cuando uno de estos niños, Frank llega a casa de Alice, una escritora atormentada por una historia del pasado, se resiste a aceptarlo. Sin embargo, a medida que se van conociendo, Alice descubre la inocencia y la curiosidad de Frank y, poco a poco, va abriendo su corazón, desbloqueando recuerdos y sentimientos de su pasado, aprendiendo que las segundas oportunidades existen.

An African country teeters on the edge of civil war. A society prepares to drive out its colonial present and claim an independent future. Racial tensions boil over. Tshembe, returned home from England for his father’s funeral, finds himself in the eye of the storm.

Eleanor and Isabelle meet again, sixty years after their relationship break up...

Los MGMC actúan en Londres. Asisten Peter, psiquiatra freudiano casado con el finlandés Mika, David, joven británico gay que vive en Banyoles, adicto al Grindr, y Coco Lamour, actriz francesa de París

El documental sigue la trayectoria de Rudolf Nureyev, el bailarín más famoso del mundo, cuya fama le convirtió en icono pop de su tiempo.

To mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the NHS, acclaimed poet Owen Sheers takes us on a journey that weaves the extraordinary story of the birthing of Nye Bevan's vision of free healthcare for all people with personal stories of the NHS in British society today.

Anna Maria Dalí es cuatro años más joven que su hermano Salvador y se adoran. Pronto disfrutan del ambiente progresista de la España republicana, confraternizando con grandes creadores, como García Lorca o Buñuel. Una arcadia feliz que se rompe con el estallido de las guerras europeas, la llegada de la siempre misteriosa Gala y el impresionante éxito mundial de Salvador, uno de los más grandes pintores del siglo XX.

Based on the life of my late mother-in-law, Erica Thomas, “Voyageuse” is a mix of romance, science and conspiracy theory drawn directly from her journals and a vast archive of personal film and photographs.

Un tremendo aguacero golpea Montreal, y un espectacular sumidero se abre en el estadio Percival Molson en medio de un partido de fútbol. El estadio es evacuado, y unas horas más tarde, se convierte en un sitio arqueológico protegido. Siglos de historia se esconden bajo el campo. El arqueólogo Baptiste Asigny comienza a investigar, y descubrirá la cantidad de generaciones que han ocupado esta tierra, cada una con secretos enterrados.

A film poem to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster, written by Owen Sheers and performed by a stellar cast of Wales's best-known acting talent, including Michael Sheen, Jonathan Pryce, Sian Phillips, Eve Myles and Iwan Rheon, with some contributions from the local community.

An all star cast unite to perform a distinctive BBC Wales Television adaptation of Dylan Thomas's radio play, presented in collaboration with National Theatre Wales, to mark the centenary of Dylan Thomas' birth. The plot reveals the innermost thoughts of the residents of the small, Welsh fishing village Llareggub as it delves into the dreams of various townspeople including blind sailor Captain Cat, who is haunted by visions of drowned shipmates, Mog Edwards and Myfanwy Price, who dream of each other, and Mrs. Ogmore Pritchard, who dreams of her former husbands.

Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas presents a long overdue assessment of the rich heritage television drama has to offer. Channel 4 invited over 200 of Britain's top television drama professionals – writers, directors, producers and commissioners – to take part in an exclusive poll to discover what they consider the finest dramas ever produced.

El Dupayne, un museo privado dedicado al periodo entre 1919 y 1939, acoge, además de obras de arte, biblioteca y archivo, una Sala del Crimen donde estudiar los casos más sonados de la época. Todo cambiará en esa institución con el aviso de su cierre inminente y el descubrimiento del cuerpo calcinado de una de las personas más estrechamente vinculadas a ella. ¿Se trata de un asesinato, de un suicidio, de un accidente?; y ¿Por qué esta muerte recuerda tanto a uno de los sucesos ilustrados en la Sala del Crimen?

A search for the poetic soul of Wales - a feature documentary which explores poetic responses, historical & contemporary, to the issues of social & cultural survival; and celebrates this enduring 2500 year poetic experience.

