Set in Newcastle in 1939 Joe Maddison's War features shipyard worker Joe (Kevin Whately) who feels emasculated and past his prime; too old to serve in the war and he's shocked when his wife leaves him for a younger naval officer. Needing a new challenge Joe and his friend Harry (Robson Green) reluctantly volunteer to join the Home Guard. A decision which leads Joe on a journey of self discovery learning lessons of heroism and friendship and also love...
Jonny Kennedy is a man with a lot to do. He's got just four months to move home befriend Nell McAndrew fly a plane visit Downing Street - and plan his own funeral. 36-year-old Jonny is an extraordinary man with a terrible condition - Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) - which means his skin literally falls off at the slightest touch leaving his body covered in agonising sores and leading to a final fight against skin cancer. In 2003 Jonny decided to work with filmmaker Patrick Collerton to document his last months in an uplifting confounding and provocatively humorous story of a singular man.
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