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Featuring interviews with former patients of therapist Lionel Logue, the film provides insight into the working relationship between Logue and his royal patient as well as looking at the methods and techniques he employed to cure his patients. There are also interviews with leading historians of the King, Edward VIII, Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Additionally the programme underlines the vital role of Queen Elizabeth, later the Queen Mother, in helping her husband overcome his disability. The programme contrasts King George VI's speeches with those of his brother, the former King Edward VIII, a natural performer. Both men in speaking publicly-one renouncing his throne, the other accepting it - had to conquer their own demons and reveal themselves in a way a King had never done before. Through these speeches the programme explores the relationships between the brothers and in turn their relationship with their father George V: the first King to speak on radio and television to his subjects. The film also pulls into focus a moment in British history that fused the issue of the King's stammer and the destiny of the monarchy; an emerging age of mass communications; of economic depression and global instability: a period of British history when the monarchy needed to show leadership and confidence but with a King who had to overcome a key physical limitation: his stammer. - Director:
- David Barrie
- Cast:
- Laurence Fox, Laurence Fox, King George VI
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When the "Tardis" lands in the sleepy English village of Devesham, Sarah thinks the Doctor has finally got her back home. But all is not as it seems - the village is unusually deserted and deadly white-suited spacemen patrol the countryside. When the dead begin to come back to life, the Doctor decides to contact "Unit". But their Unit friends are also dangerously changed. Who is Senior Defence Astronaut, Guy Crayford, and why is he in charge of Unit? Who are his true masters, the Kraals and what insidious plans are they concocting behind the scenes? The Doctor soon discovers the invasion of Earth has already begun, and if he doesn't stop it mankind will be utterly wiped out... - Director:
- Barry Letts
- Cast:
- Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen
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On Tigella, two opposing factions are irrevocably divided over one fundamental issue: the Dodecahedron, a mysterious artefact which provides the entire planet's energy. With the Savants and the Deons locked in a crippling stalemate, and their civilisation on the brink of collapse, the Tigellan leader Zastor (Edward Underdown) seeks the Doctor's help. But the Doctor (Tom Baker) and Romana (Lalla Ward) have been trapped aboard the Tardis in a timeloop by Meglos, the last of the Zolpha Thurans, who will stop at nothing to steal back the awesome power of the Dodecahedron... - Director:
- Terence Dudley
- Cast:
- Tom Baker, John Leeson, Lalla Ward
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A funny new twist on a classic love story, 'Warm Bodies' is a poignant tale about the power of human connection. After a zombie epidemic, R (a highly unusual zombie) encounters Julie (a human survivor), and rescues her from a zombie attack. Julie (Teresa Palmer) sees that R (Nicholas Hoult) is different from the other zombies, and as the two form a special relationship in their struggle for survival, R becomes increasingly more human - setting off an exciting, romantic, and often comical chain of events that begins to transform the other zombies and maybe even the whole lifeless world. - Director:
- Jonathan Levine
- Cast:
- Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich
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Set in New York City's gritty East Village, the revolutionary rock opera 'Rent' tells the story of a group of bohemians struggling to live and pay their rent. "Measuring their lives in love", these starving artists strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and Aids epidemic. - Director:
- Chris Columbus
- Cast:
- Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Rosario Dawson
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A major accident in an asteroid-mining station far from Earth has left one man alive. Trapped in a damaged escape pod, injured and experiencing memory loss, the lone survivor establishes contact with ground control, but he'll need to recall the events that took place back at the station if he's to have a chance of making it back to Earth. - Director:
- Angel Delgado
- Cast:
- John R. Walker, Charles O'Neill, Michael Nicholas Schofield
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From Robert Eggers, the visionary filmmaker behind the modern horror masterpiece 'The Witch', comes this hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers (Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson) on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890's. As an approaching storm threatens to sweep them from the rock and strange apparitions emerge from the fog, each man begins to suspect that the other has become dangerously unmoored. - Director:
- Robert Eggers
- Cast:
- Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman
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Two spacecraft fuse in a hyperspace collision. Fortunately the Doctor (Tom Baker), Romana (Lalla Ward) and K-9 (voice of David Brierly) arrive to help. But when a crewmember is found clawed by a ferocious animal, it seems there's something even more frightening stalking the corridors. The answers lie with zoologist, Professor Tryst (Lewis Fiander), his CET projection machine, and a planet called Eden - the home to the ferocious Mandrels... - Director:
- Alan Bromly
- Cast:
- Tom Baker, David Brierly, Lalla Ward
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Armchair Theatre Archive: Vol.4 (1965)The Thought of Tomorrow (1959) / Toff and Fingers (1960) / Late Summer (1963) / The Gong Game (1965)
Pioneering, immensely influential and often challenging, 'Armchair Theatre' was ITV's flagship drama anthology series. Bringing high-quality drama to the viewing public, the series easily demonstrated the network's potential to rival the BBC's drama output, with diverse and powerful plays showcasing some of Britain's most gifted writers. This release comprises four plays featuring performances by some of the era's most celebrated and accomplished actors including Rupert Davies, Roger Livesey, Constance Cummings, John Stride, Leslie Phillips, Caroline Mortimer and Denis Quilley.
