Peter Falk stars as the iconic crumpled trenchcoat-clad detective Columbo. Features a collection of classic episodes from Season One.
The Tomorrow People was a children's science fiction adventure series launched in 1973 as ITV's answer to Doctor Who. In the opening five-part adventure "Slaves of Jedikiah" we meet Stephen (Peter Vaughan-Clarke) who is about to "break-out" to the next level of human evolution, becoming a Homo Superior, or "Tomorrow Person". Developing telepathic and telekenetic powers, as well as the ability to teleport, he becomes the target for mysterious American cult leader, Jedikiah (Francis de Wolff). Already secretly established with biological supercomputer TIM in an abandoned underground tunnel are three Tomorrow People--John (Nicholas Young), Carol (Sammie Winmill) and Kenny (Stephen Salmon)--who rescue Stephen and then find themselves on a damaged starship in a race against time to save its alien captain. Although the budget was low--the tin robot with his head on fire is particularly laughable--the story is ambitious and the utilitarian special effects are in plentiful supply. There's a trippy, post-2001: A Space Odyssey quality to some of the visuals, a great theme tune and acting of decidedly pantomime calibre. The Tomorrow People themselves come from a past in which teenagers still say "smashing!", but the fantasy of advanced, pacifist children saving the world had a lasting appeal, enough that the show ran eight seasons, then was revived for three more in the 1990s. --Gary S Dalkin
The 1934 version of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' was an international hit for Alfred Hitchcock and transformed him from a British filmmaker to a worldwide household name. The story centres on a British family who befriend a jovial Frenchman while vacationing in Switzerland. The Frenchman is soon mortally wounded and before he dies whispers a secret to Banks. Foreign agents witness this incident and kidnap Banks' daughter to prevent him from revealing this terrible secret. The acting a
A Rift In Time: The Complete Story - All Four Episodes. Episode 019: Vase of Mystery Episode 020: Turn of the Thumb Episode 021: From Little Acorns Episode 022: Rise of the Roman Empire
Their names are John Stephen Carol and Kenny... they seem to be just ordinary kids perhaps a bit quieter than most but they are The Tomorrow People forerunners of a new race... the homo superior. Gifted with superhuman powers they are nature's response to man's aggression: a new species wiser and more peace loving than homo sapiens and until more of their race evolve these four have intergalactic responsibility for the future of Planet Earth. The Tomorrow People are back t
With the centennial of the invention of Motion Pictures comes a program with all the laughs that can be crammed into 100 minutes of non-stop merriment. Journey on a rip-roaring trip through the world of cinema comedy with the funniest moments in the history of Hollywood from the slapstick of the silents through the screwball comedies of the 1930s and '40s to the hi-jinks of Hollywood's most recent comedies. All the great movie comics are here from the great comic actors of the past to the laughmakers of today. Here are profiles of favorite comedy stars plus revealing looks at some of the 'forgotton' comics of the silent and talkie era. From past greats such as Laurel & Hardy The Marx Brothers and Buster Keaton through to modern day stars as Eddie Murphy Leslie Nielsen and Jim Carrey. Enjoy rare early movie comedy behind the scenes footage foreign film fun mockumentaries musical comedies and the unintentional hilarity of movies like Reefer Madness. 100 stars provide hundreds of laughs for a century's worth of a fun-filled film feast. This is one comedy kaleidoscope you'll watch again and again!
Tales Lost In Time is a collection of fascinating, never-before-seen interviews by previous Doctors, actors, writers and contributors to the show, including David Tennant, John Barrowman, Rula Lenska, Sylvester McCoy, Peter Davidson, Graham Cole, Noel Clarke, Adam Garcia and many more. Join director Neil Sean as he embarks on a time traveling journey and gains a rare and intimate insight into the thoughts and ideas of all the people who helped shape one of the longest running and most successful sci-fi series in the world. A must-have for the Dr Who fan.Doctor Who depicts the adventures of a mysterious and eccentric Time Lord known as the Doctor who travels through time and space in his time machine, the TARDIS (an acronym for Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space), which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s British police box. With his companions, he explores time and space, faces a variety of foes and saves civilizations, helping people and righting wrongs.
My Name Is Joe: A former alcoholic who is currently out of work keeps himself busy by coaching a football team in Glasgow. When one of his players becomes involved with local gangsters their lives are changed forever... Bread And Roses: Maya and Rosa are Mexican sisters living and working in downtown Los Angeles working for a pittence and in very hostile conditions. When they happen upon a young activist there seems to be hope as he vows to help them both get the justice they deserve.
