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Brideshead Revisited (1981) TMDB Douban
Brideshead Revisited Season 1 part of TV Series: Brideshead Revisited
9.4 (100 ratings) director: 查尔斯·斯特里奇 / 迈克尔·林赛-霍格 actor: 杰瑞米·艾恩斯 / 安东尼·安德鲁斯
影片以见证人、叙述者查理斯·赖德(杰瑞米·艾恩斯 Jeremy Irons 饰)的视角讲述了二战爆发前的英国,伦敦近郊布赖兹赫德庄园的兴盛与沉沦,描写了这个天主教家庭的生活与命运。牛津大学,查理斯结交了贵族出身身份显赫的纨绔子弟圣巴斯蒂安·弗雷特(安东尼·安德鲁斯 Anthony Andrews 饰)。圣巴斯蒂安严苛的母亲马奇曼侯爵夫人(克莱尔·布鲁姆 Claire Bloom 饰)掌管着布赖兹赫德庄园,庄园上下都是虔诚的天主教徒。然而父亲抛弃妻子与情妇久居威尼斯的丑闻,给子女从小就留下了耻辱的印记,扭曲了他们的天性。日日饮酒作乐纸醉金迷的圣巴斯蒂安,邀请查理斯到庄园参加他的家族晚宴。查理斯对圣巴斯蒂安的妹妹朱莉娅(戴安娜·奎克 Diana Quick 饰)一见倾心。三人间扑朔迷离、暧昧不清的感情纠葛从此展开,跨越数十载,那些爱与生活,痛苦与信仰,都经不住物是人非。
十一集英国电视连续剧《故园风雨后》改编自英国作家伊夫林·沃的同名小说。本剧演员阵容强大,荣获1982年艾美奖最佳迷你剧集、最佳男主角、最佳男女配角等多项提名。
The Musketeers Season 1 (2014) Douban
The Musketeers Season 1 part of TV Series: The Musketeers
7.8 (12 ratings) director: 托比·海恩斯 / 安迪·海伊 actor: 桑地亚哥·卡布瑞拉 / 汤姆·伯克
BBC制作的新版《火枪手》(The Musketeers)曝光了最新宣传照,聚焦了卢克·帕斯夸尼洛饰演的达达尼昂、汤姆·伯克饰演的阿多斯、桑地亚哥·卡布瑞拉饰演的阿拉密斯和霍华德·查尔斯饰演的波尔多斯。火枪手们为正义而战,决不计个人危险。

这部法国19世纪浪漫主义作家大仲马(Alexandre Dumas)的名著已经被多次改编成电视和电影作品,此次BBC AMERICA和BBC1联手,将拍摄一部汇集英雄主义、动作、阴谋和爱情的古装剧。故事背景设定在17世纪的法国,我们非常熟悉的主人公达达尼昂加入国王路易十三的火枪手卫队,和其他三位精英战士,火枪手波尔多斯、阿多斯和阿拉密斯成为好朋友,共同保护安娜王后,并抗击红衣主教黎塞留。饰演这位大反派的不是别人,正是即将成为第12任“神秘博士”的彼得·卡帕尔蒂。

《火枪手》共10集,每集1小时,是BBC在2014年即将推出的年度大剧之一。
Peaky Blinders (Series 2) (2014)
Peaky Blinders Season 2 part of TV Series: Peaky Blinders
8.6 (180 ratings) director: 柯尔姆·麦卡锡 actor: Cillian Murphy / 山姆·尼尔
As the 1920s begin to roar, business is booming for the Peaky Blinders gang. Shelby sets his sights on wider horizons and his meteoric rise brings him into contact with both the upper echelons of society and astonishing new adversaries from London’s criminal world. All will test him to the core, though in very different ways. Meanwhile, Shelby’s home turf faces new challenges as an enemy from his past returns to the city with plans for a revenge of biblical proportions.
