Nigel Hawthorne

This special one-off documentary celebrates the past and present of hit sitcoms Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister. Exploring the shows in some depth, the programme will feature the thoughts of some of the biggest names in politics, including Lord Nigel Lawson, Lord Roy Hattersley, Lord Gus O'Donnell, Lord Michael Heseltine, Andrew Neil, Tessa Jowell and Alan Johnson. Plus original cast member Derek Fowlds meets his contemporary real-life Bernard, aka 1980s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's real Principal Private Secretary, Robin Butler.

A classic series of 52 x 5-minute poems, affectionately narrated by the late Sir Nigel Hawthorne in the UK and re-voiced for Disney in the USA by Alan Marriott. The ANIMAL STORIES run like modern-day Aesop Fables and tell us all about a Penguin who can't fly, a Leopard who wants to change his spots, a Fly who learns how to read and many more. These stories are conveyed as humorous rhyming couplets. Simple, fresh and lots of fun, Animal Stories takes a humorous look at the lives, loves and concerns of the animal kingdom, viewed from a child's perspective. Each episode of this colorful series, centers on a different animal and asks a question about an aspect of life that all children can relate to... What is life like for a Penguin who can't fly, a Pig who thinks he's too fat or a Frog who discovers his wife is expecting thousands of children!? What do you do if you're a Dog that's got bad breath? Produced by Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment Ltd.

Quando Lucy Collins, uma bem sucedida produtora de televisão, contrata um ator para ser o Papai Noel de seu programa de telecompras, ganha mais do que poderia imaginar. Afinal Nick, o verdadeiro Papai Noel, tem que procurar um sucessor, pois está se aposentando apos 200 anos. O problema é que tem que achar esta pessoa especial até a noite de Natal e Lucy é sua favorita.

The passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's lengthy marriage. Beginning in 1837, the year of King William IV's death and 18-year-old Victoria's ascension to the throne, the series charts the tumultuous period in 19th Century England where Victoria comes to terms with the enormous duties that lay ahead of her, while also falling deeply in love with her beloved Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The marriage and birth of their nine children are featured, as is Albert's frustration by the inactivity he experienced in the early years of his role as Prince Consort.

Ross, who lives with his eccentric Uncle Cullen, is desperately trying to become a successful businessman. When he attempts to sell the family wine collection to finance a new venture, his uncle hatches a plan to remind Ross of the talent he left behind.

Ross, who lives with his eccentric Uncle Cullen, is desperately trying to become a successful businessman. When he attempts to sell the family wine collection to finance a new venture, his uncle hatches a plan to remind Ross of the talent he left behind.

A period film, set around an English country house whose owners want to arrange a marriage of convenience between their elder daughter and an aristocratic heir of a hard-up noble family.

With issues of his own, an ex-army officer-turned-lawyer defends an impoverished young cowherd of killing a baby.

Um bebê perde os pais na selva. Órfão e sozinho, ele é encontrado por uma macaca que o cria como se fosse seu próprio filho. Tarzan cresce pensando ser um gorila, agindo e vivendo como tal. Quando uma equipe de pesquisadores chega à floresta, o rapaz percebe que é igual a eles. Tarzan encontra a bela Jane correndo perigo e a salva, apaixonando-se por ela. Ele se vê dividido entre o desejo de estar com gente da sua espécie e a lealdade com a família de gorilas que o criou.

Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become president of the United States. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past back to haunt him.

Inglaterra, 1912. Arthur Winslow (Nigel Hawthorne) está fazendo os preparativos finais para um jantar que irá selar o noivado entre Catherine Winslow (Rebecca Pidgeon), sua filha, e John Watherstone (Aden Gillet). Catherine gerou alguma tensão na família, em virtude do seu franco apoio para a controversa causa do voto feminino, no entanto a conversa entre Arthur e John transcorre agradavelmente. Todos estão brindando o futuro matrimônio, mas Arthur fica sabendo que Ronnie Winslow (Guy Edwards), seu filho mais novo (tem só quatorze anos), voltou para casa inesperadamente, pois foi expulso do Colégio Naval de Osbourne porque foi considerado culpado de ter roubado um vale postal no valor de cinco shillings. Arthur pergunta a seu filho se ele é culpado e Ronnie jura ser inocente, assim Arthur exige uma desculpa do Colégio Naval, que mantém sua posição e se recusa em reintegrar Ronnie.

