Christine Ng Wing-mei

biography: Christine Ng Wing-Mei (Chinese: 伍詠薇; born February 24, 1969) is an actress and singer based on Hong Kong. She is under contract to Hong Kong's TVB and ATV. She is known for her roles in TVB's dramas including C.I.B. Files and The Silver Chamber of Sorrows.

Hope For Sale

overview:
Wang Xiabo (Luo Jialiang) is the eldest son of the vegetable vendor Wang Erzai (Xia Yu). Since graduating from high school, he has been taking care of the vegetable stalls for his father, so he has a strong affection for the vegetable market.

One day, Xia Bo met her childhood playmate Su Youmei (played by Wu Yongwei), and her mother (played by Cheng Kewei) even operated flower stalls in the market. The Yumi family and Erzai were friends at first, but unfortunately they turned against each other because of money.

Xia Bo is straightforward and snobbish from the United States, and the two suddenly become enemies. Soon, Yumi suspected that her boyfriend had an affair with Xia Bo's wife Yan Meizhu (Wu Meiheng), and the two were forced to put aside their family feud and investigate together.

original_name: 街市的童話

Once Upon Our Memory

character: Tan Qinglan

original_name: 今裝戲寶

Twin of Brothers

overview: "Twin of Brothers" is set in a period of dynastic change in Chinese history. Wacky wannabe swordsmen Chong and Ling accidentally acquire the mysterious "Longevity Martial Arts", which is rumoured to be the key to a huge treasure. The target of numerous people who covet the treasure, the two friends adventure through China despite the danger. In their journey, Ling meets two girls from two opposing sects, while Chong falls for the sister of the future emperor of China. With their extraordinary experiences, will the two become heroes amidst the historical turbulence?

character: 傅君婥/傅君瑜

original_name: 大唐雙龍傳

Royal Police Evidence II

original_name: 皇家警察實錄II

Who's The Winner

overview: Shek Chi Hong is an honest and kind person. To earn a living, Chi Hong aspires to be a chef in Man Long’s casino but he ends up becoming a dealer instead. After witnessing his teacher's death, he is more determined not to take up gambling. But somehow, he has no choice but to learn the gambling skills as it is part of the nature of his work. He goes through many turbulence in his life, losing many friends and comrades as well as love.

character: Lau Miu Lin

original_name: 胜者为王

Welcome to the House

overview:
Welcome to the House is a TVB modern sitcom series broadcast from April 2006 to March 2007.

The series surrounded the day-to-day lives of the Ko family.

original_name: 高朋滿座

The Beauty of The Game

overview: The Beauty of the Game is a 2009 TVB television drama from Hong Kong produced and created by Tsui Yu On. It is a contemporary drama focusing on recreational drug use and the negative issues surrounding Hong Kong's entertainment circle.

original_name: 美麗高解像

Misleading Track

overview:
Five years ago, Hong Kong citizen YAN TING (SO YUK WAH, LOUISA) was wrongly found guilty of murdering her husband LAU KAI CHUNG (WAN SIU LUN, DERIC) in Taiwan.

TING is released and returns to Hong Kong. She still believes in justice and has faith in regaining what has been stripped from her. She is shocked when she meets a man BEN YUEN (also played by WAN SIU LUN, DERIC) who looks exactly like CHUNG. However, CHUNG was certified dead in Taiwan. TING is completely bewildered at BEN’s existence. The truth is slowly revealed. TING decides to strike back. BEN sets TING up for jail again. Fortunately, she meets a warm-hearted lawyer LEO LAW (LAM, BOWIE). LEO works hard on her case. His effort seems to have paid off when he digs further into the truth...

original_name: 奪命真夫

Lost In Love

original_name: 大囍之家

Ups And Downs

character: 羅繡蘭

original_name: 無業樓民

Wars of In-laws

overview:
HEI TAP LAP SEUK LAN (WANG MING CHUN, LIZA) was born into royalty. Being a princess, she has had the privilege of being tyrannical and unreasonable for more than 40 years. Her son NING MAU CHUN (WONG CHUNG CHAK, BOSCO) reaches the age of marriage. She kidnaps the best girl she can find in the capital for him. Unfortunately, CHUN eventually gets married to a mountain tyrant’s daughter TIN LIK (WU, MYOLIE).

LAN constantly tries to pick bones with LIK. However, LIK is not exactly gentle and obedient. They are reluctant to adjust to each other. CHUN, who is weak and indecisive, is caught in the middle.

Everything is just pretence. CHUN is in reality very good at martial arts. He keeps his prowess a secret for an important mission.

original_name: 我的野蠻奶奶

Days of Glory

character: 夏丽珠

original_name: 豪門

The Stew of Life

overview: Upon returning from a trip with her husband NG MAN TAK (Chung King Fai), cookery teacher LO SIU LAI (Lee Sze Kei, Louise) is shocked to find that her little daughter NG CHOI NI (Chen Fala) has started cohabiting with a homosexually inclined colleague LAU TAT YAN (Hung Tin Ming) while her divorced sister LO SIU MEI (Ng Wing Mei) is seemingly caught up in a love triangle between tenant YAU KAI (Mak Cheung Ching) and her ex-husband.  By and by TAK is forced to retire early and stays at home all day with nothing to do.  LAI, on the other hand, is lucky enough to have the opportunity to host a culinary show on TV.  Everything seems to have happened too fast but this does not leave LAI frustrated and accursed.  Instead she tries to get round every problem with even more patience and dedication, which however is not appreciated by TAK.  The bickering continues until LAI eventually thinks of a good way to tackle TAK…

original_name: 有營煮婦

C.I.B. Files

overview: C.I.B. Files or Criminal Investigation Bureau Files is a TVB modern drama series broadcast in August 2006.

original_name: 刑事情報科

Beauty at War

overview: In order to air her grievances towards her elder sister Lady Yue-Yuet, Lady Shun Yuen-Sau spreads rumours of Yue-Yuet in the palace. The ambitious nursing mother Seung-Ling tries to collect evidence against the rumours in exchange for money from others. She soon becomes a trusted follower and a close friend of Lady Yue-Yuet. Meanwhile, the arrival of famous actors Ko Lau-Fei and Wan Tsau-Yin captures the heart of every woman in the palace including the lonely Yuen-Sau, and unintentionally fuels the power struggle between the three ladies in the palace.

character: Shun Yuen-Sau

original_name: 金枝慾孽貳

The Comeback Clan

overview: The Comeback Clan is a 2010 Hong Kong television drama starring Ha Yu, Christine Ng, Natalie Tong and Sammul Chan. Produced by Kwan Wing-chung and co-edited by Choi Suk-yin, Yuen Siu-na, and Lee Yee-wah, the drama is a TVB production. The first episode premiered on 20 September 2010.

original_name: 翻叮一族

伯虎為卿狂

character: Qiu xiang

original_name: 伯虎為卿狂

The Green Grass of Home

overview: Sowed the seeds with love Sweetheart rivals on the mark… Having spent many years building her career as an interior designer, YIP MOON-CHI (Ng Wing Mei) not only finds her health deteriorating but also suffers a strained relationship with her family. With a hope to refresh, she decides to slow down a bit and move back to the village where she grew up. Much to her surprise, CHI runs into her bitter rival at work CHOI KA-SING (Chan Kam Hung,Sunny) at her home village, through whom she can dramatically and unexpectedly patch up her relationship with her father YIP CHEUNG-FAT (Yuen Wah). SING is fascinated by CHI and falls in love with her gradually. While he tries to pluck up the courage to make his declaration of love, CHI is already gearing up for her next career peak. In the meantime, a developer is proposing to acquire FAT’s farmland. Determined to save his little green haven, FAT is going to raise proceedings; however he doesn’t get support from family…

original_name: 緣來自有機

Women on the Run

overview: Women on the Run is a TVB modern drama series broadcast in July 2005 to February 2006 on Sundays.

character: Chan Bong-Nei (Bonnie)

original_name: 窈窕熟女

Heaven's Retribution

original_name: 還看今朝

Oppa's Cuisine

original_name: 男神廚房

Cold Blood Warm Heart

overview:
Bong (Adam Cheng) blamed Sing (Kwan Hoi San) for abandoning his mother and refused to acknowledge him as his father even he was one of the richest men in town.  He loved and admired his foster father Kin (Bow Fong), who was a retired cop.  He and his brother Lap (Gallen Lo) followed Kin’s footsteps and joined the force.

