NEW SHORTS: 'Til Death Do Us Part
18:30 Sat 7 Jan 2017
Decades in, can the ‘spark’ be salvaged? These dramas give us a varied look at love and long term relationships. Perhaps swinging or sex in public are your kindling of choice, or maybe there’s no hope left. Watch out for Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones), Hayley Atwell, Michael Smiley, Rupert Procter, Phil Davis, Amanda Donohoe and James Wilby.
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WHISKERS AND JANE
Mark Devenport 13 mins (UK, 2016)
An aging rocker struggles to recapture his mojo. -
A PORNOGRAPHER WOOS
Patrick Myles 7 mins (UK, 2016)
A man on holiday attempts to rekindle the passion in his relationship with his wife, and tries to seduce her by writing her a pornographic poem, despite the constant attention of their two children and his ever present mother in law. -
MINE
Simon Berry 8 mins (UK, 2016)
Fifty years of marriage. Fifty years of love and happiness. Fifty years of lies. When Walter steps on a live land mine in a remote field in England, he finds himself at the mercy of his wife Diane, who has recently unearthed a deadly secret buried in their past. -
FERGIE TIME
Kjetil Alexander Gudmestad 3 mins (UK, 2016)
A marriage, running well over injury time, ends Woman 1 - Man 0, after Woman [finally] speaks her mind about their thirty years together. -
DIRECTIONS
Oliver Greenall 4 mins (UK, 2016)
A married couple go for a pleasant drive in the countryside in an attempt to rekindle their relationship but they get lost on the way and an argument ensues. -
SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS
James Laycock 8 mins (UK, 2016)
An encounter with a neighbour makes Penny re-evaluate her relationship with Mark. -
THE DRIVING SEAT
Phil Lowe 9 mins (UK, 2016)
One Saturday morning, a middle aged couple decide to make love in their car in the driveway to put a spark back in their marriage - only to find it has rather the opposite effect. -
CHICKEN / EGG
James D'Arcy 15 mins (UK, 2016)
Mark's a good guy. Kenneth not so much. Mark's gonna help Kenneth out. Maybe. -
THE WRONG END OF THE STICK
Terri Matthews 10 mins (UK, 2016)
Malcolm Fetcher is a neurotic, middle-aged teacher lost in a dull marriage with his wife of twenty years, Beverly. As he faces an all-consuming identity crisis, their marriage disintegrates and he is forced to express a deep, hidden desire. -
THE SWING OF IT
Douglas Ray 10 mins (UK, 2016)
A retired couple decide to attend a local swingers party, in the hope of restarting their stalled love life. But not only are they the only attendees, the hosts are a couple of stuck up liberals who have been objecting to their planning application. What follows is a night of brutal honesty, small town politics and not a lot of snogging.