| Title |
Brief encounters. |
| Published |
Australia Distributed by Shock DVD, ©2017. |
| ©2016 |
| Description |
2 DVD-videos (288 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Video Characteristics |
DVD NTSC |
| Digital File Characteristics |
video file DVD video Region 4 |
| Form of Work |
Television program |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Shock DVD : KAL4212. |
| Originally broadcast in the United Kingdom on the ITV television network between 4 July – 8 August 2016. |
| "It's a business doing pleasure"--Container. |
| Includes all 6 episodes. |
| The series is loosely based on Gold Group International CEO Jacqueline Gold's 1995 memoir, Good Vibrations, which details the beginning of the Ann Summers retailer company. |
| Credits |
Written and created by Fay Rusling and Oriane Messina ; directed by Jill Robertson, Marek Losey and Joss Agnew. |
| Performers |
Penelope Wilton, Angela Griffin, Sophie Rundle, Sharon Rooney, Will Merrick. |
| Summary |
In the early 1980's four British women want to improve their lot in life. Stephanie (Sophie Rundle) wonders how to make ends meet when her husband loses his job, while her friend Nita (Angela Griffin) tries to keep her teenage son out of trouble. Pauline (Penelope Wilton) is a bored and lonely housewife and Dawn (Sharon Rooney) yearns to escape her toxic family. When Stephanie and Nita answer an ad for a sales job selling exotic lingerie and other "marital aids", they kick off a sexual revolution in their community. As their business grows, they become savvy professional women, gaining confidence, forging unlikely friendships and scandalising the town. But their newfound independence comes at a price as they wrestle with the pressures of husbands, family and a changing society. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification: M (Recommended for mature audiences) (Mature themes, sexual references and violence). |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby digital 5.1, NTSC, Region 4, aspect ratio 16:9. |
| Language note |
English. English SDH. |
| Subjects |
Gold, Jacqueline -- Television adaptations |
| Female friendship -- England -- Drama |
| Families -- England -- Drama |
| Businesswomen -- Great Britain -- Drama |
| Lingerie industry -- Great Britain -- Drama |
| Sex oriented businesses -- Great Britain -- Drama |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Television adaptations |
| Genre |
Television comedies |
| Historical television programs |
| Fiction television programs |
| Other Names |
Rusling, Fay creator, screenwriter. |
| Messina, Oriane creator, screenwriter. |
| Robertson, Jill director. |
| Losey, Marek director. |
| Agnew, Joss director. |
| Rundle, Sophie actor. |
| Griffin, Angela actor. |
| Rooney, Sharon actor. |
| Wilton, Penelope, 1946- actor. |
| Merrick, Will actor. |
| Gold, Jacqueline. Good vibrations Television adaptation of (work). |
| Added Corporate Names |
Acorn Media (Firm) |
| ITV Studios |
| Added Title |
Brief encounters (Television program) |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
See Also:
Authors:
- Acorn Media (Firm) .
- Agnew, Joss .
- Gold, Jacqueline. Good vibrations .
- Griffin, Angela .
- ITV Studios .
- Losey, Marek .
- Merrick, Will .
- Messina, Oriane .
- Robertson, Jill .
- Rooney, Sharon .
- Rundle, Sophie .
- Rusling, Fay .
- Wilton, Penelope, 1946- .
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