Linda Bassett
1) Loved Up
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Sarah has troubles at home, and when she meets Tom, she thinks her prayers have been answered. His world of raves, ecstasy and euphoria is fun - for a while.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
It's 1966, and it's a testing time for the midwives. But there's excitement, too, as the women's rights movement intensifies. With Trixie's help, Sister Julienne is determined to steer Nonnatus House of its financial quandary. Dr. Turner deals with an array of difficult cases including a former soldier involved in nuclear test explosion. Meanwhile, Sister Monica Joan experiences a crisis of faith, and Sister Frances realizes she needs to be a little...
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
When Chris' best friend Annie loses her husband, Chris derives a scheme to memorialize him. The two women, along with some of their friends - all fiftysomething women - will make a nude calendar to raise money for the hospital where he died. The calendar becomes hugely popular. Based on actual events.
Publisher
distributed in the U.S. by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Now nearing the 1960s, the community enters a new time of social change. Will live-wire Nurse Trixie marry her young curate? What new project calls for a heart as big as Chummy's? How will Sister Evangelina react to two new nurses? And why does Sister Julienne appear so unsettled by a mystery benefactor?
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Sense & sensibility: Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve when she falls in love with the charming but unsuitable John Willoughby, ignoring her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behavior leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Elinor, sensitive to social convention, struggles to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Will the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find...
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
It's 1968 and Enoch Powell's infamous 'Rivers of Blood' speech creates serious tension in Poplar, especially when a group of dockers march in support of Powell. The midwives welcome a new nun, Sister Veronica, who's an instant hit with everyone, except Nurse Crane. Meanwhile, Trixie's relationship with Matthew goes from strength to strength, while Nurse Crane helps Nancy with her financial woes. Sister Julienne enjoys helping out on the district rounds,...
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
1967 brings fresh medical and personal challenges to the midwifery and district nursing rounds. Thanks to Matthew's continued support, things at Nonnatus House are now settled and going well, and Trixie helps Matthew understand the community he is becoming a part of. Doctor Turner faces some changes in his relationship with Timothy now that he is an adult, while Shelagh continues to support community health programs. Across the series, the team faces...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The life and times of a group of midwives working at Nonnatus House--a nursing convent serving the impoverished of East London in the late 1950s and early 1960s--are chronicled in this appealing British series based on true events. The women learn powerful lessons about life's struggles while visiting with expectant mothers and poor children.
13) East is East
Author
Language
English
Description
For George "Genghis" Khan, life is a struggle to teach his kids traditional family values. His sons on the other hand, think they have it all figured out! So when the boys discover that dad has arranged their marriages, youthful rebellion rules the day!
Author
Series
Call the Midwife volume 8
Language
English
Description
Poplar is shaken as the cause of recent infant deformities is revealed while Nonnatus House is thrown into disarray by a tragedy even closer to home. Meanwhile, the midwives help a young mother who goes into labor at her wedding reception.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife volume 6
Language
English
Description
A rash of violent attacks on women brings a state of fear to Poplar and impacts directly on the residents of Nonnatus House. A secret pregnancy threatens the life of a young girl, after her mother takes matters into her own hands. Meanwhile, a long overdue holiday for the Turner family fails to live up to expectations.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife volume 7
Language
English
Description
Dr. Turner prepares for change with the introduction of the contraceptive pill, while Patsy struggles to help a Bargee woman who is determined to give birth among her own community. As a huge storm threatens Poplar, Nurse Crane helps save the life of a young mother. After the storm, there is a welcome return for one Nonnatus House resident.
18) Loved Up
Author
Language
English
Description
Drunken mother, lousy job, baby sister relying on her... 18-year-old Sarah has more problems than most. When she meets Tom, she thinks her prayers have been answered, but her life only gets worse. She moves in with him, and gets a crash course in the modern youth scene: rave parties, Ecstasy and euphoria. It's fun, until she sees its darker side. A crisis at home forces her to make a choice. Ian Hart and Lena Headey play the lovers dicing with drugs....
Author
Series
Call the Midwife volume 5
Language
English
Description
New mother Roseanne's past continues to haunt her, wreaking havoc on her family life, and a back injury forces Violet to put her beloved shop in the care of Fred with unforeseen consequences. When Dr. Turner sets up a new chest clinic, he and Shelagh are forced to consider whether their own lifestyles are as healthy as they could be.
20) Kinky Boots
Author
Language
English
Description
For generations, the Price family has made very sensible, very conservative shoes for men. But to save the business from imminent bankruptcy, young Charlie Price turns to an unlikely new creative consultant: a sassy cross-dressing cabaret singer whose outrageous style and wild designs are a breath of fresh air in the stuffy old factory!