Andy Harries

Año 1970. El certamen de Miss Mundo se celebra en Londres presentado por Bob Hope, leyenda de la comedia estadounidense. En ese momento Miss Mundo es el programa de televisión más visto en el planeta, con más de 100 millones de espectadores. En pleno directo el recién creado Movimiento de Liberación de Mujeres invade el escenario e interrumpe la retransmisión afirmando que los concursos de belleza degradan a las mujeres. Así, de la noche a la mañana, el Movimiento se hace famoso... Al reanudarse el programa, la elección de la ganadora provoca un nuevo gran revuelo: no es la favorita sueca, sino Miss Grenada, la primera mujer negra en ser coronada Miss Mundo. En cuestión de horas, una audiencia global fue testigo de la expulsión del patriarcado del escenario y del nacimiento del nuevo ideal de belleza occidental.

Stan y Ollie, conocidos en castellano como "El gordo y el flaco", se embarcan en su gira de despedida ahora que su época dorada parece haber quedado anclada en el pasado. Con la ayuda de sus respectivas mujeres, Lucille e Ida, ambos logran conquistar al público de las salas de Reino Unido gracias a su peculiar manera de interpretar y de entender el mundo. Este biopic ahonda en la personalidad de ambos personajes y en las circunstancias personales que les convirtieron en figuras cómicas de leyenda.

Tras la muerte de su padre, Alice (Ruth Wilson) vuelve a su pueblo después de 15 años para hacerse con la granja familiar que cree que le pertenece.

Película basada en la verdadera historia de la famosa activista birmana Aung San Suu Kyi y su marido, el experto en temas tibetanos Michael Aris; la mujer fue privada de su libertad en 1989 por liderar la oposición a la dictadura militar de su país, y recibió el premio Nobel de la Paz en 1991, cuando aún permanecía bajo arresto domiciliario.

Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash discuss the creation of The Royle Family, with a look behind the scenes at the production of the show and interviews with the cast.

Tercera de las películas sobre Tony Blair que ha escrito Peter Morgan, tras "The Deal" y "The Queen". Michael Sheen vuelve a meterse en el papel del primer ministro británico en una historia que cuenta la relación entre Tony Blair y Bill Clinton.

El Leeds United vive la época de más éxitos de su historia, aunque con un juego algo sucio. El entrenador Brian Clough acepta el reto de entrenar al equipo, e intentará cambiar el estilo de juego que le imprimió el anterior entrenador: Don Revie.

Catherine Morland, la hija de un clérigo rural es invitada por el Sr. y la Sra. Allen a pasar el verano a Bath. Allí conocerá a la familia Thorpe, incluida Isabella, que se compromete con James, hermano de Catherine y a John, el hermano de Isabella que se siente atraído por Catherine...

After surviving the terrifying outback abduction of her boyfriend, Joanne Lees became the victim of a relentless trial by media across two continents. With no body to speak of, reported 'sightings' of Peter, and revelations Joanne had cheated on her boyfriend, the public and media in both Britain and Australia refused to accept Joanne's innocence on face value. This is the story of one young woman's courage in the face of one of the most mysterious crimes in Australian history.

When Julie Bottomley (Suranne Jones) discovers her husband of 10 years has been sleeping with her sister, her first instinct is to kill him. However, rather than risk life imprisonment herself, she devises a better plan to get revenge on Ian (Dean Lennox Kelly) by faking her own death and framing him for murder. But can she resist the temptation to let her jailed husband know just how "Dead Clever" she's been?

After living in Australia for the past decade, Fitz and Judith return to Manchester in 2004 for their daughter Katie's wedding. Drinking too much at the reception, Fitz stumbles through a rambling toast, which only embarrasses the bride. Instead of spending time with his grandson, son of his married son Mark, Fitz opts to join in the investigation of a serial killer who has an apparent dislike of Americans in the wake of the U.S. Invasion of Iraq.

Thirty-something Nick Taylor and his wife Laura have been together for ten years and things aren't going too well. She senses her biological clock is ticking away and she wants children while Nick is not as sure. Not because he does not like kids but because he feels a child could be just one responsibility too many. Nick's problem is his elderly parents.

Relato de los sucesos políticos acaecidos tras la muerte de la princesa Diana. Se centra sobre todo en las conversaciones que mantuvieron la Reina Isabel y el Primer Ministro Tony Blair para llegar a un acuerdo sobre la petición popular de que se celebrara un duelo nacional.

Ellie and Joe Farrelly are a busy couple bringing up a teenage son while running a large building company. When they suddenly have twins, a stranger comes into their life at just the time when they need help the most.

Robson Green and Mark Benton co-star in Christmas Lights, a one-off comedy drama for ITV1 centred on two lifelong friends who have always competed with each other. The festive season brings on new challenges and takes their rivalry to extremes resulting in the two friends forgetting what Christmas is really about. Can anything bring them to their senses?

Comedy drama about John Croft (Neil Morrissey), a failed businessman who is heavily in debt when he finds a wallet which contains a map which he later finds could lead him to hidden treasure. He decides to search for the treasure alone, but Roland Blood (Jim Carter), a dealer in naval antiquities, is not far behind. Croft follows the clues on the map from a castle to a church to a seaside promotory and finds the spot where the treasure was buried is the site of a new beachside housing development. He tries to buy the house, but his bank manager does not look kindly on his proposal and his wife is about to discover that he re-mortgaged her home. He decides to take drastic action…

Having just met at a party, Siobhan brings back Greg to her flat for what might be a night of of unbridled passion. Greg really thinks his luck's in but things don't go quite according to plan as he doesn't account for Siobhan's pet dog putting a spanner in the works when it attacks him. Forced to defend himself Greg seemingly kills his beautiful hosts beloved pet and in attempting to cover up it's demise the night descends in to a chaotic night of misunderstood intentions which neither will ever forget...that's if either lives to remember it.

It is very rare for a British comedian to be given a concert film all to themself but in 1989 Lenny Henry was given that honour. We start off with him been driven to the concert by Robbie Coltrane as the sort of taxi driver you don't want to get a lift from. Once inside he meets three of his comic heroes - Steve Martin, Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy (all played by Lenny) and then it's on with the stage show. He mixes stand up with appearances from some of his best known characters and there are a few amusing songs along the way.

Episode of the British television series on the works of film director Russ Meyer.

The Sam Raimi Super 8 shorts.