Courtesans and crises
This is a biting, penetrating and often humorous take on contemporary life in suburban America. Lester Burnham, an office worker, has a midlife crisis. When he loses his job, his response is a return to an adolescent hedonism that throws his family and the allAmerican suburb into chaos. This involves him becoming infatuated with his teenage daughter’s best friend, Angela. Cast: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari inside the hidden and privileged world of private medicine in Harley Street; the world famous and iconic British institution. Home to the greatest concentration of medical expertise anywhere in the world, with doctors and clinicians representing every medical discipline, Harley Street is an exclusive and expensive one-stop shop for everything from cutting-edge cancer treatment to the booming business of cosmetic surgery. But while the wealthy form a significant part of its custom, Harley Street is also the place of last resort for desperate people. This series tells the stories from both patients and clinicians’ points of view as it offers unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to a rarefied and elite institution. lifestyle, to support their mother, who is suffering from degenerative arthritis. We also meet the Kemps who try to mend broken relationships and hope that moving off the grid will help them get back to their core values as a family. Motorcycle racer Guy Martin undertakes more speed-based challenges in which he explores the boundaries of physics and learns – and teaches us – about the science of speed. He also sets out to win a US classic, the gruelling Pike’s Peak hillclimb, “The Race to the Clouds”.