Narrator (voice)
A film exploring the Queen's love of country life - whether in Scotland, Norfolk, or Windsor - through the eyes of those who came into contact with her and shared her passion.
Rita
역사상 최악의 폭군들과 범죄자들이 모여 수백만 명을 학살하기 위한 전쟁을 모의하는 급박한 상황 속, 그들을 막아야 하는 한 사람이 있다. 비밀에 쌓여 있던 독립 정보 기관 ‘킹스맨’의 탄생을 확인하라!
Dora
Roald & Beatrix, the tail of the curious mouse, a heart-warming Christmas film inspired by the true encounter between a six-year-old Roald Dahl and his idol Beatrix Potter. A magical story of what really can happen when you are brave enough to follow your dreams. Joining Dawn French who plays Beatrix, the cast includes Jessica Hynes, Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Nina Sosanya, Bill Bailey and Nick Mohammed.
A celebration of Ruth Jones and James Corden's comedy, with stars including Alison Steadman, Larry Lamb and Melanie Walters revealing backstage gossip. Location manager Nicky James lets viewers in on filming secrets, including how they managed to pull off that cliff-hanger finale, despite hundreds of fans turning up to watch, while favourite scenes are recounted as fans of the show including Ruth Langsford and Tamzin Outhwaite talk about why they love the sitcom.
Fern
A gentle, sweet, funny, romantic story of love in later life. Following a couple in their sixties, Dave and Fern who get to know one another over the course of 23 dog walks. Set against the dramatic background of the changing seasons of one year.
Grace Tanner
A man takes to a remote hideout with his sick wife, where they live in isolation as he battles to protect her life, and his own sanity, from a supernatural threat plaguing humanity. When a drifter happens upon their cabin and they take him in, old wounds are exposed and a harrowing twist reveals the true nature of the catastrophe that has befallen the couple.
Mary
Jenny, a single mother raising two daughters after her husband leaves, is aided by her widowed mother, Mary. But Jenny struggles to stay afloat after Mary suffers a devastating stroke and develops dementia.
Narrator
The story behind the murder of 16-year-old Becky Watts, who was killed by her stepbrother Nathan Matthews and his 21-year-old partner Shauna Hoare in Bristol in February 2015. This programme documents the huge police manhunt that unfolded in the wake of her disappearance, and the police investigation which eventually brought her murderous stepbrother to justice.
Granny Evans
Ben never knew his father; he was killed in 9/11 when Ben was just a baby. Eleven years later, Ben goes to spend the summer with his grandparents, hanging out with Priti, the girl next door, and his wayward cousin, Jed. Priti is a livewire and a Muslim who gradually begins to suspect her older brother is a terrorist. The trio set out to investigate and uncover more than they expected in this family film.
Chris Shepherd directs a short animation in tribute to Joe Orton (Entertaining Mr Sloane, Loot) to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. Joe Orton would write letters of complaint using the pseudonym of Edna Welthorpe. Using this persona, Orton would wind up companies, vicars and even ridicule his own plays. In this short we see what mayhem ensues when Edna writes to Smedley Jams and Littlewood home catalogue service.
Diana
댄이 죽었다. 알렉스와 세프가 친형제처럼 사랑하던, 고작 스물아홉 살밖에 안 된 댄이 말이다. 댄은 알렉스와 세프에게 자기가 죽고 나면 화장한 뼛가루를 영국 전역에 뿌려달라 며 상세한 지침을 비디오로 남겨두었다. 는 그 한가운데 온기를 품은 다크 코미디이다. 알렉스와 세프는 폭풍의 눈 속에 있고 이제 그들 삶의 모든 국면에서 스스로 결정을 내려야만 하지만, 그 결정을 내리는데 도움을 주던 사람은... 죽고 없다. 마치 잭 케루악의 소설 『길 위에서』 와도 같은 상황에 처한 그들은 밀폐 용기에 죽은 친구의 뼛가루를 담아 볼보 자동차의 글로브박스에 넣고 여행을 떠난다.
