Richard Briers

The cosy sitcom had storylines tackling mid-life crises, drunken wife-swapping and more.

Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context from which our favourite sitcoms grew. We enjoy a trip through the comedy archive in the company of the people who made some of the very best British sitcoms. From The Likely Lads to I'm Alan Partridge, we find out the inspiration behind some of the most-loved characters and how they reflect the times they were living in.

Animation telling of the adventures of Mouse, Mole, Rat and Owl. Before giving a Twelfth Night party, Mouse makes a snowmole for Mole. In a dream, Snowmole takes him to a land where his every wish is granted. But dreams can become nightmares and wishes can sometimes backfire!

Invasión Zombie es la historia de Andy (Harry Treadaway) y Terry (Rasmus Hardiker), dos desventurados hermanos de apellido Cockney que tratan de salvar a la asistenta médica de su abuelo (Alan Ford), robando un banco. Al mismo tiempo, un virus en el este de Londres barre toda la zona, convirtiendo a todos los habitantes en zombis sedientos por comer carne. Frente a las hordas de zombis no-muertos, el reto es rescatar una casa llena de gente, escapar con el botín y salir con la vida en Londres

John Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie in Finsbury and Michelle in Stockwell. Fortunately, for John, he's a taxi driver which involves varying shift work! Simple? Well, when John unwittingly becomes a have-a-go hero and the Finsbury and Stockwell police forces discover something suspicious in their paperwork, John's happy bubble is about to be burst. The action of the movie takes place during the next hectic 24 hours as John, with the assistance of his gullible neighbor Gary, rush between North and South London attempting to thwart the police and prevent the two loving wives coming face to face!

What was it really like behind the scenes of The Good Life? With contributions from Richard Briers, Penelope Keith, Monty Don, Brian Sewell and John O'Farrell.

Grace has agreed to marry Sir Harcourt in return for his financial support of her family. At a house party in her father's place, Harcourt's son Charles also falls in love with Grace. When his father appears on the scene, he has to convince him that there is a case of mistaken identity and he is somebody else. Then Lady Gay Spanker, a married woman also visiting at the house, is persuaded by Charles to seduce his father and thus divert his attention from Grace. Much confusion and scheming ensues.

Big Chris leads a chorus of characters from various animated children's television shows in a medley of seven songs: 1. "Can You Feel It" 2. "Don't Stop" 3. "Jai Ho!" 4. "Tubthumping" 5. "Never Forget" 6. "Hey Jude" 7. "One Day Like This"

Bob the Builder: Scrambler to the Rescue is a video starring Richard Briers, Lachele Carl, and Rupert Degas. Scrambler and Zoomer put their differences aside to help save the big winter party when a sudden snow storm hits Sunflower Valley.

Rosalinda, la hija del desterrado Duque Senior, crece con su prima Celia en la corte de su tío, el Duque Federico, que es quien ha condenado a su padre al destierro. La joven se enamora de Orlando, pero también ella acaba siendo desterrada por su tío. Adaptación de una obra de Shakespeare. Nota: Doblaje en español horrible. Recomendada en versión original.

Basado en el best-seller del galardonado escritor Simon Garfield, cuatro historias de la "década perdida" británica (1945-1955) se presentan en los diarios de cuatro personas muy distintas. En su libro, Garfield seleccionó a algunos de los diaristas más expresivos, y se centró en los años de la posguerra dando un vívido retrato de cómo Inglaterra se enfrentó en los años de la posguerra y qué poca, o cuánta, las actitudes han cambiado en los últimos 60 años.

Movie with some of the greatest brittish comedians such as Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese.

Lucy Gannon (Soldier, Soldier, Bramwell, Trip Trap) has written Dad, the poignant story of Larry James (Richard Briers), a cheery and independent 86-year-old who has been caring single-handedly for his beloved wife Jeannie James (Jean Heywood) who has Alzheimer's disease. When Larry falls and breaks an ankle his life with Jeannie abruptly changes forever. Jeannie is moved into residential care and Larry goes to stay with his son Oliver (Kevin Whately), his daughter-in-law Sandy (Sinead Cusack) and their teenage daughter Millie (Hannah Daniel). But love and consideration wear thin as father and son have to learn to live together all over again.

Adaptación de la historia de J. M. Barrie acerca de un niño que nunca creció. Los tres niños de la familia Darling reciben una visita de Peter Pan, quien los lleva a la Tierra de Nunca Jamás, donde una guerra continua entre la pandilla de Peter y los Niños Perdidos y el malvado pirata Capitán Garfio está teniendo lugar.