And Then There Were None (2015) TMDB Douban
And Then There Were None Season 1 part of TV Series: And Then There Were None
7.9 (780 ratings) director: 克雷格·比贝洛斯 actor: 查尔斯·丹斯 / 梅芙·德莫迪
故事发生在1939年的8月,八名身处世界各地,互相并不认识的人在同一时间收到了欧文夫妇的来信,信中热情的邀请他们前往位于德文海岸附近的士兵岛上做客,在这里,这对夫妻拥有一幢非常豪华的别墅。很快,八个人就各自动身了,可当抵达了小岛后,他们却被告知欧文夫妇并不在家,接待他们的是两名岛上的管家。
就这样,八个人在兴奋又疑惑的情绪中接连进入了别墅内。当晚用餐时,餐厅的一台留声机忽然响了,一个神秘的声音开始控诉起在座的八人,声称他们都曾犯下过谋杀之罪。更糟糕的是,没过多久,第一个牺牲者便出现了。
The Culture Show, Not Like Any Other Love: The Smiths (2013) Douban
director: Andrew Dunn actor: Tim Samuels / Simon Armitage
It's 30 years since Manchester four-piece The Smiths changed the face of British pop with their debut single Hand In Glove. In this half-hour Culture Show special, fellow Mancunian and lifelong fan Tim Samuels sets out to find out why The Smiths have such a special place in the hearts of a generation of Brits. The Smiths were only around for five years in the mid-eighties, but to this day the sentiment their music evokes is strong. Samuels pays visits to a variety of dedicated fans including fashion designer Wayne Hemingway, poet Simon Armitage, Labour MP Kerry McCarthy and Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher to analyse the look, the lyrics, the issues and the riffs that made The Smiths Britain's first, and arguably best ever, indie rock band.
Good Omens (好兆头 第一季) (2019) TMDB Douban
Good Omens Season 1 part of TV Series: Good Omens
8.4 (860 ratings) director: 道格拉斯·麦金农 actor: 大卫·田纳特 / 麦克·辛
亚茨拉斐尔(迈克尔·辛 Michael Sheen 饰)是守卫城门的天使,而克劳利(大卫·田纳特 David Tennant 说)则是堕落的恶魔。两人几千年来都一直隐姓埋名生活在人间,并且通过不断的尝试,在天堂和地狱之间建立了井水不犯河水的互惠互利的关系。
克劳利奉撒旦之命,将婴儿敌基督送到修道院,同美国外交官的新生儿做交换,当敌基督长到11岁时,就是世界末日来临之时。为了防止世界被毁灭,亚茨拉斐尔和克劳利决定通过影响这个孩子的善恶观念来避免世界的终结。在努力了11年之后,两人震惊的发现,他们竟然弄错了对象,而真正的敌基督此时生活在一个名为塔德菲尔德偏僻小镇中。
Coupling Season 3 (2002) Douban
Coupling Season 3 part of TV Series: Coupling
9.4 (87 ratings) director: Martin Dennis actor: 杰克·达文波特 / 吉娜·贝尔曼
本剧集是BBC 2台2000年正式推出的以青年人为题材和对象的系列情景喜剧,创意和编剧均由Steven Moffat一人担当。三男三女的主要人物构成很容易使人联想到当时正走红(其实已经在走下坡路)的《Friends》,因此很有不少根本没看过本剧的媒体人士和评论家想当然地将本剧称作英国版的《Friends》,而在那些有幸欣赏过本剧的观众们看来,《Coupling》在情节设定、人物表演、喜剧元素的设计和表现等诸多方面所达到的水平,要比《Friends》高几个档次。相比之下,《Friends》只能说是一部“业余”水平的好作品而已。当然总体来说,英剧的水准本身就高于美剧,这和英剧注意保持创意、编剧一体化是分不开的,美剧的创意一般也就为最初几集编剧,以后主要的编剧工作都是由其它编剧根据最初的角色设定来自由发挥,编剧队伍的构成也是不断变化,老的走新的来,造成美剧情节连贯性差甚至前后矛盾,故事往往缺乏深度,人物性格平面化,缺少发展。这都是题外话了。