Bong’s half-brother Kei (Poon Chi Man) was involved in a murder case and Bong in turn got suspended since his superior Kin (Julian Cheung) suspected he was Kei’s conspirator.  Fortunately, he was proved innocent by Hang (Eddie Cheung)......

original_name: 天地男兒

Who's The Winner

character: Ling Lei

The Silver Chamber of Sorrows

overview: Sheung's Silver Chamber, the largest jewel company in Foshan, Guangdong Province China, is facing serious financial difficulties. In order to obtain a loan from Shum’s family, Sheung Hang (Paul Chun), owner of the Chamber, together with his primary wife, Choi Siu-Tip (Nancy Sit Ka Yin), plot to arrange marriage between Sheung Wan (Ng Wai Kwok), Hang’s younger brother, and Shum Wing-Tung (Winnie Young), daughter of Shum’s family. Fueled by hatred, Ching Sau-Hang (Christine Ng), Wan’s lover, marries Hang and ironically becomes Wan’s sister-in-law. Wan falls out with Hang, and opts to live abroad and disconnects from his family.

character: Cheng Sau Hang

original_name: 銀樓金粉

Barrack O'Karma 1968

overview: Maurice is inexplicably missing at Twilight Mansion. Although he is tracked down and survives an ordeal, but he has forgotten everything and also become another person. His girlfriend Ella feels he is somehow different. To unravel this mystery, the only option is to begin with Twilight Mansion. Strange things keep happening at Twilight Mansion. Some esports team venture into the virtual world, and there is some baffling kidnapping story. “Korean craze” is also triggered by comet particles, and there are other happenings. After encountering weirdos and experiencing puzzling incidents, Maurice and Ella are more deeply in love than ever before. They are adamant that they are meant for each other. However, Ella has probably fallen in love with unreal Maurice.

character: 李淑芬

original_name: 金宵大廈2

Greed Mask

overview: A tycoon, Man is murdered. His son Fung is determined to find out who did it. Who is the real killer in this mysterious case?  The night when Man was killed, Shan, who has been working in his company for years, found out that she is his illegitimate daughter. She worries that she may have killed Man while sleepwalking.  Meanwhile, Fung and Shan find out that Man was behaving abnormally that night and wanted to rape Fung's cousin, Tung. Tung, who has congenitally impaired hearing, is suspected of killing Man out of self-defence.

character: 司徒珊

original_name: 謎情家族

The Taoism Grandmaster

overview: It has been foretold over three thousand years ago that the apocalypse is impending and that one Taoist grandmaster will emerge to save the world. To give the people a fighting chance, the immortals have gathered a team of gifted individuals in search for the sacred shield.

character: Hen Taihou / Wolf Queen

original_name: 玄门大师

Celebrity Minute To Fame

original_name: 全城一叮

Who's the Winner III

character: 凌 莉

original_name: 胜者为王3王者之战

ICAC Investigators

overview: ICAC Investigators is a long running family of Hong Kong television miniseries about the work of Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). The series are public awareness films produced by Radio Television Hong Kong, an independent department of the government, with the full co-operation of the ICAC itself. Each series dramatises real cases of the Commission and serves both to educate the populace against corrupt practises and as a public relations tool for the ICAC.

original_name: 廉政行動

Tiger's Talk

character: Self - Host

original_name: Tiger's Talk

Incurable Traits

overview: Hua Tuo (Lin Wenlong) was extremely intelligent and obsessed with medicine since he was a child. After encountering by fate, he worshipped the famous doctor Zhang Zhongjing as his teacher. Once, Guan Yunchang (Yin Yangming) took a fellow from his hometown to seek medical treatment. Tu found that his illness was different, not ordinary typhoid fever, so he combined "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" with "Yin Nourishing Theory" and successfully developed a cure for plague. It is a pity that the people are superstitious about the ghosts and gods, and the villain's success has harmed Tuo a lot, causing him to be murdered. Zhang Miaoxin (Wu Yongwei), Zhongjing's eldest daughter, is in love with Tuo and is determined to marry and flee with her husband.

character: Zhang Miaoxin

original_name: 醫神華佗

Flying Tiger

overview: During a promotion ceremony for police officers, Senior Superintendent Ko Yat-tai is taken hostage. Seeing his father in danger, OCTB Senior Inspector Marcus Ko Ka-chun is unable to do anything. In a split second, Yat-tai’s eldest son Vincent Ko Ka-long, a member of the Flying Tigers, demonstrates his excellent marksmanship to save him, which unexpectedly acts as a trigger to bring what was buried in the Ko family back to light. A recent spate of murders of undercover cops, a surge of new drugs, and terrorist groups are a portent of a menacing future that Superintendent Lip Yu-hong relentlessly fights against. Meanwhile, caught in their own relationship dilemma, two brothers, Ka-long and Ka-chun, end up going their separate ways, turning into rivals...

character: Lo Man-na

original_name: 飞虎之潜行极战

The Gutter

overview: Li Ziyong Thomas was born in poverty. When he was young, he worked hard to earn his mother's medical expenses. He met Sammy Fang, a girl who also worked in a tea restaurant, and became good friends since then. After his mother passed away, Thomas opened a restaurant, the business was good, and he worked hard with his friend and partner Sammy. One day, Thomas meets He Leer Joyce who he met in Belgium again. The two hit it off and soon walked together...

character: Catherine

original_name: 歎息橋

蔡澜遨游伊斯坦堡

original_name: 蔡澜遨游伊斯坦堡

Will Power

overview: The two well known laywers YU YING WAI and LEE MING YEUNG are against each other in court. Because YING WAI wanted to win a case, it almost cost him his life and after that incident, he had a new view on life. Experienced lawyer LO SAM BO viewed the changed WAI differently, and recruited him to join his law firm as a probate lawyer. Due to his debt, YEUNG was forced to go back and work at his mentor SUM YIK WOR law firm and collaborates with his daughter and lawyer SUM YUT KAN. KAN had been in a relationship with the wealthy SUNG KA YIU for many years, but YIU loves merit too much and had no interest in ambitions, which gave YEUNG an opportunity win KAN's heart. When the hearing for a case involving a will began, the judge happened to be WAI's ex-wife and YEUNG's ex-girlfriend LUK SZE YING, the two heroes meet again, but together they discovered there was another side to the case. The person involved just happened to be WAI's apprentice CHING KA MING, whom had a huge connection to the case. The actions of the lawyer lifted a crisis of life and death.

character: Sheila

original_name: 法外風雲

The Silver Tycoon

character: 颜如玉

original_name: 銀狐

The Building Blocks of Life

character: 程慧仪

original_name: 建築有情天

Man of Wisdom

overview: Production By Hong Kong TVB, Starring Ada Choi

character: 方甜影

original_name: 金牙大狀

Beautiful Cooking

overview: Beautiful Cooking is a Hong Kong variety show broadcast on TVB. The show began broadcasting on May 28, 2006 hosted by Ronald Cheng, Alex Fong and Edmond Leung. The second season began broadcast from April 5, 2009.

普通话

伍咏薇

biography:
伍咏薇，1969年2月24日出生于香港，影视演员、歌手。

1989年，因参加亚洲小姐竞选获得最上镜小姐奖而进入演艺圈。 [1]  1993年3月，参演时装剧《银狐》，凭借在剧中饰演的颜如玉一角获得更多关注。 [2]  1994年，参演电视剧《戏王之王》。1995年，伍咏薇获得十大劲歌金曲最受欢迎新人银奖。 [3]  1996年，参演戚其义监制的时装剧《天地男儿》。2005年，参演古装武侠剧《大唐双龙传》。 [4]  2006年，主演警匪剧《CIB刑事情报科》。 [5-6]  2007年2月，主演电视剧《缘来自有机》。 [7-8]  2008年出演年代戏《银楼金粉》饰演在封建制度下追求自由恋爱的三太太程秀杏。2009年12月，参演时装剧《美丽高解像》，出演娱乐圈一姐。 [9-10]  2013年4月，参演宫廷剧《金枝欲孽Ⅱ》。 [11-12]  2016年出演古装剧《美人香》，2017年返回香港无线电视拍摄超级网剧《飞虎极战》。

普通话

伍詠薇

biography:
伍詠薇，1969 年 2 月 24 日出生於香港，影視演員、歌手。

1989 年，因參加亞洲小姐競選獲得最上鏡小姐獎而進入演藝圈。1993 年 3 月，參演時裝劇《銀狐》，憑藉在劇中飾演的顏如玉一角獲得更多關注。1994 年，參演電視劇《戲王之王》。1995 年，伍詠薇獲得十大勁歌金曲最受歡迎新人銀獎。1996 年，參演戚其義監製的時裝劇《天地男兒》。2005 年，參演古裝武俠劇《大唐雙龍傳》。2006 年，主演警匪劇《CIB 刑事情報科》。2007 年 2 月，主演電視劇《緣來自有機》。2008 年出演年代戲《銀樓金粉》飾演在封建製度下追求自由戀愛的三太太程秀杏。2009 年 12 月，參演時裝劇《美麗高解像》，出演娛樂圈一姐。2013 年 4 月，參演宮廷劇《金枝欲孽Ⅱ》。2016 年出演古裝劇《美人香》，2017 年返回香港無線電視拍攝超級網劇《飛虎極戰》。

also_known_as:
Christine Ng Wing-Mei
伍詠薇
伍咏薇
Wu Yong Wei
Christine Eng

title: All's Well, End's Well '97

overview: Old Mr. Lo has three sons and the youngest one Lo Kung is his favorite. However, Kung does nothing but fool around all day long. Old Mr. Lo is very annoyed about this. The relationship between father and son is thus affected. So on Kung's birthday, his two brothers decide to play a joke on him. They trick him into believing he has won the lottery. Kung is so happy that he spends a tremendous amount of money. When he realizes he is in huge debt, he pretends to go insane and the whole family believes him.

