The extraordinary true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria's (Academy Award winner Judi Dench) remarkable rule. When Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal), a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen's Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to find favor with the Queen herself. As the Queen questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance with a loyalty to one another that her household and inner circle all attempt to destroy. As the friendship deepens, the Queen begins to see a changing world through new eyes and joyfully reclaims her humanity.

Cranford: The Collection (Repackage/DVD)Cranford: 1842. Cranford, a market town in the North West of England, is a place governed by etiquette, custom and above all, an intricate network of ladies. Despite the most vigilant eyes and ears, however, the town still has its secrets. And while it seems that Cranford life is conducted according to strict social rules, Cranford is on the cusp of change...Return to Cranford:Cranford is modernizing quickly despite the best efforts of its aging spinsters. The shadow of the railway still looms, although the line is currently halted five miles out of town - a disasteras far as Captain Brown is concerned. Meanwhile, Miss Marr (Dench) is trying to get some of the town's young people together, but when tragedy strikes, she fears she has opened a Pandora's Box from which Cranford will never recover.]]>

This is newly enhanced edition of the memoir of BBC/Masterpiece actor Robin Ellis, the original Captain Ross Poldark in the classic television series. This expanded edition includes an all-new chapter with recent photos documenting Robin’s return to television playing Judge Halse in the new Poldark series with Aiden Turner in the lead role.First broadcast in the 1970s, Poldark is a saga of thwarted love, passion and swashbuckling adventure set against hard times in 18th century Cornwall. The series became an international sensation in over 40 countries around the world.This memoir offers behind-the-scenes stories and photos from the original series, an insider's look at Robin's role in the new series, and a glimpse of Robin's current passion as a cookbook author.Making Poldark is also available as an audiobook, read by the author.

David McVicar's spellbinding production of Le nozze di Figaro is set in 1830s post-revolution France, where the inexorable unravelling of an old order has produced acute feelings of loss. In the relationship between Finley's suave, dashingly self-absorbed Count and Röschmann's passionately dignified Countess, which lies at the tragic heart of the opera, the sexy ease between a feisty Figaro (Erwin Schrott) and a sassy Susanna (Miah Persson) is starkly absent, the tenacious spark between Marcellina (Graciela Araya) and Bartolo (Jonathan Veira) suggesting what might be rekindled. The production is superbly complemented by the beauty of Paule Constable's lighting and Tanya McCallin's evocative sets. Antonio Pappano conducts (and accompanies the recitatives) with invigorating wit and emotional depth. Press Reviews"Here is a Figaro to put with the 1973 Glyndebourne production placed among the top five operatic DVDs. Figaro and Susanna are very much the centre here, and we like them not only because they sing and act well but because they are sympathetic in a modern way." (Gramophone) "This sexy, raunchy, romp of an opera is a triumph. Director David McVicar has searched for the essenc... [Read More]

Tony Award-winning actor Mark Rylance and Emmy Award-winner Damian Lewis star as Thomas Cromwell and King Henry VIII in this adaptation of Hilary Mantels best-selling novels. A historical drama for a modern audience, Wolf Hall charts Cromwells meteoric rise in the Tudor court from blacksmiths son to Henry VIIIs closest advisor, trapped between his desire to do what is right and his instinct to survive.

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