This program is an overview of the life and career of Joseph Stalin. It concentrates on describing and attempting to explain the origins of the policy of “terror” instigated by Stalin as leader of the USSR. There are interviews with surviving family members and experts all of whom attempt some sort of personality “analysis” of the dictator to explain his behaviour and policies. Another question that is examined is, given his record of “terror”, why was he so popular? Why did so many Russians mourn his death in 1953? This could be an overview and introduction to a study of both Stalin and USSR in the post revolution period.

The cast and crew of I, Claudius (1976) discuss the making of the series.

A televised pantomime of Cinderella featuring various celebrities.

An adaptation of Samuel Beckett's short play from 1965. Three women meet on a bench; they reminisce about their old school days and whisper terrible secrets.

18th-century England and Ireland viewed through the eyes of four beautiful high-born sisters - Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox, great-granddaughters of a king, daughters of a cabinet minister, and wives of politicians and peers.

Alicia está mirándose en el espejo de su dormitorio cuando, repentinamente, lo atraviesa y entra en un mundo de fantasía. El País del Espejo es un gigantesco tablero de ajedrez, donde la vida se ha convertido en un juego; Alicia, ahora un peón blanco, ha de cruzar el tablero y así transformarse en Reina. Bajo las enseñanzas de la malhumorada Reina Roja, Alicia emprende el fantástico viaje y conoce los personajes más divertidos y estrafalarios, viviendo extraordinarias aventuras.

Detective Cooper investigates the bizarre circumstances surrounding the murder of Matilda who was found dead in her bath wearing the Scold's Bridle.

"House of America" is a 1997 film directed by Marc Evans. The film, set in a depressed Welsh mining town, centres on a dysfunctional family unit of brothers Boyo and Sid, their sister Gwenny and their controlling mother. The film tackles issues such as Welsh identity, its need for indigenous heroes and the nation's perceived inferiority complex.

Told through the eyes of Mowzer, a cat, this tale -- based on a Cornish legend -- follows brave Tom Bawcock as he makes his way towards the treacherous sea conditions to bring food back to the village. Luckily, his faithful cat sings a lullaby to the Great Storm-Cat of the sea, who was responsible for unleashing the terrible weather. Soothed by Mowzer, the Great Storm-Cat allows Tom to catch enough fish to feed every mouth in the village.

Adaptation of the novel by Mary Wesley.

The Borrowers are small, fifteen-centimeter-high humans, who live in the English hinterland. They live out their lives in mouse-hole sized nooks in human houses, and survive by "borrowing" all they need from the house and its inhabitants. This series follows young girl Arriety (Rebecca Callard), and her parents Pod (Sir Ian Holm) and Homily (Dame Penelope Wilton), as they are displaced from their house, and try to find a new one, with the help of a human boy, George (Paul Cross).

Nueva York, año 1870. Newland Archer, un caballero de la alta sociedad neoyorquina, está prometido con May Welland, una joven de su misma clase social. Pero sus sentimientos cambian cuando conoce a la poco convencional prima de May, la condesa Olenska. Desde el principio, defenderá la difícil posición de la condesa, cuya separación de un marido autoritario la ha convertido en una especie de proscrita dentro de su propia clase social.

Gwyn can feel danger coming in the wind. Somehow he knows the warnings have to do with the broken toy horse that holds the evil spirit of a prince who lived long ago. When Gwyn discovers that the prince's dark soul has escaped from the horse and is seeking revenge Gwyn, Emlyn, and Nia have to figure out how to save the mysterious soldier who claims to be Nia's distant cousin. With the help of the Snow Spider, can they recapture the prince's soul without hurting the Chestnut soldier?

Adaptation of Noel Coward's stage play sequence.

Lily Whitmore is the heir to a crumbling factory that she's determined to restore to its former glory. Unfortunately, Lily must instead turn her attention to the conniving Lionel Filmore who's determined to marry into the family no matter what.

