Genres:Drama Countries:UK Directors:John Alexander Actors:Delroy Atkinson | Peter Brooke | Benedict Cumberbatch | Mark David | Damien Devaney | Michael Elwyn | Terence Frisch | Jonathan Harden | Karl Johnson | Bentley Kalu | Eoin Macken | David Oyelowo | Shaun Parkes | Teddy Price | Hugh Quarshie
As adapted from the bestselling 2004 novel of the same name by Andrea Levy, the miniseries Small Island observes the experiences of two very different married couples - one Jamaican, the other British - whose lives intersect at a point in post-WWII England when the relationship between their parent countries is about to irrevocably change. David Oyelowo and Naomie Harris star as Gilbert and Hortense, Jamaican immigrants who wed in a marriage of convenience and must battle bigotry and intense social rejection from the British on a daily basis. All that they really want is to be proud and happy subjects at the United Kingdom, when it would be easy to feel resentment and fury given the circumstances: many of their fellow countrymen are the descendants of Jamaicans who had been forcibly enslaved to the British Empire in an earlier era. Meanwhile, the couple's married English landlords, Bernard (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Queenie (Ruth Wilson) are still rebounding from the experience of a lengthy wartime separation. Queenie projects an unusual attitude toward Gilbert and Hortense, given her lack of bigotry and unquestioning acceptance, but this ironically threatens to create more problems than it solves.
Genres:Drama Countries:UK Directors:John Crowley Actors:Michael Caine | Bill Milner | Anne-Marie Duff | David Morrissey | Charli Janeway | Adam Drinkall | Garrick Hagon | Keith Hargreaves | William Ilkley | Ralph Ineson | Karl Johnson | Miles Jupp | Michael Keogh | Leslie Phillips | Ralph Riach
"Set in 1980s seaside England, this is the story of Edward, an unusual ten year old boy growing up in an old people's home run by his parents. Whilst his mother struggles to keep the family business afloat, and his father copes with the onset of mid-life crisis, Edward is busy tape-recording the elderly residents to try and discover what happens when they die. Increasingly obsessed with ghosts and the afterlife, Edward's is a rather lonely existence until he meets Clarence, the latest recruit to the home, a retired magician with a liberating streak of anarchy. Is There Anybody There? tells the surprising, touching story of this odd couple - a boy and an old man - facing life together, with Edward learning to live in the moment and Clarence coming to terms with the past."
Genres:Biography | Drama | Romance Countries:UK Directors:John Maybury Actors:Simon Armstrong | Ben Batt | Geoffrey Beevers | Paul Brooke | Huw Ceredig | Richard Clifford | Richard Dillane | Joel Dommett | Craig Gallivan | Callum Godfrey | Karl Johnson | Simon Kassianides | Raymond Llewellyn | Alastair Mackenzie | Neville Malcolm
Two ardent women, free from mind are connected by the bright, charismatic poet who likes them both. Passion and pathetic element of legendary poet Dylan Thomas are said by the lives of two extraordinary women. Vera Phillips and Dylan were youthful like; send quickly ten years and two re-communicate in London. She works as a singer while he debits scripts for the governmental propaganda films and is maintained by last in a long feminine line if become infatuated. Two ancient lovers smell the lightning once again, but Thomas is married now in adventurous Caitlin. In spite of their rival status of love, the women form a surprising friendship. Caitlin gives in in the own disloyalty and admits a similar adventurous mind in her husband. But she knows that its connection with Vera something else is, without speaking dangerous. Romantic agitation goes on in Vera's life. She gets married to her dedicated admirer Guillaume Killick, but she cannot disclaim chemistry between her and Dylan, she wants either in - even if it means to betray Caitlin. When Guillaume is informed abroad and pregnant Vera comes back to the Wales with her married friends, the battle between the heart and head becomes more intense. Guillaume returns a changed man, but no is Vera the carefree girl of cabaret to whom he got married. Gossip of district feeds the jealousy of her husband towards her rival. Furious, Guillaume organises a violent attack on Dylan - an attack which forces Vera to choose between the men in his life and the friend that she likes. Desire and guilt are complicated by love and friendship in this game of real life history in nice London and the majestic Welsh campaign.
Deux femmes fougueuses, libres d'esprit sont raccordées par le poète brillant, charismatique qui aime eux tous les deux. La passion et le pathétique de poète légendaire Dylan Thomas sont dits par les vies de deux femmes extraordinaires. Vera Phillips et Dylan étaient adolescents aime; envoyez vite dix ans et les deux recommuniquent à Londres. Elle travaille comme un chanteur tandis qu'il débite des scripts pour les films de propagande gouvernementaux et se fait entretenir par le dernier à une longue ligne de femmes s'engouées. Les deux anciens amants sentent la foudre encore une fois, mais Thomas est maintenant marié à Caitlin aventureux. En dépit de leur statut rival de l'amour, les femmes forment une amitié surprenante. Caitlin cède dans ses propres infidélités et reconnaît un esprit aventureux semblable dans son mari. Mais elle sait que sa connexion avec Vera est autre chose, sans parler dangereux. L'agitation romantique continue dans la vie de Vera. Elle se marie avec son admirateur consacré Guillaume Killick, mais elle ne peut pas nier la chimie entre elle et Dylan, elle ne veut non plus à - même si cela veut dire de trahir Caitlin. Quand Guillaume est informé à l'étranger et Vera enceinte revient au Pays de Galles avec ses amis mariés, la bataille entre son coeur et tête devient plus intense. Guillaume rend un homme changé, mais aucun n'est Vera la fille de cabaret insouciante avec qui il s'est marié. Les commérages de quartier alimentent la jalousie de son mari vers son rival. Furieux, Guillaume organise une attaque violente sur Dylan - une attaque qui force Vera à choisir entre les hommes dans sa vie et l'ami qu'elle aime. Le désir et la culpabilité sont compliqués par l'amour et l'amitié dans ce jeu d'histoire de la vie réelle dans beau Londres et la campagne galloise majestueuse.
Genres: Drama
