Keyword: england

By Any Means

7

2013

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By Any Means follows a clandestine unit living on the edge and playing the criminal elite at their own game, existing in the grey area between the letter of the law and true justice.

Armada: 12 Days to Save England

8.2

2015

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Three-part documentary about the sinking of the Spanish Armada, featuring dramatic reconstructions and information gleaned from recently recovered documents. Dan Snow takes to the sea to tell the story of how England came within a whisker of disaster in summer 1588. Anita Dobson stars as Elizabeth I.

1066: A Year to Conquer England

6.9

2017

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Drama-Documentary in which historian Dan Snow explores the political intrigues and family betrayals between Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans that led to the Battle of Hastings.

1066: The Battle for Middle Earth

6.3

2009

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Despite earlier promises to pass his crown to one of his Flemish, Viking, or Norman relatives, English King Edward the Confessor dies in 1066, leaving his crown to Anglo-Saxon Harold Godwinson, causing a bloody succession war.

A Dance to the Music of Time

7.5

1997

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Anthony Powells twelve volume novel sequence \A Dance to the Music of Time\ has been dramatized for television.

Chelmsford 123

7.7

1988

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Sitcom set in the town of Chelmsford, but in the year AD 123. The show mainly revolves around the power struggle between the newly appointed Roman Governor of Britain, Aulus Paulinus, and the scheming local British chieftain Badvoc.

At Home with the Braithwaites

6.6

2000

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A normal everyday family strike it rich by winning the lottery. Their life dramatically changes with their new-found wealth.

Doctor Dolittle

6.2

1967

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After the animal communicating veterinarian goes too far for his clientele, he and his friends escape their hometown to the sea in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail.

The Man Who Cried

6.2

2000

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A young refugee traveling from Russia to America in search of her lost father falls for a gypsy horseman.

Billion Dollar Brain

6.5

1967

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A former British spy stumbles onto a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?

Tom Brown's Schooldays

5.5

2005

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The determined new headmaster of an English prep school attempts to reform the frequently unruly students, who are tormented by a ruthless bully.

You, Me and Him

5.8

2017

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Olivia and Alex are a lesbian couple who, despite their age difference, are very much in love. As the question of pregnancy rears its head and their neighbor John befriends them, they both start making some truly disastrous decisions.

Peter's Friends

7

1992

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Six former college friends, with two new friends, gather for a New Years Eve weekend reunion at a large English countryside manor after ten years to reminisce about the good times now long gone.

Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now

7.4

2024

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Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, are the most successful duo in the history of British pop. They have sold more than 50 million records, produced over forty Top 40 singles, four UK number ones, performed in several world tours, and they are still making new music together. Their songs have often commented on Britain and the world around them with wit, sensitivity and intelligence driving the stories they want to share through some of the most memorable synth-pop music ever created. Maintaining their privacy and mystique has kept cameras at bay for decades and now for the first time they have allowed backstage access as Alan Yentob and imagine... accompany them on their global Dreamworld tour - filming rehearsals in London and backstage in Helsinki. Spring 2024 sees the release of their latest album, Nonetheless, which comes 40 years after the original release of their timeless hit West End Girls. imagine... is given a sneak preview of the new album and talks to Tennant and Lowe about its creation and their creative evolution over the past four decades. Contributors include fellow musicians Brandon Flowers, Jake Shears, Olly Alexander and Marc Almond, music journalist Miranda Sawyer, and creative collaborators Stuart Price, James Ford, Es Devlin, Javier De Frutos, Tom Scutt and Mark Farrow. This is an intimate look inside the world and creations of Pet Shop Boys with Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe unguarded, poignant and hilarious.

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

7.5

1960

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A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child.

Family Life

7.1

1971

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A young woman, Janice, is living with her restrictive and conservative parents, who lead a dull working-class life and consider their daughter to be “misbehaving” whenever she’s trying to find her own way in life. Family Life is a stark and painful portrait of a hypocritical society.

Malice in Wonderland

6.1

2009

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A modern take on the classic fairytale, Alice in Wonderland, set in the North East of England.

The Mercy

6

2018

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The incredible story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst and his solo attempt to circumnavigate the globe. The struggles he confronted on the journey while his family awaited his return is one of the most enduring mysteries of recent times.

Prick Up Your Ears

7.4

1987

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Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton. Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful.