A whimsical fantasy, revolving around the world of Bingo, House (2000) was slipped innocuously into the UKs staple cinematic diet of gangster movies and period dramas and emerged as a genuinely charismatic and immensely likeable film, blissfully content with its small-scale ambitions, not to mention lottery money well spent. Linda (Trainspottings Kelly MacDonald) is devoted to her job at the faltering La Scala Bingo Hall in rural Wales, which provides a welcome escape from her domineering aunt. Facing stiff competition from a rival hall, La Scalas owner Mr. Alanzi (the wonderful Freddie Jones) is at a loss of how to save his beloved home, but Lindas discovery of an unexpected gift could reverse their fortunes. Effortlessly charming and perfectly cast, House weaves its spirited feel-good tale with an eclectic set of characters (Jason Hughes flamboyant star number caller, Mossie Smiths monstrous flirting colleague), while delivering a realistic glimpse of what makes a place special and memorable. Highly enjoyable, this is a small-scale gem.On the DVD: Director Julian Kemp delivers a competent, if sometimes rambling commentary that delivers the goods about a straightforward production. Other than six trailers, theres the chance to glimpse Kemps short-film Suckers, a suitably wry and cynical look at the world of door-to-door salesmen. --Danny Graydon
BBC One's heartwarming drama proves that home really is what you make it. Frank (Larry Lamb), is struggling to find the energy or enthusiasm to run Daffodil Dunes Holiday Park on the picturesque North Wales coast; recently widowed he is feeling the loss of his beloved wife. When his flighty daughter Carys (Caroline Sheen), and grandson Dylan, show up at his 71st birthday party and announce they are staying for good, Frank wonders if it s not time for him to just sell up and start again, especially as local estate agent, Iona Driscoll (Hayley Mills), has a very tempting offer for him to consider in more ways than one. But Carys convinces her dad to let her become the park's new manager, prompting a flurry of hare-brained schemes as she attempts to attract new customers and appease the long-term residents the park already has. Carys also has to deal with her feelings for ex-fiancé Danny, who runs the local pub with his new partner, Tanya. Can she stay away from the man she jilted at the altar?
The District Nurse the hit BBC drama arrives on DVD for the first time. In the 1920s District Nurse Megan Roberts (Nerys Hughes) is assigned to a poor Welsh mining village where life has hardly changed since Victorian times. Solace is found in booze and religion. Viewed with deep suspicion by many of the locals she soon finds herself battling against powerful farmers local officials and mine owners who care nothing about the villagers' welfare. Digitally remastered for e
The Life of a South Wales mining village is changed forever when a doctor and his wife arrive from the Indian sub-continent. Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar (Goodness Gracious Me The Kumars At No.42) and Ayesha Dharker (Coronation Street Life Isn’t All Ha Ha Hee Hee) the series tells the story of Dr Prem Sharma a high flying Delhi graduate who arrives in the UK in in the 1960’s as part of the “first wave” of Indian Doctors wooed by the then health minister Enoch Powell. Prem and his wife Kamini want to build a new life for themselves following a family tragedy but rather than finding a glamorous job as a consultant in London they find themselves in the sleepy Welsh coal mining village of Trefelin. The local doctor has died and Prem is his replacement. Prem isn’t quite the new Doctor that the locals expected to get and they’re not the only ones to be shocked: Prem’s regal wife isn’t too happy with the situation either. Inspired by real events The Indian Doctor is an award winning BBC One drama that is a warm and humorous fish out of water story also starring Mark Williams (The Fast Show Harry Potter) and Mark Heap (Spaced The Worlds End).
Daddy's Girl is a chilling psychological horror feature. Heavily influenced by cult Japanese horror the film uses striking imagery to tell this dark haunting story. Stephen (Richard Harrington) is a psychiatrist struggling to hold his life together. Enduring perpetual grief over the violent death of his beautiful wife his life is fraught with pain and tragedy. Surviving only through his copious intake of prescribed drugs Stephen is anxious to return to work. When a close colleague at the hospital takes pity on him and reinstates him as Duty Psychologist Stephen is soon confronted with a troubled teenage girl called Nina (Jaime Winstone). With an obsession for cutting herself and a seemingly increasing blood-lust Nina displays sinister behaviour which begins to push the boundaries of teenage angst. Are her actions merely a symptom of an unhappy home life or are they rooted in a much more sinister cause? Set in bleak and ominous locations Daddy's Girl will drag you through seduction manipulation wilful betrayal and a haunting that refuses to desist. Daddy's Girl exploits the increasingly blurred distinction between psychosis and reality. It explores the fragile relationships between people and the explosive metamorphoses that comes with adolescence. It is a film that asks questions that you do not always want to know the answers to.
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