title: The Infernal Fighter

overview: Legend tells of a time when righteousness faded, and humans defied the heavens. In anger, the Earth God unleashed a great disaster, collapsing the skies and shattering the earth. From the darkness, sealed demons rose and ravaged the mortal realm. Amid the chaos, Wu Jian Dao Ren of the Divine Sword Sect stood as humanity’s last hope, wielding the legendary Divine Sword of Annihilation—crafted from celestial black iron and capable of destroying demons. Yet, its power came with a curse: death to its wielder. To protect the secret, the sword and its technique, "Heavenly Ascension," were hidden separately. Years later, three childhood friends—Xiao Cuo, Xiao Ni, and Xiao Yun—are raised by rival realms: Dao, Demon, and Immortal. As they grow into Wu Jian, Mo Ni, and Sheng Nü, one fateful night changes everything. The fate of the world now lies in their hands—will they choose light or darkness?

title: Game with a Rich Lady

title: Street Angels

title: Super Fans

title: Wipe Out

title: The Cat

overview: A cat from outer space teams up with a young girl and an old man to fight a murderous alien that possesses people.

title: 9413

overview: Smash Head, an emotionally bankrupt cop who began his downward spiral when he accidentally killed a hostage during a shootout.

title: The Doctor in Spite of Himself

overview: Based on the Moliere play of the same name. A woodcutter often gets drunk and beats his hot-tempered wife. One day after being beaten, she decides to take revenge on her husband. An old servant is sent to the village by a fabulously rich merchant, to look for a doctor to cure his daughter who is taken ill. Choi realizes this is her opportunity to set up her husband. She tells the servant that her husband is a painfully modest miracle doctor who will only reveal his true identity and skills after being severely beaten.

title: Banana Club

overview: Story of three bachelors living together, working together as DJs at a radio station, and trying to find true love, together.

title: Fourteen Days Before Suicide

overview: A new accountant starts a job eager to prove herself but soon realizes her superiors are acting weirdly and doubts if they are actually alive; A woman finds out her boyfriend is cheating with her best friend, leading her to despair and suicide, only to discover his evil plan after her death; An elevator repairman neglects his wife because of his work. Influenced by a ghostly woman, the wife begins to think about using suicide to get her husband to care for her.

title: Troublesome Night 3

overview: Shishedo, a mortician, is grief-stricken when his favorite singer is killed in a car accident. As a result, he vows to help her get the most "appropriate" burial. Afterward, Shishedo disappears and leaves his co-workers to deal with the ghostly aftermath. In the next segment, Gigi wants a memorial service for her departed mother. Seizing the opportunity, Shishedo's co-workers coaxed Gigi into purchasing tons of service materials from them. Upset at the greed, the ghost of Gigi's mother returns to haunt the workers. Lastly, Hung was dumped by her boyfriend Daviv because the thought of her working at the mortuary doesn't appeal to him. When Hung does the unthinkable to escape the pain, Daviv finds himself facing retribution.

title: 72 Tenants of Prosperity

overview: Kung and Kin's rivalry goes way back to the seventies when they fought over the same girl, who eventually became Kung's wife. Now they run competing phone stores right across from each other on Mongkok's busiest street, and stretch their minds trying to outdo each other with crazy promotions.

title: Lan Kwai Fong 3

overview: Shin and Sara have been engaged for two years. They once had an argument and agree to have fun individually. Sara’s best friend Jeana who always has a soft spot on Shin, she then tried every means to seduce him. In the meanwhile, Jeana’s boyfriend Jacky is also getting close with Jolie who’s fun and wild.  Lan Kwai Fong is as bustling as usual this weekend. The girls are all gathered to rock the clubs. Since Sara met the Korean hot guy Kim, the relationship between all of them started to change…

title: Good Game

overview: Tai is the middle-aged owner of an Internet cafe, but unfortunately, it’s not doing so well. It’s mostly empty, especially because, as his landlord points out, kids play games on their phones nowadays. He decides to participate in the Hong Kong One Shot Esports tournament and hopefully win the grand-prize money to save his business. To qualify, he needs to be part of a team, so he recruits Solo, a recently fired esports player facing a decline in his career; Fay, who started working at Tai’s Internet cafe after not lasting long at her previous jobs; and former movie star Octo, who plays games with his elderly wife to help her exercise her brain and fight the degeneration process. Together, they call themselves Happy Hour, and they’ll combine their strengths in gaming to win this fierce competition. It ain’t over till it’s game over!

title: The Wedding Days

overview: It is wedding days or rather wedding dreams for Rachel. Sam, her pilot boyfriend of 3 years, wants to take his time to commit to marriage, but deciding against tradition is still on the horizon.

title: Feel 100%

overview: The main characters are two male best friends, Jerry and Hui Lok, and their female friend, Cherie. The story revolves around their relationships with others, including Jenny and Kei Kei, and each other. Jerry, Cherrie, and Lok are a pop trio, and the boys have agreed not to court Cherrie for the good of the group. Jerry's a feckless playboy, but he falls hard for the beautiful and talented Fonfong; she becomes his roommate as Cherrie looks on. Lok has two women in his life, the young and innocent Man-Yi, and Rachel, a mysterious minx into bondage and sexual excess. Things come to a head when Fonfong has a chance to study in Paris and Rachel takes things a bit far with Lok. It's time for Jerry and Lok to look around: is true love closer at hand? And what about Cherrie, who's been bruised often by Jerry: what will she decide?

title: Breakout Brothers 2

overview: Ho Chun, a young entrepreneur, is sent to jail. By implementing his philosophy in the business world that money can solve any problems, Ho Chun offers Big Roller, Kin-Tin, Scar and Ho-Ching a considerable amount of money for assisting him to breakout from jail.

title: I Wanna Be Your Man

overview: Lau Ching Wan was in the force for almost ten years. He was very careless and was termed "Detective Idiot" by his colleagues. One day, he came to the knowledge that his boss, Christine Ng was a lesbian. Nevertheless, they became good friends and treated each other like brothers. Unfortunately, Lau fell in love with Ng's girlfriend.

title: In the Heat of Summer

overview: Five cops work and get on each other's nerves during a hot summer. Tak is a gambler, too much so for his girlfriend to risk marriage. Daddy, a single father, is harsh with his son who reminds him of the woman who abandoned them. Monk is mercurial, talkative, a show-off. Kong, a steady family man, keeps the peace. Sam is new, hoping to fit in and make it as a cop. Three brutal and murderous robbers are on the loose, and so is a former soldier, embittered over the loss of his pension, using very real bombs to extort what's due him. It's a dangerous job, and the cops must watch each other's back, regardless of their personal problems.

title: The Age of Miracles

overview: A psychic widow (Anita Yuen) makes a bargain with Death (Roy Chiao) in order to save her son's (Alan Tam) life.

title: Troublesome Night

overview: Tales of the supernatural include encounters with ghosts and a man's communication with his dead wife.

title: He & She

overview: Tony Leung Ka-Fai stars as a gay man who helps the spiritedly Anita Yuen through her single motherhood when her married boyfriend (Lawrence Cheng) impregnates and abandons her. Tony and Anita share the burden of parenthood, despite all of life's persistent issues (love, money, etc.).

title: The Accident

overview: Three loosely related stories about love, loneliness and desire, held together by one central event (a train accident) that sets these characters in motion.  Andrew Lin Hoi is a mainland tour guide who’s stranded in China when the accident happens. He was supposed to pick up his visiting girlfriend Gigi Lai, but instead he gets stuck in a hotel where a Category 3 film is being filmed. There he strikes up a quick connection with the leading lady, who offers him a role in a graphic love scene with her. Meanwhile, Gigi has arrived in HK only to find herself alone with no one to turn to. Depressed and despondent, she takes comfort in the attentions of a lonely older man played by Patrick Tse Yin.  The third and most interesting affair occurs between taxi driver Ben Ng and mainland hustler Wong Hei. The two hook up outside the train station and fight and fume in between steamy couplings.

title: Fascination Amour

overview: Lau is a spoiled playboy who’s on fiancée number 8 - and makes sport of getting rid of them. With his entourage (including an amusing Anthony Wong) in tow, he boards the cruise ship Fascination with the intent of ridding himself of his latest set-up. However, he didn’t count on falling for heiress Sandy who is - no surprise here - the only girl who can withstand his “money buys all” attitude. Things aren’t that simple - she’s losing her fortune and won’t let money buy her. Lau must prove that he can be a normal guy so he follows her ashore with a backpack and $10 in his pocket.

