Keith Michell – MRQE

The Pirates of Penzance (TV)

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

As a young child, Frederic had been apprenticed to a pirate by mistake when he should have been apprenticed to a pilot. Now, having reached his 21st year, Frederic’s indentures are at last over and he happily leaves the service of the pirates. When Frederic meets the beautiful Mabel, one of the many daughters (or wards in Chancery) of Major-General Stanley, they fall in love and decide to marry. However, complications arise when the pirates decide to marry the rest of the Major-General’s daughters, themselves – and Frederic’s birthdate turns out to be not all it seems.

Moments

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A depressed middle-aged man, revisiting the seaside resort he often vacationed at as a child, encounters a highly optimistic and carefree young woman who attempts to reason him out of following through on his suicidal thoughts.

Grendel Grendel Grendel

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This is an animated story covering the ancient legend of Beowulf, as narrated by Grendel himself, the “monster” in the legend. Aimed more at adults than children, this version holds some interesting twists on the traditional tale, and is based on a novel by American critic and academic John Gardner.

House of Cards

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In 1960s Paris, an American boxer stumbles upon an international fascist conspiracy that aims to create a new world order.

The Deceivers

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

India, 1825: the country lives in mortal fear of cult members known as the Deceivers.” They commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Appalled by their activities, an English military man, Captain William Savage, conceives a hazardous plot to stop them. In disguise, he plans to himself become a Deceiver and infiltrate their numbers. Ever present in Savages adventures is a sense of dread; he is in constant fear of betrayal and vengeance and also undergoes a disturbing psychological transformation as he experiences the cults blood lust firsthand.

All Night Long

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

Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex and Delia Lane, a jealous, ambitious drummer, Johnny Cousin, attempts to tear the interracial couple apart.

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

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

1547, King Henry VIII’s life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.

The Executioner

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

A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.

Prudence and the Pill

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

Prudence Hardcastle is on the pill. So is her sister-in-law, but someone has been swapping aspirin for their pills. Is it the teenage niece, the maid, the chauffeur, a lover, Prudence’s husband Gerald, or all of the above?

The Gypsy and the Gentleman

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

About to enter a marriage he wants no part of, rich nobleman Mitchell takes up with gypsy Mecouri. They marry, but she soon discovers he’s deeply in debt. (TCM)