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You Rang, M'Lord?: Series 1 (1988)You Rang My Lord: Series 1
During the First World War, soldiers Alf (Paul Shane) and James (Jeffrey Holland) come across the body of an officer. Thinking him dead, Alf robs the man much to James's disgust. When the body is delivered to the field hospital, it turns out to be the Honourable Teddy Meldrum (Michael Knowles) - and not dead, just unconscious! Awakening, Teddy thanks the men for saving his life, and promises to be forever in their debt. Ten years later and Teddy has kept his promise, employing James as head of his brother's household. When Alf joins the team, the scene is set. With "goings-on" a plenty in the Meldrum household, this is a hoot of a comedy from the talented pens of Jimmy Perry and David Croft. - Director:
- David Croft
- Cast:
- Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland, Su Pollard
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Doctor in Trouble (1970)Doktor u neprilici
When Basil Beauchamp, alias Dr Dare (Simon Dee), TV’s heartthrob doctor is admitted to St. Swithin’s Hospital, it leads to an unusual course of therapy. Cantankerous Head Surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt (James Robertson Justice), prescribes a cruise aboard a ship skippered by his brother George (Robert Morley). Meanwhile Dr Burke (Leslie Phillips) must arrange a rushed marriage of convenience in order to land a top medical job in America. But in a crazy course of circumstances, he ends up as a stowaway on board the very same ship when he follows his intended, Ophelia, on a Mediterranean modelling trip. Needless to say chaos rules as Dr Burke vainly attempts to avoid detection. A task made all the more difficult when he has to face passengers such as Harry Secombe, a larger than life pools winner and an outrageous mum looking for a love match for her daughter – a striptease artiste! - Director:
- Ralph Thomas
- Cast:
- Leslie Phillips, Harry Secombe, James Robertson Justice
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The Oath (2016)Eiðurinn
From the director of 'Everest', Baltasar Kormakur, comes 'The Oath', a dark, shadowy and riveting Icelandic thriller in which a respected doctor, played by Kormakur himself, sets off on a mission to pull his daughter away from the world of drugs and petty crime, only to discover that danger can be found in unexpected places. With sweeping Icelandic vistas providing the backdrop to unnerving tension, this is an assured suspense drama bound to have you on the edge of your seat. - Director:
- Baltasar Kormákur
- Cast:
- Hera Hilmar, Baltasar Kormákur, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson
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Cop and a Half: New Recruit (2017)Cop and a Half 2
Grizzled veteran detective Mark Simmons (Lou Diamond Phillips) can't seem to catch the "Badge Bandit" - the city's serial prankster who's causing mischief and embarrassing the police. Karina Murphy (Lulu Wilson) is a spunky 12-year-old who dreams of being a cop. She stumbles on Simmons' stakeout where she proves she's got serious detective skills and tech-savvy smarts. While Simmons wants to ignore Karina, the police captain does the unthinkable and teams them up. While on their mission to stop the "Badge Bandit", the unlikely duo goes on a hilarious, action-filled adventure! - Director:
- Jonathan A. Rosenbaum
- Cast:
- Lou Diamond Phillips, Wallace Shawn, Gina Holden
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Who Do You Think You Are? follows the journeys of ten well known personalities as they explore their family trees, uncover their family history and discover fascinating and poignant facts about their ancestors that have been, until now, hidden in the annals of time. June Brown starts with a bare-knuckle boxer in London s East End and ends up in Algeria; J.K. Rowling finds herself on the French border with Germany in the disputed territory of Alsace Lorraine; Sebastian Coe is Jamaican bound to uncover a history of sugar and slaves; Larry Lamb discovers a fantastical fairground history and a lost relative; Emilia Fox explores a theatrical heritage and an engineering innovator; Alan Carr kicks off with stories of the soccer field before tracking down a missing soldier; Robin Gibb finds himself related to a poor boy turned military man and uses the Freedom of Information Act to get to the heart of a mid-wife s labour; Richard Madeley discovers what it is to be a Pilgrim; Len Goodman starts with a barrow boy before traveling to Poland and returning to the London of Karl Marx; and Tracey Emin explores workhouses, prisons and the craftwork of gypsies. - Director:
- Sarah Feltes
- Cast:
- Mark Strong, June Brown, Bill Arnold
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In '50s America, he grew up in front of millions as TV's most famous child star as his family dramatised their picture-perfect world for the enjoyment of millions. But acting and singing sensation Ricky Nelson was destined to battle with love, loss and redemption before falling from grace in one of Hollywood's most compelling and tragic tales. - Director:
- Sturla Gunnarsson
- Cast:
- Gregory Calpakis, Jamey Sheridan, Sara Botsford
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Strike: Career of Evil (2018)Career of Evil: Part 1 and 2
A dismembered leg sent to Strike's office sends both his and Robin's lives into disarray, forcing them to confront spectres from their pasts.
Career of Evil (Part 1)After their harrowing discovery, Strike (Tom Burke) and Robin's search for a culprit sends them up North on an investigative road trip.
