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- DirectorBoaz YakinStarsRenée ZellwegerChristopher EcclestonJulianna MarguliesThis movie is about a young woman who is married to a devout Jew and the problems that trouble their marriage because of her wanting something more out of her life.
- DirectorJames IvoryStarsLeelee SobieskiKris KristoffersonBarbara HersheyThis fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotionless slice-of-life story. Jones here is portrayed as Bill Willis, a former war hero and now successful author who obviously drinks too much and is starting to experience health problems.
- DirectorJeremy ThomasStarsJohn HurtChristian BaleDaniel BenzaliBobby Platt is a mentally slow young man who escapes an abusive, hateful stepfather who has killed his pets one by one. To save himself, Bobby runs away and meets a strange old man who wanders the highways to bury roadkill animals. Bobby becomes the old man's apprentice and learns to see the world of nature in a strange idyllic way. But soon the shadow of his stepfather catches up to him and Bobby's world explodes into a grotesque nightmare.
- DirectorSam MillerStarsPete PostlethwaiteRachel GriffithsJames ThorntonA woman drifter finds her soul-mate while working with an all-male crew painting giant electrical-generator towers.
- DirectorEmese ReikerStarsChristie LarsonBilly JoyceNiamh Roth
- DirectorGeorge MiltonStarsUte LemperTrevor EveChristien AnholtOne night at the Station Hotel a group of strangers play cards to see who will sleep in hotel room 207 - a room rumoured to be haunted, where you 'dream the dreams of the ones who slept before you...' And in the process learn too much about each other's dark secrets. As their lives tangle in paranoid deadlock, the only escape becomes murder.
- DirectorMichael RadfordStarsAsia ArgentoJared HarrisRupert EverettA young woman attempts to end her criminal career. But she needs love to make it.
- CreatorGeoff DeaneStarsKarl HowmanDenise Van OutenNatalie WalterA peek into the steamy lives of three young women who share a flat in London, and their neighbour Charlie, a middle-aged divorcee.
- StarsSharon Duncan-BrewsterHilary TonesJames NesbittA didactic series of dramatic episodes in each of which a person suffers some sort of trauma or stress, the biological symptoms of which are carefully explained using CGI and narration.
- StarsDavid HarewoodSandra BeeStephen GrahamThis series revolved around the members of a Baptist congregational choir in Liverpool, England.
- CreatorBrian ClemensStarsEdward WoodwardKal WeberColin WellsCI5, the British force formed by George Cowley to combat "anarchy, acts of terrorism and crimes against the public," has grown into an international force with agents from around the world.
- DirectorAnthony FabianStarsOliver TobiasLone MadsenBrooke KinsellaTwo stories are intercut. Candy is a successful supermodel whom we hear interviewed (cliche after cliche), see on a shoot (she's the icon for a candy bar), and watch confront loneliness. Sandra is 13 or 14, moving into the self-consciousness of puberty, watching her older sister navigate romance, making decisions about boys, and drawing the eye of an older man. Can Candy face down the demons of a superficial life? Is Sandra at the base of the same arc, about to be discovered?
- DirectorJustin BaldwinStarsDenis SharpCarole AshbyPeter AshdownGeorge Tompkins is tired of his impoverished life in an idyllic country village. He's desperate for some excitement. One evening he finds a strange metal box and discovers it contains not only a fortune but also a bloody history. A history that immediately spins him out of control, on the run, and into the hands of some very unpleasant characters all of whom are decidely more interested in the cash than George's welfare. Struggling to stay alive, in love and in pocket, he realises that life in a dull country village isn't such a bad way of life after all. But then again, a little extra cash wouldn't hurt...
- CreatorTony JordanStarsSean McKenzieIan AspinallDave HillThe everyday public and private lives of the detectives, policemen and policewomen who work at the inner-city Christmas Street police station in Manchester.
- DirectorJack HazanStarsMagnus HastingsStephen MoyerNeil Mullarkey
- DirectorPiers HaggardStarsLothaire BluteauTara FitzgeraldMonique MercureAn idealistic banker in the small town of Conquest, Saskatchewan (pop. 124) tries to make the small town work even though much of its youth has moved away. When a young woman's car breaks down in the town, he convinces her to take charge of the local hardware store in exchange for the cost of the repairs. The result is a light romantic comedy with a message about the state of rural communities.
- DirectorHenry HerbertStarsGerard RooneyMaria LennonEnda OatesAn Irish journalist is assigned to the violence-prone Irish town of Crossmaheart where a former assigned reporter has disappeared. Murder and romance with the former reporter's girlfriend follows.
- StarsLeslie GranthamMarc CrealmannJo BrandAfter the paralysis of his best friend a teenage boy (played by Marc Crealmann) takes the advice of his experienced teacher to take his friend to a special place outside the city of Edinburgh... a place of hope and fantasy.
- DirectorBetsan Morris EvansStarsPatrick StewartKevin McKiddHelen McCrorySix people become embroiled in mayhem and murder when Dad Savage attempts to determine who murdered his son and stole his stash of cash.
- DirectorThomas LawesAdam TrotmanLow-budget madcap gore movie about a cult that experiments with DNA and creates a homicidal baby.
- DirectorSimon CoxStarsGary BeadleDoug BradleyPaul CopleyA century ago a series of horrific murders rocked the city. Now, as the end of the millennium approaches, a copycat killer stalks seven victims, praying on the unwary - repaying a pact with the devil which will plunge the world into chaos.
- CreatorJan EtheringtonGavin PetrieStarsRichard WilsonDavid TennantSamantha BeckinsaleGentle sitcom about the not-so-glamourous, slow-pace life of the Ravensbeck River Police.
- StarsTim McGarryDamon QuinnMartin ReidDuring a police raid, an officer falls for the IRA leader's daughter. He lives with the UDA leader who frequents a local pub. They marry after a ceasefire, but their families' pasts strain the relationship as old loyalties resurface.
- StarsTim HealyClive RussellPeter GunnComedy set in The Olympic Hotel, Birmingham, with anti-hero hotel owner and Falklands veteran, Harry Springer.
- StarsDelia SmithIn this simple-to-follow cookery course for people of all ages and abilities, Delia returns to the very roots of cooking to look at the techniques and the staple ingredients which underline the best traditions of British cookery.
- DirectorAndrew ParkinsonStarsGiles AspenEllen SoftleyDean SiplingA young man gets infected and gradually starts turning into a zombie.
- StarsLia WilliamsSamantha WomackJohn BoweThe beautiful Imogen has just given birth to twins, and asks her sister Amanda to cover for her while she spends time with her lover.
- DirectorMike HakataStarsGilly CohenSenie EmmanuelRobbie Gee
- CreatorTunde BabalolaStarsPatrice NaiambanaFraser JamesEmily JoyceComedy series about a deposed African military dictator living in London.
- DirectorDan ZeffStarsGeraldine SomervilleJames PurefoyPatricia HodgeJoe and Olivia are childhood sweethearts, about to embark on their wedding day. But, the so-called happiest day of their lives is over faster than they anticipated. Olivia doesn't quite make it up the aisle, and Joe is left jilted at the altar. A decade later, Olivia and Joe are walking up the aisle again, but this time it's as bridesmaid and best man. They haven't seen each other since and they have changed. Olivia wears pleated skirts and designs multi-storey carparks; Joe is older, wiser, sexier and married to a Spanish model, Mariana. But all is not as it seems. Will first love get a second chance?
- DirectorBharat NalluriStarsCraig FairbrassNigel LeachKendra TorganAfter the mobster who murdered his partner is acquitted, semicorrupt detective Robert Bryant hires a beautiful female assassin, Maria, to kill him. When he discovers that he cannot afford Maria's services, Bryant is forced to hire another assassin, Madison, to kill her. Maria survives the doublecross and sets out to collect what's owed to her, one way or another.
- StarsAmanda HoldenCaroline QuentinChris LanghamA situation comedy portraying the frenetic everyday life of a woman counselor.
- DirectorViv FongenieStarsGeorge SewellKim MacDonaldKate DriscollA group of unemployed friends, who never do much more than sweat the small stuff, are tempted by the golden opportunity to share £200,000 in exchange for a little hard graft and a touch of nerve, in a race against the clock.
