Judi Dench

From London's glittering West End to Broadway's bright lights, from her Academy Award-winning role as Elizabeth I to M in the James Bond films, Judi Dench has treated audiences to some of the greatest performances of our time. She made her professional acting debut in 1957 playing Ophelia in Hamlet, and in 1968 moved beyond the classical stage to play Sally Bowles in Cabaret.

Miss. Matty's house is full of life and bustle - now with the addition of baby Tilly, daughter of her maid Martha and carpenter Jem. Mr. Buxton returns to town with his son William and niece, Erminia.

Queen Victoria was the world's most powerful woman. John Brown looked after her horses. Yet when circumstances brought them together, the result was a passionate friendship that scandalized a nation.

A maze of misunderstandings leads the ladies of Cranford astray as May Day approaches. Miss Tomkinson's ambiguous conversation with the young doctor sets in motion a disastrous train of events, while Miss Matty is forced to face up to some life-changing news.

Preparations are underway for Lady Ludlow's annual garden party, and emotions are running high in Cranford. Mrs. Forrester is sent into a fluster when her beloved cow, Bessie, goes missing, and Caroline Tomkinson is very taken with the winsome Dr. Harrison. A visitor brings hope and joy to Jessie Brown, while Miss Matty is shaken by an unexpected encounter with an old friend. But when a spot of eavesdropping unveils some startling news, it seems that...

Mary Smith flees a crisis at home in Manchester to stay with two spinster sisters, Deborah and Matty Jenkyns, in the small, rural town of Cranford where she finds the womenfolk of the town sparkling with anticipation at the arrival of some new neighbours. A young, handsome new Doctor sets many hearts racing, and the retired Captain Brown causes quite a stir when he moves in across the street.

Two aging spinster sisters have their peaceable Cornwall existence disrupted in 1936 when they take a young Polish violinist into their care. After a particularly violent storm, Ursula and Janet Widington awake to find young man Andrea half-drowned and badly injured on the beach. They slowly discover that he is a Polish Jew with a gift for music as an accomplished violinist, hoping to find his way to America. But the village isn't used to visitors...

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As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals - Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel. "It's the kind of movie that provides a perfect answer for when your mother or grandmother calls you up and asks, 'What should I go see with the girls after our weekly canasta game?"--Entertainment Weekly "...a joy to watch..."--Toronto Star "...a rare, optimistic...

Joan Stanley is a widow living out a quiet retirement in the suburbs when, shockingly, the British Secret Service places her under arrest. The charge: providing classified scientific information, including details on the building of the atomic bomb, to the Soviet government for decades. As she is interrogated, Joan relives the dramatic events that shaped her life and beliefs: her student days at Cambridge, where she excelled at physics while challenging...