William and Hester Field have been very happily married for twenty years. Their children have flown the nest and Hester thinks there should be a few things left to do between now and the pension book. With a renewed zest for life and a fresh dynamism in their relationship she insists that the couple take up a number of new pastimes and challenges - even if William sometimes lacks his wife's enthusiasm and seemingly boundless energy. Starring Anton Rodgers (May to September) as accountant William and Julia McKenzie (Cranford) as accomplished cook Hester Fresh Fields' wry gentle humour made it a firm favourite with viewers spawning an equally popular sequel - French Fields - and earning McKenzie a BAFTA nomination for Best Light Entertainment Performance. The series which aired between 1984 and 1986 was produced and directed by sitcom veteran Peter Frazer-Jones (George and Mildred After Henry). This release contains the complete first series originally screened in 1984.
The Classic TV Sitcom Series
BAFTA award-winning actress Geraldine McEwan and celebrated actress Julia McKenzie take on the role of Agatha Christie's shrewd and inquisitive Miss Jane Marple in this spectacular set of murder mysteries. Episdoes Comprise:Series 1:The Body in the LibraryMurder at the Vicarage4.50 from PaddingtonA Murder is AnnouncedSeries 2:Sleeping MurderBy the Pricking of my ThumbsThe Sittaford MysteryThe Moving FingerSeries 3:Towards ZeroNemesisAt Bertram's HotelOrdeal by InnocenceSeries 4:A Pocket Full of RyeMurder is EasyThey do it with MirrorsWhy Didn't they ask Evans?Series 5:The Pale HorseThe Secret of ChimneysThe Blue GeraniumThe Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Cranford where all changes and all remains the same. Miss Matty's house is full of life and bustle. Her dream of having a child in the house has been realised in the birth of Tilly daughter of her maid Martha and carpenter Jem. The shadow of the railway still looms but to the relief of Matty and the Amazons the line has been halted five miles outside of Cranford because of Lady Ludlow's refusal to sell her land. Elsewhere Miss Matty's friend Mr Buxton returns to town with his son William and his niece Erminia. Miss Matty decides to introduce them to Peggy Bell a young woman who lives in an isolated cottage with her mother and domineering brother Edward in the hope of building friendships. But when tragedy strikes she comes to believe that she has opened Pandora's box and fears Cranford will never recover.
Available for the first time on DVD! An animated retelling of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fable which follows young Ellie in her quest for her kidnapped brother and her battle with the evil Snow Queen to save his soul...
After four highly successful series, the international Emmy Award-winning Fresh Fields became French Fields, as William and Hester Fields (Julia McKenzie and Anton Rodgers) followed their children s example and set up home across the Channel. They soon discover there's more than 22 miles of water dividing the English from the French. Hester bravely tries to cross the language barrier using Franglais and mime which rivals Marcel Marceau but leaves the French bewildered. And French customs and culture are no less tricky; even the car steering wheel is in the wrong place, while asking their bad-tempered housekeeper to leave could be seen as despotic and spark a minor revolution. However, despite such difficulties, the Fields persevere in their inimitable style providing comic entertainment for their French friends and viewers alike.
William and Hester Field have been very happily married for twenty years. Their children have flown the nest and Hester thinks there are a few things left to do between now and the pension book. With a renewed zest for life and a fresh dynamism in their relationship she insists that the couple take up a number of new pastimes and challenges - even if William sometimes lacks his wife's enthusiasm and seemingly boundless energy. Starring Anton Rodgers (May to September) as accountant William and Julia McKenzie (Cranford) as accomplished cook Hester Fresh Fields' wry gentle humour made it a firm favourite with viewers spawning an equally popular sequel - French Fields - and earning McKenzie a BAFTA nomination for Best Light Entertainment Performance. The series which aired between 1984 and 1986 was produced and directed by sitcom veteran Peter Frazer-Jones (George and Mildred After Henry). This release contains the complete second series originally screened in 1984.
Pagford is a charming English idyll, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war with plenty of back-stabbing and skulduggery. Adapted from J K Rowlings best selling novel by Screenwriter Sarah Phelps.
BAFTA-nominated Julia McKenzie (Fresh Fields) stars alongside veteran comedy battleaxe Irene Handl in this engaging and highly popular LWT sitcom. Maggie (McKenzie) is a schoolteacher who lives on her own in a flat in London. Pensioner Mrs. P. is her : the nosy next-door neighbour whose continual presence means that divorcee Maggie is never truly alone. In this second series, it seems Maggie's luck may have finally changed; she has a new boyfriend, and for once all seems to be going well. But, inevitably, Mrs. P. insists on offering advice ...
Shirley Valentine: Shirley Bradshaw has always been able to see the funny side of any situation. She was a high-school rebel and now she's a housewife and mother who one day looks back at her life and realises that she has lost touch with her dreams. When her best friend wins a magazine contest and asks Shirley to accompany her on a fortnight's holiday in Greece Shirley begins a voyage of self-discovery. On the island of Mykonos as Shirley luxuriates among sun sand and taramasalata she encounters islander Costas Caldes and falls in love...with life! The First Wives Club: Marriage has turned into a crash dive for Brenda Cushman Elise Atchison and Annie Paradise. These three well-heeled Manhattan women chums during their college days all took different paths. Now they're reunited by catastrophe--each has just been callously dumped by her husband for a younger sexier trophy wife. Smarting from the pain Brenda Elise and Annie join forces and concoct a plan to exact the most exquisitely bitter vengeance upon their exes. War has been declared.
After four highly successful series in 1989 the international Emmy Award-winning Fresh Fields became French Fields as William and Hester Fields (Julia McKenzie and Anton Rodgers) followed their children s example and set up home across the Channel. They soon discover there s more than 22 miles of water dividing the English from the French. Hester s brave attempt to cross the language barrier using Franglais and mime to rival Marcel Marceau merely causes bewilderment. And French customs and culture are no less tricky; even the car steering wheel is in the wrong place while asking a surly housekeeper to leave could be seen as despotic and spark a minor revolution. However despite such difficulties the Fields persevere in their inimitable style providing comic entertainment for their French friends and viewers alike.
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Collection Box Set (16 Discs)
Fresh Fields Julia McKenzie is Maggie a divorced schoolteacher who lives on her own in a flat in London. Comedy battleaxe Irene Handl is her Maggie s nosy next-door neighbour Mrs. P. whose continual presence means that Maggie is never really alone. While Maggie's hoping that Mr. Right will eventually come along it seems certain that Mrs. P.'s infuriating interventions will ensure the path of true love shall always run rough! This engaging highly popular LWT sitcom was an early success for the BAFTA-nominated Julia McKenzie and this first series set also includes the pilot play Poppy and Her first broadcast in 1976.
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