Leonard and Sheldon are brilliant physicists - geniuses in the laboratory but socially challenged everywhere else. Insert beautiful, street-smart neighbour Penny, who endeavours to teach them a thing or two about the "real" world. Despite their on-again, off-again relationship history, Leonard and Penny have tied the knot. Even Sheldon has entered into a "Relationship Agreement" with neurobiologist Amy, and he recently took their relationship to the next level by proposing marriage. Will the possibility of domestic bliss alter the chemistry between these two extreme achievers? Will Leonard prove to be a brilliant writer? Will Raj's search for new love rival his search for new stars in the cosmos? Will Howard and Bernadette's growing family reach critical mass?
Life drifts by at a slow and hazy pace here in the beautiful village of Holmfirth, in the verdant Yorkshire Dales - home to our three favorite over-sixties school boys, Compo, Foggy and Clegg. Engaged in a multitude of activities that men of a younger age would consider themselves too old for, our retired (but not retiring) trio continues to get themselves into all sorts of fixes, over field and down dale and even into distant hills. And as their endless summer rolls gently on, many an astonishing schemes born, as we see Foggy enter emergency rescue business, Clegg embark on old Yorkshire ghost-hunt and Compo launch headlong into most perilous pursuit – to have his photo taken in Nora Batty’s bedroom.
Welcome to Holmfirth, a breathtakingly beautiful village in the heart of the West Yorkshire Dales, home to our three favourite idiosyncratic, retired gentlemen, as well as the BBC's longest running comedy series. Here we meet these one-time school chums - Compo, Clegg and Foggy - long since left school, but now enjoying a mischievous second childhood, devising and executing a multitude of (grey) hair brained schemes. Which is just what you'd expect from Britain's oldest, if not wisest adolescents. Helped by a supporting band of formidable wives, hen-pecked husbands, sexually-charged mistresses, inventors, pigeon fanciers and balding lotharios, our three heroes are never far from one adventure or another. And when the likes of a Christmas celebration in the middle of a sweltering hot summer, the installation of a new bell for the cafe door, and the retrieval of a wandering ferret from its new-found home in Nora Batty's house, as always, there's plenty of room for disaster too.
Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of his city's violence as it's rushed into his ER - until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge, hunts for his family's assailants to deliver justice. As the anonymous slayings of criminals grab the media's attention, the city wonders if this deadly avenger is a guardian angel...or a grim reaper. Fury and fate collide in the intense action-thriller Death Wish.
Hannah Defoe (Nicola Walker) is a brilliant divorce lawyer. With her formidable mother Ruth (Deborah Findlay) and headstrong sister Nina (Annabel Scholey) she takes on cases for London's wealthy and well-known. Following a bitter argument, Hannah leaves the family business to begin a new job at a rival firm, where she unexpectedly reconnects with the only other man she could have imagined her life with. And when Hannah's estranged father returns after 30 years, the toxic feud between her parents is re-ignited. As the Defoe family is forced to confront their fractured past, Hannah begins to question her own marriage. As a lawyer, Hannah always gets what she wants for her clients but can she get what she wants for herself? A powerful series that explores family, love, loyalty and the messy business of divorce.
Adrenalin-fuelled and explosive, 'Bulletproof' follows two undercover cops, Bishop (Noel Clarke) and Pike (Ashley Walters) as they chase down hardened criminals in London's East End. On the surface Bishop and Pike have a lot in common despite very different backgrounds: they're cool, smart, unapologetically street-wise and tough, and they always have each other's backs. Bonded by their moral code they are two sides of the same coin and, using their own special brand of policing, they cause chaos, leaving a trail of destruction wherever they go. Full of high speed chases, gun fights and swagger, Bulletproof shows two men who, addicted to the thrill of the chase, work brilliantly well together even when the chemistry between them looks set to explode.
Mexican revolutionaries, determined to be free of European tyranny, hire gunslinger Sabata (Yul Brynner) to rob a transport of Austrian gold in order to buy weapons - and shame the brutal Colonel Skimmel (Gérard Herter), ruler of the local garrison. The robbery goes well, until the gang discovers that Skimmel has tricked them and kept the gold for himself. But no scheming coloniser is going to keep Sabata from earning his pay, and he decides that this laugh is the last one Skimmel will ever enjoy!
Written by and starring Lee Mack (the British Comedy Award and BAFTA winning comedian), series seven of this hit sitcom continues to follow the hilariously ill-thought-out plans and mishaps of Lee as he desperately tries to impress long suffering landlady and object of his affection, Lucy (Sally Bretton). As ever, uber-ditzy friend Daisy (Katy Wix) is on hand to offer her usually unsolicited and always completely unique take on events, while Lee's dad (Bobby Ball) and Lucy's parents only ever seem to result in him further tying himself in ever-more-complicated knots. This series also introduces new neighbours Toby (Hugh Dennis) and Anna (Abigail Cruttenden), a well-heeled couple who soon experience that when sharing a building with Lee and Lucy things are anything but straightforward. The will-they-won't-they tension between Lee and Sally reaches unseen new heights in an epic series finale, that sees Lucy and Lee in previously uncharted emotional water. Will they, or wont they… the time has come to finally find out.
