The hilarious new comedy from David Walliams about a dysfunctional staff room unrequited love and chess club! Deputy Head of Science Mr Church (David Walliams) has been at Greybridge School for 15 years. Disillusioned with teaching he is about to resign after a particularly dramatic experiment with liquid nitrogen and 1000 ping pong balls is met with apathy by his pupils. However the arrival of the new French teacher changes everything! Taking up her post following the tragic death of her predecessor Miss Postern (Catherine Tate) is determined to make a difference in the classroom with new teaching methods - anyone for Vocab Tennis? PE teacher and would-be lothario Mr Gunn (Philip Glenister) is also interested in the new French teacher and is determined to plough Miss Postern - probably on Friday night when his mum is at seniors' Zumba.
Napoleonic forces are sweeping across Europe and Spain is on the brink of falling to the mighty invasion. Standing alone against the onslaught is one brave fighter and his ragtag band of guerillas. Seizing a gigantic cannon Spanish fighter Miguel (Sinatra) plans to attack Napoleon's army by battering the walls of French-occupied Avila. But because he's untrained in complex weaponry he must rely on the expertise of Captain Trumbell (Grant) a British naval officer. Allies on the
This morning they were playing ping-pong in the hospital rec room. Now they're lost in New York and framed for murder. This was never covered in group therapy. Michael Keaton heads an all-star cast in this irresistible comedy about four mental patients who are seperated from their therapist on the way to a baseball game. A chronic liar with a violent streak Billy (Michael Keaton) finds himself on the loose in New York City with his fellow group-therapy patients: Henry (Chri
THEY SLIME. THEY OOZE. THEY KILL. From celebrated Spanish director Juan Piquer Simón, the man behind the truly demented slasher flick Pieces (1982), comes a terrifying tale of mutant slugs on the rampage in small-town America. The townsfolk of a rural community are dying in strange and gruesome circumstances. Following the trail of horrifically mutilated cadavers, resident health inspector Mike Brady is on the case to piece together the mystery. He soon comes to a terrifying conclusion giant slugs are breeding in the sewers beneath the town, and they're making a meal of the locals! Based on the novel by acclaimed British horror author Shaun Hutson, Slugs outdoes its creature feature peers by adding an extra dose of gross-out gore into the equation, culminating in one of the most squirm-inducing animal attack movies ever to slither its way across screens. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: Brand new restoration from original film elements Original Stereo audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary by writer and filmmaker Chris Alexander Here's Slugs In Your Eye an interview with actor Emilio Linder They Slime, They Ooze, They Kill: The Effects of Slugs an interview with special effects artist Carlo De Marchis Invasion USA an interview with art director Gonzalo Gonzalo The Lyons Den an interview and locations tour with production manager Larry Ann Evans 1988 Goya Awards promo reel Original Theatrical Trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Wes Benscoter Fully-illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by writer Michael Gingold
8 episodes of Ashes to Ashes the BBC's follow-up to Life On Mars starring Philip Glenister and Keeley Hawes.
The Flaxton Boys' story concludes with the fourth series in the epic children's drama charting the adventures of four generations of a family at their imposing manor house in a fictional Yorkshire village. Seventeen years have passed the since the previous series. It is now August 1945, and Jonathan's son Matthew and Terry Nichols are the new Flaxton Boys. As World War Two comes to an end, the soldiers who were billeted at Flaxton Hall are preparing to leave. The evacuees, too, are on the move all, that is, except Terry, a boy who has no home to return to. He and Matthew are not immediately the best of friends, but with Benjamin's return from the Navy, a shared adventure is to bring them together.
The hilarious smash hit comedy returns starring an award winning cast; David Walliams (Gangsta Granny Mr Stink Come Fly With Me Little Britain) Catherine Tate (Catherine Tate’s Nan The Catherine Tate Show Doctor Who) Philip Glenister (Mad Dogs Ashes to Ashes Life on Mars) and Frances da la Tour (Harry Potter Rising Damp Vicious). It may be start of a new year at Greybridge School but the teaching staff is as dysfunctional as ever. Series 2 features the arrival of Dr Dalton (Jimmy Akingbola; Rev Holby City Silk) an unwelcome visit from Offsted a challenging parents evening and a member of staff goes to meet his maker…
Opera in three acts produced live at the Metropolitan Opera on 7 November 1977.
Episode 1:Luke Rutherford is your average teenager - until his dead father's best friend Rupert Galvin turns up. Galvin has come to tell Luke his secret destiny: he's the real-life great-grandson of Abraham Van Helsing the vampire hunter in Bram Stoker's Dracula. Luke is set to inherit the family mantle as a warrior against the supernatural entities swarming the earth. Unfortunately powerful Half-Life Gladiolus Thrip (Mackenzie Crook) is standing in his way. Episode 2: In the second episode six-year-old Madge might think her sister has been 'taken up to heaven by an angel... but Galvin suspects otherwise. Everything points to half-life involvement and he thinks it's the perfect project for Luke. A visit to zombie priest Father Simeon (guest star Richard Wilson) confirms Galvin's suspicions. Gilgamel is no angel - he's a demon a travesty demon a Type 9 entity attracted by the odour of sanctity. Can Luke rise to the challenge? Episode 3: Galvin lets his emotions get the better of him when his wife's murderer Mr Tibbs arrives in town. Hell-bent on revenge and with no regard for his own safety Galvin arms himself to the teeth and embarks on what amounts to little more than a suicide mission. The problem is his thirst for vengeance leads him straight into rat-man's trap putting more than his own life at risk. Episode 4: When a bad boy vampire arrives on the scene and Mina starts behaving strangely Galvin gets suspicious. Mina confesses that Quincey is back. He has come for her - he wants her to give in to her half-blood heritage. Galvin reassures her that he of all people understands - but they both know that sentiment has no place in the smiting game. One thing's for sure - a battle of epic proportions is in the offing... Episode 5: With news of a strange murder in the capital in episode five Mina and Galvin investigate. Mina's abilities give her terrifying visions and she begins to fear for Luke's safety. Then Ruby discovers that the entity chasing Luke can take the form of a woman in order to stalk her prey and alarm bells start to ring. Could Luke's new girlfriend Alice really be more Half-Life than human? Episode 6: In the final episode of the series after a run-in with a pyromancer Luke is haunted by dreams about the car crash that killed his father and Galvin's connection to it. Psychic Karen convinces him his godfather is not the man he seems and with Gladiolus Thrip back on the scene and showing an unhealthy interest in Luke's past the vampire-fighting duo look set to be torn apart.
