The marketing department of a pharmaceutical company decide to enlist a dentist to endorse its brand of toothpaste despite the fact that they would be struck off for doing so. They hire two post-graduates who sign the contracts without even reading them first. Declaring the toothpaste rubbish the graduates decide to make a better tooth-cleaner worthy of being struck-off!
In its heyday The Two Ronnies was as much a British institution as roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. In a glorious blend of visual and verbal humour a typical programme begins and ends with the pair seated behind a desk reading quick-fire 'news' reports. In between in a packed programme tonight there are sketches 'drama serials' musical routines and a rambling monologue from Ronnie Corbett before finally signing off with their famous catchphrase It's goodnight from me And it's goodnight from him.
Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett were an unlikely comedy team but their talents complemented each other perfectly in a series which ran for 16 years. The dynamite pairing of the Two Ronnies is captured here in all its glory for this eleventh series of the hugely popular sketch show.
Bobby Darin captured live in concert.
Raining Stones is classic Ken Loach--an overtly bleak piece of drama shot through with defiant humour, a story of life beyond the edge of society. Bob (Bruce Jones in a role that foreshadows his more ludicrous Coronation Street character) is unemployed and struggling to make ends meet, especially with the added pressure of his young daughter's first communion and the expense involved. And that's it really--one man's struggle to maintain his dignity and provide for his family. Despite the film's frequent moments of comedy (more often than not provided by Loach regular Ricky Tomlinson), Raining Stones is ultimately more than a little disheartening. The film is in many ways similar to Loach's previous film, Riff Raff (1991), but here the examples of a community pulling together are countered with backstabbing and exploitation. In the end, there are no winners or losers in Loach's world, only those who survive and those who don't. --Phil Udell
Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett were an unlikely comedy team but their talents complemented each other perfectly in a series which ran for 16 years and became a part of British television history. This seventh series was broadcast between December 1978 and February 1979 and contains eight episodes of the usual hilarious fare. This comedy classic boasts extended sketches of Sid & Lily George & Edie; Ronnie Barker speaking on behalf of 'The Society for the Shy and Embarrassed'; Ronnie Corbett in The Last Mango in Paris as well as the famous 'Argentinean Racing Pigeon' and 'Bobby Charlton' sketches. Musical numbers included The North Acton Ladies Slimtastic Club and the Kamikaze Theatre Company and The Manhattan Transfer were the series regular guests. By this series a young David Renwick (One Foot in the Grave Jonathan Creek) had taken over responsibility for writing Ronnie Corbett's monologues from Spike Mullins meanwhile John Sullivan (Only Fools and Horses) was writing many of the Sid and George sketches (now accompanied by sketches featuring the Ronnies as their wives Lily and Edie) . In a glorious blend of visual and verbal humour; a typical programme begins and ends with the pair seated behind a desk reading quick-fire 'news' reports. In between in a packed programme tonight there are sketches 'drama serials' musical routines and a rambling monologue from Ronnie Corbett before finally signing off with their famous catchphrase It's goodnight from me' 'And it's goodnight from him.
The Rolling Stones are widely known as the Greatest Rock 'n' Roll band in the world they are currently on the best selling concert tour of all time and now they have teamed up with the biggest record company in the world Universal Music! The Rolling Stones have joined forces with Universal to release The Biggest Bang DVD Box set which will be coming to living rooms across the world as one of the most ambitious music DVD sets in history! This is a four-DVD set featuring seven
Robin And Marian (Dir. Richard Lester 1976): Robin Hood (Connery) is an old man when he returns with his best friend Little John to England after the Crusades. Maid Marian (Hepburn) has entered a nunnery King Richard is a raving lunatic his Brother John a moron and the age of great adventure has seemed to have passed Robin by. But when The Sheriff of Nottingham (Shaw) once again threatens Sherwood Robin gathers his faithful men and band of peasants to fight oppression in
Ronnie Corbett stars as put-upon Timothy Lumsden a 41 year old man who has yet to leave home due to his domineering mother... Episodes Comprise: 1. For Love Or Mummy 2. Buttons 3. The Godfather 4. Bachelor Seeks Anywhere 5. Does Your Mother Know You're Out? 6. Curse Of The Mummy 7. Cromer Or Bust! 8. Perchance To Dream 9. Sons And Lovers 10. Great Expectations 11. The Next Best Man 12. Could Do Better
It's Goodnight From Me... And It's Goodnight From Him! Barker and Corbett return for a fourth series of classic sketch show comedy; The Two Ronnies.
Two classic comedy Christmas specials in one set. Contains over 5 hours of classic festive comedy on 3 discs.
The classic BBC Comedy series starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett.Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett were a comedy team whose talents complemented each other perfectly in a series that would run for 16 years and become part of British television history.From their introduction, And in a packed programme tonight... to the Goodnight from him, viewers would savour the familiar features - the news items, party, doctor, tramp and yokel sketches, Ronnie Barker's speeches and the rambling monologues from Ronnie Corbett.The six episodes of this twelfth and final series were broadcast between Christmas 1985 and February 1986. Keeping laughs coming right until the end, the series contained great sketches such as Saying Everything Twice,The Cockney Rhyming Police and Mutiny on the Crunchie. Mini dramas included It Came From Outer Hendon and Hercule Poirot Meets Miss Marple and musical numbers featured Barker's great Lightweight Louie Danvers. The series musical guests were Phil Collins and Barbara Dickson.
