该剧改编自《喜鹊谋杀案》的直接续作。 Susan已经离开出版社,和交往多年的男友Andreas搬到了克里特岛居住,但一起谋杀案的阴影扰乱了她的美好生活。英国的一家乡村酒店在八年前发生了一起谋杀案,Alan Conway在参观了这家酒店后,根据发生的事情写了一本小说。帮助经营这家酒店的年轻女子Cecily Treherne读到了这本书,认为警方抓错了人。如今她消失了。 Susan能揭开书中隐藏的秘密,并在为时已晚之前找到Cecily吗?
本剧集是BBC 2台2000年正式推出的以青年人为题材和对象的系列情景喜剧,创意和编剧均由Steven Moffat一人担当。三男三女的主要人物构成很容易使人联想到当时正走红(其实已经在走下坡路)的《Friends》,因此很有不少根本没看过本剧的媒体人士和评论家想当然地将本剧称作英国版的《Friends》,而在那些有幸欣赏过本剧的观众们看来,《Coupling》在情节设定、人物表演、喜剧元素的设计和表现等诸多方面所达到的水平,要比《Friends》高几个档次。相比之下,《Friends》只能说是一部“业余”水平的好作品而已。当然总体来说,英剧的水准本身就高于美剧,这和英剧注意保持创意、编剧一体化是分不开的,美剧的创意一般也就为最初几集编剧,以后主要的编剧工作都是由其它编剧根据最初的角色设定来自由发挥,编剧队伍的构成也是不断变化,老的走新的来,造成美剧情节连贯性差甚至前后矛盾,故事往往缺乏深度,人物性格平面化,缺少发展。这都是题外话了。《Coupling》的主要人物包括优柔寡断、性格不成熟的帅哥Steve,Steve的莫逆之交、举止语言古怪、总也找不到女友的Jeff,头脑简单、外表性感的“donkey” Patrick三位对Porn、特别是lesbian porn非常热中的男士,以及Steve的前女友、神神叨叨、擅用性感作武器的Jane,Steve的继任女友、Jeff的同事、曾经非常“不羁”(包括和Jeff还有Patrick)过的Susan,Susan的莫逆、对衰老和肥胖极度敏感的美容师Sally三位女士。本剧的主线包括Steve和 Susan之间逐渐正式起来的关系,Jeff寻找艳遇过程中的种种意外以及后来和上司发展出来的一段关系,Patrick和Sally之间若有若无到若即若离再到情深难舍的感情发展,还有Jane在事业和异性关系中的各种奇事,等等。本剧在情节设计中所达到的精致和完美程度让人叹为观止,而六位当时并不算大明星的青年演员的所展现精湛演技更是具有顶尖演员的水平,无怪乎播出之后立刻走红大洋两岸,在IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网站可以领略到其受欢迎的程度。
Will be aired on HBO from 9 September 2007 to ????
该剧改编自休·豪伊所著同名畅销科幻系列小说,故事发生在一个反乌托邦未来,大约一万名人类在144层深的筒仓型地堡居住,他们被告知外面的世界因受到毒气感染而变得不适合人类居住,仅余的幸存者遂躲进地堡避难,并制订了规条来维持地堡中的新社会运作。
一心复仇的女子苦苦追查杀害丈夫的凶手,结果揭开了这个小镇隐藏最深也最邪恶的秘密。
The story concerns the Waterbury family who move to "Three Chimneys", a house near the railway after the father, who works at the Foreign office, is imprisoned as a result of being falsely accused of selling state secrets to the Russians. The three children, Roberta (Bobbie), Peter and Phyllis, find amusement in watching the trains on the nearby railway line and waving to the passengers. They become friendly with Albert Perks, the station porter, and with the Old Gentleman who regularly takes the 9:15 down train. He is eventually able to help prove their father's innocence, and the family is reunited.The family also take care of the Russian exile, Mr Szczepansky,who came to England looking for his family (later located) and Jim, the grandson of the Old Gentleman,who suffers a broken leg in a tunnel.
