Nigel Hawthorne

This special one-off documentary celebrates the past and present of hit sitcoms Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister. Exploring the shows in some depth, the programme will feature the thoughts of some of the biggest names in politics, including Lord Nigel Lawson, Lord Roy Hattersley, Lord Gus O'Donnell, Lord Michael Heseltine, Andrew Neil, Tessa Jowell and Alan Johnson. Plus original cast member Derek Fowlds meets his contemporary real-life Bernard, aka 1980s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's real Principal Private Secretary, Robin Butler.

A classic series of 52 x 5-minute poems, affectionately narrated by the late Sir Nigel Hawthorne in the UK and re-voiced for Disney in the USA by Alan Marriott. The ANIMAL STORIES run like modern-day Aesop Fables and tell us all about a Penguin who can't fly, a Leopard who wants to change his spots, a Fly who learns how to read and many more. These stories are conveyed as humorous rhyming couplets. Simple, fresh and lots of fun, Animal Stories takes a humorous look at the lives, loves and concerns of the animal kingdom, viewed from a child's perspective. Each episode of this colorful series, centers on a different animal and asks a question about an aspect of life that all children can relate to... What is life like for a Penguin who can't fly, a Pig who thinks he's too fat or a Frog who discovers his wife is expecting thousands of children!? What do you do if you're a Dog that's got bad breath? Produced by Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment Ltd.

Cuando sólo tenía siete años, la pequeña Lucy se sentó en los brazos de Papá Noel y, en ese mismo momento, él supo que ella era especial. Sin embargo, ese mismo día recibirá la terrible noticia de que su padre ha muerto en Vietnam, con lo que su ilusión por la Navidad y por Papá Noel desaparecerán.

The passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's lengthy marriage. Beginning in 1837, the year of King William IV's death and 18-year-old Victoria's ascension to the throne, the series charts the tumultuous period in 19th Century England where Victoria comes to terms with the enormous duties that lay ahead of her, while also falling deeply in love with her beloved Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The marriage and birth of their nine children are featured, as is Albert's frustration by the inactivity he experienced in the early years of his role as Prince Consort.

Ross es un guitarrista brillante que ha abandonado su sueño de vivir de la música y se ha metido en fracasados negocios una y otra vez. Teme que la propiedad familiar, la granja Satchem, en el valle Simi de California, se malogre por su excéntrico tío Cullen o su despilfarrador hermano. Ahora quiere comprar una mina abandonada con la venta de la colección familiar de vinos. Espera lograr tanto éxito como su amiga Kendal. Pero gracias al tío Cullen, Ross descubrirá que ha tenido siempre a su alcance aquello por lo que ha estado luchando de una manera caótica.

Ross es un guitarrista brillante que ha abandonado su sueño de vivir de la música y se ha metido en fracasados negocios una y otra vez. Teme que la propiedad familiar, la granja Satchem, en el valle Simi de California, se malogre por su excéntrico tío Cullen o su despilfarrador hermano. Ahora quiere comprar una mina abandonada con la venta de la colección familiar de vinos. Espera lograr tanto éxito como su amiga Kendal. Pero gracias al tío Cullen, Ross descubrirá que ha tenido siempre a su alcance aquello por lo que ha estado luchando de una manera caótica.

Mr. Sterling (Timothy Spall) y su hermana Mrs. Heidelber (Joan Collins), viuda de un rico holandés, engalanan su casa de campo donde pretenden organizar el matrimonio de conveniencia de su hija mayor con el heredero de una familia noble.

With issues of his own, an ex-army officer-turned-lawyer defends an impoverished young cowherd of killing a baby.

Cuando Kala, una gorila hembra, encuentra un niño huérfano en la jungla, decide adoptarlo como su propio hijo a pesar de la oposición de Kerchak, el jefe de la manada. Junto a Terk, un gracioso mono, y Tantor, un elefante algo neurótico, Tazán crecerá en la jungla desarrollando los instintos de los animales y aprendiendo a deslizarse entre los árboles a velocidad de vértigo. Pero cuando una expedición se adentra en la jungla y Tarzán conoce a Jane, descubrirá quién es realmente y cuál es el mundo al que pertenece...

Faltan un par de días para la elección del nuevo gobernador de Missouri. La carrera por el puesto está muy reñida entre dos candidatos independientes. El poderoso William Blake Pallarin se alza como el líder más probable, e incluso como un posible candidato para presidente del país. Pero cuando un periodista desvela un nombre que oscurece su pasado, las preguntas empiezan a asediar al candidato...

