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Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
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Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood

May 12, 2016

Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
2016 93 min 1 vues
In this new documentary, Susan Kemp explores the life and work of the great British director Antonia Bird, who died in 2013. Bird blazed a trail from the radical hotbed of the Royal Court Theatre in the 70s, via the groundbreaking early days of EastEnders and Casualty in the 80s, all the way to Hollywood in the 90s and back again. She always had something urgent to say, but her career was a long struggle to get her voice heard. Featuring many of her close collaborators, including Robert Carlyle, Irvine Welsh, Kate Hardie and Mark Cousins, this documentary is the first to examine Bird’s legacy, and to place her where she belongs – among the most important British film, TV and theatre directors of her era.
Documentary
Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land
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Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

Jan 01, 2018

Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land
2018 45 min 1 vues
Playwright Trevor Griffiths' Oi For England, originally set in Moss Side, was first screened by Central TV in April 1982. It was then staged at The Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, directed by the late, then resident director Antonia Bird and featured Paul McGann, Robin Hayter, Dorian Healy, Peter Lovstrom, Paul Moriarty, and Beverley Martin in the cast. The play toured youth clubs and community centres across London in a bid to engage young people in the social and political issues of the day and to unite them against racism and fascism. This film replete with exclusive interviews from Griffiths, musical director Andy Roberts and guests Alan Gilbey (east end writer) and Micky Geggus (Cockney Rejects) looks back at the tour by way of a reunion of the play's original cast and crew almost 30 years later.
Documentary
Vorace
6.83

Vorace

Mar 16, 1999

Vorace
1999 101 min 615 vues
Adventure
Face
6.3

Face

Sep 26, 1997

Face
1997 105 min 70 vues
Crime
Priest
6.3

Priest

Mar 24, 1995

Priest
1995 98 min 132 vues
Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon hearing the confession of a young girl of her incestuous father, Greg enters an intensely emotional spiritual struggle deciding between choosing morals over religion and one life over another.
Drama
De l'amour à la folie
5.218

De l'amour à la folie

May 26, 1995

De l'amour à la folie
1995 95 min 110 vues
Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon hearing the confession of a young girl of her incestuous father, Greg enters an intensely emotional spiritual struggle deciding between choosing morals over religion and one life over another.
Drama
Safe
5.75

Safe

Oct 13, 1993

Safe
1993 66 min 4 vues
Antonia Bird's first feature length film; "Safe" from 1993, focused on the plight of the homeless in London.
Drama
Rehab
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Rehab

Mar 26, 2003

Rehab
2003 118 min 1 vues
TV drama - following Adam Bishop, a petty criminal, as he leaves prison for a drugs rehabilitation programme in order to turn his life around.
Drama
Care
5

Care

Oct 08, 2000

Care
2000 105 min 4 vues
A documentary directed by Antonia Bird.
Drama
Thin Air
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Thin Air

Apr 08, 1988

Thin Air
1988 150 min 1 vues
Set in a commercial radio station in an enterprise zone called ‘Riverside’, Thin Air involved property development on a massive scale, the disruption and forced exodus of a local community, the stripping away of local authority powers, left-wing activism, designer drugs, media hacks.
Submariners
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Submariners

Nov 01, 1983

Submariners
1983 80 min 1 vues
Play by Tom McClenaghan, about a routine patrol in the submarine HMS Superior. Strange, near-farcical take on tensions, eccentricities and sexuality among the crew of a Polaris submarine, on a six-week tour of duty off the coast of Faslane in Scotland. Among their number, Neil Pearson is the wily, mascara-wearing, cross-dressing messhand AB Seaman ‘Cock’ Roach, using his Bilko-esque charm to scale the naval pecking order and positively thrive in this tiny, cloistered world
Drama
A Masculine Ending
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A Masculine Ending

Apr 12, 1992

A Masculine Ending
1992 95 min 1 vues
While English professor Loretta Lawson is attending a conference in Paris, she stays the night in the flat of a friend's acquaintance. She discovers a sleeping man in one of the bedrooms, and the next morning finds the man gone, but the bed soaked with blood. Returning to Cambridge, she begins to suspect her friend's acquaintance, and others on the staff of the college, are involved with the missing (murdered?) man, and decides to investigate for herself.
Mystery
Rehab
1

Rehab

Mar 26, 2003

Rehab
2003 118 min 1 vues
TV drama - following Adam Bishop, a petty criminal, as he leaves prison for a drugs rehabilitation programme in order to turn his life around.
Drama
Faith
1

