Pip Torrens – MRQE

“Renegade Nell”

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

England, 1705: Framed for murder and on the run with her sisters, Nell Jackson turns her hand to highway robbery to survive. Aided by her superpowered sidekick, a plucky little sprite called Billy Blind, Nell realizes that fate has put her on the wrong side of the law for a reason. A reason much bigger than she could have ever imagined: to defeat a magical plot against the Queen of England.

Dead Gorgeous (TV)

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Rose and Antonia are two old friends who meet up again after the second world war. Unhappy in their relationships, they plan to ‘accidentally’ murder each others husbands.

Consenting Adults (TV)

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Fifty years ago, a Home Office committee chaired by Wolfenden, then vice-chancellor of Reading University, recommended the decriminalization of homosexuality. But behind the scenes of what was to become a turning point in British social history, there was an even more extraordinary story. Jack’s son Jeremy, then a brilliant undergraduate at Oxford, was himself gay, something his father could not bring himself to acknowledge.

Class of ’76 (TV)

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

Inspector Tom Monroe (Robert Carlyle) investigates the mysterious death of several people that the only thing they have in common is being classmates. In addition, the deaths appear to be related to a mysterious “faceless child.”

When I’m Sixty-Four (TV)

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

When widowed cabbie Ray and retired teacher Jim meet by chance, they discover they long for the same things from life: adventure, challenge and love. Together Ray and Jim discover that being 64 means a new beginning: it’s time to try the things they never dared in their youth.

Pinochet in Suburbia (TV)

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

In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to bring to justice a man they insist is guilty of multiple human rights violations. The newly-elected Labour government is initially amenable, and soon Pinochet is under house arrest (albeit in a detached house in leafy suburbia) and awaiting extradition to Spain. However, Amnesty are up against the complexities of British law, the vacillations of Home Secretary Jack Straw, Pinochet’s former ally Margaret Thatcher – and the Senator’s own vast reserves of cunning.

“Nevers, The”

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In the last years of Victoria’s reign, London is beset by the “Touched”: people mostly women who suddenly manifest abnormal abilities, some charming, some very disturbing. Among them are Amalia True, a mysterious, quick-fisted widow, and Penance Adair, a brilliant young inventor. They are the champions of this new underclass, making a home for the Touched, while fighting the forces of well, pretty much all the forces to make room for those whom history as we know it has no place.

“Chimera”

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A journalist investigates the death of his girlfriend at a fertility clinic where she worked and uncovers a plot to create a new breed of human based on crossing the genetics of man and ape.

Vindicta

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000

In just one moment 19-year-old Hannah’s world shatters when her parents are murdered in front of her. After fleeing, she seeks refuge with family friends before becoming the embodiment of rage and revenge towards those responsible for destroying her life. An unexpected connection with a handsome young Nazi Officer generates a moment of respite, but she is consumed by vengeance at any cost, no matter what or when. The story is inspired by the true events of women who helped defeat the Nazis during WWII.

Kids in Love

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

Drifting through his gap year with its internships and travel plans, Jack has always suspected there was more to life than this. A chance encounter with the beautiful and ethereal Evelyn swerves his life radically off course.