title: Troublesome Night 2

overview: The second chapter of the "Troublesome Night" series, this movie consists of three stories. The first story is about a girl that called a radio show for advice and comfort after her boyfriend died tragically. One of the station DJs unconsciously suggested that she should commit suicide if she wants to be reunited with her beau. Unfortunately, the girl takes the suggestion and the DJ becomes racked with guilt as the girl's ghost returns to haunt him. The second story is about a group of friends voyage to the sea. During the trip, they encountered mysterious events after they rescued an eerie woman from a boat wreckage. The third story is about another DJ that quit his job after the untimely deaths of his co-workers. To escape the pain, he becomes a street racer. But, his thrill rides were hindered when he stumbled upon a sinister spirit by the roadside

title: The Three Lustketeers

overview: In this racy comedy, good-for-nothing sex addict Master Tak heads to the Philippines with his aptly named buddies Gay and Fit Man in tow to track down his mother and ask her for a loan.

title: No Risk, No Gain

overview: As an advisor to a reknown U.S. casino and a prominent gambler, "Supreme" Ray has encountered many adventurous challenges in his career. When "Tiger Eye" Chiang challenges Ray to a gambling contest with him in Macau, Ray's adventures begins again. In Hong Kong, Ray's cousin introduces him to two friends, who end up cheating him and making off with all his money and belongings. The two swindlers then assume Ray's identity and travel to Macau to participate in the card competition on his behalf.

title: Crime Story

overview: A special agent is assigned to protect a wealthy business magnate. However, when the businessman is kidnapped in a daring ambush, he teams up with a seasoned detective to crack the case. But soon he discovers the case isn't that simple.

title: A Queer Story

overview: From an unhappy childhood experience, Law Ka Sing decisively hides his homosexual identity. Sing's partner of 8 years, young boyfriend Sunny is just the opposite, he has never minded publicly revealing his identity.

title: The Storm Riders

overview: Heeding a prophecy, a warlord trains two orphans after killing their parents. But the skills he teaches could lead to his downfall.

title: Left Alone

title: A Man and A Woman

overview: In the early spring of 2021, a man and a woman flew to Hong Kong at the same time, and while waiting to enter the mainland, they stayed in the same hotel, separated by a wall. During the short intersection of their lives, the two confided in each other about the pressure they were burdened with and found a spiritual harbor in Hong Kong, where tenacious vitality was blooming. And before the answer is revealed, the choice stops abruptly.

title: Love Is Not a Game, But a Joke

overview: Three friends begin a contest to find Karen, a particular girl they all like. The limits: one month, and no advertising or radio. The prize: the losers withdraw and the winner gets free reign to woo her.

title: The Replacement Suspect

overview: Burglars leaving the scene of their latest loot cross paths with cops ambushing an armed criminal in the same area. Amid the chaos, the burglars take a bar hostage and begin planning their escape not knowing that the armed criminal is in the bar.

title: Fooling Around Jiang Hu

overview: Underworld godfather Kim, nicknamed Egg Tart, is friendly and sociable. He likes singing more than being the leader of triads. With his principle of peace, harmony and stability, he has won the support of the gang elders. Meanwhile, the cool and handsome Lung becomes a gangster because he is attracted to the cool image of gangsters portrayed in the "Young and Dangerous" movies, and he believes that he has what it takes to be the big boss. To support Lung, his wife sets a trap by trying to seduce Kim in order to obtain the secret of becoming the godfather.

title: Demi-Haunted

overview: Wan Fei (Joey Yung) is a promising Chinese Opera singer who is secretly in love with Ho Fung (Nicholas Tse). She plans to sing for him from the stage, but, in a tragic accident, dies mid-song. Years later, Wan Fei's ghost returns, and finds that part of her spirit has been reincarnated in the form of Chor-bat (Eason Chan). Wan Fei still longs to sing her song for her lover, and, after much humorous confusion, her dream is fulfilled.

title: Highway Man

overview: Easygoing Cheung (Julian Cheung) is a car magazine writer by day, and street racer by night. Uptight Lion King (Michael Lam), who enjoys scalding hot baths to build up his pain threshold, is his sworn rival. Lo Yi is the cop assigned to stop them from terrorizing the streets. With the help of veteran racer 'Doctor', can Cheung put Lion King permanently in second? And will he ever treat his girlfriend better?

title: Teaching Sucks!

overview: A new teacher’s dream job turns out harder than expected. When he and his single-father friend both fall for a cheerful colleague, he quietly steps back, caught between friendship and love.

title: The Group

overview: Father Martin has raised many orphans at a Hong Kong Orphanage. After growing up, some have achieved great success; with one becoming a gangster, much to his disappointment. During a starvation relief mission in Somalia, Father Martin is killed. In order to repay their beloved Father, they vow to follow in his footsteps by helping the poor, as well as protecting the weak from gangster harassment. Thus is born, 'The Group': professionals who are sworn to do good deeds - and they will break the law to do so.

title: A Taste of Killing and Romance

overview: An experienced assassin considers giving up his profession when he meets his society's newest recruit. He soon falls in love with this female assassin who donates her fees to the church. Soon the couple are being chased both by the police and the society which hires them.

title: Rush Hour

overview: When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.

title: Magnificent Team

overview: An undercover detective (Francis Ng), his lover (Amanda Lee) and a mutual friend (Christine Ng) try to catch the person who is killing Internet users.

title: Killing Me Hardly

overview: Fu Pui-yu directs this low-budget, critically panned Hong Kong knockoff of Charlie's Angels, about a shadowy figure named Charlie who dictates over a trio of voluptuous crime-fighters named Sunny (Jade Leung Ching), Moony (Christine Ng Wing-mei), and Starry (Paulyn Suen Kai-kwun). While being followed by nebbish journalist Bob (Michael Chow Man-kin) and coping with their own personal issues, the three are being targeted by Andy, a crazed arms-dealer who is seeking vengeance on Charlie for the death of his wife following a particularly ugly FBI raid years previous. Since Charlie's a hard man to find, the villain takes his wrath out on his friends and employees -- especially his three angels.

title: Just Married

overview: When a newly-wed moves in with her new husband's family, she isn't appealed by her mother-in-law Spring because of her childish behavior at the wedding banquet. While having warned her son to be careful with his new bride, Spring concocts a plan to separate the couple and have her son marry her friend, a prim and mature lady.

title: Passion Unbounded

overview: An elder sister, after being abandoned in love, turns into a “black widow”-like serial killer.

title: Combo Cops

overview: Mainland Chinese 'Super Cop' Hwang Fri (Yu Rong Guong) is sent to  Hong Kong to assist Scotland Yard trained James Fok (Michael Wong) in this surreal comedy.

title: High K

overview: Coco, a 17-year-old who has lost her mother, has become withdrawn and unable to get along with her long-estranged divorced father. As an anti-black group, Uncle Blade neglects the way of communication and only takes strict control to make Coco more rebellious, drifting around nightclubs and sinking into the sea of poison. She knows Arrow, a justice figure rare in the underworld. Unfortunately, everyone in the world wants to break them up. They wanted to turn around but were chased by the new big man, Arrow was killed, Coco was gang raped. It's too late for the blade to know how to care for her daughter. Only with blood can she be taught to return to the right path.

title: Immortal Spirit

overview: When a cop finds himself stalked by another officer, it turns out to be supernatural forces at work as his colleague is possessed by the spirit of his dead lover who wants him and his family dead as well.

title: Rhapsody of Kidnapping

overview: When three tech founders end up handing over their latest inventions to a sleazy tycoon who takes them for granted, they decide to kidnap the man's wife, mistress, love child and his grandma for a huge ransom.

title: The Extra

overview: Director Alfred Cheung (Her Fatal Ways) skewers contemporary Hong Kong in the hilarious satire The Extra! Alfred Cheung stars as an unemployed film extra who considers employment in a bawdy Category III film to make ends meet. The truth is he'd rather not participate in something so sordid, but with the Asian Financial Crisis casting a threatening shadow over 1998 Hong Kong, a guy has to do what's necessary just to survive! And if that means sacrificing a little pride - or even baring some skin - then so be it! Thanks to its uncommon script, The Extra manages to take Hong Kong film industry and use it as a springboard for an intelligent and satirical take on the greater problems facing average Hong Kong citizens. Plus it makes time for laughs, and features a galaxy of familiar Hong Kong Cinema names, including Christine Ng, Simon Lui, Law Ka Ying, Almen Wong Pui Ha, and Francis Ng.

title: Happy Together

overview: A comedy about a group of Mainland tourists visiting HK to see the re-unification festivities. Thanks to a reservation mix-up, they have nowhere to stay and end up in a house belonging to the boss of bumbling housekeeper Lam Siu-fa.

title: Bomb Lover

overview: A loner can't get over his first love and goes to the extreme to win her back.

title: Destination: 9th Heaven

overview: A father and daughter struggle with relationships as China regains control of Hong Kong.

title: Breakout Brothers

overview: Triad leader Roller and life-sentence inmate Scar maintain the balance of power as the bosses of the prison they're incarcerated at. Life at the prison gets disrupted by the arrival of new inmate Mak, who has run-ins with both Scar and Roller. With things going so badly for him in prison, Mak has no choice but to join in the breakout plot being hatched by Chan. However, Roller and Scar also end up being part of the plan!