- DirectorDavid CarsonStarsPatrick SwayzeKim MyersGia CaridesA man is wrongfully convicted of killing his wife. After he is let out of prison, he is framed again.
- CreatorSimon BurkeAnya CamilleriStarsMark WomackSamantha WomackTom GeorgesonTensions run high in this gritty police drama set in the heart of Liverpool's underworld.
- StarsRobert CarlyleMichael StewartCraig MoncurSet on an Edinburgh council estate in the bleak 1980's rising drug dealer Jo-Jo McCann is hellbent on gaining money and power at all costs.
- DirectorDon BoydStarsAmanda BoydJohn DaszakAndrew GreenanA small opera company gathers together to celebrate the wedding of one's sister with a performance of the opera, Donizetta. Her brother hopes her new husband, a rich American tenor, will contribute cash to save the failing troupe. The only problem is the woman really loves another singer in the troupe. The film attempts to look at how relationships within an acting company forms while they are on the road.
- StarsPauline QuirkeIan McElhinneySteve John ShepherdA female detective inspector with a big attitude winds up her troops and her superiors, but gets good results. In addition to her work, she also has to cope with her ne'er-do-well kid brother.
- StarsAinsley Harriott
- StarsRebecca HunterSuzanne BurdenIvan KayeInitially the plotline concerned the problems of a brother and sister whose parents have separated, but by the second season both parents had new married partners and the show concentrated on family life in general. The highlight of the show is often the quite funny fantasy moments within each episode.
- StarsAngela KellyDamian de MontemasVivienne GarrettTwo teenage girls - Australian television soap star Minty Sullivan, and English schoolgirl Melanie Hobson - are identical in appearance, but not in nature. When Melanie wins a trip to Australia in a competition, and travels to Australia with her father, she and Minty accidentally meet. From then on, the two girls intermittently swap identities. Nobody has ever seen them together, so nobody knows that there are two of them, although some family and friends may be a bit more perceptive than others.
- DirectorMikaël Ivan RoostStarsNick GattJohn PickardLeila BirchA young Londoner wants to be an actor, but has fallen prey to drugs and is on a downward spiral romantically.
- StarsAmanda RootNicholas McGaugheyGwenyth PettyCity lawyer Rachel Mortimer takes a job as coroner in rural Wales.
- DirectorJonathan KnoxJonny KnoxStarsJonna BeaconDave CourtneyMartin L. EvansA truamatized young artist battles with schizophrenia.
- DirectorRodney GibbonsStarsJames CromwellColm MeaneyJemima RooperA teen orphan spends the summer on Isle of Man with estranged grandpa. Despite loving dogs, they want summer to end. Boy befriends neighbor girl, but her father has history with grandpa. Locals suspect neighbor's dog kills sheep at night.
- DirectorAntonio BaioccoStarsJulie HarrisTchéky KaryoMariano Rigillo"Gentle into the Night" is the story of two lost souls: Martha, an American lady who has lived in Italy for many years without ever learning the language; and Renato, twenty five years younger than Martha, who for all his life has been working odd jobs and has no place to call home. Martha's home is a house in Tuscany she has inherited from her grandfather. There she lived and brought up her children after an early divorce. Martha, who at times suffers from a sudden loss of memory, and her obsession with the large country home, has become a nuisance to her children. They have send their mother to a care center, and are trying to sell the house. We meet Renato when he has just taken on a job for a small detective agency that specializes in divorce cases. He is observing two lovers traveling together through Northern Italy when he meets Martha who has run away from the care center...
- Following the lives of a Welsh family through the generations, starting at the 1900's up until the present day. Set in London and Wales, the series follows the different lives of a very "real" family.
- DirectorPaul TurnerA partly autobiographical story about a priest's son in 1960s Wales, who gets himself into trouble wherever he goes.
- DirectorJon SandersStarsBrenda FrickerKelly McGillisMeret BeckerThe story centers on the life of a bordello in a midwestern prairie town in the 1870s. The whorehouse is run by pragmatic madam Annie Ryan and the film follows the life of several of her girls.
