Jonathan Cecil – MRQE

Dead Man’s Folly (TV)

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

During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an “expert”, a real murder occurs.

Murder in Three Acts (TV)

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

In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.

Alice in Wonderland (TV)

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

One of the most well-known stories begins one golden summer afternoon. Alice is sitting on a riverbank with her sister when a fully-dressed, talking rabbit runs past her. She follows the rabbit down the hole and enters a nonsensical world where it seems the normal rules of logic do not apply. In Wonderland, Alice participates in a winner-less race, alternates between being tiny and giant, hears riddles at a “mad” tea party, plays croquet with live flamencos, and attends a trial where the Knave of Hearts is accused of stealing the Queen’s tarts. Join Alice as she encounters the Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, and others as she makes her way through Wonderland.

Mad Jack (V)

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

Play dealing with the life of British Army lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon, and his protests against the inhumanity of the First World War

Thirteen at Dinner (TV)

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

Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound at the base of his neck. It will take the precise Poirot to sort out the lies from the alibis – and find the criminal before another victim dies.

The Wind in the Willows (1983/I) (TV)

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

Toad, Rat, Mole and Badger follow animal etiquette in this version of Kenneth Grahame’s classic, in stop-motion model animation.

Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj

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

Taj Mahal Badalandabad leaves Coolidge College behind for the halls of Camford University in England, where he looks to continue his education, and teach an uptight student how to make the most out of her academic career.

Under the Doctor

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

Handsome young Doctor Boyd has a problem on his hands. In fact, he has several and they are all female and all attractive.

Up the Front

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

In Frankie Howerd’s third Up… film it’s World War I and he plays Lurk, an absolute cowerd, er coward. He’s evading the call-up for all he’s worth. But one evening he’s hypnotised by a drunken hypnotist (Stanley Holloway) into being brave, but he fails to be released from it. So with his yellow streak gone Lurk is down that army office before you can say “titter ye not.” Off to war he goes, mingling with sexy spies like Zsa Zsa Gabor and before long, the spellbound recruit is heading hot-foot back to Blighty with the Germans’ plan of attack tattooed on his bum, and the Germans are bringing up the rear…! Full of sauce, knowing real-life references and witty remarks to camera, this is a cheeky incorrigible final instalment.