《Coupling》的主要人物包括优柔寡断、性格不成熟的帅哥Steve,Steve的莫逆之交、举止语言古怪、总也找不到女友的Jeff,头脑简单、外表性感的“donkey” Patrick三位对Porn、特别是lesbian porn非常热中的男士,以及Steve的前女友、神神叨叨、擅用性感作武器的Jane,Steve的继任女友、Jeff的同事、曾经非常“不羁”(包括和Jeff还有Patrick)过的Susan,Susan的莫逆、对衰老和肥胖极度敏感的美容师Sally三位女士。在第一集中,Steve决定“再次”和女友Jane分手,结果却被Jane三言两语引诱到洗手间亲热;Patrick想把和Susan的关系再进一步,却被告知根本不存在什么“关系”; Susan在洗手间碰到匆忙出来买Durex的Steve,向他表示好感,两人订下约会以后Steve钻进隔间继续……。本剧的主线包括Steve和 Susan之间逐渐正式起来的关系,Jeff寻找艳遇过程中的种种意外以及后来和上司发展出来的一段关系,Patrick和Sally之间若有若无到若即若离再到情深难舍的感情发展,还有Jane在事业和异性关系中的各种奇事,等等。
本剧在情节设计中所达到的精致和完美程度让人叹为观止,而六位当时并不算大明星的青年演员的所展现精湛演技更是具有顶尖演员的水平,无怪乎播出之后立刻走红大洋两岸,在IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网站可以领略到其受欢迎的程度。2002年底,第3季播毕,故事情节基本告一段落。美国NBC看到这部“英国版《Friends》”在英美两地均广受欢迎,觉得正好可以搬来做2004年终于要关张的《Friends》的接班人,于是2003年大张旗鼓地决定翻拍美版《Coupling》。美国的fans本来以为这是件好事,没想到NBC的翻拍愚蠢地采用了全台词照搬的方法,虽然个人没看过,不过也可以想象到有多恶心,结果只播出一集Pilot就因为骂声太大而整个计划搁浅(这点上美国佬是值得学习的,不象中国有些搞影视的骂声越大越要上)。在这里
可以看到这个计划的尸体,还有一些彻底走了味儿的剧照。
2003年底,本剧获得英国喜剧奖(BCA)最佳电视喜剧奖。BBC已经在2004年正式开拍并播出第4季,不过Jeff这个人物将不再出现,而代之以新角色——经营Sci-Fi书店的Oliver,由Richard Mylan扮演。从已经播出的几集来看,应该说在更换主要角色之一的背景下,基本保持了前3季的水准,但是同时也流露出对前3季中成功情节进行拷贝的迹象,希望这仅仅是偶然。
Two's company, three's a crowd... so what do you do with six? On average, men and women think about sex every six seconds. Shorten that to every second, and you've got Coupling. It's more than just a one night stand!
When a couple gets together, it's never just the two of them - they also bring baggage - and Susan (Sarah Alexander) and Steve (Jack Davenport) are no exception. Their baggage is a crowd of best friends and exes who talk about all aspects of sex and relationships on their never-ending quest to find true love. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps...
Susan Walker is a beautiful go-getter with an uninhibited attitude who used to date Patrick Maitland (Ben Miles), the sextet's charismatic, cocky player, London's king of conquests - a guy who's just too cool to worry about being smart. Attractive Sally Harper (Kate Isitt) is a beauty therapist who is Susan's unashamedly vain best friend, who aggressively battles aging with heavy doses of moisturizer and men - including Patrick.
Meanwhile, Steve Taylor, while getting together with Susan, can't seem to shake loose from his vivacious and slightly vacuous ex-girlfriend Jane Christie (Gina Bellman), a woman supremely confident in her ability to seduce anyone of either sex, and who refuses to be dumped unless she's the one doing the dumping. Jeff Murdoch (Richard Coyle) is Steve's "porn buddy" who is, in equal parts, obsessed and bewildered by actual sex; charming in his way, but with an uncanny ability to say the wrong thing at the worst possible time. He works in the same office as Susan, with whom he had a disastrous and unsuccessful one-night fling.
