Peter Nichols

Sheila and Bri share their struggles as they raise a severely handicapped daughter in this recorded performance of the play by Peter Nicholls. Broadcast on BBC4 in 2002.

Poppy is a celebration of Victorian values and exposes the hypocrisy, racism, drug dealing, money worship and sexual repression of the time through its favourite entertainment form, pantomime. Dick Whittington, his man Jack, Sally the Principal Girl, the Dame, two pantomime horses, a flying ballet, a transformation scene and even the traditional song-sheet are all brought on to tell the serious and finally devasting story of the single most profitable crop of the British East India Company.

Poppy is a celebration of Victorian values and exposes the hypocrisy, racism, drug dealing, money worship and sexual repression of the time through its favourite entertainment form, pantomime. Dick Whittington, his man Jack, Sally the Principal Girl, the Dame, two pantomime horses, a flying ballet, a transformation scene and even the traditional song-sheet are all brought on to tell the serious and finally devasting story of the single most profitable crop of the British East India Company.

Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A riotous black comedy that's as timely today as ever, it contrasts the appalling conditions in a overcrowded London hospital with a soap opera playing on the televisions there. In an ingenious touch, the same actors appear in the "real" story as well as the "TV" one, thus blurring the distinctions even further. Jack Gould directs such outstanding British actors as Lynn Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Eleanor Bron, Jim Dale, Donald Sinden, Mervyn Johns, and, in only his second film, Bob Hoskins. The renowned Carl Davis composed the score.

Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A riotous black comedy that's as timely today as ever, it contrasts the appalling conditions in a overcrowded London hospital with a soap opera playing on the televisions there. In an ingenious touch, the same actors appear in the "real" story as well as the "TV" one, thus blurring the distinctions even further. Jack Gould directs such outstanding British actors as Lynn Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Eleanor Bron, Jim Dale, Donald Sinden, Mervyn Johns, and, in only his second film, Bob Hoskins. The renowned Carl Davis composed the score.

A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain dead. They take turns doing the daughter's voice and stare into the eyes of death and emotional trauma with a humour that hides their pain.

A family gather together for the funeral and cremation of the head of the family.

A reluctant teenager accompanies his family on a day out to a local beauty spot.

Georgy es una mujer soltera, poco atractiva, por la que nunca se ha interesado un hombre. Un día, el jefe de su padre, un hombre de mediana edad, le propone que se convierta en su amante. Mientras considera la idea, su compañera de cuarto se queda embarazada de su nuevo amante, Jos, del cual Georgy acabará enamorándose. (FILMAFFINITY)

Los Dave Clark Five son unos amigos que viven en Londres, en una iglesia cerrada al culto. Sin embargo, los verdaderos protagonistas son Steve (Dave Clark) y Dinah (Barbara Ferris), que, en pleno invierno, viajan por carretera hasta Salisbury (donde pierden su Jaguar), y luego hasta Bath y Bigbury On Sea.

Los Dave Clark Five son unos amigos que viven en Londres, en una iglesia cerrada al culto. Sin embargo, los verdaderos protagonistas son Steve (Dave Clark) y Dinah (Barbara Ferris), que, en pleno invierno, viajan por carretera hasta Salisbury (donde pierden su Jaguar), y luego hasta Bath y Bigbury On Sea.

BBC television film starring Anthony Bate.