Tube Tales is a collection of nine short films based on the true-life experiences of London Underground

London Underground

The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...

 passengers as submitted to Time Out magazine. The stories were scripted and filmed independently of each other. Filming took place on the London Underground network in 1999 by nine directors including Stephen Hopkins

Stephen Hopkins (director)

Stephen Hopkins is a Jamaican-born film director and producer. He is best-known for his continuation of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise with A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child and the Predator franchise with Predator 2...

, Charles McDougall

Charles McDougall

Charles McDougall is a British Emmy Award and BAFTA-winning director.-Biography:McDougall has directed for popular television series which include the pilot episode of ABC's Desperate Housewives . McDougall has also directed episodes of Queer as Folk on Channel 4 and Sex and the City on HBO...

 and Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins

Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. is an English actor known for playing Cockney rough diamonds, psychopaths and gangsters, in films such as The Long Good Friday , and Mona Lisa , and lighter roles in family films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Hook .- Early life :Hoskins was born in Bury St...

, with directorial debuts by Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor. He has had success in mainstream, indie, and art house films. McGregor is perhaps best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama Trainspotting , young Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy , and poet Christian in the...

 and Jude Law

Jude Law

David Jude Heyworth Law , known professionally as Jude Law, is an English actor, film producer and director.He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987, and had his first television role in 1989...

. The project was produced by Richard Jobson

Richard Jobson (television presenter)

Richard Jobson is a Scottish singer-songwriter and film-maker, best known as a television presenter, film director, producer and screenwriter.-Early life:...

.

Mr Cool

Director: Amy Jenkins

Amy Jenkins

Amy Jenkins is an English novelist and screenwriter. She is the daughter of the late political journalist Peter Jenkins and the stepdaughter of The Guardian columnist and author Polly Toynbee....

Writer: Amy Jenkins

Originator: Sue Smallwood

Starring: Jason Flemyng

Jason Flemyng

Jason Iain Flemyng is an English actor. He is known for his film work, which has included roles in British films such as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch , both for Guy Ritchie, as well as Hollywood productions such as Rob Roy along with the Alan Moore comic book adaptations From...

, Dexter Fletcher

Dexter Fletcher

Dexter Fletcher is an English actor. He is best known for his role in Guy Ritchie film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels as well as television roles in such shows as the dramedy Hotel Babylon, the critically acclaimed HBO series Band of Brothers and earlier in his career, the children's show...

 and Kelly Macdonald

Kelly Macdonald

Kelly Macdonald is a Scottish actress, known for her role in the independent film Trainspotting and mainstream releases such as Nanny McPhee, Gosford Park, Intermission, No Country for Old Men and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2...

Synopsis: After failing to impress his dream girl, Mr Cool suffers the embarrassment of becoming trapped on a train to nowhere.

Cast: (in alphabetical order) Jason Flemyng (Luke); Dexter Fletcher (Joe); Kelly Macdonald (Emma).

Horny

Director: Stephen Hopkins

Stephen Hopkins (director)

Stephen Hopkins is a Jamaican-born film director and producer. He is best-known for his continuation of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise with A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child and the Predator franchise with Predator 2...

Writer: Stephen Hopkins

Originator: Alex Piro

Starring: Denise van Outen

Denise van Outen

Denise van Outen is an English actress, singer and television presenter. Her most notable roles to date are as a presenter on The Big Breakfast, and as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago on both the West End and on Broadway.- Early life :Born Denise Kathleen Outen in Basildon, Essex, she is the...

 and Tom Bell

Tom Bell (actor)

Tom Bell was an English actor on stage, film and television. He was dark-haired, lean, and in his later years often played characters having a sinister side to their nature.-Biography:...

Synopsis: A young woman uses her sexuality to avenge a businessman's sleazy desire of her.

Cast: (in alphabetical order) Denise van Outen (Alex); Liz Smith

Liz Smith (actress)

Liz Smith, MBE is a British actress, best-known for her roles in the sitcoms The Vicar of Dibley and The Royle Family. She also appeared in the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.-Early life:...

 (Old Lady); Tom Bell (Old Gent); Leah Fitzgerald (Little Girl).

