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The critically-acclaimed four-part television drama series about one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history when hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system.
Toby Jones stars in this three-part BBC adaptation of John Lanchester's novel. The drama centres around the residents of the fictional Pepys Road in South London, where houses cost a small fortune. Occupiers of the street vary from those who have lived there since before the London property boom, including elderly widow Petunia Howe (Gemma Jones), to the recently moved in wealthier residents, including banker Roger Hunt (Jones). After all of the street's residents receive mysterious postcards bearing the message 'We want what you have', the interweaving connections between them begin to unravel.
From Academy Award-winning director and writer Sam Mendes, Empire Of Light is a moving drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. Set in and around a faded old cinema in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, It follows Hilary a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and Stephen, a new employee who longs to escape this provincial town in which he faces daily adversity. Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography.
A practical investigation of how comedy works, by a well-respected practitioner and teacher. With a Foreword by Toby Jones. Comedy is recognised as one of the most problematic areas of performances. For that reason, it is rarely written about in any systematic way. John Wright, founder of Trestle Theatre and Told by an Idiot, brings a wide range of experience of physical comedy to this unique exploration of comedy and comedic techniques. The book opens with an analysis of the different kinds of laughter that can be provoked by performance. This is followed by the main part of the book: games and exercises devised to demonstrate and investigate the whole range of comic possibilities open to a performer. Why Is That So Funny? is an invaluable book for teachers and performers, and a fascinating read for anyone interested in how comedy works.
All 13 episodes from the fifth series of the relaunched sci-fi adventure series, which marked Matt Smith's debut in the role of the legendary Time Lord. Episodes are: 'The Eleventh Hour', 'The Beast Below', 'Victory of the Daleks', 'The Time of Angels', 'Flesh and Stone', 'The Vampires of Venice', 'Amy's Choice', 'The Hungry Earth', 'Cold Blood', 'Vincent and the Doctor', 'The Lodger', 'The Pandorica Opens' and 'The Big Bang'.
All six episodes of the British comedy written by and starring Mackenzie Crook. As detectorists Lance (Toby Jones) and Andy (Crook) go out in search of disguarded valuables in fields and forgotten places they dream of finding that life-changing hoard that will secure their place in the Danbury Metal Detecting Club's history books.
All 13 episodes from the fifth series of the relaunched sci-fi adventure series, which marked Matt Smith's debut in the role of the legendary Time Lord. Episodes are: 'The Eleventh Hour', 'The Beast Below', 'Victory of the Daleks', 'The Time of Angels', 'Flesh and Stone', 'The Vampires of Venice', 'Amy's Choice', 'The Hungry Earth', 'Cold Blood', 'Vincent and the Doctor', 'The Lodger', 'The Pandorica Opens' and 'The Big Bang'.
BBC drama based on the life of writer Christopher Isherwood (Matt Smith). Feeling suppressed by the restrictive society of 1930s England, Christopher moves to Germany so he can experience Berlin's gay subculture. He meets and falls in love with German street cleaner Heinz (Douglas Booth), but the outbreak of World War Two brings chaos into their lives, and soon Christopher has to fight to protect Heinz from the Nazis.
The Birling family are spending a happy evening celebrating the engagement of Sheila Birling to Gerald Croft - a marriage that will result in the merging of two successful local businesses. Yet just when everything seems to be going so well, they receive a surprise visit from an Inspector Goole who is investigating the suicide of a young girl. As the Inspector reveals more about the circumstances that led to the death of Eva Smith, each member of the family comes under the spotlight, and questions of guilt and responsibility are raised... Toby Jones, David Calder, Frances Barber and Morven Christie are amongst the cast in this BBC Radio 4 production from 2010. The Classic Radio Theatre range presents notable radio productions of much-loved plays by some of the most renowned playwrights, and starring some of our finest actors. 2 CDs. 1 hr 30 mins.
Gary Ross directs this sci-fi action film based on the best-selling novel by Suzanne Collins. Jennifer Lawrence stars as 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, a citizen of the totalitarian post-apocalyptic country of Panem, formerly the United States. Every year, the all-powerful ruling agency known as the Capitol selects one boy and one girl from each of Panem's 12 impoverished rival districts to fight to the death on live national television in a contest known as 'The Hunger Games', in which the winner is given food to feed their entire district for a year. When her younger sister Primrose (Willow Shields) is selected as a contestant, Katniss steps up to take her place in the match. Under the tutelage of inebriated former champion Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson), Katniss goes into training for the fight of her life.
World War II thriller co-written and directed by Sean Ellis. As part of a dangerous mission to assassinate high-ranking SS General Reinhard Heydrich (Detlef Bothe), Czechoslovakian soldiers Jozef Gabcík (Cillian Murphy) and Jan Kubis (Jamie Dornan) are parachuted into their German-occupied homeland in December 1941. After being assigned Marie (Charlotte Le Bon) and Lenka (Anna Geislerová) to pose as their partners as part of their cover story, the two men set about planning the crucial operation. However, with limited intelligence and little equipment available, the men are soon overwhelmed by fear as the Germans close in and the true scale of their assignment becomes clear.
