Boy Meets Girl on the Day of His Death
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Boy Meets Girl on the Day of His Death
The remarkable true story of Major Denis Rake MC. An openly gay theatre actor recruited by Churchill’s Special Operations Executive to spy on the Nazis in occupied Paris during WW2. Denis was told to keep his head down, get a job and blend in… so he became a drag queen entertaining Nazi officers in a Parisian nightclub!
Cameras focus on one of the UK’s most visited destinations at the festive season. We experience the delight of the Christmas market in the town of Broadway, where its High Street becomes a bustling winter wonderland of stalls and late-night shopping. Plus, a visit to a luxury hotel to see how a top chef makes a festive afternoon tea to remember.
Steve and Emma are too scared to call the police when their Psycho Neighbours wife has a fatal injury in their home, So they decide to hide the body
Swallowing his pride, local roadman Ren reluctantly applies for a babysitting job with new arrivals to his neighbourhood, white-bread parents ADRIAN and JILL.
A story of a creative mind who has to deal with rejection, disappointment and heartbreak on his journey through life, leaving him in a battle of derailment. Fighting between a positive and negative state of mind
Documentary telling the story of the generation of people who left the Caribbean for a new life in Britain. Members of the Windrush generation will share their stories with well-known figures including Sir Trevor McDonald, Alesha Dixon, Mel B, Judy Love and HRH The Prince of Wales.
Uprising (2023) was a professional wrestling supercard event produced by Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) that took place on December 16, 2023, at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, England.
Oobah Butler, a writer and filmmaker with a history of pulling elaborate pranks and gaming the system to advance his career, has his sights set on challenging Amazon.
A young woman with chronic migraine experiences the shifting stages of an attack; Prodrome; Aura; Attack; Postdrome. Painkiller is based on the animator’s lived experience, told through hand drawn animation utilising a combination of traditional, stop-motion and rotoscoped techniques.
Asil is a young Syrian refugee awaiting documents in Turkey while processing the trauma of losing her home and family. Her story gives voice to a charming gigantic puppet named Amal, who represents millions of migrant and displaced children in a walk from the Syrian border in Turkey all the way across Europe. Escorted and animated by a group of puppeteers who are themselves refugees, Amal’s epic journey is one of compassion and discovery.
A Jewish teenager appears to have more faith in a cowboy lifestyle than his religious community in Salford. But underneath his dysfunctional demeanour lies a tragedy.
This film is an intimate portrait of three women living with long-term health conditions in an East London neighbourhood. Through their stories, the film offers a profound insight into the everyday challenges of living with chronic illness amidst an overstretched and underfunded healthcare system. It delves into the effects of social isolation and the struggles that come with maintaining a healthy life in the face of substandard living conditions.
Two cyclists and a car wait at temporary lights. Will they see red?
Sébastien Debs, a retired French professional Dota 2 player, returns from retirement to step in for an ESL One Stockholm Major. Having Ceb back on the team gave the younger players the confidence to come out swinging, as he encouraged and pushed them to play like never before. OG started picking up momentum in the Group Stage, finishing second overall and heading into the Main Event with unparalleled energy. Eventually winning the entire tournament and lifting the trophy high, the influence of Ceb the legendary player, and the flexibility and hard work of the new squad produced a result that shocked everyone.
When gawky Irish teenager Róisín has to tell her best friend Jess that she loves her, she receives help from an unusual source - the cartoon villainess 'Empress ClawScream'. Set in the early 1990s, Empress ClawScream is an LGBTQ+ rom-com where regional sci-fi conventions, 1980s cartoon crazes, Riot Grrrl feminism, and first love all collide in spectacular fashion.
The sole survivor of a mountain climb struggles to come to terms with a supernatural incident.
A drug-dealing, Italian delivery rider resorts to robbing a South London burrito joint after his bike and drugs are stolen, little knowing he might be the one taken for a ride all along.
Sean Quinn was the world's biggest single loser in the 2008 global financial collapse. He'd gambled his business empire on a single investment and lost everything. Now he wants it all back, no matter the cost.