title: Story of the Movie Queen

title: 慾海情魔

title: Dark Wizards

overview: In this thrilling fantasy action, Dark Wizards rise to face a dark force that jeopardizes all of existence. These legendary heroes must unite in an epic clash of magic, courage, and sacrifice to defend their world.

title: Matthew Perry: The Diane Sawyer Interview

overview: Diane Sawyer sits down with actor Matthew Perry as he discusses his success, hard-fought battle with addiction, and life today.

original_title: Matthew Perry: The Diane Sawyer Interview

title: All's Well, End's Well '97

title: The Infernal Fighter

title: Game with a Rich Lady

title: Street Angels

title: Super Fans

title: Wipe Out

title: The Cat

title: 9413

title: The Doctor in Spite of Himself

title: Banana Club

title: Fourteen Days Before Suicide

title: Troublesome Night 3

title: 72 Tenants of Prosperity

title: Lan Kwai Fong 3

title: Good Game

title: The Wedding Days

title: Feel 100%

title: Breakout Brothers 2

title: I Wanna Be Your Man

title: In the Heat of Summer

title: The Age of Miracles

title: Troublesome Night

title: He & She

title: The Accident

title: Fascination Amour

title: Troublesome Night 2

title: The Three Lustketeers

title: No Risk, No Gain

title: Crime Story

title: A Queer Story

title: The Storm Riders

title: Left Alone

title: A Man and A Woman

title: Love Is Not a Game, But a Joke

title: The Replacement Suspect

title: Fooling Around Jiang Hu

title: Demi-Haunted

title: Highway Man

title: Teaching Sucks!

title: The Group

title: A Taste of Killing and Romance

title: Rush Hour

title: Magnificent Team

title: Killing Me Hardly

title: Just Married

title: Passion Unbounded

title: Combo Cops

title: High K

title: Immortal Spirit

title: Rhapsody of Kidnapping

title: The Extra

title: Happy Together

title: Bomb Lover

title: Destination: 9th Heaven

title: Breakout Brothers

title: Story of the Movie Queen

title: 慾海情魔

title: Dark Wizards


Christopher Shyer

biography: Christopher Shyer is a Canadian/American actor who has appeared in over 100  film and television roles.

Kyle XY

overview: A suburban family that takes in a mysterious teen naive to the world around him. As Kyle begins to show signs of brilliance, solving the mystery of his origin and potential abilities becomes the family's mission.

original_name: Kyle XY

original_language: en

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

overview: A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.

character: Bill

original_name: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Miami

overview: The show follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.

character: Larry Musgrave

original_name: CSI: Miami

Monk

overview: Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.

character: Carl

original_name: Monk

Whistler

overview: Local snowboarding legend Beck McKaye returns home from the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics with a gold medal, only to be later found dead.

character: Adrien Varland

original_name: Whistler

Relic Hunter

overview: Sydney Fox is a professor and globe-trotting "relic hunter" who looks for ancient artifacts to return to museums and/or the descendants of the original owner. She is aided by her linguistic assistant Nigel and occasionally by her somewhat air-headed secretary Claudia. She often ends up battling rival hunters seeking out artifacts for the money.

character: Jason Clark

original_name: Relic Hunter

Without a Trace

overview: The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

character: Ken Robinson

original_name: Without a Trace

The Practice

overview: A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”

character: Lawrence O'Malley / Hannibal Lecter

original_name: The Practice

Smallville

overview: The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.

character: Nicholas Conroy

original_name: Smallville

NCIS

overview: From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.

character: Kyle Boone

original_name: NCIS

JAG

overview: Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related crimes. He works closely with Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie, and together they do what needs to be done to find the truth.

character: Commander Steve Lundt

original_name: JAG

Debris

overview: Two federal agents from two different continents, and two different mindsets, must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind.

character: Richard Hegmann

original_name: Debris

Higher Ground

overview: Higher Ground told the story of Mount Horizon High School, a therapeutic boarding school for troubled teens, where the students learned to face their personal struggles with addiction, abuse, or disorders. [Higher Ground is an American-Canadian drama action television show shot outside Vancouver, British Columbia. The series ran from January 14, 2000 - June 16, 2000 and aired on Fox Family. It stars Joe Lando, Hayden Christensen, A.J. Cook, Meghan Ory, Kandyse McClure, and Jewel Staite.]

character: Bob

original_name: Higher Ground

The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

overview: The Crow: Stairway to Heaven was a 1998 Canadian television series created by Bryce Zabel spun off from the The Crow film series starring Mark Dacascos in the lead role as Eric Draven, reprising the role originally played by Brandon Lee in the 1994 film The Crow.

original_name: The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

The Night Agent

overview: Brought together by a midnight phone call, an FBI agent and a cybersecurity expert must unravel an ever-growing web of political conspiracies.

character: Vice President Redfield

original_name: The Night Agent

V

overview: A re-imagining of the 1980s miniseries about the world's first encounter with an alien race in which the aliens call themselves The Visitors, and have a seemingly friendly agenda that may or may not be a cover for something more malevolent.

character: Marcus

original_name: V

origin_country: CA US

The Outer Limits

overview: Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.

character: Harold Zimmer

original_name: The Outer Limits

The Night Agent

character: Mystery Man

Chesapeake Shores

overview: A divorced mom deals with an old romance and complicated family issues when she returns to her hometown with her twin daughters.

character: Robert Lewis

original_name: Chesapeake Shores

Riverdale

overview: Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.

character: Brad Rayberry

original_name: Riverdale

Viper

overview:
Viper is an action-adventure TV series about a special task force set up by the federal government to fight crime in the fictional city of Metro City, California that is perpetually under siege from one crime wave after another. The weapon used by this task force is an assault vehicle that masquerades as a Dodge Viper RT/10 roadster and coupe. The series takes place in "the near future". The primary brand of vehicles driven in the show were Chrysler or subsidiary companies.

The Viper Defender "star car" was designed by Chrysler Corporation engineers. The exterior design of the car was produced by Chrysler stylist Steve Ferrerio.

character: Elliott Peoples

original_name: Viper

Bookie

overview: A veteran bookie struggles to survive the impending legalization of sports gambling, increasingly unstable clients, family, co-workers, and a lifestyle that bounces him around every corner of Los Angeles, high and low.

character: Patrick Ryan

original_name: Bookie

Paper Girls

overview: It's the day after Halloween in 1988 when four young friends accidentally stumble into an intergalactic battle and find themselves inexplicably transported to the year 2019. When they come face-to-face with their adult selves, each girl discovers her own strengths as together they try to find a way back to the past while saving the world of the future.

character: Ozzie Brandman

original_name: Paper Girls

Two Sentence Horror Stories

overview: An anthology series featuring updated tales of horror and haunting for the digital age, inspired by the viral fan fiction of two sentence horror stories.

character: Doug

original_name: Two Sentence Horror Stories

The Blacklist

overview: Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.

character: ATF DA Charleston

original_name: The Blacklist

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

overview: Can you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and incredible occurrences are chronicled during each episode. It is up to the viewer to decide which stories actually happened and which were completely fabricated by the show’s writers. The answer is revealed by Jonathan Frakes at the conclusion of each episode.

character: George Natvig (segment "Mental")

original_name: Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

First Wave

overview: Framed for murder and on the run, a former thief struggles to expose the vanguard of an alien invasion with the help of a conspiracy theorist and newly discovered prophecies of Nostradamus.

character: Lon

original_name: First Wave

Nuremberg

overview: Justice Robert H. Jackson leads Allied prosecutors in trying 21 Germans for Nazi war crimes after World War II.

character: Gen. Telford Taylor

original_name: Nuremberg

The Good Wife

overview: Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.

character: Dr. Dominic Lawton

original_name: The Good Wife

Jake 2.0

overview:
Jake 2.0 is an American science fiction television series originally broadcast on UPN in 2003. The series was canceled on January 14, 2004 due to low ratings, leaving four episodes unaired in the United States. In the United Kingdom, all the episodes aired on Sky1. The series later aired in syndication on HDNet and the Sci Fi Channel.

The series revolves around a computer expert, Jake Foley, who works for the U.S. government's National Security Agency and was accidentally infected by nanobots which give him superhuman powers. He is able to control technology with his brain, making him "the ultimate human upgrade" according to the show's introduction.

character: Abdul Tiranzi

original_name: Jake 2.0

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent

overview: An elite squad of detectives investigate high-profile crime and corruption in metro Toronto.

character: Declan Carr

original_name: Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent

Tracker

overview: Lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw roams the country as a “reward seeker,” using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family.

character: Dr Hooper

original_name: Tracker

FBI: Most Wanted

overview: The Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau's Most Wanted list. Seasoned agents oversee the highly skilled team that functions as a mobile undercover unit that is always out in the field, pursuing those who are most desperate to elude justice.

character: George Locke

original_name: FBI: Most Wanted

English

iso_639_1: en

iso_3166_1: US

Nederlands

biography: Christopher Shyer (soms gecrediteerd als Chris Shyer) is een Canadese acteur die is verschenen in meer dan 50 film- en televisierollen.