(2016년 제18회 서울국제여성영화제) 프로그램 노트 29살의 댄이 죽었다. 그와 친남매처럼 지내던 알렉스와 세프는 댄의 죽음으로 큰 슬픔에 빠진다. 친구의 부재가 더없이 슬프지만, 자신의 재를 네 군데의 특별한 장소에 뿌려달라는 유언 비디오를 보고는 망설여 한다. 각자 일상으로 돌아갔지만 예상치 못한 일이 벌어지고 둘은 거기서 벗어나기 위해 오토바이 대신 볼보 자동차, 지도와 나침반 대신 아이폰, 유언장 대신 맥북 에어를 들고 ‘친구 재 뿌리기’라는 뜻밖의 여정을 떠난다. 댄은 이 여행을 유언으로 남긴 이유를 잭 케루악의 『길 위에서』 구절을 인용하여 밝힌다. 그는 두 친구가 소설의 주인공들처럼 길 위에서 본인들의 진짜 모습을 찾고 이 짧은 인생에 “불타오르고 불타오르며 불타길” 바랐다. 영화에서 이들이 겪는 에피소드는 웃기다가도 순간 몰려오는 멜랑콜리함을 느끼게 되는 식으로 희비극이 교차하는 순간을 만들어낸다. 이를 통해 두 친구의 관계를 더욱 솔직하고 자신들의 진짜 모습을 서로가 (혹은 자기 자신을) 마주할 수 있게 한다. 이 영화는 로드무비이자 여성 버디물로 상반된 성격을 가진 두 여성 캐릭터로부터 우정이 무엇인지, 관계란 무엇이며 더 나아가 인생에서 스스로가 무엇을 원하며 진짜 ‘나’는 누구인지를 그게 부정적인 모습이건 들키고 싶지 않은 모습이건 솔직하게
Mrs. Fox
1944년, 2차 세계대전은 클라이막스로 접어든다. 연합군은 프랑스로 진군하며 독일을 무찌를 준비를 하지만, 월밍턴 홈가드의 사기는 침체를 벗어나지 못한다. 그들의 새로운 미션 – 도버 군 기지를 순찰하는 것 – 은 그들의 명성을 되찾고 사기를 돋울 멋진 기회가 되겠지만, 글래머러스한 저널리스트 로즈 윈터스가 그들에 대한 기사를 쓰기 위해 나타나면서 홈가드 병사들 사이에는 긴장이 감돌고 지역의 주민들에게도 비상이 걸린다. 게다가 MI5가 월밍턴에서 베를린으로 보낸 라디오 시그널을 발견하게 되면서 스파이의 존재에 대한 위협이 드러나게 되는데! 전쟁의 결과는 위기에 몰리고 영웅이라 불리기엔 살짝 부족한 이들이 신뢰를 얻기 위해 나설 차례가 된다.
Auntie Jean
The death of his safe cracking grandfather has landed Johnny as the only one left alive who can open a safe for a degenerate crew of violent gangsters,but he's just a junkie with little more on his mind than getting that next fix.
Herself
In a revealing documentary, Mike Leigh, director of Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake and Abigail's Party among many others, talks to Alan Yentob about a unique body of work and a lifelong struggle to make films on his own terms. On day one of a Mike Leigh film, there is no script, no story and the actors do not know if they will even be in the final film. It is a process that has yielded some of cinema's most celebrated performances, and Leigh's new film Mr Turner is already winning critical acclaim. Actors including Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsan, Sally Hawkins, Lesley Manville and James Corden give fascinating insights into the director and his distinctive method of working.
Isobel
Mother of the bride Isobel speaks direct to camera about her selfish Lesbian daughter Kelly's upcoming civil partnership to the older, sensible Janice.
Mrs. Phillips
15-year-old Jack is on a French Exchange trip with his school. But his mum won't stop ringing to check-up on him. On his last night, his host falls ill and Jack is forced to spend the last day of the trip with his French teacher; the sexy, chic, mysterious Camille. But she is due to endure a family lunch to celebrate her cantankerous father's birthday. Jack's young yet sophisticated philosophy charms Camille and as the day goes on they bond. Without realising, they help each other to overcome their parallel family problems, teaching Jack a few lessons along the way.
Dora Mitchell
David Jason stars as cockney ex-docker Don Mitchell in this emotional drama. Don is incredibly proud of his son David’s affluent lifestyle. The cars, the detached house and private schooling for the children were things Don could only dream about as a young man. His wife Dora, on the other hand, has doubts about her son’s financial affairs. When David’s life starts to unravel under a mountain of debt, family bonds are tested to the limit.
Self - Narrator (voice)
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are to reunite for a TV special to mark the 30th anniversary of their partnership.
Self
Channel 4 has conducted a survey with the leading TV critics and industry figures, and asked the public in a YouGov national poll, to tell us what they think was the greatest television of the last ten years.
