"From Oscar® nominated and Emmy award-winning filmmakers, RED ARMY is a feature documentary about the Soviet Union and the most successful dynasty in sports history: the Red Army hockey team. Told from the perspective of its captain Slava Fetisov, the story portrays his transformation from national hero to political enemy. From the USSR to Russia, the film examines how sport mirrors social and cultural movements and parallels the rise and fall of the Red Army team with the Soviet Union. "
Contains Armistice and The Last Day of WW1 Armistice Professor David Reynolds takes a fresh look at the extraordinary events and personalities involved in the Armistice which brought the First World War to an end in 1918. He uncovers a story of wounded egos political scheming and brinkmanship behind the lines as statesmen and generals haggled over the terms of peace while at the front the soldiers fought on as the cost of human life escalated. In a journey that takes him through command centres and battlefields he explores why half a million men were killed or wounded in the bitter endgame of the 'Great War' and he unravels how Germany ultimately plunged to total defeat. In March 1918 the Germans nearly won the war; in November they not only lost it their country also fell apart in revolution leaving them unable to resist the Allies' harsh terms. So for many Germans the new order was a betrayal of all they had fought for a lasting resentment that would eventually fuel Adolf Hitler s rise to power. The events that led up to the Armistice are vividly told in this fascinating programme explaining exactly how Germany lost the war. November 11th proved to be a doomed peace - a prelude to a century-long struggle for mastery of Europe. David Reynolds argues that it was the frenetic politicking and brutality of the fighting in 1918 that sowed the seeds of the even bloodier Second World War just 20 years later. The Last Day of WW1 WWI - the war in which 9 million soldiers died. This was a truly global conflict and meant to be “the war to end all wars”. In the documentary Michael Palin travels to the old battlefields in France and Belgium to see the places where American British French Canadian and German troops were fighting as the war came to an end at 11am on 11th November 1918.Michael counts down the last hours of WWI and questions the estimated 11 000 casualties which occurred that day; many in the hours after the Armistice had actually been signed. He tells the stories of the last soldiers of each nationality to be killed in the final minutes leading up to the 11 o’clock cease-fire. Using newly discovered photographs and original research never before seen on television using contemporary film archive newspapers and state of the art graphics this film tells the explosive story of the final day of World War One. He discovers the terrible truth that in those final 6 hours - essentially on that last morning - the killing continued. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission alone records 863 British and Commonwealth deaths for 11/11/18. One historian estimates that over 11 000 soldiers on all sides were killed wounded or were missing on the final day of the war. This is a higher figure than D-Day in WWII when the allies were fighting a just cause to liberate Europe from the Nazis as opposed to the final day of WW1 when the war was over. How could killing on this scale ever be justified?
Shortly after moving to Dallas, a young woman is raped at gunpoint. Her intense anger drives her to seek revenge, and she becomes a hunter on a vengeance mission.
Classic award-winning crime scene investigation drama with more than a hint of nostalgia. Originally broadcast from 1976 to 1983 Quincy Me stars Jack Klugman in the title role as the strong willed, very principled Medical Examiner for the Los Angeles Country Coroner’s Office. When dead bodies arrive, Quincy must determine the cause of death but if he suspects foul play he must tread the line between pathologist and detective until he knows the full story. Quincy's uncompromising pursuit of the truth frequently creates conflict with his boss, Dr Robert Asten (John S Ragin) and LAPD Homicide Lieutenant Frank Monahan (Garry Walberg) but he is always assisted by his faithful lab assistant Sam Fujiyama (Robert Ito). This six disc set contains all 20 episodes from the third series of the original crime scene investigation drama. Special Features: Picture Gallery Subtitles
BAFTA winning comedians Lee Mack and Tim Vine star alongside Sally Bretton and Katy Wix in the highly anticipated fourth series of the hit Royal Television Society and Rose D'or award-winning BBC sitcom Not Going Out. Happy-go-lucky - but entirely hapless - Lee (Lee Mack) is still desperate to win the affections of his flatmate Lucy (Sally Bretton The Office Green Wing). But despite last year's Christmas kiss it's still not plain sailing; and it's not just Lee's complete lack of drive that gets in the way. Trouble seems to find Lee at every turn. Not only are friends Tim (Tim Vine) and Daisy (Katy Wix Torchwood) - Tim's ditzy girlfriend - on hand to cause problems but this year Lee also has to cope with stolen drugs missing OAPs long-lost daughters and a coma. Packed full of the jokes jibes and general misunderstandings of Lee and his friends this is a comedy definitely worth staying in for.
