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Double bill of British dramas about football violence and hooliganism. 'The Football Factory' (2004) is based on the novel by John King. Tommy Johnson (Danny Dyer) is a bright but bored 30-year-old with a steady job and close-knit family who lives for the weekend life of casual sex, lager, drugs - and violence. Through him we meet three other males in his world: Billy Bright (Frank Harper), a right-wing fascist full of bitterness at a country that he perceives as having failed him; Zeberdee (Roland Manookian), a mouthy hooligan whose life revolves around crime and drugs; and Bill Farrell (Dudley Sutton), a 70-year-old war veteran who tries to enjoy every day to the limit. Shot in documentary style using a handheld camera, the film realistically captures the lure and potency of football violence. 'Arrivederci Millwall' (1990) follows a group of hardcore Millwall supporters as they travel to Bilbao in Spain for England's World Cup matches in 1982. Their rowdy behaviour soon leads them into trouble, and the violence escalates as Billy Jarvis (Kevin O'Donohoe) steals a gun to avenge his brother's death in the Falklands conflict.
Evil conman Martin Taylor (Sting) charms his way into the house of a respectable family by claiming that he knew their catatonic daughter before her accident. He actually lusts after the daughter, but his obsession proves to be his undoing. A film remake of the Dennis Potter TV play, which was made but never screened due to its controversial subject matter.
All six series of the popular British television drama about the disreputable antiques dealer, played by Ian McShane, and co-starring Phyllis Logan, Caroline Langrishe, Dudley Sutton and Malcolm Tierney. The first series' episodes are: 'The Firefly Cage'; 'The Axeman Cometh'; 'The Sting'; 'Friends, Romans and Enemies'; 'The Judas Pair'; 'To Sleep No More'; 'The Real Thing'; 'The March of Time'; 'Death and Venice (Part 1)' and 'Death and Venice (Part 2)'. Episodes from series two are: 'Just Desserts'; 'The Italian Venus'; 'Bin Diving'; 'Montezuma's Revenge'; 'Who Dares, Sings'; 'One Born Every Minute'; 'National Wealth'; 'Sugar and Spice'; 'Raise the Hispanic'; 'Lily's Pearls' and 'The Black Virgin of Vladimir'. Episodes from series three are: 'Friends in High Places'; 'Out to Lunch'; 'No Strings'; 'Angel Trousers'; 'The Benin Bronze'; 'Eric of Arabia'; 'Scotch On the Rocks'; 'Loveknots'; 'Smoke Your Nose'; 'Kids'; 'Members Only'; 'Highland Fling (Part 1)' and Highland Fling (Part 2). Episodes from series four are: 'The Prague Sun'; 'The Napoleonic Commode'; 'The Ring'; 'Second Fiddle'; 'The Colour of Money'; 'Fly the Flag'; 'Judgement of Solomon'; 'The Galloping Major'; 'God Helps Those'; 'They Call Me Midas'; 'Irish Stew'; 'Dainty Dish'; 'Taking the Pledge' and 'Lovejoy Loses It'. Episodes from series five are: 'Pig in a Poke'; 'Who is the Fairest of Them All?'; 'A Going Concern', 'The Kakiemon Tiger'; 'Three Men and a Brittle Lady'; 'Ducking and Diving'; 'Stones of Destiny'; 'Poetic License'; 'The Peking Gun'; 'Goose Bumps'; 'Swings and Roundabouts'; 'Never Judge a Book By Its Cover'; 'The Price of Fish' and 'The Lost Colony'. Episodes from series six are: 'Fair Exchange'; 'Day of Reckoning'; 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow'; 'Double Edged Sword'; 'Guns and Roses'; 'The Last of the Uzkoks'; 'Breaking the Broker'; 'Fruit of the Dessert'; 'Holding the Baby' and 'Last Tango in Lavenham'.
Bank-robbers unwittingly let loose a zombie horde onto the streets of London, in this comedy horror from director Matthias Hoene. Andy (Harry Treadaway) and Terry (Rasmus Hardiker) are determined to save their grandad Ray (Alan Ford)'s care home by robbing a bank. But when they break into a 350-year-old underground vault, the gang of robbers realise they've bitten off more than they can chew when they unleash a zombie army. With the undead looking for their next meal, the gang, led by Katy (Michelle Ryan), must rescue the old folks, all the while battling their way to freedom with their hard-earned dosh.
Al Viola's adaptation of Graham Billing's novel about how a man's outlook on life is changed by his harsh surroundings. Richard Forbush (John Hurt), a shallow man and philanderer, wants to win back the affections of his girlfriend Tara (Haley Mills) and decides that moving to the Antarctic to study the life-cycle of penguins is just the way to impress her. Whilst there he embarks on a solitary struggle of survival and having begun to deeply admire the penguins uses this knowledge to keep himself alive.
The complete 1975 comedy series in which Cilla Black takes on a different role in each episode, from a suspicious housewife to an office temp. The series was one of Black's first forays into acting, following her musical career and BBC variety show 'Cilla'. The show was produced by ITV and also features appearances from Keith Barron and Maggie Jones. The episodes are: 'No Hare, for Henry', 'Every Husband Has One!', 'Sea View', 'Father's Doing Fine', 'Who's Rocking the Boat?' and 'Dictation'.
A critical film in the history of British Cinema, Sally Potter's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's witty modernist novel took eight years to make it to the screen and is a meticulously crafted commentary on all things English as well as being a wonderfully romantic tale. Tilda Swinton stars as the eponymous hero who lives for 500 years and changes sex halfway. Granted a favour of immortality from Quentin Crisp's archetypal Queen Elizabeth I, Orlando proceeds to spend the next few centuries in search of love, life and adventure.
