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A Village Life

Margaret loves Aldale; the idyllic village she remembers from childhood holidays with her grandma; but love can be blind. And when she and husband Colin retire there and lead Aldale into The Best Village competition she begins to realise there's more to village life than she'd imagined.
A Village Life takes a hard look at rural life today.

The Old Curiosity Shop

Its not about a shop at all. Dickens changed his mind. It's a journey, a flight undertaken by the girl Nell and her gambling-addicted Grandfather. A flight from demons and enemies.

Dogging their footsteps are the bad-guys, Quilp and the crooked lawyer Brass. Also hard on their trail is the Single Gentleman, mysterious and rich. Along the road Nell an Grandfather meet a whole Fun and Horror House set of characters who help and hinder, amuse and bemuse, sucker and succour them. And then there’s Dick Swiveller and his Marchioness, the comedy second-leads who get dragged into full-screen close up as the lovers.

In this innovative and imaginative adaptation Little Nell and Quilp are played by the same female actor reflecting the struggle between good and evil. True to the inner life of the book this adaptation shows Dickens at his best, funniest and as a master of the grotesque.