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The West Wittering Affair

Relationships rule our lives, whether we're in one and trying to get out, out of one and trying to get in, or in one and just trying to hang on. Commitment may be the hardest thing to pledge, but a one-night-stand can no longer be just harmless fun. Are love and fidelity out of fashion? See what happens when a group of friends have a weekend away in the country. The West Wittering affair is the moment of truth for 4 uptight 30 something London professionals, which propels their chaotic love lives on an emotional roller-coaster in this romantic sex-comedy of errors.

The West Wittering Affair

4.5 2006
Big Country: Final Fling

With the untimely passing of frontman Stuart Adamson in 2001, the title Final Fling couldn't be more sadly appropriate. This two-disc set captures Big Country toward the beginning and near the end of their 20-year career. The first disc features a 1988 performance from an outdoor peace concert in East Berlin, shortly before the release of Peace in Our Time (and before the Berlin Wall came down in 1989). It's a straightforward, electric set played in front of a huge, enthusiastic crowd during the twilight hours. The second disc finds the Scottish rockers back at their old stomping grounds, Glasgow's Barrowlands, while on their Driving to Damascus tour with the Alarm in 2000. They may look older, but their chiming twin-guitar attack is as passionate and rousing as ever. Both sets include such fan favorites as "Look Away," "Fields of Fire," and Top 40 hit "In a Big Country." --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Big Country: Final Fling

10.0 2002
Eminem: The Glory Years

Since his discovery by Dr Dre in 1997, Eminem has achieved notoriety and commercial success in equal measures, and subsequently become the biggest Rap act on the planet. This film centres on his unparalleled stardom, revealing how, alongside one of the most staggering musical careers in history, he has received rave reviews for his acting abilities, launched a clothing range, signed superstars like 50 Cent to his own record label, and grabbed the headlines with his explosive behaviour at every given opportunity. His ability to stay at the cutting edge whilst taking on these other challenges is investigated thoroughly using exclusive interviews, rare and previously unseen film footage photographs and comments from his family, friends, colleagues and [in some cases] enemies.

Eminem: The Glory Years

NR 2005
A Massacre Foretold

On 22 December 1997, forty-five indigenous residents of the small Southern Mexican village of Acteal were attending a prayer meeting in their village church when they were slaughtered by unknown paramilitary forces. They were members of the pacifist group Las Abejas (The Bees), who were supporters of the revolutionary Zapatistas but renounced their violent methods. The investigation into their deaths quickly went suspiciously cold. Scottish documentary maker Nick Higgins, an expert on Mexican culture and politics and the author of Understanding the Chiapas Rebellion, attains unprecedented access to the place, the people, and the story behind a barely-reported atrocity.

A Massacre Foretold

6.0 2007
Japan in Colour - The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn

In 1908, the French banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn launched one of the most ambitious projects in the history of photography. A pacifist, internationalist and utopian idealist, Kahn decided to use his private fortune to improve understanding between the nations of the world. To this end, he created what he called his Archive of the Planet. For the next two decades, he dispatched professional photographers to document the everyday lives of people in more than 50 countries all around the world. Kahn's wealth enabled him to supply his photographers with the most advanced camera technology available. They used the autochrome - the first user-friendly camera system capable of producing true-colour photographs.

Japan in Colour - The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn

4.0 2009
The J. Street Project 2002-2005

The J. Street Project 2002–5 is a sixty-seven minute film that consists of a sequence of static camera shots of street signs in Germany that incorporate the word ‘Jude’ (German for ‘Jew’). Hiller found a total of 303 signs in streets, lanes, roads, avenues and alleys scattered throughout the country. The work focuses on the dissonance between these mundane, everyday signs and the memories they trigger of a genocidal history. The soundtrack records traffic noise, church bells and other incidental sounds. For this factual, indexical project Hiller maintained a neutral seriality in her approach. Cumulatively, however, it becomes clear that the signs are loaded with the memory of Jewish presence in the locations, not just from modern times but from thousands of years of history. The tension between past and present in the film highlights the sense of absence and traumatic loss. The place names operate as memorials of erasure.

The J. Street Project 2002-2005

NR 2006
Children of the Chinese Circus

Documentary looking at Shanghai Circus school, where the gruelling training regimes result in some of the best acrobats and circus performers in the world. Children as young as eight have their unformed bodies stretched and tested to breaking point as they learn to master the most taxing feats of acrobatic grace and daring. Harsh demands are also made of teachers and parents as their proteges strive to be number one in the circus, the Chinese way. (Storyville)

Children of the Chinese Circus

NR 2006
Girls Aloud: Live at Wembley

To coincide with the release of their 2006 hits compilation The Sound Of Girls Aloud comes this action packed DVD, filmed live at their triumphant 2006 live performance at Wembley. Initially winners of the UK version of American Idol, this all-girl group have exceeded all expectations and have won over critics and audiences alike. Features 18 songs including Biology, Waiting, See The Day, No Good Advice, Long Hot Summer, I Predict A Riot and many more. Also contains bonus features including video clips and other fun stuff.

