Threads, a shockingly realistic account of global nuclear war and its horrific aftermath. It's a normal Thursday in Sheffield when East. and West stumble into war and Britain is devastated by 200 megatons of nuclear explosive. This chilling film tells the story of a nuclear strike on Britain. Through the eyes of two Sheffield families we witness the immediate after effects of the attack - the shock, grief, radiation sickness, hypothermia and starvation. In the months that follow, hideous injuries remain untreated, looters are shot on sight, food supplies run out and many die in the intense cold of the nuclear winter. Thirteen years on reveals a depopulated Britain living below subsistence level - a devastated economy where money has no value, crops fail through lack of pesticides, no fuel and machinery, and a brutalised post war generation grows up stunted mentally, physically and emotionally.
Magnificent performances from a stellar cast, news clips highlighting the major events and a dramatic behind-the-scenes story of a government at war, this is the play once deemed too controversial to produce.
In 1982, Margaret Thatcher's government sent British forces to war to regain the Falklands Islands from occupying Argentininan troops. Four years later, the BBC commissioned a play on the conflict, only for playwright Ian Curteis's work to be shelved, amidst claims it had been deferred because of the imminent General Election.
20 years later, the play was finally produced: a gripping account of how Margaret Thatcher and her government faced the biggest crisis in foreign affairs for a generation. Beginning with the mute reactions and American indifference to the early Argentinean manoeuvres, we follow the story through to cabinet resignations and UN resolutions as the crisis develops and the Task Force is deployed.
As the Task Force nears the Falkland Islands, war becomes a distinct possibility. The tension increases as backroom manoeuvring's between Thatcher's government, the military, the Americans and the Argentineans only lead to a breakdown in diplomacy and an inevitable conflict. As a War Cabinet struggles to direct military strategy thousands of miles from the battleground the anguish and drama intensifies, and a steadfast but emotional Prime Minister takes each mistake, tragedy and success to heart...
'A for Andromeda' and its sequel 'The Andromeda Breakthrough' were the sci-fi sensations of the 1960s. The series gripped over 12 million viewers, propelled a previously unknown Julie Christie to stardom (her role in the sequel was taken by Susan Hampshire) and immersed a new generation in science fiction television.
Adapted from the classic adventure book for children, 'Children of the New Forest' is an exciting tale set in the turmoil of the English Civil War in the 17th Century. In the New Forest, the four Beverly children, Edward, Alice, Humphrey, and little Edith are orphaned when their father is killed in a battle by the Roundheads. Forced into hiding with Jacob Armitage, an old forester who lives in a cottage deep in the woods, they learn to live as best they can. Pursued by the evil Abel Corbould and his Roundhead army, the children must fight and help save Charles Stuart, King of England from the clutches of his enemies. This highly acclaimed TV series can now be enjoyed by the whole family again and again on this video containing all 6 episodes of the series.
As the title suggests, Walkabout is a journey not only in distance, but also in the transition for one Australian aborigine, from adolescence to manhood. While on a family picnic a beautiful teenager and her brother suddenly find themselves very much alone after the tragic death of their father. As they wander through the outback they meet the young aborigine. The film unfolds and tells the tale of survival, resourcefulness and sexual awareness, as the travellers become lost in the Australian wilderness.
This much loved television series goes behind the high redbrick walls of Chilton Foliat in Berkshire to follow the restoration of a traditional kitchen garden. Retired head gardener Harry Dodson painstakingly transformed the weed-choked ground into an efficient and productive plot, cultivated with the use of Victorian tools and techniques. The garden was also planted with 19th Century varieties of flowers, fruit and vegetables. Through his work restoring the garden, Harry solved many horticultural mysteries. These include how Victorian gardens dealt with troublesome pests, how they grew such exotic fruits as pineapples and melon and how they were able to supply fresh fruits and vegetables to the household all year round.
Harry Worth forged an award-winning stage and screen persona as a bumbling fusspot out of sync with a fast-changing society. After many years on the variety circuit, his first TV series, 'The Trouble with Harry' (1960), cast him as a would-be novelist failing to make any sense of the world around him. But his second show Here's Harry (1960-65), and a writing team led by Vince Powell and Harry Driver, went back to basics to cast an indelible mould and cement his popularity. In each episode Worth is pitted against figures of petty authority such as customs officers, railway staff, doctors, lawyers or policemen, who are increasingly exasperated by his unfathomable babbling. His amiable but bewildered persona paved the way for the equally hapless Frank Spencer, and an altogether angrier Victor Meldrew. Of 60 episodes broadcast, only ten from 1961 have been recovered from the BBC archives, with story lines ranging from comical attempts to book a holiday, celebrate a birthday or arrange an overdraft, to the accidental theft of a policeman's bicycle. The supporting cast includes character actors and sitcom stalwarts Gerald Anderson, Deryck Guyler, Reginald Marsh, Vi Stevens, Pat Wallworth, Leonard Williams and Jack Woolgar. Gentle, genial comedy gold from the original meddlesome muddler.
