Surviving Summer (2009).

A suicidal teen is sent to stay with her grandparents for the summer, and life takes a turn for the better. This film is also known as According to Greta.

Walkabout (1971).

An Australian film about two children stranded in the Australian outback following their father’s suicide. An Aborigine boy shows them how to survive.

Indian Summers Series 1 Episode 3

Drama in Simla as the Sipi Fair takes place. A pro-independence rally results in arrests, and Ralph conspires to get Aafrin on his side by giving him a promotion.

Black Work (Episode 1.)

Drama about a policeman’s widow who tries to find out the truth behind her husband’s murder. Starring Sheridan Smith.

Dirty Dancing (1987).

The coming-of-age story of young ‘daddy’s girl’ Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman and the summer romance she has with dancing instructor Johnny Castle during her family’s holiday to the Catskills.

Anna and the King (1999).

Film starring Chow Yan Fat and Jodie Foster, its the oft-told story of the English schoolteacher Anna Leonowens who won over the King of Siam when she began teaching the royal children.

The Mill Series 1 Episode 2

Esther is in court after assaulting her overseer. Her replacement comes in the guise of 2 sisters, but one of the girls is very ill.

Home Fires (Episode 4)

The fourth of six episodes of the series. Teacher, Teresa, faces a familiar face from her past. Frances’s plan to create a communal air raid shelter is almost scuppered by the imperious Joyce. Pat puts a tonic in Bob’s tea to control his violence.

Philadelphia (1993).

An amazing movie (starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington) about a lawyer with AIDS who sues his law firm for wrongful dismissal. He is represented by a homophobic lawyer.

Bicycle Thieves (1948).

An Italian neo-realist film about a desperate father searching post-war Rome for the bicycle which he has to find otherwise he will lose his job.