Jimmy Erskine is the most feared theatre critic of the age. He lives as flamboyantly as he writes and takes pleasure in savagely taking down any actor who fails to meet his standards. When the owner of the Daily Chronicle newspaper dies, and his son David Brooke takes over, Jimmy quickly finds himself at odds with his new boss and his position under threat. In an attempt to preserve the power and influence he holds so sacred, Jimmy strikes a Faustian pact with struggling actress Nina Land, entangling them and Brooke in a thrilling but deadly web of desire, blackmail, and betrayal.
When Freddy Lupin's wayward wish transforms him into a werewolf and deposits a mischievous moon sprite on Earth, Freddy must restore the cosmic order before the earth and moon collide.
This Suffolk double bill features two films by Tim Curtis who made Life on the Deben and begins with We Fought Them in Gunboats, a film about the heroes of HMS Beehive, the Coastal Forces base at Felixstowe Dock (now part of the Port of Felixstowe), who took on the German E-Boats in the North Sea during the Second World War.
This is then followed by a Q&A with publisher and author Julia Jones of Golden Duck, interviewed by Nick Cottam.
Followed by Stanley's War
A riveting, true-events based drama-documentary looking at the First World War through the lives of two Suffolk families. Stanley Banyard, a Ramsholt farmhand makes a name for himself at the Front in France and the Pretty’s of Sutton Hoo fame have to deal with family tragedy. Presented and narrated by John McCarthy.