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An investigation of UK video censorship after the video recordings act was introduced.

A short documentary about New York glam-pop group Scissor Sisters, how they met, how they got started (dingy gay NYC clubs) and how they're dealing with fame...

A man walking alone to his car is confronted by a mysterious figure stalking him through the darkness.

Soccer Shockers is packed full of football cock-ups and moments of madness. It’s all here; from goal-keeping nightmares and missed open goals, to tantrums, refereeing foul-ups, back-pass howlers and more. With great action from today’s star players and matches around the world, Bradley Walsh’s Soccer Shockers leaves no player safe from joining the football hall of shame. This is the soccer horror show the players won’t want you to see!

A story about a young woman who wants to make a baby with her husband.

Filmed on 24th June 1985 at London Hammersmith Odeon

A short film about all-in wrestling.

Opera superstar Cecilia Bartoli offers her first operatic release on DVD in 12 years, and also her first opera in English. Bartoli stars as Semele (a role usually taken by a soprano) in Handel s late opera, which features such well-known arias as Endless pleasure, endless love, Myself I shall adore, and Oh sleep, why dost though leave me? Robert Carsen s stylish modern dress production hints at parallels with the problematic relationship between the late Princess Diana and the British Royal Family. Recorded live at the Zurich Opera House in January, 2007.

A portrait of the stresses and strains imposed on Palestinian society by Israel's almost total control over access to water and sewage facilities in the West Bank, told in the words of ordinary people. A compelling picture of the impact of military occupation on everyday life.

Face of an Angel is inspired by Puccini’s opera La Fanciulla del West, set during the Californian gold rush. The film is shot is the scarred black landscape of an open cast mine in South Wales, one of the original coal mining areas which fuelled the industrial revolution in Britain. Taking the theme of redemption, the film depicts choreographed yellow dumper trucks, portraits of miners and an escape to another life using the painterly surface of low format video. Fragments of music from the opera are woven into an industrial sound track.

Fezeka's Voice tells the true story of choirmaster Phumi Tsewu and his unwavering dedication to his township, his school and his choir. For 15 years he has been teaching the children at Fezeka High School in Gugulethu, South Africa - not just how to sing but how to live. Chronicling the highs and lows of their first adventure overseas to perform on a world stage, the film exposes Phumi's commitment and spirit as he teaches his students everything from manners to Mozart, bringing them focus, pride and joy.

A mock documentary about an American filmmaker who wants to produce a film about the real-life story of Merhan "Alfred" Nasseri, a refugee from Iran who, through a series of bureaucratic snafus and the theft of his identification papers, has been stranded in Charles de Gaulle airport since 1988. Nasseri is reluctant to take part, but the pushy director will stop at nothing to see his vision come to life.

Poetic images of a city in change and the world of experience of its inhabitants, filmed in misty long takes in Cinemascope. A sense of loss is predominant in this meditative work about the relationship between the city and the people. An ambitious film made with the help of 160 Liverpudlians and shot in 10 scenes at different locations in the city.

A professional video production of the July 2007 performance of Daniel Johnston at Union Chapel in London.

A straight 8 film by Demetri Jagger & David Palmer

Marks the 70th anniversary of the Gresford mining disaster in which 266 miners lost their lives.

The most dangerous journey needs a helping hand.

Veteran BBC Radio DJ John Peel takes his first visit to Derry and discovers for himself the band that forged his favourite pop song 'Teenage Kicks'.The film, through the use of interviews and archive footage (of Derry and The Undertones), takes us back to 1975. To a time when it would have been normal, even expected, for five Derry teenagers to get together and have a riot. The Undertones got together, formed a band and created their own form of riot, bursting into a vigorous and joyous celibration of their own existence.

The former Olympic champions celebrate the 25th anniversary of their triumph in Sarajevo with their spectacular live tour, taking to the ice once more along with a company of professional dancers.

A short film about the game of dominoes.

In a country where people can own two or three homes, these are the stories of those who don’t have one.

Half-fae-half-mortal shepherd Strephon wants to wed shepherdress Phyllis, but, although she reciprocates his feelings, she has a dilemma — she is so beautiful that all of the House of Lords, as well as her guardian, the Lord Chancellor, are also desirous of marriage. Performed by the Carl Rosa Opera Company in August 2007.

When a bullfighter challenges a bull-like TV set, only one can go on living ...

Four months before the original nightmare began, four friends meet with the werewolf menace deep in the woods near Horton City.

The antics of a reluctant young boy and the relentlessly happy duck who trails him, set in a delightful and surprising pop-up book world where anything can happen.

Pop's enduring diva is on scintillating form in an intimate concert from LSO St Luke's in London. Accompanied by her band and 21 strings from the BBC Concert Orchestra, Annie Lennox storms through a set packed with hits from her solo career and back to the Eurythmics days, including classic hits Here Comes the Rain, Little Bird, Cold, Sweet Dreams and No More 'I Love You's'. Lennox shows her voice has lost none of its ability to thrill and her showmanship is undimmed.

