Shank is a 2009 LGBT-themed drama film directed by Simon Pearce and set in Bristol (though some scenes were filmed in Southwark). It should not be confused with a dystopian SF film with the same title made the following year. #Wessexonscreen
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Shadowlands is a 1985 BBC TV movie written by William Nicholson that was later adapted as a 1989 stage play, and then a 1993 cinema film starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger.#Shadowlands #Wessexonscreen
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May Morning, also known as Alba Pagana and Murder At Oxford, is a 1970 Italian giallo film set in Oxford University. Giallo is an Italian genre of crime fiction, often with strong erotic elements
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Press For Time is a 1966 comedy film starring Norman Wisdom, in which he plays a newspaper reporter who causes chaos in the Devon town of Teignmouth (lightly fictionalised as Tinmouth) #Wessexonscreen
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This review originally appeared in Wessex Chronicle Volume 16, Issue 1 (Spring 2015)
#Broadchurch #Wessexonscreen
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I See A Dark Stranger, retitled The Adventuress in the US, was a spy thriller starring Deborah Kerr, made during World War 2, but not released until 1946. #ISeeADarkStranger #TheAdventuress #Wessexonscreen
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Iris is a 2001 biopic of novelist Iris Murdoch, based on the memoirs of her husband, John Bayley. #Wessexonscreen #IrisMurdoch
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For those of us who are concerned with localism and regional consciousness, ITV is in a sorry state these days.But it wasn't always so. #ChildrenoftheStones #Wessexonscreen
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Sebastian is a 1968 cold war thriller from Paramount British, starring Dirk Bogarde and Suzannah York as Oxford-based codebreakers who fall in love. #Sebastian #Wessexonscreen
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The Silence is a 2010 BBC 4-episode mini-series set in Bristol, though filmed on Dublin. It tells the story of a young deaf woman who witnesses the murder of a police officer. #Wessexonscreen https://wessexsociety.com/?p=11444
Criminal is a 2016 action film starring Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Costner and Gal Gadot. It tells the story of a convict who is implanted with the memories of a dead CIA agent in a bid to find a dangerous cyber-terrorist #Criminal #WessexOnScreen https://wessexsociety.com/?p=10960
Cross Currents is a 1935 film about which little information is available beyond the briefest of plot synopses: a Devon vicar tries to clear his name after being accused of murdering his rival in love. #CrossCurrents #Wessexonscreen https://wessexsociety.com/?p=10820
Comrades was a 1986 film written and directed by Bill Douglas telling the story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs. The Martyrs themselves will be the subject of a separate article in due course, so this post will concentrate purely on the film. #Wessexonscreen http://wessexsociety.com/?p=8894
Inspector Endeavour Morse is the creation of Colin Dexter, the star of 13 novels, a short story collection and two successful TV series. #Wessexonscreen http://wessexsociety.com/?p=8613
Coming of Age was a BBC Three sitcom about sixth form students set in Abingdon, though mostly filmed at the BBC Television Centre in That London. #ComingofAge #Wessexonscreen http://wessexsociety.com/?p=6660
