Ann Beach

Blues rinses, portraits of the queen and stand up bingo. Chris Shepherd delves into his past and recalls the world of his Aunty Glad and her local Conservative Club. The hues of blue that make up the Tory heartland are more than just a party - they are a state of mind.

Ruby and Garnet are identical twins, ten years old and inseparable. Since mother's death they live with father and grandmother in the big city. When one day attractive Rose steps into father's life, Ruby and Garnet's whole life is turned upside down. They must leave their beloved granny and move to the countryside with father and that much hated "new one" because father wants to fulfill his most ardent dream to open a bookstore. The girls consider this to be quite terrible and try everything to be thrown out of the new school. But then everything goes quite different: Ruby discovers that identical twin girls are being looked for to star in a TV series. Suddenly, they notice that they are not as similar at all as they thought, and that each one must find her own way.

La historia se centra en William, propietario de una tienda de libros en el popular barrio londinense de Notting Hill, y Anna Scott, la estrella más rutilante del firmamento cinematográfico. Desde el momento en que la actriz entra en la tienda, William se embarca en un cortejo complicado, para el cual cuenta con la inestimable ayuda de sus inseparables amigos, entre los que destaca su compañero de piso el singular Spike, que observa con asombro e incredulidad cómo el bueno de William tiene un romance con una mujer inalcanzable para cualquier otro ser humano.

Sir Anthony Blunt, who was a Soviet agent for 25 years, is routinely questioned and gives no answers, but is knighted and works as Director of the Courtauld Institute, and presents his interrogator with a puzzle in the shape of a doubtful Titian painting. He also does art restoration work in Buckingham Palace, where he gets into an interesting conversation with HMQ.

Cuando en un desgraciado accidente perece la familia real británica, el único heredero de la dinastía es Rafi Jones, un gordo y despreocupado pianista de las Vegas. Pero ocupar el trono supone un drástico cambio en su vida: se acabó la comida barata, las camisas hawaianas y las palabrotas. Desde ahora deberá asistir a banquetes oficiales, vestirse con elegantes uniformes y aprender a hablar correctamente. Aunque Rafi, lo intenta, no puede evitar que constantemente salga a la superficie su verdadero yo.

A boy, a girl, a tramp and a piano with the most amazing effect on people, find each other in a park in a heatwave.

Brecht's company of actors tells the story of Bertolt Brecht: his theatre, plays, poetry and his life.

Career army man Bill Paterson faces discharge in this examination of the harsh treatment of British NCOs.

The term at Osborne Naval College is not yet over. Why, therefore, has cadet Ronnie Winslow returned home? And why, moreover, is he hiding in the garden in the rain?

'Alice's' attempts to help with house decorating result in disaster. She is banished to the tree-house but a violent storm drives her indoors, to the consternation of the children's mother.

Alice's attempts to reach the children by climbing down the chimney of their grandmother's house result in various people being stranded on the roof. Eventually the Fire Brigade is called.

The exploits of Judy, Joey and Josh and a chimpanzee called Alice.

'Alice' and the children try to foil the attempt of thieves to steal the presents from a wedding reception, with hilarious results.

A man meets a woman at a wedding and manages to sweet talk her, only to end up inadvertently helping out another male.

Eddie Ritchie once ' played for England,' or did he? The team have their doubts.

Two London tailors horse around, wind up robbed, go to Rome and disrupt the Vatican.

A stolid British family from Bishops Stortford are adventurous and book a holiday in a villa in Morocco, where things befall them.

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

Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the Tory ranks.

Sebastian is an undisciplined mathematics genius who works in the "cipher bureau" of the British Intelligence. While cracking enemy codes, Sebastian finds time to romance co-worker Rebecca Howard.

A finales del siglo XIX, un grupo de personas coincide en un lujoso hotel de París especializado en citas amorosas. Algunos pretenden vivir su noche de pasión prohibida, entre ellos dos amantes que se alojan allí con la intención de pasar una agradable velada. Sin embargo, sus planes se ven truncados cuando inesperadamente llega el marido de la mujer.

Murdoch Troon es un sencillo funcionario que está locamente enamorado de Claire, hija de un prestigioso millonario. Con la intención de impresionar al padre de su querida, Murdoch aprenderá a conducir un antiguo coche deportivo.

Horace Pope y Pedlar Pascoe son dos soldados de la RAF, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Pero no destacan precisamente por su interés por hacer méritos. Son más aficionados a realizar pequeñas estafas con las que sacar algún dinero de sus inocentes víctimas. Aunque intentan evitar a toda costa cualquier esfuerzo extraordinario, acaban siendo enviados a realizar una misión secreta de cierta importancia. A pesar de su torpeza, y casi por casualidad, acaban teniendo éxito en la misión, y a su vuelta son considerados héroes.

Una estudiante de historia americana llega al pueblo de Whitewood, en Nueva Inglaterra, donde a finales del siglo XVII la caza de brujas se saldó con la ejecución de varias personas acusadas del delito de brujería. El tema todavía pervive en cuentos y leyendas populares, que la joven quiere investigar. Al llegar a la pequeña población se percatará de que los pocos habitantes que todavía viven en aquel aislado rincón guardan algún oscuro secreto.