Michael Aldridge

Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between UK, France, Poland, Nazi-Germany and USSR from the day Czechoslovakia fell, until Britain's declaration of war on Germany caused by Hitler's invasion of Poland.

Four kids travel to the magical land of Narnia where they must battle an evil queen with the direction of the lion, Aslan.

Глория Тэтлок и Глендон Уэйси идут по опасной дорожке, ведущей к «Цветам Фарадея» — колоссальной партии ворованного опиума, потерянного в смертельных закоулках Шанхая 1938 года. Глория — невинная миссионерка, хочет найти опиум, чтобы облегчить страдания раненных на китайско-японской войне. Глендон, торговец и авантюрист, очень хочет убраться из Шанхая, пока еще цел. Для обоих опиум — билет к их цели, но беда в том, что все жулье города, включая зловещего шефа полиции и таинственную императрицу — «Китайскую куколку», хотят поучаствовать в дел

У директора школы мистера Стимпсона есть один «пунктик». Всю свою жизнь и жизнь своих сотрудников и учеников он сверяет строго по часам. Но когда близится час его славы, отлаженный механизм дает сбой. Отправившись на престижную учительскую конференцию на другой конец страны, Стимпсон умудряется перепутать поезда. И теперь, чтобы успеть вовремя и произнести самую важную речь в своей жизни, он вынужден принять участие в безумном марафоне по пересеченной местности через всю Англию. К концу дня Стимпсон, преследуемый полицией, женой, соседями и коллегами по работе, будет объявлен в розыск за угон автомобиля, кражу, похищение и вандализм...

Agatha Christie’s agents propose that it’s time for her to publish the manuscript she wrote thirty-five years earlier, a novel in which she finally kills off her most famous creation. And it’s not an entirely sad occasion. “That wretched little man,” she says. “He’s always been so much trouble. How is it Miss Marple has never upset me at all, not ever?” That night, who should appear at her doorstep but the wretched little man himself, Hercule Poirot? The great fictional detective and his creator proceed to play a very Christie-like game of cat and mouse for the manuscript – and for their own lives.

Roddy and Lola strike up a romance on the cruise liner SS Mara as it heads to Hong Kong from San Francisco.

Based on the official transcripts of the investigation that followed after the very suspicious notorious death in prison of one of the most important leading men of the South African anti-apartheid movement, Steven Biko.

A successful lawyer struck with blindness in middle age continues his battles in the courtroom with the assistance of his family. As his son deals with bitter memories of their relationship, he also seeks his father's respect and love and in the process learns to love in return.

All seems ready for a major sale of impressionist paintings to be graced by a royal visit. But panic erupts in the boardroom when the pedigree of the Van Gogh - to be sold by the Russians - is questioned. When it causes a scene between the porters, Les and Mick, a respectable firm is forced to take drastic action to save the big day.

The dashing Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond - WWI ace fighter pilot, Olympic athlete, racing driver, part-time sleuth and all round spiffing chap - must save the world from the dastardly Count Otto van Bruno, his wartime adversary. And, of course, win the heart of a jolly nice young lady.

Invited to a weekend house party by Sir Basil Turton and his younger wife Natalia, John Bannister is struck by the lady's infidelity. She tries to undo his pajamas and is plainly having an affair with another guest Major Haddock. Jelks, Sir Basil's loyal butler, has also noticed and when Natalia gets her head stuck in an abstract sculpture he knows precisely how to cut her down to size.

A strait-laced British banker hires an eccentric private detective to follow his free-spirited American wife, whom he suspects is cheating on him.

Англия периода феодальных междоусобиц в годы правления Генриха IV. Повествование строится вокруг веселого похабника, выпивохи и хвастуна Джона Фальстафа, который постоянно попадает в истории и пытается сбить с истинного пути наследника престола.

John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for a blood transfusion that would have saved her life. Doctor Brown is determined to seek justice for what he sees as the needless death of a young girl.

A group of Norwegians cross the North Sea in winter to deliver Allied soldiers and ammunition to their Nazi-occupied country.

Murder in the Cathedral is a story about Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his struggles against temptation and personal vanity prior to his murder in the great Cathedral.

A trio of young boys become involved in a criminal plot.