louiseculmer

Although rather strangely described as a comedy, this is mainly a melodrama, albeit with the occasional amusing incident. Brenda Blethyn plays a self absorbed woman who imagines she is helping people while actually causing chaos in their lives. Warren Clarke is her long suffering husband. There is a lot of shouting, and quite a lot of broken glass. The best character is the baby, who remains cheerful and smiling despite being surrounded by mostly disagreeable adults. The ending is very odd, with no resolution of any kind, possibly a second series was envisaged? If so, can't say I greatly regret that it never happened.

A weird melodrama about an American girl (Carol Lynley) who has just arrived in London and whose small daughter Bunny goes missing from her nursery school. Nobody at the school remembers seeing Bunny, and people begin to question whether she actually exists. Laurence Olivier is the rather lackadaisical detective who investigates Bunny's disappearance, and Noel Coward is Lynley's creepy landlord. The film builds to a wildly over the top and frankly unbelievable climax. If Laurence Olivier had been a halfway competent detective the whole thing could have been wrapped up an hour earlier, and I wish it had been.

A strange, melancholy story of Sherlock Holmes's old age. He is living in the country with his grumpy housekeeper and her young son. Not a great deal happens, and unless you are very interested in bees there isn't much to see here. I was hoping for something a bit more interesting, but instead it's just bees, bees,, bees, all the way. I managed to stay awake until the end, but only just.