John Fortune

6.5

Saving Grace

Jan 24, 2000

Saving Grace

2000 93 min 411 vues

Grace est heureuse dans son adorable cottage. Passionnée de jardinage, elle mène une vie réglée et tranquille. Son mari meurt et elle découvre avec stupéfaction qu'il n'a laisse que des dettes. Acculée par les créanciers, sur les conseils de son jardinier, elle troque ses magnifiques orchidées pour la culture de la marijuana. Même si sa nouvelle production est exceptionnelle, il faut la vendre. S'improviser dealer n'est pas de tout repos. Grace va donc devoir bousculer quelques habitudes, dans son village comme dans le milieu de Londres.

Crime

1

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

Jan 01, 1999

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

1999 109 min 1 vues

In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A woman called Paulina Czernika approached the government claiming to have some love letters from the composer to her great-grandmother, the Countess Delfina Potocka.

History

1

Between Iraq and a Hard Place

Jan 05, 2003

Between Iraq and a Hard Place

2003 50 min 1 vues

The impressionist Rory Bremner and comedians Bird and Fortune take a look at the history of Iraq through a series of sketches, monologues and jokes. They begin with the formation of Iraq by the British in the early 20th Century, through the bombing of villages to control the tribes, the establishment of a king in the area through to the modern day trade meetings with Saddam Hussein.

5.5

Bain de sang dans la maison des morts

Mar 29, 1984

Bain de sang dans la maison des morts

1984 91 min 70 vues

Six scientifiques arrivent dans un manoir pour enquêter sur des phénomènes étranges à propos d'une pierre tombale qui était le site du massacre mystérieux ans plus tôt, où 18 personnes ont été tuées en une seule nuit. Il s'avère que la maison est le lieu d'un culte satanique dirigé par un moine qui a l'intention de tuer les scientifiques qui habitent cette maison de Satanique.

Comedy

6

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

Mar 01, 1982

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

1982 90 min 4 vues

Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the spin-off movie, TV special and record albums – Cleese, Lewis and Walker planned the next show to be a more spectacular event. Cleese focused on broadening the comedic talent to be presented at the show. In addition to the Amnesty show stalwarts drawn from the Oxbridge/Monty Python/Beyond The Fringe orbit, he invited newcomers such as Rowan Atkinson’s colleagues from the BBC TV show Not the Nine O'Clock News including Pamela Stephenson and Griff Rhys Jones; comedian Victoria Wood and regional comic Jasper Carrott. Lewis secured a return appearance by Billy Connolly and a debut appearance by "alternative" comedian Alexei Sayle who Lewis had recently discovered and was managing. Building on the success of Pete Townshend's 1979 appearance Lewis recruited other rock musicians to perform at the 1981 show including Sting, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Donovan and Bob Geldof.

Comedy

1

Giving Tongue

Sep 01, 1996

Giving Tongue

1996 90 min 1 vues

Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she hunted as a teenager with friend Barb Gale. Matters are complicated when she rekindles her friendship with Barb, who still works for a hunt. The plot thickens further when it becomes aparent that the House of Lords is likely break with convention and block the bill, an event which the Prime Minister hopes to use for his own ends.

Comedy

1

The Cobblers of Umbridge

Jan 01, 1973

The Cobblers of Umbridge

1973 27 min 1 vues

A parody of the long running radio show "The Archers", an everyday story of country-folk based in the fictional village of Umbridge.

Comedy

7.361

Match Point

Oct 26, 2005

Match Point

2005 124 min 4038 vues

Jeune professeur de tennis issu d'un milieu modeste, Chris Wilton se fait embaucher dans un club huppé des beaux quartiers de Londres. Il ne tarde pas à sympathiser avec Tom Hewett, un jeune homme de la haute société avec qui il partage sa passion pour l'opéra. Très vite, Chris fréquente régulièrement les Hewett et séduit Chloe, la sœur de Tom. Alors qu'il s'apprête à l'épouser et qu'il voit sa situation sociale se métamorphoser, il fait la connaissance de la ravissante fiancée de Tom, Nola Rice, une jeune Américaine venue tenter sa chance comme comédienne en Angleterre...

