Jimmy Mulville

A satirical swipe at the phone-hacking scandal surrounding the British newspaper industry.

The Secret Policeman benefit shows for Amnesty International brought together comedy grand masters - from Python and Beyond the Fringe - and performers then relatively unknown, like Rowan Atkinson. Narrated by Dawn French, the programme includes interviews with many of the comedians and musicians who took part: John Cleese, Stephen Fry, Michael Palin, Sting, Lenny Henry and many more. The shows and their stars had a huge effect on modern British comedy. There are few comics today whose careers have not been heavily influenced by the anarchic and surreal humour of these events.

젊은 영국 장교인 존 트루스콧은 이반 부족이 있는 사라와크 섬으로 자청하여 들어온다. 아버지가 못다 이룬 과업인 원주민 개화 교육사업을 이룩하고자 스스로 힘든 길을 택한 것 이다. 그는 이미 정착해 있는 헨리의 도움을 받아 그곳에서의 생활을 시작하게 되고 그곳에는 새로 부임해 이반부족의 언어를 모르는 젊은 영국 장교에게 부임해있는 기간동안 일명 “슬리핑 딕셔너리“를 붙여주는 관습이 있다. ”슬리핑 딕셔너리“란 혼자 외로운 젊은 장교의 잠자리도 봐주고 언어도 가르쳐주는 여인을 일컫는 말이다. 존에게 한눈에 반한 이반족 최고의 미인인 셀리마는 스스로 존의 “슬리핑 딕셔너리”가 되기를 자청하나 고지식하고 융통성없는 존은 이런 불평등한 관계는 거북스럽기 짝이 없다. 그러나 셀리마의 아름다움과 당당함에 반한 존은 그녀에게 “슬리핑 딕셔너리”에 대해 조건부 승낙을 하게된다. 존은 셀리마에게 셀리마는 존에게 서로의 언어를 가르쳐 주며 행복한 나날들이 계속되고, 결국에는 금기시 되어있는 사랑의 감정까지 느껴 위험을 무릅쓰고 둘은 결혼을 하겠다고 나선다. 그러나 영국 장교가 부족의 여인과 결혼하는 것은 법적으로 금지되어 있으므로 결국 법이라는 장애를 극복하지 못하고 둘은 헤어지게 되고 존은 헨리의 딸 세실과 결혼하게 된다.

Compilation of classic moments and unseen outtakes from the first 23 series (1990-2002) of the popular BBC comedy show.

The host of a British Shock-TV Show blurs the line between show business and life.

As Christmas celebrations get under way, Britain is rocked by a deadly new food scare - "mad turkey disease".

Comedy drama. Retired Lord Chancellor Bill Webster decides to sell his memoirs to a tabloid newspaper in order to save his crumbling Cornish house. The Prime Minister wants to stop him as he believes the government will fall if his book is published. One of Bill's old girlfriends, now the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, is sent to try and stop him, but also on his trail is a tabloid journalist who senses a scoop.

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?

After the criticisms of the 1987 show’s disproportionate focus on music - and the financial disaster of its music-only Festival Of Youth weekend concert in 1988, Amnesty returned to the original formula that had been so successful in the 1976-1981 era with a primary focus on comedy. Pat Duffy was dropped from organising any further benefit events for Amnesty and for the 1989 show, Amnesty hired producer Judith Holder.

This is the British remake of 1984 Danny DeVito film

The story begins on a small spaceship docking with a refueling station. On board are a group of four aliens, Bernard, Sandra, Desmond, and Julian. During a particularly tedious period of their stay at the station, the other three begin playing with the ship’s controls while Bernard is outside playing spaceball. They accidentally disconnect his part of the ship, leaving him stranded while they crash into a large blue planet close by...