James Bolam

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.

EEUU /// La idílica vida de una mujer se ve truncada cuando su marido es asesinado en un acto de violencia sin sentido. Mientras prepara su propia venganza, dos inesperados encuentros lo cambiarán todo. (FILMAFFINITY)

Dramatización de todo lo acontecido en las oficinas de la famosa compañía de inversión durante el fin de semana previo a su quiebra, la cual sirvió como desencadenante de la crisis económica mundial de 2008.

All the action takes place in a swish London restaurant where two coarse-grained strategy consultants are dining with their respective wives. At an adjacent table a banker and his wife banter over his recently discovered affair. But while Pinter gets a lot of laughs out of these gold-plated philistines, he also suggests they are displaced people. Shorn of any inherited values, they live in an eternal present of sex, food and conspicuous consumption. - Michael Billington, Guardian

This compelling drama/documentary details the events leading up to, and surrounding the resignation of Harold Wilson as Prime Minister in 1976.

Inglaterra, mediados del siglo XVII. Tras la victoria obtenida por los puritanos en la guerra civil (1642-1648) que enfrentó a la Corona con el Parlamento, el rey Carlos I Estuardo fue ejecutado (1649); además, la Monarquía fue abolida y en su lugar se implantó la República (1649-1660). El líder parlamentario rebelde Thomas Fairfax, miembro de la aristocracia, proyectaba una reforma moderada de la monarquía, pero su lugarteniente Oliverio Cromwel, que era un fanático dominado por el ansia de poder, exigió la ejecución del rey y la instauración de la República. Finalmente, Cromwell acabó imponiéndose a Fairfax.

James Bolam portrays serial killer Dr. Harold Shipman in this made-for-TV drama. The film follows the story of Shipman, a general practitioner who throughout his career is believed to have killed as many as 250 of his patients. When the high death rate of his practice was investigated, it was discovered that he had given lethal doses of diamorphine to a vast number of his patients. He was put on trial where he was convicted of 15 murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.

The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.

An ex-con gets caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Martin Clunes plays Edward, an English tutor at an Oxford language school. Seemingly charming and thoughtful, Edward is really a calculating liar and manipulator. A series of events triggered at a dinner party leads Edward down a very precarious and hilarious path.

Sarah Miles es una mujer apasionada y atrapada en un matrimonio estéril que conoce al novelista Maurice Bendrix durante una fiesta que da su marido Henri, un respetable pero poco interesante funcionario del Estado. Ambos comienzan un apasionado romance. Pero, durante un bombardeo alemán, la casa de Bendrix es alcanzada por una bomba que sorprende a los amantes en la cama.

A look at the history of this legendary manager

When an absorbing new manuscript finds its way across his desk, Marcus Walwyn (Gideon Turner), an impressionable young publisher, befriends the book's author (Peter Davison) and suddenly has trouble leaving his work at the office. Intrigued by the volume's step-by-step instructions on how to stalk and murder an unsuspecting victim, Marcus grows obsessed with becoming an expert. This made-for-television drama is based on the book by M.S. Power.

A young Glaswegian prostitute in London tries to start a new life.

Alex es un niño de once años que, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, se esconde en un guetto judío huyendo de los nazis, después de que todos sus familiares hayan sido enviados a campos de concentración.

When Dorset postman Clive Peacock is forced into early retirement, the years ahead look bleak. But on his last day in the job, in a moment of unexpected rebellion he makes a decision that will change his life. As he makes his final collection from the postbox in the small seaside town where he lives, he decides to deliver the letters himself, by hand, no matter the destination. Mounting his trusty bicycle, he sets off on what proves to be an odyssey of self-discovery. Pursued by the police and lionised by the media, Clive becomes both a fugitive and a reluctant hero.

A curtain raiser for the 1995-6 football season and a state of the Premiership comedy drama about the corrupt world of football. Sir Bob is a football club chairman and megalomaniac. As the season draws to a climax his club are staring into the abyss of relegation. Can new manager Ted save City from the drop?

When new teacher Steve Drake joins the faculty at a school for special-needs students, his unorthodox instruction methods raise eyebrows. But attitudes begin to change when he makes a connection with a particularly unruly student.

It's a big night at the New Dragon Inn when a coach of distinguished Germans arrives. But disaster looms - it's the local cricket team's annual fancy dress bash and the theme is the Second World War.

Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there, and things supernatural combine to bring the Macbeths down.

A couple move to a country estate that turns out to be haunted.

Directed by Mohamed Shukri Jameel.

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.