Brought to you by Penguin. In Silverview John le Carre turns his focus to the world that occupied his writing for the past sixty years - the secret world itself. Julian Lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the City for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town. But only a couple of months into his new career, Julian's evening is disrupted by a visitor. Edward, a Polish emigre living in Silverview, the big house on the edge of town, seems to know a lot about Julian's family and is rather too interested in the inner workings of his modest new enterprise. When a letter turns up at the door of a spy chief in London warning him of a dangerous leak, the investigations lead him to this quiet town by the sea . . . Silverview is the mesmerising story of an encounter between innocence and experience and between public duty and private morals. In his inimitable voice John le Carre, the greatest chronicler of our age, seeks to answer the question of what we truly owe to the people we love. (c) The Literary Estate of David 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Based on Peter Morgan's stage play, Ron Howard directs this dramatised account of the 1977 TV interviews between scandalised former President Richard Nixon and British talk-show host David Frost. Three years after the Watergate scandal that led to his demise, former president Richard Nixon (Frank Langella) sat down with Frost (Michael Sheen) to discuss, for the first and only time, the details of his term in the White House and his spectacular fall from grace. With the famously steely Nixon confident that he could come out tops in the encounter, and Frost's side questioning whether this was a step too far, media commentators prepared themselves for a PR exercise. But when the interviews got underway, observers were astonished when both men abandoned their usual stances, and chose to conduct an open, honest and frank exchange of views, covering all the areas of concern that had previously remained off-limits. In addition to covering the interviews themselves, the film also traces the difficulties that had to be overcome, and egos that had to massaged, before the historic events could finally take place.
Uplifting made-for-TV drama starring Toby Jones.The extraordinary true story of Neil Baldwin (Jones) is told as he overcomes early obstacles in life to embark on a journey that leads him to many fascinating encounters. The many achievements in his varied life are shown as he goes from woking as a clown in the circus to being awarded an honorary degree at Keele University and managing their unofficial football team named after him. His experience in football even leads him to becoming the kitman and mascot for his beloved Stoke City F.C. where he is adored by fans and staff. After a late career change to pursue his interest in religion, Neil becomes a preacher which leads him to the House of Commons and tea with MP Tony Benn and a chance meeting with royalty. Gemma Jones also stars as Neil's mother Mary.
Gary Ross directs this sci-fi action film based on the best-selling novel by Suzanne Collins. Jennifer Lawrence stars as 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, a citizen of the totalitarian post-apocalyptic country of Panem, formerly the United States. Every year, the all-powerful ruling agency known as the Capitol selects one boy and one girl from each of Panem's 12 impoverished rival districts to fight to the death on live national television in a contest known as 'The Hunger Games', in which the winner is given food to feed their entire district for a year. When her younger sister Primrose (Willow Shields) is selected as a contestant, Katniss steps up to take her place in the match. Under the tutelage of inebriated former champion Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson), Katniss goes into training for the fight of her life.
Collection of three feature-length episodes from the TV series based on Agatha Christie's classic murder mystery novels. In 'Murder On the Orient Express' the Belgian moustache-twirling detective, Hercule Poirot (David Suchet), is travelling from Istanbul to England aboard the Orient Express when a man, who appears to be a stranger to the other passengers, is killed. While the train is caught in a snowdrift Poirot attempts to reveal who is responsible. In 'Death On the Nile' (2004) young heiress Linnet Doyle (Emily Blunt) is murdered while enjoying a pleasure cruise down the Nile with her new husband, Simon Doyle (J.J. Feild), aboard a luxury liner occupied by a diverse set of extremely wealthy passengers. Widely disliked and envied, the young woman is soon discovered by Poirot to have had plenty of enemies, many of whom turn out to be on board... In 'The ABC Murders' an anonymous serial killer has been taking his victims in alphabetical order. The police believe the murders to be the work of a lunatic but Poirot soon realises the killer is much more methodical than they first thought...
Drama based on the memoirs of Colin Clark, who worked as an assistant on the set of 'The Prince and the Showgirl', the 1956 British-made film starring Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. Monroe (Michelle Williams) has recently married playwright Arthur Miller (Dougray Scott), and filming coincides with their British honeymoon. But when Miller returns to America, 23-year-old Colin (Eddie Redmayne), assistant to the irascible Olivier (Kenneth Branagh), seizes his opportunity and escorts the star on a short break in the English countryside. As she experiences the charms of the country and relaxes from the pressures of her celebrity and her work, Monroe recounts her remarkable story and reveals the fragile foundation of contradictions and insecurities on which her stardom is built. Judi Dench, Emma Watson and Dominic Cooper co-star.
Feature-length ITV drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Sophie Vavasseur stars as Little Nell Trent, who lives with her grandfather (Derek Jacobi), owner of the Old Curiosity Shop. Owing to his secret gambling habit, grandfather regularly borrows money from villainous local businessman and loan shark Daniel Quilp (Toby Jones) - who has set his sights not only on the Curiosity Shop but also on the pretty 14-year-old Nell, despite the fact that he is already married.
Celia Imrie and Toby Jones star in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Gerald Durrell's much-loved comic gem. My Family and Other Animals is the classic tale of naturalist Gerald Durrell's magical 1930s childhood on pre-war Corfu. His descriptions of his eccentric family and his encounters with the local creatures are full of humour and charm, and the book has delighted readers of all ages for sixty years. Ten-year-old Gerry is the youngest member of the Durrell family, which also consists of Mother, pompous eldest son Larry, gun-mad second son Leslie, acne-ridden sister Margo, and Roger the dog. When they arrive in Corfu, Gerry is thrilled to find a paradise of exotic wildlife to be explored. Soon he is embarking on natural history expeditions, swimming in the clearblue sea and befriending the island's inhabitants.Gerry's relatives are less impressed with his exploits, especially when his burgeoning animal collection sparks chaos at the family's Christmas party... With a specially created soundtrack, this vivid adaptation takes the story out of the studio and into the Greek wilderness that enthralled Durrell the young naturalist. Duration: 2 hours approx.
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