Paris, anos 50. Uma instituição com 12 meninas é mantida por Lady Covington (Stéphane Audran) e administrada pela senhorita Clavell (Frances McDormand). Quando Lady Covington falece seu marido, Lorde Covington (Nigel Hawthorne), decide vender a mansão que abriga as meninas. Porém Madeline (Hatty Jones), uma garotinha de 9 anos que não tem ninguém no mundo mas é extremente capaz de arrumar confusões, provoca diversas situações para que a casa não seja vendida. Madeline é ajudada por Pepito (Kristian de la Osa), o filho do embaixador da Espanha, sendo que quando o menino é alvo de sequestradores a garota faz de tudo para salvá-lo.

George e Nina se conhecem em um jantar, ficam grandes amigos e vão morar juntos. Nina começa a se interessar pelo amigo, mas ela namora Vince, e George é gay. Quando Nina engravida de Vince, ela decide que quer criar o bebê ao lado de George.

Costa de Cuba, 1839. Dezenas de escravos negros se libertam das correntes e assumem o comando do navio negreiro La Amistad. Eles sonham retornar para a África, mas desconhecem navegação e se vêem obrigados a confiar em dois tripulantes sobreviventes, que os enganam e fazem com que, após dois meses, sejam capturados por um navio americano, quando desordenadamente navegaram até a costa de Connecticut.

O explorador Dr. David Livingstone é dado como desaparecido após testemunhar a invasão brutal e o massacre de uma vila no coração da África. O jornalista Henry é enviado para descobrir o que aconteceu. Ao se encontrarem juntam-se numa selvagem aventura cheia de suspense, nativos hostis e animais perigosos, em busca de descobertas pela fonte do Rio Nilo. É uma produção da National Geographic.

The L.A. police find two bodies in a fancy house and suspect the wife of one victim. Dr. Ellis, a hypnotherapist, takes her back in time; with the police listening, a pattern of spousal abuse emerges. When each trance ends, however, the woman, Carolyn Walker, wonders if those repressed memories are true. Dr. Ellis guides her through her trial, testifies himself, and continues treatment after the verdict is in. Carolyn's memory and well-being get worse after the trial, not better. She misses some therapy sessions, and Dr. Ellis comes to see her at home. Snatches of memory come and go. Can he help her remember what really happened? Are the cops satisfied justice has been done?

The L.A. police find two bodies in a fancy house and suspect the wife of one victim. Dr. Ellis, a hypnotherapist, takes her back in time; with the police listening, a pattern of spousal abuse emerges. When each trance ends, however, the woman, Carolyn Walker, wonders if those repressed memories are true. Dr. Ellis guides her through her trial, testifies himself, and continues treatment after the verdict is in. Carolyn's memory and well-being get worse after the trial, not better. She misses some therapy sessions, and Dr. Ellis comes to see her at home. Snatches of memory come and go. Can he help her remember what really happened? Are the cops satisfied justice has been done?

A comédia de confusão de gênero de Shakespeare, na qual uma garota se disfarça de homem para estar perto do conde que ela adora, apenas para ser perseguida pela mulher que ele ama.

A South African political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten years later, the head officer in charge of the questioning is similarly held as prisoner and questioned about his past offenses.

Richard, um aleijado brilhante e cruel, decide eliminar todos os que poderiam impedi-lo de suceder seu irmão, o rei Edward IV.

An account of the Eastern Front, epic in scale and savagery, as Soviets experienced it and Stalin commanded it.

Um monarca britânico do século 18 ama sua devotada rainha, mas uma doença afeta gravemente sua mente.

Alan Bennett's personal overview of art, filmed in the atmospheric location of a Leeds art gallery.

O policial John Spartan e o violento bandido Simon Phoenix são condenados a um encarceramento criogênico conhecido como CryoPrison. Quando Spartan é finalmente descongelado 36 anos depois, já é 2032 e Los Angeles é agora uma utopia pacifista chamada San Angeles (junção de Los Angeles com San Francisco). Porém com Phoenix novamente à solta, Spartan deve colaborar com uma policial, Lenina, para apreender o assassino.

The story about a man-sized frog named Prince Frederic who is turned into a frog by his wicked aunt Messina and hired by British Intelligence to solve the mysterious disappearances of some of Britain's greatest monuments. Several hundred years later, Freddie is now living in modern day Paris -- a six-foot-tall amphibian with the moniker Secret Agent F.R.O.7. Messina, too, is still around causing mischief, joining forces with an arch-villain named El Supremo in a scheme to shrink Big Ben. Freddie, alerted to Messina's nefarious plans, gathers his fellow agents Daffers and Scottie together, planning to hide out in Big Ben and surprise the evil doers when they are set to strike at the much-loved British landmark.

