Micawber was ITV's big weapon in the Christmas 2001 television ratings war. With its gritty recreation of Dickensian London and David Jason--a name guaranteed to attract viewers regardless of the programme--in the title role it certainly had all the hallmarks of blockbusting television drama. Jason is certainly a fine Micawber, wringing every ounce of pathos and relentless optimism from one of Dickens' most well loved characters. And he is ably abetted by Annabelle Apsion as his put-upon wife who stands by him through thick and thin and who "never will desert him". The trouble is that if you're going to lift a familiar fictional character out of his original context and give him a whole new life and set of adventures, they really have to match or improve on the original. And Micawber has already been through so much during the course of David Copperfield that stretching him across four episodes and a plot which can only really offer a series of variations on the original theme doesn't give much room for development or dramatic impact. In the writer's corner, Jason's long-term collaborator John Sullivan (creator of Only Fools and Horses) makes a valiant attempt to generate some authentic Dickensian atmosphere. Touches of authentic Victoriana abound in the backstage theatre scenes, a dancing bear, the pawn shop and the highly imaginative flashbacks to the source of Micawber's straightened state. The script tends to combine gritty costume drama with modern comedy in an occasionally uneasy mixture; sometimes we see the ghosts of Del Boy or Pa Larkin rather than Dickens' hapless, pathetic but great-hearted victim of circumstance. But fans of Jason won't complain and there's enough soul in the story to make it compelling. --Piers Ford
'Seriously Funny!' is the funniest DVD you will ever own! Introduced by Nick Hancock this is the best and most hilarious comic talent and their funniest sketches for Comic Relief. Whether it's Alan Partridge Kevin & Perry Ali G or Billy Connolly to name but a few who make you laugh out loud if it's hot comedic action you're after then you'll love this DVD! *Portion of sales going to Comic Relief.
Jason Robards, Jr. became an overnight star with his indelible performance as the glad-handing, doom-ridden Hickey in the legendary 1956 Circle-in-the-Square revival of Eugene O'Neill's towering masterpiece (first staged in 1939). In his harrowing drama, O'Neill shines a harsh but compassionate spotlight on the failed lives, empty hopes, and perpetual pipe dreams of an assortment of down-and-out denizens of a seedy saloon, set in New York in 1912. Their sad but complacent existences are rattled when Hickey arrives for his annual bender a changed man - forswearing alcohol and preaching a deliverance from the lie of the pipe dream. As Variety originally wrote, this 'Iceman' was a landmark for the video medium, a reference point for greatness in TV drama.
Nothing is as it seems behind the well-trimmed hedges of the picturesque cottages in the idyllic English county of Midsomer. Beneath the tranquil surface of sleepy village life exist dark secrets scandals and downright evil. John Nettles stars as the humorous thoughtful and methodical Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. The village of Midsomer Magna is devastated by the closure of the King's Crystal glassware factory. The closure comes after the seemingly accidental death of co-owner Alan King. The factory workers are jobless and left with no financial security begin to rail against the accountant Peter Baxter and the remaining co-owner Charles King about their redundancies. When Baxter's body is found in the water meadows stabbed to death with a Masonic dagger Jones suggests suicide but the pathologist Dr. Bullard and Barnaby suspect foul play.
To celebrate 15 years of Midsomer Murders on ITV, this set features the highest rating episode of each series, including the Pilot Episode - The Killings at Badger's Drift.Featured Episodes:The Killings at Badger's DriftWritten in BloodStrangler's WoodDead Man's ElevenDestroying AngelRing Out Your DeadA Tale of Two HamletsThe Maid in SplendourSauce for the GooseVixen's RunThey Seek Him HereLeft for DeadSecrets and SpiesFit for MurderDark Secrets
Vampire Apocalypse takes the Vampire genre to a new level of intensity and violence. Danika has lost her memory. When Danika turns out to be a vampire in need of fresh blood, and sinks her fangs into Jack's ex- girlfriend Sherry (Jordan Madley), Jack is soon into something very deep and twisted. Tidying up the mess, Jack tries to find a way to satisfy his new girlfriend's needs, that doesn't involve homicide, but alas only blood from a live human will do. At work, Jack's partner Roger (Robert Fitzpatrick) notices changes in his friend, and becomes concerned when his behaviour becomes more and more erratic. With bodies rising from the dead, and corpses pilling up in his apartment Jack has arrived at The Vampire Apocalypse!
