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Based on the novel by Labour MP Chris Mullin, and adapted for the screen by Alan Plater (Fortunes of War), 'A Very British Coup' imagines what might have happened if a Left-Wing Labour MP had become Prime Minister of the UK at the end of the 1980s. Radical Leftist Harry Perkins (Ray McAnally), an unassuming working class politician from Sheffield, stands for open and honest government. Despite a landslide victory for Labour, Perkins is fighting for his seat from day one as the right-wing establishment and its American allies scheme to plot his downfall. Adultery, blackmail and conspiracies abound, Perkins remains committed to his socialist agenda. But when politics gets dirty, can he play the game and win? - Director:
- Mick Jackson
- Cast:
- Ray McAnally, Marjorie Yates, Geoffrey Beevers
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In this superbly funny and deeply human series from Carla Lane, 'Solo' finds Felicity Kendal in the role of Gemma Palmer, a passionate and confused thirty year old. On discovering that her live-in boyfriend Danny (Stephen Moore) has been having an affair with her best friend, she throws him out and decides to live life on her own, independent and free. But keeping Danny out of her life and staying unfettered turns out to be much harder than she expected. Series One follows Gemma's struggle to shake Danny loose from her life and her heart where he's more difficult to dislodge. Meanwhile, in the room upstairs two flatmates, Bernadette and Josie, debate dating, romance, love and marriage. In Series Two, a fully freed-up Gemma finds herself back in the dating world and making friends with a new neighbour, Sebastian, whose close friendship and reckless love life runs on parallel - and occasionally bumping - lines. With Gemma's mother always on hand to dispense guidance, support and tales of her own love life, Solo uncovers the many surprising layers of dependence that independence brings. - Director:
- Gareth Gwenlan
- Cast:
- Felicity Kendal, David Tate, Stephen Moore
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Murder Most English contains four terrific tales of detective sleuthing based on the Flaxborough novels of Colin Watson. Starring Anton Rodgers as Detective Inspector Purbright and Christopher Timothy as Detective Sergeant Love, the series was filmed in 1977 and is a glowing tribute to an England long-gone of heavy tweed jackets, dial telephones, typewriter ribbons and old-fashioned investigation and deduction. Told over 7 episodes: Hopjoy Was Here, Lonelyheart 4122, The Flaxborough Crab and Coffin Scarcely Used tell tales of mysterious murders, dire disappearances and conniving conspiracy that are designed to keep the local investigators at bay, but their layers of intrigue simply draw the detectives in deeper. One surprising and prescient tale considers the effects of an early variation on Viagra that sets the small town astir in some most unexpected ways. But whatever the crime and whoever the culprit, one thing you can be sure of is a case or two of Murder Most English. - Director:
- Ronald Wilson
- Cast:
- Moray Watson, John Carson, Lynn Farleigh
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My Favourite Broadway: The Leading Ladies (1999)My Favourite Broadway: The Leading Ladies: Live at Carnegie Hall
Filmed live at Carnegie Hall, this theatrical spectacular has many of Broadway's leading ladies take the spotlight to perform memorable numbers from hit shows.
Tracklisting:
1. Overture
2. The Beauty That Drives a Man Mad - Tony Roberts and Robert Morse - Sugar3. Julie Andrews, Robert Morse and Tony Roberts - Welcome
