Incredible footballing action introduced by John Motson plus a comprehensive interactive quiz game hosted by Jonathan Pearce!
Singer and guitar virtuoso John Hammond is one of the most distinguished ambassadors of the blues. For John it all started at the age of seven during a concert by Big Bill Broonzy which he attended with his father. 40 years later John has developed into a living anthology dedicated to the art and memory of Skip James Howlin' Wolf and other musical giants. When he was twenty years old John flourished in the Village with Richie Havens and John Sebastian. A year later he introduced Bob Dylan to his future backing musicians who went on to be known as The Band. His many ardent fans never miss an opportunity to thrill to John's latest grand epic.This hot night in 2004 at the world famous New Morning jazz club was just such an occasion. Tracklist: 1. Just Your Fool 2. Phonograph Blues 3. Fattening Frogs For Snakes 4. Get Behind The Mule 5. Who's Loving You Tonight 6. Walking Blues 7. Come On In My Kitchen 8. Mother In Law Blues 9. Love Changing Blues 10. Spider & The Fly 11. Slick Down Vric 12. No Place To Go 13. Step It Up And Go 14. My Time After A While 15. Can't Be Satisfied Hard Time Kill... 16. I Wish You Would She's Tough 17. Jockey Full Of Bourbon Homeless B... 18. Someday Baby Blues Maybeline 19. Fanin Street Preaching Blues 20. Honest I Do
Governments, multinational corporations and religious organizations have secretly wielded tremendous power by holding back critical data or spreading misinformation to further their own aims. This program exposes the almost inconceivable stories of deceit, conspiracy, sanctioned piracy and scientific knowledge hidden from the world for far too long!Keeping the Faith: The Mystery of Mass SuicideHow can the charismatic energy of any leader translate into the voluntary death of hundreds, even thousands, of people? Throughout the course of civilisation incidents of mass suicide have shaken humanity to the core. Yet history records very different social attitudes toward these extreme events. From the martyrdom of the Jews at Masada to the debauchery and carnage perpetuated by Jim Jones in Guyana, are these the acts of the morally righteous or the morally depraved? In the end, what made them do it?Science Fraud: E=MC$The cold fusion debacle and the purported discovery of the Piltdown man stand as two of the greatest shams perpetrated over the course of scientific history. Have we learned anything from the real or alleged goldbricks of the past? Experts in the field think not. Today's scientists are under considerably more pressure to achieve results in their field. If they don't, they risk losing research grants or, perhaps more importantly, their chance at university tenure. How do these inherent conflicts of interest impact the integrity of medical and scientific discovery, and how do they affect our society at large?
My Hero - Volume 1
Relive the glory and glamour of Hollywood's Golden Age in Memories of Hollywood, a star-studded, silver screen tribute set to the music of master film composers.; ; Memories of Hollywood is an invaluable treasury of film history drawn from 50 famous films of romance, action, adventure and comedy, featuring more than one hundred of the world's most celebrated and beloved stars. Includes original trailers of film classics, Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, Singin' In The Rain and others!
By the marginal-or-miss standards of British TV spin-offs, Ali G in da House is well above adequate, even though it drags out every smart line or decent routine until they lie dead on the screen just begging for a laugh track. The film pulls back a bit from the absolute obnoxiousness of the Ali G TV skits, which makes Sacha Baron Cohen's character bearable at feature length, but also significantly less funny. Here it is finally confirmed that Ali is a weedy white kid called Alistair who pretends to be Jamaican, rather than a weedy white comedian doing a Jamaican character. Believe it or not, there's actually a plot, with a scheming Chancellor of the Exchequer (Charles Dance) recruiting Ali as a parliamentary candidate for Staines in a devious attempt to unseat Prime Minister Michael Gambon. Yet this framework is really an excuse for the sketch-like bits, such as a Los Angeles ghetto movie fantasy, Ali G addressing a meeting of lesbian feminists ("I've seen a lot of your videos"), and Charles Dance forced to read a budget speech in Ali G speak. Oddly, the film makes early-1990s jokes about Tories rather than going after New Labour, but any political satire here comes in second to knob-polishing jokes and sometimes-hilarious patter. Luckless inhabitants of the M4 corridor will nod ruefully at the final gag, in which Ali G persuades the PM not to devastate Staines and nods agreement as Gambon reassures him, "it's all right, we'll destroy Slough instead". --Kim Newman
Set ten years after the original movie, adventurer Rick O'Connell's son is kidnapped by the followers of his old nemesis The Mummy, in the belief that the boy can lead them to the tomb of the ancient and evil warrior The Scorpion King.
Scum (1979): Raw, violent and shocking, Scum is a compelling story set in a contemporary Borstal. It tells of life in an institution run by violence and brutality rather than reason, where the boy who can fight his way to the top of the heap and reign as 'Daddy' will gain the respect of the inmates and sadistic 'screws' alike. One of the most controversial films ever made in the UK, and one which caused a huge furore when it was first screened on TV, Scum s...
Irene is a shy reserved girl who starts working in an isolated mountain hotel. Her employers seem obsessed with cleanliness but she's not fazed by that. But she soon discovers that her predecessor has mysteriously disappeared and whenever she tries talking about it to the other employees or even the police she's met with indifference. And what are the connections to the cave nearby with its connections to witchcraft?
In downtown Manhattan Allie a twenty-something guy (Chris Parker) whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches for more meaning in his life and meets a few strange and surreal characters along the way.
Taped as a lavish cable television special in 1997, One Night Only trades on the Bee Gees' shape-shifting career as pop survivors. Over the course of 111 minutes, this straightforward concert, produced at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and groomed for both video and CD posterity, sprints through 31 songs from their past three decades. Even after the inevitable disco jokes are expended, and the jaundiced viewer contemplates the role hats, hairspray, and comb-overs now play in dressing the once stylishly long-haired troika, the Gibb brothers' signature vocal harmonies and hook-laden song craft beg respect.Casual listeners can't be blamed for equating the Bee Gees with the dance floor bonanza they reaped through 1978's Saturday Night Fever, yet that commercial zenith was actually the culmination of a comeback for a group that had seemed washed up by the early 1970s. One Night Only thankfully takes an even-handed view of both their original late 1960s hits ("Massachusetts", "To Love Somebody", "Lonely Days"), building from a cannily Beatle-browed vocal sound, and the 1970s blue-eyed soul ("Jive Talkin'", "Nights on Broadway") that led them naturally into disco. The Fever hits are here, as are Gibb originals that clicked for other acts; the family circle also widens for a posthumous duet with their late brother, Andy Gibb, while Celine Dion gets star billing in the collaborative "Immortality". --Sam Sutherland
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