Tag Archives: UK

In 1882, while his regiment is sent to the Sudan to battle the insurgent Arab tribes, British Lieutenant Faversham resigns his officer’s commission in order to remain with his fiancée Ethne in England. Read More »

A prominent neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how, after the affair was over Read More »

In 1981, Ronald Biggs was kidnapped by agents from Scotland Yard from his Brazilian hideout for his participation in the 1964 British train robbery. Read More »

Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Read More »

Masked intruders take the family of a bank manager hostage in order to rob his bank. Read More »

A little girl accidentally breaks her mother’s favourite ornament and goes hop-picking to replace it. Read More »

Half-Apache Pardon Chato (Charles Bronson) finds himself in a bar fight with a bigoted sheriff and kills the man to save his own life. Read More »

A deliciously biting satire about both the world of Grand Opera and United Europe. Read More »

The story of British prime minister Winston Churchill, focusing on his place in British life just prior to World War II. Read More »

Endlessly finding himself on the wrong end of a situation, businessman Henry Palfrey seeks help at the College of Lifemanship run by the cunning Mr. Potter. Read More »