Adapted from the novel by Anthony Powell this miniseries tells the story of the upper classes in England from the early 1920s to modern times. Friendship murder adultery ambition and failure are set against a backdrop of social political and artistic life during the pivotal years of this century - from the decadence of the early Twenties to the sobering Thirties from the devastation of the Second World War to the world created in its aftermath. Centre stage is Kenneth Widmerpool and his rise to power through business the military and politics. The comings and goings of Widmerpool and his circle is charted by the omnipresent Nicholas Jenkins.
There's no place like home...for bloodcurdling horror! James Brolin Margot Kidder and Academy Award winner Rod Steiger fall prey to the powers of darkness in this spine-tingling tale of a house possessed by unspeakable evil. One of the most talked-about haunted-house stories of all time The Amityville Horror will hit you where you live. For George and Kathy Lutz the colonial home on the river's edge seemed ideal: quaint spacious and amazingly affordable. Of course six brutal murders had taken place there just a year before but houses don't have memories....or do they? Soon the Lutz dream house becomes a hellish nightmare as walls begin to drip blood and satanic forces threaten to destroy them. Now the Lutzes must try to escape or forfeit their lives - and their souls!
The final moment has arrived. Chocky Matthew and Albertine return to work together for to defeat to them enemy and to discover the Chocky's secrets to the humanity.
On January 15th 1995 Annabel Chong a twenty two year old undergraduate embarked on a marathon crusade to secure fame fortune and notoriety. Her quest: to have sex with as many men as possible in one day. She went on to have sex with 251 men in one ten hour session setting a world record and becoming known around the globe as the girl who engaged in the world's largest gang bang. Explicit candid and provocative 'Sex' combines graphic footage of the feat and behind the scenes insights into Annabel her family and her motives.
Chocky's Children the second part of the Chocky trilogy was created by Doctor Who writer Anthony Read based on the characters created by respected science fiction author John Wyndham (The Day Of The Triffids). A year has passed since Matthew said goodbye to his alien friend Chocky. With the arrival of the summer holidays Matthew goes to visit his aunt in the countryside. While exploring he meets Albertine a young mathematical prodigy. They soon become friends and discover they can communicate telepathically. One day Chocky returns to warn Matthew that they are both in danger. Matthew realises where the danger must lay - a scientist who wants to test Albertine's exceptional abilities. When he goes to warn her he finds she has disappeared. Matthew needs help but where is Chocky and will she return in time to help them?
An epic tale of obsessive love and grand ambition. Based on the best-selling novel by Susan Howatch Penmarric is a truly epic and sweeping story of love greed and ambition set against the rugged beauty of Cornwall. On the wild Cornish coast stands the grand estate of Penmarric its stately house lands and mines. It offers wealth and power - but it can also destroy those who seek to become its master. Mark Castallack Master of Penmarric marries the fiery Janna daughter of a lowly fisherman. But a terrible secret will tear his family apart and echo down the decades. Love obsession betrayal and tragedy will set husband against wife father against son and brother against brother in the brooding shadows of the great house. One of the BBC's best-loved drama series of all time Penmarric is a powerful and unforgettable saga that spans three generations from Victorian England to the Second World War. Available for the first time on DVD this 3 disc collection includes all twelve episodes plus a special souvenir booklet.
Explore the mystery of the 2012 prophecy in a whole new light. This film goes deeper than the vague predictions made by ancient prophets and seers; it explores how the earth is in the middle of a transformation that will change the way we live our lives forever. Understand how the changes we see around us are unfolding right now. Learn the true nature of the Mayan Calendar, understand the workings and meanings of its cycles and end-date, and see that not only did the Maya track and measure t...
Study for a portrait of Francis Bacon. John Maybury's searing portrait of the English painter Francis Bacon (Derek Jacobi) at the height of his fame in the 1960s is one of the nastiest and most truthful portraits of the artist-as-monster ever filmed. It tells the story of the colossally self-absorbed painter and his self-destructive younger lover George Dyer (Daniel Craig) and begins when Bacon awakens in his studio one night to discover a burglar on the premises. Sizing up
Following the fortunes of four fabulous personal assistants in the city the series is set against an emotional backdrop of friendship ambition sex and filing. The lead roles in P.A.s are played by Laura Aikman (Dis/Connected Teenage Kicks) as the beautiful and brainy Lucy; Annabel Scholey (Jane Eyre) as fame-hungry Midge; Ruth Negga (Breakfast On Pluto Colour Me Kubrick) as intellectual outsider Sid; and Maimie McCoy (Little Devil) as the money-obsessed Nicole. P.A.s also stars Mark Benton (Hughie Green Most Sincerely Northern Lights); Joe Absolom (EastEnders Vincent); American actor Robert Gant (Queer As Folk US Nip/Tuck); Archie Panjabi (A Mighty Heart Yasmin); Olivia Grant (Larkrise To Candleford Stardust); Darren Boyd (Saxondale Smack The Pony); Emily Bruni (Catherine The Great Miss Marple); and Jamie Davis (The Sarah Jane Adventures Footballers' Wives) among others. Bringing together many of the elements which make up office life through the characters of Lucy Midge Sid and Nicole P.A.s explores the secrets and lies the women hold the men they date and work for and the balance of power between them and their highly paid hugely privileged bosses.
