Bill Fraser – MRQE

The Corn Is Green (TV)

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A strong-willed teacher, determined to educate the poor and illiterate youth of an impoverished Welsh village, discovers one student whom she believes to have the seeds of genius in him.

Moments

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A depressed middle-aged man, revisiting the seaside resort he often vacationed at as a child, encounters a highly optimistic and carefree young woman who attempts to reason him out of following through on his suicidal thoughts.

Love Thy Neighbour

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two men who are nextdoor neighbors constantly battle it out over seemingly trivial offenses. Their wives, on the other hand, are best of friends. The two couples attempt to win a ‘love-thy-neighbor’ competition by lying…

Masquerade

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

The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.

Caruta cu mere

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

Shaw’s comedy of ideologies looks forty years to the future at the impossibility of government as the British cabinet and monarchy face a day of “crisis” for the country. King Magnus is happy to engage a prime minister seeking to transform the nation into a constitutional monarchy, but who truly rules in this democracy: the king, the government or the businessmen? And do any of them care about the people?

“Rumpole of the Bailey”

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

Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.

Up the Front

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

In Frankie Howerd’s third Up… film it’s World War I and he plays Lurk, an absolute cowerd, er coward. He’s evading the call-up for all he’s worth. But one evening he’s hypnotised by a drunken hypnotist (Stanley Holloway) into being brave, but he fails to be released from it. So with his yellow streak gone Lurk is down that army office before you can say “titter ye not.” Off to war he goes, mingling with sexy spies like Zsa Zsa Gabor and before long, the spellbound recruit is heading hot-foot back to Blighty with the Germans’ plan of attack tattooed on his bum, and the Germans are bringing up the rear…! Full of sauce, knowing real-life references and witty remarks to camera, this is a cheeky incorrigible final instalment.

Up the Chastity Belt

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

A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity belts in the market place, but on this day Sir Graggart de Bombast arrives to sack the castle, and to get the lovely Lobelia Custard in the sack! Lurkalot must help Custard cream the knight in pining armour…

Up Pompeii

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

A funny thing happens to Lurcio (Frankie Howerd) on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market stall. A mysterious scroll falls into his hands, listing the names of all the conspirators plotting to murder Emperor Nero. And when the upstart slave is elected to infiltrate the ringleader’s den, the comical ups-and-downs lead to total uproar.

Captain Nemo and the Underwater City

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

Survivors of a sinking ship are rescued by Captain Nemo and his submarine crew. They are taken to an underwater city where they may spend the rest of their lives.