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The Patriot
(2000) [MA]

Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) distinguished himself in the French and Indian Wars but now lives in peace with his seven children on his sprawling South Carolina plantation. The horrors of conflict come back to haunt him, however, when his headstrong eldest son Gabriel (Heath Ledger) defies his...  More

Wives And Daughters (2 disc set)
(1999) [PG]

Wives and Daughters is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in the Cornhill Magazine as a serial from August 1864 to January 1866 and adapted for television by the BBC in 1999.

The story revolves around Molly Gibson, only daughter of a widowed doctor living in a provincial...  More

The House Of Mirth
(2000) [PG]

The glittering yet treacherous world of New York high society comes to brilliant life in the heartbreaking story of Lily Bart (Gillian Anderson, TV's "The X-Files"), a renowned beauty of exquisite charm who seeks a wealthy husband, but in a series of tragic events, winds up disgraced and...  More

The Others
(2001) [M]

A woman named Grace retires with her two children to a mansion on Jersey, towards the end of the Second World War, where she's waiting for her husband to come back from battle. The children have a disease which means they cannot be touched by direct sunlight without being hurt in some way. They...  More

The Golden Bowl
(2000) [M]

Adam Verver, a US billionaire in London, dotes on daughter Maggie, an innocent abroad. An impecunious Italian, Prince Amerigo, marries her even though her best friend, Charlotte Stant, an alabaster beauty with brains, no money, and a practical and romantic nature, is his lover. She and Amerigo...  More

One Night The Moon
(2001) [M]

The Australian Outback, 1932. Entranced by the moon, a young girl steps out of her bedroom window. When her parents check on her, she is gone. The police suggest Aboriginal tracker Albert Yang lead the search, but the father revolts - insisting there's to be 'No blacks on my land". Instead, he...  More

Gosford Park
(2001) [M]

Robert Altman directs this elegant period drama and Agatha Christie-style murder mystery that features the cream of British acting talent. Gathered at aristocrat Michael Gambon's big house are fellow toffs Charles Dance, James Wilby and Jeremy Northam (as British matinee idol Ivor Novello) among...  More

Charlotte Gray
(2001) [M]

Nazi-occupied France in 1942. Charlotte Gray (Cate Blanchett), a young Scottish woman recruited as a secret agent, joins the French resistance. Her real aim: to rescue her Royal Air Force lover. She soon discovers that, in a world where secrecy is all around her, she can only trust herself. Based...  More

Tipping The Velvet
(2002) [MA]

Set in England in the 1890's, Tipping The Velvet is a colourful and passionate and entertaining love story, which follows our heroine's growth into womanhood. Episode 1 The glamorous world of the 19th century music hall provides the backdrop for Nan's first love affair with Kitty butler, a...  More

Upstairs Downstairs :Series 1 (Disc 1 of 4)
(1971) [PG]

As the first major costume drama series written specially for British TV award-winning Upstairs Downstairs was an outstanding success. It became one of the best-loved and most acclaimed dramas of all time and now the 8 colour episodes from the 1st series are yours to enjoy in this sumptuous...  More