Join Arthur and Terry in a couple of special episodes of Minder. Featuring Minder's 'Christmas Bonus'(1983) and 'Around the Corner'(1984).
Three more rollicking good tales starring Michael Palin in various guises. Written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones. 'The Testing Of Eric Olthwaite' 'Whinfrey's Last Case' and 'The Curse of The Claw'. The Testing of Eric Olthwaite: A Ripping Northern Yarn set in the dark days of the depression before Last of the Summer Wine started bringing jobs to the area. Eric's tough mining parents find their son so boring that they run away from home. Eric torn between love for his parents and lack of brain cells becomes involved with a hardened criminal. The rest is history. Whinfrey's Last Case: Dashing Gerald Whinfrey saves his country twice a week but in 1913 a German plot to start the First World War without telling anybody coincides with his holiday. Where do Whinfrey's priorities lie? Has he got any? A knockout tale of international intrigue. If only Dickens could write like this - Mrs Reg Dickens Eltham. The Curse of the Claw: Gothic terror comes to Maidenhead. A timely reminder of what happens when men dabble in the dark world of oriental superstition. Michael Palin aided by inexpensive plastic surgery plays old and young Kevin as well as Kevin's childhood hero Uncle Jack - an enormously cheerful physical disaster area who has every disease known to man usually at the same time.
Episode 1 - An Officer and a Car Salesman: Arthur sells counterfeit military gear and Inspector Chisholm takes an interest but ends up interfering with a surveillance operation! Featuring Dennis Waterman. Episode 2 - The Cruel Canal: Arthur needs to deliver a consignment of videos and borrows a barge causing strains in the family. Featuring Gary Webster.
The aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey investigates the death of a young copywriter at a top advertising agency. Can Lord Peter solve the crime before more deaths occur?
Sean Bean stars as the dashing and daredevil Napoleonic hero Richard Sharpe Hero of Wellington's Spanish Army. But Sharpe unwittingly becomes caught up in a French plot; hie is convicted of the murder of a Spanish nobleman and sentenced to death this time he will need more than just his legendary courage to survive. In a desperate attempt to clear his name Sharpe is forced to venture deep into enemy territory to capture La Marquesa a beautiful French spy who alone can prove his innocence.
This is the splendid film adaptation of John Irving's bestseller. Robin Williams plays the role of T.S. Garp a complex and unpredictabale young man at odds with a violent and cruel world... The World According To Garp earned two Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor: one for John Lithgow; and the other for Glenn Close as Best Supporting Actress.
David Schwimmer plays a drifting twentysomething who receives a telephone call out of the blue to be a pallbearer at the funeral of someone he supposedly knew in school. Trouble is, the caller has mistaken Schwimmer's character for someone else, but our hapless hero--who still lives with his mother at home--doesn't know how to say no. An encounter with the dead man's mother (Barbara Hershey) leads to a sexual relationship, while an old flame (Gwyneth Paltrow) from high school is suddenly on the horizon if only Schwimmer's loser character can quickly get his act together. The Pallbearer is the umpteenth variation on the Oedipal conflicts made famous in Mike Nichols's The Graduate, but it doesn't have the imagination, vitality, or authority to take classic themes about growing up all the way to the finish line. But in its brooding, comic way, The Pallbearer is honest about the difficulties of crossing the line into adulthood when one doesn't know how. --Tom Keogh
EPISODE 4 - Don't Tell Them Willie Boy Was Here: Terry has to mind Willie Reynolds champion boxer who is making a comeback after two years away from the ring. EPISODE 5 - Not Bad Lad Dad: When Terry arrives home to find 9 year old Peter sitting on his doorstep it's a minding job that he had not anticipated. EPISODE 6 - The Beet Hunter: Arthur goes out on the town with 'Yorkie' an old mate from his army days and manages to lose him. Terry and Arthur have to find him before
Growing up in the shadow of Sin City Las Vegas smart but troubled high-schooler Alex Mackendrick is dissed by his girlfriend bullied by his boss and abused by his drunken step-father. However his life is about to change when he becomes empowered by a pair of prototype telekinetic gloves stolen from his only real friend an experimental scientist. The God-fearing teen spins violently over the edge when the scientist is accidentally killed during a fight over the gloves. Convinced that his life is over Alex heads out on a resentment-filled revenge spree using his newly acquired kinetic powers to pay back those who have done him wrong.
The final six episodes of Minder to feature Dennis Waterman as Terry McCann comprise: It's A Sorry Lorry Morrie / Days of Fine and Closures / Fatal Impression / The Last Video Show / Fiddler on the Hoof / The Wrong Goodbye.
