Anna Wing
Nacimiento : 1914-10-30, Hackney, London, England, UK
Muerte : 2013-07-07
Grandma
Historia ambientada en la década de los 80, de un grupo de niños ingleses que deciden recrear la primera película de Rambo.
Jenny, Chatty Resident
A film about memory, loss and survival; Eva Lipszyc is a survivor, but she is now locked away in the twilight world of Alzheimer's disease. We see the world from her point of view, at her eye level, and we see how a chance encounter with a caring young nurse breaks through the barrier
Elderly Woman
BBC adaptation of Raymond Briggs' children's book. Fungus (voice of Mak Wilson)'s job is to venture above Bogeydom and scare dry-cleaners (a Bogey's name for humans). But on one trip disaster strikes and a dry-cleaner discovers their existence in Bogeydom. The dry-cleaner, Jessica (Clare Thomas), strikes up a friendship with Fungus' children and escapes back home to tell her father George (Martin Clunes) all about it. George then decides to stake-out the entrance to Bogeydom, in order to catch a real-life Bogeyman.
Mrs. Grant
Davies discovers a link between three separate investigations - an armed robbery at a job centre, the disappearance of a pensioner and a routine house burglary.
Gran
A group of twenty-somethings, one of whom is a single father with a precious daughter, have been unsuccessfully in getting into a certain club so they can have a chance to DJ in their and start a career out of it. A series of events has lumbered them with a dog napping scheme gone badly wrong, ending up with them currently owning a particular pooch belonging to a dog-loving local drug dealer.
The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.
The Grandmother
Jan thinks he is Swedish-Danish, but after his mother's death he discovers he was adopted. As his world begins to fall apart, he decides to find his birth parents. The hunt leads him to Portugal - in a taxi - where more surprises await him.
Edie Possett
An ancient church is being dismantled and moved to a new location, stone by stone. One of the gargoyles from the stones falls into the possession of a mother who takes the stone man back to her family. Soon after, four strangers show up in the village and the Sogood & Firkettle children seem to be the only ones who question the mysterious things that begin to happen. This film was originally broadcast across six 25 minute episodes with a total runtime of 150 minutes. A few years later, the US cable network Nickelodeon edited the miniseries into a 2 hour (including commercials) movie block. This 2 hour edited version was shown throughout the 1980s on US television.
Old Lady
When his young daughter disappears, her father refuses to accept that she is dead and sets out on a journey to find her.
Woman at Poetry Reading
Durante la Guerra de las Malvinas, un historiador y periodista británico contempla con asombro el fervor patriótico de sus conciudadanos mientras vive una crisis sentimental entre dos mujeres. (FILMAFFINITY)
Mrs. Goodman
Cuando Sam Phillips, un padre de familia normal y corriente, desaparece sin dejar rastro, sólo su hijo Tony sabe que lo hizo después de que un gran destello apareciera en el cielo. Pero cuando Sam reaparece tan súbitamente como se había ido, Tony sabe que algo ha cambiado y que ya no es un ser humano. A medida que el cuerpo de Sam se va deteriorando, por culpa de un extraterrestre oculto en su interior, su hijo se da cuenta de que debe actuar para detener al intruso y evitar que infecte a los humanos con los millones de larvas alienígenas que transporta.
Anatta
The TARDIS lands on the idyllic jungle world of Deva Loka, which is being surveyed for possible Earth colonisation. Deva Loka is already home to a race of apparent savages, however: a mysterious people with strange powers which have mentally unbalanced the members of the expedition. To make matters worse, an ancient enemy of the natives known as the Mara is intent upon revenge, and latches onto Tegan's mind as its bridgehead to victory.
Mrs Bower
An adaptation for television by Trevor Griffiths of DH Lawrence's classic novel
Mrs. Proctor
The true story of Terry Wiles, born with no limbs in 1962 as a result of his mother's use of the drug thalidomide. This film tells the story of his childhood and adoption by the couple Len and Hazel Wiles who live on a remote farm, and the subsequent challenges and resistance to give Terry a 'normal' life.
