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Donal is a 14-year old who develops a passion for greyhound racing. He works in a kennel, which is owned by Good Joe. Good Joe promises Donal ownership of Donal's favorite greyhound, The Mighty Celt, if the animal wins three races in a row. Meanwhile, Donal's mother, Kate, must adjust her life when O, a man from her past, returns. The political climate of Ireland serves as the backdrop of this story.
A burglar confesses to killing a woman in this incomplete early crime drama.
An old man living in a flat in London makes a final decision.
Ostia is a fascinating short film directed by Julian Cole and produced for the Royal College of Art, which reconstructs the events leading up to the murder of Pier Paolo Pasolini. Ostia relocates the proceedings to London and stars Derek Jarman as Pasolini. The film features an evocative dream sequence which is accompanied by poignant excerpts from Pasolini’s own poetry, as read by Jarman.
A lesbian in the 1800s who keeps a detailed account of her life written in coded diaries attempts to live independently while juggling an affair with a married woman.
Loosely bases on Samuel Richardson's novel Pamela or Virtue Rewarded, this is the story of Pamela who goes to work in the kitchen of Lord Devenish who is determined to rape her.
The future. Criminals serve prison sentences before they commit their crimes. Prisons are on new planets that are being colonised. After serving their time, the former prisoners return to their home planet.
An all-star cast heads up this intimate film about how author, P.G.Wodehouse, came to face a charge of treason during the Second World War and how this quintessential Englishman, creator of Jeeves and Wooster, became an exile from his own country and never set foot on English soil again.
After Mel's long-term partner disappears abruptly, she discovers he had created an entire false identity. Her search for truth then exposes a scandal at the heart of the UK's Metropolitan Police.
The launch of Chaser lager could be big for KFS if Alun shows some commitment; if Mike's lifestyle doesn't catch up with him; if the rest of the team concern themselves more with the product's image and less with their own - they might just have a winner on their hands.
Set in modern Birmingham, "Land Gold Women" revolves around a small British Asian family caught between their traditional past and the tumultuous, faction-driven present.
In 1840s London, Dr. Thomas Bolton [Boris Karloff] dares to dream the unthinkable: experimenting with anesthesia gases to make surgery pain-free. While doing so, his demonstration before a panel of his peers ends in a horrific mishap with his patient awakening under the knife; he is forced to leave his position in disgrace. To complicate matters, he becomes addicted to his own chemical experiments and gets involved with a criminal gang led by Black Ben [Francis de Wolff], and a ruthless killer Resurrection Joe [Christopher Lee]. Unfortunately, this shady partnership leads Dr. Bolton to further ruin, culminating in his unwitting participation in murder — for which he becomes the first victim of a blackmail scheme.
In a town where half the men die down the coalpit, Margaret MacNeil is quite happy being single in her small Cape Breton island town. Until she meets Neil Currie, a charming and sincere bagpipe-playing, Gaelic-speaking dishwasher. But no matter what you do, you can't avoid the spectre of the pit forever.
Maude, with a voracious appetite, swiftly polishes off her packed lunch and is still hungry. But there is no more food, so what will Maude eat next to satisfy her hunger?
A cross cultural romance set in London's East End about a young girl of Indian heritage.
A madly-in-love young couple's relationship begins to suffer when they struggle to conceive a child.
Koenigsmark is a 1935 British-French drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Elissa Landi, John Lodge and Pierre Fresnay. The film is based on the novel Koenigsmark by Pierre Benoît. It's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. The film was known in the United States as Crimson Dynasty.
When the world has been pushed past breaking point, an aging neurobotanist collects and preserves what little of value remains.
One hot June day, three friends decide there is nothing they would like to do more than to get away from London. A boating holiday with lots of fresh air and exercise would be just the very thing, or so their doctors tell them. So, after debating the merits of hotel or camp beds and what to pack, they set off on their voyage - a trip up the Thames from Henley to Oxford - but very quickly find themselves ill-equipped for the trials of riverbank life.
Fifty years after the first step on the moon, this film aims to pay tribute to one of the most important achievements in the history of mankind. Through the figures of the two astronauts who have walked for the first time on the terrestrial satellite, the story touches on the theme of the journey and the adventure that for years has stimulated conspiracy fantasies.
Follows seven characters playing the embodiment of the seven deadly sins.
In 1999, a young girl explores the challenges of adulthood whilst desperately clutching onto her childhood.
Four fashionistas, stuck in the English countryside after a disastrous photo shoot, reluctantly continue their day with dinner at The Running Cow. As unresolved tensions from the day boil over, the chaotic evening spirals into violence.
A divorcee takes his children on a trip to Cornwall.
In the revolting and decaying Byzantium Hotel, young heroin addict Alex, played by Dexter Fletcher, relives an idyllic - and possibly apocryphal - past before slipping into a much more terrifying world. A sinister little girl wanders the corridors, cutting open her doll "to see what's inside" while winos and junkies prowl as flesh-eating zombies...
A man gets off a train on a whim.
Waking up in a locked room, a prisoner must overcome their personal demons in order to move on from heartache and earn their freedom.
