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Six members of a multi-cultural household in Hampstead, north London, explore their innermost fantasies

As Christmas celebrations get under way, Britain is rocked by a deadly new food scare - "mad turkey disease".

TV adaptation of the play set in a Cambridge School of English for Foreigners in 1962. St John Quartermaine is a rather ineffective but kindly teacher at the school who, becuase of his gentle character, has hardly any enemies - in fact, the rest of the staff confide in him or generally pplay on his good nature. Then Derek Meadle arrives on the scene. He is a new part-time teacher who really wants to be full-time, but people like Quartermaine are in the way.

To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death, Shakespeare's Globe has assembled an all-star cast to make 37 short films – one for each play – and here's the twist: each lavish 10 minute vignette is made on location in the real setting of each plot. The films have been directed by a selection of young directors and blend existing Shakespeare's Globe footage with new material shot in locations that capture the breadth of the Bard's imagination, including the Pyramids of Dahshur in Egypt, the rocks of Elsinore, Denmark, and the historic Jewish Ghetto of Venice, Italy. “Love's Labour's Lost”, which starred Gemma Arterton as Rosaline, was filmed at the Royal Palace of Olite, Navarre, Spain.

Tale of an overly attached father, his wheel-chair bound teenage son and the monster that stalks him in the night.

Alan Partridge appears on Open Books with Martin Bryce to promote his new autobiography.

An English spy (Tom Adams) guards a Scandinavian scientist (Karl Stepanek) who has sold an anti-gravity device to each side.

Pip is just your average wee guy – happy with his lot and not much of a complainer (though you really wouldn’t blame him if he was!). Regularly tortured and terrified, in what is, it must be said, a truly hard life, he still finds time to laugh, smile and dream of a brighter future, even though no-one expects anything of him. Or so he thinks…

Three friends go on a mission to find out the answer to a question.

At the racetrack, cleaner, Willy Joy is tricked into buying Lindy Lou, a useless greyhound, who's not too healthy either. While getting the dog back in shape, Willy crosses paths with a gang of crooks who's specialty is fixing the races with doped dogs.

Baffled by Adams newfound ‘power’ after years of battling depression, his long-time partner, Molly, insists they seek help from therapist, Dr. Motosko.

Filmed live from the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, 'The Book of John' is the sold-out, highly anticipated new show from Rhod Gilbert, which critics have called 'uproariously funny' - The Guardian. Raw, personal and brutally honest like never before, Rhod takes us on a non-nonsense journey into finding the homour when you've hit rock bottom.

One man, one sofa, infinite tat. But what happens when that sofa is gone?

A crusty old General leads his dotty family on a relaxing weekend at the seaside, and comic chaos ensues.

Young Rosie Dixon starts her nurse training at St Adelaide's Hospital, but the student doctors and randy male patients just can't keep their hands off her.

Julia Stafford is asked to defend a posh youth, an outsider in a conservative Scottish town, who is accused of murdering a girl.

The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy is a very funny spaghetti western-Peckinpah-Leone pastiche that sees Michael Elphick's charlatan elixir seller, Neil Morrissey and Martin Clunes as the notorious and the not so notorious Irish bounty hunters all in pursuit of Kid Divine (Jesse Birdsall) a baby faced killer with a $25,000 price tag on his head.

When Harry and Spike visit Bristol to spend the winnings from Harry's latest Pools win, the boys are soon targeted by a gang of local counterfeiters.

An improv based film about Hamlet, made by people who have not yet seen hamlet! To be or not to be? I guess that's the question.

When two cats face off in a chance encounter, the skirmish spirals into an overdramatic montage of fight scene parodies.

Based on Aimee Stuart's play. Little Scots girl decides to use her inheritance for a "grand tour" of the Continent.

Tiny Fox-Collier and her son, Tony, are broke. A cheery and handsome young man about town, Tony knows he can rely on his mother for a brainwave to save them from utter destitution. This she has: a visit is scheduled to the Irish country estate of her old flame Sir Richard Furze, now a wealthy widower with two daughters. But while Tiny is determined to see her son marry the beautiful but haughty Joan, it seems Tony only has eyes for Joan’s spirited younger sister, Baby.

On a weekend trip to the seaside town of Lyme Regis, two seventeen-year-old boys - Sam with an interest in ecology and Martin with an interest in girls - are the youngest residents (ever) at a guest house run by a highly eccentric old lady.

An anthology film made up of 15 stories about love, romance and dating in contemporary London.

Featured in London and L.A. Film Festivals. It was runner up in TCM Classic Shorts competition and was broadcast on TCM. The film was also selected for The First Film Foundation’s New Directions and screened in New York and LA.

The second in the series of films about the Lyon family, based on the BBC radio series Life With the Lyons. Ben Lyon appears to have forgotten his wedding anniversary making his wife Bebe furious. When his son sees him dining with a glamorous French singer he thinks the worst. But Ben has laid false evidence in order to surprise the whole family with a trip to France. Only, once in Paris, all the day's previous misunderstandings pail into insignificance at the compromising situations the Lyons get themselves into.

“A troopship bringing home a battalion from Bermuda docks at Southampton and the men are granted only 6 hours leave. The film shows how some of the men spend this precious time.” - BFI.

Jessica, the second Mrs Saunders, arrives with her new husband John at his country estate. Very much left to her own devices she is unnerved by the power that Consuela, the sinister Spanish housekeeper,seems to wield, comparing her to John's first wife and forbidding her to enter a mysterious locked room.

