Joanna Bacon

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.

Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.

Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman, is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.

Exposing the parental-paradox that it is possible, in the very same moment, to love your child to the horizon of the universe, while being apoplectically angry enough to want to send them there.

Susan has left publishing and is living in Crete with her long-time boyfriend, Andreas. But her idyll is disturbed by the shadow of a murder committed at a British country hotel eight years ago. Alan Conway visited the hotel and wrote a novel based on what happened there. Cecily MacNeil, the young woman who helps run the hotel, read the book and believed the wrong man had been arrested. Now she has disappeared. Can Susan uncover the secret hidden in the book and find Cecily before it is too late?

Over the course of four decades, the personal lives of a quartet of Newcastle friends—Nicky, Geordie, Mary, and Tosker—intertwine with various political machinations, often for the worse: slum housing projects, police corruption, the rise of Thatcherism, political sleaze, and specific events like the 1984 Miners' Strike.

Jane Tennison is a probationary WPC in 1973 London, where she faces sexism while working her first murder case. Follow her early career, her relationship with her boss DI Len Bradfield, and her determination to prove herself in a male-dominated police force, as she will eventually achieve the rank of Detective Superintendent.

Cradle to Grave is a British autobiographical miniseries created by Danny Baker, about his formative years in the 1970s. Produced by ITV Studios for BBC Two, it stars Laurie Kynaston as Danny, with Peter Kay and Lucy Speed as his parents Spud and Bet. In 1974, 15-year-old Danny is our guide through the ups and downs of the Baker family. With eldest daughter Sharon's impending wedding and the docks facing closure, times are challenging. So too are Danny's attempts to get closer to the opposite sex.

Perfect Scoundrels first broadcast in 1990 on British television. A comedy-drama following two con-men doing their best to separate various people from their money

An acutely observed, forensically honest, warts-and-all look at a working-class couple in their mid-20s.

Murder Prevention was a British police drama inspired by the real-life Homicide Prevention Unit within the Metropolitan Police. It was produced for Five by World Productions who previously produced the television series The Cops. The series consisted of three two-part stories. Later repeats edited the two-parters so that they were screened as three longer running episodes. According to series creator Declan Croghan, "Murder Prevention is the first pre-crime drama ever, anywhere."

Teenage Health Freak is a British teen comedy-drama about the life and travails of a socially awkward teenager as he goes through life. It is best known for featuring the actress Liza Walker and the actor Alex Langdon. It was based on the book Diary of a Teenage Health Freak, by Dr. Ann McPherson and Dr. Aidan Macfarlane.

An explosive two-part drama about love, family and identity - set around the tangled relationships of two Indian families with a deep-rooted, shared history.

Notting Hill ve Bridget Jones's Diary'nin yapımcılarından romantizm rüzgarları. Birbirinden ünlü oyuncuları ve olağanüstü müzikleriyle film uzun süre akıllardan çıkmayacak. Beklenmedik, heyecanlı, karşılıksız, tutkulu, uygunsuz, engellenemez, anlatılamaz...Noele'e tam 1 hafta kala Aşk Her Yerde. Karı-koca, sevgili, baba-oğul, rock yıldızı ve menajeri arasında birbirinden farklı tam on hikayenin içinde.

Bir Rus gangster Londra emlak piyasasında çevirdiği bir dümenle milyonlarca sterlin kazanç sağlar. Bunu göre Londra'nın suç dünyası sakinleri bu servetten kendi paylarını almak için takibe koyulurlar. Bu karakterler içinde rock yıldızları, muhasebeciler ve daha nicesi yer almaktadır.

Priscilla Çöller Kraliçesi'nin yönetmeni, on yıl aradan sonra bu şen şakrak komediyle yeniden karşımızda. 1920'ler Amerika'sının eğlenceli ve kışkırtıcı havasını yansıtan filmin ana karakterleri, Amerikalı Larita, varlıklı bir İngiliz aristokrat ailesinin vârisi John ve onun aşırı gelenekçi annesi Veronica'dır. John, yeni eşi Larita'yı İngiltere'deki aile evine getirir. Ama Veronica'nın, yeni gelini görür görmez tüyleri diken diken olur. Larita ne kadar çaba gösterse boştur. Evliliğini kurtarmak isteyen Larita ile konumunu, itibarını ve iktidarını korumak isteyen Veronica arasında çıkacak çatışmada zekâlar yarışacaktır.

Brainy Roman teenager Atti is always coming up with schemes, but one ultimately goes too far, angering Emperor Nero. As punishment, the lad is exiled to the cold wet province of Roman Britain on the fringe of the Roman Empire. Whilst there, Atti is captured by—and eventually befriends—Orla, a feisty Celt. When he's returned to his regiment, he's horrified to find himself pitted against Orla and her tribe at the Boudican revolt's Battle of Watling Street.

Batı Cephesi'nde cesaret madalyası alan asker ve şair Siegfried Sassoon'un (1886–1967) öyküsü, kendisine kamuoyu ve eleştirel beğeni getiren Birinci Dünya Savaşı hakkındaki öfkeli ve şefkatli şiirleriyle en iyi şekilde hatırlanır. Birçok savaş şairinin duygusallığından ve şovenliğinden kaçınan Sassoon, siper savaşının dehşeti ve vahşeti hakkında yazdı ve savaşa körü körüne destek ve beceriksizlikleri nedeniyle küçümseyici bir şekilde hicvedilen generaller, politikacılar ve din adamları.

An adaptation of the classic, "The Prince and the Pauper" is the retelling of Edward Tudor and young Thomas Canty, two amazing look-alikes caught up in imperial intrigue and scandal. In fleeing from his violent father, Tom stumbles into the palace courtyard, and is seen by young Prince Edward, who takes him in. Each desiring to see what the other's life is like, the boys impulsively switch identities... little knowing what disaster lies ahead at this fault of thought. And soon Thomas becomes a pawn in the hands of Edward's malicious and greedy uncle, who would have the kingdom for himself.

Modern Amerikan şiirinin öncülerinden sayılan feminist şair Emily Dickinson'ın hayatını anlatan bir film. Emily Dickinson (Cynthia Nixon), 1886 yılında 56 yaşındayken, hayatının büyük bölümünü ailesinin evinde inzivaya çekilerek geçirdiği Massachusetts'teki Amherst kasabasında hayata gözlerini yummuş; odasında bulunan 1700’ü aşkın şiir ölümünün ardından kardeşi tarafından yayımlanmıştı.

Veronica, an aging film star, retreats to the Scottish countryside with her nurse Desi to recover from a double mastectomy. While there, mysterious forces give Veronica the power to enact revenge within her dreams.