Twiggy. Roger Daltrey, Paul Daneman, Jimmy Jewel and Stratford Johns star in this Emmy-nominated musical adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's poignant tale. One of the definitive Christmas stories, this well-loved version of The Little Matchgirl features the immortal festive hit Mistletoe and Wine, co-written by Jeremy Paul for the stage play, Scraps, on which this production is based.Christmastime brings little joy to the poor of Victorian London. Cold and hungry, with no gifts to exchange, they cannot afford to stop work, even on Christmas Day. Life is like that for the Little Matchgirl. She roams the streets selling matches for a penny a bundle, and those pennies have to keep her and her ragged father. They have known better times; but her mother, a singer in the music halls, died when the Matchgirl was very young, and life has since treated her harshly.Then, one day, she strikes one of her matches to keep warm and discovers in the flame a magic world. A world where she can go anywhere, and do anything... even fall in love.
British film and fashion icon Twiggy gives a breezy performance as Cockney flower-seller Eliza Doolittle, with Robert Powell co-starring as Professor Higgins in this special production of George Bernard Shaw's classic play, which formed the basis for the hit musical and film My Fair Lady. Co-starring noted character players Ronald Fraser, Arthur English and Mona Washbourne, this memorable adaptation of Pygmalion was first screened in 1981 as part of Yorkshire Television's Celebrity Playhouse anthology. Eliza Doolittle is the common girl who wants to be a lady. Henry Higgins, Professor of Phonetics, is the teacher who swears that, given six months, he can pass her off as a duchess. Those six months are, for Eliza, terrifying, turbulent, occasionally tender; for Higgins, they are either exciting or boring, depending on his mood. Between two such very different people, what possible relationship can exist?
Bengali speaking Sushila Sen her husband and son Manek re-locate to London England and begin their lives as immigrants. Tragically Mr. Sen passes away leaving Sushila to struggle with everyday living and looking after a school-going Manek. She manages to get a job and they are able to survive on her wages. Manek attends school shows an interest in piano-playing excels at it to the extent that his school-teacher refers him to a piano teacher Yuline Sousatzka an immigrant fro
'Young Charlie Chaplin' is an epic mini-series charting the meteoric rise of the silent screen's greatest star. Featuring international superstar Twiggy as Charlie's mother 'Young Charlie Chaplin' is a fascinating chronicle of Chaplin's extraordinary childhood from the horrors of the workhouse to the bright lights of the music hall stage and the start of a legendary movie career
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