Después de que su marido la abandonara, una mujer viaja a Londres para el funeral de una estrella del pop, Victor Fox, a quien ella adoraba. Allí, ella conoce al amante de su ídolo y le convence para que se vaya a Chicago con ella para descubrir quien ha asesinado al famoso cantante de pop. P.J. Hogan ("La boda de Muriel", "La boda de mi mejor amigo") dirigió esta comedia criminal, que escribió junto a su esposa, Jocelyn Moorhouse, realizadora de "Donde reside el amor". La cinta fue filmada entre 1999 y 2000 en Chicago y Reino Unido. A pesar de contar con actores de la talla de Kathy Bates, Rupert Everett, Lynn Redgrave, Dan Aykroyd o Jonathan Pryce, su distribuidora no la lanzó hasta el 2003 y directamente en DVD.

El Rey de Navarra y sus tres camaradas hacen el solemne y público juramento de estudiar juntos y de renunciar a las mujeres durante tres años. Su honor es inmediatamente puesto a prueba con la llegada de la Princesa de Francia y de sus tres adorables acompañantes. Los cuatro se quedan prendados de las damas francesas, y los esfuerzos que harán para salvaguardar su honor y ocultar sus sentimientos resultarán inútiles.

The Queen's youngest son is off to university, mainly because "I'm hopeless at anything else". Barry, his new bodyguard, has no time for the royal family and left school at fifteen. He certainly didn't volunteer for this job, and is damned if he's going to enjoy it. Yet he can't help liking the hopelessly unworldly young prince, at least, until they both set their eyes on the new American student!

Faltan solo cinco días para el primer concierto en directo de las chicas en el Royal Albert Hall. Con el fiable conductor de autobuses Dennis al volante, se lanzan de las actuaciones esporádicas en fiestas a las sesiones de fotos ¡e incluso a un campamento de baile! Pero cuando el malvado editor de un tabloide Kevin McMaxford intensifica su campaña contra ellas, su mejor amiga se pone de parto y a su mánager le da un ataque de histeria, las chicas deben recurrir a todo su Girl Power para llegar a tiempo al espectáculo.

Cuando Hamlet, el príncipe heredero de Dinamarca, regresa a su patria, recibe la noticia de que su padre ha fallecido y de que su madre, la reina Gertrudis, se va a casar con su tío Claudio. El espectro de su padre le revela que el responsable de su muerte es Claudio. A partir de entonces, Hamlet sólo pensará en vengar la muerte de su progenitor.

Toad's life is just one big adventure! His latest and greatest hobby is racing around the countryside in his new motor car getting into all sorts of trouble. Meanwhile, his wonderful home, Toad Hall, has been taken over by the wicked weasels and ferrets. It's now up to Toad and his riverbank friends to embark on the biggest adventure of all - the Great Battle of Toad Hall!

Mole decides it's time for an adventure! It isn't long before he discovers all the fun and thrills of the riverbank in the company of his new found friend, Rat.

At Blandings Castle, the Earl of Emsworth only cares about his prize pig 'The Empress' and is wilfully ignorant of the fact that his brother is planning to publish a book which might ruin the family name forever. Moreover, the Earl's nephew might cause the family some major damage by getting married to a terribly unsuitable chorus girl. An adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse's novel of the same name.

Joe Harper es un actor en paro en el que sólo parece confiar su estrafalaria agente Margaretta D'Arcy. Joe decide montar una representación teatral navideña de "Hamlet", su obra favorita, pero los actores son bastante mediocres, y las tres semanas de preparación de la obra constituirán toda una aventura. (FILMAFFINITY)

Rat and Mole must get to Mole's home through a snowy Christmas Eve while eluding weasel pickpockets.

La prematura muerte de su madre durante un parto, arranca violentamente a Víctor Frankenstein de su idílica vida en Ginebra. Desde ese día, la posibilidad de vencer a la muerte será su obsesión y, por ello, decide estudiar medicina en Inglostadt. Allí conoce al siniestro profesor Waldman, de quien se rumorea que pasó su juventud estudiando la posibilidad de crear un ser humano. Víctor no sólo se interesa por sus experimentos, sino que está dispuesto a llegar hasta el fondo de la cuestión cueste lo que cueste.

