Katherine Parkinson
4) The Kennedys
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It's 1978, and Brenda, Tony and Emma Kennedy move to Jessop Road estate, in Stevenage. Brenda aspires to the 'middle class' lifestyle, and is excited about the opportunity for social development the estate offers; they can host middle class dinner parties, drive middle class cars and do middle class small talk with their new middle class neighbours. Brenda and Tony's 10 year old daughter Emma is Brenda's hope for the future of feminism and Tony's...
5) Humans: 2.0
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Months after saying goodbye to sentient synth Mia and her family, the Hawkinses search for some semblance of normalcy. But when Niska arrives at their home unannounced, the family is pulled back into the dangerous lives of the synths.
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Roy and Moss toil in the squalid basement of a huge company, fielding IT help desk calls. Roy has a lousy attitude coupled with an eye for the ladies. Moss is dressed by his mother and has an aerosol can of water clipped ot his belt. Into their life of 'users,' pizza, science fiction and firewalls comes middle manager Jen, a spunky can-do career gal who doesn't know one end of a laptop from another. Now Jen will introduce real life to the guys who...
8) Here We Go
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Nothing ever goes according to plan for the Jessops – and son Sam has caught it all intimately on his camera. A new comedy from the writer of Plebs.The Jessop family can’t help getting things just a little bit wrong – a lot of the time. The family face everyday challenges alongside brilliantly bonkers situations, such as kidnapping a dog, destroying a swimming pool and interrupting a wedding. With a home-movie feel, this is an intimate comedy...
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Nothing ever goes according to plan for the Jessops – and son Sam has caught it all intimately on his camera. A new comedy from the writer of Plebs.The Jessop family can’t help getting things just a little bit wrong – a lot of the time. The family face everyday challenges alongside brilliantly bonkers situations, such as kidnapping a dog, destroying a swimming pool and interrupting a wedding. With a home-movie feel, this is an intimate comedy...
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Two siblings, Nessa and Ephra stein, children of a zionist arms procurer, now run a foundation aiming to reduce the conflict through increasing Palestine's economic prosperity. When Nessa's foundation is about to announce a major business contract with a prominent Palestinian businessman, he is found dead in an apparent suicide. As doubt circles around his cause of death, an international investigation turns into a manhunt.
11) Humans
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In the near future, humanoid servants called Synthetics have been created to help busy families simplify their lives. When Joe Hawkins buys synth Anita, he hopes it will relieve the pressure on his wife, Laura.
12) Easy virtue
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John Whittaker is a young Englishman who falls madly in love with Larita, a sexy, glamorous American woman. The two impulsively decide to get married. He takes her home to meet his family, she arrives like a blast from the future. John's mother takes an instant disliking to Lairta and undermines her every move. But Larita will blow their entrenched British stuffiness right out the window.
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"When Georgia Pritchett found herself lost for words - a bit of a predicament for a comedy writer - she booked an appointment with a therapist, who suggested that she try writing down some of the things that worried her. The therapist probably meant a light, mid-week grocery-list's worth of worries. Instead, Georgia wrote this book. From fretting about the monsters under her bed as a child (Were they comfy enough?) to agonizing about making too much...
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"Charming, warm and uplifting...there is so much to love about this book."—Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of This is How It Always Is
A triumphant and touching debut about the unlikeliest superstar you'll ever meet.
Twelve-year-old Norman Foreman and his best friend, Jax, are a legendary comedic duo in waiting, with a plan to take their act all the way to the Edinburgh Fringe. But when Jax dies,...
A triumphant and touching debut about the unlikeliest superstar you'll ever meet.
Twelve-year-old Norman Foreman and his best friend, Jax, are a legendary comedic duo in waiting, with a plan to take their act all the way to the Edinburgh Fringe. But when Jax dies,...
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"Wickedly satirical . . . nothing short of brilliant."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
New York Times bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett explores the inanity of war, sexual politics, and why the best man for the job is often a woman in this acerbically funny and poignant Discworld novel.
In the small country of Borogravia, there are strict rules citizens must follow. Women belong in the
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"These rediscovered tales were written by Terry Pratchett under a pseudonym for British newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s. The stories have never been attributed to him until now, and might never have been found-were it not for the efforts of a few dedicated fans. As Neil Gaiman writes in his introduction, "through all of these stories we watch Terry Pratchett becoming Terry Pratchett." Though none of the short works are set in the Discworld,...