The story of how, in the 1970 and 1978 World Cups, Brazil and Argentina's military dictators took a vested interest in their nation's football dreams.
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The story of how, in the 1970 and 1978 World Cups, Brazil and Argentina's military dictators took a vested interest in their nation's football dreams.
An independent horror anthology with segments by some of the most twisted minds in the U.K.'s independent horror scene.
Angela Rippon presents a guide to some of the Eurovision Song Contest's most disastrous moments. Including the kiss that ruined the chances of Danish singer Birthe Wilke.
Three stockbrokers find their lives slowly unravelling after they receive a mysterious blackmail letter from a client they have invented for their own ends.
Two friends, Lawrence and Elijah, are having a deep conversation about how they've been friends for quite some time under very special circumstances.
Monster tells the harrowing tale of Richard, Mary and Andrew - a family of three. On the outside, Mary and Richard appear normal and their son, a deformed hulk of a 7 foot monster rarely seen. However, the true monster is the one who is deformed on the inside.
Artist-filmmaker Jessica Sarah Rinland presents Black Pond, a film that explores the activity within a common land in the south of England. Previously occupied by the 17th century agrarian socialists The Diggers, the land is currently inhabited by a Natural History Society whose occupations include bat and moth trapping, mycology, tree measuring and botanical walks. After two years of filming on the land, the footage was shown to the members of the Society. Their memories and responses were recorded and subsequently used as part of the film’s narration. The film does not offer a comprehensive record of the history of humans within the area. Instead, it explores more intimately, human’s relationship with and within land and nature.
An adaptation of Hattie Naylor's play, Ivan and the Dogs, which follows the true story of Ivan Mishukov, who walked out of his Moscow apartment at the age of four and spent two years living on the city streets where he was adopted by a pack of wild dogs.
John Wilson and the London Symphony Orchestra present the hit Broadway musical On the Town live from the Royal Albert Hall. With classic numbers such as New York, New York and l Can Cook Too and a star-studded line-up of singers including Nathaniel Hackmann and Louise Dearman, this concert performance launches a packed bank holiday weekend of Proms tributes to the late composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, who would have been 100 years old on 25 August 2018. Katie Derham presents, with special guest Clarke Peters.
A woman experiences grief in five chapters
August, 1961: in an East Berlin jazz club, dissident Andreas, released from jail, awaits reunion with old friends - but their world is about to change.
Sebastién is a gay acrobat living for the thrill of the circus. Now the oldest acrobat in the troupe, he fears each show could be his last, as an uncertain future awaits. This beautifully languid documentary catches the final leap of a long, idyllic youth.
Examining the enduring appeal and remarkable success of the story of `Mamma Mia!', not only a hit stage musical based on the songs of ABBA, but the Greek island-set romantic comedy also found success on the big screen.
Together Again is a three-minute film featuring a husband trying to reach his wife, who has dementia, by navigating a stormy sea. With him is another person who represents Admiral Nurses, whose specialist knowledge and skills are used to help keep families that are affected by dementia closer.
Kimberly Benson is Viper, one of Scotland's top female wrestlers. As part of BBC1's Our Lives, we are with Kim in Glasgow and in Japan as she fights in some of the most important matches of her career. As women's wrestling steps into the mainstream, it's a pivotal moment in Kim's career. We follow Kim into this intriguing and sometimes dangerous world at home and abroad as she takes us behind the scenes of a rarely seen and often misunderstood yet utterly fascinating world.
The Official Wimbledon Film 2018 delivers an engaging insight into the very best action, on and off the court, at the most famous and revered tennis tournament in the world. Documenting the progress of former champions, challengers and eventual winners as they progress through the fortnight, witnessing the shock results unfold and delving into Wimbledon's unique attributes across the grounds.
For the actor and writer Mark Gatiss, Minton has been something of an obsession since he first came across his work as a teenager and in this personal, authored film, he tells the story of Minton’s colourful, complex life for the first time on television.
Immediately after a Palestinian man signs an online petition, he is thrown into a panic-inducing spiral of self-doubt. Over the course of a conversation with an understanding friend, he analyzes, deconstructs and interprets the meaning of his choice to publicly support the cultural boycott of Israel.
A newly-shot one-hour interview ‘Peter Davison In Conversation with Matthew Sweet
This 4K video features around an hour of footage of the steam locomotive No. 70013 ‘Oliver Cromwell’ on a special charter day on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. The charter day, during March 2018, shows the engine and its goods train at various locations along the line. We have produced the film in the order that the clips were taken, and it shows well how a charter day works, with the train making multiple passes of each photo point the train stopped at.
Melancholy 90-second film which examines the effects of air pollution and implores us to consider the fact that around the globe, 5.5 million people die each year as a result of breathing heavily polluted air.
