John Fortune
Nascimento : 1939-06-30, Bristol, England, UK
Morte : 2013-12-31
História
John Fortune was an English satirist, comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his work with John Bird and Rory Bremner on the TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune. He was educated at Bristol Cathedral School and King's College, Cambridge, where he was to meet and form a lasting friendship with John Bird.
Writer
Dramatisation of the abortive real-life attempt by Simon Mann to organise a coup to take over Equatorial Guinea in 2004. The case achieved notoriety because one of the financial backers of the project was Sir Mark Thatcher, son of British ex-PM 'Margaret Thatcher'.
John the Chauffeur
O instrutor de tênis Chris Wilton se casa com a jovem Chloé para conseguir um cargo na empresa do sogro milionário, mas começa a traí-la com Nola Rice, a sensual noiva americana do cunhado, que ameaça expor o romance.
Frank
Mulheres maduras de Yorkshire posam nuas para um calendário com o intuito de arrecadar dinheiro para um hospital. Elas acabam se transformando em uma grande sensação mundial.
The impressionist Rory Bremner and comedians Bird and Fortune take a look at the history of Iraq through a series of sketches, monologues and jokes. They begin with the formation of Iraq by the British in the early 20th Century, through the bombing of villages to control the tribes, the establishment of a king in the area through to the modern day trade meetings with Saddam Hussein.
Maltby
Um mulherengo agente britânico é mandado ao Panamá para descobrir os planos do presidente em relação ao Canal do Panamá. Em troca de uma alta soma, o endividado alfaiate que veste os poderosos vira informante. Mas, como nada acontece, passa a inventar conspirações e deixa o país à beira da guerra.
Acupuncturist
Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes, and an enthusiastic love life. The only thing they lack is the one thing they want more—a baby.
Melvyn
Grace Trevethan (Brenda Blethyn) é uma viúva que está em sérios apuros financeiros. Seu marido (Bill Weston) se suicidou recentemente e deixou para ela uma série de dívidas que podem fazer com que ela perca a casa onde sua família vive há mais de 200 anos. Sabendo de suas dificuldades financeiras e também de sua habilidade como jardineira, seu empregado Matthew acaba lhe fazendo uma proposta insólita: que ela cuide em sua estufa de suas mudas de maconha para que eles, juntos, possam revender a plantação a traficantes.
Chief Executive
Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she hunted as a teenager with friend Barb Gale. Matters are complicated when she rekindles her friendship with Barb, who still works for a hunt. The plot thickens further when it becomes aparent that the House of Lords is likely break with convention and block the bill, an event which the Prime Minister hopes to use for his own ends.
Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she hunted as a teenager with friend Barb Gale. Matters are complicated when she rekindles her friendship with Barb, who still works for a hunt. The plot thickens further when it becomes aparent that the House of Lords is likely break with convention and block the bill, an event which the Prime Minister hopes to use for his own ends.
Prime Minister
The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped murderers! The fore runner of Crossing The Floor
Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
The story of Henry Purcell.
George Saunders
British academics Loretta and Bridget run into Sandra, an old school friend at a book launch. Although Sandra appears to be gay and carefree, Loretta notices an undercurrent of tension while Sandra stays with her for a few days. Loretta is saddened to learn her friend was killed in a car accident, and comforts Sandra's estranged husband Tom, her daughter Lizzie, and emotionally disturbed son Felix. While doing so she becomes to believe the accident may not be what it seems, spurred on by the information a local policeman provides her.
Detective Inspector Curtin
A 70 year old man gets shunned into a retirement home.
John Harrison
Six scientists arrive at the creepy Headstone Manor to investigate a strange phenomena which was the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier where 18 guests were killed in one night. It turns out that the house is the place of a satanic cult lead by a sinister monk who plans to kill the scientists who are inhabiting this house of Satan.
Poet
Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a misanthropic hermit.
Prince
Based on a short story by George MacDonald, a princess experiences constant weightlessness.
Writer
A parody of the long running radio show "The Archers", an everyday story of country-folk based in the fictional village of Umbridge.
Phil Cobbler
A parody of the long running radio show "The Archers", an everyday story of country-folk based in the fictional village of Umbridge.
Additional Dialogue
Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability. Clearly the military want it but it is also sought by a group of Japanese. Both Armitage and Madam Greenfly hire different people in the same detective agency to guard the gas and steal it respectively... confusion, double crosses and hilarity ensue...
Sir Gerald
Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she meets Patrick, one of the local "lads". Within a short time she has her hands full when a number of the local boys take a liking to her. But who will be the lucky one who wins her affections?
Server
In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a new house only to find he prefers spending to saving and is happy to spend his money on a few hours of happiness rather than a lifetime's conventionality.
Phaedrus
An interpretation of Plato's Symposium as a picnic organised by a University don for his students. Each guest is asked to explain the nature of love before the Don, through a series of questions, reaches a unifying conclusion.