Back in the 'bad old days' when the physically and mentally disabled were locked away in institutions a legend grew of someone who could stand up to the authorities and help them. This charming story is how a group of disabled people went to chase that legend. To assist them John is forced to come to terms with his daughter and her friends.

El Príncipe Don Pedro de Aragón (Denzel Washington) regresa victorioso de una batalla acompañado de su hermano bastardo Don Juan (Keanu Reeves), de Benedicto (Kenneth Branagh) y de Claudio (Robert Sean Leonard), un joven florentino que ha sido colmado de honores por el gran valor mostrado en el campo de batalla. Son recibidos con gran regocijo por el caballero Leonato, que vive con su hija Hero (Beckinsale) y su sobrina Beatriz (Emma Thompson) en una paradisíaca villa de la campiña siciliana (Mesina). En el siglo XV, Sicilia formaba parte de los dominios de la Corona de Aragón, lo que explica el nombre de alguno de los personajes.

Aprovechando la ausencia de sus padres, Peter (Stephen Fry) invita a sus mejores amigos, a los que no ve desde hace años, a celebrar la Nochevieja en su mansión: son los amigos entrañables del colegio, con los que representaba obras de teatro y revistas musicales. Juntos se divierten, pero también salen a relucir sus problemas, sus sueños y esperanzas rotas, pero lo que ninguno imagina es la sorpresa que Peter les tiene reservada para el final de la fiesta.

An aging actor remembers his past stage triumphs and contemplates a dim future on the stage of an empty theatre. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Enrique V, el joven rey de Inglaterra desde 1413, no es más que un pelele en manos del clero, que lo convence para que invada Francia y reivindique sus derechos al trono del país vecino. Después de la sangrienta batalla de Agincourt, el rey debe levantar la moral de sus tropas, cada vez más hundida, y, además, debe enfrentarse a sus propias dudas.

Adaptación de una obra teatral de Alan Ayckbourn. Un hombre (Jeremy Irons) provoca toda clase de habladurías en una pequeña ciudad británica cuando se une a una compañía de teatro, cuyo director (Hopkins) es un individuo muy dominante. El recién llegado no tarda en descubrir que el drama representado por los actores palidece en comparación con lo que sucede detrás del escenario. (FILMAFFINITY)

The tale begins when a brother and sister are separated in a shipwreck, but survive to be washed up on the shore of Illyria. The sister, Viola, disguises herself as a man and takes service with Duke Orsino, who has fallen in love with Lady Olivia. Entrusted with pleading on her master's behalf, Viola is utterly disconcerted to find that Olivia has fallen in love with her. Thus begins the confusion of this delightful comedy.

The Doctor and Mel visit Paradise Towers, a residential complex that promises a peaceful life to its residents. However, the establishment is far from what its name suggests: A conflict persists among the Kangs, humanesque multicolour beings who gather in opposing gangs based on which colour of the rainbow they bear; killer cleaning robots prowl the halls, and a secret in the complex's basement poses the greatest threat of all.

In the future England is ruled by a fascist government, and one day the leaders begin the construction of a heavily guarded, mysterious airport. BBC adaptation of Rex Warner's 1941 novel of the same name. A stereotypical village in a somewhat alternative England is taken over wholesale by 'The Air Force.' Living in the village is young Roy, who has just learned he is not who he thought he was. Attempting to forge a new sense of identity, he joins the dashing Air Force, seduced by its dynamism and direct and brutal ways.

Adaptation of the play by Bernard Shaw.

A silent slapstick comedy depicting the travails of young couple moving into a new home, who hire an accident-prone firm of house removers, headed by Sykes. It features an all-star cast including Tommy Cooper, Bernard Cribbins, Jimmy Edwards, Irene Handl, Bob Todd and Andrew Sachs.

"That order to scatter was as good as a death sentence to those merchant ships. And there isn't one officer or rating who doesn't agree with me." A British Allied convoy designated for the Soviet Union comes under attack from German forces during World War II.

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.

TV play by Mike Stott. Comedy about a couple expecting their first baby.

On Christmas Eve, a poor old woman plays her accordion in the street. Apart from two children, the passers-by ignore her and by the end of the day she has to sell her accordion to buy some food. Worse is to come. (1976)

An animated film about the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who spearheaded numerous engineering marvels of the early 19th century - including the Thames Tunnel, the Great Western Railway, and the Great Eastern steamship (for 40 years the world's largest steamship). Various styles of animation are used to depict events in his colorful life.