A documentary about the UN sex abuse scandal where companies and staff working for the United Nations in the Congo and other Central African countries were involved in rape and sex abuse of local women. There have been over 1700 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse against UN peacekeepers in the last 15 years. Ramita Navai reveals why it keeps happening despite UN promises to stamp it out. It was produced for Channel 4 and for PBS Frontline – and ARTE. The film won the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights Journalism award for Television – International. Nominated for 2019 Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Documentary. Shortlisted for 2019 Grierson Awards for Best Single Documentary – International and Best Current Affairs Documentary. In 2020, the documentary won the 22nd Media Awards for “Children’s Rights in One World” in Germany.
Documentary exploring the truth behind the legend of John Lennon.
In an impoverished country, rife with contradiction, a young girl is torn between her obligation to her family and the influence of foreign visitors. Ashmina, 13, lives at the outskirts of Pokhara Nepal. Her home, nestled between a beautiful lake and the Himalayas, happens to be the paragliding capital of the world. Forced to skip school, she helps her family make ends meet by working at the landing field in return for small change.
The Goodies reunite on stage for a very special one-night-only event. Recorded 8th June 2018 at the Leicester Square Theatre. Talking to writer & comedian Stewart Lee and writer & archive television expert Dick Fiddy, the three Goodies discuss their career and the enduring popularity of the series, as well as taking questions from the audience.
A film of a sloth, using three-colour separation to show sloth time.
This box set brings together Valery Gergiev’s acclaimed cycle of the complete Rachmaninoff symphonies, which were recorded with the Orchestra across 2008 to 2015. These masterful accounts of the composer’s complete symphonies are accompanied by his 1940 composition Symphonic Dances, while two symphonic poems by Mily Balakirev echo the luxurious textures present throughout Rachmaninoff’s music. Release date: 20 April 2018 LSO0816 | 822231181620 3 SACD Hybrid + 1 Pure Audio Blu-ray | Digibox Booklet notes in English, French and German 2.0 stereo | multi-channel 5.1 Total playing time: 3h 35m Producer: James Mallinson Engineering: Classic Sound Ltd Recorded live at the Barbican Hall, London September 2008 - February 2015
When a neuroscientist experiments with memory technology to explore her past, she finds herself in a potentially lethal situation.
A young man searches his deceased father’s flat for a document that will justify expenditure for a large sum of money. He’s not been to the flat for quite some time and discovers with stupefaction his father’s strange acquisition.
Debut show from the Stratford Circus, London. Thursday 28th June 2018 Match card: -M&M (Maverick Mayhew & Connor Mills) Vs The198 (Flash Morgan Webster & Wild Boar Mike Hitchman) -Toni Storm Vs Bea Priestley -Aussie Open (Kyle Flecter & Mark Davis) & Adam Brooks Vs CCK (Travis Banks, Chris Brookes & Kid Lykos) -Mark Haskins Vs Naoki Tanizaki -No Fun Dunne & Kip Sabian Vs Kelly Sixx & El Phantasmo -Rob Lynch Vs Stixx -Chris Ridgeway Vs KENOH
As a young woman realises her sexual needs have grown beyond her relationship with her boyfriend, a chance encounter allows her to take control of her fantasies.
'Barnes: Poetry in Motion' tells the story of one of football's most iconic figures, John Barnes, starting from his arrival in England from Jamaica and then being recommended to Elton John's Watford by a cab driver who had seen him play for non-league Sudbury Court. It was while at Watford that Barnes launched his international career and would go on to be capped 79 times for a country that he was not initially eligible to represent. At Liverpool, John would establish himself as one the greatest player in the club's history, winning the league championship and the Football Writers' Player of Year award in two of his first three seasons at the club. Off the field John found a home in Liverpool, forming an ever-stronger bond with the city in the aftermath of the Hillsborough.
In 1998, Chris Packham met a hunter-gatherer tribe in remote Sumatra. 20 years later, he goes in search of the same tribe to search for the girl whose photograph he took.
A young man fueled by the arrogance of his opponent must win a game of blackjack at any cost, even if it means bending the rules.
The story follows Spudling, a sheltered character whose parent runs the factory manufacturing light for the city's inhabitants. When finally granted permission to follow their parent into work for one day, Spudling discovers the secret of what is really powering their world...
After a long shift at work, a girl is trapped into a scary dimension from which there seems to be no escape.
Deep in the Saudi desert, young thrill-seekers at jihadi boot camp sign up to a plot to overthrow the Saudi government. They detonate three horrific car-bombs at Western compounds in downtown Riyadh and become embroiled in a nail-biting game of cat and mouse with government forces. As their plans unravel, they resort to ever more brutal tactics. Exposing the dark side of the human soul, Path of Blood reveals Al Qaeda as you've never seen it before. Using a treasure trove of Al Qaeda home-movie footage captured by the security services, this haunting documentary film shows how brainwashed idealism and the youthful pursuit of adventure can descend into madness and carnage.
