Cherie Lunghi
1) Excalibur
Pub. Date
1981.
Description
The epic tale of King Arthur roars to life in this story of Arthur's rise to power, the Knights of the Round Table, Merlin the Magician, the golden age of Camelot and the search for the Holy Grail. Adapted from Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur.
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Romance, surgery and history combine in this vivid, atmospheric drama based on the lives and case notes of doctors, nurses and patients at the Royal London Hospital a century ago. In this series, the London opens its doors to an East End in turmoil after a bomb explosion - the latest in a series of attacks that have happened all over Europe. Nurse Ada Russell struggles to cope with the difficult but brilliant surgeon Percy Dean. And will Nurse Ethel...
Pub. Date
1995.
Description
Virginia provides a son and heir for the Brightlingsea dynasty, and Nan returns from her honeymoon with Julius, and struggles to deal with aristocratic etiquette. When news arrives that Colonel St George has been ruined by the Wall Street crash, Virginia is left destitute, dependent on the poverty-stricken Brightlingseas, who only accepted her for her wealth in the first place.
Pub. Date
1995.
Description
Sponsored by their glamorous friend Conchita Closson, Virginia, Nan and new arrival Lizzie Elmsworth plan their conquest of the English aristocracy. They proceed to take English society by storm. Virginia soon recieves a proposal from Lord Seadown. When Nan's dreams of a match with Guy Thwaite are shattered, the Duke of Trevenick makes his move.
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Romance, surgery and history combine in this vivid, atmospheric drama based on the lives and case notes of doctors, nurses and patients at the Royal London Hospital a century ago. Set in the heart of the East End amid horrific danger and poverty, when illnesses such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, measles, syphilis, diphtheria are rife, Whitechapel life tumbles through the emergency room doors daily in victims of violence, suicide, drink and drugs. Themes...
Pub. Date
1995.
Description
Snubbed as nouveau riche by elitist New York society, group of spirited young American debutantes set out to try their luck in England. But first, sisters Virginia and Annabel "Nan" St. George must be trained in the ways of English society by English governess Laura Testvalley.
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Romance, surgery and history combine in this vivid, atmospheric drama based on the lives and case notes of doctors, nurses and patients at the Royal London Hospital a century ago. Set in the heart of the East End amid horrific danger and poverty, when illnesses such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, measles, syphilis, diphtheria are rife, Whitechapel life tumbles through the emergency room doors daily in victims of violence, suicide, drink and drugs. Themes...
Pub. Date
1995.
Description
Escaping to London to stay with Lizzy and Hector Robinson, Nan pays regular visits to Westminster to see Guy but Julius insists that she continue with their sham of a marriage. Virgina's financial standing becomes more secure when her father joins business forces with Hector Robinson but she is shocked to learn that Idina's lover has deserted her for a younger woman.
11) The Buccaneers
Pub. Date
1995.
Description
A lavish, star-studded adaptation of Edith Wharton's final novel set in the early 1870s. Seen through the eyes of a family governess, four ambitious American girls secure husbands and position in England in order to live happily ever after. But life bears little resemblance to the fairytales; and castles appear a lot less magical when you have to live in them. They soon find themselves trapped by the trappings of wealth, and discover that beneath...
12) Episode 6
Description
Shahid turns up at the Inland Revenue and Zahid realises there is big trouble in the family firm. Hilary presses Lloyd about their relationship and he has to get a new job as a security guard. They "come out" as a couple at a dinner party but Lloyd gets upset when Hilary describes him as a security consultant and he leaves. Janet and Florrie are shattered that Bernard only gets a 2 year sentence for manslaughter for Chris's death. Gary becomes puzzled...
13) Episode 5
Description
With Nicola Murray and Peter Mannion both on the back foot after the unravelling of the key-worker housing sell-off policy there's inevitably going to be a scramble for the moral high-ground while the smelly floodwater of scandal is lapping round their toes. In fact, several people are calling for some sort of enquiry. Everyone wants to spin the story, and everyone wants their own version of the story out there, by fair means or foul. But as more...
14) Excalibur
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
The classic saga of King Arthur and those around him in the Court-- the knights, his Queen, and the wizard Merlin. Focuses on the rise of Christian civilization out of the Dark Ages.
15) Episode 4
Description
With Nicola safely on a train to attend the party's Here 2 Hear in far-flung Bradford, Malcolm is free to launch his latest plot. But how is Olly going to be able to help, given that he's in St Thomas' Hospital with a burst appendix? And what will Ben Swain's price be, for playing along with the scheme? More than a bar of chocolate, that's for sure. And when Nicola finds out what's going on, can she control the situation from a seat in standard class...
16) Episode 3
Description
After the disastrous encounter at the Walsh family barbecue, Conor and Jock have one last chance to make Linda and Siobhan fall for them. They suggest to both girls that they should spend one full day with them, all four together, on what they hope will be a beautiful adventure. If they don't want to hang out with them after this day, then the lads will give up pursuing them. The girls, sensing an opportunity to rid themselves of the lads once and...
17) Episode 2
Description
Conor and Jock's friendships with Principal Walsh's daughters Linda and Siobhan intensify, causing awkward tension between the lads, the principal and the girls themselves. As they spend more time with Siobhan and Linda, both lads become increasingly aware of complicated feelings that are more noticeable with each meeting. Despite everyone's best intentions, things get out of hand fairly quickly, with a show-stopping spectacle getting hilariously...
18) Episode 1
Description
In the spring of 1957 newly qualified midwife Jenny Lee arrives in the East End of London to begin her career. After overcoming the initial shock that her new home, Nonnatus House, is a convent rather than a private hospital she quickly becomes immersed in her new life. Living with Nuns and working in a community of colourful characters, such as Conchita Warren and her 25 pregnancies, is different from anything Jenny has encountered previously. Through...