Miriam Margolyes OBE, Wayne Sleep OBE, Sylvester McCoy, Roy Walker, Rosemary Shrager, Bobby George, Patti Boulaye OBE and Jam Leeming travel to India to live together for three weeks. In a guest house in Jaipur, the group learn what it might be like to retire in India, and look at the benefits and challenges of living abroad. As part of their journey our contributors run their own household, explore the local sights, take part in traditional activities, learn to cook Indian cuisine, meet local families and immerse themselves in the Indian lifestyle. They also take train journeys to famous Indian cities, such as Agra and Varanasi, and make an emotional visit to the Taj Mahal. Series Two: Lionel Blair, Amanda Barrie, Dennis Taylor, Rustie Lee, Miriam Stoppard, Bill Oddie, Sheila Ferguson, Paul Nicholas head to India on an experimental adventure to see if they would consider retiring to the other side of the world. The group travel thousands of miles from home to land in Kochi, a city in the southwest Indian state Kerala, to test whether they can set up a more rewarding retirement than in the UK. Series Three: The series follows comedian Syd Little; TV presenter and journalist Selina Scott; actress Stephanie Beacham; Grand National winning jockey Bob Champion; writer and former politician Stanley Johnson; actress Susan George; Krankies double act Janette and Ian Tough; and Eastenders actor Peter Dean; as they head five thousand miles from home to India to spend a month in the beautiful city of Udaipur in Rajasthan to test whether they can set up a better, more rewarding retirement here than in the UK. Will the challenges of adjusting to the environment, the food, the customs and the climate be too much of a culture shock for them and put them off or will they fall in love with India and its abundance of charm, stunning scenery and welcoming people?
A lively, humorous caper film of the first order, The First Great Train Robbery is Michael Crichton's ambitious adaptation of his own novel, which was inspired by the facts of the first known train robbery. Crichton sets this attractive, highly enjoyable film in London in 1855, where Edward Pierce (Sean Connery) and Agar (Donald Sutherland) plot to steal £25,000 in gold that is being transported by train to pay British troops in the Crimean War. Lesley-Anne Down plays Miriam, Pierce's sophisticated paramour and the third partner in the scheme; while Pierce and Agar make copies of four keys for the train's closely guarded safes, she uses her feminine wiles to distract a variety of officials and businessmen with connections to the gold.The film boasts a vividly authentic recreation of mid-Victorian England, all the more remarkable since the production was filmed primarily in Ireland on a budget of $6 million--a miraculously modest sum (even in 1978) for such a lavish-looking film. Credit is due to the splendid cinematography of Geoffrey Unsworth and Jerry Goldsmith's ebullient score, both of which enhance the film's look and feel. Although Crichton's directorial style seems somewhat detached and bloodless, he maintains a vivid respect for place and time, and his three leads are splendid in their charismatic roles. Meticulous attention to details of costuming and production design enhance the breezy fun of the heist, which climaxes with an exciting sequence on the rushing train, with Connery performing his own stunt work. While the later hit Mission: Impossible would take a similar sequence to its high-tech, high -velocity extreme, The First Great Train Robbbery remains an entertaining study of crime in a less hectic age, allowing Crichton to emphasise ingenuity over special effects. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
An all-star cast go on the journey of a lifetime in this series, inspired by but otherwise unrelated to the blockbuster film 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'. Eight famous senior citizens head to India on an experimental, three-week adventure. Miriam Margolyes OBE, dancer Wayne Sleep OBE, actor Sylvester McCoy, comedian Roy Walker, chef Rosemary Shrager, darts champion Bobby George, singer Patti Boulaye OBE and former news reader Jan Leeming find out if they'll consider spending their golden years retiring on the other side of the world. Indian Dream Hotel features all three episodes of the hit BBC2 series broadcast as The Real Marigold Hotel . ...it is a charming, heart-warming and at times laugh-out-loud watch. - The Independent
Entertaining children's stories danced by the Royal Ballet wearing animal masks. Music by John Lanchbery choreography by Frederick Ashton. The adventures are alive with same energy and passion of the books and feature unheard melodies from British Museum manuscripts recovered and transcribed by composer John Lanchbery. As the characters waltz their way across set to the rhythm of the songs you'll join in with the merriment and hot step with the cast - a must see treat for the entire family.
All aboard for runaway action and suspense in this riveting masterpiece from writer/director Michael Crichton! Starring Sean Connery Donald Sutherland and Lesley-Anne Down it's a spine-tingling and suavely performed adventure based on history's first great train robbery. This ingenious and wonderful crime caper delivers mile-a-minute thrills and breathtaking excitement. Connery is Edward Pierce a master thief who conceives a brilliant plan to steal a fortune in gold bars from a railway payroll car. But to pull off the most daring heist in history Pierce must join forces with a safecracker (Sutherland) and his own beautiful girlfriend (Down) in a series of intricately-plotted thefts that will test all of their nerve camaraderie and larcenous skill.
Inspired by, but otherwise unrelated to the blockbuster film, the series documents the authentic experience of eight characters in their golden years as they head to India on an experimental adventure to see if they would consider retiring to the other side of the world. Series Two will see the group travel thousands of miles from home and this time land in Kochi, a city in the southwest Indian state Kerala, to test whether they can set up a more rewarding retirement than in the UK. A two-part Christmas special sees some familiar faces on tour; actress Miriam Margolyes, dancer Wayne Sleep, darts champion Bobby George and chef Rosemary Shrager test out different retirement communities around the world, travelling to Florida and Japan.
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