Meera Syal
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1961-06-27
Locus Natus: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Et ut:
Scoop
An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.
release : 2006.07.27popularis : 9.909
Beautiful Thing
Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.
release : 1996.06.21popularis : 13.797
Girls' Night
Two British best friends and in-laws Dawn and Jackie work together at a factory. When Dawn is diagnosed with a brain tumor Jackie shares $100,000...
release : 1998.06.26popularis : 2.296
Desert Flower
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is...
release : 2009.09.24popularis : 11.748
Spin
Rhea lives with her tight-knit multigenerational family. After her mother’s death, she has been her father’s emotional rock, and her life...
release : 2021.09.18popularis : 4.98
The Almond and the Seahorse
For Gwen, it's always 1999. The face in the mirror is unfamiliar and her partner isn't recognizable to her despite waking up together every day....
release : 2022.12.16popularis : 8.622
The Children's Party at the Palace
To celebrate her 80th birthday, the Queen is holding a children's party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. She has invited many classic characters...
release : 2006.06.25popularis : 4.046
A Night in with the Girls
Traces the role of women in British television, from 1946 to 1997.
release : 1997.03.15popularis : 0.719
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
A British-made documentary about the highly competitive world of beauty pageants in India, culminating with the top prize: Miss India. Following the...
release : 2002.07.25popularis : 0.825
Flavia de Luce
The adventures of 11-year-old Flavia de Luce, who is both an amateur detective and a master poisoner. When she discovers a dead body in her...
release : 1970.01.01popularis : 3.289
All in Good Time
East is East writer Ayub Khan-Din returns with another funny, tender-hearted portrait of family strife. Based on his popular play Rafta, Rafta...
release : 2012.05.11popularis : 3.767
Mad Sad & Bad
HARDEEP, RASHMI and ATUL are brothers and sisters. Which means they can say anything they like to each other, no matter how honest. Mad, Sad and Bad...
release : 2009.07.31popularis : 5.169
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
A recording of the final night of Emma Rice's transgressive and flamboyant production of Shakespeare's comedy at the Globe in London. Four runaway...
release : 2016.09.11popularis : 2.901
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
Through ten carefully chosen cover versions that whisk us from the British Invasion to a noughties X Factor final, this film journeys over five...
release : 2015.11.06popularis : 1.666
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
Priti, a British-born Indian woman in the West Midlands, reports a violent incident in the street.
release : 2017.06.21popularis : 0.476
The Canterville Ghost
An American family moves in to the Canterville Chase, a London mansion that has been haunted by ghost Sir Simon De Canterville for 300 years.
release : 2023.09.22popularis : 16.227
My Sister-Wife
Farah is an independent young British woman who manages to reconcile her modern lifestyle with her Pakistani heritage. As a Muslim in love with a...
release : 1992.02.23popularis : 1.676
Forgive and Forget
David O'Neil, a plasterer and mature student Theo have been best mates for fourteen years and are practically inseparable. However, their friendship...
release : 2000.06.12popularis : 3.361
A Nice Arrangement
Documents an Indian-English family's attempt to give their Briticized daughter a traditional Indian arranged marriage, with as much photography as...
release : 1994.06.11popularis : 3.43
It's Not Unusual
A taxi driver is driven to distraction by her love of Tom Jones.
release : 1995.01.01popularis : 1.203
Much Ado About Nothing
Iqbal Khan's vibrant and colourful production transposed Shakespeare's vivacious and sometimes unsettling comedy of love and deceit to an Indian...
release : 2012.06.01popularis : 2.316
The Boy in the Dress
Dennis feels different - an ordinary boy in an ordinary house in an ordinary street, playing football with his mates and living with his dad and...
release : 2014.12.26popularis : 3.754
The Smeds and the Smoos
In this animated intergalactic adventure, the red Smeds and the blue Smoos must learn to overcome their differences and work together to find young...
release : 2023.02.24popularis : 8.647
The Homestay
A sheltered Indian couple visits their son in the U.S. for the first time and bungles their apartment rental, ending up in close quarters with their...
release : 2018.05.13popularis : 1.469
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
London, an overcrowded cafe, one table to share. Two strangers tell each other “how I met my fiancé” stories to kill time. Rikki...
release : 2007.06.15popularis : 6.891
Handsworth Songs
The Black Audio Film Collective’s acclaimed essay film, 'Handsworth Songs', examines the 1985 race riots in Handsworth and London. Interweaving...
release : 1986.05.08popularis : 1.576
Absolutely Anything
Eccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving.
release : 2015.06.26popularis : 12.533
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Live theatre presentation of Shakespeare's classic play about two teenagers from warring families whose love affair ends in tragedy.
release : 2016.07.07popularis : 3.013
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
release : 2016.05.25popularis : 44.747
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue...
release : 2010.09.22popularis : 9.12
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of...
release : 2015.01.01popularis : 1.508
Anita and Me
Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who've come to England to give her...
release : 2002.11.22popularis : 10.843
Patrick
A woman's chaotic life becomes more complicated when she inherits her grandmother's dog.
release : 2018.06.29popularis : 6.452
Paddington 2
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.
release : 2017.11.09popularis : 23.743
Dragon Rider
An unlikely trio of heroes – a dragon, a boy and a forest brownie – embark on an epic adventure to find the “Rim of Heaven” -...
release : 2020.10.15popularis : 8.788
Crossing the Floor
Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving Conservative minister "crosses the floor" to join the...
release : 1996.10.05popularis : 2.274
To Provide All People
To mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the NHS, acclaimed poet Owen Sheers takes us on a journey that weaves the extraordinary story of the...
release : 2018.06.28popularis : 2.097
Nativity Rocks!
The staff and students at St. Bernadette's Primary School audition for a coveted place in a spectacular rock musical competition.
release : 2018.11.23popularis : 2.552
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with...
release : 1987.10.30popularis : 3.006
Yesterday
A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where they never...
release : 2019.06.26popularis : 19.108
Memsahib Rita
Using a blend of magic realism and realist drama, Memsahib Rita looks at the physical and emotional violence of racism. Shanti is haunted by both the...
release : 1994.01.01popularis : 1.7
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
When Clara’s mother leaves her a mysterious gift, she embarks on a journey to four secret realms—where she discovers her greatest...
release : 2018.10.26popularis : 44.258
Doctor Strange
After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to...
release : 2016.10.25popularis : 61.624
Majdhar
Cultural identity, women’s independence and the pressure to conform to British norms are the subjects of this bold and acute feature, which...
release : 1984.01.01popularis : 1.212
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
A televised pantomime of Aladdin with characters played by well-known celebrities.
release : 2000.12.25popularis : 1.486
O Mary This London
Three young Dubliners go to London in search of fun, fortune and, in the case of 17-year-old Mary Kelly, an abortion. Homeless and jobless, their...
release : 1994.03.30popularis : 1.222
Amar Akbar & Tony
Amar, Akbar & Tony follows the lives and loves of three childhood friends through twists and turns as the characters face sudden and unforeseen...
release : 2015.04.17popularis : 0.876