Den årlige Grønsagskonkurrence nærmer sig. Men lige inden den store begivenhed bliver de hellige grønsagsmarker udsat for natligt hærværk af et skummelt bæst. Opfinderen Walter og hans foretagsomme hund Trofast får til opgave at fange monsteret. Men også den ærgerrige Victor sætter alt ind på at gøre det af med dyret, for løsningen af opgaven er forbundet med store hæder og ære.
To unge amerikanere, David Kessler og Jack Goodman, har planlagt tre måneders ferie i Europa, men en sen aften på en kold engelskhede hører de et umenneskeligt hyl. Tre uger senere vågner David på et hospital. Hans ven er dræbt og flået i stykker. Den smukke unge sygeplejerske, Alex, tager sig af David, mens han forsøger at finde ud af, hvad der er sket. Men er han parat til sandheden, da hans afdøde ven dukker op for at advare ham?
En hønsefarm i Nordengland. 50 høns, der er trætte af livet bag pigtråd, hvor kun døden kan befri dem, når de ikke kan lægge flere æg. En årvagen vagt med to bidske hunde til hjælp. En bagmand med omlægningsplaner, der snart vil indhylle hønsene i blandede grøntsager og mørdej. Og så en enlig amerikansk hane, der kan flyve og dermed hjælpe hønsene på flugt. Scenen er hermed sat til Nick Parks (Wallace & Gromit) vældig morsomme version af Steve McQueen-klassikeren The Great Escape. Den tyske fangelejr er lavet om til en hønsegård med alt, hvad det medfører af hønset adfærd og næbbet opførsel. Høns er, som de fleste vil vide, ikke specielt modige dyr, så der skal en speciel støbning leder til for at få dem til at vove fjerene og satse alt på den store flugt.
I denne ganske særlige have blomstrer venskab, sygdom forsvinder, og sorger fordufter. Her opdager den ulykkelige, forældreløse pige Mary, hendes forkælede og svagelige fætter, Colin og den søde landsbydreng Dickon, at gensidig omsorg kan ændre alt. Frances Hodgson Burnetts klassiske fortælling får nyt liv i denne fortryllende filmversion, der er nænsomt bearbejdet af Caroline Thompson og instrueret af Agnieszka Holland. I de øvrige hovedroller ses Maggie Smith og John Lynch. Som Mary siger: "Hvis man kigger den rigtige vej, kan man se, at verden er én stor have." Oplev en verden af magi i denne dejlige film.
Året er 1927, og vi er tilbage hos slægten Crawley og deres tjenestefolk på Downton Abbey. Alle forbereder sig på royalt besøg, og bølgerne går højt i bestræbelserne på at imødekomme denne begivenhed. Indbyrdes kæmper både herskab og tjenestefolk med såvel store som små problemer, men også kærlighed og nye venskaber opstår i kølvandet på de kongelige gæsters ankomst.
Lindsay Andersons film fra 1963 er en af de sidste af betydning fra perioden omkring "The British New Wave". Den foregår i Nordengland og følger en ung rugbyspiller (Richard Harris), hvis romantiske liv ikke helt er på højde med hans sportspræstationer. Kynisk går han efter at blive stjerne på det lokale hold, men samtidig forhindrer hans vrede natur ham i at komme tæt ind på livet af sin værtinde, som han egentlig gerne så som kvinden i sit liv.
Den unge fårefarmer, Johnny, er følelsesmæssigt ude af balance. Hans far er delvist lammet efter et hjerteanfald og sammen med sin bedstemor, er de ene om at drive farmen. Da læmmeperioden nærmer sig, er de nødt til at hyre hjælp udefra og ansætter den unge rumæner Gheorge. Gheorges ankomst er starten på et intenst forhold mellem de to unge mænd, og det får Johnny til at betragte sig selv i et ganske anderledes lys.
Seks arbejdsløse stålarbejdere bliver inspireret af Chippendales og vælger at starte deres eget striptease show. Det viser sig dog ikke at være helt så let, som de gik og troede, samt hvad siger koner, børn og venner til det? Men vigtigst af alt, er der virkelig nogen der vil se seks almindelige mænd smide alt tøjet? Dette er en vellykket og vildt morsom film. Et sikkert grin.
Følg en gruppe børn, der bliver evakueret til en landsby i Yorkshire under Anden Verdenskrig, hvor de støder på en ung soldat, der ligesom dem er langt væk hjemmefra.
På den grå Yorkshire hede ligger huset Wuthering Heights. Men en dag kommer familiens overhoved hjem med et hittebarn, den mørke og temperamentsfulde Heathcliff. Datteren Cathy knytter straks et bånd til ham, et bånd der udvikler sig til en destruktiv kærlighed.
