Bafta-winning TV adaptation of the classic children's novel by Clive King. Barney (Thomas Sangster) is a shy ten-year-old who's spending the summer holidays with his grandparents. One day, while out walking, he is chased by the village bullies and tumbles down an overgrown quarry. There, on the quarry floor, he encounters an apparently humanoid figure with thick shaggy hair and two bright eyes. This creature turns out to be Stig (Robert Tannion), a caveman who is hundreds of thousands of years old. Gradually he and Barney learn to communicate with other. Together they forage through the rubbish dump at the bottom of the quarry, using the things the villagers throw away to improve Stig's cave. So begins a very special friendship, and a tale which has charmed children and adults alike ever since it was first published in 1963.
Satirical sitcom about life on the tabloid side of Fleet Street. Robert Hardy stars as muck-raking editor Russell Spam forever battling his superior Harold Stringer (Geoffrey Palmer) who tries but fails to maintain what he sees as the 'dignity' of the press.
One of Alfred Hitchcock's finest pre-Hollywood films, the 1936 Secret Agent stars a young John Gielgud as a British spy whose death is faked by his intelligence superiors. Reinvented with a new identity and outfitted with a wife (Madeleine Carroll), Gielgud's character is sent on assignment with a cold-blooded accomplice (Peter Lorre) to assassinate a German agent. En route, the counterfeit couple keeps company with an affable American (Robert Young), who turns out to be more than he seems after the wrong man is murdered by Gielgud and Lorre. Dense with interwoven ideas about false names and real identities, about appearances as lies and the brutality of the hidden, and about the complicity of those who watch the anarchy that others do, Secret Agent declared that Alfred Hitchcock was well along the road to mastery as a filmmaker and, more importantly, knew what it was he wanted to say for the rest of his career. --Tom Keogh
Breaking the mould of previous "Walking with" offerings, the BBC's Walking with Cavemen sees Professor Robert Winston follow in the footsteps of ancient man in a series that traces the history of humanity from bipedal ape-men (Australopithecus Aphaeresis) to the awakening of the human mind's potential with Homo Erectus. Spread over four fascinating half-hour instalments, Wilson presents an accessible and populist, but still suitably anthropological study on how apes became human and the traits that we inherited from our earliest ancestors. Unlike Dinosaurs and Beasts, Cavemen combines CGI with actors to portray the characters in the story of man. Initially this seems to make it far less technically impressive than the earlier programmes--memories of Kubrick's 2001 are inevitable--but fortunately the acting is superb and the viewer soon forgets that these are people in monkey suits. The series also makes use of a special effect called "deep time-lapse", which shows in a matter of dramatic seconds the thousands of years of geological changes that sped up our ancestors' evolution. Wilson himself takes part in the action as if he is a modern-day naturalist following lions across the Serengeti rather than creatures long extinct. This approach makes for a more immediate as well as poignant interpretation of history: the result is an enlightening and moving tribute to the human journey. On the DVD: Walking with Cavemen on disc has production interviews with series producer Peter Georgi, executive producer and director Richard Dale, director of animated extras Ben Palmer and actor David Rubin. There are also location interviews, the best of which is two of the actors in full costume explaining the difficulties involved in eating lunch. There are sequences explaining the creation of the digital effects, and the original score can be accessed as an audio-only option. A fact file for each episode and a picture gallery complete the extras package. --Kristen Bowditch
One of the best known Shakespeare comedies which blends romance fun confusion and fairies.
Adapted from the short stories of acclaimed writer Hanif Kureishi, Intimacy is an intelligent, thought provoking and frank adult drama about relationships, jealousy and the inability to love.
Set in the Second World War when Nazi Germany occupied Italy. This film deals with the Vatican's involvement in the entire movement during the occupation of Rome.
