Murder, love, loss and betrayal all weave there way through this epic adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel. An intelligent, atmospheric and blemishlessly acted reworking of the tale that manages to grip throughout its labyrinth storyline. find out more...

Murder, love, loss and betrayal all weave there way through this epic adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel. An intelligent, atmospheric and blemishlessly acted reworking of the tale that manages to grip throughout its labyrinth storyline. find out more...

Murder, love, loss and betrayal all weave there way through this epic adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel. An intelligent, atmospheric and blemishlessly acted reworking of the tale that manages to grip throughout its labyrinth storyline. 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...

Deadwood is a town without law. As gold strikes in the area continue to pay out, more and more men come to seek their fortune, with many meeting their fate. Drinking, gambling and prostitution are the only pastimes, and all of them can be had at the Gem Saloon, run by the ultimate ‘man you love to hate’ Al Swearengen. Featuring dialogue that is bluer than the Texas sky a find out more...

Schoolteacher John Scopes is placed under close arrest for advocating Darwin's theory of evolution to his pupils in violation of a stifling Tennessee law banning anything that 'denies the divine creation of man as taught by the Bible'. The case is taken up by a cynical newspaper-man who takes an interest when the champion of the Fundamentalists and three-time presidential candidate is named prosecutor. A fascinating and absorbing dramatisation of the famous 1925 'Monkey Trial'. find out more...

Alcatraz, 1938; after 3 years in solitary, a hellish hole in the ground with no heat, light or human contact, petty crook Henri Young emerges as a madman. When he kills another inmate there is only one man - attorney James Stamphill - willing to challenge the barbarity of Alcatraz. Moving and riveting with great performances from all three leads. find out more...

The first, and many would argue the best, of Hollywood's interpretations of the infamous mutiny aboard HMS Bounty in the South Pacific in 1789, an historic battle of wills between Fletcher Christian and Captain Bligh. This version virtually deserts Christian after the mutiny, concentrating on Bligh's amazing 4,000 mile open boat voyage and the subsequent court-martial. find out more...

It's the off-season at the lonely Beauregard Hotel in Bournemoth, and only the long-term tenants are still in residence. Life is stirred up, however, when the beautiful Ann Shankland arrives to see her alcoholic ex-husband, John Malcolm, who is secretly engaged to Pat Cooper, the woman who runs the hotel. Meanwhile, snobbish Mrs Railton-Bell discovers that the kindly if rather doddering Major Pollock, played by David Niven, who won an Oscar for his performance, a retired officer who likes to find out more...

One of the BBC's typically exemplary adaptations of one of the great Bard's best known plays performed by pretty much the cream of British theatre. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs find out more...