In 1996 the Workers' Educational Association set up classes for sacked Liverpool dock workers in order to help them set down the history of their battle. Channel 4 decided to commission a work on the event and so began a three year process, involving both Jimmy McGovern and Irvine Welsh, in a labour of love by the Dockers that saw their work becoming a film in the summer of 1999. Dockers is a fascinating story, in both the history it tells and its realisation.
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EDGE OF DARKNESS (PART 1) (1986)
Certification15 Our Rating
Part One of the hit BBC series in which one man delves into the dark and deadly world of the nuclear state. In "Into The Shadows" Ronald Craven's determination to discover the truth about his daughter's murder leads him into a nightmare web of political corruption, secrets, terrorism and death.
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EDGE OF DARKNESS (PART 2) (1986)
Certification15 Our Rating
Part Two of the hit BBC series. In "Northmoor" bereaved dad Ronald Craven plunges deeper into the world of secrecy his daughter inhabited. Renegade US agent Jedburgh helps him in his mission to discover the deadly truth at the heart of an underworld nuclear facility. Tense and frighteningly topical.
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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: SEASON 1 (DISC 5) (2006)
Certification15 Our Rating
The trials and tribulations of small town Texas football players, their friends, family, and coaching staff. DISC 5: I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SEX, EXTENDED FAMILIES, CH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGES.
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G.B.H. (EPISODE 1) (1991)
Certification15 Our Rating
Alan (Boys From the Blackstuff) Bleasdale's utterly riveting epic TV series about politics, corruption, obsession and madness. When a headteacher refuses to join in the city-wide strike organised by the Council, the scene is set for a spectacular confrontation which will change their destinies.
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G.B.H. (EPISODES 2 + 3) (1991)
Certification15 Our Rating
Alan Bleasdale's epic series continues; it is beginning to emerge that neither Jim Nelson nor his council adversary are entirely sane, and the confrontation that continues at the school gates is hardly helping matters. Meanwhile sinister forces are emerging. If you're not hooked yet, why not?
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G.B.H. (EPISODES 4 + 5) (1991)
Certification15 Our Rating
Alan Bleasdale's story continues; Michael Murray's family has deserted him, but all he cares about is finding Eileen Critchley and he's beginning to lose control. Without a doubt he's being manipulated - but by whom and to what end? And will it all end in tears? Doesn't it just grow on you?
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G.B.H. (EPISODES 6 + 7) (1991)
Certification15 Our Rating
The plot thickens... Jim and Michael are both becoming increasingly insane, and also beginning to look more like friends than foes in the face of the sinister conspiracies. These concluding episodes continue to set the screen alight and Bleasdale's message is superbly hammered home.
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G.B.H. DISC 1 (1991)
Certification15 Our Rating
GBH is set in the early 1990s. The plot revolves around attempts by UK government secret services to discredit ambitious and charismatic left-wing coucil leader Murray and each episode reveals more about the convoluted nature of this plot.
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G.B.H. DISC 2 (1991)
Certification15 Our Rating
It is beginning to emerge that neither Jim Nelson nor his council adversary are entirely sane. Meanwhile sinister forces are emerging. If you're not hooked yet, why not? Excellent stuff.
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