Based on Peter Barnes' hit play this caustic hilarious and irreverent black comedy has rightly become a cult classic. The House of Gurney has a family problem - namely the 14th Earl of Gurney (Peter O' Toole) who thinks he is Jesus Christ and when restored to 'normalcy' turns into Jack the Ripper. Unfortunately the young earl is also the sole heir to the family fortune so his relatives go to great lengths to trick him into siring a new heir. Then they can institutionalise him and gain access to the money through the child. But the 14th Earl of Gurney has a few tricks up his sleeve... This controversial tragicomedy managed to condemn just about every section of British society - from the public school system to the Houses of Parliament and from the Church to homosexuality. It also boasts some truly inspirational performances including O'Toole (who received an Oscar nomination for his tour de force role) Alastair Sim as a feeble-minded bishop and Arthur Lowe as a hilariously insolent left wing manservant.
A 17-year-old boy (Chad Lowe) is killed in an automobile accident. As the facts come to light the indications are that the boy has actually taken his own life. His mother (Mariette Hartley) and sister (Dana Hill) don't agree and try to search for the truth. Even the father (Howard Hesseman) digs in his heels and refuses to face the probability of a suicide. As the story unravels the boy's best friend (Charlie Sheen) is tormented by the possibility that perhaps he could have prevented the tragedy.
The classic Western tale tale of the Jesse James gang! With the Civil War over Frank and Jesse James (Bill Paxton and Rob Lowe) retreat to the family farm where they witness the murder of their younger brother while Yankee soldiers turn their backs. The James boys feel they have no choice but to seek their own justice. They join the younger brothers to form a gang of rebels that wage a bloody war against its corrupt enemies in robbing their banks stagecoaches and train. In retaliat
Pippa (Daisy Lowe) is a physically and emotionally scarred former model living as a recluse in her meticulous Georgian flat. When a heist taking place in the same building goes wrong, Pippa s home is broken into by the charismatic Kayleigh (Eliza Bennett).
Meet Lizzie McGuire. She is so thirteen years old with all the worries every thirteen-year-old has. Join Lizzie (Hilary Duff) and her cartoon alter ego for an hilarious look at life on the edge - of teen years... Episodes comprise: 1. Educating Ethan 2. Lizzie Strikes Out 3. Last Year's Model 4. Courtship of Miranda Sanchez 5. Facts of Life
Over five hours of your favourite Mr Men and Little Miss characters spread over 42 episodes! Includes: Series One and Two of Mr Men the complete series of Little Miss and the Mr Men Christmas Special - The Christmas Letter.
In this hilarious programme we revisit some of Sid James' funniest moments from an illustrious career that has made him one of Britain's best loved comedy heroes. Laugh again at some of the best sketches ever written for film and television and a few that may have escaped you from his earlier career. In addition to archive interviews with Mr James himself we also hear the first hand reflections of his long term partners Diana Coupland and Jack Douglas and others he starred with such as Olga Lowe Bill Roberton who all pay tribute to the comic genius that was Sid James. Although sadly missed Sid James will continue to entertain us on TV screens for years to come via the comic legacy that is the classic series of 'Carry On' films 'Bless This House' 'Citizen James' 'Hancock's Half Hour' and much more.
Susan is a woman whose horrific history of abuse refuses to release its tormenting grip on her. Tanya is a lost child searching for the mother she has never known. As the two seek reconciliation with their pasts, their paths become intertwined resulting in a surreal nightmare they won't wake up from until some form of blood soaked absolution has been exacted
An author discovers fame when his book skyrockets to the bestseller list. But the trappings of his success challenges his relationships to his wife and daughter and it takes a visit from a mysterious stranger telling him he has 40 days to live for him to get his moral bearings back.
Ray Trueblood (Jeff Fahey) was a member of a New York street gang until he was framed by Billy Spider Masters (Billy Drago) an enemy in a rival gang. Ray is falsely accused of killing a cop and has to escape leaving behind his little brother Donny (Chad Lowe). Ten years later Ray returns to the neighbourhood to reunite with his younger brother but things are worse than he feared. Donny is now 18 years old he hates Ray for leaving him behind and is now a member of Billy Masters' gang. Furthermore Billy Masters is after revenge and the police are still looking for Ray for the murder of the police officer. Ray attempts to clear his name and convince Donny of what really happened.