弗兰奇(达科塔•布鲁•理查兹 Dakota Blue Richards 饰)自小被一对gay收养,因为特殊的家庭让她有着与周围格格不入的着装风格和不太合群的性格。在之前的学校备受排斥,遭受到同学的欺辱,弗兰奇转校来到一个全新的环境。开学第一天就跟学校的风云人物米妮(弗雷娅•梅弗 Freya Mavor 饰)误打误撞的相识。米妮带着她的跟班丽芙和格蕾丝主动示好弗兰奇,让她以为已经融入了这个新环境,却不想过后再三遭遇恼火的事情。陷入困顿的弗兰奇遇到了神秘男子马缇(塞巴斯蒂安•德•索萨 Sebastian De Souza 饰)的劝解,暗生情愫,意外得知他是米妮男友尼克(肖恩•蒂尔 Sean Teale 饰)的弟弟。而酷爱重金属摇滚的叛逆少年瑞驰(阿历克斯•阿诺 Alex Arnold 饰)也在格蕾丝芭蕾舞般的温柔中陷入恋爱。
著名演员兼笑匠罗温·艾金森在这部热闹喜剧中塑造了一个新角色。可爱但笨手笨脚的爸爸特雷弗找到了一份新工作:替人看豪宅。豪宅中尽是无价的艺术品,以及一辆经典汽车和名为“纸杯蛋糕”的可爱狗狗。但当一只蜜蜂突然闯入时,特雷弗是能控制一切,还是会让他们的激烈竞争导致越来越严重的后果?而在此过程中又会造成怎样无法挽救的损失?观看这部由短集组成的欢快喜剧,一起见证这场混乱闹剧。
《辐射》改编自有史以来最伟大的电子游戏系列之一,讲述了一个几乎一无所有的世界中富人和穷人的故事。 世界末日的发生 200 年后,一位来自舒适的辐射避难所的和平居民被迫返回地面,并震惊地发现等待着她的荒地。
马修·古迪、泰丽莎·帕尔墨([血战钢锯岭])将主演Sky新剧《发现女巫》,该剧由同名小说改编。胡安·卡洛斯·梅迪纳执导,凯特·布鲁克编剧。帕尔墨在剧中扮演牛津大学学者,也是一个女巫家族继承人。她无意间发现一本被施加魔法的书,这将她和马修·古迪扮演的神秘吸血鬼联系到一起。该剧将在9月开拍。
《逐星女第三季》正式定档北美时间8月31日开播,本季“逐星女”寇特妮·惠特莫尔(布瑞克·巴辛格饰)在继续带领美国正义协会行侠仗义的同时,还要想办法让曾经站在对立面的一众反派融入新生活,然而突然回归的“星侠”希尔维斯特·彭勃顿(乔尔·麦克哈尔饰)兼她的新导师并不赞同她的做法……
这部心理惊悚剧被称作CBS历史上「最吓人」的剧集,「足以让胆小的观众一晚上睡不着觉」。故事描述来自洛杉矶警署威胁管理组(Threat Management Unit)的侦探Beth和Jack调查并处理「跟踪案件」。「跟踪案件」的受害人多为女性,一些不怀好意的跟踪者很可能对她们劫财(抢劫案)劫色(性侵害案),甚至对她们造成人身伤害。在另一些案件中,跟踪者可能刺探受害人的隐私,偷窥受害人的性行为,进行网络骚扰,或者对受害人产生病态的迷恋。 ——天涯小筑
As Murder, She Wrote saunters through its sixth (of an eventual 12) season, star Angela Lansbury maintains her eternally buoyant and inquisitive air as Jessica Fletcher, professional writer and amateur sleuth. Though Jessica continued to investigate murders in her home town of Cabot Cove and elsewhere (in the worlds of high finance, opera, and voodoo, among other settings), this season began the practice of guest detective episodes, introduced by Jessica as either a story she wrote or a tale told by a friend, but starring a variety of quirky investigators: An ex-football player (Ken Howard, The White Shadow) paired with a clever poodle; a television crime-show producer who solved crime in real life (Diana Canova, Soap); a stout Irish detective (longtime character actor Pat Hingle); an abrasive homicide cop (Barry Newman, Vanishing Point); as well as recurring Murder, She Wrote characters like former jewel thief Dennis Stanton (Keith Michell) and British secret agent Michael Haggerty (Len Cariou). The producers were obviously hoping to use Murder, She Wrote's popularity to spin-off new series, but nothing from this season took off and viewer resistance soon brought the practice to an end. Executives must have been surprised to discover that, though murder mysteries are plot-driven, this show's success depends heavily on the undeniable charm of star Lansbury. Still, these one-off episodes are of a consistent quality with Lansbury's, and viewers open to variety will enjoy them just as much. The rest of the season features the usual astonishing array of guests, including movie stars old (Donald O'Connor, Singin' in the Rain) and recent (Elliott Gould, The Long Goodbye), television stalwarts (Shirley Jones, The Partridge Family; Jerry Stiller, The King of Queens; Doris Roberts, Everyone Loves Raymond; Kevin Tighe, Battlestar Galactica; and Gavin McLeod, The Love Boat), and D-list celebrities to die for (Dack Rambo, Morgan Brittany, Susan Anton, and more).