6.8

The Special Relationship

2010, UK, USA

• Actors: Michael Sheen, Dennis Quaid, Hope Davis, Helen McCrory, Mark Bazeley, Adam Godley, Marc Rioufol, Matthew Marsh, Nancy Crane, Demetri Goritsas, Eric Meyers, Lara Pulver, John Schwab, Kerry Shale, Rufus Wright, Roarke Alexander, Stewart Alexander, Mark Barrows, James Fiddy, Joe Golby, Jefferson King, Martyn Moore, Simon O'Connell, Robert Harrison O'Neil, Robert Roman Ratajczak, Adam Robinson, Emily Robinson, Nick Shaw, Pauline Stone, John Warman
• Genre: Drama, History
• Director(s): Richard Loncraine
• Available languages:
  • English English.

In 1992 Labour leader Tony Blair goes to America and is impressed by the policies of President Clinton,which he uses to reshape his party. Two years later he is invited back for an audience with Clinton,who,rightly, predicts that he will be Britain's next Prime Minister.Thus begins the 'special relationship' between the two, though Clinton is clearly the senior partner with Blair seeking his advice on Northern Ireland. The situation in Kosovo however reverses the roles as Blair forces American intervention by a reluctant president and is seen in the American media as the hero of the hour. As Clinton accuses his ally of stabbing him in the back the special relationship starts to sour and,with Clinton ultimately out of the White House,Blair takes his first photo call with the next incumbent,Bush.

  6.6

Creation

2009, UK

• Actors: Paul Bettany, Ian Kelly, Guy Henry, Martha West, Anabolena Rodriguez, Paul Campbell, Zak Davies, Teresa Churcher, Jennifer Connelly, Freya Parks, Jim Carter, Christopher Dunkin, Gene Goodman, Harrison Sansostri, Benedict Cumberbatch, Toby Jones, Ellie Haddington, Jeremy Northam, Richard Ridings, Ian Mercer, Robert Glenister, Bill Paterson, Catherine Terris, Ken Drury, Nigel Bowden, Pauline Stone
• Genre: Biography, Drama
• Director(s): Jon Amiel
• Available languages:
  • English English.

What happens when a world-renowned scientist, crushed by the loss of his eldest daughter, formulates a theory in conflict with religious dogma? This is the story of Charles Darwin and his master-work "The Origin of Species". It tells of a global revolution played out the confines of a small English village; a passionate marriage torn apart by the most dangerous idea in history; and a theory saved from extinction by the logic of a child.

  7.0

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

2007, UK, USA

• Actors: Amy Adams, David Alexander, Clare Clifford, Christina Cole, Stephanie Cole, Beatie Edney, Shirley Henderson, Ciarán Hinds, Sarah Kants, Sally Leonard, Frances McDormand, Katy Murphy, Lee Pace, Tom Payne, Tim Potter, Matt Ryan, Mark Strong, Mo Zinal, James Fiddy, Silvia Lombardo, Chris Mansfield, Leonard Silver, Pauline Stone, Ben Wood
• Genre: Comedy, Romance
• Director(s): Bharat Nalluri
• Available languages:
  • English English.

War threatens London as Miss Pettigrew, a destitute governess, filches a client's card from her agency and presents herself at the door. A singer named Delysia Lafosse wants a social secretary as she seeks a West End role by sleeping with a feckless producer in the bed of Nick, a smarmy nightclub owner with whom she also dallies. She ignores Michael, her piano player, who loves her and has tickets for New York on the Queen Mary. Miss Pettigrew's job is to make sure Delysia gets the part. Over 24 hours, Miss Pettigrew is also called upon to help an ambitious and unfaithful fashion editor patch things up with her older fiancé, a lingerie designer. Has Miss Pettigrew found her calling?