Inglaterra, 1912. Los Winslow, una honorable y acaudalada familia británica, preparan el compromiso matrimonial de su hija, Catherine, con John Watherstone. Durante la reunión, llega inesperadamente el hijo menor de la familia, a quien han expulsado del colegio por haber robado un giro postal de cinco chelines. Como su padre, Arthur, confía en la inocencia del muchacho, contrata a un implacable abogado que conseguirá que el caso Winslow llegue hasta la Cámara de los Lores.

Madeline es una niña traviesa y rebelde que estudia en un internado de París dirigido por Miss Clavel (Frances McDormand). Cuando la inquieta Madeline se entera de que el colegio podría ser cerrado, decide tomar cartas en el asunto para impedirlo. Comedia familiar inspirada en un clásico de la literatura infantil escrito en 1939 por Ludwig Bemelmans.

En el transcurso de una cena formal, George Hanson, un joven profesor de escuela primaria, descubre gracias una completa desconocida que su novio está a punto de dejarlo plantado. Esa misma noche, la chica le ofrece una habitación en su piso mientras se arreglan las cosas. A partir de entonces ambos se convierten en inseparables compañeros de piso dispuestos a afrontar juntos los retos que su vida en común les depare.

Una noche del verano de 1839, cincuenta y tres esclavos negros que viajaban a bordo del navío “La Amistad” se amotinaron y tomaron el control del barco frente a las costas de Cuba. Fracasado su intento de regresar a África, fueron detenidos por tropas americanas y se encontraron en un país extraño y a merced de un sistema judicial que les era ajeno.

British explorer Henry Stanley travels to Africa in 1871 seeking missionary David Livingstone.

The L.A. police find two bodies in a fancy house and suspect the wife of one victim. Dr. Ellis, a hypnotherapist, takes her back in time; with the police listening, a pattern of spousal abuse emerges. When each trance ends, however, the woman, Carolyn Walker, wonders if those repressed memories are true. Dr. Ellis guides her through her trial, testifies himself, and continues treatment after the verdict is in. Carolyn's memory and well-being get worse after the trial, not better. She misses some therapy sessions, and Dr. Ellis comes to see her at home. Snatches of memory come and go. Can he help her remember what really happened? Are the cops satisfied justice has been done?

The L.A. police find two bodies in a fancy house and suspect the wife of one victim. Dr. Ellis, a hypnotherapist, takes her back in time; with the police listening, a pattern of spousal abuse emerges. When each trance ends, however, the woman, Carolyn Walker, wonders if those repressed memories are true. Dr. Ellis guides her through her trial, testifies himself, and continues treatment after the verdict is in. Carolyn's memory and well-being get worse after the trial, not better. She misses some therapy sessions, and Dr. Ellis comes to see her at home. Snatches of memory come and go. Can he help her remember what really happened? Are the cops satisfied justice has been done?

Adaptación de "Twelfth Night", de William Shakespeare, que cuenta la historia de dos hermanos que se separan tras un naufragio, creyendo cada uno que el otro ha muerto.

En Sudáfrica, un hombre de raza negra investiga la verdad sobre un prisionero político torturado durante la década anterior.

Inglaterra, 1930. Versión actualizada del drama homónimo de Shakespeare. Ricardo III, un hombre al que la naturaleza le ha negado todo encanto físico, vive dominado por la ambición de poder. La conspiración, el crimen y el engaño son sus armas naturales; y la piedad, la compasión y la amistad sólo artimañas para someter a quienes le rodean.

An account of the Eastern Front, epic in scale and savagery, as Soviets experienced it and Stalin commanded it.

La locura del rey Jorge (o Las locuras del rey Jorge, según algunas traducciones) es una película de 1994 dirigida por Nicholas Hytner y adaptada por Alan Bennett a partir de su propia obra de teatro, La locura del rey Jorge. Cuenta la historia del deterioro en la salud mental del rey Jorge III y el deterioro en la relación con su hijo, el Príncipe de Gales, y concentra su atención en el periodo alrededor de la crisis de la Regencia de 1788. La medicina moderna ha sugerido que los síntomas del rey eran síntomas de porfiria.

Alan Bennett's personal overview of art, filmed in the atmospheric location of a Leeds art gallery.

En el año 1996 un edificio estalla con 30 rehenes dentro, tras una brutal lucha entre Simon Phoenix, un criminal psicópata y John Spartan, un policía conocido como Demolition Man. Ambos son condenados a ser congelados hasta 2032, año en el que se vuelven a encontrar.