Lucy and Belle are two Pomeranian sisters. They have been left at home to guard the house over the Christmas period with two children. However - all does not go to plan when two neighbours break in to steal the family's possessions.

A college student is dragged into a blind date by his weird and bizarre friends. To add onto his worries and stress, they offer him some not-so-great advice.

Why is Arthur Picton standing naked outside his house? Why is he facing Christmas alone? Classic Christmas comedy with Arthur Picton and his football team.

Unbeknown to each other, a husband and wife acquire separate nightclubs in the same London street; however, both clubs are on the brink of bankruptcy.

Three black men rob a Knightsbridge Italian restaurant. But when the police are called and the robbery becomes a siege, the men find themselves in a situation out of their control.

Eleven one-act sex comedies, involving wife swappers, a bored housewife, a young virgin, and an orgy in Kilburn.

One-off comedy satirising the EU Referendum and its effects in which a cast of comedy characters interact with the real-life campaign pranking prominent figures within the Leave and Remain camps.

Patricia (Phyllis Calvert) throws away a painting members of her Italian village consider to be extremely lucky. She goes to great lengths in her attempts to locate it again and bring it back.

A LEGENDARY CLOAK. AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE. The Lost Mantle of Elijah - A Rollicking Fantasy Adventure Blast off on an epic quest for the legendary Mantle of Miracles in this exhilarating fantasy thriller! In a cursed world without fire, young Kai is entrusted with recovering the Lost Mantle of Elijah – a magical cloak rumoured to possess astounding powers. Dodging cutthroat pirates, warring tribes, and sinister sorcerers, Kai races to find the sacred relic before it falls into the wrong hands.

Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. The Royal Shakespeare Company presents The Taming of the Shrew. Turning Shakespeare’s fierce, energetic comedy of gender and materialism on its head to offer a fresh perspective on its portrayal of hierarchy and power.

Amid the dried out-and-dead desert oasis of suburban Las Vegas, and after three years apart, a young couple decides it's finally time to move in with each other and take their relationship to the next level.

This existential comedy tells the story of Anna, a chronically ill woman, who is visited by Doreen, a door to door proselytizer who slowly overstays her welcome. Together, they walk in the park, bake a cake and watch an Ingmar Bergman film.

Old Mother Riley does the laundry for the dancers in the pantomime "Aladdin", where her daughter Kitty works as a chorus girl. Sneaking a peek at the show one day, Mother Riley accidentally pops up through a trap door onto the stage. Accosted by the angry star, Mother Riley’s belligerent responses have the audience in stitches. Outraged, the star walks out, leaving Kitty to take over the leading role, to great success.

An ambitious girl who wants to be a cabaret star poses as "Zaza", a French chanteuse, to get a job in a prestigious nightclub. Unfortunately, she finds herself in the middle of a dispute between Mike Kelly, the club's Chicago-born owner, and a group of American gangsters bent on taking over the club. To put pressure on Kelly, the gangsters kidnap "Zaza".

A reimagining of the iconic first Black Lodge sequence from David Lynch's Twin Peaks, created for a school Taskmaster challenge themed around 'reverse'. After falling asleep in his room, Dan is drawn into a mysterious room where he encounters a nightmarish Ferox Hall goblin clad in full house attire before coming face to face with the Housemaster, who welcomes him into the house.

The daughter of a poor clergyman wins £500 and goes to find happiness on the Riviera.

A shy detergent factory employee unexpectedly finds his feet.

A short film about a man facing a sexual dilemma in the bathroom after hooking up with an ex-girlfriend.

a group of students living in a house expecting a new house mate but it couldn't of come at a more awkward time.

Alan Partridge attempts a celebrity travelogue around his beloved Norwich.

When Jade McGill and her roommates, Keith Murray and Marcus Irvine are in desperate need of money after threat of eviction, the trio find themselves working for ‘GameMill Enterprises’ under the wing of CEO Rich Miller. However, the more they work there alongside goth girl co-worker Vivian Gough, the more the truth about the CEO and the company’s chequered past is slowly revealed...

20th century television chef Ainsley Harriott beams himself aboard the space vessel Starbug in order to test the crew's culinary skills.

Dara Ó Briain's stand-up show filmed live at London's Eventim Apollo. Topics include virtual reality, having too much technology at home and handling reports of your own demise.

Comic short starring Hal Monty and Max Bygraves as two sailors on leave. Hal tries his hand at boxing, but gets more than he bargained for.

The story of a young, lonesome man trapped in a dystopian world who falls in love with a supermarket self-checkout machine.

Documentary celebrating 50 years of The Good Life.

Fledgling comedian Eric Rushton has never been on a date - until this documentary.

When a mysterious train accident forces a man to change his plans, he is confronted with a series of choices. Each decision he makes leads to a different scenario, each one filmed by a different director with a different cast.

Day-dreamer Albert has hopes of being a superhero and saving the girls.

The Guinness Wolrd Record holder for telling the most jokes in one hour, star of 'The Sketch Show' and known for having more punch lines per minute than any other comedian, Tim Vine presents his first ever DVD, 'Tim Vine - Live'!

Finally, the wait is over. Billy Connolly, the King of Comedy, returns in his first brand new stand up DVD for three years. As funny, topical and downright brilliant as ever, Billy Connolly Live in London 2010 is the master at his best. From raging about Britain’s political elite to reporting about the oddities of America, Live in London 2010 takes the audience on a hilarious series of anecdotes, digressions and yarns. Filmed this year during 20 sell-out nights at London’s Hammersmith Apollo, this is the show that caused a ticket website to crash from the demand when it first went on sale.