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克里斯托弗·谢尔

biography: 克里斯托弗·谢尔 （Christopher Shyer） 是一位加拿大演员，曾出演过 50 多个电影和电视角色。

普通话

基斯杜化·舒耶

biography: 克里斯託弗·謝爾 （基斯杜化·舒耶） 是一位加拿大演員，曾出演過 50 多個電影和電視角色。

also_known_as:
Chris Shyer
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title: The Core

overview: Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the world's most gifted scientists, travel into the earth's core. Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core.

title: The Lazarus Child

overview: A desperate couple uses a doctor's controversial method to revive their comatose daughter.

title: Life or Something Like It

overview: A reporter Lanie Kerrigan interviews a psychic homeless man for a fluff piece about a football game's score. Instead he tells her that her life has no meaning and is going to end in just a few days, which sparks her to action, trying to change the pattern of her life...

title: K-9: P.I.

overview: Dooley and his K-9 partner Jerry Lee are ready to retire from the police force. But before he can retire with his pension he must work as a P.I. to find a set of high tech computer chips.

title: Big Bad Wolf

overview: In Cameron, a group of hunters is attacked by a wild animal, and Charlie Cowley survives, but sees his brother Scott dying. Seven years later, his teenage nephew Derek Cowley steals the key of his stepfather's cabin in the isolated Fire Road 13, and travels with four classmates and his friend Sam to spend the weekend having a party with booze and sex. However, they are attacked by a Beast that kills his friends in a sadistic way. Sam and Derek survive, and they suspect that his stepfather, Mitchell Toblat, is a werewolf. When Charlie meets Derek and Sam, they decide to collect evidence to prove that Mitchell is the Beast and kill him, but Mitchell discovers their plot and chases the trio.

title: Prom Pact

overview: It's prom season, and high school senior Mandy and her best friend and fellow outsider Ben are surrounded by over-the-top "promposals." Mandy is only focused on getting into her dream school Harvard, but as she starts tutoring basketball all-star Graham, she must re-evaluate whether her dream school is worth the cost of everything she believes in.

title: The Operative

overview: As if eleven years in the toughest prison in a Soviet labor camp weren't enough, ex-CIA agent Alec Carville is forced to commit a crime after returning to his hometown of Boston by the Russian mafia, which has incriminating material against him. Carville is to steal a valuable painting from a bank. Clever as they are, the Russian mobsters have taken advantage of the strange coincidence that Carville bears a striking resemblance to the owner of the painting, the eccentric young millionaire Grady. However, the mafia's meticulous preparations fail in one - crucial - respect: they did not expect Grady and Carville to meet in the bank, but they do. As a result, total chaos breaks out...

title: Before I Say Goodbye

overview: Nelly McDermott, the granddaughter of a prominent politician, loses her husband, architect Adam Cauliff, in a fiery boat explosion. When she's informed that he was murdered, Nell is compelled to find the killer by searching for the truth, with the help of a psychic, which could solve the mystery — or end her life.

title: See Grace Fly

overview: Grace McKinley is a brilliant 38-year-old woman with schizophrenia. When her mother dies, Grace's actions become increasingly erratic. She takes two weeks to report the death, and in that time is sent a shattering message that only she can decipher.

title: Kiss My Act

overview: A modern retelling of the Cyrano de Bergerac story among stand-up comics, with a bartender helping her much better-looking friend seem smart.

title: Curry Western

overview: Sheela, an English activist of Indian origin, learns that her father has died, devoured by a tiger! Despite her hatred for this father who returned to India thereby abandoning her and her mother, Sheela and her husband go to India to sell the property she inherited. When they arrive, they encounter Bindu, a white hippie, who declares himself to be her father’s spiritual son, and who claims his right for the property. Not without charming Sheela…

title: An Invitation to Tea

overview: A grounded, whimsical tale that explores grief, loss, and the dichotomy of inspirational stories we are told as children in relation to adult, real-life problems.

title: Cat Person

overview: When Margot, a college sophomore, goes on a date with the older Robert, she finds that IRL Robert doesn’t live up to the Robert she has been flirting with over texts.

title: Friends & Family Christmas

overview: Daniella has recently moved to New York to pursue an art career and decides to stay in town to share the holidays with her circle of artist friends, instead of going home to see her sweet, if overbearing, parents. Amelia is a talented entertainment lawyer trying to stay focused on her work after a broken engagement. When Daniella and Amelia are set up by their parents, they agree to pretend that they are dating, to appease them for the holidays. However, as they spend time in each other’s worlds, they soon build a connection that is deeper than either of them could have hoped for.

title: From Embers

overview: After the tragic loss of her husband Ron, Lily finds herself navigating a challenging new reality with her son Kevin. As they settle into a modest apartment, Lily's encounter with their neighbor Marty brings up an unexpected revelation about Ron's suspicious death. Marty is an alcoholic and his passion for music is only surpassed by his love for his daughter Chloe. When Lily delves deeper into the mystery surrounding Ron's demise, she forms a bond with his co-worker Angela. Together, they unravel a web of deceit involving patent theft and corporate sabotage, leading to a confrontation…

title: Little Boy Blues

overview: Four unemployed, uninspired, life loving 20-something guys decide to turn their backs on society and hit the road in the world's slowest little bus, taking things one mile at a time.

title: The Invitation

overview: When an author invites his friends to his home on a private island, the guests realize they've been poisoned at dinner. The only way to receive the antidote from their twisted host will be to confess to all the lies they've ever told.

title: Family Practice Mysteries: Coming Home

overview: A former Army surgeon moves back to her hometown and joins a practice of family doctors, but when she's drawn into solving the mysterious death of a patient, her quiet life becomes upended.

title: A Bug and a Bag of Weed

overview: Peter Jordan is 33 years old and stuck in a dead end retail job at Super Duper Computers. To make matters worse, he's managed to rack up over $35,000 worth of debt. Student Loans, credit cards, Big Screen TV. His love life is equally in debt. Just when it seems he will never break out of his rut, an old high school buddy named Frehley shows up unexpectedly. Under Frehley's influence...

title: Maybe Tomorrow

overview: When faced with a lengthy prison sentence, Russ Mahler - a career criminal armed with a destructive secret - blackmails the only man that can get him off the hook, Manhattan District Attorney Graham Seifert. An ambitious politician on the rise, Graham's life is upended when Senator Monty Clemens asks him to join his ticket to become the next Governor of New York. Clemens, a corrupt politican, is currently being investigated by the D.A.'s office for a multi-million dollar embezzling scheme.

title: Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'

overview: 'Three's Company', the comedy centered on two attractive, young women who made the rent on their Santa Monica beach-side apartment by taking in a third roommate - a male forced to pretend he's gay to fool the landlords and the girls' parents. The series rocketed in the ratings as an instant hit - despite the outcry of critics and moralists - who objected to the double-entendres and quasi-sexual hijinks on the show. However, the true behind-the-scenes story of 'Three's Company' will expose a once idyllic workplace that deteriorated into a battleground beset by business dealings, contact disputes, cast rivalries, clashes between producers and network executives and finally, a round of cast replacements which hastened the demise of the show.

original_title: Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'

title: Fierce People

overview: A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Yanomani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client in New Jersey.

title: While I Breathe

overview: While I Breathe is the intimate story of two people affected by human trafficking, and how one chance hour together changes their respective lives forever.

title: The Falling

overview: Karis (Nicole Oliver) is a clothing store owner who picks up a handsome music executive, Lars (Christopher Shyer), in a bar and immediately engages him in some very hot sex that leads to an ongoing physical relationship. One morning Lars encounters Morgan (Rob Lee) in Karis' kitchen; Morgan is her future ex-husband and a policeman with a violent temper who begins a campaign of intimidation to make Lars stop seeing Karis. But wait: 30 minutes into the movie the point-of-view changes to Morgan's, and we see he's not such a bad guy after all and that Lars is the hot-tempered villain. But wait: 30 minutes later the point of view switches to Karis, and it turns out that she hasn't been completely honest about things. Whose story is the real one?

title: Phenomenon II

overview: George Malley lives in a small town and is well-liked. One day he sees a strange flash of light in the sky and his life is radically changed. George has mysteriously become highly intelligent.

title: Along Came a Spider

overview: After the harrowing death of his partner, forensic psychologist and best-selling author Alex Cross cannot forgive himself and has retreated to the peace of retirement. But when a brilliant criminal kidnaps a senator's young daughter, he is lured back into action as the kidnapper wants to deal with Alex personally. Teamed with Jezzie Flanigan, the Secret Service agent assigned to protect the missing girl, Alex follows a serpentine trail of clues that leads him to a stunning discovery - the kidnapper wants more than just ransom.

title: Breakdown

overview: In May 2006, filmmakers John Bolton and Errin Clutton were given eight days and eight hundred dollars to produce the made-for-television disaster film "Breakdown". Unfortunately, they spent the first seven days in casting. On the eighth day, they cut together "Breakdown" with the only footage they had - the video from the casting session. This is that film.

