Monthly Archiv: March, 2025

Widows COMPLETE S 1-3

Widows COMPLETE S 1-3

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085111/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088641/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112158/

Three armed robbers, Harry Rawlins, Terry Miller and Joe Pirelli, die when the security van that they are robbing catches fire in the Kingsway Tunnel in London. Their widows, Dolly Rawlins, Shirley Miller and Linda Pirelli, find their husbands’ plans for the robbery and decide to stage it themselves. They enlist the help of a fourth woman, Bella O’Reilly and succeed in making off with the cash. Then Dolly learns that her husband didn’t die in the robbery. And now he wants his money back…

Having successfully robbed a security van [see _”Widows” (1983) (mini)_], Shirley Miller, Linda Pirelli and Bella O’Reilly have escaped to Rio de Janeiro, leaving Dolly Rawlins in London to hide the bulk of the cash. Harry Rawlins learns of his wife’s part in the robbery and is prepared to go to any lengths to get back what he regards as rightfully his. But Dolly is not ready to give up without a fight. She hires a private detective, Vic Morgan, to watch Harry, and learns that he is planning another robbery, this time of jewels at a fashion show. Having pre-empted his plans by performing the robbery themselves, the women plan to incriminate Harry by handing over some of the security van cash to him and then calling the police. However things go tragically wrong and Linda is killed. Angered at this, Dolly arranges to meet Harry on Hampstead Heath. A shot is fired…

Dolly Rawlins has just been released from prison after serving nine years for the murder of her husband, Harry, following a robbery that she and several other women had carried out on a security van that Harry was planning to raid [see _”Widows” (1983) (mini)_ and _”Widows 2″ (1985) (mini)_]. Having acquired a reputation in prison as a dominant and respected figure, and being apparently now a reformed character, Dolly teams up with a number of other ex-convicts: Gloria Radford (who had fenced stolen guns), Ester Freeman (who ran a brothel), Connie Stevens and Angela Dunn (prostitutes), Julia Lawson (a drug dealer) and Kathleen O’Reilly (a forger). Dolly and the other women make plans to set up a children’s home in a derelict Victorian house. But Dolly is planning one final armed robbery on a mail train. The other women want a share in the proceeds in this robbery… but they are also secretly planning to get their hands on Dolly’s money and jewels from the previous robberies.

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Sledge Hammer! COMPLETE S 1-2

Sledge Hammer! COMPLETE S 1-2

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090525/

"HAMMERED: The Best of Sledge" (Laserdisc) – Prepare yourself for four crime stories that pack more punch than Sledge Hammer’s trusty Magnum. And loaded with more misadventure than there is air between Sledge’s ears. Our hero find himself up against the likes of the infamous Elvis impersonator serial killer, a powerful Mafioso Don, the sex-starved Elizabeth, and a violent revolutionary. Armed only with a Magnum, grenades, several Uzi machine-guns, and a bazooka, our hero singlehandedly makes the streets safe again for law-abiding citizens.

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The Two Of Us S01 S02 S03 S04

The Two Of Us S01 S02 S03 S04

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090538/

The Two of Us is an ITV comedy series starring Nicholas Lyndhurst and Janet Dibley as Ashley and Elaine, an unmarried couple living together. It was produced by London Weekend Television.
In the last episode, after four series, broadcast on 18 March 1990, the couple married.
Ashley’s grandfather, Perce, was first played by Patrick Troughton, but later replaced by Tenniel Evans after Troughton’s death. The couple regularly visited his domineering mother (Jennifer Piercey) and suppressed father (Paul McDowell).

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The Four Just Men COMPLETE series

The Four Just Men COMPLETE series

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052468/

The series features four men who first met whilst fighting in Italy during World War II. The men later reassemble and decide to fight for justice and against tyranny, using money set aside for the purpose by their late commanding officer. They operate from different countries, Jeff Ryder is a Professor of law at Columbia University in New York, Tim Collier is an American foreign correspondent based in Paris, Ben Manfred, a crusading British independent MP who works from London, and Ricco Poccari is a colourful Italian hotelier based in Rome. Their reputation as The Four Just Men is well known in the wider world.

The series is unusual at the time in that the four lead actors appear in turn, rather than together, and are rarely seen together other than in the first episode but make brief appearances in most episodes usually on the telephone.

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Scandal US COMPLETE S 1-7

Scandal US S 1-7

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1837576/

When you get into trouble there’s only one person to call, Olivia Pope. Olivia is a professional ‘fixer’ who makes problems go away before anyone even knows they exist. For the moneyed, the powerful and even the President, Olivia is a legend in her field. Her spectacular success is mostly due to her unbreakable rule of always trust your gut. No matter how careful you are, when you do damage control for a living, you’re bound to cause some damage to your own life. She and her crew eat, sleep, live and breathe crisis. Each week, as the team races against the clock to defuse intriguing new problems before they become full-blown disasters, they also have to deal with their own personal issues. They may call themselves ‘gladiators in suits’, but little by little, Olivia and her crew begin to reveal the chinks in their armor.

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