- DirectorTony HarrisonStarsMichael FeastWalter SparrowFern SmithPrometheus is a contemporary quest story set in end-of-millennium Britain and continental Europe. It asks what humanity has made of Prometheus' gift of fire - energy, technology, expertise, but also destruction, pollution and war.
- StarsGordon RamsayJack DavenportMarco Pierre WhiteFly-on-the-wall documentary series following Gordon Ramsay, formerly of the Aubergine Restaurant, during eight of the most intense months of his life as he strives to create a restaurant which will earn him three Michelin Stars.
- StarsPauline QuirkeMichelle CollinsFrances BarberBorn and brought in London, five friends are reunited for three days, until one of them gets married. Sitting at their hen night, the friends recollect their thoughts and look towards the future. Mandy, the family-girl who indulges herself with other men, Janet, the troubled wife who is desperate to conceive, Anna, a writer who is determined to fulfill true happiness, Karen, the teacher who has trouble "coming-out" and Susie, the bride-to-be who has a background she'd like to keep in the past. Going through hard times and succeeding the good times, the five friends go through and survive. Based on the novel by Susan Oudot.
- DirectorOz HutchinsStarsEamon GeogheganEon JohnAma LeuMixed race love story set during a hot summer in London's Portobello district.
- DirectorC.S. LeighStarsClément SibonyJulie GayetArsinée KhanjianThe story revolves around the lives of a group of international fashion models, focusing on the main character, Fabrice. The film examines the hollowness of his glamorous lifestyle, leading to self discovery and ultimately a personal catharsis (and his own death). The film is based on (really, inspired by) the French Book, L'Education Sentimentale, by Gustave Flaubert.
- StarsHarry EnfieldJulia DavisRebecca FrontSatire on Tony Blair's UK Government, adapted from a column in the magazine Private Eye, representing the Prime Minister as the Anglican priest of a small English parish.
- DirectorDavid GoldnerStarsJenna BodnarPatrick WilliamsLeslie OlivanWhen a beautiful woman meets a photographer, she doesn't realize the danger in which she will place herself. She poses for him and makes a Dorian Gray-type pact where she will remain eternally youthful while the picture shows her true age.
- DirectorRaúl RuizStarsAnne ParillaudWilliam BaldwinLisanne FalkJessie, a cool assassin on a mission, dreams she is a traumatized, paranoid rape victim on her honeymoon. This Jessie dreams that she is a cool assassin on a mission.
- DirectorPaul MorrisStarsJason BuckhamKen BuckhamMatthew BuckhamSiamese twins Jack and Dan Pinto are made orphans when there parents are killed in the family bakery, They grow up and join the police force with the revenge of thier parents upmost on thier, but when love comes knocking on Dans door, he and Jack's problems really begin.
- StarsMelanie KilburnCamilla PowerKaye WraggDan works as a bank clerk in Manchester. After his girlfried dumps him for the bank manager, Dan starts a romance with Sheryl, a young cosmetician at a nearby shop.
- DirectorPip BroughtonStarsLaurence KinlanKevin McCauleyJulia Ford
- DirectorJohn HoughStarsWilliam McNamaraMaria PitilloTom ContiAn American woman given only a few weeks to live travels to Italy to find a statue reputed to have recuperative powers and there meets a struggling American concert pianist.
- CreatorAndrew MacLearStarsJudy LoeAngus MacInnesBruno EyronThe series is set aboard the corporate space station Unity and is a character driven drama about the station's crew.
- DirectorDaphna KastnerStarsFelipe García VélezDaphna KastnerToni CantóA woman reporter in over her head in trying to write a book on the male machismo in Spain finds the men don't match her story's expectations. She also finds herself involved in relationships with the wrong men.
- DirectorJohn AkomfrahStarsCal MacAninchRichard MylanRachel FieldingThe story explores the intense friendship that evolves between three troubled teenagers growing up in an isolated children's home on the Northumbrian coast.