Grasshopper

Director: Menhaj Huda

Menhaj Huda

Menhaj Huda is a British film and television director and producer of Bangladeshi descent.-Movie career:His first directing job was the 1993 television series Hypnosis...

Writer: Harsha Patel

Originator: Gary Dellaway

Starring:Dele Johnson, Ray Panthaki

Ray Panthaki

Ray Panthaki is a British-born actor, film producer and writer.Born in London, Panthaki is best known for the roles he played on BBC soap opera EastEnders as Ronny Ferreira and as 'Hassan B' the nemesis to Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G in Ali G Indahouse...

 and Stephen Da Costa

Synopsis: Two inspectors close in on a suspected fare dodger, only to discover their target is not quite what he seemed, in a bizarre case of mistaken identity.

Cast: (in alphabetical order) Stephen Da Costa (Mr X); Alicya Eyo

Alicya Eyo

Alicya Eyo is a British theatre, film and television actress. She is best known for portraying Denny Blood in the award winning and critically acclaimed prison drama series Bad Girls.-Early life:...

 (Shantel); Roger Griffiths

Roger Griffiths

Roger Griffiths is a British actor who has had several roles in television.He first rose to prominence opposite Lenny Henry as Gareth Blackstock's foil Everton Stonehead in Chef!...

 (Charlie); Dele Johnson (Stevie); Preeya Kalidas (Reena); Peter McNamara (Roy); Mazhar Munir (Mazaar); Raiyo Panthaki (Mo); Ashish Raja (Bulla); Marcia Rose (Miss Clinique); Jake Wood (James).

My Father the Liar

Director: Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins

Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. is an English actor known for playing Cockney rough diamonds, psychopaths and gangsters, in films such as The Long Good Friday , and Mona Lisa , and lighter roles in family films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Hook .- Early life :Hoskins was born in Bury St...

Writer: Paul Fraser

Originator: Christine Barry

Starring: Ray Winstone

Ray Winstone

Raymond Andrew "Ray" Winstone is an English film and television actor. He is mostly known for his "tough guy" roles, beginning with that of Carlin in the 1979 film Scum and as Will Scarlet in the cult television adventure series Robin of Sherwood. He has also become well known as a voice over...

 and Tom Watson

Synopsis: A young boy and his father witness an incident that causes the father to lie to his son, in order to protect him.

Cast: (in alphabetical order) Edna Doré

Edna Doré

Edna Doré is a British actress. Doré is one of Britain's best known senior citizen actresses. She is known for her bit-part roles in situation comedies and for playing the character of Mo Butcher in the BBC soap opera EastEnders .- Career :She began her career as a chorus girl in ENSA, then spent...

 (Bag Lady); Frank Harper

Frank Harper

Frank Harper is a British actor and film producer. He is best known for his "Hard Man" roles, such as Billy Bright in The Football Factory , Dog in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels .-Career:...

 (Ticket Inspector); William Hoyland (Suicide Victim); Richard Jobson (Vendor); Tom Watson (The Son); Ray Winstone (The Father).

Bone

Director: Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor. He has had success in mainstream, indie, and art house films. McGregor is perhaps best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama Trainspotting , young Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy , and poet Christian in the...

Writer: Mark Greig

Mark Greig

Mark Greig is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League for the Hartford Whalers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and Philadelphia Flyers. He is currently a scout with the Flyers...

Originator: Sam Taggart

Starring: Nicholas Tennant and Kay Curram

Synopsis: A musician invents a fantasy world surrounding the owner of a lost travel card displayed in the window of the ticket office.

Cast: (in alphabetical order) Corrinne Charton (Pot Plant Lady); Kay Curram (Louise); Joe Duttine (Flamboyant Soloist); Douglas L. Mellor (Concert Hall Manager); Nicholas Tennant (Gordon).

Mouth

Director: Armando Iannucci

Armando Iannucci

Armando Giovanni Iannucci is a Scottish comedian, satirist, writer, director, performer and radio producer. Born in Glasgow, he studied at Oxford University and left graduate work on a PhD about John Milton to pursue a career in comedy....

