本剧改编自Nick Hornby的同名小说《妙女郎 Funny Girl》。
背景为多姿多彩的1960年代,主角Barbara Parker 刚刚获得了"布莱克浦小姐"的称号,但她觉得自己除了在一个海边小镇当选美皇后,还能另有一番作为。于是在伦敦耀眼光辉的召唤下,Barbara踏上旅途,开始探索自己的未来。
然而伦敦并非像她在电视和书籍上所了解到的那样精彩,经历了一系列挫败后,Barbara发现自己进入了陌生领域:试镜一个电视喜剧节目。她不折不扣的北方幽默被证明是该节目一直缺少的秘密武器,这让她拿下了这个角色,成为了一部极具开创性的新情景喜剧的一部分,而这个节目将在未来的几十年里,都对英国喜剧产生影响。
在1960年代,一个男性主导的喜剧世界中,Barbara身为女性面临诸多挑战,但随着认识到自己的幽默,她重新定义了大众对于风趣女性的普遍态度,并在这...
Photon solar energy group is aiming to build a solar farm in Danebury. Blissfully unaware of the plan Andy and Lance are still looking for buried treasure - construction worker Andy, with Becky and their baby living with disapproving mother-in-law Veronica whilst Lance is sharing his flat with his messy, noisy teen-aged daughter Kate. The group is shocked to read of Photon's in...
Quasi-autobiographical sitcom pilot from Caitlin Moran and her sister Caroline. The action centres on the elder two of six siblings living on a Wolverhampton council estate, who fill their days with books, films and teenage whimsy while single matriarch Della struggles to make ends meet. Touted by the Times columnist as featuring “smart, amusing intellectuals living on a counci...
由Hulu和ITV合拍的《#名姝# Harlots》被续订第二季,10集的次季预定18年播出。该剧讲述了Margaret Wells(Samantha Morton饰演)和她的女儿们的生活,她努力让自己在一个母亲和妓院老鸨这两个角色之间调和。当她的事业遭到了来自一个无情的竞争对手Lydia Quigley(Lesley Manville饰)的威胁,她决定奋起反击,即使这样会破坏她的家庭也在所不惜。
故事发生在1763年的伦敦,女性地位的低下和经济的落后使得女人们无法选择自己的生活,如果想要活下去,除了嫁一个金龟婿外,就只能成为妓女。玛格丽特(萨曼莎·莫顿 Samantha Morton 饰)和莉迪亚(莱丝利·曼维尔 Lesley Manville 饰)是当地最有名 的两名妓院老鸨,为了招揽生意,玛格丽特甚至拍卖了自己的两个女儿的初夜。
玛格列特想将妓院搬到苏豪区,将目标转移到居住在那里的富豪们身上。这一举动威胁到了莉迪亚的利益,为了阻止玛格丽特的计划,莉迪亚暗中将玛格丽特的动向举报给了一位宗教狂热分子。愤怒的玛格丽特想要报复莉迪亚,但是她知道,一旦两人发生了正面的冲突,将会对她的家庭和事业造成不可挽回的破坏。
It's 1974 and 15 year-old Danny is our guide through the ups and downs of life with the Baker family. With eldest daughter Sharon's wedding looming and the docks facing closure, times are challenging. So too are Danny's attempts to get closer to the opposite sex. Full of humour, warmth and drama Cradle To Grave is based on actual events and characters.
Dad Fred (Peter Kay) is k...
In series one, Barbara from Blackpool realised her dream and became TV comedy star, Sophie Straw, the nation’s favourite. In series two, Sophie finds out that ‘having a voice’ doesn’t mean it will be heard and that fame is a fickle friend.
Fed up with being the comic muse in old school comedy shows, Sophie tries her hand at arthouse cinema hoping it will be more progressive – i...
讲述1970年世界小姐选美比赛是全球亿万观众瞩目的国际盛事,一个新组成的女权组织认为选美是贬低女性,因此极力反对,更于比赛期间在众目睽睽下冲上舞台,扰乱和阻碍比赛进行。虽然她们立即就被逐离场,而比赛亦继续进行,但更触动观众神经的一幕却随即上演:当晚夺冠的佳丽竟然不是大热的瑞典小姐,而是来自西印度群岛岛国格林纳达的Jennifer Hosten,以黑马之姿成为史上首位获胜的黑人女性。就在短短一小时内,全球观众亲眼目睹父权主义被公然挑战,西方审美观亦被全然颠覆,一场选美翻起千重浪,亦为女权运动打下漂亮的一仗。