No Way Out
The Desperate Hours
Ken Russell's sensuous dramatisation of DH Lawrence's novel stars Sammi Davis as Ursula Brangwen, a young women in the process of discovering her sexuality. At school she enjoys a passionate affair with the gym mistress Winifred Inger (Amanda Donohoe), and later becomes a teacher herself. But when she meets and marries the soldier Anton Skrebensky (Paul McGann), it gradually becomes clear to her that true satisfaction lies elsewhere.
British masterspy George Smiley (Alec Guinness) returns to his old department following the murder of his friend, General Vladimir, a Russian who once worked for British Intelligence. When it transpires that Vladimir was in fact a double agent, Smiley becomes engaged in a battle of wills with his old nemesis, Karla of Moscow Centre.
Bank-robbers unwittingly let loose a zombie horde onto the streets of London, in this comedy horror from director Matthias Hoene. Andy (Harry Treadaway) and Terry (Rasmus Hardiker) are determined to save their grandad Ray (Alan Ford)'s care home by robbing a bank. But when they break into a 350-year-old underground vault, the gang of robbers realise they've bitten off more than they can chew when they unleash a zombie army. With the undead looking for their next meal, the gang, led by Katy (Michelle Ryan), must rescue the old folks, all the while battling their way to freedom with their hard-earned dosh.
Brilliant criminal genius Madame Sin (Bette Davis) is the mastermind behind some of the world's greatest heists; her latest plot involves the theft of the US's secret new submarine. To achieve this she kidnaps former CIA agent Anthony Lawrence (Robert Wagner), determined to extort from him the information she requires. Lawrence stages a daring escape, but will he be in time to foil Madame Sin's plan for world domination?
Big screen spin-off of the Seventies sitcom. Mildred Roper (Yootha Joyce, who died shortly after filming was completed) is determined to make husband George (Brian Roper) celebrate their wedding anniversary in style, at a posh hotel in London. However, upon arrival George is mistaken by a gangland criminal for a rival hitman, and soon the Ropers find themselves up to their necks in trouble on the wrong side of the law!
John Boulting directs this 1960s British crime comedy. When criminals Jelly Knight (Dudley Sutton), Scapa Flood (James Beckett) and Lennie the Dip (Kenneth Griffith) exit prison after an 18-month stint inside they expect to pick up the earnings from the job that landed them in trouble. However, Sara (Charlotte Rampling) informs them that their boss, the Duke, has passed away and all the money has been lost with him. The penniless trio quickly sense that something is amiss, though, and before long find themselves immersed in yet another criminal scheme...
Mary Millington stars in this 'Sweeney'-with-sex feature. The models for a pornographic magazine are being stalked and strangled by a crazed sex fiend. An attractive policewoman goes undercover as a model to catch the culprit in the act.
Historical drama following the life of Christian saint Katherine of Alexandria. When Emperor Maxentius (Julien Vialon) sees the beautiful and talented Katherine (Zoe Michael) as a young girl, he slays her family and kidnaps her, deciding to put her knack for speaking languages to use. Her friend Constantine (Jack Goddard), having witnessed the violent event, remains determined to find Katherine throughout his life. Meanwhile, a grown-up Katherine (Nicole Keniheart) refuses to accept Maxentius's marriage proposal or his ruthless methods of imposing his pagan beliefs on the public. When she debates against the religion in court she manages to convert many scholars to Christianity and, as a result, is put in prison by Maxentius. Meanwhile, Constantine, now Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, discovers her whereabouts and, with his army in tow, attempts to rescue her. The film also stars Peter O'Toole, Joss Ackland and Edward Fox.
A critical film in the history of British Cinema, Sally Potter's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's witty modernist novel took eight years to make it to the screen and is a meticulously crafted commentary on all things English as well as being a wonderfully romantic tale. Tilda Swinton stars as the eponymous hero who lives for 500 years and changes sex halfway. Granted a favour of immortality from Quentin Crisp's archetypal Queen Elizabeth I, Orlando proceeds to spend the next few centuries in search of love, life and adventure.
The entire comedy drama series from Alan Plater. In 'The Beiderbecke Affair' (1984), woodwork teacher and jazz buff Trevor Chaplin (James Bolam) has always fantasized that a beautiful blonde will enter his life and simultaneously provide him with rare recordings of his hero Bix Beiderbecke. Unlikely as it seems, this is just what happens one evening when Trevor is at home in his flat. It is an encounter which will ultimately involve him and his colleague, independent political campaigner Jill Swinburne (Barbara Flynn), in exploding lawnmowers, political corruption and the strange world of 'black economists' Big Al (Terence Rigby) and Little Norm (Danny Schiller). In 'The Beiderbecke Tapes' (1987) Trevor and Jill find themselves plunged into another jazz-related mystery when the former purchases some Bix Beiderbecke tapes from a pub barman. Jill is intrigued when one of the tapes contains a conversation about the planned dumping of nuclear waste in the Yorkshire Dales, her curiosity being roused still further by the discovery that the barman who sold Trevor the tapes has now gone missing... The intrepid duo soon find themselves up to their necks in trouble once more as their investigation takes them from the relative safety of Yorkshire to the mean streets of Amsterdam and Edinburgh. In the final part of the trilogy, 'The Beiderbecke Connection' (1988), Trevor and Jill are still living together, and they now have a baby boy to look after as well. Their household is increased still further when old friend Big Al asks them to take in a refugee as a favour; Trevor is reluctant until he discovers that his new guest is, like him, an ardent jazz fan. However, this visitor is only the first of many who will involve Trevor and Jill in yet more intrigue and deception.
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