Writer: Armando Iannucci

Originator: Peter Hart

Starring: Daniela Nardini

Daniela Nardini

Daniela Nardini is a Scottish actress of Italian ancestry, best known for playing Anna Forbes in the BBC Two television series This Life. The role earned her a BAFTA Best Actress award in 1998 and also earned her a Scottish BAFTA...

Synopsis: A crowded compartment's attentions are drawn to an attractive well-groomed woman, but she doesn't quite live up to their individual expectations.

Cast: (in alphabetical order) Helen Coker (Bride To Be); Mark Frost

Mark Frost

Mark Frost is an American novelist, television/film writer, director, who is best known as a writer for the TV show Hill Street Blues and co-creator of the show Twin Peaks.-Personal life:...

 (Dude); Sky Glover (Girlfriend); Simon Greenall

Simon Greenall

Simon Greenall is a British actor, writer and voice artist from Longtown in Cumbria. He has appeared in a wide variety of roles in television, film, radio and the theatre, and is probably best known for his role as Michael in the TV series I'm Alan Partridge and as the voice of headmaster Iqbal in...

 (Business Man); Dominic Holland

Dominic Holland

Dominic Holland is an English comedian, and author. He also performs at corporate functions. He won the Perrier Best Newcomer Award in Edinburgh in 1993.-Appearances:...

 (Cello Player); Daniela Nardini (Heroine); Matthew Xia (Boyfriend).

A Bird in the Hand

Director: Jude Law

Jude Law

David Jude Heyworth Law , known professionally as Jude Law, is an English actor, film producer and director.He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987, and had his first television role in 1989...

Writer: Ed Allen

Originator: Jim Sillavan

Starring: Alan Miller

Synopsis: When a trapped bird stuns itself on a window, a couple of passengers debate the bird's fate before an elderly man liberates it above ground.

Cast: (in alphabetical order) Ed Allen (Youth 2); Frank Harper

Frank Harper

Frank Harper is a British actor and film producer. He is best known for his "Hard Man" roles, such as Billy Bright in The Football Factory , Dog in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels .-Career:...

 (Station Guard); Morgan Jones (Youth 1); Alan Miller (Old Man); Cleo Sylvestre

Cleo Sylvestre

Cleo Syvestre is an actress who has made numerous appearances on United Kingdom television over a 40 year period....

 (Woman).

Rosebud

Director: Gaby Dellal

Writers: Gaby Dellal an Atalanta Goulandris

Originator: Tracey Finch

Starring: Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz

Rachel Hannah Weisz born 7 March 1970)is an English-American film and theatre actress and former fashion model. She started her acting career at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where she co-founded the theatrical group Cambridge Talking Tongues...

Synopsis: A mother is separated from her daughter and experiences agonising panic as she searches for her, whilst the child discovers a surreal wonderland.

Cast: (in alphabetical order) Joao Costa Menezes

Joao Costa Menezes

Joao Costa Menezes is a London-based Portuguese film actor, film producer and film director.After a degree in Law by the University of Coimbra and three years working as a lawyer in Portugal, Joao decided to move to London in 1998, to follow an acting career. He got his first acting job in 1999, in...

 (?); Doña Croll

Doña Croll

Doña Croll is a Jamaican-born British actress. She is best known for her British soap opera roles as Pearl McHugh in Family Affairs and more recently as Vera Corrigan in the BBC soap, Doctors....

 (Elizabeth); Leonie Elliot (Rosebud); Danny Cerqueira (Station Guard); Frank Harper

Frank Harper

Frank Harper is a British actor and film producer. He is best known for his "Hard Man" roles, such as Billy Bright in The Football Factory , Dog in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels .-Career:...

 (Station Guard); Ian Puleston-Davies

Ian Puleston-Davies

-Early life and career:Born in Flint, Wales, Puleston-Davies has starred in the ITV drama Vincent alongside Ray Winstone, and Ghostboat , alongside David Jason. He has also played the lead roles in Conviction and the BBC Three series Funland.He has starred in long-running dramas such as Holby...

 (Typewriter Man); Rachel Weisz (Angela).

