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Robin Redbreast (DVD)
Anna Cropper, Andrew Bradford, Amanda Walker, Julian Holloway, Freda Bamford, …
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R461
Discovery Miles 4 610
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Feature-length drama from 1970 originally broadcast as part of the
BBC's 'Play for Today' TV series. Norah Palmer (Anna Cropper)
leaves the city for a house in the countryside in order to get over
a tough break-up. While there she begins to befriend the locals
and, in particular, gamekeeper Rob (Andrew Bradford) who she later
falls pregnant to. When she attempts to go back home to deal with
her predicament Norah becomes increasingly concerned over the
villagers' behaviour towards her and their apparent unwillingness
to let her leave.
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Ken Loach at the BBC (DVD)
Tony Selby, Paul Copley, Pamela Brighton, Nikolas Simmonds, Carol White, …
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R634
Discovery Miles 6 340
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Collection of TV dramas by the acclaimed British film maker Ken
Loach. 'The Big Flame' (1967) and 'Rank and File' (1971) are
trademark Loach dramas, detailing with sympathy the plight of
workers caught up in industrial disputes at the Liverpool docks and
the Pilkington glassworks, respectively. 'Three Clear Sundays'
(1965) tells the story of Danny (Tony Selby), a young man facing up
to the death penalty after an attempt to help reduce the sentence
of two other prison inmates goes badly wrong. 'Days of Hope' (1975)
is an epic four-part series starring Paul Copley, Pamela Brighton
and Nikolas Simmonds as members of a working class family whose
fortunes are depicted from the end of WWI to what they perceive as
their betrayal in the General Strike of 1926. 'The End of Arthur's
Marriage' (1965) offers something of a departure from Loach's
conventional films, an adaptation of a musical scripted by
Christopher Logue. 'In Two Minds' (1967) stars Anna Cropper and
examines the plight of those suffering from schizophrenia. 'Up the
Junction' (1965) raised the issue of abortion, at the time illegal,
and played a major role in shaping public debate on the issue. Its
influence in this regard was possibly only surpassed by Loach's
most famous TV drama 'Cathy Come Home' (1966), which follows the
struggles of young bride Cathy (Carol White) as she struggles to
keep a roof over herself and her children in a housing system that
seems constantly to be working against her. 'The Price of Coal'
(1977) is a two-part drama set in a Yorkshire mining village which
contrasts the humour of the working men (many played by actual
comedians, including Duggie Brown) with the dangerous conditions in
which they are forced to earn a living.
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Dead of Night (DVD)
Clive Swift, Edward Petherbridge, Anna Cropper, Sylvia Kay, Peter Barkworth, …
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R461
Discovery Miles 4 610
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Three episodes from the BBC's horror anthology series from the
1970s. In 'The Exorcism' the past comes back to haunt four well-off
friends - Dan (Clive Swift), Edmund (Edward Petherbridge), Rachel
(Anna Cropper) and Margaret (Sylvia Kay) - during a Christmas get
together. In 'Return Flight' pilot Captain Rolph (Peter Barkworth)
struggles to maintain his reputation when he is confronted by the
ghostly image of a Lancaster bomber from the Second World War. In
'A Woman Sobbing' strange goings-on cause Jane (Anna Massey)'s
mental state to become more and more fragile.
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