Monthly Archiv: December, 2024

Nice Work 1980 COMPLETE S01

Nice Work 1980 COMPLETE S01

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216494/

Life at Hoffman Pressburger isn’t so different to many other companies. On the one side you have management in the form of Frank Lazenby, who privately refers to the workforce as swine. The opposite side has it’s own unsavoury character in union shop steward, Mr Blundell, a man who can recite the 1961 Factories Act in bible fashion. But, stuck in the middle and trying to keep the peace, is the luckless Edwin, the Labour Relations Officer, who is accountable to both sides for their bad behaviour.

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The Terracotta Horse COMPLETE mini-series

The Terracotta Horse COMPLETE mini-series

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418436/

The Jackson family are leaving Britain for Morocco, taking with them the small ornamental terracotta horse which young Linda Jackson (Lindy Howard) believes could lead them to the greatest discovery in history ‘ the location of the Holy Grail.

The family discover they are being followed by a mysterious man in a Citroen. Another man, called Walters (James Warwick), also becomes aware that the horse could lead Linda to the Grail and he too starts to tail the Jacksons.

David Jackson (Patrick Murray) overhears a conversation that immediately places him in danger and Linda, travelling to Marrakesh, discovers a further inscription that brings her closer to the treasure.

Will Linda find the Grail before those who are pursuing her? If she does, can she prevent them from taking it from her?

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The Josephine Baker Story COMPLETE mini-series

The Josephine Baker Story COMPLETE mini-series

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102167/

Born into a poor family in St. Louis, Josephine Baker (Lynn Whitfield) struggles to make a name for herself on the vaudeville circuit. As her career progresses, so does her resentment of racial prejudice, motivating her to move to Paris — where in a short time, her exotic dance routines make her the toast of the town. Swayed by the influence of her manager (Ruben Blades), she takes the act back to America. It fails, but Josephine perseveres, proving herself as much humanitarian as entertainer.

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The Flight of the Heron COMPLETE S01

The Flight of the Heron COMPLETE S01

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426689/

Period drama serial The Flight of the Heron was based on a 1925 novel by D.K. Broster, aka Dorothy Kathleen Broster.
It’s setting was the Jacobite Rebellion of the 1740’s and the Battle of Culloden (the same real life time period as the first couple of seasons of Outlander). Ewen Cameron and Keith Windham are soldiers on opposing sides but eventually come to a respect for one another.The title comes from the fact that a seer predicts that Cameron will meet Windham five times by water, each time signaled by the flight of a heron.

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