A short series of 15 minute programmes, really expanded sketches, in which Tracey Ullman and Michael Palin play various roles satirizing the British class system.
Carla Mallory
The London branch of Whitney Paine, a major American investment bank, is in the midst of a crisis; after the loss of $100 million, one of their leading traders, Tony Eisner commits suicide by putting a slug through his head while seated at his place in the board room. Despite the high stakes, many of the firm's staff are eager to step into Tony's now-vacated shoes and get credit for saving the company. Daniel Pascoe, the leading trader at the firm, is convinced that he's first in line for the assignment, but the firm imports a new trader from America, Anna Schuman. Daniel is enraged and makes a point of trying to dig up as much dirt on Anna as he can, but things are going to take another turn.
Annie Rice
An expatriate American doctor in London allows herself to lighten up when her freewheeling younger sister and a mysterious man enter her life. Her inhibitions released, the beautiful doctor learns that freedom has its own price.
Enemy Mother
요양원에서 노년을 보내던 늙은 병사(로렌스 올리비에)는 자신을 돌봐주던 간호사(틸다 스윈튼)의 얼굴에서 젊은 시절의 전쟁 경험을 떠올리는데... 전쟁의 비참함을 노래한 윌프레드 오웬의 시를 가사로 사용한 벤자민 브리튼의 "전쟁 레퀴엠"을 영화화한 작품
대사 없이 음악과 이미지만으로 전쟁의 비극을 고발하고 있는 각별한 영화
Lady Grace
Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. But after the death of the Earl's remaining son, he decides to accept Cedric as his heir.