Drama

7

Don't Leave Me This Way

May 30, 1993

Don't Leave Me This Way

1993 133 min 1 vues

British academics Loretta and Bridget run into Sandra, an old school friend at a book launch. Although Sandra appears to be gay and carefree, Loretta notices an undercurrent of tension while Sandra stays with her for a few days. Loretta is saddened to learn her friend was killed in a car accident, and comforts Sandra's estranged husband Tom, her daughter Lizzie, and emotionally disturbed son Felix. While doing so she becomes to believe the accident may not be what it seems, spurred on by the information a local policeman provides her.

Drama

7

Timon of Athens

Apr 16, 1981

Timon of Athens

1981 128 min 1 vues

Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a misanthropic hermit.

Drama

6.5

Calendar girls

Sep 02, 2003

Calendar girls

2003 108 min 375 vues

12 femmes d'âge mûr, lassées de faire des gâteaux pour les ventes de charité, décident de poser nues pour un calendrier. Ce projet fou et génial va déclencher une révolution dans le Yorkshire avant de les rendre célèbres dans le monde entier. Leur engagement bénévole contre la leucémie va prendre un tournant très particulier, jusque dans leur vie personnelle...

Drama

7

Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here

Jan 01, 1970

Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here

1970 53 min 1 vues

Rory Bremner looks back on the first year of Tony Blair's premiership through a series of sketches.

Comedy

5

England, My England

Jan 01, 1995

England, My England

1995 153 min 1 vues

The story of Henry Purcell.

History

4.3

The End of Arthur's Marriage

Nov 17, 1965

The End of Arthur's Marriage

1965 73 min 3 vues

In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a new house only to find he prefers spending to saving and is happy to spend his money on a few hours of happiness rather than a lifetime's conventionality.

Music

1

Life After Life

Dec 30, 1990

Life After Life

1990 95 min 1 vues

A 70 year old man gets shunned into a retirement home.

TV Movie

5.4

Maybe Baby

Jun 02, 2000

Maybe Baby

2000 104 min 94 vues

Sam et Lucy, jeune couple londonien, ont tout pour être heureux : ils sont amoureux, jeunes mariés et ont tous deux réussi professionnellement. Ils ne rêvent plus que d'un enfant, mais celui-ci tarde à venir. Vient le temps des doutes et des épreuves, tests de stérilité, visites aux spécialistes et tentatives de fécondation in vitro. Dans cette situation difficile, Lucy, jusque-là fidèle, commence à remarquer d'autres hommes ; Sam quitte son emploi de producteur à la BBC et réalise son rêve de devenir scénariste de cinéma. En panne d'inspiration, il se lance dans l'écriture d'un scénario contant l'histoire vraie d'un couple qui veut un enfant sans y parvenir…

Comedy

6

The Tailor of Panama

Mar 30, 2001

The Tailor of Panama

2001 109 min 478 vues

Autrefois petit escroc londonien, Harry Pendel est aujourd'hui le meilleur tailleur de Panama. Il habille tout ce que ce petit pays hautement stratégique compte de gens influents. Ses conversations sont aussi réputées que les costumes qu'il confectionne. Entouré de sa femme Louisa et de ses deux enfants, Harry est l'ami et le confident de tous. Pour Andy Osnard, un séduisant espion sans scrupule récemment muté à l'ambassade britannique, Harry ferait un parfait informateur. Le convaincre de collaborer devrait être chose facile, puisque Osnard a découvert le secret de son mystérieux passé...

Drama

1

Giving Tongue

Sep 01, 1996

Giving Tongue

1996 90 min 1 vues

Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she hunted as a teenager with friend Barb Gale. Matters are complicated when she rekindles her friendship with Barb, who still works for a hunt. The plot thickens further when it becomes aparent that the House of Lords is likely break with convention and block the bill, an event which the Prime Minister hopes to use for his own ends.

Comedy

7

The Light Princess

Dec 24, 1978

The Light Princess

1978 56 min 1 vues

Based on a short story by George MacDonald, a princess experiences constant weightlessness.

Fantasy

10

A Very Open Prison

Dec 09, 1995

A Very Open Prison

1995 55 min 1 vues

The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped murderers! The fore runner of Crossing The Floor

Comedy

5.4

Take a Girl Like You

Dec 16, 1970

Take a Girl Like You

1970 101 min 14 vues

Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she meets Patrick, one of the local "lads". Within a short time she has her hands full when a number of the local boys take a liking to her. But who will be the lucky one who wins her affections?

