Little Princess
SUMMARY: Sara Crewe is the pampered darling of her father, an army colonel, and the Victorian London girls' school where he places her. But when her father dies, penniless, Sara becomes a skivvy in Miss Michin's school main cast: Amelia Shankley, Nigel Havers, Miriam Margolyes, Maureen Lipman |
A Room With A View
SUMMARY: When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. main cast: Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Judi Dench, Daniel Day-Lewis, Rupert Graves |
As You Like It
SUMMARY: Rosalind falls in love with a young man named Orlando, but before she can even think twice about it, she is banished by Duke Frederick, who threatens death if she comes near the court again. main cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Romola Garai, Adrian Lester, David Oyelowo |
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Casualty 1900s
SUMMARY: Casualty 1900 uses case notes, ward diaries and memoirs from archives at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel to bring real doctors, nurses and patients from a Victorian London hospital back to life. main cast: Charity Wakefield, William Houston, Cherie Lunghi, Sarah Smart |
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Cranford
SUMMARY: In the 1840s, Cranford is ruled by the ladies. They adore good gossip; and romance and change is in the air, as the unwelcome grasp of the Industrial Revolution rapidly approaches their beloved rural market-town. main cast: Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Alex Etel, Jim Carter, Andrew Buchan, Philip Glenister, Simon Woods, |
Defiance
SUMMARY: Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and about 1,000 Jewish non-combatants. main cast: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell |
Downton Abbey
SUMMARY: The death of Lord Crawley's heir aboard the Titanic means distant cousin Matthew, a lawyer, suddenly is next in line and accepts moving onto the vast estate with his mother, who clashes with his lordship's mother. main cast: Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Dan Stevens |
Emma
SUMMARY: Emma Woodhouse seems to be perfectly content, a loving father whom she cares for, friends, and a home. But Emma has a terrible habit - matchmaking. She cannot resist finding suitors for her friends, most of all Harriot Smith. main cast: Romola Garai, Jonny Lee Miller, Jodhi May, Blake Ritson, Rupert Evans |
Enchanted April
SUMMARY: Lottie Wilkins and Rose Arbuthnot, two married women living in 1920's London, share the misery of empty relationships with their spouses and decide to rent an Italian castle for the spring to get away. main cast: Alfred Molina, Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson, Jim Broadbent, Polly Walker, Michael Kitchen |
Fifteen Streets
SUMMARY: In northern England around 1900, the worker John O'Brien lives near poverty in a small house in the worker's district. He falls in love with Mary, the teacher of his highly intelligent younger sister Kathy and daughter of a rich family. main cast: Owen Teale, Sean Bean, Anny Tobin |
Flambards
SUMMARY: In the early 1900's in England, young Christina is orphaned and goes to live with her Uncle Russell, who owns the country estate of Flambards, and has two sons. Mark, the elder, is a wastrel, a roue and, like his father, loves to hunt. The younger son William lives to fly aeroplanes. main cast: Christine McKenna, Steven Grives, Alan Parnaby |
Fortunes War
SUMMARY: Guy Pringle and his new wife, Harriet, are members of the English community in Bucharest, Rumania on the eve of World War II. The film catalogs and chronicles the characters that cross and re-cross their path as they flee before the advancing Germany armies. main cast: Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Rupert Graves |
Horatio Hornblower
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SUMMARY: Horatio Hornblower begins his naval career, but a deadly feud with a despicable mate is causing complications main cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, |
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House of Elliot
SUMMARY: In stylish 1920s London, two sisters struggle to the top of the fashion world. Born into wealth and privilege they must support themselves after their profligate father dies and leaves them penniless. They have no education or training, just a passion for fashion design. As suitors try to woo them and scoundrels try to trip them up, they make independent, exciting lives for themselves and the women they employ in their house of haute couture. main cast: Stella Gonet, Louise Lombard |
Ivanhoe
SUMMARY: Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars. He find England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds himself being involved in the power-struggle for the throne of England. main cast: Anthony Andrews, Sam Neill, James Mason, Olivia Hussey, John Rhys-Davies |
Kate & Leopold
SUMMARY: Leopold is an English baron living in New York in the 1800s. He needs to marry a heiress to recover his family position from ruin. Kate is a successful businesswoman living also in New York, but in 2001. Due to a time incident, they meet each other in the present days and they fall in love to each other. main cast: Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Breckin Meyer, Bradley Whitford |
