A teenager befriends a disgraced rock star in this comedy drama. When shy schoolboy Tom (Nicholas Galitzine) hears rock music blaring from his new neighbour's flat the aspiring musician decides to go in search of the person behind it. He discovers the mysterious new resident named Steve (Luke Perry) is in fact a former rock star who was declared dead eight years ago due to a large unpaid tax bill and is now hiding on Tom's South London council estate. After threatening to expose his secret, Tom convinces Steve to teach him the ways of rock and roll for his school's upcoming battle of the bands.

David L.G. Hughes directs this British gangster thriller set in Southend-On-Sea. Southend is known for having the longest pleasure pier in the world, but it isn't the pursuit of leisure that brings crime boss Jimmy the Gent (Peter Wight) to town. Jimmy has come to visit Shrewd Eddie (Paul Freeman), the ruthless gangster who has come to dominate the dark side of Southend in recent years, to collect the quarter of a million he is owed. As word spreads rapidly around the local crime community about this clash of the titans, all manner of chancers and psychopaths spot an opportunity to find favour with either Jimmy or Eddie and attempt to get in on the action.

The Vain Little Butterfly is about a butterfly that becomes prideful because of his great beauty. He is mean to all the other butterflies and eventually ends up all alone because of his actions. One day he is captured in a jar by a little boy because of his great beauty. While he is trapped in the jar he realizes how mean he had been to the other butterflies. He is suddenly set free by the little boy because the little boy realizes that he should not keep the beautiful butterfly trapped in a jar. When the butterfly is set free he realizes that beauty is not the most important quality and that he should be kind to other butterflies even if they are not as "beautiful" as himself.

The Ugly Duckling is a classic interpretation from Hans Christian Andersen in which a baby duck is considered ugly because he looks different than the other ducks. The ugly duckling's view of himself is drastically changed when he discovers that he was never really a duck, but a beautiful swan all along.

David L.G. Hughes directs this British gangster thriller set in Southend-On-Sea. Southend is known for having the longest pleasure pier in the world, but it isn't the pursuit of leisure that brings crime boss Jimmy the Gent (Peter Wight) to town. Jimmy has come to visit Shrewd Eddie (Paul Freeman), the ruthless gangster who has come to dominate the dark side of Southend in recent years, to collect the quarter of a million he is owed. As word spreads rapidly around the local crime community about this clash of the titans, all manner of chancers and psychopaths spot an opportunity to find favour with either Jimmy or Eddie and attempt to get in on the action.

Ricky Beam was six years old. He was four feet tall with blond hair and green eyes. He loved adventure and often would get into trouble, because he wouldn't listen to his mother. Ricky loved the garden and he wasn't allowed to go there without his mother or father. Sometimes he would sneak into the garden without his parents knowing. He would sit and talk to the plants, and watch them grow. It was one of those times he had his garden adventure. This story presents science in a fun way for children to understand the natural processes that cause plants to grow and the factors that can interfere with that growth.

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