Featured Plays:
- The Thought of Tomorrow (1959)
- Toff and Fingers (1960)
- Late Summer (1963)
- The Gong Game (1965)- Director:
- Alan Cooke
- Cast:
- Rupert Davies, Gillian Lind, Frank Pettingell
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Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (2012)Ice Age: Continental Drift
Scrat's nutty pursuit of the cursed acorn, which he's been after since the dawn of time, has world-changing consequences - a continental cataclysm that triggers the greatest adventure of all for Manny, Diego and Sid. In the wake of these upheavals, Sid reunites with his cantankerous Granny, and the herd encounters a ragtag menagerie of seafaring pirates determined to stop them from returning home. - Director:
- Steve Martino
- Cast:
- Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo
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For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector - "Commander Peter Quincy Taggart" (Tim Allen), "Lt. Tawny Madison" (Sigourney Weaver) and "Dr. Lazarus" (Alan Rickman) - set off on thrilling and often dangerous missions in space... and then their series was cancelled! Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken the Galaxy Quest television transmissions for "historical documents" and beamed up the crew of has-been actors to save the universe. With no script, no director and no clue, the actors must turn in the performance of their lives in this hilarious adventure. - Director:
- Dean Parisot
- Cast:
- Tim Allen, Joe Frank, Sigourney Weaver
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In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted to a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam. But when the US president (Donald Pleasence) crash-lands inside, only one man can bring him back: notorious outlaw and former special forces war hero Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), but time is short. In 24 hours, an explosive device implanted in his neck will end Snake's mission - and his life - unless he succeeds. - Director:
- John Carpenter
- Cast:
- Kurt Russell, Debra Hill, John Carpenter
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In Atwood's nightmarish fable, the United States of America has become The Republic of Gilead, a right-wing totalitarian state, Women are subjugated and powerless in this society. The world is rife with disease and infection, and few women remain who can have children; these who can are taken by the government, and christened 'handmaids'. Kate, a handmaid, is sent to the house of Fred, the commander. There she must submit to his demands, and those of Serena Joy (Faye Dunaway), his jealous, vindictive wife. But some things cannot be controlled by The Republic - like Kate's growing feelings for The Commander's chauffeur Nick. Or the secret resistance, who meet under darkness. - Director:
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Cast:
- Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn
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The Tardisis lured to Earth, London, 1985 by an alien distress signal. Investigating, the Doctor (Colin Baker) and Peri (Nicola Bryant) stumble upon an attempted bank robbery staged through the London sewers by a familiar foe - ex-Dalek agent, Lytton (Maurice Colbourne). But who is he working for this time? For they soon discover there is something far nastier lurking in the sewers - Cybermen. Why do the silver giants need a time machine? What is their devastating plan of attack? And what does it have to do with a catastrophic event that happened long ago in the Doctor's past? - Director:
- Matthew Robinson
- Cast:
- Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Michael Attwell
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Walt Disney Animation Studios' 'Raya and the Last Dragon' travels to the fantasy world of Kumandra, where humans and dragons lived together in harmony long ago. But when evil threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, that same evil has returned - and it's up to a lone warrior, Raya (voice of Kelly Marie Tran), to track down the legendary last dragon to restore the fractured land and unite its divided people. - Director:
- Don Hall
- Cast:
- Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Gemma Chan
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