When Howard Johns is accidentally released from Cresthaven mental hospital he returns to Barrington College the scene 20 years before of the brutal and vicious murders of a number of young and beautiful girls. Dr Joan Gilmore a psychiatrist follows him terrified that the horrific crimes of 20 years before will be re-enacted. Sucked into a vortex of horror Joan fights for her sanity and her life.
This hilarious six part E4 series draws its inspiration from the world of celebrity film history and the downright weird in a distinctive yet warm-hearted collection of sketches. From playing a kooky cast of characters to delving into the peculiarities of their imaginary flat-share the girls take the viewer on a trip through a comic land where nothing is off limits. With surreal humour and silly performances abundant Beehive is an ground-breaking cutting edge collaboration between four female writers and performers with an intoxicating chemistry; Sarah Kendall (first female performer to receive a nomination for Perrier Award) Alice Lowe (Garth Marenghi's Dark Place) Barunka O'Shaughnessy (Bo! In the USA and Respectable) and Clare Thompson from the sketch group Piggy Nero and is set to firmly establish these performers as hot properties in British comedy.
From a novel by John Irving comes this darkly comic tale of an eccentric New England family. As the father moves them from one place to the next setting up a new hotel each time the assortment of oddball characters seem to become involved in ever more bizarre situations. Frannie becomes obsessed with the boy that attacks her John becomes obsessed with Frannie his sister and both of them fall for a girl who is so insecure she hides in a bear outfit. Frank is coming to terms with his homosexuality and the youngest Lily is convinced she isn't growing. The family pet is a flatulent dog that ends up stuffed and causes more trouble than when it was alive.
The Eastern Bloc has fallen and Communism is dead. In its place has come new opportunity but not without a deadly price. Powerful Mafia families have emerged from the anarchy to vie for control of the lucrative underground weapons and technology trade. Crazy Six (Rob Lowe) and Dirty Mao (Mario Van Peebles) are the leaders of two rivalling mob families who agree to form an uneasy alliance in order to overthrow Raul (Ice-T) the leader of one of the largest crime cartels in Europe. But when the mission goes awry the place turns into a deadly battleground with three world-class gangsters fighting each other to the death.
When one of Satan's messengers (Rob Lowe) is sent to Earth and falls in love with a living angel there's going to be one hell of a good time in this romantic comedy...
In an attempt to revisit a creative collaboration and revive his marriage, a theatre director brings together a group of performers to spend a week with him and his wife in an isolated, mountainous part of southern France. As the work progresses, fiction and reality become blurred and there is a constant tension between the characters emotional lives and the nature of the work - an investigation into the changing nature of love. The couple are haunted by memories and dreams which, in the end, threaten not only the venture but the marriage itself. All this is underpinned by a sense of melancholy, reflected in the songs and music performed, and in the dramatic and implacably beautiful landscape.
Billy: life has changed since school but has Billy noticed? Wendy: respectable hardworking and a virgin. Daddy says marry a nice boy but she has other ideas! Alec: success wealth and a wife. He knows what he wants but can he have it? Kevin: what's his secret? Scared of Women? Gay? Or is it something that'll really shock his best friend? Jules: life is one high-powered party. Sex drugs and really pushing life to the limit. Leslie: she loves her work and she loves her boyfriend...but work's less trouble! Kirbo: a romantic wrestling with reality chasing the girl of his dreams. This is the story of a tightly-knit group of college graduates who must now confront as individuals all the issues of life after college in the 1980s. They must make tough decisions regarding their careers and relationships that will shape a lifetime and cause conflicts within their friendships. This is an eighties classic (note the fantastic Brat pack cast!) so a expect to laugh cry and go through it all with the characters. This is the 'Breakfast Club' of college graduates.
WHAT IF ONE MORNING YOU WOKE UP HOMELESS? Adam is a man who has it all: a nice house, a loving wife and a beautiful daughter. But one morning he wakes up in a hostel for the homeless with no idea how he got there and no recollection of his former life. NO FIXED ABODE charts the unraveling of Adam's mental state and show3s both the horrors of homelessness and just how close all of us are to finding ourselves living on the street. NO FIXED ABODE is the first film in the 104 Films Studio projects - a raft of low budget feature films around themes and stories of disability and disadvantage, made by disabled and disadvantaged film talent. Several homeless trainees worked on the production of the film.
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