Hope And Glory
(1987) [M]

A semiautobiographical project by John Boorman about a nine year old boy called Bill as he grows up in London during the blitz of World War 2. For a young boy, this time in history was more of an adventure, a total upheaval of order, restrictions and discipline. The liberating effect of the war...  More

For Queen And Country
(1988) [M]

Denzel Washington stars as Reuben, an ex-paratrooper, in this hard-hitting British thriller. Returning to civilian life for the first time in nine years, Reuben must confront racism, poverty and corruption in Thatcher's Britain. After serving his country in Northern Ireland and the Falklands, St....  More

Heat And Dust
(1983) [M]

The passion, violence, mystery and beauty of India are rapturously evoked in Merchant Ivory Productions' acclaimed Heat And Dust, based on the novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, the Oscar-winning screenwriter and novelist. Blending east with west, and moving effortlessly between the vibrant world of...  More

The Ploughman's Lunch
(1983) [M]

A deceitful journalist tries every trick in the book to enable him to climb to the top in his career. In the midst of his plans he discovers that he has been the object of a deception far more clever than his own.  More

Eating Raoul
(1982) [M]

A black comedy. Paul and Mary Bland are a charming middle-class couple who would like open a restaurant. But as Paul has lost his job and real estate is expensive it doesn't seem possible. When a swinger from an upstairs apartment makes a pass at Mary, Paul accidently kills him. They discover...  More

Music Of The Night: Jose Carreras Sings Andrew Lloyd Webber
(1989) [G]

Filmed before a capacity audience at London's Dominion Theatre, 1989, Jose Carreras sings the works of Andrew Lloyd Webber including 'Music Of The Night', 'All I Ask Of You', 'Pie Jesu' and 'Phantom Of Opera'. Marti Webb and Stephanie Lawrence also appear.  More

Impromptu
(1991) [M]

Better known in her own day than even Charles Dickens, George Sand (Judy Davis) was the most celebrated writer of the early nineteenth century and possibly its most notorious Bohemian. Fredric Chopin (Hugh Grant) was one of the greatest musicians of his age who gained a legendary reputation...  More

Edens Lost
(2005) [M]

Edens Lost is the compelling story of Angus Weekes, a seventeen-year-old boy growing up in Australia in the 1930s. After the death of his Aunt and guardian May Collins, Angus is drawn into the mysterious and enchanted world of the St James Family. His experience with the family in their Blue...  More

Trial By Jury (Gilbert & Sullivan)
(1982) [G]

1982 George Walker production for television of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta starring Frankie Howerd as the Learned Judge and Kate Flowers as the Plaintiff.  More

The Comfort Of Strangers
(1990) [M]

Paul Schrader directs this stylish adaptation of the Ian McEwan novel scripted by Harold Pinter. Mary (Natasha Richardson) and Colin (Rupert Everett) first fell in love on a romantic holiday in Venice. Now, four years later, they have returned to rekindle their romance and determine where their...  More

Without A Clue
(1988) [PG]

A madcap comedy which takes a fresh look at the classic Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson escapades. Holmes is actually a figment of Dr. Watson's own success in crime detection, a character who Watson uses when he writes in `The Strand' magazine. But when the printing plates for five pound notes are...  More

Whore
(1991) [R]

This melodrama investigates the life of a prostitute in a pseudo-documentary style. The bottom line of the film is that a life of a hooker isn't easy...  More

Billy And Albert (Billy Connolly At The Royal Albert Hall)
(1987) [R]

The inimitable Billy Connolly in concert at the Royal Albert Hall in July, 1987. Over 25 of his best stories are featured, including 'High Fibre Diet', 'Thatcher And Reagan' and 'Visiting Scotland'.  More

An Audience With Billy Connolly
(1985) [M]

Billy Connolly delivers his special brand of stand-up comedy and abrasive humour in front of a celebrity audience.  More

Blackadder 4: Blackadder Goes Forth (2 disc set)
(1989) [PG]

The Western Front 1917: Captain Blackadder joined the British Army when it was little more than a travel agency for gentlemen with an abnormally high sex drive. Now he's twenty yards from a lot of heavily armed people who want to kill him. Worse still, his brother officer is a man whose family...  More

