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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

1

Trip Trap

Mar 09, 1996

Trip Trap

1996 90 min 1 vues

The Armstrong Family - Ian (Whately), Kate (Gonet) and their children Tom and Molly live in a nice country house. But beneath this seemingly normal exterior, Maggie begins to suffer violent abuse at the hands of the normally placid Ian, with dreadful consequences for all the family.

Drama

7.422

Shooting Dogs

Mar 08, 2006

Shooting Dogs

2006 115 min 147 vues

The Armstrong Family - Ian (Whately), Kate (Gonet) and their children Tom and Molly live in a nice country house. But beneath this seemingly normal exterior, Maggie begins to suffer violent abuse at the hands of the normally placid Ian, with dreadful consequences for all the family.

Drama

5

Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart

Jul 26, 2006

Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart

2006 75 min 1 vues

Drama about a woman who works as a personal shopper in a glamorous department store who becomes seduced by the opulent lives of her clients, with devastating consequences.

Drama

1

Stanley

Jan 31, 1988

Stanley

1988 95 min 1 vues

The controversial English artist Stanley Spencer scandalised the art world when he painted the Resurrection taking place in the churchyard of Cookham, his home village by the River Thames; and further scandalised the village when he decided that to nourish his imagination he needed two wives.

Drama

4.8

The Cormorant

Feb 21, 1993

The Cormorant

1993 88 min 4 vues

For a young couple, the small cottage tucked away in a quiet village in the mountains of north Wales, a legacy from a distant, estranged uncle, is a dream come true. The one condition of the inheritance is that they keep the uncle's beloved pet cormorant. They soon discover, however, that the cormorant is no mere bird, but a foul and malignant creature that may exact a greater price than they are willing to pay. Filmed as part of the BBC series, "Screen Two".

Drama

5.821

Bravo Two Zero

Oct 07, 1999

Bravo Two Zero

1999 115 min 39 vues

For a young couple, the small cottage tucked away in a quiet village in the mountains of north Wales, a legacy from a distant, estranged uncle, is a dream come true. The one condition of the inheritance is that they keep the uncle's beloved pet cormorant. They soon discover, however, that the cormorant is no mere bird, but a foul and malignant creature that may exact a greater price than they are willing to pay. Filmed as part of the BBC series, "Screen Two".

War

1

Close Relations

Feb 04, 1990

Close Relations

1990 75 min 1 vues

At a family funeral, Trevor Orwin meets Jenny, the sister he never knew he had. The relationship that develops between them has a dramatic and violent effect.

Drama

1

The Count of Solar

Feb 02, 1992

The Count of Solar

1992 80 min 1 vues

The true story of mysterious deaf-mute boy Joseph in France just before the revolution.

Drama

1

Dafydd

Jan 17, 1995

Dafydd

1995 40 min 1 vues

A young gay hustler from South Wales, Dafydd is working in Amsterdam where he meets David, a music lecturer also from Wales. Two kindred spirits in a foreign land. Originally aired as episode 2, series 3, of the television program "Wales Playhouse".

Drama

1

Raspberry Ripple

Jan 01, 1986

Raspberry Ripple

1986 100 min 1 vues

A clever paraplegic man, haunted by visions of imaginary gangsters, becomes desperate to leave the "cripple" facility he's stuck in. To get out, he must outwit the facility's matron and the constant surveillance of one of his fellows.

TV Movie

5.3

A Poet in New York

Apr 30, 2014

A Poet in New York

2014 80 min 6 vues

In 1953 Dylan Thomas went to New York for the last time, his marriage a wreck, his drinking out of control. He was on his way to meet Stravinsky and to wallow in New York acclaim - but what was he escaping? How did such a triumph become a requiem? The last days of a great poet.

Drama

1

The Post Office Girl

Jan 01, 1970

The Post Office Girl

1970 137 min 1 vues

Christine looks after her ailing mother and toils in a provincial Austrian post office in the years just after the Great War. One afternoon, as she is dozing among the official forms and stamps, a telegraph arrives addressed to her. It is from her rich aunt, who lives in America and writes requesting that Christine join her and her husband in a Swiss Alpine resort. After a dizzying train ride, Christine finds herself at the top of the world, enjoying a life of privilege that she had never imagined. But Christine’s aunt drops her as abruptly as she picked her up, and soon the young woman is back at the provincial post office, consumed with disappointment and bitterness. Then she meets Ferdinand, a wounded but eloquent war veteran who is able to give voice to the disaffection of his generation. Christine’s and Ferdinand’s lives spiral downward, before Ferdinand comes up with a plan which will be either their salvation or their doom.

