Mr Stevens is butler to Lord Darlington, who in the years leading up to the Second World War had great sympathy with Germany and hoped to retain the peace between Britain and the Nazis. For Parrish, Susan and the rest of his family, the consequences of this romance are profound, complicated and bittersweet, for Joe Black is the personification of death. Media tycoon William Parrish has his charmed life and orderly household disrupted by the arrival of an enigmatic young man who proceeds to fall in love with Parrish’s beautiful daughter, Susan. The story of a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg – then a struggling attorney and new mother – who faces adversity and numerous obstacles in her fight for equal rights throughout her career. So Gromit is left to run things on his own, when he would much rather be getting better acquainted with Piella’s lovely pet poodle Fluffles.īBC iPlayer – Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death Gromit is worried that they may be the next victims, but Wallace does not care, as he has fallen head over heels in love with Piella Bakewell, former star of the Bake-O-Lite bread commercials. Wallace and Gromit have opened a new bakery – Top Bun – and business is booming, not least because a deadly Cereal Killer has murdered all the other bakers in town. Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008) When a group of adults run Odd Squad out of business, the agents are forced to become regular kids again. The Odd Squad investigate strange events. The fact they are attracted to each other is only one of many complications as their lives collide on the way from jailbreak in Florida to shootout in Michigan. Habitual criminal Jack Foley is planning one last robbery, but determined federal marshal Karen Sisco is out to stop him. Young Carlos is a happy-go-lucky street urchin until his truck-driving father determines that he is to audition for the Havana State Ballet school.īBC iPlayer – Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story
Star performer Don Hewes hires Hannah Brown as his new dance partner to prove to his former partner that he can make a star of anyone.Īndrew, a talented young drummer, enrols in a top music school where he is mentored by a conductor, Fletcher, with terrifying methods.īased on the autobiography of Cuban ballet superstar Carlos Acosta.
Intrigued, Finkel begins meeting with Longo, but soon realises how dangerous he is. Despite his new riches however, he is unable to win over the object of his affections – a beautiful but spoiled young woman he has known since childhood.ĭisgraced New York Times journalist Michael Finkel learns that Christian Longo, a man accused of murdering his family, is claiming to be him. In line with the wishes of the wealthy stranger, the boy is taken to London, where he is introduced to a higher class of society and transformed into a gentleman. The simple life of a poor orphan is forever altered after a chance encounter with a fearsome criminal and the intervention of a mysterious benefactor. For the authorities, it means a new reign of terror as the girls of St Trinian’s regroup with gleeful anticipation.īBC iPlayer – The Pure Hell of St Trinians The fourth form monsters’ latest trick is their best ever – they have burned down St Trinian’s school! As the girls stand trial, the police breathe a sigh of relief, but miraculously the judge’s infatuation with a student means the school is freed.
Having gone missing in a plane crash five years ago and presumed long dead, a woman returns home to her husband and two children to find the husband has just remarried…Ĭomedy.
As they set out on their demanding schedule, with their wives back home in the US, Stan is distracted by his attempts to pin down the producer of their proposed comeback film and Ollie tries to heal a rift caused by a perceived professional betrayal. Once the world’s most famous comedy double act, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy reunite for a variety hall tour of Britain in 1953. Latest issues of our independent film magazines now available at .ukĭisappearing soon … catch them while you can! ( Available until 6th May 2022…) FILM STORIES & FILM STORIES JUNIOR MAGAZINES