Sophie Thompson

A concerned young woman moves home to look after her ailing grandmother and soon finds herself fighting a malevolent presence with a dark secret.

Hansel and Gretel have fled the gingerbread house, but what if the wicked witch survived after all?

As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soul-searching.

You’re invited to the wedding of the year, as the original cast of Four Weddings and a Funeral reunite in this one-off sequel. Twenty-five years after the events of Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Charles, Carrie, Fiona, Tom, David, Matthew, Bernard, Lydia and Father Gerald are back in church. But whose wedding is it - and will there be any more familiar faces?

Tales From The Lodge is a fresh take on the portmanteau horror-comedy genre. An isolated lodge somewhere in England. Five old university pals, now nudging 40, gather for a weekend to scatter the ashes of their friend, Jonesy, who drowned himself in the lake three years earlier. They settle in for a fun evening, entertaining each other with stories of murders, ghosts, zombies and possessions, but as day turns to night, the gang become aware of another horror story unfolding around them - And this one is real.

A local child has gone missing. For the family, it is a tragedy. For former celebrity psychic Dame Alvera, it is an opportunity to claw back her fame. But in the dingy confines of a small-town psychic fayre, can she still make a human connection?

A new production of one of the funniest plays in English, Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, was broadcast live to cinemas from the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End and is now available as a recorded programme. Wilde’s much-loved masterpiece throws love, logic and language into the air to make one of theatre’s most dazzling firework displays. Jack, Algy, Gwendolyn and Cecily discover how unsmooth runs the course of true love, while Lady Bracknell keeps a baleful eye on the mayhem of manners.

A girl rescues a rat, which the malevolent burgerman wants to make into a burger and sell to the local school children and people.

Dan is about to introduce the woman of his dreams to his family, but as they are so quirky, will everything go to plan?

When Lady Pagwell dies, leaving a legacy to fund local inventing, Professor Branestawm thinks his money troubles are over. But scheming councillor Haggerstone insists an inventing contest be held to decide who gets the cash.

That Musical We Made is an honest and funny look at the making of a musical. Victoria Wood takes us behind the scenes of That Day We Sang, the film she wrote and directed, and also looks at the real events which inspired her story. She goes back to Manchester to find out about the original choir of the 1920s, and the children who sang on the record of Nymphs and Shepherds. And in between unpeeling the history and sharing the fun of the shoot, she tries to work out how a piece of writing can evolve. Victoria unpicks the process in an attempt to understand how what started as a straightforward account of a day in the life of a children's choir in 1929 ended up as a middle-aged love story about the power of music to reconnect lonely people and give them a second chance to fall in love.

TV Film adaptation of Victoria Wood's hit musical set in Manchester in 1929 and 1969. When middle aged loners Tubby and Enid attend a reunion of the choir in which they sang as children, the music evokes powerful memories, leading them to realise they still have a chance to find happiness.

Harry Hill stars in this comedy based on Norman Hunter's books. The Professor has a fight on his hands when a councillor tries to run him out of town for being a nuisance.

12-year-old Adam finds his 31-year old, superhero obsessed brother with learning difficulties a nightmare - until he sees a chance to use him to gain friends.

Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward yo acquainting his daughter with his old pal's son with a view to marriage. But thanks to playboy Lumpkin, he's mistaken by his prospective son-in-law Marlow for an innkeeper, his daughter for the local barmaid. The good news is, while Marlow can barely speak to a woman of quality he's a charmer with those of a different stamp. And so, as Hardcastle's indignation intensifies, Miss Hardcastle's appreciation for her misguided suitor soars. Misdemeanours multiply, love blossoms, mayhem ensues. One of the great, generous-hearted and ingenious comedies of the English language, Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer offers a celebration of chaos, courtship and the dysfunctional family.

Grace é uma alegre finalista de liceu ansiosa por ir de férias para Paris com a sua melhor amiga Emma e a meia-irmã Meg. Precisamente quando as raparigas pensam que a sua viagem ficou estragada, depois da hiperactiva guia as deixar para trás, Grace é confundida com uma rica socialite e as três são levadas para Monte Carlo, para uma excitante semana de brilho, glamour e inesquecível diversão!

After placing his ailing wife Alice in a care home, elderly academic James Parkin goes to stay at a wintry out-of-season hotel which they used to visit together. But at night he seemingly becomes the victim of a ghostly revenge - but who is the avenger?

Harry, Ron e Hermione estão determinados em sua missão de descobrir e acabar com o segredo da imortalidade e do poder de destruição de Voldemort – os Horcruxes. Fugitivos e sozinhos, os três amigos devem apenas contar uns com os outros, agora mas do que nunca... Mas as Forças das Trevas no caminho ameaçam separá-los para sempre.

Liz Gilbert (Julia Roberts) é uma mulher moderna que, após o divórcio, decide fazer uma viagem pelo Mundo, de modo a redescobrir-se a si própria. Retira-se do trabalho pelo período de um ano e entra numa zona de risco, de forma a mudar a sua vida. Nos lugares exóticos que visita, ela vive o simples prazer de comer em Itália, sente o poder de rezar na Índia e, inesperadamente, descobre o amor em Bali.

When the going gets tough, the mums get tougher and will do almost anything to ensure their children get into the best school!

The film follows the fortunes of an avant garde Morris team in their struggle to evolve Morris Dancing.

Lucy Honeychurch and her nervous chaperone embark on a grand tour of Italy. Alongside sweeping landscapes, Lucy encounters a suspect group of characters — socialist Mr. Emerson and his working-class son George, in particular — who both surprise and intrigue her. When piqued interest turns to potential romance, Lucy is whisked home to England, where her attention turns to Cecil Vyse. But now, with a well-developed appetite for adventure, will Lucy make the daring choice when it comes to love?

