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- "House Of Life" is the story of The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague, the site of layer upon layer of buried members of the once vibrant Jewish community. Almost a million people from all over the world now visit the cemetery.
- New, exclusive, wide-ranging interview with author John le Carré about the 1965 classic film The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) in which he wrote the source novel.
- While growing up in the tumultuous early 20th century colonial India in an upper middle class Indian family, young beautiful Anglo-Indian girl Queenie who easily passes for white must deal with racism, bullying and sexual predators.
- A behind-the-scenes look on the making of the movie "The Illustrated Man" featuring scenes from the movie and the design and application process of tattooing lead actor Rod Steiger by make-up artists.
- Long-running series for schools and colleges produced by Thames Television, and in its final years by independent companies - although documentaries and dramas produced by other ITV companies were sometimes repeated for classroom use under The English Programme banner. The series was made up of various units, often repeated for a number of years, which comprised classic plays, contemporary dramas, poetry anthologies, documentaries and other material suitable for English language and literature syllabuses. The series was aimed at older students studying towards O-Level/CSE, GCSE, A-Level and equivalent qualifications, but the material was often of interest and relevance to younger secondary school pupils and adults watching at home.
- In the dying days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, an impoverished aristocrat marries into a wealthy Jewish family.
- An in-depth look at the life of English playwright John Osborne.
- The Depression hits even the White House, with pay cuts for the staff while Mrs. Hoover continues to entertain extravagantly. Maggie collapses but is unwilling to rest. A visitor captures Lillian's interest, leading to a quickie Virginia wedding, but her new husband is unable to find a job and Lillian remains in her job. Maggie retires after 30 years of service, and Wheatley and Frasier both join the Army.
- The Poetry Hall of Fame showcases more than 130 of the worlds best-known poems cleverly performed and artistically interpreted by The First Poetry Quartet and celebrity guests.
- A survey of Bronte adaptations on BBC Television from 1956 to 2006.
- An insecure Harding waffles about assignments, as the Attorney General tries to cover up the Teapot Dome scandal and a superstitious Florence Harding sees signs and omens everywhere. Maggie becomes First Maid when Annie resigns. President Coolidge moves into the White House with a zoo including a raccoon and quickly establishes himself as cheap, even monitoring kitchen expenses. He even obtains Mrs. Jaffray's resignation. President Hoover and the Great Depression arrive. Tired of unemployment, Lillian decides she's ready to work at the White House, but her irrepressible spirits do not fit her well for service.
- A teenage couple are bought into the ED after fainting from almost being run over, and when the two elderly ladies are followed behind after being injured from crashing into bins Fletch fears for the welfare of one of them.
- This weekday morning show deals with the lighter side and the darker side of professional show business. The Game begins with the Host (Larry Blyden) and these 3 stars and/or occasionally 1 star on film on location to play the game in 3 topics. 1. Early Start, 2. Awareness and 3. Success in Fame. 1 star will play for the viewer of an NBC-TV station with a postcard will be reading in the end of the show. Each 1 of the 3 topics will read a question and that'll be answered by 1 of the 3 stars and the remaining 2 stars will be answered to an question correctly wins $25 for the home viewer and the star with the highest dollar amount will win an all expensive-paid trip anywhere around-the-world.
- An "Ice Storm" traps a woman with a potential thief masquerading as one of three experts invited to view a collection of valuable manuscripts.
- WWII brings changes to the White House, including Russians as guests. Mrs. Roosevelt brings Maggie back to supervise the visit of Mrs. Chiang Kai-Shek. After all the Roosevelt years, the staff has trouble adjusting to President & Mrs. Truman. The lack of a foundation finally makes the White House unsafe to live in and the Trumans let most of the staff go, but call Lillian back to organize temporary Presidential residence Blair House. The Eisenhowers' lack of respect for Presidential tradition irritates the staff, and Mrs. Eisenhower's demand for new items keeps Lillian hopping.
- Emma steps down from running her vast financial empire, leaving her granddaughter Paula in charge of the department store.
- Six very different stories, one thing each has in common, is there is always a Time for Murder.
- Three adaptations of "Creole", "The Reluctant Dragon" and "Beauty and the Beast".
- When Princess Anne ascends to the English throne in 1702, she lifts to royal eminence two of her closest friends, John Churchill, one of the Crown's illustrious soldiers, and his wife Sarah. Anne's childhood friend. Shy and inhibited, Anne had few friends other that the Churchills. In time, they would be accused of running the kingdom for their Queen, who suffered from alcoholism and gout.
- 1919: the World War is over. Kay Conway celebrates her 21st birthday and all the family look forward with hope and confidence. Then Time begins to conjure with them and offers a dark glimpse of what the future could really bring.
