Hugely successful British comedy about of two streetwise London brothers: Del (Derek) and Rodney Trotter. In early years they shared their council flat with 'Grandad' (until the death of actor 'Lennard Pierce' ) later to be replaced by 'Uncle Albert', a WWII Navy veteran with an anecdote for any occasion. Del and Rodney are best described as lovable and harmless black market traders; they buy and (try to) sell almost anything and many an episode is based around some faulty/stolen stock bought by Del. As with other comedies from writer John Sullivan, the humor is devilishly engineered so as not to telegraph the jokes before the punchlines and there's always a strong cast of support characters. The series has won countless awards and ratings battles.
After a childhood that would have broken weaker girls, Jane Eyre finds a respectable position as governess to the ward of the enigmatic Mr. Rochester. Twenty years her senior, brusque, and hardened by loss, Mr. Rochester finds his spirited new employee strangely bewitching. Despite the social chasm that divides them, they are drawn to each other as equals and contemplate true happiness at last. But there is an impediment to their love that tests Jane’s integrity and strength almost beyond endurance.
Considered by many to be the best adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s romantic classic, this BBC miniseries is true to the original story, with dialogue taken directly from the novel. Best of all is the perfect casting and chemistry of the unlikely lovers, with Sorcha Cusack (Casualty) as Jane and Michael Jayston (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) as Mr. Rochester.
英国ABC摄制的经典间谍剧集The Avengers在整个60年代红极一时,风靡英语世界,时至今日仍然吸引着世界各地无数的拥趸,成为和The Prisoner、Doctor Who等齐名的老牌英国Cult TV经典,而国内也曾在80年代以《复仇天使》的译名引进其中一小部分。The Avengers系列结束10年以后,剧集制作人Brian Clemens和Albert Fennell在70年代创作、拍摄了续集The New Avengers,同样获得相当大的成功,国内在80年代曾以《三个侦探》的不当译名引进。
The New Avengers沿用了The Avengers系列的男主角超级特工John Steed(Patrick Macnee),原系列中的美女搭档换成了两个年轻后辈Mike Gambit和Purdy。剧情配合冷战背景,涉及间谍与反间谍、有组织犯罪、科幻等多种题材,很多创意在当时颇有前卫性,因而在70年代重掀Avengers热潮。电视摄像与制作技术在10年间的发展,使得The New Avengers比前作显得更为专业。虽然和如今的好莱坞大片相比,The New Avengers在噱头和视觉效果方面要相差很多,但是在70年代其地位还是相当高的,而在今天作为怀旧经典仍然具有相当不错的观赏性和娱乐性。
故事承接第一季《黑爵士一世》,讲述六十年后的都铎王朝伊丽莎白一世时期的故事。金雀花王朝此时已经灭亡,由伊丽莎白一世(米兰达·理查森 Miranda Richardson 饰)继承王位。而这位像她的家族一样疯狂的女王,虽然性感诱人,却又极为情绪化。她一直都在寻找理想中的丈夫。伊丽莎白一世拥有一个最具权威的宫廷弄臣埃德蒙·黑爵士(罗温·艾金森 Rowan Atkinson 饰),他是《黑爵士一世》中埃德蒙王子的曾孙。
此次,埃德蒙摇身一变成为愤世嫉俗又充满智慧的冷酷朝臣,欲借娶伊丽莎白一世而篡夺王位。爱耍小聪明的农民鲍德里克(托尼·罗宾逊 Tony Robinson饰)和愚蠢的贵族珀西(蒂姆·麦克纳尼 Tim McInnerny饰),再次协助埃德蒙展开啼笑皆非的夺权计划。然而,伊丽莎白一世的得力助手曼彻特主教(斯蒂芬·弗雷 Stephen Fry 饰)一直在忠心耿耿的暗中辅佐她,免于王位落入埃德蒙之手。
影片被设置在英格兰蔷薇战争末期,讲述英国都铎王朝时期的故事。兰开斯特王室宿敌约克王室理查德三世,在波斯沃平原之役中去世,他的侄子理查德四世接任,统治多年。
理查德四世膝下两子,大儿子威尔士王子哈利(罗伯特·伊斯特 Robert East 饰)本是众望所归的王位继承人,而他却是一个疯子。小儿子埃德蒙王子(罗温·艾金森 Rowan Atkinson 饰)笨拙愚蠢又骄傲自大,被王室以及整个家族所不耻。然而就是这个自称“黑爵士一世”的埃德蒙王子,却试图从他的父王和哥哥手中夺取王位。在两个随从珀西(蒂姆·麦克纳尼 Tim McInnerny 饰),一个唯一尊重他的愚蠢贵族和鲍德里克(托尼·罗宾逊 Tony Robinson 饰),一个爱耍小聪明的农民的帮助下,开始了他们看似伟大的夺权计划。
A young English girl in Monte Carlo falls in love with a rude, handsome stranger who proposes to her and rescues her from the drudgery of being a hired companion. But when he takes her to his country estate, Manderly, all her confidence disappears, especially in the face of Maxim's dour and mysterious housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, and as odd rumors reach her, the second Mrs. de Winter decides to find out everything she can about her predecessor, Rebecca.
This series chronicled the lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie was a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, came to CI5 from the regular police force, and was more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship was often contentious, but they were the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.