4. Julie Andrews - Monologue
5. Nowadays / Hot Honey Rag - Karen Ziemba & Bebe Neuwirth - Chicago
6. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Marin Mazzie - Pal Joey
7. Man of La Mancha - Linda Eder - Man of La Mancha
8. Look for the Silver Lining / Tomorrow - Andrew McArdle - Annie
9. And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going - Jennifer Holliday - Dreamgirls
10. Nothing - Priscilla Lopez - A Chorus Line
11. Everybody's Girl - Debra Monk -Steel Pier
12. Ain't Misbehavin' - Nell Carter - Ain't Mesbehavin'
13. Mean to Me - Nell Carter (featuring Luther Henderson) - Ain't Misbehavin'
14. Fifty Percent - Dorothy Loudon - Ballroom
15. Liza Minelli - A Few Words
16. Some People - Liza Minelli - Gypsy
17. Love Changes Everything - Audra McDonald - Aspects of Love
18. Unexpected Song - Marin Mazzie - Song & Dance
19. I Don't Know How To Love Him - Judy Kuhn - Jesus Christ Superstar
20. Julie Andrews - Introduction
21. Falling in Love with Love - Rebecca Luker - The Boys From Syracuse
22. Life Upon the Wicked Stage - Anna Kendricks and the Kit Kat Girls from "Cabaret"
23. Down with Love - Audra McDonald - Hooray For What?
24. Could I Leave You? - Dee Hoty - Follies
25. I Wanna Be a Rockette - Karen Ziemba and the Rockers - Kicks
26. I Can Cook Too - Lea DeLaria - On The Town
27. Adelaide's Lament - Faith Prince - Guys & Dolls
28. The Ladies Who Lunch - Elaine Stritch - Company
29. Julie Andrews - Closing
30. One (Finale) / End Credits - Ensemble - A Chorus Line- Director:
- William Cosel
- Cast:
- Julie Andrews, Nell Carter, Lea Delaria
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Suggs: My Life Story (2018)My Life Story
The death of Suggs' beloved cat on his fiftieth birthday triggers a personal quest to discover what happened to the father he never knew. Stunned by what he learns, Suggs is taken back through his life to a childhood on the streets of Soho, featuring music written by The Kinks Prince Buster, Ian Dury and, of course, his beloved Madness. Director Julien Temple (The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, Absolute Beginners) takes a stage show, adds some drama, archive, animation and music, then shakes it all up for 'My Life Story' where Suggs takes a hilarious yet moving look back at his life in music and words. Is it a drama? Is it a comedy? Or a music hall dream? Whatever it is hold on to your seats as Suggs goes on to stumble and plummet through the trap door of failure, then trampoline back up to catch the passing trapeze of show business success. - Director:
- Julien Temple
- Cast:
- Perry Benson, Ashley Gunstock, Dean Mumford
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Collection of four female singers from the 'New Country' movement.
Tracklisting:
1. Ball and Chain - Kathy Mattea
2. Street Talk - Kathy Mattea
3. Someone is Falling in Love - Kathy Mattea
4. Put Yourself in My Place - Kathy Mattea5. Heart of the Country - Kathy Mattea
6. Please Me Please - Lorri Morgan
7. Love is Fair - Lorri Morgan
8. Stuck on You - Lorri Morgan
9. You're Getting to Me Again - Lorri Morgan
10. It's What You Don't Do - Patty Loveless
11. Lonely Days, Lonely Nights - Patty Loveless
12. The Hottest Ex in Tex - Becky Hobbs
13. Oklahoma Heart - Becky Hobbs
14. Knock Knock - Becky Hobbs
15. Yes I'm Ready - Becky Hobbs- Director:
- Not Available
- Cast:
- Lorrie Morgan, Becky Hobbs, Katty Mattea
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Harrad Summer (1974)Love All Summer
Sequel to the sensuous and groundbreaking film 'The Harrad Experiment'. The Harrad College is a teaching experiment where 'free and open' sexual relations are encouraged between students. Not only is freedom of sexuality encouraged, it is required if students at the Harrad College intend on graduating. After a year of living at Harrad College, Beth (Victoria Thompson), Harry (Richard Doran), Sheila (Laurie Walters) and Stanley (Robert Reiser) take the summer off to travel together to test the teachings to see how they work in the outside world. Away from Harrad College they all soon discover that life is complex and challenging, Harry confronts his wealthy, but narrow-minded father who finds it hard to accept the Harrad teaching, dismissing it as a place for easy sexual encounters, whilst Beth gets a job modelling with an ex-boyfriend much to Harry's annoyance. Sheila and Stanley's relationship is tested to its limit, and they find they need to do much soul-searching to decide what is right for them. Together they must use the summer to resolve their problems and prepare for another year of growth at Harrad College. - Director:
- Steven Hilliard Stern
- Cast:
- Robert Reiser, Laurie Walters, Richard Doran
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Contains the complete third season with all 24 episodes.
- Director:
- Rich Moore
- Cast:
- Dan Castellaneta, Kipp Lennon, Julie Kavner
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Man hating good time girl Marie and her felloe orphan friends Solange and Ahmed spend their time hustling, clubbing, crashing weddings and having a great time. Marie, though, is still haunted by her mother's suicide, blaming her missing pimp of a father, Jacques for her death. After terrorising her grandparents, she finally she tracks down her brawling drunken father to the Bretonese Isle de Seine with the intention of killing him as revenge for her mother's death. - Director:
- Jean Becker
- Cast:
- Vanessa Paradis, Gérard Depardieu, Clotilde Courau
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Every week, the women of Raw, SmackDown Live and NXT are breaking barriers while stealing the show at WWE events all over the globe. Now, see how it all began with 'Then, Now, Forever: Evolution of WWE's Women's Division'. From trailblazers like Alundra Blayze and Chyna, to pioneers like Lita and Trish Stratus, all the way to today's awe-inspiring athletes such as Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Alexa Bliss, and Asuka, the revolution was indeed televised, and you get to witness it all right here with some of the greatest and most groundbreaking women's matches of all time. From Wendi Richter to Ivory to Becky Lynch to Ronda Rousey, see how these amazing women helped shape the landscape of WWE today! - Director:
- Not Available
- Cast:
- Wendi Richter, Chyna, Trish Stratus
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The razor sharp wit of Noel Coward and Cole Porter's lyrics, the lavish melody of Irving Berlin and the invigorating orchestrations of George Gershwin accompany an extravagant musical journey across five of the world's most decadent cities, spanning 8000 miles and two continents. Breathtaking set pieces and dazzling vignettes are staged at each infamous and intoxicating destination: Berlin, London, New York, New Orleans and Paris.