Mother’s Milk is a powerful, moving and often funny drama, based on the award-winning novel by Edward St. Aubyn about an English family forced to come to terms with the imminent loss of their beloved holiday house in Provence. Told through the eyes of an intelligent young boy, Robert (Thomas Underhill); then his troubled father Patrick (Jack Davenport) and finally his long-suffering mother Mary (Annabel Mullion), it depicts their growing sense of betrayal and family breakdown after Eleanor (Margaret Tyzack), the ailing grandmother, decides to leave her house to Seamus (Adrian Dunbar) an Irish conman intent on setting up a New Age Foundation instead of her own family. Unable to get through to his stroke-ridden mother, Patrick descends into drunkenness and despair, embarking on a short adulterous affair as he struggles to contain his anger and frustration towards the charlatan who has deceived his mother and threatened the family inheritance.
Every morning Daniel Pascoe (McGann) pilots his seaplane from his luxury home to the Docklands - the financial capital of the world. Pascoe is a city high flier and high roller. A man used to winning. But when things go wrong he has to pay the price. That's when he discovers he's merely another pawn in the game that's far bigger than he could ever imagine. To stay in the game he decides to take the biggest gamble of his life. Dealers is a yuppie thriller that cleverly evokes the be
Sean Bean stars as the courageous Major Richard Sharpe. In Sharpe's Mission Wellington orders Sharpe to join the dashing Colonel Brand on a hazardous journey behind French enemy line with the aim of blowing up an ammunition store.Sharpe's wife Jane becomes disillusioned with Sharpe's frequent absences. Left behind in the camp she warms to the attentions of another admirer.Meanwhile Sharpe is out in the mountains and is dangerously out numbered with the French ranks closing in. He must risk his own life however to confront a far deadlier enemy on his own side.
Chocky: The first series tells the story of young Matthew Gore an intelligent lad who is chosen by a mysterious extra-terrestrial visitor Chocky as a source of information about life on earth. As Matthew's schoolwork and artistic talent improve dramatically his parents become concerned about the strange changes in his behaviour and refer him to a child psychiatrist. But his dubious social connections lead to Matthew's subsequent kidnap as a ruthless businessman tries to ta
Alice returns
Following the success of Annabel's Kitchen on CITV, the first series is now available to own on DVD.Annabel and her team take you and your children on a culinary journey of exploration and come up with winning solutions in a humourous and light-hearted way, proving that cooking really can be child's play. Meet her quirky helpers and use her amazing machines all in the magical surroundings of her loft apartment.Jimmy is Annabel's often unpredictable intern from the South Pole, a calamity-prone, fish-mad penguin who's made his home in her fridge. Jimmy is incredibly enthusiastic about food, cookery and indeed, absolutely everything he does, as well as being a bit of a madcap inventor too.Pearl is Annabel's right hand penguin who organises the website and deals with everything from ordering ingredients to helping Annabel find the perfect recipe to suit every occassion. She's confident, organised and reliable - the very opposite of Jimmy.
A psychiatrist moves out West after he is brought up on charges of sexual misconduct for which his adoring female attorney eventually gets the charges dropped... with the hope that this will move him to like her as much as she likes him. But it is not to be for this is a doctor who seems destined to be sexually involved with much more cunning than loving women and it isn't long before one of them has him caught up in an affair only to then have her 'husband' come and make accusat
Kurt Weill's complex score reigns supreme in Peter Zadek's 1998 Salzburg Festival staging of The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, the collaboration with Brecht which became a target for Nazi insurrection on its 1930 premiere. The city itself is suggested by the attitudes and personalities of the singers rather than by Richard Peduzzi's Spartan sets. It's bleak stuff in many ways, not least in its vision of the human state: squaring up to corruption is a lonely and fatal business. But thanks to Weill's musical eclecticism, which ranges from barbershop to lieder, there are moments of intense beauty, not least in the duets between lumberjack Jimmy Mahoney and prostitute Jenny. There are, too, flashes which anticipate Weill's American future on Broadway. The lilting "Alabama Song", that gift to every would-be cabaret artist in search of a Lotte Lenya moment, works wonderfully as an ensemble piece. Despite occasional inaudibility, the singing is often breathtaking. Gwyneth Jones is a majestic Begbick, Catherine Maltifano's voluptuous and earthy Jenny also has a rarely seen sweetness and Jerry Hadley's Jimmy Mahoney is ultimately almost unbearably moving. Food for thought, indeed. On the DVD: The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny is presented in 16:9 picture format, but would have benefited from the scale of a widescreen treatment. It can be difficult to keep track of everything that's going on. The cavernous stage is probably responsible for the acoustics which sometimes allow the orchestra to overwhelm the singing, otherwise well served by the PCM stereo sound. There are no DVD extras but the excellent booklet and production notes are welcome.--Piers Ford
Lucile is a mother who has been driven mad by the death of her child 16 years ago. A strange man appears, claiming to be a fallen angel, who was supposed to protect the child and his failure to do so lead to his fall from grace. He carries wounds on his back that resemble the stumps of severed wings. He has now returned with a mission to redeem himself but his violent and underhand methods are far from heavenly. Reviews: Chock full of sudden violence, coarse language, nudity and sex - Match Flick. The way it all played out made me feel uneasy and dirty - DTV Connoisseur Extras: Trailer Click Images to Enlarge
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