Fassbinder's staggering 15 1/2 hour epic is a monument of late 20th Century filmmaking and considered to be not only the director's masterpiece but one of the greatest TV series ever made. find out more...

Ep 4, A Handful of People in the Depths of Silence; Franz goes on a bender and, later, bumps into Meck, who's moved on from hawking porn to selling clothes and seems to be doing well for himself. Meck also admits to having been living with Lina. find out more...

Ep 10, Loneliness Tears Cracks of Madness Even in Walls; Mieze can't have children, but Eva tells her that she'll have a child by Franz for Mieze to raise. Frank gets freaked by the idea, thinking Mieze's trying to dump him on to Eva, and then a rich client turns up to take Mieze away for 3 days. find out more...

At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that of the older Helena. She departs with her assistant to rehearse in Sils Maria; a remote region of the Alps. A young Hollywood starlet with a penchant for scandal is to take find out more...

Saved from a group of drifters by Kim Byung-moon uncouth and self-taught painter Jang Seung-up offers a drawing as a means of thanks. Examining the picture, Kim realises Jang's extraordinary potential and becomes his mentor, encouraging him to pursue the life of an artist. find out more...

An intimate portrait of working-class life in early 20th Century Malmo; Maria is the working class mother of seven, married to a violent, drunken, abusive husband with a bullying nature. By chance she discovers that she has a talent for photography, an ability to see things in a way that others cannot, and it is the confidence that this gives her which enables her not so much to liberate herself, but to learn to live within the rules of the social milieu into which she was born. Powerful stuff, find out more...