Desmond McNamara

Desmond McNamara

Hackney, London, England, UK

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Lucky Break 2001 (6.2)

Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape plan into production. Two other barriers, besides the wall, confront him: the arrival of a nasty inmate, John Toombes, who insists on joining the escape, and Jimmy's feelings of attraction for Anabel, a social worker who agrees to appear in the play. Opening night approaches: is this Jimmy's breakout performance?
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Adventures of a Taxi Driver 1976 (5.1)

Joe North is a London taxi driver who manages to get himself into any number of sexual situations with various women.
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Running Scared is a British television children's drama serial produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC 1 in 1986, based on the Bernard Ashley novel and is set in Woolwich with the Woolwich Ferry featuring in a key scene. A gritty series, Running Scared deals with a teenage girl, Paula, whose life is put at risk when she uncovers evidence that could put a local criminal gang leader behind bars. The series is notable for its use of the then recently released Kate Bush pop song Running Up That Hill as its main theme tune.
Desmond McNamara

Desmond McNamara

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A Mug’s Game, Or, How to Squash a Lemon Head 1967

A stop-motion animation aimed at young people, discouraging vandalism on railway lines, by pointing out the dangers.