title: Three Wiser Men and a Boy

overview: Five years after the events of the first film, Christmas is once again just around the corner. In a crazy turn of events, possibly brought on accidently by the brothers themselves, the director of Luke’s son Thomas’ school holiday musical steps down. Luke, desperate to make his son’s stage dreams come true, enlists the help of his brothers Taylor and Stephan. The trio also find themselves meeting their mother's new boyfriend and the brothers grapple with their own feelings about this relationship. In true Brenner brother fashion, they are all in for a Christmas they will never forget.

title: Return to Office

overview: After making the return to the office on a hybrid schedule, two coworkers known to each other only as Ms. Monday and Mr. Tuesday start sending friendly notes, sparking an office romance.

title: Happy Howlidays

overview: A webpage editor spending the holidays alone is drawn into an unusual encounter when she encounters a stray dog.

title: Three Wisest Men

overview: Luke is expecting twins, Taylor is debating a life-changing job, and Stephan is planning a wedding — all while their mom is planning to put the family home up for sale.

title: The Core

title: The Lazarus Child

title: Life or Something Like It

title: K-9: P.I.

title: Big Bad Wolf

title: Prom Pact

title: The Operative

title: Before I Say Goodbye

title: See Grace Fly

title: Kiss My Act

title: Curry Western

title: An Invitation to Tea

title: Cat Person

title: Friends & Family Christmas

title: From Embers

title: Little Boy Blues

title: The Invitation

title: Family Practice Mysteries: Coming Home

title: A Bug and a Bag of Weed

title: Maybe Tomorrow

title: Fierce People

title: While I Breathe

title: The Falling

title: Phenomenon II

title: Along Came a Spider

title: Breakdown

title: Three Wiser Men and a Boy

title: Return to Office

title: Happy Howlidays

title: Three Wisest Men


Liam Redmond

Play for Today

overview: Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.

character: Giles

original_name: Play for Today

The Avengers

overview: A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).

character: Charles Merrydale

original_name: The Avengers

The Misfit

overview: The Misfit is an ATV sitcom created by Roy Clarke, broadcast from 1970 to 1971 on ITV. Basil Allenby-Johnson returns from Colonial Malaya to an England just emerging from the swinging sixties, a home he no longer recognises.

character: Bernard

original_name: The Misfit

It's Dark Outside

overview:
This spin-off from The Odd Man (1962) starred William Mervyn as the acerbic Inspector Rose, who, alongside the soft-hearted pensive Det. Sgt. Swift (Keith Barron), are joined by Anthony (John Carson) and Alice Brand (June Toblin), a barrister and his journalist wife, though not for long.

By the second season, the Brands and Swift departed, leaving the calm, cold Rose in prime position, supported by newcomers DS Hunter (Anthony Ainley), his girlfriend Claire (Veronica Strong), and her boozy reporter friend Fred Blaine (John Stratton).

character: Swallow

original_name: It's Dark Outside

Armchair Theatre

overview: Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

character: Charles Menton

original_name: Armchair Theatre

ITV Playhouse

overview: ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, a format that would inspire Dramarama. Actors appearing in the series included Leslie Anderson, Gwen Nelson, Ricky Alleyne, Pat Heywood, Michael Elphick, Ian Hendry, Edward Woodward, Margaret Lockwood, Jessie Matthews and Lloyd Peters.

character: Arthur Watson

original_name: ITV Playhouse

The Frighteners

overview: A horror anthology series, with each episode featuring a different eerie tale.

character: Cyril

original_name: The Frighteners

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

overview: Anthology series of dramatic works.

character: Pat Riordan

original_name: ITV Saturday Night Theatre

The Wednesday Play

overview: An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.

character: Doctor

original_name: The Wednesday Play

English

english_name: English

Pусский

iso_639_1: ru

iso_3166_1: RU

english_name: Russian

also_known_as: Лайам Редмонд

title: Happy Ever After

overview: The whole village mourns when General O'Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed in an accident. His nephew, Jasper O'Leary, takes over the state and soon has aroused the displeasure of all, with the exception of Serena McGluskey, as much a schemer as he is a cad. Led by Thady O'Heggarty, the villagers plot to drive Jasper away. They use the occasion of "O'Leary Night", when the ghost of the first O'Leary walks the halls, to create general chaos.

character: Regan

original_title: Happy Ever After

title: Yield to the Night

overview: Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.

character: Prison Doctor

original_title: Yield to the Night

title: Night of the Demon

overview: American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. Julian Karswell. Though a skeptic, Holden is suspicious of the devil-worshiping Karswell. Following a trail of mysterious manuscripts, Holden enters a world that makes him question his faith in science.

character: Professor Mark O'Brien

original_title: Night of the Demon

title: The Citadel

overview: The good doctor is on trial before the British Medical Association Council, if he is found guilty, he will no longer be allowed to practice medicine. The story unfolds through flashbacks which depict his career and his subsequent downfall.

original_title: The Citadel

title: Tobruk

overview: In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British commandos and German Jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the Germans of fuel.

character: Henry Portman

original_title: Tobruk

title: The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

overview: Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted house where a famous murder/suicide occurred 20 years earlier. After the editor assigns Luther to spend one night alone in the mansion, Heggs has a number of supernatural encounters and writes a front page story that makes him a hometown hero...until the nephew of the deceased sues him for libel.

character: Kelsey

original_title: The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

title: I See a Dark Stranger

overview: Proud Irishwoman Bridie Quilty journeys to Dublin while World War II rages across Europe. During her travels, she encounters J. Miller, who recruits her as a Nazi spy. She acquires the necessary information that leads to the breakout of a German spy who holds key information about the Allies' newest offensive plans. However, the arrival of British officer David Baynes and his romancing of Bridie lead to unexpected consequences.

character: Uncle Timothy

original_title: I See a Dark Stranger

title: Till Death Us Do Part

overview: Based on the hit sitcom of the same name; racist, anti-Socialist Tory Alf Garnett and his long-suffering wife Else raise their daughter Rita during the Blitz.

character: Mike's Father

original_title: Till Death Us Do Part

title: The Long Haul

overview: An American ex-GI takes a job as a truck driver to support his British war bride Connie. It isn't long, however, before Harry is blackmailed into joining a smuggling operation run by a conniving criminal.

character: Casey

original_title: The Long Haul

title: Death of a Private

overview: An army private is driven to murder when his wife falls in love with another man.

original_title: Death of a Private

title: The Cruel Sea

overview: At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officer.

character: Watts

original_title: The Cruel Sea

title: Kid Galahad

overview: After completing military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing.

character: Father Higgins

original_title: Kid Galahad

title: 23 Paces to Baker Street

overview: Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped child. When he gets no help from the police, he along with his butler, and his ex fiancée, attempt to track down the crooks.

character: Mr Murch

original_title: 23 Paces to Baker Street

title: The Gentle Gunman

overview: The relationship between brothers Terry and Matt, both active in the IRA, comes under strain when Terry begins to question the use of violence.

character: Connolly

original_title: The Gentle Gunman

title: Daughter of Darkness

overview: In Ballyconnen, Emmy Baudine is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town, she encounters a handsome young boxer called Dan and lays his face open with her fingernails when he expects sexual favors from her. Hurriedly packed off by Father Corcoran to Yorkshire, Emmy is taken in by a farming family and manages to suppress the strange feelings of fascination and repulsion that she experiences in the presence of the opposite sex. Until, that is, the carnival comes to town and brings with it the vengeful Dan...

character: Father Cocoran

original_title: Daughter of Darkness

title: High Treason

overview: Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.

character: Cmdr. Robert Brennan

original_title: High Treason

title: Final Appointment

overview: A pair of reporters try to discover the link between three unsolved, seemingly isolated murders.  The only connection between them is they all took place on the same day in three successive years.  The police don't trust their instincts - but as 10th July nears again, a solicitor has started receiving threatening letters...

character: Inspector Corcoran

original_title: Final Appointment

title: Hans Brinker

overview: Based on the beloved children’s story, Hans Binker, a Dutch boy (Robin Askwith) and his sister need the prize from an ice-skating race to help their ailing father.

character: St. Nicolas

original_title: Hans Brinker

title: Scent of Mystery

overview: An Englishman and a cabby try to save an heiress from murder in Spain.

character: Johnny Gin

original_title: Scent of Mystery

title: Under Ten Flags

overview: "Under Ten Flags" is a WWII movie loosely  based on the true story of the German navy commerce raider Atlantis, a converted Auxilliary Cruiser, and her Captain Bernhard Rogge.  Atlantis, camouflaged as a merchant ship, cruised the South Seas ( Atlantic, Indian & Pacific) and sank or captured 22 merchant ships from May 1940 through November 22, 1941 when she was sunk by the British Cruiser HMS Devonshire.  Rogge was one of the few German officers of flag rank who were not arrested by the Allies after the war ended. This was due to the very proper and ethical way he exercised his command of Atlantis. After the war he advanced to Rear Admiral in the West German Navy and became a high-ranking NATO commander.