The documentary tells the story of the making of The Clash's 'London Calling' album and included in a special 25th Anniversary edition re-release of the original album. Directed by Don Letts and including interviews with Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon and othey key figures, this also includes previously unreleased home footage of The Clash recording London Calling in Wessex Studios.

A single mother turns to prostitution to provide for her young son, but her actions only drive them further apart.

A rare look at the the career of film director Pedro Almodóvar, especially his early works, with interviews with the director himself and his stars and admirers.

The "Live in Brighton" concert captures the Pretty Things taking us through some of the highlights of their 40-year journey from 60s R&B punks to unrepentant Rock 'n Roll veterans, through psychedelic experimentation and the hard-rocking years of the '70s. The gig features their hit songs and tracks from the legendary "SF Sorrow," the first-ever rock opera.

Whilst on a family scuba diving trip the Kelvin family surface to find that the world's oxygen supply has suddenly dissipated. With their tanks running low they embark on a race against time to reach the nearby dive hut.

After four years working on Richard Thomas' Jerry Springer - The Opera, Stewart Lee returns to stand-up in search of clarity, self-respect and immediate sensual and intellectual gratification.

The Numbertaker, Shape Japer, and Spooky Spoon work together to cause trouble during the festive season, and it's up for Numberjacks 5 and 6 to put a stop to them.

Joe died young. But his and "The Clash's" memory live on in the programme as it seeks to explore and identify the music and the reasons behind the split of one of the most iconic punk rock groups of the day. We follow the life of one of the original members of "The Clash". Told through interviews of Joe's involvement in the ground breaking group from other band members including Mick Jones and 'Topper' Headon, we tell the story as it was.

After 27 years apart, the three surviving members of the New York Dolls, David Johansen, Sylvain Sylvain & Arthur 'Killer' Kane, re-united at London’s Royal Festival Hall at the request of their number one uber-fan, Morrissey, as part of 2004's Meltdown Festival. This is the whole gig, featuring all the classic tunes from their early 1970s heyday.

The inside story of the November 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai, India - in the words of the victims and of the terrorists themselves. Includes never-before-heard telephone intercepts of the terrorists' conversations with their handlers in Pakistan, CCTV footage from the luxury hotels as they are attacked and the tape of the first interrogation of the sole surviving terrorist Kasab.

Spoof documentary. Thespian Nicholas Craig looks at "one of the most ferociously demanding of all acting periods, the 18th century". Tips on how to have a Georgian hissy fit, foppishness and acting with your bosoms.

Part history, part travelogue, Victorian Sex Explorer is a revealing, witty journey through Queen Victoria’s Empire, from the late 1830s to the turn of the century. Fuelled by the same desire as the infamous Victorian explorer and sexual anthropologist Sir Richard Burton,Rupert Everett (My Best Friend’s Wedding; St Trinian’s) re-traces his steps in the modern day Orient to explore changing attitudes to sex, the legacy of the Empire and erotica in all its guises.

Five hundred soldiers of the Irish Defence Forces are stationed in Liberia, part of a 15,000-strong United Nations Peacekeeping mission, the largest UN force in the world. What does it mean to these young men and women to be peacekeepers? What does it mean to be soldiers trained in both how to fight and how not to? Rarely have peacekeeping soldiers talked so candidly and revealingly about the day to day realities of their job, trying to hold together a fragile peace in the aftermath of fourteen years of civil war.

When Sid, Leanne and Claire take to the kitchen in a crazy comedy about cooking, the proof is most definitely in the pudding!

Angus Deayton trawls the archives to re-live the unusual outfits, never-to-be-repeated dance moves and strange songs that make the Eurovision Song Contest an annual peach in the television schedule.

A severely injured man lies in the snow-capped mountains; the next settlement which could offer warmth and shelter from the wind and snow is too far to reach on foot. In a flashback, the dying man relives the last year of his life - a life full of adventure, danger and his daily struggle to survive in a harsh and frightening world.

The Close Encounters Tour is Robbie Williams' 2006 worldwide concert tour. It kicked off in Durban's ABSA Stadium on 10 April, and ended in Melbourne on 18 December. The tour was a great success financially, with every date selling out the morning the tickets went on sale. Williams broke the World Record for selling 1.6 million tickets in a single day of going on sale in November 2005. This one is from his live performance at Roundhay Park in Leeds, England. Setlist:Radio ,Rock DJ ,Trippin' ,Monsoon ,Sin Sin Sin ,Millennium ,Make Me Pure ,Me And My ,Shadow ,Strong ,Back For Good ,Advertising Space ,Come Undone,She's The One,Feel ,Let Me Entertain You ,Rudebox, Angels

Captain's daughter Josephine and common sailor Ralph Rackstraw are in love. However, their relationship is complicated by her arranged marriage to the high-ranking Sir Joseph Porter. A secret about the characters' true identities revealed by Little Buttercup, which leads to a farcical resolution. Performed by The National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company at the G&S Festival, Buxton Opera House in 2001.