In this action-packed 1870s western Maureen O'Hara stars as Kate Maxwell a saloon proprietress caught between her feelings for suave promoter Jim Averell (William Bishop) and the town's appealing but less flamboyant sheriff (Alex Nicol). Unknown to Kate Jim who has set her up to buy and sell mavericks is using her saloon as a clearinghouse for rustled beef. There's plenty more about Jim that Kate doesn't know and by the time she learns the truth both she and the town are in
Led Zeppelin is undoubtedly one of the greatest rock bands of all time. For nearly a decade they dominated the music industry; releasing 9 albums and selling over 300 million records worldwide. Their music has influenced the shape of rock and heavy metal for generations. There can be no doubting the importance of this supergroup. Comprised of four undominatable characters the chemistry between band members was electric; often competing with each other and continually forcing themselves to greater heights. The results were phenomenal with rip-roaring vocals and intense guitar solos that were the hallmark of a Led Zeppelin track. Follow the exciting story of Led Zeppelin from their formation out of The Yardbirds in 1968 to the band's dissolution after the tragic demise of drummer John Bonham in 1980 and beyond. With performance footage of the group throughout their career and interviews with the band both past and present this programme presents a unique biographic picture of Led Zeppelin Packed with archive footage performances and rare interviews this DVD is perfect for any fan.
Tracklisting1. Duran Duran - Rio2. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax3. Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love4. Pet Shop Boys - Go West5. Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall6. David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes7. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U8. Moby - Natural Blues9. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy10. Coldplay - The Scientist11. Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)12. Blur - Parklife13. Pulp - Common People14. Supergrass - Pumping On Your Stereo15. Madness - Baggy Trousers16. The Specials - Ghost Town17. Meatloaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)18. Ultravox - Vienna19. Bjork - All Is Full Of Love20. Daft Punk - Around The World21. The Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be22. George Michael - FastLove23. The Spice Girls - Wannabe24. Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
1. Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine 2. Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive 3. Kim Wilde - View From A Bridge 4. J Geils Band - Freeze Frame 5. Hot Chocolate - Girl Crazy 6. Kate Bush - Army Dreamers 7. Stranglers - Strange Little Girl 8. Dexy's Midnight Runners - There There My Dear 9. Fun Boy Three - It Ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It) 10. Specials - Nelson Mandela 11. Robert Palmer - She Makes My Day 12. Mel & Kim - Respectable 13. Ultravox - The Thin wall
The first would-be moon colonists discover a horrifying mysterious and deadly secret hidden on their new lunar home... Beneath the quiet Moonbase Waste Disposal Plant are hiding some of the most dangerous criminals in the universe. Beneath the lunar surface is an arsenal of nuclear warheads - the stowaways ticket home to Earth...
Based on Oscar Wilde's fantastic play.
A collection of tracks from Robert Palmer. Tracklist includes: 'Bad Case Of Loving You' 'Addicted To Love' 'Sweet Lies' 'I Didn't Mean To Turn You On' 'Get It On' and 'Some Like It Hot'.
1. Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life 2. Kim Appleby - Don't worry 3. Robert Palmer - Mercy Mercy Me 4. EMF - Unbelievable 5. Jesus Jones - Real Real Real 6. White Town - Your Woman 7. Babylon Zoo - Spaceman 8. Belinda Carlisle - Live Your Life Be Free 9. Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite 10. Arrested Development - Mr Wendal 11. Kenny Thomas - Outstanding 12. Wendy Moten - Come In Out Of The Rain 13. Dubstar - Stars 14. Eternal - Power Of A Woman 15. Louise - Naked 16.
Two rough adventurers journey to the Northwest in search of gold. Their plans are temporarily sidetracked when they happen on a kidnapped girl.
Unbeknown to the ordinary citizens of a quiet New Jersey town some of the local teenagers harbour a terrifying secret that they are about to unleash upon the community. Revealing himself as an evil vampire lord Charles and his hand-picked cohorts terrorise everyone in their path including rival vampires Viktoria and Alicia. When all hell breaks loose Viktoria and Alicia seek the assistance of a dark stranger Zeth whose own terrifying secret will be revealed in the light of a full moon.
Six college students spend a weekend at a country resort completely unaware that they are being stalked by a devil worship cult.
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