- 坐落于美丽乡间的圣·崔尼安女子学院,是一所臭名昭著的学校。女校长卡米拉·弗里敦(鲁波特·埃沃雷特 Rupert Everett 饰)癫狂夸张,特立独行。有道是上梁不正下梁歪,连带着其手下的员工和学生也一个个粗暴无行、乖张无比。好在卡米拉极力提倡自由与个性,因此这里宛如女孩们的无上天堂。某天,卡米拉的侄女安娜贝尔(妲露拉·莱莉 Talulah Riley 饰)被他的父亲(鲁波特·埃沃雷特 Rupert Everett 饰)强令转学至此,这个乖乖女受到同学和老师的好一阵捉弄,几近崩溃。 与此同时,古板的教育部长乔夫雷(科林·费尔斯 Colin Firth 饰)决心改革糟糕的教育现状,而圣?崔尼安正是首当其冲的整改对象。自由的天堂危在旦夕,女孩们不愿坐以待毙,甚至连安娜贝尔也参与到这场拯救学校的战争中来……
- 本剧改编自Nick Hornby的同名小说《妙女郎 Funny Girl》。 背景为多姿多彩的1960年代,主角Barbara Parker 刚刚获得了"布莱克浦小姐"的称号,但她觉得自己除了在一个海边小镇当选美皇后,还能另有一番作为。于是在伦敦耀眼光辉的召唤下,Barbara踏上旅途,开始探索自己的未来。 然而伦敦并非像她在电视和书籍上所了解到的那样精彩,经历了一系列挫败后,Barbara发现自己进入了陌生领域:试镜一个电视喜剧节目。她不折不扣的北方幽默被证明是该节目一直缺少的秘密武器,这让她拿下了这个角色,成为了一部极具开创性的新情景喜剧的一部分,而这个节目将在未来的几十年里,都对英国喜剧产生影响。 在1960年代,一个男性主导的喜剧世界中,Barbara身为女性面临诸多挑战,但随着认识到自己的幽默,她重新定义了大众对于风趣女性的普遍态度,并在这个过程中,重塑了自己。
- In series one, Barbara from Blackpool realised her dream and became TV comedy star, Sophie Straw, the nation’s favourite. In series two, Sophie finds out that ‘having a voice’ doesn’t mean it will be heard and that fame is a fickle friend. Fed up with being the comic muse in old school comedy shows, Sophie tries her hand at arthouse cinema hoping it will be more progressive – it isn’t! Undeterred, Sophie decides to create her own comedy show where she can tell authentic stories in all their messy and hilarious glory. She’s found her voice, and no one can stop her using it! She learns that the power is in the word. Funny Woman is produced by Potboiler and Rebel Park Productions, in association with Sky Studios. Executive produced by Nick Hornby, Gemma Arterton, Andrea Calderwood, Gail Egan, Jessica Parker and Jessica Malik.
- The story of Parker’s new effort, penned by William “Billy” Ivory, is inspired by true events and is set in the summer of 2014. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France, octogenarian Bernard Jordan (played by Michael Caine) made global headlines. He’d staged a “great escape” from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades. The bittersweet script is said to explore “the reality with wit and a very big heart”. Bernie’s adventure, spanning just 48 hours, also marked the culmination of his 60-year marriage to Irene (Glenda Jackson). The film will also celebrate “their love without any sentimentality and with an eye to the lessons we might all learn from the Greatest Generation”.