Girls Aloud: Live at Wembley

NR 2007
The New Rulers of the World

The myths of globalisation have been incorporated into much of our everyday language. "Thinking globally" and "the global economy" are part of a jargon that assumes we are all part of one big global village, where national borders and national identities no longer matter. But what is globalisation? And where is this global village? In 2001, John Pilger made 'The New Rulers of the World', a film exploring the impact of globalisation. It took Indonesia as the prime example, a country that the World Bank described as a 'model pupil' until its 'globalised' economy collapsed in 1998. Globalisation has not only made the world smaller. It has also made it interdependent. An investment decision made in London can spell unemployment for thousands in Indonesia, while a business decision taken in Tokyo can create thousands of new jobs for workers in north-east England.

The New Rulers of the World

6.6 2001
The Swanage Railway Experience

Each year, thousands of holidaymakers experience the thrill of riding through the picturesque Purbeck Hills on one of the Swanage Railway’s classic steam trains. The line runs for 5½ miles from a new Park and Ride station at Norden through the unique Corfe Castle station and Harman’s Cross into the small seaside town of Swanage. Today’s railway is thriving and this film takes you on a guided tour of the line by steam train, looks behind the scenes and talks with some of the staff and volunteers who work on the line. To look at the railway today, it’s hard to believe that in 1972, under British Rail, the line was run down and closed, the track taken up and the buildings left to decay. With the aid of old photographs and archive film, we recall the mammoth struggle to rebuild the line - from scratch! Includes a full DMU cab ride from Swanage to Norden.

The Swanage Railway Experience

NR 2008
Magic Of The Dance

A magical love story is carried by breathtaking dance routines with dancer's tapping an incredible 40-taps per second. These explosive tap sequences and highly refined footwork create a melodic and rhythmical performance that generates audience interaction with the international renowned dancers of Irish and American tap.The charm and excitement of Irish music is brought to life by traditional and modern dancing that tells an authentic love story filled with passion and emotion.Set in early 20th century Ireland, a couple meet but are torn apart by a country plagued with famine and mystical demons. Separated, the two spend years in search of one and other, and a better life. Despite losing almost everything, they persevere knowing their music, dancing, and passion cannot be taken from them. Their search for each other takes them on a journey filled with excitement and adventure that finally unite the two in a spectacular grand finale.

Magic Of The Dance

7.0 2004
The Human League: Live at the Dome

The Human League Live at the Dome is a DVD by the veteran British Synthpop group The Human League, containing a recording of a complete concert. It was commissioned by the band themselves due to the success of the Virgin Records commissioned The Very Best of the Human League (DVD) the previous year; and the high uptake for their live concerts. The DVD records the entire concert played at the Brighton Dome on 19 December 2003, which was the closing night of the band's Very Best of Tour 2003. Concert set list Intro "Hard Times" "Love Action (I Believe in Love)" "Mirror Man" "Louise" "The Snake" "Heart like a Wheel" "Darkness" "All I Ever Wanted" "Open Your Heart" "The Lebanon" "One Man in My Heart" "Human" "Things That Dreams Are Made Of" "Love Me Madly?" "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" "Tell Me When" "Don't You Want Me" "Empire State Human" "Together In Electric Dreams" "The Sound of the Crowd"

The Human League: Live at the Dome

9.0 2004
This Is a True Story

In December 2001, the world's media reported that a young Japanese woman, Takako Konishi, had died whilst trying to find the money hidden in the snow at the end of the Coen Brothers' film 'Fargo'. The fact that she died outside the town of Fargo was correct. The rest was not a true story. Director Paul Berczeller took it upon himself to look into this tale that the media swallowed so easily, finding that the truth was a lot more tragic and a lot less melodramatic…

This Is a True Story

6.8 2003
All The Time In The World

Presented as a fictional documentary, the sound film All the Time in The World sees the millions of years that have shaped and formed the land, played out at the speed of sound. Semiconductor have reanimated Northumbria’s epic landscape using data recordings from the archives at the British Geological Survey in Edinburgh. This data of local and distant seismic disturbances has been converted to sound and used to reveal and bring to life the constantly shifting geography around us. We follow the motion of the sound as it travels from the coast at Cocklawburn to the hills of The Cheviots, transforming the land. We travel to Abb’s Head and witness Earth Lights, made visible by the seismic sounds. These phenomena are said to be the result of tectonic movement in the strata below us. Flashes of light and electricity are produced as movement squeezes mineral crystals together, displaying luminous objects whose motion coincides with the direction of ruptures within the earth.

All The Time In The World

NR 2005
Postman Pat - Great Big Party

It's party time in Greendale! Everyone in Greendale is helping to arrange a surprise party for a special someone's birthday... Postman Pat! The preparations are underway with kids, adults and even Ted's machines helping out. But all the while Pat thinks friends and family have forgotten his special day. Will everything go to plan and be ready in time for the big surprise? Five more episodes of animated fun with Postman Pat are: 'Postman Pat's Great Big Party', 'Postman Pat the Magician', 'Postman Pat and the Surprise Present', 'Postman Pat and the Flying Post' and 'Postman Pat and the Pot Luck Picnic'.

Postman Pat - Great Big Party

3.8 2009