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- After her domineering husband is electrocuted in the bathtub, a woman is free to re-assess the direction of her life.
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- An American author on a book tour through England meets a young woman with ties to his past. As the two strangers become acquainted and reflect on their lives, they discover their connection runs deeper than initially realised.
- The gritty world of British wrestling sets the stage for working class girl, Roxi Robinson, as she rises from underdog to contender, with a shot at the world tag team titles.
- Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) is perhaps best known for his colourful and joyous fauvistic paintings but also produced a dazzling array of ceramics, wall-hangings, dress fabrics and furniture designs. This film, which includes interviews with patrons, dealers and models who knew Dufy, puts the case that he was one of the fines draughtsmen of the twentieth century, a designer whose influence is still much in evidence and a painter of genius to rank alongside Matisse and Léger.
- The Film explores Britain's port history: ancient coastal trading, Roman influence, Elizabethan expansion, tea trade boom, Industrial Revolution's impact on maritime commerce, and key events shaping prominent ports.
- Satirical, critical, talented - William Hogarth was one of the most original British artists of the 18th Century. The son of a poor schoolmaster made a name for himself as a portraitist and became best known for his satirical etchings. In strange and graphic tales, such as A Harlot's Progress, he denounced the social and political injustices of his time. Often pirated, Hogarth fought for the first image copyright law. Together with illustrators and writers from today, Andrew Graham-Dixon explores Hogarth's birth city London and recounts the life and work of a man who is regarded as the forerunner of modern caricature.
- Shakira - the columbian born superstar. She has sold over 100 million records, making her one of the worlds most favourite stars. Her unwavering advocacy and philanthropic efforts have made her a role model for aspiring artists and fans alike.
- Mine Bosnia 1994 A TV news crew and their Serbian militiamen guides tear across the rugged Balkan landscape to break the story of a massacred village - only to find they've strayed into a minefield... - An emotionally visceral black comedy on the tragedy that war inflicts.
- A rich girl pays a dog thief £2 a week not to ill treat his daughter.
- Gary Shand is an aging comedian who wants to make the big time.
- The documentary compares cultural Black minorities from three different locations with different history: UK, Uruguay and Burkina Faso.
- Ken an estate agent from London gets mysteriously locked in one of his company's properties at number eight Dwellings Close. Inside he meets Gem, an eccentric young woman who claims to be the property's new tenant, together they will try to find a way out.
- Introduced by a Warholesque newsreader, "Late at Night" presents the voices of a number of Londoners - street gang members, working class heroes, beggars, bankers and preachers, most of them excluded from the society and the area they live in. Their anguished words build a network of responses to the hyper capitalist world we live in.
- The award winning, St. Louis underground Hip-Hop group Earthworms books the tour of their lives when they tour Europe through for Armed Forces Entertainment. Driven by the sound track, 'Capricorn Dreams' is both entertaining and informative.
- Beyond the Grace Note examines the hard climb to the podium faced by women conductors today. Leading female conductors open up for the first time about the struggles they faced throughout their careers and how their love of music saved them in this difficult and competitive profession.
- A love affair and the consequences.
- Deadeye is a dark and disturbing thriller in the vein of The Last Broadcast. Documentary filmmaker Rodger Pelem unravels the mystery surrounding Private Lives, a hidden- camera TV show. Created by Robert Van Korda, the show was to be groundbreaking for the time. Hidden cameras would record one couple 24/7 but four weeks into production the show was shut down. All record of its production disappeared and no-one knew of its existence. Until now. Through a mixture of interviews and rare archival footage, Pelem presents a violent and visceral account of what took place and the cover-up that was to follow. This is the true story of Private Lives.
- The forty year story of Halogen Entertainment.an LGBTQ production company that produced TV and music for the LGBTQ community
- Alison Watt became the National Gallery's Seventh Associate Artist in 2006. This film records her two-year residency, as she created paintings inspired by masterpieces in the National Gallery. She already had a lifelong attachment to paintings in the collection, yet the prolonged contact, particularly with Saint Francis in Meditation by Francisco de Zurbarán, led her to notice new details and unexpected nuances which influenced her own art. Through a series of interviews with Watt, this art film documents the formation of this exhibition, with particular emphasis on the creative process.
- Heinz Rühmann tells the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Perrault.
- A workman loses his winnings on a stud race horse bought from a bookmaker.