The friendship of a young boy and an old Polish emigre as they struggle to re-create 'the smallest show on earth' - a flea circus

Dramatization of the famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine "Oz" were charged with obscenity.

In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel: evil and good. And thus begins the life of Sham. He is a gift to the King of France, through a series of adventures with his faithful stable boy, Agba, he becomes the Godolphin Arabian, the founder of one of the greatest thoroughbred racing lines of all time.

It's the sixties. Gregory loves Ginny, and Ginny loves Gregory. But unfortunately Ginny also loves Philip, or at least she used to, and Philip loves her. Does Philip love his wife too? Ginny tells Gregory she's going to see her parents, when she's actually going to see Philip to break things off. Gregory, thinking to surprise her, gets there first, and the chaos begins.

Gothic thriller about Old Martin who heeds the voice of Anna, who calls him back to the mountain cabin where he left her to die while she gave birth to their surviving son.

In pursuit of faith, God and the Devil, spells are cast, buckets of water thrown and men with black beards dance and sing.

Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd, but sympathetic camaraderie as they plan to steal two of the turtles and free them into the ocean.

This fact-based story follows a woman who launches a rescue of her Royal Air Force pilot son, who was shot down over Germany in 1941. Getting no help from the underground, she sets up her own rescue mission.

Taran é um cuidador de porcos com sonhos de se tornar um grande guerreiro. No entanto, ele tem que deixar seu sonho de lado quando um porco chamado Hen Wen, é sequestrado por um senhor maligno conhecido como Rei Chifrudo. O vilão espera que Hen mostre o caminho para o Caldeirão Negro, que tem o poder de criar um gigantesco exército de soldados invencíveis.

Set in 1884, and based on the assumption that Britain is one of the Baltic states between Russia and Latvia, making it part of Europe instead of an off-shore island. It is winter 1884. To gain access to the sea, England has declared war on Latvia and believes herself to be winning. But Russia has sided with Latvia and England is doomed. The action takes place on New Year’s Eve in a country house on the Anglo-Latvian border. The guests are a cross section of the ruling classes.

João Paulo II foi um dos líderes religiosos mais influentes do século 20. Reconhecido por ajudar a acabar com o regime comunista da Polônia, e eventualmente de toda a Europa, ele melhorou significativamente as relações da igreja com outras religiões.

Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.

Royal Shakespeare Company's televised adaptation of Moliere's play with Antony Sher in the title role of Tartuffe.

Bernard Fripp is told by his doctor that he has only 30 minutes left to live. This sets Bernard bumbling off on a mission to live his final minutes to the fullest.

África do Sul, início do século XX. Após ser expulso da 1ª classe de um trem, o jovem e idealista advogado indiano inicia um processo de auto-avaliação da condição da Índia, que na época era uma colônia britânica, e seus súditos ao redor do planeta. Já na Índia, através de manifestações enérgicas, mas não-violentas, atraiu para si a atenção do mundo ao se colocar como líder espiritual de hindus e muçulmanos.

Two dogs, Rowf and Snitter, stuggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal research laboratory. They are pursued by search parties and then the military after rumors spread that they could be carrying the bubonic plague.

The true story of the First world football competition, won by a team comprised of miners from Durham.

Mitchell Gant (Clint Eastwood) é um piloto americano aposentado, que foi abatido e se tornou prisioneiro na Guerra do Vietnã, lhe gerando traumas de guerra. Por ser filho de russos recebe como missão roubar o “Firefox”, o mais avançado caça já fabricado e criado pelos soviéticos. Ele é enviado para a Rússia, mas há um problema: as ordens para comandar a aeronave são dadas por pensamento, mas é necessário que se pense em russo.

The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

O filme é uma adaptação do clássico de Victor Hugo e conta a história do deformado Quasimodo, que se apaixona pela cigana Esmeralda. Infelizmente, o pai rigoroso de Quasimodo, Dom Claude Frollo, também se encanta com Esmeralda, resultando em um conflito. Porém a presença do belo soldado Phoebus, complica a situação.

A dissident Czechoslovakian playwright awaits trial for his activities against the current political regime.

