A history of Frankenstein. The background of the original novel, and the subsequent fascination with Mary Shelley’s creation. Mary Shelley’s novel and its eternal theme, man’s quest for the secret of life, is examined. The bicentenary of its publication allow a wide public to explore the novel and discover its extraordinary modernity two centuries after it first appeared.
Logan’s Run is a spin-off from the 1976 film of the same name. The series depicted Logan and Jessica-pursued by Francis traveling in a futuristic hovercraft-like vehicle on a cross-country trek to Sanctuary in a post-apocalyptic America. The domed city was seen only in the pilot and two other episodes, using recycled footage from the film. In a change from the book and film, the television series had the city run by a cabal of elderly citizens; Francis has been promised a life beyond thirty as a city elder if he can bring back the fugitives. Logan and Jessica were joined on their journey by an android named Rem.
In 1956, four years before Jane Goodall ventured into the world of chimpanzees and seven years before Dian Fossey left to work with mountain gorillas — in fact, before anyone, man or woman had made such a trip — 23-year-old Canadian biologist, Anne Innis Dagg, made an unprecedented solo journey to South Africa to become the first person in the world to study animal behavior in the wild on that continent. When she returned home a year later armed with ground-breaking research, the insurmountable barriers she faced as a female scientist proved much harder to overcome. THE WOMAN WHO LOVES GIRAFFES retraces the steps of Anne’s ground-breaking 1956 journey to South Africa to study giraffes in the wild — and discovers a startling contrast between the world of giraffes she once knew and the one it has become.
From one of the most creative, daring, and provocative British writers, “Lipstick on Your Collar” was the last work by television writer, playwright, and screenwriter Dennis Potter, to be produced during his life. Part musical, part romantic comedy, part male fantasy. During the Suez Crisis of 1956, two young clerks at the stuffy Foreign Office in Whitehall display little interest in the decline of the British Empire. To their eyes, it can hardly compete with girls, rock music (including “Lay Down Your Arms”), and the intrigue of romantic entanglements.
First Five explores themes of powers and womanhood during a tumultuous time to be leading a country.
A playing card left at a murder scene connects a string of killings in this docuseries tracking a notorious serial killer who terrorized Spain in 2003.
A book editor must work with a former rival to help a potential writer find her way. He reminds all of them about the Christmas spirit and the value of community.
Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber and their Veggie pals venture beyond the kitchen counter in these playful adventures with Christian themes.
This documentary does a great job presenting the rise and fall of the Templar Knights. Everything from the theories of their origins, through their military role, and their financial/banker roles are all nicely covered.
For nearly two centuries, the Knights Templar was the most powerful order in the medieval world. Despite the Knights’ long reign of power, the order experienced a sudden collapse in the early fourteenth century when certain members stood accused of unspeakable crimes and were subsequently tortured and killed. This insightful program interviews some of the world’s leading biblical scholars and visits historic sites throughout Europe and the Near East to probe the past of this mysterious order. Did the Knights, as many believe, guard the Holy Grail? Or was the object of their attentions buried a thousand years before the birth of Christ? The Templar Code is an in-depth examination into the remarkable rise and rapid descent of the powerful and obscure Knights Templar.
Documentary series exploring three aspects of the sex industry in the UK – porn, escorts working from their own homes and prostitutes working on the streets. Not for the faint-hearted.
A combination of live discussion of the relationship between Wallis Simpson and her sister-in-law, Queen Elizabeth (mother of Queen Elizabeth II), with enacted portions of the story by Gina McKee, as Wallis Simpson, and Emma Davies, as the Queen Mother. The live discussions include the participation by royal biographer Andrew Morton, socialite Lady Colin Campbell, and biographer, Anne Sebba.
When Kim Hee Woo was a high school student, his academic grades ranked at the bottom of his school. Through hard work, Kim Hee Woo entered a university and eventually passed the bar exam. He now works as an enthusiastic prosecutor. While he investigates possible corruption related to a politician named Jo Tae Sub, he gets killed by an unidentified man. However, Kim Hee Woo wakes up and finds himself alive again.