Armitage es el director de una compañía de productos químicos que está a punto de producir un gas que causa incapacidad temporal. Los militares lo codician, pero también un grupo japonés. Tanto Armitage como madame Greenfly contratan detectives en la misma agencia para robárselo mutuamente...

Fred Midway may be a bit short on brains but he's got plenty of ambition. However, before he can gain promotion as a salesman he must make his family more socially acceptable.

Mientras viaja por Europa, la bella paracaidista estadounidense Fathom Harvill se ve envuelta en una intriga internacional, cuando el espía escocés Douglas Campbell la recluta para una misión secreta. Fathom tarda poco en darse cuenta de que no puede fiarse de nadie y menos del misterioso Peter Merriweather.

A Guinness advert in the form of a short comic film set in a traditional country pub.

After a lock-keeper entrusts his daughter to a canal Casanova, he is shocked to learn that she is pregnant. He then refuses to open his locks - causing barges to pile up in every direction until the guilty party confesses.

A Home of Your Own is a 1964 British comedy film which is a brick-by-brick account of the building a young couple’s dream house. From the day when the site is first selected, to the day – several years and children later – when the couple finally move in, the story is a noisy but wordless comedy of errors as the incompetent labourers struggle to complete the house. It may well have been inspired by the success of Bernard Cribbins' classic song of the same vein from two years earlier, "Right Said Fred". In this satirical look at British builders, many cups of tea are made, windows are broken and the same section of road is dug up over and over again by the water board, the electricity board and the gas board. Ronnie Barker’s put-upon cement mixer, Peter Butterworth’s short-sighted carpenter and Bernard Cribbins’ hapless stonemason all contribute to the ensuing chaos.

"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lancelot Spratt, Simon Sparrow's old teacher and sometimes nemesis. When the eternal bachelor Sir Lancelot injures his back and falls in love with his physiotherapist Iris Marchant, he becomes very distressed and turns to Simon for help. Simon, who now is a senior doctor at fictional Hampden Cross Hospital and hopelessly in love with aspiring actress Delia, sends him to a nature cure clinic in a vain attempt to help him lose weight, but Sir Lancelot can't get Iris off his mind and has her followed, first by a private investigator and eventually by himself. When he finally proposes, she rejects him and marries an old army major, which distresses Sir Lancelot even more.

Norman Wisdom does to P.G. Wodehouse in Girl on the Boat what Jerry Lewis did to Gore Vidal in Visit to a Small Planet. The zany Wisdom, put in charge of his aunt's cottage during an English summer in the roaring twenties, decides to invite several of his friends to his posh new digs. Among the invitees is the title character, played by the delightful comedienne Millicent Martin. All sorts of slapstick chaos ensues, but Wisdom manages to save the day before things get hopelessly out of hand. Like Jerry Lewis, Norman Wisdom is an acquired taste, but he's worth sampling at least once. ...The Girl on the Boat

Health officials from the World Health Organization link a smallpox outbreak in Europe to oil drilling in the Middle East.

Miss Marple cree haber presenciado un crimen: mientras viaja en el tren de Paddington y su tren se cruza con otro, cree ver por la ventanilla como, en el otro tren, una joven es estrangulada . Pero la policía no encuentra evidencias de que el crimen se haya cometido y cree que ha sido una alucinación de la anciana, con lo que ésta decide investigar por su cuenta. La primera de las cuatro películas en las que Margaret Rutherford interpretó a miss Marple.

An incompetent boarding school headmaster, Professor Jim Edwards, devises a bizarre plot to raise the profile of his boarding school, and thus save his job, by passing off his bookie's son as a Middle Eastern prince. The headmaster's madcap scheme is further complicated when an official from the Foreign Office arrives and announces that a real prince is to be placed under Edwards supervision, not due to the schools lofty reputation, but that a gang of kidnappers are unlikely to look for the regal child there.

When HMS Scotia pays a visit to the French Riviera, the officers throw a lavish party to celebrate the engagement of Captain Robert Randall to Jill Eaton, a charming American girl; among the guests are Mary Carlton, Jill's American friend, and Antoinette, a vivacious redhead. However, when the last shore-boat is deemed unseaworthy, the girls are obliged to spend the night on ship. A series of hilarious complications ensue, as the officers attempt to keep the girls away from the beady eyes of Admiral Hewitt – who chooses this very night to board the Scotia.