Roger Allam – MRQE

The Choral

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Yorkshire, 1916. A choral society’s male members enlist in World War I, leaving the demanding Dr. Guthrie to recruit teenagers. Together, they experience the joy of singing while the young boys grapple with their impending conscription into the army.

Stranded (TV)

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

A retelling of the classic Swiss Family Robinson story.

“Thick of It, The”

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

Set in the corridors of power and spin, the Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10’s policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.

Uncle Vanya

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

An adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s classic play about human frailty, in which secret loves and long-held resentments threaten to tear a family apart. The film is a recorded performance of an award-winning production of Anton Chekhov’s classic play at the Harold Pinter theatre in London, made shortly after the show was shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Murder in Provence”

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Antoine Verlaque, Investigating Judge in Aix-en-Provence, and romantic partner Marine Bonnet as they investigate the murders, mysteries and dark underbelly of their idyllic home.

The Hippopotamus

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Disgraced poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend’s country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.

“Parade’s End”

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

The story of a love triangle between a conservative English aristocrat, his mean socialite wife and a young suffragette in the midst of World War I and a Europe on the brink of profound change.

Ethel & Ernest

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

This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an intimate and affectionate depiction of the life and times of his parents, two ordinary Londoners living through extraordinary events.

The Book Thief

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

Tamara Drewe

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

A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.