Roger Hammond – MRQE

The Good Soldier (TV)

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A romantic tragedy about two turn-of-the-century couples – one American, one British – who regularly vacation together at a spa in Germany.

Princes in the Tower (TV)

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The strange 15th Century disappearance of two European royals – 12-year-old Edward V and his 10-year-old brother, Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, lingers as one of the most enigmatic and bizarre incidents of the Middle Ages. In 1483, the two little boys stood in line as heirs to the British throne, but their father’s early death preceded official accusations of regal bigamy and the judicial decision that the children were in fact illegitimate sons. As a result, the little boys were promptly removed from sight and placed in the Tower of London – a royal residence that doubled as a prison – never to be seen again. For centuries, historians have speculated about the actual fade of these children. Justin Hardy’s historical drama Princes in the Tower recreates these events, providing one possible explanation for their fates. The film then moves ahead in time to 1491, when a teenager turned up, seemingly from out of nowhere, claiming that he was in fact Richard and that he wished to reclaim his birthright and rule the country.

Great Performances:: A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (TVE)

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In 1919, the great English military man T. E. Lawrence tries to help the king of the Syrian in the Conference of Peace in Paris.

Victoria & Albert (TV)

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s lengthy marriage. Beginning in 1837, the year of King William IV’s death and 18-year-old Victoria’s ascension to the throne, the series charts the tumultuous period in 19th Century England where Victoria comes to terms with the enormous duties that lay ahead of her, while also falling deeply in love with her beloved Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The marriage and birth of their nine children are featured, as is Albert’s frustration by the inactivity he experienced in the early years of his role as Prince Consort.

A Good Woman

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Fleeing 1930s New York and leaving behind a chequered past, the giltzy divorcee Mrs Stella Erlynne travels to Italy’s sun-dappled Amalfi coast. Mrs Erlynne’s appearance causes a stir amongst the visiting aristocracy. Based on the Oscar Wilde play “Lady Windemere’s Fan.”

Up at the Villa

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death, seduction, blackmail and theft among British and Americans in Florence in the turbulent days just before World War II.

As You Like It

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Hiding out in an industrial wasteland from the murderous wrath of a regional ruler, a woman, disguised as a boy, gives wooing lessons to the edgy lad who proclaims he loves her.

“Lady Chatterley”

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Lady Constance Chatterley is married to the handicapped Sir Clifford Chatterley, who was wounded in the First World War. When they move to his family’s estate, Constance (Connie) meets their tough-yet-quiet groundskeeper, Oliver Mellors. Soon, she discovers that the source of her unhappiness is from not being fulfilled in love, and in turning to the arms of Mellors, she has a sexual awakening that will change her thoughts forever.

Queen Kong

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A female film crew journeys to Africa where a giant ape, Queen Kong, falls in love with the crew’s male star.

A Touch of Love

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Intellectually driven doctoral student Rosamund Stacey, while undertaking graduate work at the British Museum, becomes pregnant after a brief affair with a television newsreader. Against the advice of her best friend, Lydia, Rosamund chooses to keep the baby and adjusts her life to include both her studies and her pregnancy. However, when the baby is born, an unforeseen complication threatens the self-sufficient life Rosamund plans for herself.