Long-awaited, long-overdue: The Professionals as you have never seen them before. Bodie and Doyle need little by way of introduction, but if the series had at all escaped you since its debut in 1977 their boss George Cowley, head of CI5, couldn't put it more succinctly than his opening gambit: anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public. To combat it I've got special men experts from the army, the police, from every service. These are The Professionals . Featuring the perfect ensemble cast of Martin Shaw, Gordon Jackson (completely against type here) and the much-missed Lewis Collins, the series ran for 57 action-packed episodes and made an immediate impact on British and then international audiences which has sustained 35 years. But the series has never looked this good. Painstakingly restored from the camera-original negatives the series could have been made yesterday. No matter how many times you have seen The Professionals, this is a new experience, like seeing it for the first time. Features: Brand-new, High Definition restorations of all 13 episodes in series two from the camera-original negatives Brand-new 5.1 tracks from original sound elements Remastered original as-broadcast mono tracks Remastered music-only tracks featuring Laurie Johnson's original scores HD photo galleries featuring hundreds of rare and previously unseen images All episodes are presented in their original production order PDF material featuring scripts and memorabilia Archive footage featuring additional material, advert break bumpers, US sales trailer and more English HOH subtitles
Nurse Jackie season four stars Primetime Emmy Award-winning actress Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton, a strong-willed and brilliant - but very flawed - emergency room nurse. This season, Jackie comes to realize that both karma and sobriety can be a bitch. In addition to finally confronting her addiction, Jackie's street smarts and sardonic wit are tested even further by an ambitious new hospital administrator (Bobby Cannavale), who's determined to run a tight ship and keep Jackie in line. As seen on Sky Atlantic.
Season 1: Ruthless and cunning, Congressman Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and his wife Claire (Robin Wright) stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex and corruption in modern D.C. Kate Mara and Corey Stoll co-star in the first original series from David Fincher and Beau Willimon. Season 2: Masterful, beguiling and charismatic, Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and his equally ambitious wife Claire (Robin Wright) continue their ruthless rise to power in Season 2 of "House of Cards". Behind the curtain of power, sex, ambition, love, greed and corruption in modern Washington D.C. the Underwoods must battle threats past and present to avoid losing everything. As new alliances form and old ones succumb to deception and betrayal, they will stop at nothing to ensure their ascendancy. Season 3: In Season 3 of “House of Cards”, President Underwood fights to secure his legacy. Claire wants more than being the first lady. The biggest threat they face is contending with each other. This Emmy-winning original thriller series stars Golden Globe winner Kevin Spacey as ruthless, cunning Francis Underwood, who will stop at nothing to conquer the halls of power in Washington D.C. His secret weapon: his gorgeous, ambitious, and equally conniving wife Claire (Golden Globe winner Robin Wright). Bonus Features: Two Houses Table Read Direct Address Politics for Politics Sake Line of Succession Backstage Politics: On the Set of House of Cards
Law and Disorder in Lagos: Louis visits Lagos a place where it's not always the police who hold the power but also gangs of young men known as Area Boys. Louis spends time with the gangs as they patrol their turfs clash with local rivals and keep the peace in a brutal and haphazard fashion. Lagos is a world in which the forces of law and of disorder are not always readily distinguishable and nothing is quite what it seems. America's Medicated Kids: Louis travels to America and meets parents turning to psychoactive medication to help them cope with problem children. Louis travels to one of America's leading children's psychiatric treatment centres to get to know the controversially diagnosed children and try to understand what drives parents to put their kids on drugs. The Ultra Zionists: Louis Theroux spends time with a small but very committed group of ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers. He discovers a people who consider it their religious and political obligation to populate some of the most sensitive disputed and religiously significant areas of the West Bank often resulting in violent clashes. Miami Mega-Jail Parts 1&2: Louis spends time inside Miami's mega-jail where dangerous inmates awaiting trial sleep 24 to a room and live life behind bars under a strict code with severe and often violent punishments for those who break the prison's unwritten laws. Return To The Most Hated Family: Louis returns to the Westboro Baptist Church spending time with the Phelps family as they controversially picket and antagonise communities with offensive slogans and anti-gay placards. However there are signs of disarray in the Phelps clan when a series of defections by family members shakes up the church.
While Finn tries to bring a little holiday cheer to McKinley High, Artie discovers that Brittany still believes in Santa; meanwhile, the teachers pick their Secret Santas and one manipulative coach rigs the gift-giving in her favour.
Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for L.A.'s top power players. The series stars Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominee Liev Schreiber in his first lead television role as the go-to guy who makes the problems of the city's celebrities, superstar athletes, and business moguls disappear. This powerful family drama unfolds when his father, played by Oscar winner Jon Voight, is unexpectedly released from prison, setting off a chain of events that shak.
What happens when your children choose your friends? First-day-back-at-work mum Helen (Joanna Page) hands over the new school drop-off duties to her builder husband Mark (Tom Ellis) with just one proviso: don't get sucked in. The last three years of her life at their last primary school have been eaten up by PTA meetings, coffee mornings, fund raisers and holidays with virtual strangers. Never again.
Returning for its fifth season and promising more suspense, more drama and more action than ever before. Burn Notice stars Jeffrey Donovan as Michael Westen, a blacklisted spy who winds up stranded in blue-sky Miami. While technically still considered a civilian, Michael Westen works with the CIA to investigate and dismantle the secret organization that burned him; all the while Michael searches for answers to the questions that have plagued him ever since his arrival in Miami: Who gave the order to burn him, and why? Six months have passed since he was welcomed back into the fold, and still Michael finds himself no closer to getting the answers he seeks. Beside him, as always, is the beautifully hot tempered, bomb-happy Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar); our favourite Mojito-loving retired Navy Seal, Sam (Bruce Campbell); and the team’s newest addition Jesse (Coby Bell), who’s quickly getting used to his new life in Miami. Sharon Gless stars in her Emmy-nominated role as Michael’s sharp-tongued mother Madeline.
Starring: Nigel Havers, James Fox, Bernard Hepton, Barabara Leigh-Hunt, Joanna Lumley Based on the novel by Christopher Matthew. The complete ITV 6 part drama first broadcast in 1991 and available for the first time on DVD. Hugh Fleming (Havers) plays the part of an RAF bomber pilot who is shot down and although he survives suffers horrific burns and scarring. His life, once so full of promise, is now in sharp decline as his girlfriend abandons him and his RAF colleagues start to die off in the raging conflict whilst he lies helpless in a hospital bed. An eminent reconstructive surgeon Angus Meikle (James Fox), offers Fleming experimental plastic surgery offers to re-build his face. But can the psychological anguish that torments Fleming ever be truly healed? Based on the novel by Christopher Matthew inspired by the real life experience of Richard Hillary.
Experience the passion romance and action that has made The Twilight Saga a global box office smash hit in this 3 disc set. Twilight adds a dangerous twist to the classic story of star-crossed lovers as we first meet 17 year old Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and the mysterious Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) - a boy who's hiding a dark secret: he's a vampire. In The Twilight Saga: New Moon Bella finds her loyalties tested as she is drawn into the world of the werewolves the ancestral enemies of the vampires through her friendship with Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). In The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger and in the midst of it all she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob. With her graduation approaching Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.
In this explosive dramatic adventure series David James Elliot stars as Lieutenant Commander 'Harm' Rabb Jr. a brave outstanding Navy Lawyer and officer in the Judge Advocate General (J.A.G.) Corps. His missions are to investigate and prosecute all crimes accidents acts of terrorism and espionage related to the Navy and Marine Corps. Playing the diverse roles of investigator prosecutor and defense attorney Harm and his partner Major Sarah Mac MacKenzie (Catherine Bell) use their intelligence and determination to uncover the mysteries behind cases involving murder treason espionage and other high crimes to bring world-class criminals to justice.
Ben Tennyson was an average ten-year-old kid on an uneventful summer road trip with his Grandpa Max and Cousin Gwen. That is till he discovers a strange alien wristwatch called the omnitrix buried in a crashed meteorite. Now with the omnitrix Ben can transform into any of 10 alien heroes - each with their own special powers. And Ben is going to need all the powers he can get if he is going to save the world - from Vilgax and his evil alien forces.
Inspired by, but otherwise unrelated to the blockbuster film, the series documents the authentic experience of eight characters in their golden years as they head to India on an experimental adventure to see if they would consider retiring to the other side of the world. Series Two will see the group travel thousands of miles from home and this time land in Kochi, a city in the southwest Indian state Kerala, to test whether they can set up a more rewarding retirement than in the UK. A two-part Christmas special sees some familiar faces on tour; actress Miriam Margolyes, dancer Wayne Sleep, darts champion Bobby George and chef Rosemary Shrager test out different retirement communities around the world, travelling to Florida and Japan.
All 13 episodes from the third season of the animated TV comedy. The programme initially began as a radio show and later became a podcast series, finally being adapted into animation for the small-screen in 2010. Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington discuss a variety of often ridiculous topics with frequently hilarious results.
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