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Poldark (1996)
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other title: 波達克 / 波达克
The Cornish military captain, now a member of Parliament, is drawn into the war with France while his son falls in with smugglers. Historical drama, starring John Bowe and Mel Martin, and featuring a young Ioan Gruffudd in one of his earliest roles.

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Effie Gray (2014)
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other title: 艾菲·格蕾 / 에피 그레이 …
John Ruskin是英国维多利亚时代的艺术家、诗人、建筑师、思想家,还扶持培养了一批年轻艺术家,不过成为社会新闻的却是他与Effie Gray的婚姻,两人结婚6年之后Effie要求中止婚姻,理由是两人“从未真正成为夫妻”,这桩官司成为一时谈资。John Ruskin承认两人从没上过床,但为自己辩护说妻子的“某种状况”破坏了他的激情。Effie Gray离婚后,嫁给了受John Ruskin重视提拔的画家John Everett Millais。据艾玛·汤普森说,这部新片将从两人的新婚之夜开始,通过John Ruskin的经历和性格来解开这个谜团。 2011.08.17.达科塔取代西尔莎成为《Effie》女主角. Dakota Fanning replacing Saoirse Ronan in Emma Thompson's 'Effie' August 16 Source: Deadline Just last November, one Casting Tidbits update revealed The Lovely Bones star Saoirse Ronan landed the title role in Effie, a biopic about Effie Gray, the wife of English art critic John Ruskin, who became entangled in a famous Victorian love triangle. Now Deadline reports Dakota Fanning will star in the period drama from writer/actres****a Thompson which chronicles the strange romance, or lack thereof, between Gray and Ruskin. Despite her beauty, Ruskin was said to be disgusted with Gray's body, did not consummate the marriage and annulled it, allowing her to marry Ruskin's protégé John Everett Millais.Though Orlando Bloom was once attached to play Millais, apparently Tom Sturridge (Pirate Radio) has stepped into the role. In addition, Thompson will also star in the film as Lady Eastlake, who takes Effie under her wing when it becomes clear the union was destroying the young woman. Her husbandGreg Wise (Johnny English) will play Ruskin while Julie Walters (Harry Potter franchise) and Derek Jacobi (The King's Speech) will play his parents. Finally, Edward Fox (Gandhi) is in talks to play Eastlake's husband Sir Charles a man who was not only fed up with Ruskin and his radical ideas, but also the main patron of the Royal Academy which held sway over what constituted fine art. Richard Laxton (An Englishman in New York) is directing the film which begins shooting in Scotland on October 17th with shooting to follow in London and Venice as well. The cast has been shuffled on this project for awhile with Carey Mulligan once attached to the title role as well, but a copyright infringement claim held up the film, which resulted in scheduling conflicts for the previously attached cast members. Producer Don Rosenfeld says, "It’****a Thompson’s first original script after doing several fine adaptations, and it gets to the heart of Victorian England." Though this sounds a bit more along the lines of her work on Sense and Sensibility as opposed to Nanny McPhee, her work on the page should make for a great British drama down the road.

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Band of Gold (1995)
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Gina Dickson, a young mother in Yorkshire, has thrown out her abusive husband but goes to a loan-shark to pay off her debts. But Gina can't find work, and there's no one to look after the children. She meets Carol, a prostitute who teaches Gina how to "work The Lane", and introduces her to the world of ponces, punters, and police. Gina also meets Carol's friends: Rose, an older hooker who rules the lane, and Tracey, a young runaway who's hooked on drugs and her pimp. When, despite Carol's warnings, Gina discovers the worst that can happen to a woman who works the lane, Carol and her friends decide to pack it in,

TV

Him & Her Season 1 (2010)
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《宅男腐女》是一部由Stefan Golaszewskia 编剧的英国电视情景喜剧,讲述了一对二十几岁的情侣,史蒂夫和贝基(由拉塞尔·托维和莎拉·索马妮饰演)的慵懒日常生活。该剧于2010年9月6日在BBC三台首播,之后每年出一季7集续集,直到2013年,第四季--也是最后一季--中以两人的婚礼做圆满大结局而完结。 该剧播出后,英国大部分评论家对第一季评价较好;尽管也有人温和地批评其制作粗糙,不够精致,评论家们仍对其优秀的编剧和演技颇为赞赏。 Him & Her was a British television sitcom, written by Stefan Golaszewskia, bout a lazy twenty-something couple, called Steve and Becky(played by Russell Tovey and Sarah Solemani). It was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Three on 6 September 2010. Then every year there was a new series, until the fourth-and final series-aired in 2013, with an happy ending of Paul and Laura's wedding. After its release, most critics in the UK responded warmly to the first series; although there was some mild criticism directed towards the more crude and naturalistic aspects of the programme, reviewers reacted positively to the quality of writing and acting found on the show. --松鼠字幕组 华小莫 译