Freddie es un príncipe convertido en rana. De la estatura de un hombre y con unos poderes especiales heredados de su padre, la rana Freddie se lanza al mundo para luchar contra el mal y acaba por convertirse en el Agente 07, el héroe del servicio secreto.

The friendship of a young boy and an old Polish emigre as they struggle to re-create 'the smallest show on earth' - a flea circus

Dramatization of the famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine "Oz" were charged with obscenity.

In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel: evil and good. And thus begins the life of Sham. He is a gift to the King of France, through a series of adventures with his faithful stable boy, Agba, he becomes the Godolphin Arabian, the founder of one of the greatest thoroughbred racing lines of all time.

It's the sixties. Gregory loves Ginny, and Ginny loves Gregory. But unfortunately Ginny also loves Philip, or at least she used to, and Philip loves her. Does Philip love his wife too? Ginny tells Gregory she's going to see her parents, when she's actually going to see Philip to break things off. Gregory, thinking to surprise her, gets there first, and the chaos begins.

Gothic thriller about Old Martin who heeds the voice of Anna, who calls him back to the mountain cabin where he left her to die while she gave birth to their surviving son.

In pursuit of faith, God and the Devil, spells are cast, buckets of water thrown and men with black beards dance and sing.

Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd, but sympathetic camaraderie as they plan to steal two of the turtles and free them into the ocean.

Esta historia basada en hechos sigue a una mujer que lanza un rescate de su hijo piloto de la Royal Air Force, que fue derribado sobre Alemania en 1941. ¿Cómo obtener ninguna ayuda de la tierra, se establece su propia misión de rescate. La guerra de Jenny es una serie de televisión de 1985 bélico ambientado en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, producida por HTV en asociación con Columbia Pictures.

Tarón es un valeroso joven que debe impedir que el malvado Rey Horned se apodere del Caldero Mágico, cuya fuerza misteriosa es capaz de crear un auténtico ejército de invencibles guerreros sobrenaturales. En su lucha contra el mal, Tarón cuenta con la ayuda de su maestro, Dallben, la princesa Eilonwy, un animal con aspecto de osito de peluche llamada Gurgi, un juglar que se hace llamar Fflewddur Fflam, un cerdito con dotes de clarividente y un trío de brujas excéntricas.

Set in 1884, and based on the assumption that Britain is one of the Baltic states between Russia and Latvia, making it part of Europe instead of an off-shore island. It is winter 1884. To gain access to the sea, England has declared war on Latvia and believes herself to be winning. But Russia has sided with Latvia and England is doomed. The action takes place on New Year’s Eve in a country house on the Anglo-Latvian border. The guests are a cross section of the ruling classes.

Bio-drama tracing the life and career of Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla from his days as a young activist in Poland to his rise and installation in 1978 as Pope of the Catholic world.

Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.

Royal Shakespeare Company's televised adaptation of Moliere's play with Antony Sher in the title role of Tartuffe.

Bernard Fripp is told by his doctor that he has only 30 minutes left to live. This sets Bernard bumbling off on a mission to live his final minutes to the fullest.

Después de defender los derechos de los ciudadanos africanos en Sudáfrica, Gandhi, considerando que también los hindúes son ciudadanos de segunda clase en su propia tierra, los incita a sublevarse contra el Imperio Británico mediante la doctrina de la no-violencia.

La película narra la odisea de dos animales que se escapan de un centro biológico, donde son sometidos a todo tipo de ensayos y barbaridades. La historia transcurre en dos lineas paralelas que convergen en el mismo objeto; el destino de los perros fugados.

The true story of the First world football competition, won by a team comprised of miners from Durham.

Los soviéticos han desarrollado un revolucionario caza, nombre en clave "Firefox". Naturalmente, los ingleses están preocupados por la capacidad del avión para lanzar ataques sorpresa, puesto que se rumorea que es indetectable al radar. Por ello, envían al piloto Mitchell Grant, ex-combatiente de la Guerra de Viertnam, en misión secreta para robar el Firefox.

The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Adaptación televisiva de la novela de Victor Hugo, con Anthony Hopkins en el papel del jorobado Quasimodo.

A dissident Czechoslovakian playwright awaits trial for his activities against the current political regime.

En un futuro próximo, la sociedad cede al peor de los caos a consecuencia de la bancarrota económica mundial. Los recursos básicos escasean, y se impone la ley del más fuerte. Salvo las fuerzas manipuladoras habituales y una administración agónica, no queda apenas ningún rastro del Estado. Reina la impunidad absoluta. En este contexto repleto de desechos, ratas y miseria, una mujer dada a la ensoñación escapista se hace cargo de una joven. Juntas deberán aprender a sobrevivir.

