Charlotte Vale, finds the love of her life when her cross country train is cancelled. She has to transfer to a more comfortable older 125 unit where she finds herself sitting at the same table as a man who kindly removes a speck of dust from her eye. They get talking but alas they reach her destination without her ever finding out who he is. She spends the rest of her life wondering what might have been.
Brie Encounter
Towards the end of the 2nd World war, a couple conducting a surreptitious liaison share some black market cheese in a provincial station waiting room.
* My apologies but this reference may well mystify people unfamiliar with the UK rail system.
Sip of Fools -- Plato's famous allegory recounting the effects of GIN on a ship crew's attempt at mutiny. Also the inspiration for a Christian website.
Trike up the Band!
Endearing 1940s musical in which the young leads (played by Garland and Rooney) persuade their school principal to let them take over the band and give it a USP like no other - they play on tricycles!
Designing Oman
Entertaining rom-com where a sportswriter and wealthy socialite quit the USA and travel to the Arabian Gulf to pursue their first love of moorish-inspired architecture.
The latest in this much-loved series about our doughty telecommunications operative. He is called out by some joker complaining about twittering sounds on the line, to discover that they are caused by a bird sitting on the wires.
The Kin and I -- A young woman who takes a job as governess to the children of the King of Siam discovers that she is a distant relative of the Royal Family.
Around the Wold in Eighty Days
A leisurely walk-about by a pre-nup couple has their Mums annoyed greatly. The little sandwiches have gone moldy, and the tea is quite cold.
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Charlotte Vale, finds the love of her life when her cross country train is cancelled. She has to transfer to a more comfortable older 125 unit where she finds herself sitting at the same table as a man who kindly removes a speck of dust from her eye. They get talking but alas they reach her destination without her ever finding out who he is. She spends the rest of her life wondering what might have been.
Brie Encounter
Towards the end of the 2nd World war, a couple conducting a surreptitious liaison share some black market cheese in a provincial station waiting room.
* My apologies but this reference may well mystify people unfamiliar with the UK rail system.
When not saving lives, the famous industrialist enjoys getting a good buzz on.
A young romantic writer in Paris finds he keeps losing his way because his compass is malfunctioning.
Irrepressible little tramp finds his true vocation selling contemporary men's neckwear.
Musical about 2 gangs of politically aware teens and a love affair doomed by Left-Right intransigence.
Endearing 1940s musical in which the young leads (played by Garland and Rooney) persuade their school principal to let them take over the band and give it a USP like no other - they play on tricycles!
Entertaining rom-com where a sportswriter and wealthy socialite quit the USA and travel to the Arabian Gulf to pursue their first love of moorish-inspired architecture.
Piers Morgan is imprisoned without trial, but escapes and enacts his revenge.
Idealised film of what have happened by Christmas 1914.
A surprise attack by dive-bombing starlings on a Somerset landmark causes carnage.
A Jewish teacher gets into trouble in Mr McGregor’s garden.
The latest in this much-loved series about our doughty telecommunications operative. He is called out by some joker complaining about twittering sounds on the line, to discover that they are caused by a bird sitting on the wires.
A Los Angeles fireman's vacation is ruined by inclement weather
An itinerant gun-totin' stranger has to cope with agonizing Acid Reflux Disease
The sorting hat at the mouse magician academy doesn't just sing.
Reconstruction era plantation owner's daughter is eternally single because of severe flatulence.
ETA: I seem to have recreated Miss Amanda's example
A porno film inspired by the film title Gentlemen prefer blondes.
And
My Fair Lad
An elderly, and once pioneering lady film director's valedictory tribute to the gigolos and toy boys that she has known.
A hiking holiday in Yorkshire is spoiled by uncomfortable beds and cold draughts in the Youth Hostel.
Henry VIII calls dead people on the phone
On a bank holiday, a man gets up early to start the DIY while the rest of his family are still in bed.
Tragic tale of marital warfare.
A chick determined to stay inside its shell sends out a challenge to incubators everywhere.
The 'Ound of Music
Tribute to the HMV dog, in song (probably with terrible faux Cockney vocals by Dick Van Dyke).
Young Paul Atreides finds that he has just moved to the desert planet, and already his library books are late.
A leisurely walk-about by a pre-nup couple has their Mums annoyed greatly. The little sandwiches have gone moldy, and the tea is quite cold.
Joe had to throw up, but he died before he got the chance. He comes back as a millionaire, throws up, then dies again.
Madison Avenue advertising agencies compete all-out for the mysterious "Big W" account. Hijinks ensue.
Thank you kindly.
The Walnut Grove Fire Department finds its work hindered by inadequate equipment.
A tale of a conservative oblate.
Big disappointment for the Marquis as his orgiastic depravities are broken up early by the royal vice squad.
Having gotten out of prison, and having learned from earlier mistakes, Cruella Da Ville lowers her goals from a full-length coat to a simple stole.
Or, playing Go.
Shipwrecked young Indian sends a series of selfies.
The Donner party loses their lookout.