Young magician Gywn and his friend Nia have been warned to stay away from Emlyn Llewelyn, the strange boy who claims his mother lives on the moon. And yet, a mysterious magic continues to draw them to him. But why? It's up to Gwyn and Nia to solve the mystery, with the help of Arianwen, the Snow Spider.

A thorough and intelligently summarized history of the Soviet Union, from the socio-political origins for the Bolshevik Revolution of October 1917 to the near end of Mikhail Gorbachev's government, immediately prior to the downfall of "real communism" and the splitting of the USSR. Conducted by British historian Robert Conquest, narrative benefits from a careful research of archive footage and from recent interviews with mostly common who participated in the events.

An angry father sets out to get revenge for the death of his daughter in a toxic waste accident.

Nadie puede resistirse a los intentos de seducción de la Marquesa de Merteuil y del Vizconde de Valmont. Unidos en sus complots y sus secretos, ambos reinan en los salones y los gabinetes de la aristocracia. Como dos cazadores en el mismo territorio, estos perversos especialistas de la intriga amorosa acabarán por enfrentarse. En este duelo sin piedad, un sentimiento sincero es un error mortal. (FILMAFFINITY)

How did ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid at Giza, joining two million blocks of heavy stone with amazing precision? Who were the leaders who built these enormous structures, and what did these tombs signify? Host David Macaulay explores the history, mythology, and religions of Egypt's people, combining live footage and animation. Take a rare look at the mummy of Ramses II and buried treasure in the sacred Valley of the Kings.

On his ninth birthday, young Gwyn (Osian Roberts), who lives on a remote hill farm in Wales, receives five strange gifts from his grandmother (Siân Phillips): a piece of seaweed, a yellow scarf, a tin whistle, a metal brooch and a small broken horse. Gwyn offers the brooch to the wind and receives back a tiny silvery spider - Arianwen, the snow spider - confirming that, as his grandmother had already guessed, he has inherited magical powers from his Celtic ancestor Gwydyon, a powerful magician whose exploits are described in the fourth book ("Math Son of Mathonwy") of the Mabinogion. With the help of the snow spider, Gwyn embarks on adventures involving other worlds of snow and silver, as he attempts to solve the five-year-old mystery of his sister Beth's disappearance in a snow storm.

Un ejército de merodeadores, bajo las órdenes del Rey Terak y la bruja Charal, atacan el Poblado Ewok. Cindel y Wicket huyen al bosque, donde se encuentran con Teek y el ermitaño Noa. Cindel y Wicket necesitarán la ayuda de Noa para derrotar a los merodeadores...

Un doctor que realiza tétricos y horripilantes experimentos con difuntos contrata a un grupo de hombres para que roben cadáveres para sus investigaciones.

Por orden imperial la familia Atreides deberá hacerse cargo de la explotación del desértico planeta de Arrakis, conocido también como Dune, el único planeta donde se encuentra 'la especia', una potente droga que, además, es necesaria para los vuelos espaciales.

Wealthy Alexander Moore and working-class Jerry Crowe are childhood friends and in 1914 find themselves in the same Army unit - Alex as an officer and Jerry as a private. They still remain close, however, until Jerry is court-martialed for desertion, and Alex is put in charge of the firing squad.

Cuando el rey de Argos decide sacrificar a su hija y a su nieto Perseo, Zeus (padre del niño) decide salvarlos y arrasar la ciudad. Perseo crece feliz hasta que la diosa Thetis, para vengarse de Zeus, que ha castigado a su hijo Calibos con una horrible deformidad, lo secuestra y lo abandona a su suerte. Al conocer la noticia, Zeus ordena a los demás dioses que ofrezcan a su hijo regalos que le permitan defenderse. Así es como una mañana el héroe encuentra una espada capaz de cortar la piedra, un casco que lo vuelve invisible y un escudo que lo hace invulnerable. Con estas armas se dirige a la ciudad de Joppa, cuya princesa es víctima de una maldición.

Murder victims are being found with the hearts cut out. A police detective is assigned to find and stop the killer. Originally an episode of British horror anthology TV series, Hammer House of Horror, that later received a feature release in the United States.