Coupling has been honoured with the prestigious Silver Rose of Montreux, Best TV Comedy Award, and is recent winner at the 2003 British Comedy Awards.
With a new guy on the scene, a baby on the way, commitment in the air, and love on the horizon, the dynamics of the six friends are definitely changing.
At the end of last season Susan and Steve discovered they were pregnant (well, mostly Susan), confirmed bachelor Patrick and Sally finally admitted their true feelings for each other, and poor Jane was left on her own, once again.
But it's not all doom and gloom for Jane. As the new season opens, things are looking up. There's this guy called Oliver, who has his eye on her. Is it possible that lifetime loser in love Oliver might just get somewhere with lifetime loser in love Jane? Trouble is, his apartment is a little "un-edited" and his living room has lost the battle with magazine nudity...
Susan and Steve are now well and truly an item. So why is he dreaming about being executed by a fetus with an axe?
Meanwhile Sally and Patrick are settling into their new relationship. But since the dawn of time, men and women have been falling in love - and men have been trying to get home straight afterwards. Can fallen playboy Patrick ever find his way back from the enchanted glade of his one true love and get a decent night's sleep?
Coupling Season 2 (2001) Douban
Coupling Season 2 part of TV Series: Coupling
9.4 (93 ratings) director: 马丁·丹尼斯 actor: 莎拉·亚历山大 / 吉娜·贝尔曼
故事延续着第一季六位主人公的生活。英国式的对白,英国式的幽默。该剧荣获2003年英国喜剧大奖最佳电视喜剧。
Coupling Season 1 (2000) Douban
Coupling Season 1 part of TV Series: Coupling
9.0 (148 ratings) director: Martin Dennis actor: 杰克·达文波特 / 吉娜·贝尔曼
苏珊(莎拉·亚历山大 Sarah Alexander 饰)漂亮、自信,知道自己想要什么,并善于在恋爱关系中掌握主导地位。她的前男友帕特里克(本·迈尔斯 Ben Miles 饰)也是个情场高手。苏珊最好的朋友萨利(凯特·李斯特 Kate Isitt 饰)是个美容师,终日担心衰老,整天和各种化妆品打交道。苏珊的现男朋友史蒂夫(杰克·达文波特 Jack Davenport 饰)是个假正经的帅哥,喜欢发长篇大论。他的前任女友简(吉娜·贝尔曼 Gina Bellman 饰)是个厉害的性感尤物,是“所有男人最可怕的噩梦”。而他的好友杰夫(理查德·柯伊尔 Richard Coyle 饰)一方面非常喜欢给朋友们提供恋爱和性爱方面的建议,另一方面却一见女人就紧张得手足无措。
当这几个人聚在一起,好戏就开场了......
Lady Chatterley's Lover (2015) Douban
Lady Chatterley's Lover
5.3 (22 ratings) director: 杰德·默丘里奥 actor: 荷丽黛·格兰杰 / 詹姆斯·诺顿
other title: 查泰莱夫人的情人
故事发生在第一次世界大战结束之后,战争给克里夫特查泰来爵士(詹姆斯·诺顿 James Norton 饰)带来了永久的创伤,亦给他同妻子康妮(荷丽黛·格兰杰 Holliday Grainger 是)之间的婚姻造成了无法弥补的缺憾。无奈之下,年轻的康妮只能终日生活在压抑之下。
一次偶然中,康妮邂逅了名为帕尔金(理查德·麦登 Richard Madden 饰)的男子,后者是查泰来爵士雇佣的园丁。康妮无法自持的被体格壮硕充满了男子气概的帕尔金吸引着,两人天雷勾地火,很快走到了一起,在帕尔金强壮蛮横的肉体之中,康妮重新找回了身为女人的意义和快乐。然而,好景不长,就在康妮怀上了帕尔金的孩子之后,帕尔金的妻子现身揭露了他们两人的奸情。
Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema Season 1 (2018) Douban
Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema Season 1 part of TV Series: Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema
actor: 马克·柯莫德
In a major new five-part series on BBC Four, Mark Kermode presents a richly entertaining personal guide to cinema, told through some of the most popular film genres, including rom-coms, heist movies, science fiction and more. With his trademark blend of wit, passion and strong opinion, Mark explores the film-making techniques and storytelling secrets of an eclectic selection of movies - from Hollywood classics to the best of global cinema, and from big budget blockbusters to art house gems.