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Kidnapped
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SUMMARY: 15-year-old Davie Balfour is poised to receive a vast inheritance when he's lured onto a cargo ship, knocked unconscious, and kidnapped by his malevolent uncle Ebenezer, who devises a scheme to sell him into slavery. main cast: James Anthony Pearson, Iain Glen, Paul McGann |
The Magic Flute
SUMMARY: During World War I, in an unnamed country, a soldier named Tamino is sent by the Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the supposedly evil Sarastro. But all is not as it seems. main cast: Joseph Kaiser, Amy Carson, René Pape |
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Man From Snowy River
SUMMARY: After his father's death, Jim is forced to work on the low lands for Harrison whose brother is good friends of Jims. While working on the farm Jim falls in love with Harrison's daughter Jessica. main cast: Tom Burlinson, Kirk Douglas, Sigrid Thornton |
SUMMARY: When Inez goes off dancing with her friends, Gil takes a walk at midnight and discovers what could be the ultimate source of inspiration for writing. Gil's daily walks at midnight in Paris could take him closer to the heart of the city but further from the woman he's about to marry. main cast: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, JJ Field |
Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
SUMMARY: Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse. main cast: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Ciarán Hinds, Lee Pace, Shirley Henderson |
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Northanger Abbey
SUMMARY: Catherine Morland is taken to Bath, England by the wealthy Mr. and Mrs. Allen and introduces her to Georgian society. There she meets the social-climbing Isabella and John Thorpe, the handsome Henry Tilney and elegant Eleanor Tilney. main cast: Felicity Jones, JJ Feild, Carey Mulligan, |
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The Pacific
SUMMARY: A 10-part mini-series from the creators of "Band of Brothers" telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II. main cast: James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, Rami Malek |
Persuasion
SUMMARY: Royal Navy captain Wentworth was haughtily turned down eight years ago as suitor of pompous baronet Sir Walter Elliot's daughter Anne, despite true love. Now he visits their former seaside country estate, rented by his uncle, admiral Croft. main cast: Sally Hawkins, Rupert Penry-Jones, Anthony Head, |
Phantom of the Opera
SUMMARY: A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in the Paris Opera House, terrorizes the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protégée whom he trains and loves. main cast: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver, Ciarán Hinds |
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The Railway Children
SUMMARY: After the enforced absence of their father, three children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where during their adventures they attempt to discover the reason for his disappearance. main cast: Jemima Rooper, Jenny Agutter, Michael Kitchen, Michael Kitchen |
Sense & Sensibility
SUMMARY: After the death of the patriarch, the Dashwood family take a step down in society and face hardship as they are four women virtually penniless. Elenor and Marianne, two sisters with different perspectives on life and interests, keep one another in line and support one another through death, hardship and a love and friendship. main cast: Hattie Morahan, Charity Wakefield, David Morrissey, Janet McTeer, Dan Stevens, Dominic Cooper, |
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Titanic
SUMMARY: Follows the lives of the ship's passengers, from all walks of life, as they travel on the maiden voyage of the ill-fated Titanic. From the wealthy family of the Earl of Manton, the designers of the ship, to the stokers in the engine room - who will make it onto the lifeboats? main cast: Perdita Weeks, Jenna-Louise Coleman, Noah Reid, Linus Rooache |
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Wives & Daughters
SUMMARY: The daughter of a country doctor copes with an unwanted stepmother, an impetuous stepsister, burdensome secrets, the town gossips, and the tug on her own heartstrings for a man who thinks of her only as a friend. main cast: Justine Waddell, Keeley Hawes, Tom Hollander, Iain Glen |
The Woman In White
SUMMARY: the gothic tale tells of a pair of half sisters whose lives end up caught in a grand conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill woman dressed in white. As the story unfolds, murder, love, marriage, and greed stand between the two women and happy lives. Their only hope is the secret the woman in white waits to tell them. main cast: Tara Fitzgerald, Justine Waddell, Andrew Lincoln, James Wilby |
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