Alistair Petrie – MRQE

Gracie! (TV)

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In 1939 Gracie Fields, the ‘Queen of Hearts’, is at the height of her success as a singer and actress and the whole nation seems to wish her a speedy recovery from cervical cancer. When World War Two breaks out, Gracie sings for the troops despite poor health, to the dismay of her fussy husband, film director Monty Banks, an Italian, born Mario Bianchi. With Italy’s entry into the war Monty is in danger of being interned so Gracie consents to his moving to America whilst she tours Canada, fund-raising for the war effort. She is accused of deserting the country which made her famous and booed offstage, though she later tours battlefields as a singer. With the war over she regains popularity, performing ‘Take Me To Your Heart Again’ at the London Palladium. Banks dies in 1950 and, though still a successful singer, Gracie never regains her pre-war iconic status.

“Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies, The”

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two very different women, Alice a formidable PA and Cheryl a best-selling fantasy author, become trapped in a triangle of epic proportions with Rob an eccentric and celebrated ‘ecopreneur’ who may or may not be trying to destroy them both.

“Utopia”

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. When a group of strangers find themselves in possession of an original manuscript, their lives suddenly and brutally implode.

Magpie

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A couple’s lives are thrown into disarray when their daughter is cast opposite a controversial major star.

“Night Manager, The”

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper, Pine must himself become a criminal.

The Cursed

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In the late 19th century, a brutal land baron slaughters a Roma clan, unleashing a curse on his family and village. In the days that follow, the townspeople are plagued by nightmares, the baron’s son goes missing, and a boy is found murdered. The locals suspect a wild animal, but a visiting pathologist warns of a more sinister presence lurking in the woods.

Hampstead

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Emily Walters is an American widow living a peaceful, uneventful existence in the idyllic Hampstead Village of London, when she meets local recluse, Donald Horner. For 17 years, Donald has livedwildly yet peacefullyin a ramshackle hut near the edge of the forest. When Emily learns his home is the target of developers who will stop at nothing to remove him, saving Donald and his property becomes her personal mission. Despite his gruff exterior and polite refusals for help, Emily is drawn to himas he is to herand what begins as a charitable cause evolves into a relationship that will grow even as the bulldozers close in.

Man to Man

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An epic about anthropologists who hunt and capture pygmies for study back in Europe, in an attempt to illustrate the link between man and ape.

“Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?”

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A dying man’s enigmatic last words send vicar’s son, Bobby Jones, and his socialite friend, Lady Frankie Derwent, on a crime-solving adventure.