Penelope Wilton
1) Othello
Series
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
Othello appoints Cassio as his chief lieutenant, arousing the jealousy of Iago, who conspires to undo both of them. Iago tells Othello that Desdemona has an affair with Cassio. Othello strangles Desdemona before learning of Iago's evil, then kills himself.
2) Belle
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Although Dido Elizabeth Belle, an eighteenth-century English woman of mixed race, is raised in privilege by her aristocratic great-uncle and his wife, she is denied a proper social standing because of her skin color. But when Dido falls in love with a young idealist lawyer who aspires to create positive change, she finds herself caught between two worlds.
3) Iris
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Adapted from the memoirs of literary critic John Bayley, the film recounts his courtship of and long marriage to British novelist Iris Murdoch. The scnario tacks back and forth from the young Iris--ready to seduce one and all with her coy command of words and sex appeal-- to the elder Iris--slowly giving way to the cruel erasure of Alzheimer's.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
When Chris' best friend Annie loses her husband, Chris derives a scheme to memorialize him. The two women, along with some of their friends, all fiftysomething women, will make a nude calendar to raise money for the hospital where he died. The calendar becomes hugely popular. Based on actual events.
6) Summerland
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Alice is a reclusive writer, resigned to a solitary life on the seaside cliffs of Southern England while World War II rages across the channel. When she opens her front door one day to find she's to adopt a young London evacuee name Frank, she's resistant. It's not long, however, before the two realize they have more in common in their pasts than Alice had assumed.
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Alice has already traveled to Wonderland once, now she is taking another journey to the fascinating world with the memorable character Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty, Red King and Queen, Red and White Knights, and Jabberwocky.
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Miss Marple is requested to help her old friend Carrie-Louise, the loving wife of benign philanthropist Lewis Serrocold. Carrie-Louise is slowly poisoned by an unknown hand,and her husband and her sister Ruth want absolutely to save her from this dark menace.
9) The BFG
Series
Publisher
[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Enjoy the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of another world. The BFG is a Big Friendly Giant, so he's nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24 feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and likes to keep to himself.
10) South Riding
Publisher
BBC Home Video
Pub. Date
p2011.
Language
English
Description
A woman serves as a headmistress in an all-girls school in Yorkshire, and attempts to create the best school that she possibly can in the midst of the Great Depression.
11) Falling
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Henry Kent meets writer Daisy Langrish and offers to take care of her overgrown garden. The relationship develops but Mr. Kent is fooling no one but Daisy!
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
There comes a time in every man's life when he has no choice but to get up off the couch and kill some zombies. When flesh-eating zombies go on the hunt for a bite to eat, it is up to Shaun and his best pal Ed to save their friends and family from becoming the next entrée.
Series
Pub. Date
uuuu
Language
English
Formats
Description
Season two returns as the Great War rages across Europe, and not even the serene Yorkshire countryside is free from its effects. The men and women of Downton are doing their part both on the front lines and the home front, but the intensity of war only serves to inflame the more familiar passions of love, loss, blackmail, and betrayal.
17) Royal paintbox
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Watercolour artist, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, celebrates the artistic gene of his forebears, which goes back to Queen Victoria and beyond.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
As Season Five begins in 1924, the radio is the latest miracle, a new Labour government heralds changes through the land, and Downton's traditional ways are besieged on all fronts. Robert, Mary, and Branson must navigate these shifting sands together to ensure the future of the estate for generations to come. As Branson finds himself playing a more crucial role at Downton than ever before, he can't help but question his place in the world. Mary is...