Act One: Berlin
1. Anything Goes
2. Change Partners
3. Twentieth Century Blues
4. Let's Do It (Berlin)
5. All Alone (Waltz Song)
6. Begin the Beguine
Act Two: London
1. Let's Do It (London)
2. Time and Again
3. Mad Dogs and Englishmen
4. If Love Were All
5. Sigh No More
6. It's De Lovely
Act Three: New York
1. Let's Do It (New York)
2. Cheek to Cheek
3. You're the Top
4. Night and Day
5. Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
6. From This Moment On
Act Four: New Orleans
1. Puttin' on the Ritz
2. Love for Sale
3. Let's Do It (New Orleans)
4. What Is This Thing Called Love
5. I've Got You Under My Skin
6. Alexander's Ragtime Band
Finale: Paris
1. An American in Paris- Director:
- John Vernon
- Cast:
- Hinton Battle, Frank Gorshin, Eartha Kitt
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Struggling in the shadow of his famous comedian father (world-renowned entertainer Jerry Lewis), a young comic (Oliver Platt) retreats to his hometown when his act bombs in Las Vegas. Searching for a new comedy routine, he uncovers some not-so-funny secrets about his family - and discovers their own eccentricities may be just the material he's looking for. - Director:
- Peter Chelsom
- Cast:
- Jerry Lewis, Oliver Platt, Lee Evans
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Following the demise of Tom, the newspaper editor and owner of Hildasay, the future of the residents is thrown into turmoil. The arrival of the mysterious Christine further adds to the intrigue. Bill Shore (Peter Davison) quickly realises that he has history with Christine and with the collapse of his London business he struggles to rebuff her advances. Meanwhile Bill's wife Lisa (Samantha Bond) has her own problems when Kate announces she is pregnant but refuses to name the father. When Christine's plans are revealed the future of the Island is on a knife edge but will it offer Bill and Lisa the chance to finally find happiness. - Director:
- Jamie Payne
- Cast:
- Samantha Bond, Peter Davison, Connie Hyde
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Jonathan Greek returns in this feature length episode to investigate a series of baffling disappearances in a "haunted" room at the top of a large gothic house. Home of stage musician Lance Gessler, the forbidding mansion known as Metropolis' is the site of an intriguing mystery. Over the last seventy years a number of visitors staying overnight in the gloomy old attic room have disappeared without trace... When two young women, taking shelter from a raging thunderstorm, spend a night at the mansion, the ominous "presence" claims yet another victim. For Jonathan Creek, it seems an ideal chance to return to investigation and a great escape from Adam Klaus and his latest project. Of course, he hasn't yet encountered Joey Ross (Sheridan Smith), a sassy and fearlessly sceptical paranormal investigator, who is determined to find out just what has happened to her friend. As more and more mysteries unravel around the magician and his family, will Jonathan Creek's formidable powers of deduction provide the answers? Or is he about to be eclipsed by the sheer raw intuition of his younger counterpart? - Director:
- David Renwick
- Cast:
- Alan Davies, Andrew Havill, Jon Campling
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Live from his luxury apartment in London's glittering East End, Dean Learner - club owner, celebrity manager, restaurateur, entrepreneur and publisher of high-class gentlemen's magazines (including Flesh Wrangler and Skin City) - invites you to meet some of his closest friends, Man to Man. Offering an oasis of culture and sophistication in the rancid scrubland of depravity that passes for modern television, Dean's special guests include the living legends Garth Marenghi, Steve Pising, Glynn Nimron, Merriman Weir, Amir Chanan and Randolph Caer. This transcendent talk show is the worthy successor to the Socratic dialogues of the Symposium. With cocktails. - Director:
- Richard Ayoade
- Cast:
- Richard Ayoade, Matt Berry, Matthew Holness
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