Gladys Henson – MRQE

First Men in the Moon

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

The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world’s astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon.

The Leather Boys

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

An immature teenager marries a young biker but becomes disenchanted with the realities of working class marriage and her husband’s relationship with his best friend.

Those People Next Door

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

The Twiggs are a typical working-class family: Sam (Jack Warner) and Mary (Marjorie Rhodes) are trying to bring their family up in the shadow of the Blitz whilst taking everything in good humour. Their neighbours Joe (Charles Victor) and Emma (Gladys Henson) are constantly in the Twiggs house, borrowing a cup of sugar or using their Anderson shelter and between them the two working class families put the world to rights. But when their daughter falls for an upper class RAF pilot the Twiggs are asked by his mother, Lady Diana Stephens to tell their daughter to call the romance off, as the social gap between the families is too large. Incensed by Lady Diana s offer of money, Sam Twigg throws her out of the house. But events take a sudden turn as the war enters the Twiggs own living room. Will the two families manage to overcome their disdain for each other and let true love find its way?

Lady Godiva Rides Again

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

Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva – though not in the buff. This leads by way of a suspect beauty competition to the show-business world of London. But it could be a slippery slope for simple home-town Marge.

Highly Dangerous

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

A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.

Train of Events

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

A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.

Frieda

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

A young German girl marries an Englishman and moves into his family’s household during the last days of World War II. The family and community have conflicting feelings about her presence in the community, and as a result, the family is forced to face their own moral code as they deal with their own prejudices and fears about the seemingly innocent German girl. The war ends, and she finally seems to be accepted into the family and community when her Nazi brother shows up to create havoc.

The Captive Heart

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

A series of stories about the lives and loves of nine men in a Prisoner of War Camp over five years. Location shooting in the British occupied part of Germany adds believability. The main story is of Hasek (Redgrave) a Czech soldier who needs to keep his identity a secret from the Nazis, to do this he poses as a dead English Officer and corresponds with the man’s wife. Upon liberation they meet and decide to continue their lives together. The other inmates’ stories are revealed episodically.