Michael has been trying to shake his heroin addiction. He has promised his pregnant girlfriend to whom he is about to marry, that he is clean but that s not quite the truth. His friends stage a fake kidnapping as a prank for his bachelor party and Michael is hooded up and hauled off into the woods. But without his fix Michael s withdrawals start to kick in. After one of his friends is found dead the rest of the group start to feel increasingly scared and tormented and are thrown into a desperate game of survival as the mysterious killer rages on.
One man. One woman. And a bong smoking dog who thinks he's human. Enjoy the complete first and second season of the original Australian version of the BBC Three hit series Wilfred. The series features Adam Zwar, star of the BBC3 comedy Lowdown and Jason Gann, star of the US version of Wilfred, as the foul mouthed, pot smoking, trouble making Australian mongrel. Adam can hardly believe his luck when he's invited home by Sarah, a gorgeous young woman he met at a rock concert. This joy is quickly turned on its head when Adam meets Wilfred - Adam sees Wilfred as a man in a dog suit, to everyone else Wilfred is just a dog! Wilfred is determined to make him feel as uncomfortable as possible and sabotage his chances with his loving owner Sarah. Adam is forced to question his sanity after his life is turned into a psychological war with a dope smoking, beer swilling, foul mouthed, yet strangely insightful 9 year old dog who thinks he's human. Season 1 Special Features: Behind the Scenes Trailer Crew Montage Season 2 Special Features: Making of Wilfred Bites Outtakes Bloopers
WW II; when a crack unit of Nazi Sturmtruppen kidnapped Churchill on a train half way across the Moroccan desert, it was down to a few fearless, unsung heroes from the British Secret Intelligence Service and a U.S. Marine Platoon to rescue the British Prime Minister and prevent a devastating Nazi victory which would have changed the course of the War and the world as we know it.In November 1942 the Allied forces seized North Africa from pro-German Vichy France and occupied Casablanca, Algiers and Oran. Just a few months later, in January 1943, the British Prime Minister Winston Spencer Churchill, the American President Franklin D. Roosevelt and France's General de Gaulle held a conference in Casablanca to establish their strategy to win the war and demand the 'unconditional surrender' of the Axis powers.Churchill's plane took off from London on the night of 12 January 1943 on his way to meet Roosevelt and de Gaulle, but his journey was to prove more difficult than expected... and remains shrouded in mystery as many other Wartime legends are to this day..
Death Race: From director Paul W.S. Anderson comes Death Race an action-thriller set in the post-industrial wasteland of tomorrow with the world's most brutal sporting event as its backdrop. A penitentiary full of felons has inspired the jailers to create a grisly pastime ripe for lucrative kickbacks. Now adrenalized inmates a global audience hungry for televised violence and a spectacular arena come together to form the Death Race. Crank: A professional hit man Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) discovers that a poisonous injection threatens to kill him if his heart rate drops below a certain point. Now he must exact his revenge on the people who injected him before he takes his last breath! Snatch: In the heart of gangland two novice unlicensed boxing promoters Turkish (Jason Statham) and Tommy (Stephen Graham) get roped into organising a bare-knuckled fight with local kingpin villain and fellow boxing promoter Brick Top (Alan Ford). But it all goes wrong when Brick Top's fighter who is rigged to win is suddenly knocked out by the boys' wildcard Irish gypsy boxer One Punch Mickey O'Neil (Brad Pitt). Unfortunately things go from bad to worse as Mickey starts playing by his own rules and the duo find they are heading for a whole lot of trouble. Meanwhile en route to New York to deliver a stolen 84-carat diamond to head honcho Avi (Dennis Farina) Franky Four Fingers (Benicio Del Toro) is robbed of the stone. Forced to jump on the next plane to London Avi is by no means pleased. He hires local legend Bullet Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones) to find Franky and the diamond. The hunt for the missing stone launches everyone into a spiral of double-crossing vendettas as different parties pursue personal agendas some of them farcical most of them illegal and all of them destined to spin completely out of control...
