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.

A psychological romantic drama about teenage twins Owen and Kristen who fall under the sway of a charismatic young loan shark who offers love to one of them but on one condition.

The heads of Wall Street's biggest investment banks were summoned to an evening meeting by the US Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, to discuss the plight of another - Lehman Brothers. After six months' turmoil in the world's financial markets, Lehman Brothers was on life support and the government was about to pull the plug. Lehman CEO, Dick Fuld, recently sidelined in a boardroom coup, spends the weekend desperately trying to resuscitate his beloved company through a merger with Bank of America or UK-based Barclays. But without the financial support of Paulson and Lehman's fiercest competitors, Fuld's empire - and with it, the stability of the world economy - teeters on the verge of extinction.

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.

A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I.

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.

세계 제2차 대전의 끝 무렵, 새 소설의 소재를 찾던 모리스(랠프 파인즈)는 정부 고위 관료 헨리(스티븐 레이)가 연 파티에 초대된다. 헨리의 아내 사라(줄리앤 무어)를 만난 순간, 모리스는 사랑에 빠지고 사라도 모리스를 사랑한다. 두 사람은 계속되는 폭격에도 개의치 않고 거부할 수 없는 열정에 빠져들고, 둘의 관계가 계속될수록 모리스는 사라에게 집착하기 시작한다. 여느 때와 마찬가지로 두 사람이 사랑을 나누던 어느날, 집이 폭격을 받아 모리스는 정신을 잃는다. 5분 후, 그는 깨어나지만 모든 것은 바뀌어 버린다. 함께 있어달라는 모리스의 요구를 무시하고 사라가 떠난 것. 그로부터 2년 후, 우연히 헨리를 만난 모리스는 그가 아내의 외도로 고민 중이라는 것을 알게 된다. 다시금 사라에 대한 기억이 떠오른 그는 그녀를 추적하고 사라가 모리스를 떠날 수 밖에 없었던 이유를 알게 되는데..

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.

2차 대전 중 유태인 소년 알렉스는 아버지 스테판, 할아버지 보루쉬와 근근이 목숨을 이어가고 있다. 그러나 알렉스가 살고 있는 게토 지역을 소거하라는 명령이 떨어지고, 할아버지와 알렉스는 가까스로 아무도 없이 폐허가 되어버린 버드가 집으로 피신한다. 한편, 독일군으로부터 도망쳐 나오다 총상을 입은 프레디와 헨리 두 유태인을 알렉스가 발견한다. 게토 옆 폴란드 구역으로 몰래 들어가 의사를 데려오려던 알렉스가 독일군에게 잡혀가고, 유태인임을 의심받으면서 점점 위기에 몰린다. 그때, 의사와 같은 건물에 살고 있던 천사같은 소녀 스타샤가 알렉스를 도와주고, 함께 떠나자는 제안을 하는데...

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.

블랙 래브라도 개 로프와 폭스테리어 스니터는 영국 국립공원 지대의 한 동물 실험 연구소에서 온갖 잔인한 실험을 당하며 갇혀 지낸다. 그러던 어느 날 관리자가 로프의 철창을 실수로 열어두고 퇴근을 하자 스니터와 로프는 기회를 틈타 연구소를 탈출한다. 근처 농장에 양을 잡아먹으며 배고픔을 달래던 두 마리의 개는 우연히 영리한 여우를 만나서 야생동물로 살아가는 법을 배운다. 한편 마을에서는 전염병에 감염된 실험실 개들이 탈출하여 가축을 습격한다는 소문이 퍼지고 사태가 심각해지자 정부에서 직원과 군대까지 동원해 로프와 스니터를 사살하려 한다. 두 마리 개의 험난한 모험을 통해서 인간의 잔인성이 생생히 드러나는데... 는 리차드 아담스의 소설을 애니메이션으로 제작한 작품. 영국정부의 동물실험 연구소에서 탈출한 두마리의 개 ‘스니터’와 ‘로우프’는 간교한 여우 ‘토드’의 도움으로 야생에서 살아간다. 하지만 탈출한 개들이 전염병을 옮겨 양들이 계속해서 죽어나간다는 소문이 퍼지자, 정부당국은 개들을 사냥하기 위해 나서게 된다. 감독은 인간의 흉포함과 무자비함을 실험동물의 자유를 향한 순수한 몸부림의 여정을 통해 보여주고 있다. (부산시네마센터 2011 - [개관영화제]애니메이션 천국)

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.