character: Captain Windsor

original_title: Sotto dieci bandiere

original_language: it

title: The Valiant

overview: Having placed mines on the hull of a British warship whilst it is safe in harbour during the second World War , the two man crew of an Italian miniature submarine are captured and held prisoner whist the crew try and discover the nature of their mission!

character: Surgeon Commander Reilly

original_title: The Valiant

title: The Divided Heart

overview: During World War II, a German woman, Inga, goes missing and is presumed dead. Her infant son is placed in an orphanage where, years later, he's adopted by a childless couple. The adoptive parents' happiness is shattered when Inga reappears and insists on custody of her son.

character: First Justice

original_title: The Divided Heart

title: Alive and Kicking

overview: Three elderly residents of a nursing home, fed up with their monotonous existence, engineer an escape from their drab surroundings and head for an impromptu holiday on an Irish island.

character: Old Man

title: Captain Boycott

overview: In 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Captain Charles Boycott band together to assert their rights, patriotic farmer Hugh Davin leads the rebels. Choosing nonviolent resistance, the villagers ostracise their nemesis, who squanders his fortune to repair his ruined reputation and wagers what's left on a horse race.

title: Horowitz in Dublin

overview: A New York cop, Dan Horowitz, arrives in Dublin to pay respects  to the Irish parents of his young wife who had recently died. He suddenly finds himself called upon by the police to help solve a recent murder case.  A character driven comedy-suspense feature entertainment, starring Harvey Lembeck, Sinead Cusack, Al Lettieri, Cesare Danova and Cyril Cusack.

title: David Copperfield

overview: A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.

title: Jacqueline

overview: Jacqueline is the daughter of Belfast shipyard worker Mike McNeil. The worker's worth is compromised by his crippling fear of heights. Dismissed from his job, he finds solace in the bottle. All seems hopeless until Jacqueline breaks through her father's self-imposed gloom and helps him to regenerate. An adaptation of the novel 'A Grand Man', by Catherine Cookson.

title: Ice Cold in Alex

overview: A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.

title: The Glass Cage

overview: A circus barker stages a sensational new act, the world's longest fast undertaken by “Sapolio”, on view in a glass cage. But this act also results in several murders, a kidnapping, and a poisoning!

title: The Confession

overview: What is the mystery behind the murder of an apparently innocent man? Who was so afraid of the secrets he knew that they would kill him?

title: The Grass Widows

overview: Newlyweds Jackson and Daphne are on honeymoon when they find themselves in the same hotel as Jackson's old headmaster.

title: Young Man in Trouble

overview: A problem for Frank and Margaret turns out to be a false alarm, or even a blessing in disguise.

title: The 25th Hour

overview: A Romanian peasant fights to get back to his family after he's imprisoned by the Nazis.The picture is based on real events. It includes Hungary's government in collaboration with the Nazis, the encroachment of Romania by Stalin's troopers, and other happenings.

title: Devil on Horseback

overview: A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey

title: The Playboy of the Western World

overview: A quiet little village, and especially a pretty young woman, falls under the spell of a charming, somewhat roguish stranger who suddenly appears one day.

title: The Diplomatic Corpse

overview: London police and reporters from a local newspaper go after a gang of foreign criminals.

title: Safari

overview: Wealthy eccentric Sir Vincent Brampton and his fiancée Linda Latham hire Ken Duffield to lead them on a jungle hunt. Duffield is looking for the murderer of his son; he gets the killer and Linda.

title: No Trees in the Street

overview: Based on the play by Ted Willis, the film is set in the years just before World War II, when England hadn't completely dug itself out of the worldwide depression. Melvyn Hayes is featured as an aimless teenager, who tries to escape his squalid surroundings by entering a life of crime.  He falls in with local hoodlum Herbert Lom, who holds the rest of the slum citizens in the grip of fear including Hayes' own family. No Trees in the Street chronicles Hayes' sordid progress from nickel-and-dime thefts to murder.

title: The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery

overview: The story evolves around a radio panel game show "Twenty Questions." The panel is challenged with an anonymous question. The answer leads to a series of murders in which the killer uses the programme to name his victims in advance. Two reporters spot a link between them and enlist the aid of the panel in trapping the guilty party.

title: The Passing Stranger

overview: The pretty owner of a 'greasy spoon' cafe helps a handsome customer involved in robbery and murder.

title: Rooney

overview: The life of James Ignatius Rooney, a Dublin rubbish collector during the week and a Gaelic sportsman at the weekends.

title: Captain Brassbound's Conversion

overview: A titled Englishwoman proves more than a match for the fearsome Captain Brassbound.

title: Barry Lyndon

overview: An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.

title: And No One Could Save Her

overview: The life of young newlywed, Fern O'Neil, is turned upside-down when her husband is called home to visit his dying father in Ireland. When she fails to receive a phone call from her husband, she contacts the airline and discovers he was not on the plane. Further investigation reveals that her husband is not who she thought he was. Her search ultimately takes her all the way to Ireland, where her sanity and, of course, her story come into question.

title: The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

overview: To restore his family's lost wealth, a young Boston lad stows away on a ship bound for the California Gold Rush. When their very proper butler gives chase, all roads lead to nonstop adventure, wild and woolly characters, and a lucky punch that leads to a bonanza of belly laughs!

title: The Tempest

overview: Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, who lives in exile on a remote island as a sorcerer, uses his powers to shipwreck his usurper brother on the island.

title: Saints and Sinners

overview: What happens to the saints and sinners of a small Irish village on the day the world is supposed to end.

title: The Last Safari

title: The Luck of Ginger Coffey

overview: An out-of-work Irish immigrant in Montreal remains hopeful that his luck is about to change but his disillusioned family grow tired of his constant lying, pigheadedness and instability.

title: Fugitive

overview: After 18 years as a friar, Peter is no longer sure of his vocation. It is a happy life, maybe too much so, and now he has met Clare. Will his doubts run away with him? Runaway friars are officially "fugitives" who must be persuaded back to their order. Author Sean Walsh fled the Franciscan order to become first a journalist, then a playwright and is now a radio drama producer in Ireland.

title: Philadelphia, Here I Come

overview: Friel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying him as two distinct characters, a public self (Donal McCann) and a private self (Des Cave).

title: Sword in the Desert

overview: First American film about the conflict between Jewish nationalists and the British in the creation of the state of Israel.

title: According to the Rules

overview: When an aging ex-IRA man is found dead, a Garda inspector suspects the involvement of his old comrade, now a powerful politician and industrialist. But pursuing the case is likely to have consequences for both the policeman and his family.

title: She Didn't Say No!

overview: Bridget Monaghan, a single mother who has had six children by different fathers, shocks the conservative inhabitants of an Irish village.

title: The Sky Bike

overview: Competition between rival inventors endeavouring to win a prize for the first flight by a man-powered flying machine.

title: The Boy and the Bridge

overview: A little boy named Tommy watches as his father is arrested after a brawl. Tommy believes his father must have killed someone and rather than return home, he heads to Tower Bridge to set up home there.

title: Little Moon of Alban

overview: Irish Brigid Mary blames the English for the deaths of her fiance, brother, and father. Becoming a nurse following WWI she finds herself caring for what she considers the enemy. Then she begins to fall in love with soldier Kenneth Boyd.

title: The Treat

overview: Episode of The Frighteners: It was meant to be a great day out for three veterans and the male nurse. But their uneasy friendship soon became savage enmity.

title: I See a Dark Stranger

place_of_birth: Limerick, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]

title: Happy Ever After

title: Yield to the Night

title: Night of the Demon

title: The Citadel

title: Tobruk

title: The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

title: I See a Dark Stranger

title: Till Death Us Do Part

title: The Long Haul

title: Death of a Private

title: The Cruel Sea

title: Kid Galahad

title: 23 Paces to Baker Street

title: The Gentle Gunman

title: Daughter of Darkness

title: High Treason

title: Final Appointment

title: Hans Brinker

title: Scent of Mystery

title: Under Ten Flags

title: The Valiant

title: The Divided Heart

title: Alive and Kicking

title: Captain Boycott

title: Horowitz in Dublin

title: David Copperfield

title: Jacqueline

title: Ice Cold in Alex

title: The Glass Cage

title: The Confession

title: The Grass Widows

title: Young Man in Trouble

title: The 25th Hour

title: Devil on Horseback

title: The Playboy of the Western World

title: The Diplomatic Corpse

title: Safari

title: No Trees in the Street

title: The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery

title: The Passing Stranger

title: Rooney

title: Captain Brassbound's Conversion

title: Barry Lyndon

title: And No One Could Save Her

title: The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

title: The Tempest

title: Saints and Sinners

title: The Last Safari

title: The Luck of Ginger Coffey

title: Fugitive

title: Philadelphia, Here I Come

title: Sword in the Desert

title: According to the Rules

title: She Didn't Say No!

title: The Sky Bike

title: The Boy and the Bridge

title: Little Moon of Alban

title: The Treat

title: I See a Dark Stranger