This animated feature-length life of Jesus boasts a stellar pedigree. Originally a BBC Wales production, it showcases the voices of some of Britain's finest actors in any medium: Ralph Fiennes as a brooding and humble Jesus, Miranda Richardson as Mary Magdalene, Richard E. Grant as John the Baptist and David Thewlis as Judas. The lovely, flute-heavy score is by Oscar-winner Anne Dudley (The Full Monty). And clearly a lot of expense has gone into the Claymation-like animation. But while it's hard to find fault with the rendering of this familiar story--it is respectful and definitely done, you might say, by the Book--it would have been nice if there had been a tad more joy, if it walked a bit lighter in its sandals. As it is, all the characters seem consistently subdued, whether they are expressing angst, rage, terror or bliss--none of which is helped by the figures' blank-eyed stares (if animators are becoming ever more sophisticated, why can't they get rid of those creepy blank gazes once and for all?). Still, the weight of having such formidable actors play these familiar roles lends the production a certain credibility, and parents looking for good religious videos that won't insult their kids' intelligence will be thrilled. --Anne Hurley
First screened in 1982 this timeless story of an ageing king who decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters stars Michael Hordern as Lear with Brenda Blethyn as Cordelia Giliam Barge as Goneril Penelope Wilton as Regan Michael Kitchen as Edmund and Anton Lesser as Edgar....
Based on the true story of how Marie Stubbs (Julie Walters) saved the notorious St. George's School in West London from closure following the murder of headmaster Philip Lawrence at its gates five years earlier...
Kenneth Branagh's staging of the classic Shakespeare play.
More and more people are coming to medicine later on in life. At 34 Rhoda Bradley (Tamzin Outhwaite) is one of those people. Rhoda decides she wants to train to become a doctor. Her husband Tony and her three kids support her - but they've got their own concerns about how it might change their world. It's going to be tough; mentally financially emotionally. And they'll have a lot less time together. This is her dream and she has to go for it...
In almost every school photograph there looms a face in the pack that no-one seems to remember. Detective Inspector Tom Monroe is assigned to investigate the apparent suicide of Pat Fisher and discovers that he was obsessed with the murder of school friend Amy unsolved since 1976. Compelled to take up where the dead man left off he soon finds himself open to attack from the same faces that have preyed on the class of '76 for almost 3 decades.
The suicide of a mysterious young woman and the murder of two men appear to be inextricably linked. When Dr. Joseph Bell is asked to assist the police it soom becomes clear that this is more than just a routine case. Dr Bell's relationship with the Chief of investigation is put in the spot light as old resentments come to the surface jeopardising a quick conclusion to the murders. Bell calls in Arthur Conan Doyle for support but when Doyle seems to side with the Chief rather than
The Pimpernel makes yet another daring rescue from under the noses of the French this time saving Annette De Martignac but has to leave her aging parents behind. Phillipe Lispard a young official at the French Embassy is very taken with her and she sees that he could be very useful to her in her attempts to get her parents free...
The second series of the BBC's The Scarlet Pimpernel starring Richard E. Grant. Contains 3 feature length TV films on 3 discs. Episodes 1. Ennui 2. Friends And Enemies 3. A Good Name
Disc One: a documentary which looks at the life and times of author Charles Dickens with dramatic reconstructions. Disc Two: the David Copperfield television drama. Disc Three: A Christmas Carol; an Anton Lesser dramatisation. Also 'Songs From Grope Lane' and 'The Making Of Uncovering The Real Charles Dickens'.
David Suchet stars as Agatha Christie's enigmatic eccentric and extremely intelligent detective Hercule Poirot.
Following the overwhelming success of the one-off Inspector Morse prequel, Endeavour returns for it's first series. Shaun Evans (The Take, The Last Weekend, Silk) stars as Police Constable Endeavour Morse in four new films written by Lewis creator and Morse writer Russell Lewis. Roger Allam (The Jury, Parade's End, The Thick of It) returns as Endeavour's senior partner, Detective Inspector Fred Thursday and Sean Rigby takes on the role of a young PC Strange--the character who appeared in the ...
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