- Frances Pye intervenes in a street fight. During the fight she receives a blow to the head causing memory loss. Due to her amnesia family members try to take advantage of her illness. Will she get wise to their schemes? Will she identify the people from the fight?
- Two friends, Ann and Debbie, meet for drinks to discuss marriage difficulties.
- Stone and Kirsty attend a report of a disturbance where an elderly widow claims to have been burgled.
- "Late Night Horror" was a short lived horror play anthology that aired in the United Kingdom weekly in 1968 from 11 April 1968 until 16 May 1968 on the BBC. It comprised 6 x 30 minutes horror stories.
- In 1909, Maggie starts working at the White House as second maid, but is run ragged with her usual work and extra tasks as a beautician. Daughter Lillian has an operation for her crippled leg but is heartbroken to learn she will still need crutches. Maggie asks Mrs. Jaffray to hire grown-up Lillian, but she refuses to hire a handicapped woman.
- In a Victorian insane asylum, eight people talk of their encounters with Jesus of Nazareth.
- 2005–20061h 28m6.6 (19)TV EpisodeOne biblical figure is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike. His name is Moses (Dougray Scott, Arabian Nights), the man who rose in power to defend a people, to free them, and to live in history like no other... A time of danger approaches for all of the Kingdom. Danger from a child. A child who will become a Prince of Egypt. With the soothsayer's dire prophecy, the Pharoah (Paul Rhys, From Hell) orders the slaughter of all newborn males. But one child, born of Hebrew slave Amram (Louis Hilyer, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow) and his wife Jochebed (Emmy nominee Lisa Jacobs, The Attic), is put in the care of others to ensure his own safety. As years pass, Moses is raised in a royal Egyptian household and, with no memory of his true family, rises to the stature of prince. Upon discovery of his heritage, and inspired by a fiery message from God, Moses implores his stepbrother Menerith (Emmy nominee Naveen Andrews, Lost), a high-ranking official in Ramses' army, to join him on a fight to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people. But when Ramses rejects his demands, Moses issues the curse of a coming plague. From a swarming cloud of locusts to a river transformed in to a rushing stream of human blood to a downpour of frogs from the heavens, the prophesized scourge has been unleashed--Moses has taken the first step toward accomplishing his mission. Charting the dramatic story of the Hebrew leader--from his narrow escape from death to his leadership of the Hebrew people to the parting of the Red Sea, The Ten Commandments unfolds with all the spectacle, the violent human drama, and grand inspiration that has earned its stature as the greatest story ever told. With a stellar cast that includes Mia Maestro (Alias) and Golden Globe winner Omar Sharif (Lawrence of Arabia), The Ten Commandments is unsurpassed in its vision--both intimate and grand.
- Part one of two. Trapped in a Berlin asylum in 1920, enigmatic Anna Anderson (Amy Irving) turns heads with her claims to be the daughter of Russia's Nicholas II.
- Conclusion. In 1928, Anna Anderson (Amy Irving) visits New York to convince survivors of the Romanov family that she is truly Anastasia.
- A ten-year-old Israeli boy whose father died years earlier during the Six-Day-War is determined to find out more about his father's death. He skips school and, with the help of a friendly cab driver, heads to Jerusalem to find the men who fought with his father's unit and learn the exact circumstances. During the drive from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the cabbie provides a history of the establishment of the Jewish state.
- Calypso receives good news about Hector, while Max is informed of his son's death. As the drama concludes in 1984, a final gathering on the chamomile lawn reveals long-kept secrets.
- 2005–20061h 28m7.2 (24)TV EpisodeOne biblical figure is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike. His name is Moses (Dougray Scott, Arabian Nights), the man who rose in power to defend a people, to free them, and to live in history like no other... A time of danger approaches for all of the Kingdom. Danger from a child. A child who will become a Prince of Egypt. With the soothsayer's dire prophecy, the Pharoah (Paul Rhys, From Hell) orders the slaughter of all newborn males. But one child, born of Hebrew slave Amram (Louis Hilyer, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow) and his wife Jochebed (Emmy nominee Lisa Jacobs, The Attic), is put in the care of others to ensure his own safety. As years pass, Moses is raised in a royal Egyptian household and, with no memory of his true family, rises to the stature of prince. Upon discovery of his heritage, and inspired by a fiery message from God, Moses implores his stepbrother Menerith (Emmy nominee Naveen Andrews, Lost), a high-ranking official in Ramses' army, to join him on a fight to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people. But when Ramses rejects his demands, Moses issues the curse of a coming plague. From a swarming cloud of locusts to a river transformed in to a rushing stream of human blood to a downpour of frogs from the heavens, the prophesized scourge has been unleashed--Moses has taken the first step toward accomplishing his mission. Charting the dramatic story of the Hebrew leader--from his narrow escape from death to his leadership of the Hebrew people to the parting of the Red Sea, The Ten Commandments unfolds with all the spectacle, the violent human drama, and grand inspiration that has earned its stature as the greatest story ever told. With a stellar cast that includes Mia Maestro (Alias) and Golden Globe winner Omar Sharif (Lawrence of Arabia), The Ten Commandments is unsurpassed in its vision--both intimate and grand.
