Charlie Bucket je malý chlapec, pochádzajúci z celkom zbedačenej rodiny, býva na okraji mesta hneď vedľa obrovskej továrne na čokoládu. Charlie miluje čokoládu, aj keď dostáva čokoládový bonbón len raz do roka. Jedného dňa však vyhrá aj s ďalšími štyrmi deťmi cestu po fantastickej čokoládovej továrni, ktorú vlastní excentrický Willy Wonka a jeho nemenej zaujímaví zamestnanci.
Včela sa narodí, ide do školy, potom do továrne na výrobu medu a tam usilovne ako včielka drie až do svojho posledného dňa. Čerstvému absolventovi včelej univerzity Barrymu takáto predstava ale vôbec nevonia. Chcel by sa stať súčasťou Peľových frajerov, elitnej včelej skupiny, ktorá opeľuje kvety, zbiera nektár a hlavne má ako jediná výsostné právo vyletieť von z úľa. Tomuto cieľavedomému trúdovi sa to skutočne podarí. Netušil však, že svet tam vonku je až taký nebezpečný. Na poslednú chvíľu je zachránený včelou Vanessou. Ako ich vzťah kvitne, dozvedajú sa, prečo vlastne ľudia potrebujú med a rozhodnú sa ich zažalovať...
Po ekonomickom a sociálnom kolapse priemyselného mestečka v izolovanej časti Nevady sa hlavnej hrdinky dotkne aj osobná strata – smrť manžela – a ona tak zostáva sama bez práce aj bez domova. A tak sa Fern rozhodne hľadať životnú silu mimo konvenčnej spoločnosti brázdením Ameriky vo svojej bielej obytnej dodávke a spoznávaním podobných novodobých „kočovníkov“. Prívetivý film s nesmiernou dušou.
Bratia Ernie a Lars Smuntzovci, ktorí sa po pohrebe svojho otca z testamentu dozvedia, že zdedili okrem zastaranej továrne na povrázky aj schátraný starý dom, ktorý je architektonický unikát. Ani jedného dedičstvo však zatiaľ veľmi nezaujíma, kým Ernieho reštaurácia neskrachuje a Larsa nevyhodí manželka z domu, lebo odmietol predať továreň. Ako získať peniaze? Je tu predsa starý dom, ktorý sa dá výhodne predať! Jediným problémom je "podnájomník" - prefíkaná malá myš, ktorú treba vystrnadiť.
Inšpiratívny príbeh Richarda Montañeza, údržbára Frito Lay, ktorý využil svoje mexicko-americké korene a výchovu a premenil ikonické Flamin’ Hot Cheetos na pochúťku, ktorá oživila potravinársky priemysel a stala sa globálnym fenoménom popkultúry.
Crocodile Shoes is a British 7-part television series made by the BBC and screened on BBC One in 1994. The series was written by and starred Jimmy Nail as a factory worker who becomes a country and western singer. A sequel, Crocodile Shoes II followed in 1996 and the theme tune "Country Boy" was a hit for Nail too.
The president has disappeared one day. His body hasn’t been found but he’s not returning. Cheongil Electronics is now buried in debt, and all the employees are desperate to survive. Sun Shim is a bookkeeper whom everyone belittles. She’s sick of her life and dreams to be a shareholder of Cheongil. With Mr. Oh’s disappearance, Sun Shim, who knows nothing, becomes the next president.
Making Out is a British television series, shown by the BBC between 1989 and 1991. The series, created by Franc Roddam, written by Debbie Horsfield, mixed comedy and drama in its portrayal of the women who worked on the factory floor at New Lyne Electronics in Manchester, tackling the personal lives of the characters as well as wider issues of recession, redundancy and retrenchment as the factory goes through various crises and take-overs. The music for the series was composed by New Order. The main theme for the show is an adaptation of the song "Vanishing Point". There is a specific mix of this song called the Making Out Mix.
Clocking Off is a British television drama series broadcast on BBC One for four series from 2000 to 2003. It was produced by Red Production Company, and created by Paul Abbott. Effectively an anthology programme that followed the lives of a group of workers at a Manchester textile factory, with each episode focusing on the private life of a different character. How much do you know about the person working next to you? From the outside, life at Mackintosh Textiles appears to run smoothly, but in a community with so many secrets to hide, things are far from straightforward. In six powerful, self-contained dramas, everyday life is fractured by tumultuous marriages, snatched passions, disappearing spouses, and gang harassment.
Sharon and Elsie is a British sitcom that aired for two seasons from 1984 to 1985. It starred Brigit Forsyth and Janette Beverley. Elsie Beecroft is a middle-aged, middle-class office administrator in a printing firm. Her world is perfectly ordered until young working-class Sharon Wilkes is hired as the new office secretary. Initially prone to be snobbish, Elsie soon learns to appreciate Sharon and the two become friends. Many episodes revolve around the family life of either Sharon or Elsie, with Sharon's brother Elvis, her boyfriend Wayne, and Elsie's husband Roland making regular appearances. Factory scenes would usually involve lecherous floor manager Stanley Crabtree and Sharon and Elsie's prickly responses to his womanising. Grumpy tea lady Ivy would also make appear regularly.
The New Phil Silvers Show is an American situation comedy starring comedian Phil Silvers which aired thirty episodes on CBS from September 28, 1963, to April 25, 1964, under the sponsorship of General Foods.
Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (German: Acht Stunden sind kein Tag) is a West German television drama miniseries written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk, it broadcast in five episodes between 1972 and 1973. In Cologne, West Germany, young toolmaker Jochen's world is explored, including those around him: the woman he loves, his eccentric family, and his fellow workers, with whom he bands together to improve conditions on the factory floor.
Curry and Chips is a British sitcom broadcast in 1969 which was produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network. Set on a factory floor of 'Lillicrap Ltd', it starred a blacked up Spike Milligan as an Asian immigrant who went by the name of Kevin O'Grady. It also featured Eric Sykes as the foreman, Norman Rossington as the shop steward, and other regulars were Kenny Lynch, and Sam Kydd. The series was written by Till Death Us Do Part writer Johnny Speight, but based on idea by Milligan. It was the first LWT sitcom to be made in colour, and all episodes still exist.
A series of TikTok videos on a cat named "Toffee Volk"
