True virtue triumphs over superficiality in this distinguished BBC production of Jane Austen's celebrated novel Mansfield Park.Mansfield Park is the magnificent country residence of Sir Thomas Bertram and his family. It is here that their poor relation Fanny Price is brought up. Never allowed to forget her good fortune, Fanny is ignored by her cousins, with the exception of Edmund, who alone treats her with care and affection. But will she ever be able to win a valued place in the household and the heart of the man of her dreams?
Starring Dominic West and Emily Watson this is the story of Fred & Rosemary West told through Janet Leach (the Appropriate Adult). Janet Leach was an ordinary housewife who volunteered to help an illiterate prisoner. The man was Britain's worst serial sex killer and he confessed his darkest secrets to her - she even accompanied the killer when he was taken to reveal the burial grounds of some of his victims outside of his Cromwell Street house. It provides a unique insight into the police investigation which led to the conviction of Fred and Rose West and the crucial role Janet Leach played as the appropriate adult and focuses on the time between Fred's arrest and his suicide on New Year's Day 1995. Award-winning actress Emily Watson plays Leach who sat in on more than 40 interviews over many months and listened to 'the most harrowing and horrifying details' of West's crimes.
Alexander Armstrong stars as a reluctant and dangerously incompetent vet in this sharply scripted BBC-1 sitcom from Men Behaving Badly creator Simon Nye. Running for two series, Beast also stars Emma Pierson, Sylvestra Le Touzel and Smack the Pony's Doon Mackichan - along with an array of live animals. This complete set makes both series available for the first time. Nick is fortunate enough to have inherited a successful rural practice from his father. The problem is that he i...
Unavailable in any video format since its original broadcast outings this BFI DVD edition of the cult children's science fiction series will delight its many fans who will remember the unmistakable face of its central figure the alien boy Peep-Peep. Across ten episodes The Boy from Space follows a brother and sister Dan and Helen who encounter a young alien child who they name Peep-Peep. When Peep-Peep and his father are kidnapped by the terrifying Thin Space Man it is up to Dan and Helen to follow a trail of clues to find their new friend. Originally broadcast (in black and white) in 1971 as part of the BBC's educational 'Look and Read' strand The Boy from Space was re-broadcast in 1980 in a revised version featuring the characters Wordy and Cosmo. This long-awaited DVD edition includes the 1980 broadcast version along with recordings from the original BBC Records spoken word vinyl release and a specially-prepared uninterrupted version of the original drama sequences. Episodes Comprise: The Meteorite The Spinning Compass The Man in the Sand-pit In Danger! The Hold-up Where is Tom? The Hunt for the Car The Lake Captured! In the Spaceship Features: Newly-created continuous drama presentation of the original 1971 narrative sequences Original spoken word recordings from the BBC Records vinyl release
True virtue triumphs over superficiality in this distinguished BBC production of Jane Austen's celebrated novel Mansfield Park. Set in 18th century England Jane Austen's tale of virtue and vice tells of young impoverished Fanny Price who arrives at the elegant country estate of her uncle Sir Thomas Bertam. Snubbed by everyone except her cousin Edmund Fanny begins her long struggle for acceptance by her shallow relatives who believe wealth automatically means quality. When
Robson Green takes stars as a rent collector in this acclaimed TV minseries adaptation of the Catherine Cookson drama.
Pride And Prejudice (Dir. Simon Langton 1995): The arrival of the wealthy Mr. Darcy in the neighbourhood causes great excitement within the Bennet family. One of her five daughters Mrs Bennet feels is sure to capture the heart of the wealthy young aristocrat. That fate befalls the spirited Elizabeth. Judging him on first impressions and the malicious gossip of friends she rejects his advances. However as she busies herself with the stormy romances and scandal of her sisters
John Nettles stars as Chief Inspector Barnaby in this feature-length episode of the acclaimed crime series. When a portrait of Jonathan Lowrie a wealthy royalist who was killed by a Roundhead musketeer is slashed at the Aspern Tallow museum Barnaby and Sergeant Troy are called in to investigate. A series of strange events follows and soon the detectives are investigating much more than an act of vandalism.
A photo-journalist witnesses a car accident where he sees the driver die but the next day he finds him alive and well?! The police find this fits a pattern of recent deaths followed by resurrection that could be linked to the drowned village of Sweethope...
Box Set Contains: The Cinder Path The Fifteen Streets The Gambling Man & Tilly Trotter.
Robson Green takes stars as a rent collector in this acclaimed TV minseries adaptation of the Catherine Cookson drama.
All six episodes of the ITV comedy drama series starring Liza Tarbuck as Helen a likeable forty-something teacher whose world is turned upside down when she discovers her husband of 20 years has been cheating on her.
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