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Allelujah! is a film based on a 2018 Alan Bennett (Talking Heads) play, where Sister Gilpin (Jennifer Saunders – The Stranger) steers the Bethlehem Hospital with a firm hand on the tiller, brilliantly mixing in …
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Tag: Alan Bennett
New Blu-ray 3D 4K and DVD releases March 8th 2021
March 8th: Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads (2020) (Blu-ray and DVD) Boys On Film 21: Beautiful Secret (Blu-ray and DVD) Butchers (DVD) Children of the Sea (Blu-ray and DVD) Children of the Sea Collector’s Edition (Blu-ray/DVD …
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The Shrine – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 12 – The DVDfever Review – Monica Dolan
The Shrine is the twelfth, and final, of 12 episodes using the original Alan Bennett scripts but with new actors, except that this and An Ordinary Woman were brand new scripts. It centres around Lorna …
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Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 11 – The DVDfever Review – Maxine Peake
Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet is the eleventh, and penultimate, of 12 episodes using the original Alan Bennett scripts but with new actors. Miss Fozzard (Maxine Peake) has a great chiropodist, Mr Suddaby, but unfortunately, …
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The Hand of God – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 10 – The DVDfever Review – Kristin Scott Thomas
The Hand of God is the tenth of 12 episodes using the original Alan Bennett scripts but with new actors. Kristin Scott Thomas takes the role of antique shop owner Celia, who’s not having the …
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Nights in the Garden of Spain – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 9 – The DVDfever Review – Tamsin Greig
Nights in the Garden of Spain is the ninth of 12 episodes using the original Alan Bennett scripts but with new actors. Tamsin Greig plays Rosemary, a housewife who’s rather unsure of herself, and is …
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Bed Among The Lentils – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 8 – The DVDfever Review – Lesley Manville
Bed Among The Lentils is the eighth of 12 episodes using the original Alan Bennett scripts but with new actors. Lesley Manville takes the lead role of Susan, wife of vicar Geoffrey, and she’s not …
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The Outside Dog – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 7 – The DVDfever Review – Rochenda Sandall
The Outside Dog is the seventh of 12 episodes using the original Alan Bennett scripts but with new actors. Marjory isn’t in the greatest relationship with husband Stuart, and it’s partly down to his dog, …
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A Chip In the Sugar – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 6 – The DVDfever Review – Martin Freeman
A Chip In the Sugar is the sixth of 12 episodes based on the original Alan Bennett scripts, but with new actors. Set in 1986, Graham (Martin Freeman – The Hobbit Trilogy) is a middle-aged …
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Her Big Chance – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 4 – The DVDfever Review – Jodie Comer
Her Big Chance is the fourth of 12 episodes based on the original Alan Bennett scripts, but with new actors. Jodie Comer plays Lesley, and we know her character is an actress, so when she …
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