Diana Rigg – MRQE

“Mrs. Bradley Mysteries, The”

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Sophisticated woman-of-the world Adela Bradley and her chauffeur George Moody are an unlikely pair of investigators back in the England of the 1920s. Free from her boring husband, Adela tours England but always stumbles onto murder and mystery. Although she is the primary detective, she relies on George to get information to help her solve the case.

The Snail and the Whale (TV)

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A half hour animated film for all the family based on the much-loved book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The Snail and the Whale is the much loved classic that shows us a restless young snail who has ambitions to travel the world. The other snails think she should stay put, but she puts out a call for a Lift wanted around the world. Eventually her call is answered by a great big grey-blue humpback whale! She sets off with him across the seas. On their journey the snail and the whale discover towering icebergs and far-off lands, fiery mountains and golden sands. The snail is delighted by the wonderful world around her, until she realises how small it makes her feel.

Zoya (TV)

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young Russian countess escapes the 1917 revolution and, despite hardship, makes a new life for herself in America.

Jazeere (TV)

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

Alfred Allmers has spent his whole life writing a book on “responsibility,” a luxury he can afford as a result of his marriage to the wealthy and beautiful Rita. However, much to Rita’s annoyance, his attention isn’t always undivided toward her, as Alfred shifts his focus between his book, their son Eyolf, and his half-sister Asta. As Allmers slowly feels trapped in an unfulfilling marriage, emotions and a painful past threaten to boil over into a terrible finale.

The Worst Witch (TV)

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

Mildred is one of the young girls at a prestigious witch academy. She can’t seem to do anything right and is picked on by classmates and teachers. The headmistress of the school, Miss Cackle, has an evil twin sister who plans to destroy the school. Can Mildred foil the plan before the Grand Wizard comes to the Academy for a Halloween celebration you’ll never forget?!!

Samson and Delilah (TV)

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

Mara and Manoa are both upstanding and religious Israelites living under the harsh and unjust rule of the Philistines. One day, a mysterious stranger appears to Mara and promises her that she will bear a son whom she is to call Samson.

In This House of Brede (TV)

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

Philippa Talbot is a talented London businesswoman who has decided to give up her position and power to become a nun. The man who loves her is in shock over her departure from his life. When Philippa arrives at Brede, a cloistered Benedictine monastery, the abbess who was responsible for convincing her to enter this vocation suddenly dies. Her successor is Catherine, a sensitive leader who’s the first to tell the newcomer to the community that all nuns are to love without a preference for one over another. This becomes very difficult when Joanna, a young nun, singles Sister Philippa out and grows very attached to her.

In the Beginning (TV)

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

A kind of “best-of” account of the books of Genesis and Exodus, this two-part NBC miniseries aired in November 2000. Part One, set in the desert, covers the stories of Abraham (Martin Landau), Sarah (Jacqueline Bisset), Isaac (Sean Pertwee), Rebeccah (Diana Rigg), Esau (Andrew Grainger), and Jacob (Frederick Weller) and culminates with the enslavement of Joseph (Eddie Cibrian). Part Two, set in biblical Egypt, focuses on the story of Moses (Billy Campbell) and his deliverance of his people from slavery. Also included in the miniseries’ huge and illustrious cast are Alan Bates as Jethro, Geraldine Chaplin as Yocheved, and Jonathan Firth as Joshua.

Victoria & Albert (TV)

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s lengthy marriage. Beginning in 1837, the year of King William IV’s death and 18-year-old Victoria’s ascension to the throne, the series charts the tumultuous period in 19th Century England where Victoria comes to terms with the enormous duties that lay ahead of her, while also falling deeply in love with her beloved Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The marriage and birth of their nine children are featured, as is Albert’s frustration by the inactivity he experienced in the early years of his role as Prince Consort.

Snow White

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

A prince, seeking the greatest treasure, stumbles upon seven little men guarding a coffin. They tell him the story of Snow White, a beautiful princess who was forced to run away from home after her jealous stepmother tried to have her killed. When she realizes that the girl is still alive and living with the dwarfs, she sets out to destroy her only rival once and for all.