A typically bored affluent Californian housewife's world of domestic oblivion careers off its axis when she develops a mystery illness that puts her at odds with every aspect of the world around her - cars dry cleaners hair perms and even the new couch! Gradually she develops nosebleeds vomiting and breathing problems and finally collapses. In a desperate search for what is 'safe' she opts for virtual isolation in a porcelain igloo in the Texas desert where the inhabitants drag round oxygen cylinders and the therapists act like evangelical preachers. Injected with horror comic touches and psychological suspense Safe is a visionary tale of the future. Has Carol brought her sickness upon herself or is she made vulnerable by a world that is more dangerous than we or she understands?
Like any good brand, the Rolling Stones know to preserve the formula even when updating the package, and this long-form concert video underscores that market strategy. As with each of their tours since the early 1980s, the quartet, augmented by a discreet auxiliary of backup musicians, gives the fans new eye-candy while dishing up a familiar set list spiked with Mick Jagger's lip-smacking vocals and Keith Richards' signature guitar riffs. The visual twists are at once spectacular and conservative: a cyclopean main stage design with massive pillars (presumably the Babylonian connection), a vast oval video screen (shades of Big Brother), and a hydraulic bridge enabling a mid-concert sortie into the audience, with the Stones playing a more stripped-down, intimate set on a small satellite stage. That huge physical setting doubtless made the live shows eye-filling rock spectacles, but the video crew necessarily accepts the limitations of the small screen, focusing more on close-ups of the band, rapid cuts, and racing, hand-held tracking shots to convey excitement while keeping the viewer close to the action. The evening's repertoire sticks to the band's most familiar hits, and if the Glimmer Twins occasionally slip their masks to let the routine show, the real wonder is how effectively they keep the playing focused. During the first half of the programme, the band's newest songs (especially "Saint of Me" and "Out of Control") elicit conspicuously higher energy from the band, if not the audience. But just as the show seems doomed to a certain anonymity, the escape onto the smaller, no-frills stage pumps up players and crowd alike, particularly when they launch into "Like a Rolling Stone", a cover that winds up sounding like a great idea too long deferred. --Sam Sutherland, Amazon.com
Angela's Ashes (Dir. Alan Parker 1999): Angela's Ashes the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir comes to life in this stirring film from acclaimed director Alan Parker (Evita) starring Academy Award-nominee Emily Watson (Breaking The Waves) and Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty). Life in impoverished Depression-era Ireland holds little promise for young Frank McCourt the oldest son in a tightly knit family. Living by his wits cheered by his irrepressible spirit and sustained by his mother's fierce love Frank embarks on an inspiring journey to overcome the poverty of his childhood and reach the land of his dreams: America. Stepmom (Dir. Chris Columbus 1998): Jackie (Susan Sarandon) is a divorced mother of two. Isabel (Julia Roberts) is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie's ex-husband Luke (Ed Harris) forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. It is the universal dilemma of the 'non-traditional family' they all love the children but the complex interplay between parents step-parents step-children ex-spouses and significant others is decidedly tricky. But when Jackie discovers she is ill both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest while they have the chance. Billy Elliot (Dir. Stephen Daldry 1998): Starring Julie Walters and newcomer Jamie Bell the film (based on a real-life story) follows the progress of little Billy Elliot a motherless 11 year-old from a poor Durham pit village. When young Billy chooses ballet classes over boxing lessons his life is changed forever. He decides to keep the lessons secret from his father a coal miner but when his ballet instructor persuades him to try out for the Royal Ballet School in London Billy must make the choice between family responsibilities and his dreams...
Comedy legend Ronnie Corbett short on stature long on laughs captured live on stage.
This brilliant musical documentary tells the story of Ronnie Lane from his heyday with first the Small Faces and then the Faces through the sixties and seventies and then his experiments with a rural life and the touring musical circus that he dubbed The Passing Show. Finally it charts his latter days once he developed Multiple Sclerosis. Featuring numerous musical clips and interviews with family friends and colleagues including: Eric Clapton Pete Townshend Ian McLagan Kenney Jones Glyn Johns Henry McCullough Joe Ely and many more.
The classic BBC Comedy series starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett were a comedy team whose talents complemented each other perfectly in a series that would run for 16 years and become part of British television history. From their introduction And in a packed programme tonight... to the Goodnight from him viewers would savour the familiar features - the news items party and doctor sketches Ronnie Barker's word-play speeches and the rambling monologues from Ronnie Corbett. This ninth series was broadcast between December 1981 and January 1982. The eight episodes find the Ronnies on top form with great sketches including the Crossed Lines Telephone sketch the Talking Dog and more classic Ronnie Barker Pismonunciation. The series also features the Charladies the Village Idiots and Charley Farley and Piggy Malone in the serial Band of Slaves. Musical numbers included Slim Pickman and Polly Parton the Hendon Symphony Orchestra and The Mounties' Song while guest singers include Marti Webb Elkie Brooks and Sheena Easton.
Featuring two programmes: 'The Very Best Of Benny Hill' and 'The Crazy World Of Benny Hill'.
Two fabulous classic programs giving you an insight into arguably one of the greatest Rock bands of all time. Rock of Ages is packed full of interviews and rare footage of how these legends of Rock remain actively involved and passionate about their music and about performing. Rolling Stones On A Roll takes us right back to how the band first came together, exploring not only Brian Jones' pivotal role in the early days, but also how the events leading up to his tragic death, and the formation of a new line up, propelled the band to even greater stardom.
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