Narrator
Documentary about the love affair between the British and their caravans, which saw the country establish the world's largest caravan manufacturer and transformed the holiday habits of generations of families. In telling the intriguing story of caravanning in Britain from the 1950s through to the present day, the film reveals how caravans were once the plaything of a privileged minority, but after World War II became a firm favourite with almost a quarter of British holidaymakers.
Pam
Nessa and the Wests head east, with some help from Dave and his coach. Meanwhile in Essex, Dawn and Pete visit for drinks, Mick is preoccupied with his new love, and Smithy cannot wait to spend his first Christmas with Neil the Baby. Pam has prepared a lovely spread and Bryn has his mistletoe ready, but as the Christmas spirit gets a grip, Gavin and Stacey have a startling announcement to make.
Jenny Evans
A drama about a couple on the edge of divorce, their solicitors, their daughter and of course, their dog.
Mrs. Brown
Orphaned by smallpox, young Lancashire country lady Fanny Hill cheerfully accepts her friend Esther Davies's offer to join the London 'working girls' with Mrs. Brown, a madam who recruits her as charmingly fresh enough to wait, in-living, on gentlemen.
Juliet
Young couple Jackie and Leo move from North London to a suburban home in the green belt paradise of Southern England. At the birthday party of a neighbor, they soon discover the strict social hierarchies of village life.
Self
Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas presents a long overdue assessment of the rich heritage television drama has to offer. Channel 4 invited over 200 of Britain's top television drama professionals – writers, directors, producers and commissioners – to take part in an exclusive poll to discover what they consider the finest dramas ever produced.
Herself
A look at the production of Play for Today: Abigail's Party (1977).
Crazy Butcher
A camping trip seems like the perfect way for a group of friends to spend a vacation they will never forget. Unfortunately, no one will be left alive to remember the trip! Something lurks in these barren woods, something more insane than a chainsaw-wielding psycho, something more brutal than machete swinging mama's boy and more savage than a tribe of flesh-eating cannibals. There's a LOONY loose!
Sam's Mum
웨딩 콘테스트에 참가한 세 커플의 에피소드를 담은 로맨틱 코미디.
Casting Agent
The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge success as one of the greatest film comedians of all time; an obsessive artist so dedicated to his work that neglected his loved ones and sacrificed part of his own personality to convincingly create that of his many memorable characters.
Beryl
Fitness fanatic, Donald Leek, indulges in a monthly Chunky Monkey experience with, someone vaguely resembling movie-songstress, Julie Andrews, who he's expecting at 7:30pm. His obsession with Ms. Andrews (and her posterior) is somewhat disturbing to say the least. Before she arrives however, he has to dispose of the body parts of Mr Azam, manager of his favourite Indian restaurant, who has neglected to send him a Christmas card. He is interrupted by a peculiar assortment of unwelcome visitors, amongst them, Jesus Christ and a one-testicled self-made millionaire. Each one is as unhinged as their host, who retaliates to the intrusion in extreme fashion
Woman
A hostage situation takes an unusual turn.
Auntie Barbara (voice)
Written by Raymond Briggs, this beautifully animated film tells the story of ten-year-old John. After being woken up early one morning. John finds a big invisible something sitting on his bed.
Bronwyn Race
All grown up and gunning for political power in a small North Wales community, Glen Marcus and his best mate harbour a dark secret which seems to be coming back to haunt them. But can the daughter of Tina Trent, a local woman just returned from Alaska, be the same girl the two lads buried fourteen years earlier? Only local policeman Max Bracchi can solve the case with the help of a wrongly accused tramp, Tin Man.
Madame Leon
유명한 오페라 단짝인 길버트와 설리반은 극과 극의 성격을 가진 것으로도 유명하다. 길버트는 허풍을 떨면서 소란스러운 반면 설리반은 항상 상냥하고 정중하게 행동한다.
Mother / Veronica
In this spell-binding story brave Jack climbs the Beanstalk to the magical world of Beanland. He and his new friends Dilly (the small but fearless Bean girl) and Ambrose (the nervous donkey) are drawn into all sorts of exciting adventures as they attempt to rid the Beanland of the wicked Giant. This exciting and beautifully animated re-telling of the classic tale is filled with fun, humour and wonderful music to delight children of all ages time and time again.
Mrs Whatnot (voice)
Santa and his helpers oversleep and risk causing a toy shortage at Christmas.
The Hen (voice)
The Ugly Duckling teams up with friend Scruffy, and the lovable misfits embark on a journey that helps them realize that their differences are what make them special.
Christine Peacock
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.