Career of Evil (Part 2)
Strike and Robin's partnership reaches breaking point as Robin's wedding approaches and they disagree about how to ensnare a man who abuses children.- Director:
- Charles Sturridge
- Cast:
- Fern Deacon, Holliday Grainger, Tom Burke
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Devices and Desires (1991)P.D. James: Devices and Desires
A particularly vicious serial killer is stalking the Norfolk coast in the vicinity of the Larksoken nuclear power station. The press have branded him 'The Whistler' because witnesses have heard a hymn being whistled in the vicinity of the murders. His trademark is the letter 'L' carved on the forehead of his victims. L for Larksoken? At first, his victims seem to be chosen entirely at random - women in the wrong place, at the wrong time - but then two women employed at the nuclear power station are murdered in quick succession... Adam Dalgliesh (Roy Marsden), on leave in Norfolk to settle his late aunt's estate, becomes intimately caught up in the murder hunt as suspicions grow that the police may be looking for more than one killer... - Director:
- John Davies
- Cast:
- Roy Marsden, Susannah York, Gemma Jones
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Tokyo Decadence (1992)Topâzu
Ai's unrequited love for an artist eventually draws her deeper into the dark underworld of gangsters, drugs and subversive sex as she tries desperately to win his affection. Catering to Yakuza captains and ostensibly "respectable" heads of industry, Ai (Miho Nikaido) witnesses and experiences sexual degradation, confusion, and despair. A searing, disturbing, and extremely graphic indictment of the twin hypocrisies of excessive materialism and sexual puritanism. - Director:
- Ryû Murakami
- Cast:
- Miho Nikaido, Yayoi Kusama, Sayoko Amano
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This hilarious new comedy follows the adventures of two Liverpool cabbies who will do anything to take their sons to watch their beloved football team play in one of the greatest football clashes of all time - the 2005 Champions League Final in Istanbul. But with no money to pay for the trip, big trouble awaits them when they strike a dangerous deal with a group of vicious gangsters. Get ready for a wild ride that will take our heroes from the streets of Liverpool to the crazy world of Istanbul, a place where dreams can come true and where danger lurks at every turn. Starring Paul Barber, Steven Waddington and Samantha Womack, it's not long before the pressure on the pitch becomes almost as heated as the action off it. - Director:
- James Marquand
- Cast:
- Steven Waddington, Lucien Laviscount, Paul Barber
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Of Horses and Men (2013)Hross í oss
Winner of the Best New Director award at the San Sebastian Film Festival, Benedikt Erlingsson's critically acclaimed debut feature 'Of Horses and Men' is a darkly comic country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human. Set in the stunning Icelandic countryside, love, death and sex become interlaced in this playful, affectionate yet unflinching portrait of a remote valley community as seen from the horses' perspective. - Director:
- Benedikt Erlingsson
- Cast:
- Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Charlotte Bøving, Steinn Ármann Magnússon
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Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis (2008)Welcome to the Sticks
Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie (Zoé Félix) has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams (Kad Merad), a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town, on the French Riviera, at any cost. The trouble is that he is caught red-handed while trying to scam an inspector. Philippe is immediately banished to the distant unheard of town of Bergues, in the Far North of France. Leaving his child and wife behind, the crucified man leaves for his frightening destination, a dreadfully cold place inhabited by hard-drinking, unemployed rednecks, speaking an incomprehensible dialect called Ch'ti. Philippe soon realizes that all these ideas were nothing but prejudices and that Bergues is not synonymous with hell... -
All seven one-off episodes of the BBC anthology comedy series, starring Ronnie Barker.
Open All Hours
This was our first sight of Arkwright, the miserly Northern shopkeeper who victimises his delivery boy and nephew (played by David Jason).
Prisoner and EscortFletcher, the career criminal, became Barker's most famous character. In this episode he meets future guards MacKay and Barrowclough.
My Old Man
Barker plays retired and embittered engine-driver Sam Cobbett, the last tenant to leave his house in a road condemned by the council.
Spanner's Eleven
This Roy Clarke scripted comedy revolves around Albert Spanner, hot dog seller and team coach for the dismal Ashfield Athletic Football Club.
Another Fine Mess
This excellent homage to Laurel and Hardy finds Barker as Ollie teamed with Roy Castle as Stan.
One Man's Meat
Barker, under the pseudonym Jack Goetz, wrote this story of a man desperate to escape a starvation diet imposed by his wife.
I'll Fly You for a Quid
This Clement and La Frenais story finds Barker as gambling Welshman Evan Owen determined to retrieve his late father's winning betting slip.- Director:
- Sydney Lotterby
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- Ronnie Barker, Graham Armitage, Roy Castle
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Set in 1903. Tracker is a tense action thriller in which Arjan (Ray Winstone), a guerrilla survivor of the South African Boer War. lands in colonial New Zealand and is promised a huge bounty to capture Kereama (Temuera Morrison), a Maori seafarer accused of killing a British soldier. What should be a simple job for Arjan, a master tracker, turns into a gripping and dangerous game of cat and mouse as Kereama repeatedly escapes and is recaptured - all the while insisting on his innocence. As each man gains and loses the upper hand, they gradually get to know and respect one another. Culminating in an emotional and high risk showdown, they find they have more in common than a mutual hatred of the British... - Director:
- Ian Sharp
- Cast:
- Ray Winstone, Temuera Morrison, Gareth Reeves
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Falcons (2002)Falkar
This haunting and poetic tale of a suicidal American who meets a free-spirited girl is directed by cult film-maker Fridik Thor Fridriksson’s. When an ex-con returns to Iceland - the land of his mother’s birth - he meets an eccentric artist, called Dúa, whom he believes may be his daughter. After a close scrape with the law, the pair flee Iceland for Hamburg with a rare Icelandic falcon and a plan that they hope will set them on the road to riches. This lyrical and visually stunning film explores the nature of freedom and the complexities of relationships which captures the beauty of the Icelandic countryside, and and the unexpected ways that it may occur. - Director:
- Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
- Cast:
- Keith Carradine, Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson
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