Film basado en los diarios de Vaslav Nijinsky (George de la Peña), quien, entre 1909 y 1917, fue primer bailarín del legendario ballet ruso Diaghilev. Primero como bailarín y luego como coreógrafo, Nijinsky escandalizó a un público demasiado acostumbrado a los convencionalismos del siglo XIX, con su interpretación de obras como “El espectro de la rosa” (Fokine), “Scheherezade” (Rimsky-Korsakov), “Petrushka” (Stravinski), “La siesta de un fauno” (Debussy), o “La consagración de la primavera” (Stravinski). En todas ellas dejó su provocadora e innovadora huella. Entre 1912 y 1913, vivió un conflictivo triángulo amoroso que repercutió de manera trágica tanto en su vida profesional como personal. Mantuvo una larga relación laboral y amorosa con Diaghilev (Alan Bates), el posesivo y celoso director del Ballet Ruso; pero, cuando se enamoró de Romola de Pulsky (Leslie Browne), dejó a Diaghilev para casarse con ella. Éste, despechado, hizo uso de toda su influencia para perjudicarlo.

Captain Shotover, a retired seafarer, is reluctantly hosting a weekend house party for his two daughters and their bohemian friends. As they indulge in dangerous flirtations, will anyone notice their drift to destruction?

Lee Remick stars as Jennie Jerome, born in the United States in 1845, who eventually became Lady Randolph Churchill, and gave birth to Sir Winston Churchill in this seven-part, seven-hour biographical mini-series.

Llareggub es un pueblecito galés de pescadores, habitado no sólo por una serie de extraños personajes, sino también por fantasmas.

The title character is a married provincial schoolmaster and a notorious philanderer. He is a russian Don Juan except that he himself doesn't seek to seduce; the women around him simply find him irresistibly attractive, and he is only too happy to go along. The play predates the realism of Chekhov's later works in its desjointedness, but many of its scenes show the seeds of brilliance that would eventually emerge.

Última fase de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Un submarino alemán hunde el barco de Murphy, disparando cruelmente a la tripulación en el agua. Murphy es el único superviviente, y desde ese momento no piensa más que en la venganza.

Mediados del siglo XIX. A la escuela de Brookfield, llega el joven profesor Mister Chips, que pasará allí toda su vida como maestro de varias generaciones, hasta la Primera Guerra Mundial... Nueva adaptación musical de la novela de James Hilton que supuso el debut como director de Herbert Ross.

Swinging London en la década de 1960. Se ocupa del afecto de un hombre de mediana edad por una mujer muy joven, lo que resulta en una relación mutuamente parasitaria.

A lady catches the attention of a compulsive gambler.

The first English broadcast of Eh, Joe? which aired on BBC2 on July 4th, 1966 with Jack MacGowran, for whom the play was specifically written, playing Joe and Siân Phillips as Voice. Directed by Alan Schneider with Beckett's supervision.

A pesar de hacer los trabajos más duros y humildes, John Cassidy es un idealista que sueña con ser escritor. Pero le ha tocado vivir en Dublín, una ciudad que vive tiempos turbulentos por los motines y las huelgas de 1911, así que se dedica a repartir octavillas sediciosas. Por fin, llega el día en que termina de escribir un libro titulado "Historia del ejército popular irlandés", que, no sin dificultad, consigue publicar.

Inglaterra, siglo XII. Drama histórico en el que se narran los enfrentamientos entre Enrique II Plantagenet, rey de Inglaterra, y Thomas Becket, que llegó a ser canciller y después arzobispo de Canterbury (desde 1162). Las desavenencias entre ambos comienzan cuando en 1164 (Constitución de Clarendon) el rey lleva a cabo una reforma del sistema judicial que reduce substancialmente las prerrogativas de la Iglesia.

Reconstrucción con todo lujo de detalles de uno de los episodios claves para el desarrollo de la II Guerra Mundial: el desembarco en las playas de Normandía llevado a cabo por las tropas aliadas en junio de 1944.