Jeanne du Barry 2023

With a comedy career which kicked off in strip clubs, Barry Cryer became a Windmill regular in the 1950s. A brief foray into musicals and the West End stage followed with Expresso Bongo, before he made his mark on the pop world with a cover of The Purple People Eater, which Barry claims went to Number One in Finland for three weeks.

Peter Smith reports from Turkiye near the epicentre of the deadly earthquake that has cost tens of thousands of lives. Rageh Omaar travels to South Africa to uncover the truth about the country's devastating energy crisis.

Au XVIIIe siècle en Irlande, à la mort de son père, le jeune Redmond Barry ambitionne de monter dans l'échelle sociale. Il élimine en duel son rival,un officier britannique amoureux de sa cousine mais est ensuite contraint à l'exil. Il s'engage dans l'armée britannique et part combattre sur le continent européen. Il déserte bientôt et rejoint l'armée prussienne des soldats de Frederic II afin d'échapper à la peine de mort. Envoyé en mission, il doit espionner un noble joueur, mène un double-jeu et se retrouve sous la protection de ce dernier. Introduit dans la haute société européenne, il parvient à devenir l'amant d'une riche et magnifique jeune femme, Lady Lyndon. Prenant connaissance de l'adultère, son vieil époux sombre dans la dépression et meurt de dépit. Redmond Barry épouse Lady Lyndon et devient Barry Lyndon…

For 18 days in 1982, 4000 police officers scoured North Yorkshire for the fugitive who had shot dead two police officers and a local pensioner: a "Phantom" named Barry Prudom.

Basato sulla storia vera dell'omonimo pilota truffaldino, Barry Seal - Una storia americana vede Tom Cruise nei panni dello scaltro aviatore prestato al contrabbando con l'America centrale. Licenziato dalla compagnia di volo per cui lavora, il talentuoso Barry Seal (Cruise) viene scoperto e reclutato dalla CIA per una delle operazioni sotto copertura più rischiose della storia degli USA. L'ex pilota di linea si reinventa trafficante d'armi per il governo, trafficante di cocaina per il cartello di Medellìn, guidato dal criminale colombiano Pablo Escobar, e informatore per la DEA. Il film segue le vicende realmente accadute, le incredibili peripezie di un uomo astuto e assetato di ricchezza, mentre sfugge, rifugge e inganna la legge americana.

So dreamers like the titular Barry, who dreams of being a disco singer/dancer with his own band, have no place in the community for his lack of willingness to conform, unlike best pal Tito, a fat worm looked down upon and being made fun of because of its weight. Barry finds his true calling one day when he gets passed down his dad's old box to help him in his middle-management examinations, and soon finds enough inspiration to turn his dream into reality, even if it means dodging his protective mother's queries, and having absolutely no clue going about doing so, assembling a rag-tag team of worms with raw talent that needs plenty of polishing.

Young Australian, Barry McKenzie, travels to England with his Aunt Edna after his father dies and a request is revealed in his will.

Three friends plot to get rid of their socially inappropriate friend by finding him a wife, but when he meets a woman just like him, their problems double.