The plot of The Unpleasantness At The Bellona Club takes a new turn concentrating not on who did it? but moreover when was it done? A vast inheritance depends on the timing of the deaths of an elderly brother and sister - the sequence of deaths is the Big Question. Once this is established only then can Peter Wimsey's sleuthing turn to who the murderer is...
ROAD TO BALI is the sixth 'Road' picture featuring the immortal screen combo of Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour and Bing Crosby and the only one in the series made in Technicolor. Hope and Crosby play music hall artists in Australia after the usual series of hilarious mishaps they find themselves on the run and end up in Port Darwin where they are hired as deep-sea divers searching for treasure. Here they meet the lovely Princess McTavish (Lamour). Hope has an encounter with a sea monst
Four young army men are forced to confront their prejudicial feelings shortly before being sent to Vietnam.
When two cops convince the kids of the street to settle their differences in teh ring the leader of the local crime syndicate begins to gun down police and civilians.
Welcome to Camp New Horizons where an Autumn retreat brings together a group of obnoxious rich kids and surly city thugs for an 'experiment in sharing'. But when notorious transexual psychopath Angela Baker joins the horny teens she shares a lesson in butchery with axes trucks firecrackers lawnmowers and more.
This documentary examines the Seattle music scene combined punk rock and heavy metal to create the grunge movement. More than just music it became a major social and fashion trend with a massive effect on American culture.
Follow the era of British Comedy Greats from the silent screen stars Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel, to the modern day stand-ups Peter Kay and Michael McIntyre. When it comes to the great icons of comedy, Britain rules the airwaves, screen and stage. No other country in the world can boast such a pedigree of top comic entertainers and their legacy lives on through their recordings and films. From the silent screen stars Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel, to the modern day stand-ups Peter Kay ...
EPISODE 10 - The Old School Tie: An old school friend of Terry's escapes from prison claiming he is innocent and wants Terry to help him prove it. EPISODE 11 - All About Scoring Innit?: Terry has to mind Danny Varrow footballer gambler boozer and womaniser extraordinaire when he leaves his club in the lurch. EPISODE 12 - Caught In The Act Fact: Arthur is up to something particularly fishy. Terry helps his old friend Des and is in real danger of being run in by the law...
Northfork: Northfork is a mythical tale of loss and resurrection continuing The Polish Brothers' cinematic obsession with the American heartland and the country's shifting dreams and visions. It is 1955 and the barren town of Northfork is quite literally about to be 'dammed'. Plans for a new hydro-electric plant in the area mean that the plains on which the town stands are soon to be flooded. With most of the townsfolk already evacuated several stoic citizens remain among them a lustful young couple a modern-day Noah who has built an ark for his two wives and a frail orphan boy who dreams he is the lost member of a host of wandering angels. Charged with removing the last of the residents is an Evacuation Committee comprising of six trench-coated agents some of whom will discover their own lives profoundly changed before the deluge is over. (Dir. Michael Polish 2003) Twin Falls Idaho: A different kind of love story. The minute he wakes up and the minute before sleep - for two minutes each day Blake Falls feels alone. He tries to grab those minutes before they vanish. They are enough to remind him who he is. Francis Falls understands that if it weren't for Blake he wouldn't be able to make it. His conjoined twin's heart is very strong. Blake he knows could live without him. The brothers live quietly in an eccentric hotel peopled with odd characters talking in a shorthand formed over 25 years. They dress impeccably in a custom-tailored suit adjusting each other's ties; they dine on cotton candy and on their birthday their only meal is their trademark chocolate cake; they blow out two candles one at a time. They can keep straight faces while telling outrageous tales from their earlier days in show business. When Francis becomes ill Blake holds him through the night the way he always has. Together they feel complete. When Penny (Michele Hicks) a beautiful young woman enters their lives for the first time someone sees the brothers' world from the inside. She makes them think of possibilities when they're certain there aren't any. They start to wonder how it would be to feel complete in new ways. ""Maybe I'll call you when I'm single "" Blake quips. They imagine living not as medical anomalies but as individuals who can breathe walk and dream on their own. (Dir. Michael Polish 1999)
Series 5 of Minder continues the comic adventures of Arthur Daley (George Cole) and Terry McCann (Dennis Waterman). Strong support is provided as ever by Dave The Barman (Glynn Edwards) Inspector Chisholm (Patrick Malahide) and guest star appearances from the likes of Robbie Coltrane Ray Winstone Beryl Reid and others. All together - ""I could be so good for you!"" Episode titles: 'Goodbye Sailor' 'What Makes Shamy Run?' 'A Number of Old Wives' Tales' 'The Second Time Ar
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