Diana Rigg
1) The Hospital
Pub. Date
1971.
Description
Paddy Chayefsky’s magnificently dark comedy, directed by Arthur Hiller, stars George C. Scott as the deeply depressed Head of Medicine at a teaching hospital where, over one long night, everything falls apart. The doc’s suicide is interrupted only by the arrival of a seductive young woman (Diana Rigg), the daughter of a crazed patient (Barnard Hughes); she gives the doc something to live for and helps him get to the bottom of the bizarre deaths...
2) Part I
Pub. Date
1997.
Description
Daphne du Maurier's tale of romance and suspense stars Charles Dance as Maxim de Winter and Emilia Fox as his new bride, who finds that the head housekeeper of Manderley, Mrs. Danvers (Diana Rigg), is devoted to her dead mistress, Rebecca.
3) Part II
Pub. Date
1997.
Description
Mrs. de Winter revives Manderley’s famous ball, but, encouraged by Mrs. Danvers to copy her dress from a painting, she incurs Maxim’s wrath. Mrs. Danvers’ taunting reaches a climax as she declares Rebecca is still ruler at the house.
Description
"As the season begins, Daenerys Targaryen accompanied by her Unsullied army and emboldened by Dothraki/Ironborn allies and her lethal trio of dragons, has finally set sail for Westeros with Tyrion Lannister, her newly appointed Hand. Jon Snow has apparently consolidated power in the North after his spectacular conquest of Ramsay Bolton and the return of Winterfell to Stark control. In King's Landing, Cersei Lannister, bereft of any surviving heirs,...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"This season begins with a power vacuum that protagonists across Westeros and Essos look to fill. At Castle Black, Jon Snow struggles to balance the demands of the Night's Watch with those of the newly-arrived Stannis Baratheon, who styles himself as the rightful king of Westeros. Meanwhile, Cersei scrambles to hold on to power in King's Landing amidst the Tyrells and the rise of a religious group led by the enigmatic High Sparrow, while Jamie embarks...
11) The painted veil
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Set in the 1920s. A young English couple, Walter a middle class doctor and Kitty, an upper-class woman, get married for all the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai. Kitty falls in love with someone else. When Walter discovers her infidelity, in an act of vengeance, he accepts a job in a remote village in China that is being ravaged by a deadly epidemic. He takes his wife along and their journey brings meaning to their relationship and gives them...
12) Affairs of the heart: Series oneclassic tales of love and loss based on the fiction of Henry James
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Romantic tales from the late Victorian high society of love and loss. These unfold from the country houses of England to the drawing rooms of New York, from the palazzos of Venice to the art studios of London. Scoundrels and schemers collide with ing�enues and admirers in the terribly intricate affairs of the heart.
13) 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...
14) 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...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
After the shocking developments at the end of season 5 -- including Jon Snow's bloody fate at the hands of Castle Black mutineers, Daenerys' near-demise at the fighting pits of Meereen, and Cersei's public humiliation in the streets of King's Landing -- survivors from all parts of Westeros and Essos regroup to press forward, inexorably, towards their uncertain individual fates. Familiar faces will forge new alliances to bolster their strategic chances...