Douglas Hodge – MRQE

“Middlemarch”

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

19th century Great Britain. The Industrial Revolution brings both the promise and fear of change. In the provincial town of Middlemarch, the progressive Dorothea Brooke desperately seeks intellectual fulfillment in a male-dominated society and is driven into an unhappy marriage to the elderly scholar Casaubon. No sooner do they embark on their honeymoon than she meets and develops an instant connection with Casaubon’s young cousin, Will Ladislaw. When idealistic Doctor Lydgate arrives, his new methods of medicine sweep him into the battle between conservatives and liberals in town. He quickly becomes enamored of the beautiful, privileged Rosamond Vincy, a woman whose troubles seem bound to destroy him.

Mansfield Park (TV)

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

In Mansfield Park, poverty-stricken Fanny Price is sent away to live with her wealthy uncle and aunt at Mansfield Park. As she struggles to adapt to her new lifestyle she begins to attract the attentions of suitors, learning about the sexual politics of high society along the way.

“Legends”

Sat, 09 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000

As drugs flood the streets of ’90s Britain, a team of civil servants is thrust undercover to topple the gangs behind it.

G20

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

After the G20 Summit is overtaken by terrorists, President Danielle Sutton must bring all her statecraft and military experience to defend her family and her fellow leaders.

We Live in Time

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

An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.

Vindication Swim

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

The inspirational story of Mercedes Gleitze, the first British woman to swim the English Channel and her battle against both the cold waters of the Channel and the oppressive society of the 1920s England.

A Grand Romantic Gesture

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

Ava loses her job due to cutbacks. Her husband and pregnant daughter encourage her to take up gourmet cooking and prepare for life as a grandmother. Instead she signs up for a drama class where she is cast as Juliet and finds herself falling in love with her Romeo.

“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.

Gemini Man

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

Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who’s ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict his every move. To his horror, Brogan soon learns that the man who’s trying to kill him is a younger, faster, cloned version of himself.

The Report

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

The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senates sweeping study into the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to make public what many in power sought to keep hidden.