91Èȱ¬ TWO - Winter/Spring highlights 2006
Drama
The Line Of Beauty
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The Line Of Beauty is adapted
by award-winning writer
Andrew Davies from Alan
Hollinghurst's Booker Prize-winning
novel.
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This is a story about love, class, sex and money that gets deep
under the skin of the Thatcherite Eighties.
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Framed by the two
General Elections which returned Mrs Thatcher to power, The
Line Of Beauty unfurls through four extraordinary years of change
and tragedy.
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This outsider's journey into the heart of the beautiful and
seductive world of the social elite bristles with emotion, drama
and social commentary. Full of style and wit, it is a richly textured
coming-of-age story, set in London in a ruthless decade.
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The Line Of Beauty stars a mix of new, young talent and
established names.
Dan Stevens, Alex Wyndam, Don Gilet and
Hayley Atwell appear alongside Tim McInnerny, Kenneth Cranham,
Alice Krige, Kika Markham and Chris Fairbank.
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Coup!
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Written by John Fortune, Coup! was filmed on location in
South Africa.
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Jared Harris and Robert Bathurst star in Coup!, a story of
audacity, incompetence and betrayal.
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This one-off film for 91Èȱ¬ TWO provides a shocking – and sometimes hilarious – insight into
the true story of how Simon Mann (Harris) found himself
betrayed, arrested and confined to an African jail, following his
involvement in the attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea
that gripped the British public in 2004.
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It charts the fortunes of Mann, Nick Du Toit and their handpicked
crew of mercenaries, and explains why Mark Thatcher
(Bathurst), son of former British Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher, became involved and was arrested.
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Soundproof
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Soundproof is a gripping new urban
thriller which breaks new ground in
bringing deaf and hearing actors
together in a compelling and very
contemporary whodunit.
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It follows 91Èȱ¬ TWO's tradition for bold, original and challenging
dramas such as the award-winning film Flesh And Blood and last
year's critically acclaimed Every Time You Look At Me.
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When Chris (Neil Stuke) is thrown off the balcony of a high-rise
block of flats and it looks like murder, suspicion falls on his flatmate, Dean (Joseph Mawle) who is profoundly deaf.
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Penny
(Susan Lynch) is the sign language interpreter brought in to help
the police question him.
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Devised by director Edmund Coulthard (who won a Bafta for
Best New Director for his 91Èȱ¬ TWO series Tales From Pleasure
Beach) and written by Joe Fisher, Soundproof also stars Brendan
Coyle, Diana Martin and Joanna Dunbar, who makes her
screen debut.
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Riot At The Rite
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The most scandalous bun fight in the
history of the arts took place during a
ballet performance on 19 May 1913, which
was to change the course of musical and
cultural history.
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Stravinsky's The Rite Of Spring is regarded as one of the most
revolutionary pieces of classical music from the 20th century.
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Riot
At The Rite – a single drama for 91Èȱ¬ TWO – is a re-enactment of
the preparations that led up to that first-night performance.
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Alex
Jennings, Adam Garcia, Aidan McArdle, Rachael Stirling and Griff
Rhys Jones star and the ballet is performed in its entirety by the
Finnish National Ballet, with the central role of The Chosen One
performed by the Royal Ballet prima ballerina Zenaida Yanowsky.
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Shoot The Messenger
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Winner of the Dennis Potter
Screenwriting Award, Sharon Foster has written a brave and provocative
drama for 91Èȱ¬ TWO.
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It centres on
one man's painful journey towards
self-discovery, which challenges his
attitudes and expectations of his
own community.
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David Oyelowo (Spooks) stars as Joe,
a teacher with a mission. He is
determined to save the black
youngsters at his school from a life of
gangs, crime and underachievement – whether they like it or not.
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But when
a seemingly minor incident escalates
rapidly out of control and he
loses his job, he turns against his
own community.
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He must hit rock
bottom before realising that he,
too, has a lot to learn about love,
understanding and a different way of
seeing his world.
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Shiny Shiny Bright
New Hole In
My Heart
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Nathalie is an attractive and successful young woman who works
as a personal shopper in a glamorous department store and is
married to dependable Jeremy, a GP.
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But Nathalie becomes seduced by Manchester's opulent city
centre, bursting with designer shops, bars and restaurants, and
when she befriends a wealthy client, Maya, she tries to emulate
her lifestyle.
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As Nathalie's spending habits spiral out of control,
she is faced with devastating consequences for herself and
her family.
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Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole In My Heart is an improvised drama
written and directed by Marc Munden and starring Sally Hawkins,
Steven Mackintosh and Daniela Nardini.
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Pinochet in Surrey
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Pinochet In Surrey tells the
remarkable story of what
happened when a former
South American dictator came
to London for a holiday and
was arrested.
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Chile's General
Pinochet (played by Derek
Jacobi in this fully dramatised
version of events) was
detained in the UK under
house arrest for nearly two
years in 1998.
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What followed
sparked off a huge
international incident. It also
led to an extraordinary legal
battle in which a House of
Lords ruling was reversed,
and New Labour faced up to
the conflicting demands of
real politique and ethical
foreign policy.
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Also starring Peter Capaldi,
Phyllida Law, Anna Massey and
Jessica Stevenson.
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