Orlando is forced to work like a servant for his brother Oliver, so he goes to win his fortune in a wrestling contest, where he meets a lady of the court, Rosalind. Rosalind (daughter of the deposed duke) is companion to Celia, niece of the deposed Duke, and when the current duke banishes Rosalind from the kingdom, she, Celia, the court jester (and incidentally Orlando) all end up in the forest or Arden, where the deposed Duke holds court. Romantic mixups, cross-dressing, love poems nailed to trees, and a lion await them all.

With the destruction of their previous neighbourhood has inevitably come the destruction of the lads’ favoured watering hole The Fat Ox. Again, it’s Bob rather than Terry who is visibly distressed by this. Upset and much the worse for free alcohol, Bob then storms into the library to seek sympathy from Thelma - who is, predictably, unimpressed. So when Thelma finds out that Terry has been getting semi-serious with glamorous Finnish shop assistant Chris, she takes it upon herself to try and pair them off for good via planning first a dinner party and then that mainstay of 70s comedy, a camping expedition. Of course, things don’t go quite according to plan and before you can say ‘I can see the way this is going’ we are set up for japes, larks and embarrassing incidents aplenty, which culminate in the lads getting rather fed up with their partners’ attempts to inflict the rugged outdoor lifestyle upon them and trying to hitch up and drive off with the girls still asleep in the caravan.

The original play by Christopher Hampton, was adapted into this made-for-TV movie and it offers witty dialogue in the midst of remarkable conflict among its privileged characters.

En una ciudad minera de Yorkshire, tres hermanos universitarios vuelven a casa de sus padres proletarios para celebrar su 40 aniversario de boda, pero oscuros secretos les aguardan...

They no longer live together because, after 11 years, the marriage is over. They're both agreed on that. So why is she always turning up to see him at the most embarrassing times? And why doesn't he feel inclined to send her away?

Original y surrealista crítica al capitalismo a través de las aventuras de un joven vendedor de café. Brillante reparto. Música de Alan Price, candidato en 1974 a un Globo de Oro por la mejor banda sonora y galardonado por la Academia Británica con el premio "Anthony Asquith". Arthur Lowe fue elegido en el mismo año, mejor actor secundario por la Academia Británica.

Una mujer tímida y retraída se encuentra con un hombre que cree que es finalmente el amor de su vida, sin darse cuenta de que es un asesino en serie.

En una apartada ensenada de la costa hay una mina abandonada. Es el estudio de Víctor Clare, un loco escultor que ve en todas las mujeres una posible modelo para sus originales esculturas. Víctor está obsesionado con las artes ocultas. Su método para esculpir es verter cera sobre las modelos, luego moldearlas con yeso y después las recubre con arena. La desaparición de varias jóvenes lleva a la policía a investigar en casa del escultor. En las oscuras habitaciones de esta casa del horror encuentran a sus víctimas...

A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.

Arthur Kipps (Tommy Steele) es un simpático niño que se queda huérfano. Por una serie de circunstancias fortuitas, se convierte en millonario de la noche a la mañana. Pero ahora que la vida le sonríe es cuando tiene más presente el juramento que hizo con un antiguo amor, que se ha convertido en una bonita jovencita. Como prueba de su amor, cada uno conserva la mitad de una moneda de seis peniques.

La señorita Marple se une a una compañía de teatro para demostrar la inocencia de un hombre acusado de asesinar a una ex actriz. Durante el juicio, el jurado decide que los hechos no están suficientemente probados. Tercera película de Margaret Rutherford en el papel de la señorita Marple.

Colin Smith es un joven de clase obrera que vive en los alrededores de Nottingham. Un día comete un robo en una panadería y es enviado a un reformatorio. Una vez allí, empieza a correr y, gracias a sus cualidades como corredor de fondo, va ganando puestos en la institución penitenciaria. Durante sus entrenamientos reflexiona sobre su vida anterior y empieza a comprender que se encuentra en una situación privilegiada.

Réplica de la Columbia Pictures a "Mutiny on the Bounty", estrenada ese mismo año por la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A finales del siglo XVIII, en plena guerra entre Inglaterra y Francia, a bordo del Defiant, un barco de guerra inglés comandado por el capitán Crawford, un oficial de navío impone a la tripulación unas condiciones de trabajo insoportables.

Cuando su novia Ingrid queda embarazada, Vic se siente obligado a casarse con ella, pero entre ellos no hay amor, sólo atracción física. La situación se complica cuando la madre de Ingrid se va a vivir con ellos.

In the business end of a kitchen, a polyglot staff strives to cope with a superhuman task. A microcosm of the world, the kitchen looms around and encloses its workers; they include Peter, the German cook, who is in love with waitress Monica, and constantly asks her to leave her husband. The pressure of the day becomes unendurable, and when Peter realises that Monica does not mean to divorce her husband his grief and pain cause him to run berserk!