Woman with Dog
런던에 사는 젊고 지적인 흑인 여성 호텐스는 양어머니의 장례식 이후, 자신의 생모를 찾고 싶어진다. 자신의 입양기록을 보게 된 호텐스는 자신의 친어머니가 흑인이 아닌 백인임을 알고 혼란스러움을 느끼지만 용기를 내어 전화를 건다. 한편, 공장 노동자로 가슴 속에 한과 미련을 품고 살아가는 그녀의 생모 신시아는 딸 록산느와 사이가 좋지 않고 그녀의 삶엔 오로지 한숨뿐이다. 남자들은 모두 그녀를 떠나갔으며 자신을 희생하면서 어렵게 키운 남동생 모리스 마저도 연락을 자주 하지 않는다. 마침내 호텐스와 신시아 모녀의 만남도 이루어지고, 갑작스런 모리스의 제안으로 마련된 록산느의 생일파티에서 가족 모두가 조우하게 되는데...
Pearl
사악한 눈의 여왕이 깨어났다! 얼음 왕국을 세울 계획을 망친 장본인 엘리에게 복수하려는 여왕. 하지만 순록이 여왕에게 납치당했으니 엘리가 가만히 있을 리 없지. 서둘러야 해. 그러지 않으면 여왕이 온 세상을 꽁꽁 얼려버리고 말 테니.
Maggie
About a personal experience of claustrophobia and how to deal with it. When you can't have another cup of coffee or another brandy because you just gotta get on the plane. And there you are. And suddenly there's a flight attendant saying - Good morning.
An unconventional promo for the 1994 single of the same name by British band Pulp. Various celebrities are interviewed about their memories of losing their virginity, and frontman Jarvis Cocker reminisces about his.
Rosemary Horton
베니스의 가브리엘리 호텔에 우연히 오튼(Melvyn Orton: 더들리 무어 분), 호튼(Maurice Horton: 리차드 그리피스 분), 로튼이라는 영국인 세 사람이 같은 날 투숙한다. 오튼은 상사의 명령으로 집을 사러 온 사람, 호튼은 아내(Rosemary Horton: 앨리슨 스테드먼 분) 몰래 미팅을 하러 온 사람, 로튼은 살인을 하러 온 킬러다. 가브리엘리 호텔의 급사(Bellboy: 브론슨 핀초트 분)는 영어에 서툴러 오튼과 호튼과 로튼을 바로 구분하지 못하고 세 사람에게 온 배달물을 뒤바꿔 전해준다. 이제 오튼은 살인청부업자로, 호튼은 집을 사러 온 사람, 로튼은 미팅을 하러 온 사람으로 오해를 받는데 이들 세 사람은 어디서 어떻게 일이 꼬였는지를 모르고 있는데...
Edda Goering
In 1981, Gerd Heidemann (Jonathan Pryce), a war correspondent and reporter with the German magazine Stern, makes what he believes is the literary and historical scoop of the century: the personal diaries of Adolf Hitler. Over the next two years, Heidemann and the senior management figures at Stern secretly pay 10 million German marks to a mysterious 'Dr Fischer' (Alexei Sayle) for the sixty volumes of 'Hitler's diaries'. However, to the dismay of all, it is discovered after the publication of first extract that the diaries are crude forgeries, faked by Stuttgart criminal Konrad Kujau.
Wendy
런던 북부에 사는 중년 부부 앤디와 웬디는 쌍둥이 딸과 함께 살고 있다. 요리사인 앤디는 낡아빠진 푸드트럭을 사들이는데, 그는 트럭을 고쳐 장사를 할 계획을 세운다. 명랑한 에어로빅 강사 웬디는 남편의 계획에 대해 회의적이지만, 그의 꿈을 지지한다. 한편, 두 딸 나탈리와 니콜라는 외모만큼이나 성격이 서로 너무나 다르다. 배관공 조수로 일하는 나탈리는 선머슴 같지만, 누구보다 아빠가 행복해지길 바란다. 아무 일도 하지 않는 니콜라는 냉소적이며, 심지어 가족들에게조차 적대적이다. 어느 밤, 자기혐오에 빠진 니콜라는 과식 끝에 먹었던 것들을 억지로 게워내며 괴로워한다. 마이크 리는 이 소란스러운 가족의 생활을 들여다보면서 매일매일 이어지는 삶의 이면에 가라앉아 있는 고통과 분노를 쌉싸래한 웃음을 통해 들추어낸다.
Jackie Johns
Every cub reporter wants a front page 'splash' and the journalists from The Brit, a top-selling daily tabloid, are no exception. They're on the trail of a sensational story and their jobs depend on it.
