Sunday, June 10, 2012

Smörgåsbord 42

Smörgåsbord 42


Breaking The Code
"A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. Turing was also a homosexual in Britain at a time when this was illegal, besides being a security risk."  
With Derek Jacobi, Alun Armstrong, Prunella Scales, Harold Pinter.
Breaking The Code


Calling The Shots
"Lynn Redgrave excels in this suspenseful TV mini-series. It is one of her finest roles.
The horror mounts as she sinks into a terror not of her creation but rather instigated by the criminals as a reaction to a story she is investigating in her job as a TV reporter. The supporting cast is outstanding also."

Calling The Shots


Jane Eyre
1997 ITV film version.
Jane Eyre 1997 film
4 more versions:
http://uktvfl.blogspot.com/2010/04/jane-eyremore-jane.html
http://uktvfl.blogspot.com/2010/09/jane-eyre-1997.html


The Beggar Bride
from IMDB: A chance meeting at the site of car accident gives Angela an idea how she can rescue herself and her family from destitution. At home she explains to her husband her plan to seduce and bigamously marry Sir Fabian Ormerod in order to extort money from him. After cleverly engineering a meeting with Sir Fabian at the opera everything seems to be proceeding according to plan until Angela falls pregnant. Knowing of Sir Fabian's desire for an heir Angela convinces Sir Fabian that the child is his and the couple marry. The marriage causes friction with Honesty, the unbalanced daughter from Sir Fabian's first marriage. Events really comes to a head when Harry is born and Honesty realises he will be the heir to the family fortune. The stakes are raised even higher when Angela starts to receive anonymous letters threatening to expose her lurid past. Finally, all hell breaks loose when Harry is kidnapped and the police become involved...  
The Beggar Bride

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