Ian McShane stars as lovable rogue antiques dealer Lovejoy in three 55 minute episodes: The Firefly Cage The Axeman Cometh and The Sting.
Ian McShane stars as Lovejoy the lovable antique dealer who never seems to be able to keep out of trouble.
The ultimate complete Lovejoy collection. This 21 disc box set contains 61 and a half hours of everybody's favourite antiques dealer Lovejoy. Featuring all of series one two three four five and six.
Adapted by celebrated screenwriter Jack Rosenthal (Coronation Street) from C. F. Taylor's acclaimed play of the same name, And a Nightingale Sang struck a chord with audiences when it first aired for its bittersweet, sharply observant and humorous portrait of working-class family life on the British Home Front during World War Two. Despite air raid sirens, gas masks, ration books and whistling bombs punctuating their everyday lives, the Stott family remain stoic as they focus on keeping life as normal as possible. Helen Stott is the family's sensible 30-year-old daughter: a kindly yet self-deprecating girl who walks with a limp, whose life so far has not been very kind to her. Surprised to find love during the chaos of war, she falls for gentle soldier Norman. However, the course of true love runs less than smoothly Starring Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey) as the pitiful Helen Stott, and Tom Watt (Eastenders) as the soldier who steals her heart. Helen's flirty younger sister Joyce is played by Pippa Hinchley (Coronation Street), who is attracted to every solider apart from her own husband (Stephen Tompkinson DCI Banks). John Woodvine (The Crown) also features as the Stott family's father, preferring to escape awkward family situations by banging out popular tunes on the piano than face conflict, and Oscar-nominee Joan Plowright (Enchanted April) as the devoutly Catholic family matriarch, who finds herself drawn to her priest. The DVD will also feature fascinating extras in the form of three real wartime public information films, giving insight into the unrivalled efforts on the British Home Front, from the Imperial War Museum: They Keep the Wheels Turning (1942), Britannia is a Woman (1940) and The New Britain (1940).
The roguish but charming antiques dealer returns for 13 more adventures with Eric and Tinker. Episodes comprise: 1. Friends in High Places 2. Out To Lunch 3. No Strings 4. Angel Trousers 5. The Benin Bronze 6. Eric of Arabia 7. Scotch on the Rocks 8. Loveknots 9. Smoke Your Nose 10. Kids 11. Members Only 12. Highland Fling (Part 1) 13. Highland Fling (Part 2)
Mike Leigh's superlative drama at once hysterically funny and profoundly sad examines a wounded contemporary British family. Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) a young black optometrist has just buried her beloved adoptive mother. In her sorrow she embarks on a search for her birth mother who turns out to be Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn) a white factory worker living a lonely life with her surly daughter Roxanne (Claire Rushbrook). No one in the family except Cynthia's brother Mauri
If a film fan had never heard of director Mike Leigh, one might explain him as a British Woody Allen. Not that Leigh's films are whimsical or neurotic; they are tough-love examinations of British life--funny, outlandish and biting. His films share a real immediacy with Allen's work: they feel as if they are happening now. Leigh works with actors--real actors--on ideas and language. There is no script at the start (and sometimes not at the end). Secrets and Lies involves Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), an elegant black woman wanting to learn her birth mother's identity. She will find it's Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn), who is one of the saddest creatures we've seen in film. She's also one of the most real and, ultimately, one of the most loveable. Timothy Spall is Cynthia's brother, a giant man full of love who is being slowly defeated by his fastidious wife (Phyllis Logan). There is a great exuberance of life in Secrets & Lies, winner of the Palme D'Or and best actress (Blethyn) at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival--not Zorba-type life but the little battles fought and won every day. Leigh's honest interpretation of daily life is usually found only on the stage. Secrets & Lies is more realistic than a stage production, however, especially when Leigh shows us uninterrupted scenes. Critic David Denby states that Leigh has "made an Ingmar Bergman film without an instant of heaviness or pretension." If that sounds like your cup of tea, see Secrets & Lies. --Doug Thomas
All Gavin has to do is drive from London to Glasgow in time for his father's birthday. Easy. But nothing in Gavin's life is ever easy. First there is his car - it's slow temperamental and utterly infuriating. And then there is the hitch-hiker Yvonne - she's much the same. As they travel North they meet an extraordinary array of eccentric characters and find out a little about life... and each other.