Drama

4.5

Genghis Cohn

Nov 09, 1993

Genghis Cohn

1993 79 min 3 vues

In the midst of World War II, Nazi officer Otto Schatz declares the execution of Jewish music-hall comedian Genghis Cohn. Many years later, Otto is comfortably retired into the life of a highly respected police commissioner, and is investigating a series of murders when he encounters the ghost of Genghis Cohn. The haunting turns into a taunting, and before he knows it, Schatz is slowly driven mad as he is lured into a trap.

Comedy

5.842

Red Dust

Jan 11, 2004

Red Dust

2004 110 min 38 vues

In the midst of World War II, Nazi officer Otto Schatz declares the execution of Jewish music-hall comedian Genghis Cohn. Many years later, Otto is comfortably retired into the life of a highly respected police commissioner, and is investigating a series of murders when he encounters the ghost of Genghis Cohn. The haunting turns into a taunting, and before he knows it, Schatz is slowly driven mad as he is lured into a trap.

Drama

6.46

Transit Palace

Feb 23, 2000

Transit Palace

2000 73 min 25 vues

In the midst of World War II, Nazi officer Otto Schatz declares the execution of Jewish music-hall comedian Genghis Cohn. Many years later, Otto is comfortably retired into the life of a highly respected police commissioner, and is investigating a series of murders when he encounters the ghost of Genghis Cohn. The haunting turns into a taunting, and before he knows it, Schatz is slowly driven mad as he is lured into a trap.

Drama

1

Out Of Love

Aug 10, 1988

Out Of Love

1988 85 min 1 vues

The shy, hard-working farmer Thomas Price, whose life is dominated by his father Emrys, is strongly attracted to the independent Englishwoman Ruth and they become drawn into a passionate love affair.

Drama

1

Between The Cracks

Aug 31, 1988

Between The Cracks

1988 65 min 1 vues

Workshop production in which the performers tell their own stories.

Drama

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

4

A Relative Stranger

Jul 31, 1996

A Relative Stranger

1996 60 min 1 vues

Twenty year-old student Peter Fraiman falls asleep in 1975 a happy man, having asked his girlfriend to marry him. But when he wakes up, it's 1995; he has a wife he doesn't recognise and two children. Unable to remember anything of the intervening twenty years, he feels he has jumped forward in time. He goes in search of his former girlfriend and is forced to face the fact that he has become a person he never expected to be.

Drama

1

Black and Blue

Sep 27, 1992

Black and Blue

1992 85 min 1 vues

When a local black politician is murdered an undercover police officer unveils a web of police corruption which puts lives at risk and threatens the whole community.

Crime

1

The Mountain and the Molehill

Oct 15, 1989

The Mountain and the Molehill

1989 75 min 1 vues

It is May 1944, two weeks before D-day. Britain stands poised for the long-awaited invasion of France - thousands of troops wait anxiously for the orders to come for embarkation. MI5 is horrified to discover the top-secret codewords for the invasion suddenly appearing as clues in the Daily Telegraph crossword. Two agents are immediately dispatched to confront the culprit, the headmaster of a boys' school in southern England.

Drama

7.5

Pat and Margaret

Sep 11, 1994

Pat and Margaret

1994 84 min 10 vues

Unexpected events occur when Pat, a glamorous British-born star of American soaps, returns home to plug her auto-biography on television and meets, for the first time since they were teenagers, Margaret her plain and frumpy younger sister. The meeting is painful for both women highlighting the vast differences in their lives and resurrecting painful memories of their unhappy childhood with an uncaring, errant mother. The tabloid press smell a juicy story and a race ensues to trace the whereabouts of the long lost parent.

Drama

1

Nice Girl

May 11, 2000

Nice Girl

2000 75 min 1 vues

Follows a young mother, Joanna and her soldier husband Steve. A tale of teenage pregnancy, ill-advised marriage, betrayal and despair.

Drama

1

Testimony of a Child

Jul 05, 1989

Testimony of a Child

1989 65 min 1 vues

Being accused of child abuse is a nightmare every family dreads. The Taylors are an ordinary happy family, but Paul and Jill are worried about their 11-year-old son Mark, who is not eating. The family GP has diagnosed 'failure to thrive', and Mark is sent to the hospital for a check-up.