Mark will focus on a single well-loved genre in each episode. He’ll examine a wide range of films and uncover the key elements they all share, while showing how film-makers have put on their own spin to keep these genres thriving - and to keep audiences coming back for more.
Whether he’s demonstrating how to stage the perfect 'meet cute' in a rom-com or to pull off the perfect bank robbery, to create a shocking jump scare in a horror movie or a convincing science fiction future, Mark will help you look at your favourite films with fresh eyes and open your mind to new cinematic treasures.
The White Queen (2013) TMDB Douban
The White Queen Season 1 part of TV Series: The White Queen
6.6 (31 ratings) director: 詹姆斯·肯特 / 杰米·佩恩 actor: 马克斯·艾恩斯 / 丽贝卡·弗格森
根据Philippa Gregory畅销小说改编,讲述英国著名的“玫瑰战争”期间,三个卷入冲突之中的女人的故事。剧集将从1464年开始,约克家族和兰开斯特家族为争夺王位已经开战九年。伊丽莎白·伍德维尔、玛格丽特·博福特和安妮·内维尔是三位女性主角。她们卷入了这场权力的争夺,并将在幕后操纵历史的轨迹。
Fleabag Season 2 (2019) TMDB Douban Bangumi Eggplant.place
Fleabag Season 2 part of TV Series: Fleabag
9.5 (1187 ratings) director: 哈利·布拉德比尔 actor: 菲比·沃勒-布里奇 / 安德鲁·斯科特
Picking up one year after the end of the first series, while Fleabag appears to be more at ease with herself and her newly bustling café, her family seems to be whirling into further turmoil around her. Having not spoken to her sister since we last left her, Fleabag reconnects with Claire at their father’s engagement party, which turns out to be far from a celebration. There, she meets a Catholic priest who turns her life upside down… Series 2 is an exploration into everything that makes us human: love, religion, hope and heartbreak.
Fleabag Season 1 (2016)
Fleabag Season 1 part of TV Series: Fleabag
8.7 (1277 ratings) director: 哈利·布拉德比尔 / 蒂姆·柯比 actor: Phoebe Waller-Bridge / Bill Paterson
A bittersweet portrait into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, porn-watching, grief-riddled woman, trying to make sense of the world. As she hurls herself headlong at modern living, Fleabag is thrown roughly up against the walls of contemporary London, with all its frenetic energy, late nights, and bright lights, in this very modern mix of fatalism and hedonism, sustaining a merry-go-round of broken dreamers. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the thoroughly disarming confessional of a woman so totally detached, she’s utterly lost, and ultimately wondering what the hell she ought to be doing in life. Much like the rest of us.
Mayday (2013) Douban
Mayday
director: 布莱恩·威尔许 actor: 苏菲·奥康内多 / 彼得·弗斯
每年五月的第一个星期一被称为“五朔节”,每当这个节日到来之时,异教徒们便会集结起来,在小镇上展开游行活动。林纳斯(马克斯·福勒 Max Fowler 饰)是居住在小镇上的一位普通男孩,热烈的节日气氛并没有感染到他,因为不久之前他得知,自己心仪的女神已经有了男友,而这个男人正是自己的死对头。
拥有天使面孔和魔鬼身材的海蒂有幸被选为了五月皇后,正在兴致勃勃的准备着接下来的庆祝活动,然而,当活动正式开始后,海蒂却并没有现身。很快,人们便意识到,海蒂或许遭到了不法分子的绑架,而那个穷凶极恶的犯罪者,也许就隐藏在他们的身边。
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide (2013) Douban
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
9.3 (10 ratings) director: Tom Cohen / Mark Cossey actor: 马特·史密斯 / 珍娜·科尔曼
other title: 神秘博士终极指南
长达2小时的各种神剪辑, 神配乐..
