Alison Steadman
1) The switch
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Leena is too young to feel stuck. Eileen is too old to start over. It's time for the switch ? Ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, Leena escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for some overdue rest. Newly single and about to turn 80, Eileen would like a second chance at love. But her tiny Yorkshire village doesn't offer many eligible gentlemen ? So Leena proposes a solution: a two-month swap. Eileen can...
Language
English
Description
Georgian England, where affairs of the heart are an exquisite game, and marriage the ultimate prize. But Elizabeth Bennet spirited, independent, and one of five unmarried sisters, is determined to wed for love, not money or privilege. Featuring over an hour of never-before-seen bonus features.
Series
Criterion collection volume 659
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An amusing portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London, an irrepressible mum and dad and their night-and-day twins, a bookish good girl and a sneering layabout. A vivid, lived-in story of ordinary existence, in which even modest dreams (such as the father's desire to open a food truck) carry enormous weight. Perched on the line between humor and melancholy.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Edith and Phil are retired and in love. When she finally agrees to marry him, they're all set to move to a place in the sun. But then Edith's son Roger crashes back into their lives. Fifty going on twelve, Roger has had a mid-life breakdown and left his wife, children and job. As Roger and a host of other unwanted visitors cause havoc around their house, Edith and Phil's lives explode into farce.
7) Gone to seed
Publisher
Distributed by BFS Entertainment & Multimedia
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A family-run garden center is inherited by three quarreling siblings: Monty, Hilda and Winston. When the trio are duped into handing the deed over to a wealthy land developer, the triplets must join forces to save their plantation. Of course, three minds working together to sabotage a deal gone bad might not be too tough, but they will have to stop turning on each other for five minutes.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Limited
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth Bennett, a spirited and independent young woman, is the subject of her mother's obsessive goal to marry off her five daughters to the wealthiest gentlemen available. Mrs Bennett's plan is compromised with the arrival of the proud and enigmatic Mr Darcy, as he and Lizzie embark on one of the most famous and compelling romances in history.