Drama

1

A Night on the Tyne

Jul 12, 1989

A Night on the Tyne

1989 48 min 1 vues

When four shipbuilders are made redundant they decide that as a protest they will launch the ship they have been working on.

Drama

1

The Act

Aug 09, 1989

The Act

1989 75 min 1 vues

Eastern Europe, February 1944: Johann Frink and Otto Hansen, once famous Berlin cabaret artists, are summoned to take part in a special 'entertainment', devised by a mysterious Nazi captain. When they discover where they are to perform, they find themselves with an appalling dilemma.

Drama

1

Keeping Tom Nice

Aug 15, 1990

Keeping Tom Nice

1990 60 min 1 vues

Doug and Winnie have tried hard to keep their disabled son Tom 'nice', but when Stephen, a young social worker, takes a professional interest it has tragic consequences.

Drama

1

Out of Control

Aug 18, 2002

Out of Control

2002 90 min 1 vues

Drama following the lives of three teenage boys sent to a young offenders' institution.

Crime

4.962

Born Equal

Dec 17, 2006

Born Equal

2006 83 min 13 vues

Four characters living in one neighborhood in London - all living dramatically different lives, all of them on the edge - see their stories unfold.

Drama

6

Walter's War

Nov 09, 2008

Walter's War

2008 60 min 1 vues

Drama inspired by the life of Walter Tull who, after years in an orphanage, went on to become a professional footballer and then the first black commissioned officer to lead British troops during WW1. The action concerns Tull's turbulent passage from ordinary soldier to extraordinary officer at officer training camp, where he had to face his own demons as well as fight the prejudice that surrounded him

Drama

5

Care

Oct 08, 2000

Care

2000 105 min 4 vues

Drama inspired by the life of Walter Tull who, after years in an orphanage, went on to become a professional footballer and then the first black commissioned officer to lead British troops during WW1. The action concerns Tull's turbulent passage from ordinary soldier to extraordinary officer at officer training camp, where he had to face his own demons as well as fight the prejudice that surrounded him

Drama

6.1

Stonewall

Dec 26, 1995

Stonewall

1995 99 min 23 vues

A group of gay friends try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening battle in the major gay rights movement.

Romance

10

Can You Hear Me Thinking?

Sep 30, 1990

Can You Hear Me Thinking?

1990 85 min 1 vues

Real life husband and wife Judi Dench and Michael Williams star in this Screen One film as the parents of teenage boy diagnosed with schizophrenia

Drama

5.4

Century

Dec 31, 1993

Century

1993 112 min 5 vues

Turn-of-the-century love story centered around a young doctor and the emergence of modern science.

Romance

1

Y Mapiwr

Sep 09, 1995

Y Mapiwr

1995 100 min 1 vues

Shot entirely in Welsh, Endaf Emlyn's wry and gentle film captures the magic and innocence of a young boy's imaginative world as he grapples with demons that haunt his family life. Set against the wild, windswept backdrop of the Welsh coast, The Making of Maps charts Griff's journey into adolescence and his attempts to cope with the strife with in his own family. Pulled in different directions by his philandering father, reclusive mother and unloved sister, he tries to learn the secret that eats away at the fabric of his family life. His mother ran a dance academy, but during a picnic the school's star pupil, the beautiful, ethereal Alis, vanished. Afterward, Griff's mother took to her bed, fearful of leaving her darkened room. Griff's way of dealing with his life is to draw maps outlining his own attempts to comprehend a situation that everyone seems to want to forget. -Piers Handling

Drama

6.2

The Theory of Flight

Jan 22, 1999

The Theory of Flight

1999 101 min 41 vues

A dreamer who aspires to human flight is assigned public service after one of his attempts off a public building. This leads him to meeting a young woman, who is dying of motor neuron disease. The strong-willed woman admits her wish to be de-flowered before her death. The man, struggling to maintain his relationship with his girl friend, declines but offers to help pay for a gigolo to do the deed. The following events play off the inherent comedy and drama of the circumstances.

Drama

1

Shergar

Mar 23, 1986

Shergar

1986 75 min 1 vues

Malachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's left?" When Frankie is released from Portlaoise Prison, his old comrades are expecting some action. He hits on a plan for raising £2 million, but his plan goes wrong.

Drama

1

Sweet As You Are

Jan 24, 1988

Sweet As You Are

1988 69 min 1 vues

A college lecturer contracts HIV after having a brief affair with one of his students. The news threatens his marriage and family life.

