Geraldine James

Calendar Girls is about the women of the Rylstone Women's Institute in North Yorkshire. This Women's Group produces a calendar each year based around scenes of the Yorkshire dales. In 1999, one of the ladies husbands became ill with leukemia. He would say that if the ladies planted Sunflowers, he'd make sure he'd get better so he could see them... (imdb)

Based on the Vladimir Nabokov novel of the same name, this film examines the effects of love and obsession, and how two passions could tear a man apart. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Biography of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British through his philosophy of non-violent protest. (imdb)

Murray is mistaken for a spy and must stop a plot to assasinate international leaders at a banquet. (imdb)

Dexter King plays straight man to unpleasant comedian Ron Anderson. He falls in love with Kate, a pretty nurse he meets when he is receiving injections for hay fever (imdb)

The daughter of a thief, young Moll is placed in the care of a nunnery after the execution of her mother... (imdb)

When Michael Corben, along with the rest of his high-school French class, set out for a trip to France, he runs headlong into international intrigue: Agent Michael Corbin has just been disposed of by the evil forces of Augustus Steranko. (imdb)

The British Raj: though their position seems secure, thoughtful English men and women know that "their" time in India is coming to an end. The story begins with an unjust arrest for rape, and the consequences of this echo through the series. Questions of identity and personal responsibility are explored against a background of war and personal intrigue. (imdb)

Based on the novel by Jane Austen, "Northanger Abbey" tells the tale of Catherine Morland, a young and naïve girl with a strong passion for gothic novels, who gets a chance to experience society in Bath.

A remake of the classic Sherlock Holmes tale.

Tells the story of a woman who gets involved in politics with no previous contact with world events. (imdb)

Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.

In 1970's England, cultures start to mix and cross with different experiences. Archie is contemplating suicide until he meets Clara, who is fleeing an oppressive Jehovah's Witness mother. Meanwhile Samad has arrived in England to meet with his old war-friend Archie and to complete his arranged marriage. The two couples have different experiences of multi-cultural Britain and this differs from their children as the story follows the two generations across the years. (imdb)

A ragtag bunch crooks and ne'er-do-wells plot to take revenge on Edward I. (imdb)

Dramatisation of the female workers strike at the ford factory in Dagenham in the 1960's

Based on Anthony Trollope's 19th-century novel, this BBC period drama centers on the troubled marriage of Louis (Oliver Dimsdale) and Emily (Laura Fraser) Trevelyan. Madly in love as newlyweds, miscommunication and mistrust cause their relationship to deteriorate. When the infamous flirt Col. Osborne (Bill Nighy) pays one too many a visit to Emily, emotionally fragile Louis overreacts in a fit of jealousy, driving away his strong-willed wife. (netflix)

A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman his family doesn't like.

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Craig) is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander (Mara), a young computer hacker. (imdb)

Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty. (imdb)

A younger boy falls in love with a tragic girl who flirts with, and manipulates her older suitors in 1800's Russia. (imdb)

Madrid, 1962. More than twenty years after the civil war has finished, a communist comes back to Spain to kill a traitor. (imdb)

During the last two years of her life, Princess Diana embarks on a final rite of passage: a secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan. (imdb)

Based on the Gothic romance novel by Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca is a classic tale of love and hate. Maxim De Winter marries a woman half his age only a year after his first wife, the beautiful and accomplished Rebecca, dies. She finds herself in an aristocratic social world her middle class upbringing did not prepare her for, and housekeeper Mrs Danvers despises her for taking her darling Rebecca's place. But these are not the only problems to face...

Set in the 1970s London during the height of the Cold War when a young spy discovers the disturbing truth about his father's complex past. (imdb)

Dr. Stephen Ezard returns home to the UK after the reported death of his brother, Michael, only to find that his widow, Yasim, is harboring a wanted yet deathly ill illegal immigrant. After the death of Yasim's immigrant friend, she disappears with the body, leaving more questions than answers. Stephen is then hired as a consultant and promoter of a new computer system, T.I.A. Using his expert computer skills, he secretly tracks down Yasim, unaware that he is a pawn in a government conspiracy. (imdb)

An Angel for May follows a modern boy living in Yorkshire, England who cross through a brick wall leading directly into the early 1940's. Tom looks very strange to Sam Wheeler, who owns the property on which Tom landed. Sam, who lives with his adult daughter, Alison, also provides shelter for a traumatized waif named May. May, who had been buried under the rubble when her entire family was killed in a bombing raid, sleeps with the dog outside and refuses to come inside the house even for meals. (Allmovie)

Psychological thriller, starring David Suchet and Geraldine James. A middle-class couple are thrown into turmoil by the disappearance of their teenage daughter and the arrival of a ransom note demanding £500,000.

A doc-drama covering the rise and the fall of the Roman world including the founding by Julius Caesar and the building of Rome by Nero.

There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is upon them, five days later, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate. (imdb)

Earth has been conquered by robots from a distant galaxy. survivors are confined to their houses and must wear electronic implants, risking incineration by robot sentries if they venture outside. (imdb)

Thriller. When her detective husband is murdered, PC Jo Gillespie is expected to leave it to her colleagues in the force to find his killer. But can Jo trust her police family? (itv.com)

Two young girls flee wolves, a workhouse, and an evil governess in Industrial Revolution England.

After a group of people, who meet online, discover a bizarre graphic novel which seems to hold mysterious answers, they find themselves being tracked down by a merciless organization known merely as 'The Network'. (imdb)

In rural Wales, a lonely young boy is inspired by faith healers.

A mystery series created by author Harlan Coben. Jesse, a five year old boy goes missing, 20 years later his DNA shows up at a crime scene.

The true story of Marine Corporal Megan Leavey, who forms a powerful bond with an aggressive combat dog... (imdb)

'Daphne' is the vibrant character portrait of a young woman of the threshold of a much-needed change. (imdb)

The adventures of a young orphaned girl living in the late 19th century. (imdb)

A young woman has a perfect love affair with a zealous writer. When she finds out that he's also a highly manipulative womanizer, it's too late - she's already too much in love to quit him. Things start to get really complicated. (imdb)

A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders. (imdb)

In Bradford, England, several desperate streetwalkers team up to run the business for themselves. They must deal with competition, mobsters, moralists, psychos and cops, but at least now they have each other and a plan.

After 18 years behind bars, Miri Matteson returns home and stumbles back into adult life in the claustrophobic coastal town she once knew in this half-hour comedy series.

Anthology of unconnected movies of different genres. (imdb)

A mother sets out to avenge her young son's death, while a detective tries to unpick the web of tragedy & steer a course to justice. (www.britbox.co.uk)

The story of English poet, writer and soldier Siegfried Sassoon. (imdb)

Mix Cellini is obsessed. And not just with the supermodel he's been stalking. He's also endlessly fascinated by the life of Reggie Christie, the infamous serial killer hanged fifty years ago. (imdb)

The story follows Mrs Ros Pritchard, a successful manager of a supermarket. When a couple of politicians make a spectacle of themselves outside her shop, Ros decides to stand for election herself. (imdb)

Bawdy adaption of Tom Sharpe's comic tale. A landowning MP attempts to have a motorway built through the grounds of his wife's ancestral home. (imdb)

It follows the birth of the nightclub scene in London's Soho (imdb)

Five emperors and one reluctant conqueror guide this series about the rise and fall of the greatest civilization the world has ever seen. (imdb)