Karen (Archie Panjabi) is resigned to a life of suburban ennui, the dreams of her youth a distant memory. On an autumn afternoon as she struggles to get her baby to sleep she is disturbed by a door-to-door Salesman (Christopher Eccleston). Desperate for adult companionship she engages with the enigmatic Salesman. He makes a claim that he can sell her something that will radically change her life; he offers Karen, an opportunity to fulfill long forgotten dreams and ambitions. But is Karen prepared to pay the price?
The Calvin family win a cereal competition and an all expenses paid scuba diving trip to an idyllic countryside lake. Whilst diving there's an unexplained catastrophic event and they are the only survivors - or so they think.
The Last Breath is a surreal, breath-taking excursion into the dark heart of family life.
Based on an actor who suffers from an identity crisis with his film noir private detective character, whom I shall fondly refer to as - The Mole (his character actually wears a facial mole!).
Downtown Los Angeles - the last customers are finishing their early evening business at the bank. At 6:08pm on 09/09/09 there will be an automatic timer test on the vault. The bank heist is planned to perfection, everything is ready and every eventuality if accounted for, what could go wrong? Wearing Wizard of Oz masks for disguise the heist is on, the one condition for success, they must be out by 18:10. Everything is carried out to plan, until at 18:09, a second group of robbers wearing super hero masks enter; they have been given the same inside tip.
A mother, father and their 3 year old son are murdered. There is no motive.
Incredibly the killer manages to hide the 3 year old's body somewhere the police never find.
The killer was their 12 year old son William.
Malvern, 30 years later.
Ryan is 33. He's an under achieving reporter for a local newspaper.
So why is William, now released and with a new identity, giving Ryan the chance to tell his story to the world?
Because William wants to die and Ryan holds the key. 5 pills being developed by his wife's company.
Can Ryan convince Karen that she should take the risk to get them?
Ryan has 5 meetings to get the story. He has to find out where the 3 year old's body is. Each meeting costs a pill. It's Russian Roulette where every pill could spell the end of William, the secret lost forever.
Ryan also has a secret that will change his life, but the only person who can tell him is his dead father.
In an end, amidst the anger, the bitterness and the demented theories of a tortured mind, this is actually a story of courage, sacrifice and love.
Through the Viewing Glass is the Alice in Wonderland of Film Noir. Pushing the limits of traditional narration and storytelling. set in a land of TV’s, it tells the story about a cliché private detective taking upon him his last case.
Thugs, Mugs and Violence a new British gangland tale set in the boundaries of London. Three criminal gangs that are fighting to win control over the London territories.
After the disappearance of £2million pounds worth of drugs, blame falls between the rival firms. The streets of London then become the backdrop to an intertwined game of cat and mouse between the gangs as each make their play to gain control as the story twists and turns with a host of colourful characters, shoot outs and violence.
The Davis brothers are old school criminals from the East End of London, Mo Mo is the leader of Brick Lane firm whilst the South London gang is headed by Tony ‘The Ant’ Declan. As the story unfolds around the three gangs, we encounter Peeper’s, Judge, Stardust and the Serb who further intensify the tale of double-cross, bloodshed and revenge.
Set in 1903, TRACKER is a manhunt drama in which Arjan (Ray Winstone), a guerrilla survivor of the South African Boer War, lands in colonial New Zealand and is promised a bounty to capture Kereama (Temuera Morrison), a Maori seafarer accused of killing a soldier.
What should be a simple job for Arjan, a master tracker, turns into a gripping and dangerous game of cat and mouse as Kereama repeatedly escapes and is recaptured, all the while insisting on his innocence. As each gains and loses the upper hand, they gradually get to know and respect each other. In an emotional and high-risk showdown, their tenuous bond is tested in the face of a military posse led by Major Carlyle (Gareth Reeves).
Abigail and Jack have been together for a couple of years, but Jack's behaviour is becoming more and more sinister. He takes a lover, Sian, and treats both women with contempt. Sian and Abigail find out about each other, and decide to turn the tables on Jack.