- CreatorRobert JonesJimmy GardnerAnita J. PandolfoStarsKaty Cavanagh-JupeRob DixonJohn HenshawThis is a police drama series that depicts the working lives of a group of policemen in the fictitious Northern town of Stanton. The filming is done in a fly-on-the-wall, documentary style which conveys great realism and makes mundane situations into tense drama.
- DirectorGary SinyorStarsDavid ArtusKevin FurlongNicholas SelbySpoofs Merchant-Ivory films: Aunt Agnes (Prunella Scales) tries to force Emily (Georgina Cates) to marry boring Cedric Trilling (Robert Portal) by taking her to Italy and India in hopes will forget about handsome George (Sean Pertwee).
- DirectorSturla GunnarssonStarsRoshan SethSoni RazdanOm PuriCirca 1971, Gustad Noble lives in a one bedroom hall rented apartment in Byculla, Bombay. He travels to work everyday by Central Railway to Victoria Terminus and walks to Flora Fountain to his place of employment, namely the Central Bank of India. He has three children, Sohrab - who has finished his college studies and is now being admitted, much to his dislike, to Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.); while Darius, his second son, and daughter, Roshan, are school-going; his wife, Dilnavaz, looks after the children and the household. Their neighborhood is filthy, people urinate and defecate near the wall which encloses their building. Gustad asks a pavement artist to move near his building, draw pictures of religious Gods and Goddesses depicting the four main religions: Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, and Sikhism. The Artist agrees, and soon the place is transformed into a huge temple where people of all religions come to pay their respects. It is only a handful of people who know that Gustad is involved with a rebel RAW Agent, Major Jimmy Billimoria, who is actively involved with an extremist organization in East Pakistan, Awami League, aiding them financially and with manpower to overcome the Pakistani Government. The question remains what will Gustad's plight be when the news gets out of his involvement in this activity, especially when he receives 10 lakh rupees to be deposited in small installments in his Bank, in the midst of sentiments running high, war being declared between Pakistan and India, emergency blackout conditions and air raid sirens.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsJason Scott LeeLouise LombardSean PertweeCenturies ago, under the sands of ancient Egypt, a Prince was buried and his tomb eternally cursed so that no man would ever again suffer from his evil ways. But hundreds of years later on a greedy search for treasure, a group of archaeologists break the cursed seal of the tomb. Every man vanishes without a trace, leaving behind only a log book, and a deadly warning of the legend of the bloodthursty Talos. Fifty years later, the log book ends up in the hands of the granddaughter of the head archaeologist, and she defiantly sets out to retrace his steps. Discovering the forbidden treasure, she recovers a sacred amulet and once again unleashes the savage power of the tomb. Racing through the streets of London, and against the force of a rare interplanetary line-up, she, along with the help of her original dig team and an American detective, desperately try to turn back the inhuman curse and to keep Talos from destroying all in his path in an attempt to gain immortal power.
- CreatorRussell LewisStarsPauline CollinsDenis LawsonWilliam ChubbHarriet, the new British ambassador to Ireland, wants to make her mark while putting her husband's tragic murder behind her. The situation worsens when her son Nate, still blames her for his father's death.
- StarsRoger AllamJack DochertyMoray HunterEmployees of an ad agency that thrived in the 1980s are trying to keep it afloat 20 years later with some new creative ideas.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsBilly CrudupWoody HarrelsonPatricia ArquetteTwo cowboys have their friendship tested when they fall for the same girl.
- StarsPaul BownPhilip JacksonJo UnwinBritish sitcom following the adventures of AA patrolmen.
- StarsPaul O'GradySoniaDaniel NewmanLily Savage hosts her own BBC series featuring behind-the-scenes documentaries with her family, TV spoofs, special guests and musical numbers.
- DirectorBrian SkeetStarsParker PoseyJeremy NorthamCraig ChesterA married author (Parker Posey) tries to stimulate her imagination for an erotic novel with hands-on research.
- DirectorMalcolm MowbrayStarsSam NeillHelena Bonham CarterKristin Scott ThomasHenry is about to jump off a bridge when he hears a cry for help. He helps Karen, who had also planned suicide. They're both on Tower Bridge, London, because somebody wronged them. Revenging each other gives them a reason to live.