In a Yorkshire mining town, three educated brothers return to their blue-collar home to celebrate the 40th wedding anniversary of their parents, but dark secrets come to the fore.

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?

임페리얼 커피 컴퍼니의 판매사원인 믹 트래비스는 사원교육에서 진심 어린 미소로 좋은 평가를 받는다. 이로 인해 트래비스는 다른 사원들보다 빨리 실전에 투입되어 동북부 지역의 판매를 담당하게 된다. 하지만 커피 판매는 생각처럼 쉽지 않고, 트래비스는 예상치 못한 사건들에 휘말리게 된다. 1950년대 영국 프리시네마의 기수 앤더슨의 작품으로, 초현실적인 분위기가 가득한 코믹 판타지. 앤더슨은 트래비스의 파란만장한 세일즈 여정 속에서 자본주의의 허상을 짚어본다. 원안의 아이디어는 트래비스 역의 말콤 맥도웰의 경험에서 시작되었다고 한다.

Brenda moved to London to begin living those intoxicated fantasies that all young women imagine city life to offer. Soon after her arrival she begins a relationship with Peter with whom she is tremendously happy. When she becomes pregnant Peter's behaviour towards her alters as he reveals the most frightening and unpredictable side of his personality. He forces Brenda to listen to a series of recordings, exposing a past of shocking cruelty of sadistic murder.

An obsessed sculptor kills a young women to make a perfect bronze sculpture of her. Years later at his secluded home a number of people become trapped in a web of revenge, murder and horror.

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

The joyous screen version of the Broadway and London musical hit. "If I had the money, I'd buy me a banjo!" says struggling sales clerk Arthur Kipps. Soon he'll inherit enough to buy a whole bloomin' orchestra. But can his newfound wealth buy happiness? Multi-talented Steele brings his London and New York stage smash to the screen in this big, cheerful tune-filled production based on H.G. Wells' charming novel "Kipps."

A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation.

항상 화난 얼굴로 사고만 치고 다니는 콜린 스미스(톰 커트니 분)는 남편을 병으로 잃자마자 바로 딴 남자와 살림을 차리는 어머니를 무척 미워한다. 그러던 어느 날, 빵집을 털다가 체포되어 소년원에 간 그는 교도소장(마이클 레드그레이브 분)의 눈에 띄어서 장거리 주자가 된다. 소년원의 위상을 높이기 위한 교도소장은 콜린이 '크로스 컨트리' 레이스에 참가해 우승할 수 있도록 지원을 아끼지 않는다. 한편 콜린은 매일 아침 달리기 연습을 하며 자신이 미워하던 어머니와 소년원에 들어오게 된 일 등을 생각하는데...

18세기 영국. 군함 데피앙트 호의 수병들은 상관인 스콧 대령에게 학대를 받는다. 함장인 크로포드는 어떻게 해서든지 스콧 대령의 행위를 멈추고 병사들의 불만을 누그러뜨리려 하지만 스콧 대령이 병사 한 명을 죽게 만들면서 반란의 기운이 점점 더 커져 가고 비 이생적인 조건과 질 낮은 음식, 가죽으로 된 채칙과 매질 등 가혹한 행위로 인하여 마침내 선상의 반란이 걷잡을 수 없을 정도로 커져만 가는데...

영국 북부에 사는 노동 계급 청년 빅 브라운은 심심풀이로 타자수인 잉그릿을 만나다, 그녀가 임신을 하자 가족과 친구들로부터 애정 없는 결혼을 할 것을 강요받는다. 폭군 같은 장모의 횡포에 두 사람의 관계는 더욱 힘들어지는데...

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!