The story of Buick Riviera is told through fates of two men, both Bosnian (ex Yugoslavian) emigrants, belonging to the two different religious groups that fought for the city of Sarajevo during the War.

Can a drinking, gambling, all-round hedonist ever consider herself to be morally good? Can an avid consumer of cheap airfares, pop culture and cheap clothes ever be good to the planet? Can a bubbly, affable, happy comedienne ever be really good at delivering stand-up that affects other people?

Michael Palin visits the Baltimore apartment gallery of Etta and Claribel Cone, wealthy American sisters who amassed one of the world's finest collections of modern French art.

Former Beatle George Harrison has had many artistic incarnations. This video includes performance footage from Harrison's 1991 tour in Japan with Eric Clapton, seven music videos and interview footage, plus a special bonus of three songs (performed by Harrison himself) from the movie he produced, Shanghai Surprise, starring Madonna and Sean Penn. Tracks include "This Song," "Crackerbox Palace," "Got My Mind Set on You," "Taxman" and more.

Can new Brownie member Rosie thwart Bad Brown Owl's dastardly plans and keep the Brownie Law?

Lily Allen's Live In London is a gig footage filmed at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in 2009 during her It's Not Me, It's You World Tour.

Robbie Coltrane explores Britain's back roads in this offbeat travel program in which the actor/comedian sets off in his classic Jaguar roadster on a quest to encounter quirky locals and discover little-known rural traditions. Touring byways rarely traveled by tourists, Coltrane happens upon a scarecrow convention, takes part in Mytholmroyd's pudding contest, meets colorful people with extraordinary talents and much more.

She was loved, she was a princess, heir to the throne - but the childhood fairytale turned to lifelong nightmare for Mary Tudor, Henry VIII's first child. When Henry divorced her mother and married Anne Boleyn, Mary became an outcast and a threat to the Protestant succession. By a twist of fate, on the death of her brother, she became queen at last in 1553, but her attempts to make England Catholic again were a disaster for her and the country. History has called her "Bloody Mary" for the burning of the Protestants, but how fair is this? This film paints another picture, of a woman true to her beliefs, pushed towards a terrible psychological disintegration.

At The Royal Albert Hall, London on 8th April 2004 after some 15 months of planning with Paul Weller, Ronnie Wood, Pete Townshend, Steve Ellis, Midge Ure, Ocean Colour Scene amongst them artists assembled to perform to a sell-out venue and to pay tribute to a man who co-wrote many Mod anthems such as ""Itchycoo Park, All Or Nothing, Here Comes The Nice, My Mind's Eye"" to name just a few. Ronnie Lane was the creative heart of two of Rock n Rolls quintessentially English groups, firstly during the 60's with The Small Faces then during the 70;s with The Faces. After the split of the Faces he then formed Slim Chance and toured the UK in a giant circus tent as well as working in the studio with Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend and Ronnie Wood. 5,500 fans looked on in awe at The R.A.H as the superb evening's entertainment ended with ""All Or Nothing"" featuring a surprise appearance by Chris Farlowe on lead vocals.

An imminent job interview offers hope, but will the questions raised help the interviewee to move on or drive her further into her trouble-filled past.

A look at an extraordinary era of musical experimentation within Doctor Who, with special emphasis on the musical scores for Doctor Who and the Silurians and The Sea Devils. Featuring producer Barry Letts, composer Mark Ayres and directors Timothy Combe, Christopher Barry and Michael Briant, with an archive appearance from Radiophonic composer Malcolm Clarke.

A stop motion short film shot with a stills camera in the ceiling pointing straight at the floor.

Joanne Guest is widely acclaimed as Britain's most lusted after and photographed fantasy girl. But after almost seven years at the top of the glamour industry her move into TV and role as a national newspaper 'agony babe' means she's more often shown with her clothes on these days.

Inspired by the overwhelming force of 2G and the ensuing befuddlement, the work might be read as a tongue-in-cheek homage to Yuri Gagarin, the people of Star City and the pioneering artists who attempted to create work on a plunging aircraft. Kötting provides an insight into the madness of experimentation in the extreme environment of a zero gravity flight on a Russian military base, where Gagarin’s face smiles down at you from almost every building. A wobbly B-film rocket follows a similar trajectory to the parabolic flight path, reaching for the stars before plummeting nose cone first back into the hard Earth, echoing the Russian’s more brutal approach to re-entry landings than the NASA ocean splashdowns. The rocket’s flight links a kaleidoscope of grainy archive images from Moscow, Star City and the parabolic flight on which Kotting participated. The film was also commissioned by The Cornerhouse for projection on a large outdoor screen in Manchester in 2005.