Marjorie
When Marjorie's husband of 20 years dies of a brain tumour, she's hit financially as well as emotionally. The money she makes packing tights in a factory isn't enough to cover her rent, and her TV is repossessed. Soon after the funeral she meets Arnold, a wealthy pub landlord, who squires her to the local Conservative Club ball in an effort to cheer her up. Life with Arnold promises not only companionship but undreamt-of luxury, but Marjorie's friends and family do not necessarily approve.
Jane
직장에 나가는 남편과, 이제는 다 자라 자신의 길을 걸어가고 있는 자녀를 둔 평범한 40대 주부 '셜리'는 내세우고 자랑할 것은 없지만 그렇다고 가난하거나 부족한 것도 없는 평범한 주부이다. 쇼핑과 요리와 가정 이외에는 새로운 관심사를 찾아내지 못하던 셜리는 마침내 과감하게 2주간의 휴가를 계획하며 그리스로 떠나는데… 한 40대 중년 여성이 소극적이고 무능하게 느껴지는 현재의 삶에서 자신의 정체성을 찾아 나가는 과정을 코믹하고 감동적으로 그린 작품으로, 카메라를 정면으로 바라보고 관객을 향해 방백하는 연극적 기법을 자주 사용한다. 아름다운 그리스 섬의 풍광과 함께, 그리스 남성과의 짧은 로맨스 그리고 씩씩하고 용감하게 자신감을 되찾아가는 셜리 발렌타인의 모습이 유쾌하게 그려진다. 영국이 나은 극작가 윌리 러셀의 희곡 "셜리 발렌타인(Shirley Valentine)"이 원작이 된 작품이다. 런던비평가상(1974), 골든글러브상(1984), 이보르노벨르상(1985)등을 수상한 윌리 러셸은 뛰어난 극작가이면서 연극 연출가이자 배우이기도 하다. 교육대학을 졸업했으면서도 미용사, 창고노동자, 포크송 작곡가, 가수 등 다양한 직업적 편력을 겪은 그는 "리타 길들이기"를 비롯하여 "의형제"라는 제목으로 번안된 "블러드 브라더스"를 통해서 우리에게도 친근한 작가로 알려져 있다. "셜리 발렌타인(Shirley Valentine)"은 그의 대표적인 작품의 하나로, 일상적 삶의 권태에서 탈출하고자 하는 한 중년 여성을 등장시켜, 의미 없는 삶에 대한 각성과 자신의 정체성을 찾아 나서는 한 인간의 심층을 강력하고 섬세하게 묘사해 놓은 뛰어난 작품이다. 현대 사회의 모순과 보편적인 인간의 정체성이 어떤 것이어야 하는지를 극명하게 깨달을 수 있는 내용으로, 국내에서는 김혜자 씨 주연의 연극으로도 많이 알려진 바 있다. (EBS)
Eva
Henry Wilt is a more or less failed teacher who fantasizes about murdering his dominant, non-attentive wife Eva. At a party who gets stuck in an inflatable doll and makes a complete fool of himself. Eventually, he dumps the doll in a hole at a building site. However, he has been witnessed getting rid of the doll and when his wife disappears on the night after the party, the police and Inspector Flint have strong suspicions on Mr Wilt.
Brenda
(from AllMovie, written by Hal Erickson) "British character actor Alfred Molina contributes another top-rank characterization in Virtuoso. Molina essays the role of real-life concert pianist John Ogden. The film touches briefly upon Ogden's performing genius, then takes a dark turn by concentrating on his descent into mental illness. Alison Steadman co-stars in this made-for-British-TV production."
Perriwinkle
A young boy wants to work with a famous creature/fx man but gets more than he bargained when one of the creatures, The Ultra-Gorgon, takes him under his wing. Literally.
Daisy
문하우젠 남작(Baron Munchausen: 존 네빌 분)에게는 4명의 부하와 명마가 있어 어떤 내기에서도 이길 수 있고, 그의 기상천외한 머리는 달나라 여행과 불의 나라에도 다녀올 수 있다. 남작은 그의 부하인 베르톨트(Desmond/Berthold: 에릭 아이들 분), 아돌푸스(Rupert/Adolphus: 찰스 맥케운 분), 알브레힛(Bill/Albrecht: 윈스턴 데니스 분), 구스타프스(Jeremy/Gustavus: 잭 퍼비스 분)의 도움으로 터키 황제와의 생명을 건 도박에서 이김으로써 그 대가로 황제의 보물을 가져갈 수 있게 되었으나, 워낙 힘이 센 알브레힛이 황제의 보물을 몽땅 짊어지자 화가 난 황제가 남작 일행을 추격해 사건은 예측불허의 사태로 발전한다. 결국 황제가 남작이 머문 도시를 포위하자, 남작은 베르톨트가 있는 불의 나라로 대형기구를 타고 떠나는데, 갖가지 신비한 모험이 펼쳐진다.