"Another Mother's Son" is the extraordinary true story of Louisa Gould. A tale of defiance, bravery and betrayal set against the backdrop of Nazi occupation on the Channel Islands during the Second World War. When a Russian soldier escapes the labour camps, seeking shelter, Louisa (Jenny Seagrove) decides to offer her help, and by doing so, risking the lives of her friends and family who are in on the secret and facing the prospect of capture and deportation to Germany.
Young Philip Pirrip (Christopher Guard) - universally known as Pip - encounters escaped convict Magwitch (John Tate) in a deserted graveyard, and helps him find food and escape his shackles. When his kindness is later rewarded by an unexpected inheritance, the adult Pip (Gary Bond), surrounded by home comforts, grows mean and arrogant - and smitten with the aloof Estella (Francesca Annis). Maxine Audley plays vindictive recluse Miss Havisham, who has raised Estella to distrust all men; Neil McCarthy and Richard O'Sullivan are Pip's steadfast friends Joe Gargery and Herbert Pocket; and Peter Vaughan is the fearsome and highly effective lawyer Jaggers. The cast also includes Hannah Gordon as Pip's confidante Biddy, Norman Scace as Joe's pompous uncle Pumblechook, Shirley Cain as Pip's hot-tempered sister Georgiana ('Mrs Joe'), and Ronald Lacey as the shadowy Orlick.
During the Second World War, Eric (Jeremy Irvine) is captured and held prisoner by the Japanese. Brutally tortured and forced, along with his fellow captives, to build the Thai-Burma Railway. Eric is left traumatised for years to come, despite the best efforts of his wife (Nicole Kidman). Many years later, an older Lomax (Colin Firth) resolves to track down one of his torturers, Takashi Nagase (Hiroyuki Sanada), hoping to find the answers that will enable him to finally let go of the hatred he has felt throughout his life.
The history of modern farming in Britain is presented through individual stories of man's relationship with the land. The series charts the revolution that food production in Britain underwent in the 20th Century, and examines the impact this had on the lives of farmers and consumers alike. With episodes focusing on milk, fruit and vegetables, wheat, and beef, as well as intimate and touching home movies recorded at the time, the series provides an original and largely unseen record of a century of revolution on the land.
Welcome to the magical world of Heidi, a land of beautiful mountains, where nature abounds and animals live in harmony with the people of the wild and snowy land. This is the classic tale of HEIDI. When orphaned Heidi (Emma Bolger) is sent away to the mountains to live with her grumpy grandfather (Max von Sydow) she meets a frosty welcome. But soon, with the help of her animal friends the two start to grow to love each other. However, their idyllic world is turned upside down by the arrival of Heidi's greedy aunt, who comes to take Heidi from grandfather and then sells her to the evil Madame Rottenmeier (Geraldine Chaplin) to be a companion to the invalid girl in her care. Despite her ability to make friends, Heidi soon misses her grandfather and longs to return to the mountains.
This documentary traces the history of the Short Sunderland Flying Boat, from its introduction to service in the RAF in 1938 - it was to become one of the longest serving careers of any front-line aircraft. The Sunderland was one of the very few types to remain in operational service through the Second World War and the only RAF aircraft to perform front-line duties for the whole of the Korean War. When it finally retired in 1959, it had served for a total of twenty-one years and had built up a reputation as a tough and reliable workhorse.
British comedy at its best, Please Sir is still fondly remembered by an entire generation of TV viewers. Starring John Alderton as the idealistic teacher Bernard Hedges, put in charge of 5C, the worst class ever bur also one that we can ultimately all identify with! So come back to school and re-live the hilarity with Please Sir!
They're Off
Bernard's class is taking his teaching methods a little too seriously when they place a bet based on what he told them in class. Appalled, Bernard has to cancel the bet or the school will cancel him!
Common Law
Bernard plays detective after Sharon is molested in the park on the way home from school. Prepared to be surprised because you'll be shocked at the identity of the culprit!
Panalal Passes By
The first Parent Teacher Association meeting is a failure /hen only the parents of new boy Panalal turn up. But when Bernard organises a second PTA meeting, its not the parents who are too lazy to turn up it's the teachers!
Constance Cox's uncompromising 1962 adaptation of Dickens' tale of a gang of orphan boys turned to crime changed the face of British Sunday teatime viewing. Her unvarnished depiction of despair and depravity in the back alleys of 19th-century London, the cruel divide between rich and poor, and the brutal murder of Nancy shattered expectations of cosy family drama and led to public outcry. But this is Oliver as Dickens intended, without the enforced jollity of the blockbuster Lionel Bart/Carol Reed musical. Max Adrian stars as villainous Fagin, Peter Vaughan an indelibly brutal Bill Sikes, Bruce Prochnik a gentle Oliver, Melvyn Hayes a spry Artful Dodger, and Carmel McSharry the trapped and powerless Nancy. In support are Willoughby Goddard as bullying beadle Bumble, Gay Cameron as kindly aunt Rose Maylie, John Carson's cowardly Monks and Donald Eccles' bitter undertaker Sowerberry.
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