01 May 2012
Lad: A Yorkshire Story
After the death of his father, a teenage boy forms a healing friendship with a park ranger in the Yorkshire Dales.
Secret Society
A Romantic Comedy of Generous Proportions
Daisy is the love of Ken's life - she is also large... and very pretty... and on the dole. But Ken is a dreamer, all his dreams to make a fast buck ending up where they started - as dreams. With the rent unpaid, the bailiffs at the door and Ken's dreams in tatters, Daisy sets out to bring home the bacon and gets a job in the local factory. There she meets Marlene and half a dozen other large women who are all united in a secret passion - Sumo wrestling! Ken doesn't know what's hit him.
Top Billed Cast
Charlotte Brittain Daisy / Great White Jellyfish
Lee Ross Ken
Annette Badland Marlene / Priestress of Elements
James Wooton Billy
Charles Dale Paul
Lisa Riley Beth Trailor / Amazon Woman No. 1
Rachel Smith Sue
Sharon Duce Janice
Kate Fitzgerald Mrs Selby
Claire Cathcart Pygmy Hippo
Sharon D. Clarke Typhoon
Troy Jackson Doris / Woolly Mammoth
Jackie D. Broad Patricia / She Elephant
Joann Condon Pamela / Giant Butterfly
Alison Garland Anne / Polar Bear
Morag Siller Sarah / Raging Bull
Donna Combe Emma / Mighty Walrus
Mikyla Dodd Julie / Sea Cow
Iliana Flade Kate / Big White Orca
Takeshi Nara Takeshi
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