Drama

1

Ms Rhymney Valley

Jul 10, 1985

Ms Rhymney Valley

1985 100 min 1 vues

Portrait of a community in the heart of South Wales almost one year into the miners' strike of the 1980s.

Documentary

1

Nineteen96

Sep 17, 1989

Nineteen96

1989 93 min 1 vues

Britain in the mid-1990s: a divided, violent nation where civil disorder and urban terrorism are on the increase. Scotland Yard detective Commander Jack Bentham is seconded to Wales to look into a series of shootings by police officers, and uncovers a complex web of deceit and corruption

Drama

5.8

Four Last Songs

Jan 11, 2007

Four Last Songs

2007 110 min 11 vues

Britain in the mid-1990s: a divided, violent nation where civil disorder and urban terrorism are on the increase. Scotland Yard detective Commander Jack Bentham is seconded to Wales to look into a series of shootings by police officers, and uncovers a complex web of deceit and corruption

Comedy

5.9

Love + Hate

Sep 13, 2005

Love + Hate

2005 80 min 15 vues

This movie is a contemporary UK vision of an age old story as epitomised by Shakespeare, but with two at odds relationships adding a layer of complication. The situation, a volatile northern English town, typically Bradford, and characters, one Islamic Pakistani family and two prejudiced English families loosely representing the Capulets and the Montagues.

Drama

5.6

Bullet Boy

Sep 15, 2004

Bullet Boy

2004 89 min 25 vues

Ricky is just out of a young offenders institute, heading home to Hackney and determined to go straight. Instead, he heads straight for trouble when he becomes involved in a street confrontation, siding with his best friend Wisdom against a local rude boy. The trouble escalates into a series of tit-for-tat incidents that threaten to spiral out of control. Ricky's 12-year-old brother Curtis, hero-worships Ricky, though he appears smart enough to know he doesn't want to follow his example. Yet, despite the stern warnings from his mother and support from her friends in the community, might Ricky's bad boy allure be too attractive for Curtis to resist?

Action

7.3

The Other Boleyn Girl

Mar 28, 2003

The Other Boleyn Girl

2003 90 min 49 vues

Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn who becomes mistress to England's king, Henry VIII, before being ousted by her younger sister, Anne. Mary leaves the Court to marry a commoner, but returns when Anne embarks on a reckless policy to save herself from ruin.

TV Movie

1

Tomorrow La Scala!

Dec 10, 2002

Tomorrow La Scala!

2002 90 min 1 vues

Members of a British opera troupe mount a production of "Sweeney Todd" within a maximum-security prison.

Comedy

1

When I Was 12

Aug 22, 2001

When I Was 12

2001 83 min 1 vues

Newly arrived on a Burnley housing estate is twelve-year-old Chloe, who, with her alcoholic single mother and abusive older brother, has been re-housed for the umpteenth time. When Chloe finds a kindred spirit in Lee, a young boy with a similarly dysfunctional family, she sees an opportunity to escape from her mother and brother.

Drama

1

Streetlife

Nov 25, 1995

Streetlife

1995 98 min 1 vues

The rough urban life in a Welsh valley that focuses on Jo, a single mother who has just become pregnant by her married boyfriend Kevin.

Drama

1

Jun 27, 1997

1997 min 1 vues

This show is about a couple broken and cheated Welsh families that decide in order to live they need to drive their cattle beasts to London for the best price. Unfortunately, there's the evil landholder that wants to kick everyone out of the valley and see the good families starve and go to workhouses. His conniving treachery enables several issues to arise while the fellas and a few more travellers in their party attempt to persevere. Talk about cattle plague and cholera outbreaks, punishment for driving cattle on a Sunday, and other interesting issues are just a fraction of what six episodes will bring you. Adventure, horses, and a young Ray Stevens without a shirt on.

Drama

6

Jul 09, 1995

1995 min 2 vues

Oliver's Travels is a five-part television serial written by Alan Plater and starring Alan Bates, Sinéad Cusack, Bill Paterson, and Miles Anderson. It first aired in the UK in 1995. Bates plays the titular Oliver, a keen word-game enthusiast and lecturer in comparative religion. After his teaching post is made redundant, he resolves to make use of his new wealth of free time by going to visit his favourite crossword compiler, 'Aristotle', with whom he has corresponded but whom he has never met. When he arrives, however, he finds Aristotle's house has been ransacked and its occupant has departed for parts unknown, and he sets out to discover why.

Comedy