The Dressmaker
(1988) [M]

This dramatic story, based on the novel by Beryl Bainbridge and set in wartorn Liverpool, follows the lives of three women in the same household. A household that is soon disrupted by the arrival of an American suitor...  More

Pascali's Island
(1988) [M]

Deception is a way of life on a Mediterranean island where a romantic triangle evolves between an archaeologist, a sensuous female and a spy.  More

Business As Usual
(1987) [M]

The true story of one woman who is unfairly dismissed from her shop managerial job after defending an employee who rejected the sexual advances of her boss. She refuses to accept the situation and stands up to fight for her rights, against all the odds.  More

Diamond Skulls
(1989) [M]

A group of officers returning home after a regimental dinner are involved in a hit and run and a young woman is killed. The tension mounts as the police try to establish the woman's identity and the person responsible...  More

Turtle Diary
(1985) [PG]

Sparks, of a totally unexpected nature, fly when William Snow (Ben Kingsley), a middle-aged bookseller meets up with Neaera Duncan (Glenda Jackson), a shy children's novelist... With S.A.S.-style stealth and precision they decide to 'hit' London Zoo, to 'liberate' a batch of turtles and return...  More

The Lonely Passion Of Judith Hearne
(1987) [M]

Lonely Judith Hearne falls for her landlady's brother, Madden, who exudes a certain glamour, having lived in America for thirty years. She seeks romance and he seeks an investor for a business venture. Each is mistaken about the other's feelings and their relationship proceeds in a downward...  More

Playing Away
(1987) [M]

To mark the conclusion of their "Third World Week" celebration, a cricket team in a small English village invites a black cricket team from South London to a charity game with comical results.  More

O Lucky Man! (2 disc set)
(1973) [M]

This sprawling, surrealist musical serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it follows the adventures of a young coffee salesman in Europe. Many actors play multiple roles, giving the film a stagy tone. Music by Alan Price. The second instalment in the "Mick Travers" trilogy with...  More

Edward And Mrs Simpson (2 tape set)
(1991) [PG]

7x50min episodes (2 tapes). While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furore in the palace and in parliament, especially when King George V dies, Mrs. Simpson gets divorced, and King Edward announces his...  More

Letter To Brezhnev
(1985) [M]

Two Liverpool lasses, Teresa (Margi Clarke) and Elaine (Alexandra Pigg) meet two Russian sailors, Sergei (Alfred Molina) and Peter (Peter Firth) and hook up for a night of fun and frolics. Teresa is looking for sex and a smile, Elaine wants more: love, romance and the dream of life far away from...  More

Excalibur
(1981) [M]

The legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table receives its most impressive screen treatment in Excalibur, from visionary moviemaker John Boorman. All the elements of Sir Thomas Malory's classic Le Morte D'Arthur are here: Arthur removing the sword Excalibur from the stone; the...  More

Julian Clary: The Mincing Machine Tour
(1989) [M]

Clary's comedy career started on the alternative comedy scene in the early 1980s as The Joan Collins Fanclub. He wore heavy glam make-up and dressed in outrageous fashions, usually involving leather and hinting at bondage. His pet dog "Fanny the Wonder Dog" featured in performances. Since...  More

A Zed And Two Noughts
(1985) [M]

Two women passengers die in a car crash as a result of which the female driver has a leg amputated. The zoologist twin husbands of the dead women are fascinated by the processes of decay, start an affair with the amputee and liberate animals from a zoo. Tirelessly provocative, sexy, funny and...  More

Life Is Sweet
(1990) [M]

Wendy and Andy (Alison Steadman and Jim Broadbent) have twin daughters, Natalie and Nicola. Natalie (Claire Skinner) is a plumber, and Nicola (Jane Horrocks) is unemployed. Natalie is relaxed whereas Nicola is anorexic. Andy is persuaded by his friend Patsy to buy a mobile snack bar. Wendy works...  More

No Surrender
(1986) [M]

The boys from 'The Black Stuff' are back - in a riotous new movie. It's 'No Surrender' and it's Alan Bleasdale's best yet: blacker than 'Black Stuff' and brutally funny. New Year's Eve - Mike (Michael Angelis), is the new manager of Liverpool's seedy Charleston Club. First he discovers that the...  More