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Documentary providing a rare glimpse into the depths of the London Underground as its staff strive under immense pressure to keep this hugely complex and strained system running. The programme uses anonymous accounts by staff members, voiced by actors.
This well-acted drama about an Irishman just released from jail is filled with rich characterization. The story is adapted from a stage play by Walter Macken who also plays the role of the ex-convict Paddo in this screen version. Direction is by J. Fielder Cook. Once Paddo returns home after being sentenced to five years for killing a man, his old friends try to put him back in their niche of local hero but Paddo will have none of it. He is disillusioned and changed. His son Willie (Arthur Kennedy) walks with a limp that keeps him too self-conscious to assert himself as he would like with the young woman of his dreams. While other people come in and out of Paddo's life, from his taciturn friend the trapper to the local tinker, it is Paddo's son Willie suffering from his own disability who makes the difference in his father's life.
A short film that explores escapism in the sub-culture of the circuit party scene. The circuit is a series of underground gay parties that promote sex, drugs and dancing. It's a coming of age movie that follows the journey for happiness in a society that substitutes fleeting pleasures for the wish to find ultimate happiness. A contest to declare the next Ultimate Circuit Boy brings together three guys who are all in a different stage of the circuit evolution. Each character has his own ambitions, dreams, hopes and fears. They all have one ultimate wish, to be happy.