Faith

Feb 28, 2005

Faith
2005 102 min 1 vues
A gripping story of love, deceit, betrayal and survival set against the backdrop of the Miners' Strike of 1984-85. Michelle is married to Gary, a young miner who goes on strike as soon as the dispute between the Thatcher government and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) begins. Meanwhile, her sister Linda's husband Paul is a local policeman. Paul becomes more and more voluble in his opposition to the strike, while Linda looks around her and witnesses the women of her community suddenly find a voice and independence. The scene is set for political and personal conflicts which would change their lives forever.
Drama
Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land
1

Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

Jan 01, 2018

Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land
2018 45 min 1 vues
Playwright Trevor Griffiths' Oi For England, originally set in Moss Side, was first screened by Central TV in April 1982. It was then staged at The Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, directed by the late, then resident director Antonia Bird and featured Paul McGann, Robin Hayter, Dorian Healy, Peter Lovstrom, Paul Moriarty, and Beverley Martin in the cast. The play toured youth clubs and community centres across London in a bid to engage young people in the social and political issues of the day and to unite them against racism and fascism. This film replete with exclusive interviews from Griffiths, musical director Andy Roberts and guests Alan Gilbey (east end writer) and Micky Geggus (Cockney Rejects) looks back at the tour by way of a reunion of the play's original cast and crew almost 30 years later.
Documentary
Cracker: Nine Eleven
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Cracker: Nine Eleven

Oct 30, 2006

Cracker: Nine Eleven
2006 109 min 2 vues
After living in Australia for the past decade, Fitz and Judith return to Manchester in 2004 for their daughter Katie's wedding. Drinking too much at the reception, Fitz stumbles through a rambling toast, which only embarrasses the bride. Instead of spending time with his grandson, son of his married son Mark, Fitz opts to join in the investigation of a serial killer who has an apparent dislike of Americans in the wake of the U.S. Invasion of Iraq.
Crime
6.51

Nov 27, 1995
1995 min 104 vues
Psychologue aux moeurs douteuses, Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald s'adonne à la boisson, au jeu ou encore à l'adultère. La police de Manchester peut cependant compter sur ce fin limier pour l'aider à résoudre des enquêtes crimes.
Crime
7.82

Jan 20, 1993
1993 min 122 vues
L'inspecteur Morse est un policier bien particulier de la ville d'Oxford. Amateur de bière et amoureux des mots, il entretient des relations plutôt tendues avec ses supérieurs. Mais avec son adjoint, l'inspecteur Lewis, ils résolvent toutes les enquêtes qui leurs sont confiées.
Crime
4.1

Jan 27, 2025
2025 min 207 vues
La vie quotidienne des habitants de la classe ouvrière de la place Albert, une traditionnelle place victorienne de maisons mitoyennes entourant un parc dans le quartier de Walford, à l'est de Londres.
Soap
7.6

Oct 23, 2011
2011 min 123 vues
MI-5, aussi surnommé "Five", n'est autre que le service secret britannique fondé pour protéger la sécurité nationale des menaces intérieures. Leurs missions : combattre le crime organisé, démanteler les trafics d'armes et autres réseaux terroristes...
Drama
6.6

Aug 31, 2010
2010 min 37 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
5

Nov 25, 1989
1989 min 1 vues
Saracen is a 1989 British television drama series. Made for ITV by Central Television, it starred Christian Burgess and Patrick James Clarke in the title roles. 13 episodes were made which were shown throughout the autumn of 1989.
Drama
8

Feb 09, 1993
1993 min 2 vues
Comedy drama series about an ex footballer's limo service business
Drama
5.9

Jan 31, 2002
2002 min 8 vues
Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. Cardale was based on the Staffordshire village of Longnor for the final series, but was previously based in the Derbyshire village of Crich, although certain scenes were filmed at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock, Belper and Ashover.
Drama
6.5

Apr 18, 2010
2010 min 8 vues
1950s period drama based on the true story of a housewife and mother whose life is turned upside down by a handsome Polish man at her local dance hall.
Drama
1

Jun 22, 1990
1990 min 1 vues
Drama concerning a pair of female private detectives, Pearl Parker (Buki Armstrong) and Finn Gallagher (Rosie Rowell) operating within the bustling multicultural communities of South London. The series was renowned for affording opportunities to new talent, women and people of colour both in front of and behind the cameras.
Drama