- DirectorJohn SharianStarsRod SteigerTara FitzgeraldSam Douglas
- DirectorPawel PawlikowskiStarsSergey BodrovAnna FrielVladimir IlinVadik Chernyshov is an impoverished dreamer who spends his life drifting though Moscow with a video camera, hoping to shoot footage that will interest Western press agencies. He falls in love with the beautiful Helen, an English media executive, and subsequently they must contend with the barriers that their different backgrounds present.
- DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsHelena Bonham CarterKenneth BranaghGemma JonesTwo miserable people find happiness together: a man dreaming of flying, and a woman dreaming of living.
- DirectorStephen PoliakoffStarsJoely RichardsonJeremy NorthamAnna FrielProperty developer Jamie has to evict some weird, post-modern hippies from a building. But they slowly drag him into their dark underworld of bizarre rituals and dangerous liaisons.
- DirectorJohn DaviesStarsVanessa MaeNick MuskerTim Packham
- DirectorPo-Chih LeongStarsJude LawElina LöwensohnTimothy SpallVampire in London is searching for the ideal woman to redeem him.
- StarsKate DuchêneGeorgina SherringtonEmma BrownThe adventures of Mildred Hubble, a witch attending Cackles Academy. She's called the "Worst Witch" because she's always caught getting into trouble.
- CreatorPeter BroughanStarsCiarán McMenaminSimone LahbibStephen McColeAn up-and-coming Glasgow based rock band are faced the harsh realities of the music industry on their journey to becoming the next big thing.
- DirectorRoger MichellStarsJulie WaltersCiarán HindsNuala O'NeillA Belfast, Northern Ireland housewife takes up the peace cause, which causes her family trouble with I.R.A. sympathizers.
- DirectorPamela RooksStarsMohan AgasheNirmal PandeyRajit KapoorSeen from the eyes of Hukum Chand the District Magistrate it is an account of the turmoil faced by the inhabitants of village Mano Majra in Punjab on the Indo-Pak border during the period of partition after India attained independence.
- StarsKen Hom
- StarsCharlie BrooksKrysia PepperHard-hitting drama series about children with alcohol problems.
- CreatorMaurice GranLaurence MarksStarsHarriet WalterHenry GoodmanJaye GriffithsTen years ago, Spike ('Henry Goodman'), abandoned Amy ('Harriet, Walter') and ran off to Paris with his mistress. Amy never quite recovered from the shock and has spent all that time in therapy trying to come to terms with Spike's betrayal. Amy thinks she has recovered when her lover falls in love with and moves in with her own daughter and she finds herself back at square one, alone and miserable, with only the young, beautiful, popular, cynical Tanya (Jaye Griffiths) to comfort her. Completely out of the blue Amy and Spike literally crash into one another again in a car wash. Is there still a spark left burning between them or will past hurt and pain prevent them from reuniting?
- StarsSusan DuerdenIdris ElbaSarah LancashireA courtoom drama series where members of the public are the jury, who give their verdict on the cases.
- DirectorAlastair ReidStarsJames FrainNatascha McElhoneAmy PhillipsSoon-to-be-married lawyer Kate Beckenham has landed the case of a lifetime. Her courtroom opponent turns out to be the charming Jack Sullivan, who has never lost a single case.
- DirectorRoberta HanleyStarsJulie CoxSammi DavisEmily LloydA government program is trying to entice women to go to a remote island and become companions to war-scarred soldiers.
- DirectorSterling ZielinskiStarsHenry KempSteve HosfordKalli JonsonSet in the isolated trenches of W.W.I, Zero Hour is the tale of a young British Officer confronted with shocking discoveries about his newly assigned Company in Northern France. In his quest for duty and honor, Lieutenant Oliver Enfield decides to set things right by taking matters into his own hands. On the eve of a major offensive, Lieutenant Enfield embarks on an unauthorized reconnaissance mission. Instead of finding answers he undergoes a harsh but fantastical journey of transformation, which ultimately leads him to question his own sanity and purpose. At a turning point in his existence he must answer the question-Does an officer's duty to country demand blind loyalty? Or can it be an opportunity to save his men from one of the most futile advances of the First World War.