Drama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his most famous piece.

Leaving their hometown of Fulchester in the North of England, Sandra and Tracey head for the bright lights of London, shagging and boozing their way to fame and fortune.

William Shakespeare's darkest comedy, Measure for Measure. Live from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, this television production of the play was broadcast on BBC4 on Sept 4, 2004. Directed for stage by John Dove and for television by Janet Fraser Cook. Presented by Andrew Marr and with comment from historian David Starkey, actress Juliet Stevenson and the production’s director John Dove. Starring Mark Rylance, Liam Brennan and Sophie Thompson.

The Young Visiters, written in twelve days by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford in 1890, is a surreal blend of naiveté, precocious perception and inadvertent social satire.

Depois da morte do patriarca da família, o jovem Nicholas Nickleby e sua família são deixados sem nada para sobreviver. A família é forçada a se dividir e Nicholas acaba em uma escola dirigida pelo cruel diretor Wackford Squeers. Eventualmente, Nicholas fica amigo de Smike, um garoto órfão, e os dois conseguem se libertar. Nicholas se une à sua família, mas sabendo que agora deve defender sua irmã dos amigos investidores do tio.

A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making this Robert Altman film about a murder at an English country estate. Includes interviews with the cast and crew, who relate some of their experiences with making the film, as well as giving their views on all the work that went into it.

Na década de 1930, Sir William McCordle e família recebem ricos e famosos para um relaxante fim de semana em uma suntuosa casa de campo. Mas um assassinato ocorre na propriedade, e todos os convidados e serventes viram suspeitos do crime.

A comedy of discriminating taste and dirty little secrets, the story is set in 1952 England, where Nigel, the Earl of Marshwood, woos Hollywood star Miranda Frayle, upsetting both his mother, Countess Felicity of Marshwood, and her former love, fellow Hollywood star Don Lucas. Right before the engagement party to be held at Marshwood, Moxie, the Countess's personal maid and best friend reveals that Miranda is her estranged sister. Crestwell, the Countess's butler, quickly devises a plan-but an inebriated Lucas's arrival at Marshwood to try to talk to Miranda causes all chaos to break loose.

Set at the turn of the 20th century, The Railway Children tells the story of three Edwardian children and their mother who move to a country house in Yorkshire after their father is mysteriously taken away by the police.

Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.

Emma Woodhouse, uma jovem bonita, inteligente e encantadora, está decidida a jamais se casar. Ela já possui toda a fortuna e independência de que precisa e sente-se perfeitamente satisfeita com sua situação, o que não a impede de se divertir planejando casamentos entre as pessoas que a cercam. Ao conhecer Harriet Smith, uma moça de status social mais baixo, Emma decide ajudá-la a encontrar um pretendente que seja um verdadeiro cavalheiro. Porém, a jovem descobre que interferir demais na vida dos outros pode por em risco a própria felicidade…

The Donmar Warehouse production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's classic musical, starring Adrian Lester and directed by Sam Mendes.

Há sete anos, Anne Elliot rompeu seu noivado com Frederick Wentworth por pressão familiar porque ele era apenas um pescador. Agora, a família Elliot aluga sua casa para o Almirante Croft, e Anne descobre que Frederick se tornou um rico capitão, em busca de uma esposa. Mas será que ele vai casar com uma de suas pretendentes ou vai perdoar Anne?

Mr. Bean vai a um espetáculo de Torvill & Dean.

A version of Dennis Potter's play for television, remade shortly before his death as the original 1960s version had been wiped.

Charles (Hugh Grant) é um solteirão que nunca quis nada sério com ninguém, até conhecer uma envolvente mulher, por quem se apaixona. Sua complicada situação de assumir relacionamentos pode mudar depois de três outros casamentos e um funeral, que dão título ao longa.

The glories of Ancient Rome are explored in ROMAN CITY, based on David Macaulay's acclaimed book. This animated and live-action video recounts life in Verbonia, a fictional city in Gaul. A well-planned town with all modern conveniences, it is threatened by conflict between conquerors and conquered. Macaulay also visits Pompeii, Herculaneum, Ostia, Nimes, Orange, and Rome, to view actual Roman architecture and engineering greatness.

For years, a blackmailer has been preying on the weaknesses of others throughout London. When Holmes hears of the utter misery this mystery man is creating, he adopts a campaign to thwart his evil scheming. The campaign astonishes Dr. Watson by its strangeness and finds Holmes falling in love.

Katie is a free spirited independently minded 21-year-old. The film follows her as she reflects on the men in her life. Along the way we meet her drug addict boyfriend Bobby, her lover Jack, close friend Baldy, and her father.

IN 1988, rising star Kenneth Branagh tackled the role of Shakespeare’s prince of Denmark for the first time in his professional career under the guidance of celebrated actor Derek Jacobi. Narrated by Patrick Stewart, this hour-long film documents how Kenneth Branagh and Derek Jacobi, two intelligent and passionate men, found new depths in Shakespeare’s classic drama, Hamlet. Filmmakers Mark Olshaker and Larry Klein follow the company through four weeks of rehearsals, from the first read-throughs to opening night.

Biography of Arthur Harris (aka "Bomber Harris") of RAF Bomber Command, during WW2 - in particular his strategy of heavy bomber "Millenium Raids" on German cities.

The film centres on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC (played by Colin Firth), an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, Lawrence is shot in the head by an Argentine sniper, and left paralysed on his left side. He then must learn to adjust to his new disability.

A young orphan girl, Portia, goes to live with her well-to-do aunt and uncle. As she is groomed to become a lady, she is confused by the young man who seems to be courting her. Surrounded by pretentious people who have no clue how to deal with teenagers, she soon loses her naïveté and thinks of running away.

In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes.