Rudi Davies

Gregory Kingsley, a boy passed off onto social services by his natural mother and abused by his natural father, finds the foster family he is put into to be the type of family he needs and takes his natural mother to court to have her parental rights revoked so that he can be adopted by the Russes. The story is based on the real case of the boy who really did have to take this action to avoid being sent back into an unacceptable situation.

Maria is a dancer who becomes pregnant, unexpectedly, and has to decide whether or not to keep the baby. When her live-in boyfriend, who is not the father, admits to cheating on her, she kicks him out. Still unable to decide what to do, she imagines a dialogue with the fetus.

사업가 제이크(Jake: 존 말코비치 분)와 티나(Tina: 앤디 맥도웰 분) 커플은 일정한 거주지없이 여행을 즐기며 서로간의 사랑을 만끽한다. 그러나 부두의 파업으로 제이크의 코코아 사업이 차질을 빚으면서 재정적인 문제가 심각해지고 급기야 호텔 숙박비까지 밀리게 된다. 제이크는 해결 방편으로 티나가 전남편에게서 선물로 받은 청동 조각상을 팔아 빚을 정리하자고 한다. 세계에 단 하나 남은 것으로 2만 7천달러 상당의 가치가 있는 청동상이기에 티나는 팔기를 거부하며 그 대신 잃어버린 것으로 신고하고 보험금을 타자는 제안을 한다. 그러던 중, 두사람이 방을 비운 사이 청각 장애자이며 벙어리인 호텔 종업원 제니(Jenny: 루디 데이비스 분)가 그들의 방을 청소하다가 조각상을 몰래 가져가고 조각상이 없어진 것을 알게된 제이크와 티나는 서로를 의심하게 된다. 이로 인해 둘 사이의 갈등은 점점 커져가는데...

Joseph Mnwana arrives at Heathrow on a flight from Johannesburg and asks for political asylum. But what is he fleeing from? The authorities are suspicious, and Joseph has an uncertain future in store.

A Falklands War soldier missing, believed dead, turns up claiming amnesia.

A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she has the money to bankroll the business he hopes to open.

Jo teaches ‘difficult’ children—American style. Young Helen, one of her most rebellious pupils, teaches horse-riding—Cotswold style. Who is going to learn the most?

A lonely young boy idolizes his local priest. An old acquaintance of the priest shows up one day, and the boy learns that his idol isn't exactly what he seems to be--it turns out that many years before, the priest had betrayed his friend, and now his friend has come back for revenge.