Betty
A short comedy by Mike Leigh about the romance between a young woman and a man who communicates only through jokes and humor...
Mayoress
별다른 목적없이 뉴캐슬로 들어온 브렌던(Brendan: 숀 빈 분)은 키클럽에 취직한다. 어느날 케이트가 있는 위지스에서 저녁을 먹다 우연히 사장 휘니(Finney: 스팅 분)를 괴롭히려는 폭력배들의 이야기를 엿듣고, 폭력배를 사로잡는데 공을 세운 브레던은 스포츠카를 얻어 케이트(Kate: 멜라니 그리피스 분)와 드라이브를 한다. 이때 뉴카슬의 재개발 사업을 추진하는 코스모(Cosmo: 토미 리 존스 분)가 보낸 폭력배들이 습격해오니 케이트를 보호하기 위해 한 명을 사살한다. 이에 코스모는 직접 휘니와 담판하기로 하고 코스모의 음모를 깨달은 브렌던은 돌아오나 계약서에 서명한 뒤고, 동료에게 빌려준 차가 폭발하는데...
Gwenda Stimpson
An uncompromising British school headmaster finds himself beset by one thing going wrong after another.
Doreen
A down on his luck Irishman in London decides to play snooker for money.
Kato/Natella/Aniko
The hardships faced by a woman trying to survive a bloody civil war while caring for the abandoned child of the deposed former ruler.
Kate
While researching the work of author D.H. Lawrence (Kenneth Branagh), Kate (Alison Steadman) begins a romance with a fellow academic, and learns about Lawrence's love affair with the married aristocrat Frieda Von Richthofen (Helen Mirren) in this made-for-television drama. As Lawrence and Von Richthofen fall deeper into their forbidden relationship, Kate grows more familiar with Lawrence's work, such as the sensuous Lady Chatterly's Lover.
Mrs. Allardyce
In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. To get around food-rationing laws, Dr. Charles Swaby, accountant Henry Allardyce and solicitor Frank Lockwood are fattening a black-market pig for the big day. Egged on by his wife, meek Gilbert Chilvers steals the swine, but the couple must conceal it from inspector Morris Wormold.
Mary Hussey
The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National
Elmire
Royal Shakespeare Company's televised adaptation of Moliere's play with Antony Sher in the title role of Tartuffe.
Miss Land
Summer, 1948. 14-year-old Alan has just three wishes: that there will be lasting peace, that England will win the Ashes, and that he will finally kiss classmate Ann. So when he's cast opposite her in a play that requires a kiss and England seem to be doing well in cricket, life couldn't be better.
Herself
Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.
Susan
Danny Duggan runs a failing building contractors, and resorts to sub-gangster thuggery to keep the business afloat. However, with the bottom falling out of the building game, Duggan finds that playing at gangster is only fun when you're on the winning side.
Kay Pasmore
Colin Pasmore tests his strength against his family ties but finds them stronger than he ever imagined.
Beverley
Beverly wears low-cut dresses, too much make-up, and has a reputation as a man-eating monster. She turns a social get-together between married couples into a virtual time-bomb of emotional tension.
Jan Blincoe
TV play by Mike Stott. Comedy about a couple expecting their first baby.
Margaret Hudson
When teacher Tony Scannell decides he wants to be ordained as a Catholic Priest his decision has wide ranging effects on his family and loved ones.
Candice Marie
A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them.
Christine Potts
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.
Helen
Alan Bleasdale’s television debut, this beautifully observed drama stars Alison Steadman as a woman having a passionate tryst with the boy next door while her husband is at work.
Nonie
Mike comes home on leave from Ulster. After six years in the Army he has to decide whether to sign up again or not. His parents want him to leave the army and come home, but the family flare-ups and bickerings are not conducive to helping him choose.
Jackie
An episode of the BBC drama series Second City Firsts. Jackie is leaving the army. While waiting for her car to arrive, she encounters Corporal Harvey, the woman who used to be her lover.
Veronica Thornley
A quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.