An illegal immigrant on the run from a Russian mafia boss, falls for an artist. When he discovers her family home is worth millions, he hatches a plot to get hold of the deeds.
1815. A soldier becomes the governor of St. Helena and jailer of Napoleon
The close relationship between twin sisters is broken down irrevocably, when one insists on keeping up the tradition of circumcision of her young daughter.
Belfast 1972: The politically naive Bernie is trying to bring up a normal family in less than normal surroundings. Her best friend is accidentally shot dead by the IRA, and her neighbours are constantly raided by the army. In this climate of fear she stands up and condemns the murders. Criticising both factions, her call for a ceasefire is interpreted as an attack against the IRA, and as her peace movement takes momentum, she and her family are placed in the frontline.
A willful young boy follows his just and obstinate grandmother on a journey across Iraq, determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed's father, who never returned from war.
In a dying world, a virus nicknamed ‘Death’ reigns supreme. Quinn, after being put into a situation where they have to put a man’s wife out of her misery, runs away from what is left of civilisation.
A husband drives throughout the night on a voyage of self-discovery, while his wife waits at home, raking over the ashes of their marriage as their child sleeps in the next room.
A group of schoolchildren set up a police force to stand up to the school bullies but things soon get out of hand..
Women-led piece, written by Elaine Morgan.
Mandy is a mother, a writer, a nihilist. Mandy is a modern woman in a crisis. Raising a son in the midst of a female revolution, mining the pain of her parents' separation and professionally writing about a love that no longer exists, she falls upon a troubled man, Pete, who’s searching for a sense of worth, belonging and ‘restored’ Male identity.
Gemma Bridger knows what she wants. A rising star in British Intelligence, she's on a trajectory to the top. Today, she gets to prove her worth again with a routine surveillance job at a park.
Joan's efforts at teenage rebellion are frustrated by her illness and her overbearing mother, until her increasingly vivd dreams and an overzealous tutor inspire her to realise her independence.
The english villages are under siege by Viking invaders, leaving destruction and fear in their wake.
A schoolteacher unravels the mystery behind the odd relationship between her new pupil and a stranger with a dark secret.
A new student at a British public school forms a secret society centered around cooking and midnight feasting with other school misfits and outcasts.
Maria a young girl living in Portugal in the late 60's, is left alone by her husband who is taken to the colonial war in Africa on their wedding day. In an environment of traditions and taboos she tries to deal with her love and loss at the same time she tries to find her own voice.
In 1984 a family throws a 14th-birthday party. 30 years later, they re-unite at two isolated houses in a forest, where horrific truths are uncovered about the family's occult pact with an ancient evil that's enabled their wealth and power.
A narrative film in which a woman comes to suspect that her new boyfriend is more interested in her cat than in her.
It is approaching an election in the UK when the leader of the Labour party, John Smith, suffers another in a line of heart attacks and dies. With the leadership campaign about to start the clear choice appears to be Gordon Brown, a stanch Scotsman. However Tony Blair is also beginning to appear more likely as he will appeal to Southern voters who would be turned off by Brown. Blair rings Brown to arrange a meeting to discuss which will go for the job. The film flashbacks to the start of their relationship, sharing an office in Westminster on their first seats.
Sasha, a young janitor, notices a certain softness and kindness in an older janitor. In a small, secluded room, away from their colleagues, the two men waver between resisting and giving in to their feelings and desires, walking a tightrope between violent tendencies and a need for tenderness.
A middle aged writer of pornographic novels meets and falls in love with a sixteen year old school girl. This alone is cause for concern but when the couple get married and move to America, the trouble (and fun) really begins.
Billy wants to play in a rock band with his brother Dave. This Christmas, Billy 's Angels come down to earth to help Billy find Dave, and reality, through Faith, Hope and Charlie.
Should a punishment fit the crime?
Inside one's head can be a place of both colour and chaos. Four friends learn to heal by opening up to one another.
Grania did something 15 years ago that brought her great happiness but also great pain. The events of that day have been a heavy secret to bear that, if discovered, would devastate those closest to her.
‘Sissy’ is a short drama set in a secondary school, where two sisters with a fraught relationship, feisty Millie who is 16 and goody goody Chloe who is 12, wait to be seen by the headteacher for very different reasons.
In 1948 Malaya, WWII vets Iz and Abe face vengeful ex-ally Chin Liu, who betrayed them during the war and now leads terrorists to their village. Haunted by past trauma, Iz must confront both his demons and Chin Liu's deadly advance.
A mixed party of West Indian settlers arrives in London, where they encounter prejudice from the white population and integrate themselves into the existing West Indian community.
Layla, a British-born Chinese girl, struggles with the dualities and contradictions of two disparate cultural identities. On Chinese New Year, she is pushed to reckon with the subtle racism she experiences from her school friends, as well as the grating prejudices of her older male relatives.
A man who feels trapped by his life volunteers to become an exhibit in a zoo.
A two-part conspiracy thriller starring Anna Friel. An eager young photographer and a bitter tabloid hack are sent to investigate mysterious deaths at a cottage hospital. But why is the new environment minister keeping tabs on their every move? The TV movie tackles controversial topics like genetically modified plants, the role of large pharmaceutical companies and the question of control of state and government