Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy was a British television series which first aired on ITV in 1986. It depicts Lord Mountbatten's time as Viceroy of India shortly after the Second World War in the days leading up to Indian independence.
In 1935 a young English society woman caused a stir by marrying a German aristocrat and moving to live with him in Germany. Many decades later, shortly after German reunification, her daughter decides to make a trip to the family's former estate in East Germany. However, she discovers the grave of a child with her name in the family plot. Back in Britain, she forces a confessio...
This three-part miniseries begins with elderly Lady Slane (Wendy Hiller) sitting watchfully by the deathbed of her husband. Tended by her equally aged French maid Genoux (Eileen Way), who has served her faithfully for a lifetime, Lady Slane deals with a succession of advice from her large flock of middle-aged children. The family is chagrined by, but honors, her choice to live ...
Sisters Carrie and Anna Berniers have been supporting their ne'er-do-well brother Julian through various failed businesses; now, he returns home with a sudden fortune and his young bride. Jealousies both old and new will play a part as the sisters try to understand what Julian's been up to, and as his wife wonders if there's another woman involved.
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海军上尉理查德·萨维利一战期间在一次休假时,偶遇少女露辛达·本特利.萨维利一见倾心,提出求婚并得到应允.孰知次日露辛达因不愿耽误萨维利的仕途而提出反悔.萨维利悻悻离去.露辛达后去了加拿大.
二战初期,美国尚未参战.官拜上校的萨维利率领由"史翠福德"号(旗舰),"埃姆斯伯里"号和"坎布里奇"号三舰组成的巡洋舰中队在太平洋为某船队护航.途中收到"敦佛堡"号货船被纳粹"埃森"号袭击舰击沉前发出的求救信号.因"史翠福德"号所剩燃油不足以支持长时间高速航行,萨维利遂派出"埃姆斯伯里"号和"坎布里奇"号前去追击"埃森"号袭击舰."史翠福德"号留下保护船队.
"坎布里奇"号因搭救"敦佛堡"号幸存者耽搁较长时间,结果"埃姆斯伯里"号单舰遭遇"埃森"号袭击舰并被击沉.仅信号兵加拿大人露辛达·布朗和司炉工惠勒尔俩人被"埃森"号救起.
"埃森"号因被"埃姆斯伯...
97 year old actress Gwen Frangcon-Davies conducts a specially staged masterclass for drama students at the Aldwych Theatre. Nigel Hawthorne talks to her about her life and her great theatrical roles.