- “The Tricks of Our Trade” dwells on animators studying real life to create their illustrations. Examples are given from Fantasia on following a live ballerina to draw the animals’ movements in “Dance of the Hours,” and copying actual bubbl…
- Royal Wedding, a one-off drama written by Bafta-winning Abi Morgan, is set against the backdrop of 1981's much-celebrated marriage of the then Lady Diana Spencer to HRH Charles, Prince of Wales. Married to aspiring musician Johnny, and mother to a teenage daughter, Tammy, Linda Caddick dreams of escaping her small-to…
- Yet another lackluster poliziottesco featuring a fading Hollywood star (in this case, Stephen Boyd): actually, he supports nominal lead Howard Ross as a drug courier who decides to make a run with the money. Jess Franco regular Albert Dalbes is one of Ross’ associates/opponents, while the drugs were destined to an exci…
- Peter Clifford, a young Catholic priest from Manchester, is transferred to the village of Ballykissangel, Ireland, and is taken by the dry-humored publican Assumpta Fitzgerald who has almost the exact opposite of his good nature and dislikes the organized church. He has to deal with occasional battles against his hatef…