从第一任老爷爷William Harnell到怪异有爱的第十一任Matt Smith
经典博士扮演者 (5th/6th/7th/8th/10th),
经典女伴们与总编剧Steven Moffat等带你走过神秘博士五十年光辉岁月~
Dylan Thomas: A Poet's Guide (2014) Douban
director: Ian Michael Jones actor: Owen Sheers
The poet Dylan Thomas is famous the world over. But often it's for tales of his tempestuous life rather than for what he wrote. Now Welsh poet Owen Sheers gets back to what started all the fuss: the words on the page. Homing in on Thomas' major poems, Sheers leads viewers through the story of what inspired them, how they were written, and what exactly they mean. He visits the places where they were forged: from suburban Swansea to war-torn London, from the rural splendour of west Wales to the heady whirl of New York City. With a poet's ear for language, he analyses worksheets, unpacks lines and asks just how good these poems really are. Fellow poets Paul Muldoon, Andrew Motion, Simon Armitage and Clare Pollard share their insights and enthusiasm.
A century on from Thomas's birth, poems like 'Fern Hill' and 'Do not go gentle into that good night' remain among the most popular in the language. Here, Owen Sheers makes the case for Dylan Thomas being one of the major poets of the 20th Century: a visionary and a craftsman.
Psychedelic Britannia (2015) Douban
Psychedelic Britannia
director: Sam Bridger actor: Nigel Planer
other title: 迷幻不列颠
Documentary exploring the rise and fall of the most visionary period in British music history. Five kaleidoscopic years between 1965 and 1970 when a handful of dreamers re-imagined pop music.
When a generation of British R&B bands discovered LSD, conventions were questioned. From out of the bohemian underground and into the pop mainstream, the psychedelic era produced some of the most ground-breaking music ever made, pioneered by young improvising bands like Soft Machine and Pink Floyd, then quickly taken to the charts by the likes of the Beatles, Procol Harum, the Small Faces and the Moody Blues even while being reimagined in the country by bucolic, folk-based artists like the Incredible String Band and Vashti Bunyan.
The film is narrated by Nigel Planer with contributions and freshly-shot performances from artists who lived and breathed the psych revolution - Paul McCartney, Ginger Baker, Robert Wyatt, Roy Wood, the Zombies, Mike Heron, Vashti Bunyan, Joe Boyd, Gary Brooker, Arthur Brown, Kenney Jones, Barry Miles, the Pretty Things and the Moody Blues.
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第一集
第一战之后,随着英国盘算到了战争的毁灭性,以及帝国的衰亡,人们在战间期萌发出了自我怀疑与意识形态危机,这使英国小说界发生了变革。在此期间,一些最为伟大与创新的英国现代小说作品横空出世,它们从此主宰了小说界的命运与财富,永垂不朽。
第二集
第二次世界大战的尾声迎来了原子时代——那个威斯坦·休·奥登杜撰出的焦虑年代已然来临。大屠杀与蘑菇云霸占了当时人们的情感,随着政治局势的恶化,焦虑、惊骇与惶恐“世界末日大战可能爆发”的情绪日益强烈。新一代的小说作家们身负重任,将遭遇并表达出这个时代。
第三集
最后探索了70至80年代——这段时期诚如安吉拉·卡特所示,鉴于当时的风俗观念无时不刻不被质疑着,确是“没有什么是神圣的”。由于英国小说猛然成了众人瞩目的焦点,小说家们无疑站在了一场新革命的最前线。作为挑衅的使者们,他们改变了文学思潮,根深蒂固。