Steal Away

Director: Charles McDougall

Charles McDougall

Charles McDougall is a British Emmy Award and BAFTA-winning director.-Biography:McDougall has directed for popular television series which include the pilot episode of ABC's Desperate Housewives . McDougall has also directed episodes of Queer as Folk on Channel 4 and Sex and the City on HBO...

Writer: Nick Perry

Nick Perry (writer)

Nick Perry is a British playwright and screenwriter. He is a graduate of the National Film and Television School. His first play Arrivederci Millwall was produced by The Combination at The Albany Empire, Deptford in 1985 and jointly won the Samuel Beckett Award. Smallholdings was first performed...

Originator: TJ Austin

Starring: Hans Matheson

Hans Matheson

Hans Matheson is a British actor.-Life and career:Matheson was born in Stornoway, Scotland, the son of Sheena, a therapist, and Iain , a folk musician and painter. He made his feature film debut as Johnny Silver in Jez Butterworth's critically acclaimed directorial debut, Mojo...

 and Carmen Ejogo

Carmen Ejogo

Carmen Elizabeth Ejogo is a British actress, currently based in the United States.-Early life:Born and raised in London, Ejogo is the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Ejogo née Douglas. Her father is a Nigerian entrepreneur and her mother a Scottish tour guide. During her childhood, Ejogo...

Synopsis: Two young opportunists steal a briefcase, which turns out to contain wads of money. Their victim shoots at them, but they seem to escape unscathed onto an unused platform where they board a mysterious train. A preacher reads from the bible and a young boy washes passenger's feet. Leaving the train the couple leave the money with a tramp before heading to the exit where only one of their tickets is valid.

Cast: (in alphabetical order) Tim Barlow

Tim Barlow

Michael John Leigh Barlow , whose stage name is Tim Barlow or sometimes Timothy Barlow, is a British actor who has performed many small roles in a variety of films, television programmes and plays....

 (Elderly Drunk); Darren Carr

Darren Carr

Darren Carr is a retired English football defender. In the 1996–97 season, he was part of Chesterfield's historic run to the FA Cup semi final, coming on as a substitute in both the semi final and semi final replay against Middlesbrough.-Clubs:*1986-1987 : Bristol Rovers*1987-1988 : Newport...

 (Black Boy); Jim Carter (Ticket Inspector); Emma Cunniffe

Emma Cunniffe

Emma Cunniffe is a British film, stage and television actress.Her television credits include The Lakes , "Biddy" in a TV adaptation of Great Expectations, All the King's Men, Clash of the Santas, alongside Robson Green and Mark Benton, an ITV adaptation of Appointment with Death, Clocking Off ,...

 (Drained Young Woman); Clint Dyer (Walkman Boy); Jello Edwards (Middle Aged Woman); Annette Ekblom

Annette Ekblom

Annette Ekblom is a British actress. She is the mother of actress Amelia Warner.She starred as Linda in Willy Russell's musical Blood Brothers when Bill Kenwright's production opened in London in 1988...

 (Boy's Mum); Carmen Ejogo (Girl); Simon Kunz (White Pinstripe Suit Man); Hans Matheson (Boy); Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg is an English actor, comedian, writer, film producer, and director. He is best known for having co-written and stared in various Edgar Wright features, mainly Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and the comedy series Spaced.He also portrayed Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the 2009 Star Trek film...

 (Clerk); Sean Pertwee

Sean Pertwee

Sean Pertwee is an English actor known for his television, film and voice-over work.-Career:In the early 80s, he auditioned for a place at the Surrey County Youth Theatre where he was cast as Captain Fitzpatrick in the play Tom Jones, based on the novel by Henry Fielding...

 (Driver); Lee Ross

Lee Ross

Lee D. Ross is the Stanford Federal Credit Union Professor of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, and an influential social psychologist who has studied attribution theory, attributional biases, decision making and conflict resolution, often with longtime collaborator Mark Lepper...

 (Male Reveller); Don Warrington

Don Warrington

Don Warrington, MBE is a Trinidadian British actor.-Personal life:Warrington was born in Trinidad and Tobago on 23 May 1951 and brought up in Newcastle upon Tyne, England from age five. His father was the Trinidadian politician, Basil Kydd, who died in 1958. He has two sons.His acting career...

(Preacher).