- Dive into the history of the 20th century in France and around the world.
- Claire Bloom has performed leading and important supporting roles in numerous plays by William Shakespeare, starting while she was still in her teens. In this documentary, she discusses her experiences and performs monologues and soliloquies from 'Romeo and Juliet,' 'The Merchant of Venice,' 'As You Like It,' 'Richard III,' 'Hamlet,' and 'King Henry the Eighth,' among others. Film and television footage from her earlier performances is also featured, as is a brief clip of Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet in a 1900 silent film version of that play.
- The merchant must give up one of his three daughters, or lose his life. Beauty sacrifices herself and so the story continues.
- A trilogy of plays detailing the tragic fate of Oedipus and his children, as well as his scheming and tyrannical brother-in-law Creon.
- Foundling Heathcliff is raised by the wealthy Earnshaws in Yorkshire but in later life launches a vendetta against the family.
- An arts magazine programme for ITV, presented by Humphrey Burton. Originally a fortnightly series, it became weekly, while later editions were presented by Peter Hall.
- 1985– 1hUnrated5.3 (30)TV EpisodeA murder has occurred at the country home of Sir Daniel and Lady Barbara Penwarden, and the prime suspect is the new tutor to the couple's daughter. A murder mystery with many twists and turns and dark family secrets to keep the armchair sleuth guessing.
- Television programme on arts, the media and culture.
- Long-running BBC documentary series, often focussing on issues of a religious nature.
- Adaptation of the Aeschylus trilogy by Frederic Raphael and Kenneth McLeish, broadcast under the title of The Serpent Son.
- BBC drama series based on short stories written by Thomas Hardy.
- Peter Davison is on a new journey to discover everything he can about the Doctor's Companion. What exactly is a companion's role, how do you actually become a companion, what do they have in common and how have the companions changed over the years?
- Polly is unnaturally calm when a telegram arrives informing of Walter's death whereas Calypso breaks down. Having had sex at last with Oliver - and almost getting caught by Hector - she is now pregnant by her husband. Polly accuses her of selfishness, claiming that Walter's death has spoilt her cousin's hedonistic, promiscuous war. Helena and Max move into a house in London together but Helena is rattled when Richard comes to stay, waxing lyrical about his new life with Monika. Calypso, however, is impressed and asks him to be her child's god-parent. She has a letter from Hector, on war service in North Africa where he has met Oliver, now also an officer. Both men got on surprisingly well and Hector announces that he wants to plant trees on his return. Soon after though comes news that he is missing in action. Polly decides to give up her relationship with the twins after surviving an accident and Max gets a call to say that Monika has attempted suicide after being accused of being a spy.
- During the summer of 1939 Helena Cuthbertson and her staid second husband Richard, guardians to orphaned nine-year old niece Sophy, entertain their other nieces and nephews on the camomile lawn of their cliff-top home in Cornwall. They are the siblings Polly and Walter, free-spirited Calypso and Oliver, teen-aged veteran of the Spanish Civil War, in love with Calypso. All bar Richard anticipate another war, welcoming Jewish Austrian refugees Max Eistweiler, a concert violinist, and his wife Monika. Oliver returns with Helena to his parents' house in London, where they hear that war has been declared. They are joined by Polly, signing up for war work, Calypso and Paul and David, twin sons of Helena's local vicar. Helena returns to Cornwall after Sophy is traumatised. Whilst she says nothing she has accidentally caused the death of a man who exposed himself to her.
- A female cop turns bounty hunter.
- Nathan Zuckerman is a promising young writer who spends a night in the home of E.I. Lonoff, an established author whom Zuckerman idolizes. Also staying in the Lonoff home is Amy Bellette, a young woman with a vague past whom the narrator apparently comes to suspect of being Anne Frank, living in the United States anonymously, having survived the Holocaust.
- As Max and Monika are interned as aliens and Sophy goes to boarding school Calypso marries the older, wealthy Hector. Oliver is displeased and the wedding is a joyless affair. Calypso discovers that Hector gets violent when drunk but stays with him for his money whilst seeing other men. She agrees to have sex with Oliver but they are thwarted by an air raid. Richard gets the Erstwilers released and they come to live with the Cuthbertsons. Max starts to build up a reputation as a concert performer whilst starting an affair with Helena.
- A self-satisfied, upper-middle-class husband discovers that his marital infidelities have caused him to contract AIDS.
