Jeff Rawle – MRQE https://mrqe.com Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:31:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://mrqe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MRQE-favicon-1.png Jeff Rawle – MRQE https://mrqe.com 32 32 “Drop the Dead Donkey” https://mrqe.com/movie/drop-the-dead-donkey-tv-m100068613/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/?post_type=movie&p=10775 Drop the Dead Donkey is a situation comedy that first aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom between 1990 and 1998. It is set in the offices of GlobeLink News, a fictional TV news company. Recorded close to transmission, it made use of contemporary news events to give the programme a greater sense of realism. It was created by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin. The series had an ensemble cast, making stars of Haydn Gwynne, Stephen Tompkinson and Neil Pearson.

The series began with the acquisition of GlobeLink by media mogul Sir Roysten Merchant, an allusion to either Robert Maxwell or Rupert Murdoch. Indeed, Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin note on their DVDs that it was fortunate for their libel lawyers that the two men shared the same initials. The series is mostly based on the on-going battle between the staff of GlobeLink, led by editor George Dent, as they try to maintain the company as a serious news organisation, and Sir Roystens right-hand man Gus Hedges, trying to make the show more sensationalist and suppress stories that might harm Sir Roystens business empire.

The show was awarded the Best Comedy Award at the 1994 BAFTA Awards. At the British Comedy Awards the show won Best New TV Comedy in 1990, Best Channel 4 Comedy in 1991, and Best Channel 4 Sitcom in 1994.

]]> “Death in Holy Orders” https://mrqe.com/movie/death-in-holy-orders-m100057062/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/death-in-holy-orders-m100057062/ Detective Adam Dalgliesh investigates the death of a young ordinand who died in mysterious circumstances.

]]> An Adventure in Space and Time (TV) https://mrqe.com/movie/an-adventure-in-space-and-time-m100108964/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/an-adventure-in-space-and-time-m100108964/ Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles while wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry’s glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama. Allied with a team of unusual but brilliant people, they went on to create the longest running science fiction series ever made.

]]> Sweet Sue https://mrqe.com/movie/sweet-sue-m100144828/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/sweet-sue-m100144828/ Sue is back on the dating scene. She meets a mysterious biker called Ron at her brother’s funeral and sparks fly. But when Ron introduces her to her social media-influence son, Anthony, Sue finds herself in an increasingly surreal battle of wills with this ambitious teenager who, despite showing no signs of talent, is convinced his dance troupe ‘Electric Destiny’ is tipped for stardom. Will she find the purpose and imagination to bring this little unconventional family together for a chance of happiness? Sweet Sue is an intimate comedy drama that delves into finding love late in life

]]> The Real Charlie Chaplin https://mrqe.com/movie/the-real-charlie-chaplin-m100137886/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/the-real-charlie-chaplin-m100137886/ A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.

]]> Chubby Funny https://mrqe.com/movie/chubby-funny-m100121156/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/chubby-funny-m100121156/ Oscar thinks he’s special. He isn’t. He thinks it’s everyone else’s fault. It’s not. Moving to London, he gives himself a year to break into showbiz, but ends up waylaid by the same old problems: friendships, flings, and finding ultimate fulfillment. Say what you like, but it’s tough being Chubby Funny.

]]> Crystal Gazing https://mrqe.com/movie/crystal-gazing-m100067274/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/crystal-gazing-m100067274/ Experimental drama set in London during the Thatcher administration involving four characters: Neil, a science-fiction illustrator, who is accidentally killed in Mexico City; Kim, a woman rock musician; Vermilion, an analyst of satellite photography; and Julian, an old friend of the illustrator who has just finished his Ph.D thesis on the fairy-tales of Charles Perrault. Their four lives are closely interlinked as events happen to each of them.

]]> The Life Story of Baal https://mrqe.com/movie/the-life-story-of-baal-m100061847/ Sat, 20 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/the-life-story-of-baal-m100061847/ An adaptation of the first play written by Bertolt Brecht, charting the decline and fall of Baal, a young poet who rejects the norms of society and destroys the lives of the people with whom he comes into contact.

]]> A Hitch in Time https://mrqe.com/movie/a-hitch-in-time-m100012009/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/a-hitch-in-time-m100012009/ Two children help an eccentric professor test his new time machine.

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