After a botched heist three thieves break into a house to hide. When they discover a family inside, one wants to kill them, one has an eye for the daughter, one tries to get everyone through the night. The biggest threat is yet to arrive.
Haunted by memories of her late mother, an orphaned girl struggles to escape her troubled past.
The relationship between The Beatles and the BBC has always been a special and fascinating one. This special looks back at some key moments that saw the BBC document the band’s journey as they went from Merseybeat heroes with mop-tops and MBEs to seeing out the sixties as long-haired heroes of the counter-culture.
The celebratory sketch show takes on the talking points from 2023 - making us smile, wince and reminisce as we speed towards the bells. From smoking bans to climate activism via true crime podcasts, King Charles, Sam Smith and Traitors, and with a healthy dose of Hogmanay celebrations along the way, Queen Of The New Year pokes fun at the news and gossip of the last twelve months.
A journey through the history of Wrexham AFC, exploring why promotion to the Football League under Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney means so much to fans.
The story of Nelson Mandela and the South African Rugby team uniting to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup. This monumental moment in sports history paved the way for Siya Kolisi to become the first black South African rugby captain, and left an enduring impact in South Africa – and the world.
At the end of its rehabilitation programme, self-driving car Enigma-76 is led by Dakota, a therapy horse, through a series of subterranean landscapes. On this descent, the vehicle encounters its technological ancestors, from abandoned human-driven cars to earlier version of itself.
Monroe is violently interrogated by their own creation, a man called Avery.
Ted Watson suffers from social anxiety and uses his piano for comfort. His teacher, Ms Wilson helps him face his fears to attempt to make more of his future to make his father proud.
A contemporary fairytale about the relationship between a mother and her autistic daughter, and their fascination with starling murmurations. Evie doesn’t seem to talk very much, though we learn she communicates with everything - the plants, grass, water, TV static and the starlings that gather over the sea. As murmurations form, so awakens a sense of understanding, connection and acceptance between mother and daughter. Murmur is a story of beauty and awe, utilising the stunning spectacle of the murmuration, a sign of greatness, as a metaphor for Autism Advocacy.
Where's your bag
A Cwmni Da produced documentary focused on the Friction Dynamics strike back in 2003.
Examining what Meghan Markle will do next, after burning her bridges with the royal family and losing a $20 million deal with Spotify. Who is in and who is out of Meghan's friendship circle now?
A series of indie filmmakers are documented over the course of a few months throughout the production of their passion projects, as they change professionally and personally; moving closer to the lives they wish to live.
An adaptation of Roald Dahl's 1977 short story The Hitchhiker
Lorraine Kelly returns to the small Scottish border town of Lockerbie to find out how the residents coped with the aftermath of Europe's deadliest terror attack. Lorraine was one of the first TV reporters to arrive at the scene after Pan Am Flight 103 exploded mid-air, killing all 259 people aboard and 11 on the ground. Before the police cordoned off the area, she saw first-hand the shocking aftermath of the disaster.
Dylan has to break the news of his recent diagnosis causing unspoken grievances and regrets to come to light.
Recovering from her wife's apparent suicide, Jenny lives in a Utopian reality. But when this illusion is disrupted she is forced to confront the horror that was left behind.
From the music of UK composer Alex Heffes, American filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe pays homage to Ghent, Belgium and its film heritage. This short film is part of the 2x25 Project of Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Awards. The project commissioned 25 composers to compose a short piece of music, after which 25 filmmakers made short films that are the ultimate symbioses of music and cinematography, fitting completely within the DNA of the festival. The result: 25 exceptional films where the music inspired the form, narrative and texture.
With a soundtrack like Bernard Hermann running a techno night, Brief Encounter is a short erotic neo-noir about chance meetings, absent fathers, cigarettes, shaving foam, and eye contact on public transport.
A chance encounter between two women on the Mersey ferry leads to an exploration of the loss they both carry and how they navigate life and memories in its wake.
Professionally filmed video of Meshuggah's entire August 12, 2023 performance at the Bloodstock Open Air festival at Catton Park, Walton-on-Trent, United Kingdom.
A classical violinist and a drug dealer connect in a queer love story set on the streets of Bradford.
