Adapted in four parts by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais from Jonathan
Coe's novel,The Rotters' Club is the story of three Birmingham families
set against a backdrop of the class conflict and strike action - not
to mention Blue Nun and prog-rock - that made up the socio-political
landscape of Seventies Britain.
The ensemble cast features new talent including Geoff Breton,
Nicholas Shaw and Rasmus Hardiker, alongside established
names Sarah Lancashire, Hugo Speer, Mark Williams
and Kevin Doyle.
Ben, Doug and Philip attend King William's School, a middle-class institution
that is set to give them a start in life that their parents never had.
Aspiring writer Ben lusts after 'posh' Cicely Boyd, Doug flies the
flag for socialism and prog-rock lover Philip is desperate to start
his own band.
Ben's dad Colin is in middle management at Leyland's Longbridge works,
while Doug's shop-steward father Bill is a dedicated trade union man.
Philip's bus driver dad Sam and housewife mum Barbara seem happy, but
does Barbara want more from life?
The Rotters' Club is a tragi-comic blend of the personal and the political,
taking in everything from strike action to the delights of first love.
A tale not just of individuals but of an entire era, it is enriched
by a real sense of life in the Seventies.
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Sweet Sixteen
Directed by Ken Loach, Sweet Sixteen is set in the rundown Scottish
town of Greenock and follows teenage scally Liam (Martin Compston)
as he struggles to prepare for the release of his ex-heroin addict mum
from prison.
Desperate to find the money to build a proper family home, Liam muscles
in on his mum's boyfriend's drug business.
Liam and his pal Pinball (William Ruane) set themselves up
as dealers, displaying an entrepreneurial skill that has little other
outlet on Glasgow's unemployment-ridden estates.
In the shadow of the closed-down shipbuilding yards, Liam works his
way up through the ranks of the local underworld, where his astute business
sense ironically reflects the Thatcherite ethos of self-help.
Sweet Sixteen is a 大象传媒 film.
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Outlaws
Outlaws is a darkly comic dissection of the criminal justice system
as seen through the eyes of Duty Brief Bruce Dunbar (Phil Daniels),
an ambulance-chasing criminal lawyer, and his ever-optimistic junior
Theo Gulliver (Ray Emmett-Brown).
The series is set in the fast-turnaround world of the magistrates'
court, where offenders are processed through the system, released, fined,
bailed, sentenced or referred to Crown Court.
For men like Dunbar, time is of the essence: legal aid pays by the
hour, not by the case.
Just don't ask him to care about his clients - juvenile shoplifters,
bungling burglars, drunk drivers: the sad, the mad, the hardly bad and
the rarely dangerous.
Created and written by Steve Coombes, Outlaws premiered on 大象传媒 THREE.
Writers for the 12-part series also include Tony Basgallop, Chard Zajdlic,
Jimm Gardner and Anita Pandolfo.
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