Starring John Woodvine as the highly experienced Detective Chief Superintendent Kingdom, New Scotland Yard presents an authentic portrayal of detective work in the increasingly violent London of the 1970s. With ex-Chief Superintendent Frank Williams (former head of the Yard's Murder Squad) acting as adviser, this second series also includes appearances by Dennis Waterman, Don Henderson, Philip Madoc, George Baker and Michael Kitchen. Having faced a disciplinary board on charges of misconduct...
A twentieth century Antigone Zina evokes the life of Zina Bronstein daughter of Leon Trotsky. In 1930's Berlin Zina is being treated by Professor Kronfeld and during this psychoanalysis which includes some hypnosis she recalls incidents from both her own life and that of her father as a leader of the revolution as the holder of state power and later in exile. Against the background of the progressive deterioration of the situation in Europe threatened by the rise of fascism
This world premiere of a gripping new work by composer Harrison Birtwistle and librettist David Harsent, commissioned by The Royal Opera, brings the monstrous, Greek mythological character to the stage. The Minotaur, part man, part beast, trapped in his labyrinth, longs to discover his true identity and his own voice. Theseus, sent as part of a debt sacrifice to the monster, is determined to kill him; he attracts the attention of Ariache, half-sister and keeper of The Minotaur, and it is her help than ensures his success.
The story of the Flaxton Boys continues, with this second series in the epic Yorkshire-set children's drama featuring four generations of young inhabitants from the fictional Flaxton Hall. Series one saw the Flaxton heir, Jonathan, and his friend Archie Weekes eventually outwit the avaricious Sir Peregrine Stilgoe in his quest for the hall's hidden treasure. Now, some forty years on, the Flaxton boys are Peter Weekes (played by Kes star Dai Bradley), son of Archie and Sarah Weekes, and David Stilgoe ward of Sir Tarquin Stilgoe, Sir Peregrine's son. Sir Peregrine has died in a coach accident, and Stilgoe Lodge has passed to Sir Tarquin, a man as ruthless as his father and equally an enemy of the Flaxtons. This new adventure sees the boys searching for the Flaxton heir, who mysteriously vanishes as a new threat to the family home emerges: the valuable seams of coal that lie below its foundations, and whose whereabouts are known only to Sir Tarquin...
More intriguing investigations for Agatha Christie's famed Belgian detective... Yellow Iris: A new French restaurant is opening in London. Poirot is reminded of an unsolved case that occured at a restaurant with the same name in Buenos Aires where the wife of an oil tycoon died mysteriously. When the London restaurant opens events appear to be repeating themselves but this time Poirot is determined not to fail. The Case Of The Missing Will: Poirot and Hastings are in Cambridge attending a Union Society debate. Poirot's old friend Andrew Marsh is one of the speakers. Marsh is in poor health and later at his home announces that he intends to change his will the next day. When on the following morning he is found dead in the nearby wood Poirot becomes involved in a case of infedelity illegitimacy and inheritance.
THE IDES OF MARCH is the much anticipated political thriller written and directed by George Clooney and starring George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Giamatti, released in the UK on October 28.
A writer in the process of a divorce moves to the countryside. She employs a gardener and becomes emotionally attached to him. However the gardener hides a secret.
Set in rural Northumberland during the 1830's this Catherine Cookson series tells of Cissie Brodie's struggle to keep the family intact when the sudden death of her parents causes them to be evicted from their cottage...
Two-time Best Actor winners Spencer Tracy and Fredric March go toe-to-toe in this thrilling re-creation of the most titanic courtroom battle of the twentieth century. Garnering four Academy Award nominations including Best Actor (Tracy) and featuring Gene Kelly in a rare critically acclaimed dramatic role Inherit the Wind is powerful provocative cinema and a helping measure of entertainment. The controversial subject of evolution versus creation causes two polar opposites to enga
Paul Reynolds is a Gatsby-like figure: owner of a magnificent house a host of great parties and a collector of interesting people. He persuades Lizzie Thomas a secretary in a local estate agent to come and work for him as his assistant to bring some order to his chaos. He inspires her with his enthusiasm and imagination and frustrates her with his apparent carelessness and destructiveness which culminates in her calling the police as a great party is turned over by local troubl
The original 1947 version of this Valentine Davies story follows the misadventures of Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) as he gets a job playing Santa Claus at Macy's department store in New York City. Natalie Wood is the little girl who tells him she doesn't believe in Santa, and Maureen O'Hara and John Payne are the couple who help Kris through a trial in which he must prove he's the jolly fellow from the North Pole. A sweet movie and perennial Christmas favourite, Miracle on 34th Street is one of those films that gets under your skin and must be revisited every so often. --Tom Keogh
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