After a pleasant journey, a commercial flight begins its normal landing approach to LAX airport. But when a terrorist threat quickly transpires, and it s discovered that a bomb has been planted on the plane, the passengers aboard are forced to fight to keep it in the air. With Los Angeles on a Red Terror Alert and the bomb rigged to detonate when the plane dips below 800 feet, they must work together against the clock in order to survive and save everyone on board. From the creators of Sharknado, comes The Fast and the Fierce: an action-packed, heart stopping thrill ride.
A series of freak weather occurrences around Washington D.C. reunites two estranged brothers who are the sons of a once prestigious climate scientist. One of them suspects their father is behind it and upon further investigation, they Discs)over that all of their father's enemies are dead - victims of freak weather accidents. Soon their suspicions are confirmed as their father hijacks radio and TV transmissions to relay the message that unless a certain Senator, who canceled his Defense Depar...
The Lion finds himself in the enchanted Land Of Oz after a storm and encounters the Wicked Witch of the East. She forces the Lion on a mysterious journey in her quest for control.
Ubicollectibles presents its new collector’s item, featuring Jacob Frye from the next Ubisoft franchise Assassin’s Creed® Syndicate. This figurine represents Jacob in a threatening pose in the streets of London. An agitator with a wry smile, he is holding his cane behind his shoulder, ready to strike. Only one person could stay his hand… Combine it with the figurine of “Evie Frye, the Intrepid Sister” to form the diorama of “The Wise and Wild Twins”. Key Features: Highly detailed Gauntlet with hidden blade and Cane Sword, the new signature weapons of our Assassin. The street lamp and the pavement, representative of Victorian London. A rook, Jacob’s Gang’s emblem, perched on the street lamp. Each box includes a special lithography featuring Jacob Frye (high quality ivory paper of 250grs, dimensions: 23 x 27cm).
When successful comic book artist Holden meets Alyssa a fellow comic book artist he falls head over heels in love with her. Holden gets the shock of his life when he finds out she's not interested in him. She has her romantic sights set on another... woman! But she decides to be friends anyway. As Alyssa'a and Holden's friendship evolves so do their feelings. Through a maze of unexpectedly humorous twists Holden discovers that friendship and love have never been so complicated or so funny.
What starts as a night of celebration for three friends quickly becomes the ultimate test of survival when their car breaks down on a frozen and deserted mountain road. The mystery grows when they are joined by a local deputy sheriff and are stalked down the mountain by the ominous probing headlights of a Black Cadillac. It's a terrifying race against man machine and mother nature's most feared elements!
In this sequel to the box office smash the guys are all back home after their first year at various colleges. Not wanting to stay with their respective folks, the boys rent a beach house together for the summer, and catch up with some old friends.
Russell Tovey plays the lovable George battling with his double identity as a mild-mannered and geeky hospital porter who for one night a month is transformed into a flesh-hungry predatory werewolf. Aidan Turner plays the good-looking and laid-back Mitchell who in contrast to George has the gift of the gab and an easy confidence with the ladies. But he is also a blood-sucking vampire struggling with going cold-turkey from the blood he craves. Completing the flat-share trio is Annie played by Lenora Crichlow a talkative ghost lacking in self-confidence and desperate for company. Annie is still pining after her fianc'' whom she was due to marry before the fatal accident that left her with her ghostly affliction - and who happens to be the landlord of their flat. The series follows the trio as they do their best to live their lives as normally as possible despite their strange and dark secrets. But with unwelcome intruders into their world rumblings about an impending revolution from the vampire underworld and constant threats of exposure - on top of the usual issues faced by young people surrounding love work and mates - the only thing they may be able to rely on in their heightened world is each other.
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