Da 10-årige Mary Lennox’ rige, britiske forældre pludseligt dør, bliver hun sendt fra Indien til England for at bo hos sin onkel på hans herregård. Her begynder hun at forstå mange af familiens hemmeligheder, særligt efter mødet med sin syge fætter Colin. Sammen opdager de to børn en fantastisk hemmelig have, der ligger skjult på grunden. Et magisk sted, som vil ændre deres liv for evigt.
I den lille engelske by Keighley bor frisøren Phil, som stadig slikker sine sår efter at være blevet droppet af sin kone for ti år siden. Da byen danner rammen om det nationale frisørmesterskab, må han mod sin vilje konkurrere på hold med sin eks-kone.
Teenagepigerne Tamsin og Mona, som begge bor i Yorkshire, er de diametrale modsætninger. Men da de to pigers veje krydser hinanden, opstår der en fascination og siden et venskab, der bliver mere og mere intimt.
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
The lives of several families in the Yorkshire Dales revolve around a farm and the nearby village. With murders, affairs, lies, deceit, laughter and tears, it's all there in the village.
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
The heartwarming and humorous adventures of a young country vet in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s. A remake of the 1978 series.
Still Open All Hours is a sitcom set in a grocer's shop. It is a sequel to the series Open All Hours, written by original series writer Roy Clarke and featuring several of the permanent cast members of the original series
Where the Heart Is is a British television family drama series set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite. It focuses on the professional and personal lives of the district nurses who work in the town.
All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym James Herriot. Ninety episodes were aired over two three-year runs. The first run was based directly on Herriot's books; the second was filmed with original scripts.
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! is an ITV sitcom that ran from 1974 to 1977 starring Bill Maynard as the council labourer, Scarsdale Working Men’s Club secretary, hapless handyman and all-round public nuisance Selwyn Froggitt. It was created by Roy Clarke, who wrote the pilot episode transmitted in 1974, though the series was mostly written by Alan Plater. It was made for the ITV network by Yorkshire Television With outdoor location filming of the series filmed in Skelmanthorpe, West Yorkshire and Elvington, North Yorkshire
Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.
British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton. The unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-china-shop-copper Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick Detective Sargent, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe is always on hand to solve the classic murder mystery, while maintaining a down to earth wit and humour.
The on-the-field trials and tribulations and the off-the-field lives, loves and infidelities of 'The Castlefield Blues', an under funded, badly managed ladies football team from South Yorkshire in the north of England whose loyalty to the team, the game and each other far exceeds their chances of ever winning the championship.
A new academy school in a Yorkshire mill town merges the lives and cultures of the largely divided white and Asian community
Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill's uncanny ability to see into the minds of murderers means he finds it difficult to distance himself from disturbing cases.
Fat Friends was an ITV drama, following a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain and addresses the absurdities of dieting in our modern age. The drama looks at people and how they relate to one another and use body weight as an excuse for all sorts of failings in their relationships, or not living their lives to the full. Four of the cast, Ruth Jones, James Corden, Sheridan Smith and Alison Steadman, went on to appear in Gavin & Stacey.
Celia and Alan are both widowed and in their seventies. When their respective grandsons put their details on Facebook, they rediscover a passionate relationship that started over sixty years ago.
I Didn't Know You Cared is a British comedy series set in a working class household in South Yorkshire in the 1970s, written by Peter Tinniswood loosely based upon his books A Touch Of Daniel, I Didn't Know You Cared and Except You're A Bird. It was broadcast by the BBC in four series from 1975 to 1979. The main characters are Carter Brandon; his Uncle Mort; his mother, Annie; his father, Les; his girlfriend, Pat Partington; and Uncle Staveley. Auntie Lil appears in the first two series. Other recurring characters, mostly from Carter's workplace, are Linda Preston; Mrs Partington; Sid Skelhorn
A Bit of a Do is a British comedy drama series based on the books by David Nobbs. The show starred David Jason and was aired on ITV in 1989. It was made for the ITV network by Yorkshire Television. The show was set in a fictional Yorkshire town. Each episode took place at a different social function and followed the changing lives of two families, the working-class Simcocks and the middle-class Rodenhursts, together with their respective friends, Rodney and Betty Sillitoe, and Neville Badger. The series begins with the wedding of Ted and Rita Simcock's son Paul to Laurence and Liz Rodenhurst's daughter Jenny; an event at which Ted and Liz begin an affair. The subsequent fallout from this affair forms the basis for most of the first series.
At Home with the Braithwaites is a British comedy-drama television series, created and written by Sally Wainwright. The storyline follows a suburban family from Leeds, whose life is turned upside down when the mother of the family wins 38 million pounds on the lottery. It was broadcast on ITV, for 26 episodes, from 20 January 2000 to 9 April 2003. At the beginning of the first series, each member of the Braithwaite family has an issue. Alison has to decide what to do with the winnings, and when to tell her family. David is having an affair with Elaine, his secretary at work. Virginia is on the verge of flunking out of university. Sarah has a crush on her drama teacher. Charlotte suspects that her mother may be the mystery lottery winner.
