Walter Sparrow
Nascimento : 1927-01-22, Eltham, London, England, UK
Morte : 2000-05-31
História
Walter Leonard Sparrow was an English film and television actor best known for his appearance as Duncan in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves starring Kevin Costner. He began his career as a stand up comedian before turning to drama and performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He made his movie debut in 1965's Dr.Terror's House of Horrors. As well as Robin Hood, Sparrow appeared in more than 30 films, including I Hired A Contract Killer, The Accidental Tourist, The Secret Garden, Now & Then, Jane Eyre, Ever After and Treasure Island. He also appeared in over 50 television guest spots on both American and British TV. One of his more notable guest appearances was in the 1989 episode Danger UXD of the sitcom Only Fools and Horses, which had 16.1 million viewers, as porn shop owner Dirty Barry.
Grandad
Tony Harrison's poetic essay on the working class - in particular the British miners -, its struggles, its dreams and its icononography - at the very end of the 20th century, as interpreted through the myth of Prometheus.
Benjamin
Simon is an outcast from his Jewish community because he claims that the devil talks to him and he has the ability to put curses on crops. When Dovid asks the 'Squire' to sell him some land so he can build a railway station, a ruthless businessman from the neighbouring gentile community uses Simon to find out who wants to buy the land so he can 'persuade' him otherwise
Maurice
O clássico conto da Gata Borralheira ganha uma nova versão, mostrando o que seria a “verdadeira” história da Cinderela. Danielle perde seu pai muito nova e é criada por uma madrasta muito má. Já crescida, ela se apaixona pelo Príncipe Henry, o que pode estragar os planos ambiciosos da madrasta.
Crazy Pete
Quatro amigas de infância se reencontram depois de muito tempo, e relembram um verão 20 anos antes, quando tudo o que elas queriam era arrumar dinheiro para construir uma casa na árvore, mas só conseguiram arrumar confusão.
Bill
Dirtysomething centres around young lovers Becca and Dog, an older fellow traveller, sage Larry, and is about the pitfalls of giving up the alternative 'crustie' liftestyle of no fixed abode and travelling to settle down.
Fred Paxford
Em 1952, na Universidade de Oxford, surge o relacionamento entre o professor e intelectual C.S. Lewis (Anthony Hopkins) e a escritora americana Joy Gresham (Debra Winger). Eles se encontraram após ela lhe ter escrito uma carta, sendo que esta correspondência a levou a sua primeira viagem à Inglaterra, que ela fez em companhia de Douglas Gresham (Joseph Mazzello), seu filho. Lewis a recebeu como cortesia, como parte da rotina de sua vida de professor, mas ele não sabia o que fazer quando algo lhe ficou claro: que estava apaixonado.
The legendary Roy 'Chubby' Brown stars in his very first feature length movie. Chubby is captured by a gang of feminist aliens from the 25th century and beamed up to their spaceship during his live show in Blackpool. Put on trial for crimes against woman, he is soon found guilty and sentenced to the ultimate penalty. Is this the end of the planet's favourite son? Will he escape? Or will Chubby be terminated? Co-starring super model Sara Stockbridge and Roger Lloyd Pack, 'Trig' from Only Fools and Horses. U.F.O. is the bawdiest, most outrageous celluloid experience of the year or indeed any year.
Ben Weatherstaff
Adaptação do clássico conto de fadas de Frances Hodgson Burnett, o Jardim Secreto. Mary Lennox é uma órfã enviada para viver na mansão de seu tio, que é cheia de segredos. Ela descobre um primo doente que nunca soube que tinha e um jardim abandonado, o qual está determinada a trazer de volta para a vida.
Stall Holder
Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious telephone calls predicting their impending deaths...
Nightwatchman
In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to their involvement in the true case which would forever shake England's belief in capital punishment.
Duncan
Após voltar de uma Cruzada, Robin de Locksley, um jovem cavaleiro, descobre que seu pai, Lorde de Locksley, foi morto pelos seguidores do xerife de Nottingham, que por sua vez é partidário do Príncipe João, que fará de tudo pra que Ricardo Coração de Leão não volte ao poder. Robin é visado pelos usurpadores e foge, mas sempre acompanhado por Azeem, um mouro que lhe deve a vida. Eles vão parar na Floresta de Sherwood, onde são atacados por camponeses que, para sobreviver, atacam os asseclas do xerife. Logo Robin e Azeem se unem ao bando e planejam trazer Ricardo de volta ao poder. Em meio à sua luta, Robin é ajudado por Marian, uma bela donzela por quem se apaixona.
Receptionist
After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a contract killer to do the job. Then, while awaiting his demise, he meets a woman and promptly falls in love.
Neighbour
Teenagers Sarah and Debbie run away from home and find themselves on the streets of London.
Hot Dog Vendor
Onde encontrar seu restaurante de fast-food favorito em Paris? Quantos pacotes de sabão em pó são necessários em uma viagem para Atlanta? Pergunte a Macon Leary, cujos guias de viagem são reverenciados pelos amantes de viagem caseiros, que odeiam estar em trânsito. Sobre as questões do coração, não pergunte a Macon. Ele não tem a menor noção. Pelo menos, não ainda.
Grandfather
Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jone star in festive special about a family with a video camera. Christmas usually means a little over-indulgence, but to the Aldershot family it is an orgy of hitherto uncharted proportions.
Ethan Engel
Em 1870, na Londres vitoriana, pessoas são acometidas de alucinações em virtude de serem atingidas por um dardo, com as visões as levando à morte. É dentro deste contexto que Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Rowe) e John Watson (Alan Cox) se conhecem, quando ainda são adolescentes e estudam em uma escola pública inglesa, sendo que nesta mesma época Holmes soluciona seu primeiro caso.
Klaus
The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman a brilliant student and self-styled opportunist, joins Hitler's SS. At the same time, his younger brother Karl, a top athlete and idealist, becomes a chauffeur for the "S.A.".
Bernie
Mickey and Mo head to Liverpool for the chance of a big score
Common Lodging House Proprietor
A British play about homelessness by Jeremy Sandford, writer of "Cathy Come Home", first broadcast as a BBC Play For Today. It details the deterioration of Edna, a homeless alcoholic and was made at a time when vagrancy was still a criminal offence.
Stage Manager
Women around the globe begin disappearing when a renegade race of top-heavy aliens from the planet Angvia begin snatching them off the streets.
Second Ambulance Man (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")
Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns to his ancestoral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a doctor discovers his new wife is a vampire; a huge plant takes over a house; a musician gets involved with voodoo; an art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.