Comedy

1

The Drinking Party

Nov 14, 1965

The Drinking Party

1965 46 min 1 vues

An interpretation of Plato's Symposium as a picnic organised by a University don for his students. Each guest is asked to explain the nature of love before the Don, through a series of questions, reaches a unifying conclusion.

1

Jumbo

May 14, 1976

Jumbo

1976 137 min 1 vues

"1975 was the year of the disaster movie, yeah? So what stops 1976 being the year of the disastrous disaster movie?"

1

The Demon Lover

Jun 21, 1986

The Demon Lover

1986 53 min 1 vues

When young Kathleen makes a promise to Keith Cameron during World War One, that no matter what happens they will meet again one day, she little realises what the consequences could be.

Mystery

1

Coup!

Jun 30, 2006

Coup!

2006 90 min 1 vues

Dramatisation of the abortive real-life attempt by Simon Mann to organise a coup to take over Equatorial Guinea in 2004. The case achieved notoriety because one of the financial backers of the project was Sir Mark Thatcher, son of British ex-PM 'Margaret Thatcher'.

Drama

1

The Cobblers of Umbridge

Jan 01, 1973

The Cobblers of Umbridge

1973 27 min 1 vues

A parody of the long running radio show "The Archers", an everyday story of country-folk based in the fictional village of Umbridge.

Comedy

7

Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here

Jan 01, 1970

Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here

1970 53 min 1 vues

Rory Bremner looks back on the first year of Tony Blair's premiership through a series of sketches.

Comedy

4.4

Rentadick

Dec 31, 1972

Rentadick

1972 94 min 9 vues

Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability. Clearly the military want it but it is also sought by a group of Japanese. Both Armitage and Madam Greenfly hire different people in the same detective agency to guard the gas and steal it respectively... confusion, double crosses and hilarity ensue...

Comedy

6.6

Murder Most Horrid

Apr 02, 1999

Murder Most Horrid

1999 min 13 vues

A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another she is involved with murder - either committing the crime herself or even getting bumped off herself!

Comedy

6.6

The Bill

Aug 31, 2010

The Bill

2010 min 36 vues

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.

Crime

1

Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money

Nov 18, 2008

Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money

2008 min 1 vues

Rory Bremner takes a satirical look at the 2008 'credit crunch'. He spoofs politicians and other public figures to tell the story of the US and UK financial markets.

5

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Mar 04, 2012

The Secret Policeman's Ball

2012 min 1 vues

A series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human rights organisation Amnesty International. The shows started in 1976 featuring popular British comedians but later included leading musicians and actors. The Secret Policeman's Ball shows are credited by many prominent entertainers with having galvanised them to become involved with Amnesty and other social and political causes in succeeding years.

Comedy

8.3

Yes Minister

Dec 23, 1982

Yes Minister

1982 min 135 vues

Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business.

Comedy

6

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

May 04, 2010

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

2010 min 1 vues

Bremner, Bird and Fortune is an award-winning satirical British television programme produced by Vera Productions for Channel Four, uniting the longstanding satirical team of John Bird and John Fortune with the satirical impressionist Rory Bremner, and to date has 16 series.

Comedy

7.4

New Tricks

Sep 29, 2015

New Tricks

2015 min 51 vues

New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.

Drama

1

Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life

Apr 11, 1965

Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life

1965 min 1 vues

Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life is a BBC-TV satire programme produced by Ned Sherrin, which aired during the winter of 1964–1965, in an attempt to continue and improve on the successful formula of his That Was The Week That Was, which had been taken off by the BBC because of the coming General Election. It too featured David Frost as compère, with two others, William Rushton and the poet P. J. Kavanagh joining him in the role. In addition to Saturdays, there were also editions on Fridays and Sundays. It saw the first appearances on television of John Bird, Eleanor Bron, Roy Hudd, Patrick Campbell and John Fortune. Michael Crawford also featured as 'Byron'. Whereas TWTWTW had had a dark nightclub atmosphere, the new programme used predominantly white sets. The programme lacked the impact of TW3 and lasted only one season before being replaced by the Robert Robinson-fronted BBC-3.

1

Rory Bremner

Jun 12, 1992

Rory Bremner

1992 min 1 vues

1

Rory Bremner...Who Else?

Dec 06, 1998

Rory Bremner...Who Else?

1998 min 1 vues

Comedy

1

Well Anyway

Nov 05, 1976

Well Anyway

1976 min 1 vues

7

Hi-de-Hi!