The Da in 'Da' is the recently deceased foster father of 40 year old Irish playwright Charlie who now lives in New York and has returned to Ireland for his father's funeral. Da in typical Irish style can't bear to miss his own funeral! As Charlie sorts through the old man's papers burning most of them who strolls in but Da himself. Shocked Charlie reminds him that he is dead and tells him to 'get out of my head'... Most of the action takes place in Charlie's mind and memory moving from present reality to the past and back again as the two struggle to understand each other. In the process other significant and colourful characters of Charlie's early life are resurrected including his mother the family dog and his tyrannical employer. His reverie is interrupted by Mr. Drumm who was entrusted with Da's will which much to Charlie's dismay bequeaths everything to him including all of the money Charlie ever sent his Da. Charlie learns that he cannot exorcise the past. Like all mankind he is part of a human chain and to reject his father even in memory is to deny himself... Based on the highly acclaimed Broadway play and written by Hugh Leonard Da features Barnard Hughes recreating his Tony award winning performance for the screen Martin Sheen as Charlie and William Hickey as Drumm.
The new student teacher in Stephen's art class is discovered to be a Tomorrow Person. Meanwhile his school mates and other schools begin to exhibit random fits of violence. The activity is traced to paintings which change color at random. The antique shop where the paintings are found has taken John's powers and locked him in the cellar where John finds himself aboard the space-craft of Najili who need the violent energy that the paintings create to be able to spawn and leave Earth. All five episodes of the complete 'The Blue The Green' story: 014: An Apple For The Teacher 015: The Changing Picture 016: The Trojan Horse 017: Cuckoo In The Nest 018: The Swarming Season
The Tomorrow People are investigating the Doomsday Men a secret organisation that glorify war as character building. Their leader is reputed to be Sir Arthur McLelland who's only living relative is his grandson Douglas who attends Glen College a boarding school in Scotland...
Die Walkure is the 'first day' of Wagner's great tetra logy of music dramas Der Ring des Nibelungen.Conducted by Pierre Boulez and directed by Patrice Chereau this 1976 production commemorating the centenary of the first Bayreuth Ring has come to be seen as the most illuminating and significant of modern times.
David Hockney is one of the great leaders in pop art and the best known artist of his generation. This completely original film by director Jack Hazan portrays the moods colours and tones of Hockney's art. Offering a swirling view of the 1970s London art scene - its art dealers and fashion trends. This award-winnig documentary captures the essence of the artist the era and is wholly groundbreaking in its treatment of gay life. A Bigger Splash which draws its title from one of Hockney's trademark paintings of a Californian swimming pool follows the artist's break up with lover Peter Schlesinger.
It's time once again to buckle your belts and jaunt back to the 1970s as the intergalactic teenage force for good The Tomorrow People return for a third thrilling story - The Vanishing Earth. In an adventure that takes in a fairground's haunted house an alien spaceship and a trip to the seaside the Tomorrow People find themselves pitted against the terrifying Spidron an evil villain with the ability to conjure up earthquakes and volcanoes at will. Seemingly hell bent on the destruction of all humanity only the Tomorrow People stand in the way of the full force of Spidron's fury. How can the Tomorrow People defeat a menace able to inflict such catastrophic damage? Is the end of the world finally at hand?
Answering the plea of Ambassador Timus Irnok Mosta of the Galactic Federation (a close clone brother of Tim) the Tomorrow People set off for the first time to an alien planet - 'Pyrie'. Once there they need to free the Pyrie telepaths (known as the 'Vesh') from the grossly unpleasant man-eating ruling Khultan (the builders of Earth's pyramids). Arriving on Pyrie the Khultan's psi-dampening equipment strips the Tomorrow People of their powers but John gets help from Tikno (anothe
Their names are John Stephen Carol and Kenny... they seem to be just ordinary kids perhaps a bit quieter than most but they are The Tomorrow People forerunners of a new race... the homo superior. Gifted with superhuman powers they are nature's response to man's aggression: a new species wiser and more peace loving than homo sapiens and until more of their race evolve these four have intergalactic responsibility for the future of Planet Earth. The Tomorrow People receive a
The Tomorrow People have been living and working on the Galactic Trig for a number of years. Returning to Earth John Liz and Stephen set out to discover if any new homo superiors have broken out (while cheeky Tyso wants time to visit his mother). Unknown to the Tomorrow People a youngster Mike Bell has been honing his telepathic powers in their absence. Mike in an attempt to save an old man is pressured into helping two hoods rob the National Victoria Bank. Pulling a fast o
The breakout of young Tyso Boswell a new homo superior sets the Tomorrow People on a mission to investigate Colonel Masters and his experimental weapons establishment... Includes the complete story in four episodes: Found And Lost / Not Quite A Sleeping Beauty / Whose Side Are You On Professor? / A Present From Russia
A Man for Emily: Spying an unidentified space-craft heading towards the Earth the Tomorrow People set out to investigate the nature of this latest potential threat and come face to face with a bizarre alien family whose culture and mannerisms have been shaped by prolonged exposure to Earth's television programmes in particular Westerns. Can Stephen Liz and Tyso save John before Emily eats him? The Revenge of Jedikiah Professors Johnson and Cawston are investigating an Egyptinan tomb - the interior of which has remained sealed for many thousands of years. When Johnson finally breaks through the last wall a pulsating light fills the room causing Dr Johnson to faint and the labourers to flee.
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