Based on the acclaimed novel by Doris Lessing, this dystopian science fiction tale concerns a woman struggling to make her way in a post-apocalyptic society. D (Julie Christie) is living in a city that's at the point of collapse following a catastrophic nuclear war; lawlessness and violence rule the day, and gangs of brutal youth roam the streets. With the help of her teenage companion Emily (Leonie Mellinger), D tries to make her way, and in order to cope, she often escapes into a fantasy world in which she lives in genteel Victorian surroundings in the 19th century.

Uma versão barulhenta da história que prova que nada é sagrado - nem mesmo o Império Romano, a Revolução Francesa e a Inquisição Espanhola.

"They're nice affable gobblers and we're in the nice affable gobbling business." But Tom and Gwen soon find that their gastronomical retreat from the rat race is anything but an escape when the Porters come to dine.

A woman starts work as a nanny to a mute boy in a Victorian household. The boy's growing attachment to her however causes greater problems than his original detachment to his family. Part of the 1980 season of BBC Play for Today.

Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles Darnay, and remains oblivious to Carton's undimmed devotion to her. When Darnay is ensnared in the deadly web of the French Revolution and condemned to die by the guillotine, Sydney Carton concocts a dangerous plot to free the husband of the woman he loves.

Prospero, the true Duke of Milan is now living on an enchanted island with his daughter Miranda, the savage Caliban and Ariel, a spirit of the air. Raising a sorm to bring his brother - the usurper of his dukedom - along with his royal entourage. to the island. Prospero contrives his revenge.

One man's defiant stand against the hypocrisy of polite society is the theme of Molière's comic masterpiece. Ian Holm stars in this film set in Paris in the 1920s.

Four men attempt "The Knowledge" examination to qualify as London taxi drivers.

While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the palace and in parliament, especially when King George V dies, Mrs. Simpson gets divorced, and King Edward announces his intentions to marry her.

Um grupo de coelhos se une para formar uma sociedade própria, uma colônia apenas para sua espécie, longe da estrutura da tirania e das intervenções humanas. Para cumprir este objetivo, eles usarão de todos os meios necessários, não importando a violência.

The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting away each time with an amount around the £60,000 mark, and often leaving behind cash in excess of this sum. The robbers are willing to kill their own team, to get away. As Jack Regan himself puts it after the first raid in the film: "I've never seen so many dead people". Armed with gold-plated Purdey shotguns, they evaded Regan and the Flying Squad for quite some time, before Regan finds encouragement from his Detective Chief Superintendent who was sent down for corruption because Jack wouldn't testify in court for him.

A small town shopkeeper is conned into standing for an extreme right-wing party at a by-election and later discovers his financed by the corporation that has dispossessed him of his business.

A quick drink in the buffet before going home. Freddie's nerves are taking a hammering lately; the economy is in dire trouble and who can blame a businessman for the occasional drink? His wife and mistress for a start.

A rabbi is murdered. Detective Llonrot is called in on the case and looks for a 'rabbinical explanation' for the murder. Other murders are committed and deliberate clues left in chosen locations. Llonrot, convinced he is on the trail of a 'mystical intrigue' is lured to the 'crime scene' when the tables are turned by his nemesis, the master criminal Red Scharlach.

A comedy about the law - seen from the inside. All formality and procedure on the surface but not quite so convincing when you see the works.

Thirty-seven men from the disputed territory of South West Africa are on trial for their lives in Pretoria, 1,000 miles from their home. They are to be tried under South Africa's Terrorism Act despite the UN ruling that South Africa must abandon its 'illegal administration' of their country.

In an attempt to win better conditions for the workers in 1920s Turin, Gramsci leads a takeover of the factories by the workers. He is offered assistance by Kabak (who has just arrived from Moscow) but Gramsci soon realizes Kabak is not motivated by ideology, as he has other motives.

Dean has a rare talent. He can be made happy. He exudes happiness and confidence like a rare blossom. Both Sarah in the past, and Julia now, could do this for him. But where are they now that he is alone in Battersea Park with two suitcases and no memory?

Jimmy Nicholson returns from working in the Middle East to visit his son at boarding school. He went to the same public school himself and is disturbed to find that things have changed and the traditions by which he has always lived and been guided now seem to be obsolete.

Londres, Inglaterra, durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Após uma trágica experiência de vida, a jovem Violette Szabo se junta ao Executivo de Operações Especiais e atravessa as linhas inimigas alemãs como agente secreto para ajudar um grupo da Resistência francesa.