John Woodvine – MRQE https://mrqe.com Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:13:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://mrqe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MRQE-favicon-1.png John Woodvine – MRQE https://mrqe.com 32 32 “Bob & Rose” https://mrqe.com/movie/bob-and-rose-tv-m100055850-2/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000 https://mrqe.com/movie/bob-and-rose-tv-m100055850-2/ Bob & Rose is a British television drama, originally screened in six one-hour episodes on the ITV network in the UK in autumn 2001. It was produced for the network by the independent Red Production Company, and was that company’s first prime-time drama for the ITV network.

Bob & Rose was the inspiration for Jules & Mimi, the fictional British television show featured in Sex and the City.

]]> “Bob & Rose” https://mrqe.com/movie/bob-and-rose-tv-m100055850/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/bob-and-rose-tv-m100055850/ Bob & Rose is a British television drama, originally screened in six one-hour episodes on the ITV network in the UK in autumn 2001. It was produced for the network by the independent Red Production Company, and was that company’s first prime-time drama for the ITV network.

Bob & Rose was the inspiration for Jules & Mimi, the fictional British television show featured in Sex and the City.

]]> Fatherland (TV) https://mrqe.com/movie/fatherland-m100011048/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/fatherland-m100011048/ Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany’s war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a plot to destroy all evidence of the genocide.

]]> The Other Boleyn Girl (TV) https://mrqe.com/movie/the-other-boleyn-girl-m100078928/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/the-other-boleyn-girl-m100078928/ Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, “The Other Boleyn Girl” is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn who becomes mistress to England’s king, Henry VIII, before being ousted by her younger sister, Anne. Mary leaves the Court to marry a commoner, but returns when Anne embarks on a reckless policy to save herself from ruin.

]]> A Performance of Macbeth (TV) https://mrqe.com/movie/a-performance-of-macbeth-m100023108/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/a-performance-of-macbeth-m100023108/ Macbeth is a 1978 videotaped version of Trevor Nunn’s Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play by William Shakespeare. Produced by Thames Television, it features Ian McKellen as Macbeth and Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth. The TV version was directed by Philip Casson. The original stage production was performed at The Other Place, the RSC’s small studio theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. It had been performed in the round before small audiences, with a bare stage and simple costuming. The recording preserves this style: the actors perform on a circular set and with a mostly black background changes of setting are indicated only by lighting changes.

]]> Enys Men https://mrqe.com/movie/enys-men-m100140464/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/enys-men-m100140464/ A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying madness that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare.

]]> Macbeth (TV) https://mrqe.com/movie/macbeth-m100068618/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/macbeth-m100068618/ This 1976 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Macbeth was originally broadcast on Thames Television in 1978. The company’s artistic director Trevor Dunn directs the cast on a small bare stage with mostly black costumes and minimal props. After the witches (Susan Dury, Judith Harte, Marie Kean) announce the prophecy that Macbeth (Ian McKellen) will be the next king, the elderly King Duncan (Griffith Jones) proclaims that his son, Malcolm (Roger Rees), will be heir to the throne. Lady Macbeth (Judi Dench) learns about the witches’ prophecy in a letter, prompting he to ask the gods to remove her femininity so she can make her weak husband kill the king. When Duncan comes to visit Macbeth’s castle, he is murdered in his sleep. Macbeth kills the guards, claiming they were the murderers. In fear of their own lives, Duncan’s sons flee the country and Macbeth is crowned King of Scotland. Riddled with guilt, Macbeth goes mad and sees horrible visions while the witches announce the prophecy of his downfall. Also starring John Woodvine as Banquo, Ian McDiarmid as the porter, and Bob Peck as Macduff.

]]> Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (TV) https://mrqe.com/movie/hornblower-the-duchess-and-the-devil-m100062015/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/hornblower-the-duchess-and-the-devil-m100062015/ Acting Lieutenant Hornblower and his crew are captured by the enemy while escorting a Duchess who has secrets of her own.

]]> Dragonworld https://mrqe.com/movie/dragonworld-m100046757/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/dragonworld-m100046757/ A young man must risk his life to save his fire-breathing friend from the unscrupulous owner of an amusement park.

]]> The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (TV) https://mrqe.com/movie/the-fool-of-the-world-and-the-flying-ship-m100013000/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/the-fool-of-the-world-and-the-flying-ship-m100013000/ Based on a Russian folk tale. A proclamation went out through all the land that whosoever could build a flying ship would win the hand of the Tsar’s daughter. The youngest son of a simple peasant shows up to claim her, and the dumbfounded Tsar quickly has second thoughts, setting several ‘impossible” tasks for ‘The Fool of the World’ and his remarkable friends.

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