Sausage and Mash Lady
Director Paul Morrissey applies a hefty dose of humor to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic detective story in this interpretation of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Comedian Peter Cook takes on the role of brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes, who's not so gifted here as he relegates much of the investigation of demonic dogs to his bumbling sidekick, Watson (Dudley Moore), while he spends time with his mother and searches for an assistant.
Rosa Fludd
Después de la muerte de su hija, Julia Lofting, una adinerada ama de casa, se muda a Londres para reiniciar su vida. Todo parece estar bien hasta que la atormenta la tristeza de perder a su propio hijo y los fantasmas de otros niños.
Karen
Recluido en su habitación, Clive, un escritor enfermo y malhumorado, hace y deshace una historia cambiando situaciones y personajes a su antojo, mientras bebe sin parar en una inacabable noche. Claud es un tiránico y justiciero fiscal de la alta burguesía. Sonia, una mujer insatisfecha, se siente incapaz de dejar a su marido. Kevin es un soldado iluminado que lucha por el derecho a la eutanasia. Elena es una amante ajada que sabe que va morir.
Old Lady
Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2.
Mrs Goodwin
The play tells the story of Christine Potts, who undergoes an unexpected mastectomy, and struggles to cope with the aftermath and the deficiencies of her post-operative care.
Anne-Marie
Nora Helmer, casada y con cuatro hijos pequeños, parece una mujer feliz. Aunque su marido es muy autoritario y dominante, el carácter alegre y algo frívolo de Nora hace soportable la situación. Pero, años atrás, Nora, sin conocimiento de su marido, contrajo una deuda que intenta liquidar sustrayendo pequeñas sumas al presupuesto familiar. Sin embargo, como su marido es muy estricto en el control de los gastos, ha ido retrasando los pagos, ha pedido incluso dinero a algunos conocidos, pero llega un momento en el que su situación es desesperada.
Mrs. Booth
Set in London’s East End, The 14 (aka The Wild Little Bunch aka Existence) is based on the true story of fourteen children who struggle against overwhelming pressures to stay together after the death of their single mother.
Landlady
Alan Bennett's debut play for television follows the members of a Halifax cycling club, on an outing from Halifax to the ruins of Fountains Abbey. Set in the summer of 1911 and projects an idyllic vision of Edwardian England .
Concerned Villager
Siglo XVII. Unos niños juegan en los campos que rodean su pueblo y se encuentran con unos extraños restos que se asemejan a una garra. El juez local se hace cargo de investigar su procedencia. Al poco de iniciar la investigación la garra desaparece y una extraña locura se adueña de los habitantes del pueblo. Los niños, bajo las órdenes de la siniestra Angel Blake, empiezan a participar en rituales donde los más jóvenes y puros son mutilados y sacrificados. Sólo el juez podrá exorcizar las fuerzas demoníacas que están destrozando su comunidad.
Mrs Stokes
Albert, a shy and repressed young man who lives with his mother, is persuaded to go for "a night out" with his workmates; it turns nightmarish.
Woman at the Accident
The lives and loves of three young working class women, set in the pubs, terraced houses and factories of Battersea, South London.
Mrs. Crabtree (uncredited)
Billy es un joven provinciano al que le gusta soñar despierto. Trabaja como oficinista en una funeraria, pero su gran anhelo es ser guionista de un famoso humorista inglés. Billy es un desastre tanto en el amor como en el trabajo, porque dedica todo su tiempo a soñar.
Housewife
Un error clerical conduce a que un sacedorte de izquierdas de un pequeño pueblo se encuentre en un pueblo de ricos, donde inmediatamente horroriza a sus snobs feligreses por designar a un basurero y a un hombre negro como guardianes de la vicaría y dejarla abierta a la familia Smith, quienes acaban de ser deshauciados de su caravana. Él convierte a la viuda aristócrata en trabajadora de la absurda caridad, pero pronto revolucionará al pueblo y muchos de sus habitantes... (FILMAFFINITY)