Yet more antiques-related tomfoolery from Lovejoy Eric And Tinker! Episodes comprise: 1. Stones of Destiny 2. Poetic Licence 3. The Peking Gun
Secrets And LiesNominated for 5 Oscars winner of 3 BAFTA Awards and the winner of 'Best Film' at the Cannes Film Festival Mike Leigh's hilarious bittersweet comedy is an unmissable and moving slice of real life. Life Is SweetLife is Sweet is the remarkable story of an unremarkable British family told in the classic tragi-comedy style that is uniquely Mike Leigh's. It covers issues of unemployment anorexia failure nervous breakdown and hope as they affect one suburban London family and their friends and acquaintances. The characters and story were created with and by the actors - giving a special edge and momentum to the unfolding events. Leigh's sharply satirical and unsentimentally compassionate view of life strikes a chord with audiences and critics alike. Life is Sweet brings together an impressive cast - including Alison Steadman ('Let Them Eat Cake') Jim Broadbent ('The Avengers') Jane Horrocks ('Little Voice') and Timothy Spall ('Topsy Turvey') - many of whom have worked with Leigh in the past as has producer Simon Channing-Williams. Career GirlsFormer college flatmates Annie (Lynda Steadman) and Hannah (Katrin Cartlidge) decide to meet up in London for the weekend. Naturally both girls have changed since their student days of some 10 years earlier. The curry loving Cure obsessed acne ridden and moody flatmates of yesteryear have been replaced by confident career girls of today. As they talk go flat-hunting get drunk and bump into numerous people from their past the girls start to reminisce upon their earlier friendship.
Three more episodes from the much loved series starring Ian McShane as the rogue antiques dealer Lovejoy. Episodes comprise: 1. Pig In A Poke 2. Who Is The Fairest Of Them All 3. A Going Concern
Set in Newcastle towards the end of World War 2 this romantic drama chronicles the sacrifices made by a blue-collar woman and her family. This is the story of the Stotts an eccentric family waging their personal battles against the terrifying backdrop of Britain during WW2.
Ian McShane stars as lovable rogue antiques dealer Lovejoy in four episodes: The Real Thing The March of Time and Death & Venice (parts 1 & 2).
Ian McShane stars as lovable rogue antiques dealer Lovejoy in three more episodes: 'Montezuma's Revenge' 'Who Dares Sings' and 'One Born Every Minute'.
Ian McShane stars as lovable rogue antiques dealer Lovejoy in three 55 minut episodes - Friends In High Places Out To Lunch and No Strings. The episodes feature Lovejoy with his associates Tinker Dell Eric Catchpole and Lady Jane Felsham.
Ian McShane stars as lovable rogue antiques dealer Lovejoy in 3 episodes: 'National Wealth' 'Sugar And Spice' and 'Raise The Hispanic'.
Three episodes featuring the roguish antique's dealer. Episodes include: 'Just Deserts' 'The Italian Venus' and 'Bin Diving'.
Ian McShane stars as lovable rogue antiques dealer Lovejoy in three 55 minute episodes - Lily's Pearls Riding In Rollers and The Black Virgin Of Vladimir. The episodes feature Lovejoy with his associates Tinker Dill Eric Catchpole and Lady Jane Felsham.
Ian McShane stars as lovable rogue antiques dealer Lovejoy. Features the episodes: 'The Prague Sun (feature length special)' and 'The Napoleonic Commode'.
Another collection of Lovejoy episodes starring Ian McShane. Episodes comprise 1. Flag the Flag 2. Judgement of Solomon 3. The Galloping Major
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