A special, intimate performance from Take That in the BBC Radio Theatre, the band’s first since 2014. With over 45 million albums sold, Gary, Howard and Mark perform an exclusive set list of songs that have provided a soundtrack to so many lives.
From flesh to 3D printing, 'TRANS-FORM' follows the journey of five trans+ individuals.
Isolated in an abusive relationship, a young man must decide whether to leave for the sake of his safety, or stay for the sake of his son.
When a cataclysmic volcanic eruption flings a jumble of debris deep into a dark underground cave, these shattered components of life, an assortment of shells, sticks, eyes, rocks and limbs driven by the eternal instinct for survival, quickly reassemble into new living creatures.
She Creates Change tells the true story of young Diksha from Nepal who overcame discrimination and went on to challenge unjust traditions in her community. She Creates Change film series was created for Room to Read NGO, will be released in October 2023 to commemorate International Day of the Girl, aims to reach all 432 million adolescent girls globally with content and educational curriculum that supports them in creating change in their communities.
While waiting for his boyfriend to celebrate their second anniversary, Theo gets tormented from unusual activities inside his isolated home.
Miyawata is a 15-year-old indigenous activist from Winnipeg, Canada, who never hesitates to speak up for what she believes in. Each morning, schools in Canada play the national anthem, and all students are expected to stand. In protest of the injustices that her people have faced throughout the history of Canada, Miyawata sits down instead. But will she be able to persuade the head teacher to change the school’s land rights acknowledgement? Miyawata is also the organiser of school climate strikes in her hometown. The climate movement in Winnipeg had enormous momentum until Covid hit, and now that the end of the pandemic is in sight, she wants to get the movement going again.
A blissfully unaware podcast listener's evening stroll for toilet roll takes a nightmarish turn in this one-take comedy horror short.
Titled after Holly Johnson's iconic anthem, Legendary Children [All Of Them Queer] follows many of the original pioneers of the 1972 and first European Pride March during events over the summer of Pride 50 when the UK marked its 50th anniversary in spectacular style. The headline cast encompasses some of the most genuinely influential figures in UK LGBTQIA+ rights activism and its history. Like their US counterparts in the two years following the Stonewall Riots, these remarkable individuals were there at the very start when Pride was taking its first steps in Europe too. We won't quite see their like again. Not a history lesson, the film is a lively, informal celebration and personal recollection of many stages along the way of 50 years of activism, both then and now, by those who were there.
In this heartfelt journey of self-discovery, Christine McGuinness uncovers a hidden world of thousands of autistic women who, like her, have been ignored by science and society.
When a precious hoard of gold is stolen from the river Rhine, it unleashes a chain of destructive events, pitting gods and mortals against one another for generations. Wagner’s Ring cycle boasts some of the greatest music ever written for the opera stage. Join us as we embark on a spectacular journey into the world of myth, dream and memory, with the figure of Erda – Mother Earth herself – at its centre.
Em works with her Dad on his lobster boat, but her mother, acrimoniously separated from her father, wants to give her a chance for a different life.
When troubled 20-year-old Liverpudlian, Cody is sent to live with this uncle in London, a series of unsettling events lead him to witness his friends brutal murder, this haunts, and torments him into facing dark and difficult truths.
A mysterious unmarked parcel becomes the obsession of a girl whose greatest fear lies within
It's being called the breakup album of the year. Running late to a studio livestream, Jamie gets a voice note from his ex - the first communication they've had in months. She's heard the album. She has some thoughts.
Anita Dobson narrates a look at some '80s TV moments that many celebrities would rather forget, from a stunt that went wrong for Paul Daniels to Des O'Connor's dog bite on the nose.
Examining the brutal murder of 21-year-old student Meredith Kercher in 2007.
Taiwan is at the heart of a struggle between two nuclear powers – China and the United States - and there are fears it will become the next global conflict. President Xi Jinping insists Taiwan is part of China and must re-unify with the motherland. But Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, says the island is already independent and must maintain its freedom and democracy. Jane Corbin investigates how the Taiwanese government and young people are fighting what they say is Chinese disinformation, cyber attacks and dirty tricks.