After breaking his rebellious tribesman free from the jail in a British fort, Sultan (Yul Brynner), is pursued by Stafford. After months of scouring the hills the hunt proves unsuccessful and British Governor (Maurice Denham), gives the idealistic Freddy Young (Trevor Howard), the task of capturing the rebel leader. Young has his own ideas, and despite his growing respect for his adversary, sets a trap aboard a train he expects Sultan to ambush. Despite offering his opponent the chance to surrender peacefully Young's plan ends in a bloody battle, but Sultan escapes. Determined to get his man, Young infiltrates Sultan's camp and pleads with him to surrender before a large British force storm the rebel camp. Sultan declines and although mortally wounded arranges a rendezvous with Young to ask him to raise his young son as his own.
In the frontier town of Pecos, New Mexico, Jules 'Jewel' D'Estaing (Yul Brynner) is a hired gun who has just taken a new assignment from the town's powerful boss: kill returning Civil War veteran Matt Weaver (George Segal). But Jewel struggles with his deadly mission when he realises that the proud, defiant Weaver may be the only truly honourable man in a town steeped in corruption and prejudice. As the clock ticks down to the inevitable confrontation, Jewel must do battle with his most powerful adversary - his own conscience.
The world will never know if the real Russian princess Anastasia met her death at the hands of red Russian rebels, or if in fact, she lived on. Based on fact, this story is set against the mystery surrounding this elusive puzzle. Ingrid Bergman portrays the destitute woman who remarkably resembles the true Princess Anastasia. She is chosen by two Russian courtiers to masquerade as the princess in order to gain ten million pounds. Meeting scepticism initially from the family, Anastasia wins her way into the heart of the family and film lovers alike.
The hugely popular and BAFTA Winning BBC One genealogy series 'Who Do You Think You Are?' Series 13 features 10 diverse celebrities delving into their ancestors' pasts, to discover hidden family histories and reflect what it means to be British today. The series kicks off with an entertaining episode featuring Danny Dyer. Danny hopes to "freak a few people out" with his family history and he certainly does that as he uncovers an extraordinary lineage back to his 22 x great grandfather King Edward III and his 30 x great grandfather, William the Conqueror. As Danny embarks on his quest to discover strong male figures the drama of his ancestry unfolds, revealing an intimate insight into Danny's character and his reaction as a kid from Canning Town' to his incredible bloodline. As with every episode in the series, bringing Danny's ancestors to life opens up fresh and surprising history, making it illuminating as well as high adrenaline entertainment.
With the country gripped by political uncertainty and fresh elections, Ross (Aidan Turner) seeks to challenge George's (Jack Farthing) stranglehold over Cornwall whilst also repairing his marriage with Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson). Hugh Armitage (Josh Whitehouse) remains in love with Demelza and hopeful for more. Dwight (Luke Norris) and Caroline (Gabriella Wilde) plan to start a family and Elizabeth (Heida Reed) seeks another child to secure her own marriage, to an ever suspicious George. Meanwhile, Morwenna (Ellise Chappell) desperately tries to protect herself from Osborne's (Christian Brassingtort) advances by threatening their son and a heart-broken Drake (Hany Richardson) is encouraged by brother Sam (Tom York) to find new love.
Louis (George Blagden) has brought an end to the Affair of the Poisons and won the war against Holland. It seems that nothing will thwart his plans to expand his empire and assert his power over the whole of Europe. But his dreams come at a cost, the people have had enough of paying and trouble is brewing. At Versailles too, Louis must face new challenges. Maintenon, his new mistress, leads him into an assertion of absolutism causing him considerable dissent in the Court. The King's tolerance for any kind of dissidence, be it from his people, Protestants or the Pope himself, slowly disappears; and yet a threat hangs over Louis: a mysterious prisoner whose face is hidden behind an iron mask.
"I'm not living with you", Maggie snaps at Brick. "We occupy the same cage, that's all". The raw emotions and crackling dialogue of Tennessee Williams' 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning play rumble like a thunderstorm in this film version, whose fiery performances and grown-up theme made it a box-office hit. Paul Newman earned his first Oscar nomination for his nuanced portrayal of troubled former sports hero Brick. Capturing her second, Elizabeth Taylor makes Maggie the cat, digging her claws in and holding on to life, not as it is, but as she hopes it someday will be, a vivid portrait of passionate loyalty.
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