Nigel Betts

A coming of age story for a young grieving boy, who, upon finding letters from World War II, begins an adventure to track down the author, believing him to be a pirate.

La verdadera historia de Maurice Flitcroft, un padre de familia y operador de grúa en un pequeño pueblo inglés, que ve peligrar su puesto de trabajo debido a la inestabilidad económica del país. Tras ver un partido de golf televisado, Maurice se enamora del juego y decide participar en el torneo más importante del mundo, el Open Británico. Un plan maestro que tiene un único problema: Maurice no ha jugado al golf en su vida.

A fines del siglo XIX, el brutal terrateniente Seamus Laurent masacra a un clan romaní, desatando una maldición sobre su familia y su pueblo. En los días que siguen, la gente del pueblo está plagada de pesadillas, el hijo de Seamus, Edward, desaparece y un niño es encontrado asesinado. Los lugareños sospechan de un animal salvaje, pero el patólogo visitante John McBride advierte sobre una presencia más siniestra que acecha en el bosque.

Long time British game show host, Jonathan Robbins, finds himself questioning his mortality and legacy after the recent death of a close friend. When he comes across an unexpected letter from a young fan, he heads into the backwoods of America in search of deeper meaning for his life.

Mike Bartlett's play Albion, directed for the stage by Rupert Goold, is a tragicomic drama about national identity, family, passion and the disappointment of personal dreams. Filmed at London’s Almeida Theatre, the play is set in the garden of an English country house. The house has been bought by successful businesswoman Audrey Walters, who intends to restore the ruined garden to its former glory and create a memorial to the son she recently lost in a foreign war.

Una versión fresca y distintiva de la obra maestra semiautobiográfica de Charles Dickens, La historia personal de David Copperfield, ambientada en la década de 1840, narra la vida de su personaje icónico mientras navega por un mundo caótico para encontrar su lugar evasivo dentro de él. Desde su infeliz infancia hasta el descubrimiento de su don como narrador y escritor, el viaje de David es, a su vez, hilarante y trágico, pero siempre lleno de vida, color y humanidad.

A young man, Stevie, awakes on a wasteland overlooking Bradford, still bleeding from a brutal attack that has left him with severe memory loss. Recent events are a total blank; his more distant memories are a blur. He slowly begins to piece together his identity: his name, his home, his family. At first it appears he returns to his former self but through a series of painful flashbacks and encounters, he comes to learn of the dark and disturbing events that led to his beating. Ashamed to learn of the person he has become – and the dangerous world he became mixed up in – Stevie realises he will have to pay. But at what price?

In this epic two-part finale, the Doctor comes face to face with the mysterious Missy, and an impossible choice is looming. With Cybermen on the streets of London, old friends unite against old enemies, and the Doctor takes to the air in a startling new role.

The Midlands, 1984. Two young lads are about to learn what it is to be a miner, to be accepted into the close camaraderie and initiated into a unique workplace where sweat, toil, collapsing roofs and explosions are all to be met with bawdy humour. London, 1984. A conflicted Tory MP, a brash American CEO and an eccentric maverick are the face of a radical Conservative government preparing to do battle with the most powerful workforce, the miners. As the two sides clash, the miners fight for their livelihoods and families, and the government for its vision of a free Britain. Together they change the fabric of the nation forever.

En la pequeña población rural de Gladsbury, un ángel visita cada 25 años al hombre que hace las velas de Navidad y enciende una de las velas. La leyenda dice que todo aquel que es iluminado por la vela recibe el milagro de la Navidad. Pero en 1890, tras la llegada de un joven y misterioso sacerdote, David Richmond (Hans Matheson), todo cambia… pues la vela desaparece.

Lara is Palestinian and lives in London. She has everything she wants in her life: a husband, a son and a beautiful house in one of the best areas of the city. Nevertheless, her everyday life appears cold and grey, only brightened up by surreptitious sips of vodka. But one day, Inam, a sensual, resolute girl, knocks on her door. Lara seems to be transported back to her adolescence when she and Inam were close friends, and studied together in Ramallah. In Lara's astonished eyes we see a mixture of fear and desire towards the woman whom she had lost sight of. A deceptive tangle of memories which a trauma, a love affair and an experience with two Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem an re-surface. From a gripping, well structured emotional thriller that traces back their memories through recurrent flashbacks that take us to the West Bank in 1994, during the Intifada.

Como en un cuento de hadas, Waris Dirie, nacida en Somalia entre pastores nómadas, se convirtió en una de las modelos más solicitadas de la época. Recorrió un camino fascinante hasta pisar las pasarelas más famosas y ser portada de las mejores revistas de moda. A los 13 años huyó de una boda de conveniencia y anduvo días por el desierto antes de llegar a Mogadiscio, capital de Somalia. Allí, sus parientes la mandaron a trabajar como criada a la Embajada de su país en Londres, donde pasó la adolescencia sin saber leer ni escribir.

La señora Ratcliffe (Catherine Tate) abandona la tierra de Marks & Spencer para adentrarse en el mundo de Marx y Lenin. La revolución de la señora Ratcliffe es una divertidísima comedia inglesa que sigue a una peculiar familia desde la Inglaterra de 1968 a la helada Alemania del Este y su regreso a casa. El señor Ratcliffe (Iain Glen) lucha por su causa, pero su mujer lucha por sus singulares hijas: una adolescente diosa del sexo y una espía comunista de 12 años. ¿Podrá el señor Ratcliffe dejar de lado sus ideales para volver enamorarse de su renovada y valiente esposa?

Cheery kids-TV characters of Pib and Pog lose their cool with one another, sparking a manic cartoon showdown between the two.

A bored little prince makes a poor rat hunter his whipping boy but after his pranks at the royal court almost causes a war with the neighbor king he runs away with the whipping boy to escape from his first spanking. After being in the real world his life will change making him a prince fit to rule.

Intertwined story of the lives of two women; an Englishwoman suffering abuse from her violent husband, and a Russian poet serving hard labour because of her subversive work.

En las calles de Londres una escurridiza figura ha despertado el temor de sus habitantes. Se le achacan varios asaltos a mujeres, incendios e incluso asesinatos. La policía cree haber identificado al sospechoso y lo persigue, pero en su huida empuja a un muchacho que cae bajo los cascos de un caballo y resulta gravemente herido.