Hugh Bonneville
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Publication Date
2022
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A The Times (UK) and Sunday Times Best Book of the Year
A moving, laugh-out-loud memoir from one of today’s best-loved British actors, whose credits include Downton Abbey, Notting Hill, and Paddington.
From getting his big break as Third Shepherd in the school nativity play, to mistaking a Hollywood star for a real estate agent, Hugh Bonneville creates a brilliantly vivid picture of a career on...
A moving, laugh-out-loud memoir from one of today’s best-loved British actors, whose credits include Downton Abbey, Notting Hill, and Paddington.
From getting his big break as Third Shepherd in the school nativity play, to mistaking a Hollywood star for a real estate agent, Hugh Bonneville creates a brilliantly vivid picture of a career on...
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Shakespeare Uncovered volume 1
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Bonneville started his career at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, understudying Ralph Fiennes as Lysander, one of the four lovers in A Midsummer Night's Dream. He and Fiennes meet up again to try to untangle the extraordinary plot of one of Shakespeare's most enduringly popular plays, a great comedy of love and enchantment.
3) To Olivia
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The story of the tumultuous marriage between actress Patricia Neal and renowned writer Roald Dahl.
4) Silent Hours
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Private detective John Duval, an ex-lieutenant commander in the Royal Navy and Naval Intelligence, finds himself the prime suspect in a police hunt for a sexual killer when three women are brutally murdered
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Drag SOS volume 4
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The Family Gorgeous visit the West Midlands, home turf for the head of the Family Cheddar, where they meet Sam who wants to reclaim her confidence, as well as a rugby team captain named Matthew.
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Drag SOS volume 5
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Can The Family Gorgeous help Dominique rediscover her self-confidence by becoming an intergalactic space queen? They also meet Jacob who recently came out to his family, and a 61-year-old trans woman named Alison.
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Drag SOS volume 6
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Can The Family Gorgeous assist ex-dancer Ashley in rediscovering the person he once was? Or what about Christian who suffers from anxiety and hopes drag might build his confidence, and Chloe who wants to find her inner drag diva?
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Drag SOS volume 3
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In the Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough, The Family Gorgeous help a fitness instructor named Mark be less of a control freak, as well as David who has missed out on caring for his mom, and Fleur who seeks to rediscover her confidence.
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Drag SOS volume 2
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The Family Gorgeous head to the Suffolk town of Ipswich to find three locals in need of a dose of fabulous in their lives, including a grumpy farmer, a wife who wants to show her husband how wonderful he is, and an individual with a dream.
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Drag SOS volume 1
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In Dover, The Family Gorgeous are on a mission to bring a touch of glamour to a single mom named Abbey, to a student named Nico, and a budding drag queen named Owen with the goal of training the three for a show-stopping drag performance.
Publication Date
2017.
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The film vividly portrays key moments in Martin Luther's story. The massive lightning storm that nearly killed him, the bleak self-punishment of his time in the monastery, the corruption that unleashed his anger, the theological breakthrough that reset Christian thought, his trial before the most powerful man in Europe, the staged kidnapping that helped him escape the death penalty, and his ongoing drive to reform the church.
12) Martin Luther
Publication Date
2017.
Description
In 1517, power was in the hands of the few, thought was controlled by the chosen, and common people lived lives without hope. On October 31 of that year, a penniless monk named Martin Luther sparked the revolution that would change everything. He had no army. In fact, he preached nonviolence so powerfully that — 400 years later — Michael King would change his name to Martin Luther King to show solidarity with the original movement. This movement,...
13) Iris
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2001.
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Judi Dench and Kate Winslet star in this powerful true story based on John Bayley's novels. One of the most extraordinary women of the 20th century, celebrated English author Iris Murdoch first became known as a brilliant young scholar at Oxford whose boundless spirit dazzled those around her. Then, during a remarkable career as a novelist and philosopher, she continued to prove herself a woman ahead of her time. Even in later life, as age and illness...
14) Breathe
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2017.
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When Robin (Andrew Garfield) is struck down by polio at the age of 28, he is confined to a hospital bed and given only a few months to live. With the help of his wife Diana (Claire Foy) and her twin brothers, Robin and Diana dare to escape the hospital ward to seek out a full and passionate life together — raising their young son, traveling and devoting their lives to helping other polio patients. BREATHE is a heartwarming celebration of love and...
15) To Olivia
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2022.
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1962, Roald Dahl was a upcoming children’s author, his wife, Patricia Neal, was a Hollywood movie star. Their lives are turned upside down when their daughter Olivia contracted measles and died. Her death devastated the couple, yet their shared grief became a source of redemption and strength.
16) Bank of Dave
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2023.
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Based on the true-life experiences of Dave Fishwick; BANK OF DAVE tells the story of how a working class Burnley man and self-made millionaire fought to set up a community bank.
17) Viceroy's House
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2022.
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Follow the dramatic true story of Indian independence from 300 years of British rule in this sweeping epic starring Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson.
18) The Robinsons
Publication Date
2022.
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Sitcom starring Martin Freeman as a newly divorced man searching for meaning in his life. But trying to make sense of your own identity isn't easy when you've got a family like his. The Robinsons aren't related to any of the famous Robinsons. Sugar Ray, Edward G, Smokey or even Anne. No, they're a bog standard, run-of-the-mill family from Wimbledon, South London who have 'done quite well'. All of them, that is, except Ed. He's doing a job that he...
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[2016]
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Creator Julian Fellowes brings the top PBS drama of all time to its climactic sixth and final chapter. The fates of the Crawley family, and the servants who work for them, are discovered as they face new challenges and begin forging different paths in a rapidly changing world.
20) Freezing
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2022.
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Elizabeth and Mike have been married for ten years, and both their careers seem frozen. Elizabeth is an Oscar-nominated actress, but her film work has dried up and now she wonders where the next job will come from. Mike has been replaced at the publishing firm where he's worked for 15 years. As a result - and for the first time in their marriage - Mike and Elizabeth now have to spend their days together at home - two freelancers seeking work.