- Helena travels to London for Max's debut concert where both Polly and Calypso guess their secret. Calypso sleeps with Max herself and, after witnessing him turn down the chance to work in America, urges him to be kind to Helena. Richard falls ill after a bomb drops near the house and on visiting him Helena finds Monika in charge. He calls it a straight swap. Sophy is staying with Polly and during a heavy air raid almost tells her about the death of the flasher but is distracted by fear. Later she tells Walter, on leave from the Navy. Polly herself enjoys sex with both of the twins, who are in the RAF. In 1978, as Calypso's son Hamish is driving Helena to Cornwall for Max's funeral, she reassures him that he was a wanted child.
- The Critics' Choice Movie Awards are bestowed annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association to honor the finest in cinematic achievement.
- The long-running television version of the long-running NBC radio series devoted to classical music as well as Broadway composers.
- Anthology series that presents animated or live action versions of children's books.
- BBC adaptations of all 37 plays wholly and authoritatively credited to William Shakespeare.
- Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s and the people responsible for its creation.
- Dee Time starred charismatic former BBC Radio 1 DJ Simon Dee in a series of hip talk shows in which he interviewed the big names in the TV and film showbiz-set as well as stars of the world of popular music.
- A 45-minute late-night chat and music program from ABC hosted by the genial Irishman in which a collection of guests, some daring, some downright boring, had Eamonn's forehead in an even greater lather than usual.
- A survey of the ethnic history of the Irish population in the the United States of America.
- The life, success and scandals of Charlie Chaplin.
- A panel of notable personalities rate the latest pop records.
- A weekly examination of the arts and literature, on Sunday mornings when there was more likely to be an audience interested in such matters and there was less competition for ratings.
- 1997–20091h 10mTV-147.1 (66)TV EpisodeThe police continue their investigation into Emily Harogate's death. Dr. Mullins thinks that her death is anything but accidental. DCI O'Connor is certain that it's friend or family-related. They know that Emily had come home an hour early and believe she went home to meet someone. The police find a motive when Emily's diary reveals that she and Michael Summerby had been seeing each but that she was going to end her relationship with him. Michael is arrested and charged with her murder. He's not very cooperative with his barrister and he is clearly hiding something. Meanwhile, Walker's son Richard is under arrest for injuring swans in a local pond. He's also in possession of a small amount of marijuana. The boy is sullen and Walker's a bit at a loss as to what is going on. The police decide not to press charges provided the boy undergoes therapy. Walker takes time off to deal with it all.
- One wants to protect America from the red peril, the other wants to entertain it and denounce its injustices. Convinced that Charlie Chaplin was in Moscow's pay, J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI's big boss, kept spying on him for 30 years. Cold war and low blows are natural parts of this merciless hunt, a dive into the troubled waters of a paranoid America.
- When a thermonuclear scientist turns up strangled with cheese-wire, lipstick on his cheek, and a sheet of newspaper stuffed into his mouth, Jericho and his team aren't sure if this is a political assassination, or a crime passionnel.
- The beautiful Imogen has just given birth to twins, and asks her sister Amanda to cover for her while she spends time with her lover.
- A man who left his family thirty years ago, discovers that he has a terminal illness, and before going to the hospital for treatment, he decides that it's time for him to go back. However, his son finds it hard to forgive him.
- Nicky Wells, a TV journalist who is renowned for her hard-hitting reports from the worlds most dangerous spots, is haunted by the disappearance of her fiancé.
- Anna Maria Dalí is four years younger than her brother Salvador and they love each other. Both enjoy the great progressive atmosphere of republican Spain, fraternizing with great creators, García Lorca, Buñuel.
- An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
- The singular life of Beryl Markham - renowned aviatrix, author and adventurer - is depicted. Raised by her father in colonial East Africa, Beryl hunted with the Maasai, bred thoroughbred horses, romanced Denys Finch-Hatton and defied constraining social rules. Based upon her own memoir 'West With the Night'.
- This is a detailed made-for-video documentary on the saga of the making of the movie Sound of Music, The (1965), and the story of the life of Maria von Trapp and her family which inspired it.
- 201059m8.1 (95)TV EpisodeA look at the heyday of British horror cinema such as the lurid color monster films of Hammer Films.
- Fiona fights to hold her family together after husband is accused of owning child pornography.
- Samuel learns the truth about the Shaws and the MI5 men.
- After the shooting, Field places the Petrukhin family home and factory under protection. Samuel makes his own plans and goes into hiding where he meets Kathleen in secret. [BBC]
- An Austrian magazine-TV show.
- Kathleen visits the boarding house in search of Anthony, but has no luck. Armstrong explains to Samuel that they have reason to believe that people connected with the Shaw family could be enemies of the state. Not knowing who to believe, Samuel confronts Mr Field.