Tolkien

Tolkien 2019

7.00

Tolkien, il film diretto da Dome Karukoski, esplora gli anni formativi dell’autore orfano quando trova amicizia, amore e ispirazione artistica tra un gruppo di emarginati a scuola. Questo lo porta allo scoppio della prima guerra mondiale, che minaccia di fare a pezzi la “Fellowship”. Tutte queste esperienze avrebbero ispirato Tolkien a scrivere i suoi famosi romanzi della Terra di Mezzo.

2019

Il viaggio di Felicia

Il viaggio di Felicia 1999

6.28

Scesa dal traghetto proveniente dall'Irlanda, Felicia, diciassette anni, sta cercando Johnny, il ragazzo di cui è innamorata emigrato, a suo dire, in Inghilterra per fare l'operaio in una fabbrica di falciatrici da giardino. Felicia non ha l'indirizzo e non conosce il nome della fabbrica. Alla fine della giornata, Hilditch, corpulento scapolo di mezza età, esce dalla piccola azienda dove è responsabile della mensa, incontra Felicia, le dà qualche suggerimento. Il giorno dopo la vede di nuovo e le offre un passaggio.

1999

Picnic alla spiaggia

Picnic alla spiaggia 1993

5.30

Un gruppo di donne indiane residenti in Inghilterra si regala una giornata di libertà recandosi a Blackpool, la Rimini inglese. Qui emergeranno le scatole cinesi di un'esclusione progressiva: gli inglesi diffidano degli indiani, gli indiani dei neri. Gli uomini indiani sottomettono le donne, le anziane non hanno un buon rapporto con le giovani.

1993

Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders 2013

8.54

A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.

2013

Crossroads

Crossroads 1964

5.00

Crossroads is a British television soap opera set in a fictional motel near Birmingham, England. Created by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling, the commercial ITV network originally broadcast the series between 1964 and 1988. Produced by ATV and later by Central it became a byword for cheap production values, particularly in the 1970s and early 1980s. The series was revived in a glossier version by Carlton Television in 2001, but was again cancelled in 2003. The original theme tune was composed by Tony Hatch, and notably covered by Paul McCartney & Wings on their 1975 album Venus and Mars. A new version, which was first aired in 1987 when the series was relaunched as Crossroads, Kings Oak, was composed by Raf Ravenscroft and Max Early.

1964

Doctors

Doctors 2000

4.60

Set in the fictional Midlands town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the city of Birmingham, this soap opera follows the staff and families of a doctor's surgery.

2000

Boon

Boon 1986

5.50

Boon is a British television drama and modern-day western series starring Michael Elphick, David Daker, and later Neil Morrissey. It was created by Jim Hill and Bill Stair and filmed by Central Television for ITV. It revolved around the life of a modern-day Lone Ranger and ex-firefighter, Ken Boon.

1986

Citizen Khan

Citizen Khan 2012

7.13

Family-based sitcom set in the capital of British Pakistan - Sparkhill, Birmingham. Citizen Khan follows the trials and tribulations of loud-mouthed, tight-fisted, self-appointed community leader Mr Khan and his long suffering family, wife Mrs Khan and daughters Shazia and Alia.

2012

The Real Peaky Blinders

The Real Peaky Blinders 2022

6.80

Exploring the mass gang movement that originated in Birmingham and other industrial cities in the 19th century and evolved into modern gangsterism in the early 20th.

2022

The Rotters' Club

The Rotters' Club 2005

1

Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais' adaptation of Jonathon Coe's novel follow a group of Birmingham teenagers, and their families, through the 1970s.

2005