"La loca historia del mundo" es una visión irreverente de la evolución de la historia, desde la aparición del primer hombre hasta la Revolución Francesa. La Última Cena es captada a través de los ojos de un atormentado camarero. El Imperio Romano es más alocadamente corrompido de lo que DeMille jamás pudiera soñar. Se divulgan los secretos de la Revolución Francesa. E incluso los ritos tribales del hombre prehistórico aparecen desnudos.

"They're nice affable gobblers and we're in the nice affable gobbling business." But Tom and Gwen soon find that their gastronomical retreat from the rat race is anything but an escape when the Porters come to dine.

A woman starts work as a nanny to a mute boy in a Victorian household. The boy's growing attachment to her however causes greater problems than his original detachment to his family. Part of the 1980 season of BBC Play for Today.

Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles Darnay, and remains oblivious to Carton's undimmed devotion to her. When Darnay is ensnared in the deadly web of the French Revolution and condemned to die by the guillotine, Sydney Carton concocts a dangerous plot to free the husband of the woman he loves.

Prospero, the true Duke of Milan is now living on an enchanted island with his daughter Miranda, the savage Caliban and Ariel, a spirit of the air. Raising a sorm to bring his brother - the usurper of his dukedom - along with his royal entourage. to the island. Prospero contrives his revenge.

One man's defiant stand against the hypocrisy of polite society is the theme of Molière's comic masterpiece. Ian Holm stars in this film set in Paris in the 1920s.

Four men attempt "The Knowledge" examination to qualify as London taxi drivers.

While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the palace and in parliament, especially when King George V dies, Mrs. Simpson gets divorced, and King Edward announces his intentions to marry her.

En los pacificos prados de Inglaterra vive una comunidad de conejos. Cuando su madriguera se ve amenazada, un pequeño grupo de valientes conejos escapa de la madriguera en busca de un nuevo hogar. Conducidos por Fiver el visionario, Bigwig el valeroso, y el honorable Hazel hacen frente a multitud de desafíos y peligros que superan gracias a su fuerza y astucia para sobrevivir, mientras persiguen su sueño.

The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting away each time with an amount around the £60,000 mark, and often leaving behind cash in excess of this sum. The robbers are willing to kill their own team, to get away. As Jack Regan himself puts it after the first raid in the film: "I've never seen so many dead people". Armed with gold-plated Purdey shotguns, they evaded Regan and the Flying Squad for quite some time, before Regan finds encouragement from his Detective Chief Superintendent who was sent down for corruption because Jack wouldn't testify in court for him.

A small town shopkeeper is conned into standing for an extreme right-wing party at a by-election and later discovers his financed by the corporation that has dispossessed him of his business.

Un trago rápido en el buffet antes de volver a casa. Los nervios de Freddie están sufriendo un martillazo últimamente: la economía está en serios problemas y ¿quién puede culpar a un hombre de negocios por una bebida ocasional? Su esposa y su amante para empezar.

A rabbi is murdered. Detective Llonrot is called in on the case and looks for a 'rabbinical explanation' for the murder. Other murders are committed and deliberate clues left in chosen locations. Llonrot, convinced he is on the trail of a 'mystical intrigue' is lured to the 'crime scene' when the tables are turned by his nemesis, the master criminal Red Scharlach.

A comedy about the law - seen from the inside. All formality and procedure on the surface but not quite so convincing when you see the works.

Thirty-seven men from the disputed territory of South West Africa are on trial for their lives in Pretoria, 1,000 miles from their home. They are to be tried under South Africa's Terrorism Act despite the UN ruling that South Africa must abandon its 'illegal administration' of their country.

In an attempt to win better conditions for the workers in 1920s Turin, Gramsci leads a takeover of the factories by the workers. He is offered assistance by Kabak (who has just arrived from Moscow) but Gramsci soon realizes Kabak is not motivated by ideology, as he has other motives.

Dean has a rare talent. He can be made happy. He exudes happiness and confidence like a rare blossom. Both Sarah in the past, and Julia now, could do this for him. But where are they now that he is alone in Battersea Park with two suitcases and no memory?

Jimmy Nicholson returns from working in the Middle East to visit his son at boarding school. He went to the same public school himself and is disturbed to find that things have changed and the traditions by which he has always lived and been guided now seem to be obsolete.

Londres, Inglaterra, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Tras vivir una trágica experiencia vital, la joven Violette Szabo se une al Ejecutivo de Operaciones Especiales y cruza las líneas enemigas alemanas como agente secreto para ayudar a un grupo de la Resistencia francesa.