Bernard Miles – MRQE

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (TV)

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

This intriguing story is set in the 1930s at a country house, where two amateur sleuths, Bobby Jones and Lady Frankie Derwent, try to unravel the mystery behind a tale of murder, suspense and false identities. And the only clues the two have to go on are the puzzling last words of a dying man. Featuring characters created by Agatha Christie, Why Didn’t They Ask Evans is a classic crime thriller sure to please murder-mystery fans.

Never Let Me Go

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

An American reporter falls in love with a Russian ballet dancer.

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

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

A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.

Chance of a Lifetime

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the old management come back to help out.

The Man Who Knew Too Much

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

A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.

Run Wild, Run Free

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

Directed by Richard C. Sarafian, this 1969 British children’s film stars Mark Lester as a young boy, unable to speak, who befriends both a wild colt with blue eyes and a falcon named “Lady”. The cast also includes John Mills, Gordon Jackson and Sylvia Sims.

Heavens Above!

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

A naive but caring prison chaplain, who happens to have the same last name as an upper class cleric, is by mistake appointed as vicar to a small and prosperous country town. His belief in charity and forgiveness sets him at odds with the conservative and narrow-minded locals, and he soon creates social ructions by appointing a black dustman as his churchwarden, taking in a gypsy family, and persuading the local landowner to provide free food for the church to distribute free to the people of the town. When the congregation leaders realise the mistake and call for the Church of England to remove him, this turns out to be a very, very difficult issue – until one clergyman realises that a British project to send a man into space is in need of an astronaut…

Sapphire

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

Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects — including the girl’s white boyfriend and his disapproving parents — the detectives wade through a stubbornly entrenched sludge of racism and bigotry.

The Smallest Show on Earth

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

Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill’s long-lost uncle has died and left them his businessa cinema in the town of Sloughborough. Unfortunately they can’t sell it for the fortune they hoped as they discover it is falling down and almost worthless.

Zarak

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

A notorious bandit develops a grudging respect for the English military man assigned to capture him.