Jan 30, 1988

Hi-de-Hi!

1988 min 16 vues

Hi-de-Hi! is a British sitcom set in Maplins, a fictional holiday camp, during 1959 and 1960, and was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, who also wrote Dad's Army and It Ain't Half Hot Mum amongst others. It aired on the BBC from 1980 to 1988. The series revolved around the lives of the camp's management and entertainers, most of them struggling actors or has-beens. The inspiration was the experience of writers Perry and Croft: after being demobilised from the army, Perry was a Redcoat at Butlin's, Pwllheli during the holiday season. The series gained large audiences and won a BAFTA as Best Comedy Series in 1984. In 2004, it came 40th in Britain's Best Sitcom and in a 2008 poll on Channel 4, 'Hi-de-Hi!" was voted the 35th most popular comedy catchphrase.

Comedy

5.2

BBC Television Shakespeare

Apr 27, 1985

BBC Television Shakespeare

1985 min 5 vues

La BBC Television Shakespeare est une série d'adaptations télévisées britanniques des pièces de théâtre de William Shakespeare. Elle a été créée par Cedric Messina et produite par la BBC Television. Elle a été diffusée au Royaume-Uni du 3 décembre 1978 au 27 avril 1985 et s'est étendue sur sept saisons. Le développement de la série a commencé en 1975 lorsque Messina a remarqué que le château de Glamis serait un lieu parfait pour une adaptation de la pièce de Shakespeare "Comme il vous plaira". De retour à Londres, il a imaginé une série entière consacrée exclusivement aux œuvres dramatiques de Shakespeare. Après avoir rencontré de nombreux problèmes pour produire la série, Messina a finalement présenté l'idée aux responsables de la BBC et la série a été approuvée. Dans l'ensemble, la série a reçu des critiques généralement négatives de la part des critiques.

Drama

1

A Series Of Bird's

Nov 21, 1967

A Series Of Bird's

1967 min 1 vues

6.779

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

Jan 14, 2016

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

2016 min 77 vues

Comedy about an inept American placed in charge of sales at his company's London branch. He has no experience with British culture, knows nothing about sales, and has only one employee, Dave. Each episode begins with a scene of Margaret appearing in dire circumstances.

Comedy

1

Spine Chillers

Apr 19, 2005

Spine Chillers

2005 min 1 vues

Anthology series of black comedies, which sets out to deliver excellent stories with a darkly comic twist.

Mystery

5.6

Campion

Mar 16, 1990

Campion

1990 min 8 vues

Campion is a television show made by the BBC, adapting the Albert Campion mystery novels written by Margery Allingham. Two series were made, in 1989 and 1990, starring Peter Davison as Campion, Brian Glover as his manservant Magersfontein Lugg and Andrew Burt as his policeman friend Stanislaus Oates. A total of eight novels were adapted, four in each series, each of which was originally broadcast as two separate hour-long episodes. Peter Davison sang the title music for the first series himself; in the second series, it was replaced with an instrumental version.

Mystery

7

Comedy Showcase

Dec 28, 2012

Comedy Showcase

2012 min 1 vues

Comedy Showcase is a series of one-off comedy specials featuring some of Britain's fledgling comedy talent. Its format is reminiscent of the much earlier Comedy Playhouse. The format was replaced in 2012 by 4Funnies.

Comedy

7.3

Love Soup

May 17, 2008

Love Soup

2008 min 3 vues

Bittersweet comedy drama about the eternal search for the perfect partner.

Comedy

7.105

Have I Got News for You

Oct 11, 2024

Have I Got News for You

2024 min 62 vues

Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.

Comedy

6

Have I Got News for You

May 04, 2010

Have I Got News for You

2010 min 1 vues

Bremner, Bird and Fortune is an award-winning satirical British television programme produced by Vera Productions for Channel Four, uniting the longstanding satirical team of John Bird and John Fortune with the satirical impressionist Rory Bremner, and to date has 16 series.

Comedy

1

Have I Got News for You

Nov 21, 1967

Have I Got News for You

1967 min 1 vues

6

Have I Got News for You

May 04, 2010

Have I Got News for You

2010 min 1 vues

Bremner, Bird and Fortune is an award-winning satirical British television programme produced by Vera Productions for Channel Four, uniting the longstanding satirical team of John Bird and John Fortune with the satirical impressionist Rory Bremner, and to date has 16 series.

Comedy