Eleanor Bron
Based on the Terry Pratchett novel. On Discworld, in a small country called Lancre, three witches, the flowery Magrat Garlick, the lively Nanny Ogg and their leader Granny Weatherwax find themselves dragged into royal politics. The king of Lancre, Verence, has been murdered by Duke Felmet and he has taken over control of the country (but he is trapped under the control of his over-powering wife - the Duchess.) The Duke hates Lancre and the actual kingdom of Lancre is pressing the witches to find a king that would take better care of it. The second and bigger problem is that Verence's baby son has escaped and has fallen into the hands of the witches prompting the Duke's fury towards the witches. The son must be protected but Granny doesn't want to get involved with the situation but it looks like she doesn't have a choice in the matter...
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Actors: Jane Horrocks, June Whitfield, Annette Crosbie, Christopher Lee, Eleanor Bron
A spy is looking for his old colleague who now works for the other side.
Director: David Drury
Actors: Scott Glenn, Robert Loggia, William Atherton, Martin Shaw, Cherie Lunghi
30 minute documentary about the making of the film Help! with Richard Lester, the cast and crew. Includes exclusive behind the scenes footage of The Beatles on set.
Director: Claire Ferguson
Actors: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Richard Lester
Intellectually driven doctoral student Rosamund Stacey, while undertaking graduate work at the British Museum, becomes pregnant after a brief affair with a television newsreader. Against the advice of her best friend, Lydia, Rosamund chooses to keep the baby and adjusts her life to include both her studies and her pregnancy. However, when the baby is born, an unforeseen complication threatens the self-sufficient life Rosamund plans for herself.
Director: Waris Hussein
Actors: Sandy Dennis, Ian McKellen, Michael Coles, John Standing, Peggy Thorpe-Bates
A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.
Director: Terence Davies
Actors: Gillian Anderson, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney, Anthony LaPaglia
Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd, but sympathetic camaraderie as they plan to steal two of the turtles and free them into the ocean.
Director: John Irvin
Actors: Glenda Jackson, Ben Kingsley, Michael Gambon, Harriet Walter, Richard Johnson
The chilling story of Dr Rant, whose wicked streak continues from beyond the grave. Based on the festive ghost story by MR James. When a relative comes to find a particular book at the university library, young student Garrett is drawn into a family feud over a will and its legacy - with terrifying consequences.
Director: Mark Gatiss
Actors: Louise Jameson, Sacha Dhawan, Roy Barraclough, Una Stubbs, John Castle
The ten-year marriage of Mark and Joanna Wallace is on the rocks. In flashback they recall their first meeting, memorable moments in their courtship and early wedded life, their travels through Europe, their broken vow never to have children, and their increasing tensions that led to both of them having extra-marital affairs.
Director: Stanley Donen
Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney, Georges Descrières, Claude Dauphin, Nadia Gray
An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unkowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off). On top of that, a pair of mad scientists, members of Scotland Yard, and a beautiful but dead-eyed assassin all have their own plans for the Fab Four.
Director: Richard Lester
Actors: George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Leo McKern
Growing up in the sheltered confines of a 1920's English coal-mining community, free-spirited sisters Gudrun and Ursula explore erotic love with a wealthy playboy and a philosophical educator, with cataclysmic results for all four.
Director: Ken Russell
Actors: Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson, Jennie Linden, Eleanor Bron
In order to win the Street Dance Championships, a dance crew is forced to work with ballet dancers from the Royal Dance School in exchange for rehearsal space.
Director: Max Giwa
Actors: Nichola Burley, Richard Winsor, Ukweli Roach, Frank Harper, George Sampson
Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of his friend Henry Baskerville, who is under a family curse and menaced by a demonic dog that prowls the bogs near his estate and murders people.
Director: Douglas Hickox
Actors: Ian Richardson, Donald Churchill, Denholm Elliott, Glynis Barber, Brian Blessed
Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A riotous black comedy that's as timely today as ever, it contrasts the appalling conditions in a overcrowded London hospital with a soap opera playing on the televisions there. In an ingenious touch, the same actors appear in the "real" story as well as the "TV" one, thus blurring the distinctions even further. Jack Gould directs such outstanding British actors as Lynn Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Eleanor Bron, Jim Dale, Donald Sinden, Mervyn Johns, and, in only his second film, Bob Hoskins. The renowned Carl Davis composed the score.
Director: Jack Gold
Actors: Lynn Redgrave, Eleanor Bron, Jim Dale, Donald Sinden, Mervyn Johns
A pro tennis player has lost his ambition and has fallen in rank to 119. Fortunately for him, he meets a young player on the women's circuit who helps him recapture his focus for Wimbledon.
Director: Richard Loncraine
Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany, Sam Neill, James McAvoy, Bernard Hill
Drama set in 1930s London with two sisters, Madeleine married to Rickie, and Dinah, who falls in love with him. Rickie and Dinah begin an affair which is to have repercussions throughout all their lives.
Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Actors: Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Williams, Paul Bettany, Eleanor Bron, Tom Ward
Stanley is infatuated with Margaret, the statuesque waitress who works with him. He meets George Spiggott AKA the devil and sells his soul for 7 wishes, which Stanley uses to try and make Margaret his own first as an intellectual, then as a rock star, then as a wealthy industrialist. As each fails, he becomes more aware of how empty his life had been and how much more he has to live for.
Director: Stanley Donen
Actors: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Raquel Welch, Eleanor Bron, Barry Humphries
Play for Today about Russian dissidents.
Director: Alan Clarke
Actors: Jack Shepherd, Eleanor Bron, Merelina Kendall, Jonathan David, Helena McCarthy