John McKay

Published in 1609, William Shakespeare's collection of 154 sonnets comprises the greatest lyric sequence of poems in world literature. At the centre of this sonnet sequence lies a mystery that has endured for 400 years. 126 of these sonnets are addressed to a "Fair Youth" and 26 are addressed to a "Dark Lady". What fair youth inspired such passion and who was Shakespeare's dark lady?

Three female friends behave badly. (imdb)

A miniseries of adaptations of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to a modern setting.

Winter 1962, and cockney photographer David Bailey and unknown model Jean Shrimpton are sent to New York for a prestigious Vogue photo shoot. This drama tells the story of a wild week, their love affair, terrible fights with their fashion editor - and how two young people with no such intention happened to change the world of fashion forever. (bbc.co.uk)

When a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author suffers writers block in completing her final chapter of her second novel, he finds himself trying to figure out how to get her to beat his writers block for his own benefit. Knowing she writes best when she's upset, he makes it his mission to rain on her current happiness and success. But can trying to spread such negativity really act as a positive gain for himself and his company, or does it just hinder them all?

Reginald VelJohnson stops by a office Christmas party and things go down, hard. (Funny or Die)