EXPERIENCE THE ULTIMATE BRITISH COMBAT SPORT, THROUGH THE EYES OF THE BARE KNUCKLE BOXING WORLD ELITE. Despite being centuries old, the sport of bare knuckle fighting is one that’s always sat firmly in the shadow of its gloved alternative.
A brand new feature-length documentary on the film’s production, including new interviews with director Stephen Frears, director of photography Oliver Stapleton, editor Michael Audsley, executive producer Barbara Defina and co-producer Peggy Rajaki.
Tired of his life, our 'hero' Salomone endlessly tries to kill himself in various manners, but luckily/unluckily for him he keeps failing over and over.
Brit Rock has all the best new climbing films featuring some of the country’s most popular climbers. Leading filmmaker and founder of the Brit Rock Tour Alastair Lee is collaborating with the best of the UK’s adventure filmmakers as well as his own new productions resulting in this stunning new line up of compelling stories from the vertical world.
A naive young screenwriter begins crafting a cliche-ridden horror masterpiece- but he soon discovers that putting the final girl through hell has its consequences...
On August 26, 2017, VOLBEAT became the first Danish band to headline and sell out their hometown venue, Denmark’s Telia Parken, setting the record for the biggest show by a domestic artist in Denmark ever with over 48,250 people in attendance. To commemorate and immortalize the record-breaking event, the band will release their live album and concert film, Let’s Boogie! Live From Telia Parken,on December 14th. Michael said about the historic show: “Headlining Telia Parken was a dream come true, and we’re humbled and honored that so many members of the Volbeat family came from far and wide to celebrate with us. We’re thrilled to be able to share what was a milestone night for us with everyone.” Special guests on the album include Mille Petrozza, Johan Olsen, Mark “Barney” Greenway, Lars Ulrich, boxer Mikkel Kessler and Danko Jones.
When Eddie Bowen hooks up with the sexually aggressive Suze Phillips he thinks it's his lucky night. It's not. He's drugged and trapped within a specially-prepared room. So begins an ordeal that threatens to break not just his body but also his mind. The psychotic Suze uses Eddie's flesh and blood to carry out a ritual that changes the very room itself. The light is dying and the darkness is coming alive. There's something in the shadows, something that's coming for Eddie. Can he escape in time? Or will the darkness claim him..?
Thousands of black soldiers fought in the First World War. Poet Jackie Kay tells the story of one of them - Arthur Roberts. Arthur grew up in Glasgow and joined the King's Own Scottish Borderers in 1917.
Fiona Bruce investigates the true crime story of Emile Cilliers who attempted to kill his wife Victoria by sabotaging her parachute, and how she refused to testify in court.
A walk through England’s south coast evokes the artists who lived and worked there.
Rebeca is keeping quiet about her feelings towards Zac, a boy in the same year as her at school. Rebeca is also hiding a secret about her adoptive parents - they are zombies.
One man takes a stand against hit-driven, meme comedies, resulting in a decision he may later regret.
Following the end of a stormy love affair, Expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka enlists in the First World War. After suffering serious injuries in battle, he experiences a series of memories and visions as medics transport him through the forests of the Russian front. Playful and imaginative, I'm OK explores the wounds of heartbreak and trauma. Inspired by the life and art of Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980).
Sophie and Millie come across a mysterious device that shows them encounters of the past with some disastrous consequences to follow when they begin to believe they can control it...
An exploitation anthology from twisted minds that brought you Grindsploitation, Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels , Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty, and Grindsploitation 4: Meltsploitation! (troma.vhx.tv)
Live performance by American musical duo Daryl Hall and John Oates recorded at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin in July 2014. The concert features tracks such as 'Maneater', 'She's Gone' and 'I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)'.
Italy’s biggest political party, the Five Star Movement, promotes direct democracy through internet voting. Five Star Movement uses a digital platform named Rousseau, that allows Movement’s members to vote online and express their opinion on various issues. But who governs this data?
An analysis of Italian director Sergio Martino's Giallo films of the 1970s.
David Hoyle stars in this dark and disturbing sequel to Uncle David. It returns us to a bleak caravan park somewhere on the Isle of Sheppey and finds Uncle David has introduced a new addition to his community, whose warped imagination and love of horror might have led to murder. Some of the park's inhabitants take a keen interest in the androgynous Michael/Michelle. A pair of emotionally disturbed siblings are especially curious and needy around this new arrival. Drawn into Uncle David's web, their presence has consequences for all concerned. Certainly not for the faint of heart, this is bold and adventurous filmmaking and as queer as it is unsettling.
A young, socially-awkward janitor in an elderly care home sets out to go on an adventure with his three elderly best friends.
Frank told a bad joke at his new place of work. Nobody laughed. Now at 3am in the morning he is unable to sleep as he obsesses and ruminates over this social faux-pas, leading him to ponder on the nature of memory itself.
The untold and ultimately inspiring story of legendary singer, Teddy Pendergrass, the man poised to be the biggest R&B artist of all time until the tragic accident that changed his life forever at the age of only 31.