This film is the definitive account of one of the most significant events in the history of Communism, the effects of which have shaped the world we live in today. Leon Trotsky, the Russian idealist banished by Stalin, has been given sanctuary in Mexico in 1940, where he falls victim to an assassination attempt by […]
In 1924 George Bernard Shaw was 68. His friend Sydney Cockerell, then Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, introduced him to a Benedictine nun at Stanbrook Abbey in Worcestershire. Dame Laurentia McLachlan, who was later to be elected Abbess, enjoyed a lively friendship with both Shaw and Cockerel for over 25 years. Their vigorous […]
The weather was very bizarre as the Harrisons drove to the hospital. They were expecting their first child. However, totally unexpectedly, twins were born: Bobby and Sally. The years pass and it is not until Sally has an accident and is taken into hospital that she is discovered to be an alien. Suddenly government agencies […]
This documentary charts the events that lead to Josef von Sternberg’s film of I, CLAUDIUS never being completed. It is a mesmerising piece of cine-archaeology, revealing poignant moments from what might have been one of the world’s mightiest epics. An impressing cast including CHARLES LAUGHTON, MERLE OBERON, FLORA ROBSON and EMLYN WILLIAMS assembled in 1937 […]
Garlic is the world’s largest selling herb. It is either loved or hated, never ignored. This documentary tells the story of garlic from its earliest recorded days of 4,000 BC when it was entombed with Egyptians up to the 1990s, when it is being medically recommended for treating cancer, thrush, cholesterol and all sorts of […]
For many of those flying fools who had survived the 1920s, the 1934 London to Melbourne Air Race was a last attempt at gold and glory. With personal and national honour at stake the diehards, the dreamers, the fit and foolish put their names and their lives on the line. On a grey October London […]
Drama series based on the true story of Jessica Miler who left Australia in the 1920s seeking the excitement and challenge of a new life in London. She finds all this in the ex-RAF pilot Bill Lancaster and his dream to be the first to fly from Britain to Australia. This sweeping saga of adventure, […]
This wickedly funny swipe at some of Britain’s most venerable official bodies focuses on Simon Carter, newly appointed secretary to the zoo. With his wife Martha, one of the only sane characters in a zany world run by the old men of the title. Simon’s mindless dedication to outmoded ideas leads to chaos and disaster. […]
Because an evil witch has cast a spell on his daughter the Princess Jasna, which forecasts that she will marry a humble shoemaker, the king has imprisoned Jasna in a tower so that she can not meet anyone. However, the witch tricks a shoemaker into making wings and he flies into the castle, meets the […]
RICHARD E GRANT leads a double life as the daring Scarlet Pimpernel and the foppish English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney. While the Pimpernel swashbuckles and romances his way through the French Revolution with his faithful followers, the League of Gentlemen, Sir Percy is every bit the upper class toff back in England. ELIZABETH McGOVERN is […]