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K-19: The Widowmaker (2002, Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson)

In 1961 the Soviet Union create their first nuclear-powered submarine, the K-19, which is christened ‘the widowmaker’ after the high death toll incurred during production. Eager...

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Play of the Week: Professional Foul (BBC-2 1977, Peter Barkworth, Stephen Rea)

Drama Professional Foul was the first entry in the BBC Two Play of the Week strand. Peter Barkworth plays Lecturer Professor Anderson who whilst attending a...

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I Am Not an Animal (BBC-2 2004, Simon Pegg, Steve Coogan)

I Am Not An Animal is a rather weirdly animated comedy series about the only six talking animals in the world, whose cosseted existence in a...

Movies7 months ago

Notting Hill (1999, Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts)

Divorcee William Thacker (Hugh Grant) runs an unprofitable bookshop in London’s fashionable Notting Hill, which attracts American movie star Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) as a customer....

Episodes2 years ago

The Organization: Eve and Rodney Spurling (ITV 30 Apr 1972, with John Shrapnel)

In Eve and Rodney Spurling press officer Rodney Spurling is in trouble yet again with the Chairman over an ad with a misprint appearing in The...

Episodes2 years ago

Justice: The Price of Innocence (ITV 24 May 1974, with Robin Bailey)

In The Price of Innocence an old friend of James’ has been accused of careless driving and has killed a man in the process. It’s an...

Episodes2 years ago

Waking The Dead: Solidarity (BBC-1 28 Mar 2011)

In two part story Solidarity Boyd and the team investigate when the body of former Falklands hero turned peacenik Piers Kennedy turns up after being missing...

TV3 years ago

Elizabeth R (BBC-2 1971, Glenda Jackson, Robert Hardy)

Historical drama serial Elizabeth R consisted of six linked plays telling the life of the Virgin Queen. Hugely popular with both critics and viewers alike and cemented...

TV3 years ago

Edward And Mrs Simpson (ITV 1978, Edward Fox, Cynthia Harris)

Period drama serial Edward And Mrs Simpson followed the events surrounding the abdication of Edward VIII leading up to the actual day on 10th Dec 1936....

TV3 years ago

GBH (Channel 4 1991, Michael Palin, Robert Lindsay)

Written by the acclaimed Alan Bleasdale (he of Boys From the Blackstuff fame) GBH takes the simple story of a battle between a northern councillor and a...

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K-19: The Widowmaker (2002, Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson)

Play of the Week: Professional Foul (BBC-2 1977, Peter Barkworth, Stephen Rea)

I Am Not an Animal (BBC-2 2004, Simon Pegg, Steve Coogan)

Notting Hill (1999, Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts)

The Organization: Eve and Rodney Spurling (ITV 30 Apr 1972, with John Shrapnel)

Justice: The Price of Innocence (ITV 24 May 1974, with Robin Bailey)

Waking The Dead: Solidarity (BBC-1 28 Mar 2011)

Elizabeth R (BBC-2 1971, Glenda Jackson, Robert Hardy)

Edward And Mrs Simpson (ITV 1978, Edward Fox, Cynthia Harris)

GBH (Channel 4 1991, Michael Palin, Robert Lindsay)

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