Christina Ricci turns all sexy and slutty and this little temptress is the devil for embittered bluesman, yep he woke up this morning, Lazarus, who needs to pray ter god as he chains her near naked body to the radiator in order to save her soul. This is a strange mix of steam, religion and human values as individuals work together to help heal each other's damaged psyches. An up-lifting tribute to human values, with a great blues soundtrack, in this 'Southern Gothic' adaptation of George Eliot's find out more...

In Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his frustrated duty bound son. But after the pair attend a lecture by a visiting swami about the transmigration of souls, Fisk Junior finds himself drawn to Dean Spanley's fantastical dinner party stories, and convincing Fisk Senior to entertain the experience may provide the two men with redemption from their loveless existence. 'Dean S find out more...

Nick Porter sells salesmanship for a living, but the days of being on top of his game are long gone, thanks in no part to his ever losing battle with alcohol. Finally fired and discovering his wife has also decided it’s all over on the same day, Nick finds himself on his front lawn with all that is left of is worldly belongings. An adaptation of a Raymond Carver short story, don’t expect an archetypal Will Ferrell movie, this a bitter sweet drama...with some humour. A low key, thoughtful and tou find out more...

It's the off-season at the lonely Beauregard Hotel in Bournemoth, and only the long-term tenants are still in residence. Life is stirred up, however, when the beautiful Ann Shankland arrives to see her alcoholic ex-husband, John Malcolm, who is secretly engaged to Pat Cooper, the woman who runs the hotel. Meanwhile, snobbish Mrs Railton-Bell discovers that the kindly if rather doddering Major Pollock, played by David Niven, who won an Oscar for his performance, a retired officer who likes to find out more...

Episode 5, Sid; Sid's a failure. find out more...

Set in the aftermath of WW1 we follow the degeneration of Rannulph Junuh, a veteran of the trenches who, before he went to war, was a golfer of enormous promise. Now haunted by the horrors he has seen, Rannulph keeps the nightmares at bay by burying himself in the bottle. Given one more opportunity to redeem himself in the form of a local celebrity golf match, Rannulph must find his long lost swing and in the process perhaps regain the love of the woman he left behind, and so appears the mysteri find out more...

Judith Hearne is a sensitive, genteel, piano-teaching, Dublin spinster struggling to keep her dignity in a harsh and degrading world. She deperately wants to be loved but, when her ideals are shattered once too often, she has a second love, the bottle. When neither that nor the Bible sustain her she must reassess her life. A poignant, powerful non-sentimental drama. find out more...

 

Joseph is an unemployed widower, drinker, and a man stifled by his own volatile temperament. Hannah is a Christian worker at a charity shop, a respectable woman who appears wholesome and happy. When the pair meet, Hannah appears to be Joseph’s potential saviour, someone who can temper his fury and offer him warmth, kindness and acceptance. find out more...