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Verdi: Aida (2009) #604 Remove Directed by Gary Halvorson. With Violeta Urmana, Johan Botha, Dolora Zajick, Carlo Guelfi. Pharoah's daughter loves Radames, leader of the Egyptian army. So does slave-girl, Aida, who happens to be (unknown to anyone) Princess of Ethiopia. Aida must choose either her country or Radames. The outcome leaves both gasping for breath. Opera. The Metropolitan Opera, New York. |
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Puccini: Turandot (2009) #602 Remove Directed by Gary Halvorson. With Maria Guleghina, Marcello Giordani, Marina Poplavskaya, Samuel Ramey. To win the hand of Princess Turandot, suitors must first answer her three riddles, but an incorrect answer sends the suitor to the executioner. A stranger with no name, who no-one knows, tries. Will he win her hand, or lose his head? Opera. The Metropolitan Opera, New York. |
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Old Jews Telling Jokes (2009) #367 Remove An online TV show which features Jewish people over the age of 60 telling his or her favorite joke. episodes 1,2 |
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Old Jews Telling Jokes (2009) #367 Remove An online TV show which features Jewish people over the age of 60 telling his or her favorite joke. episodes 1,2 |
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Cathedrals: Wells (2013) #548 Remove In a series of three films, the acclaimed documentary film maker, Richard Alwyn, goes behind the scenes in three of England's Church of England Cathedrals - Wakefield, Wells and Southwark. Each film explores in different ways the purpose and daily workings of these extraordinary edifices that stud the English landscape. What are they for? What do they do? Who uses them and how? Are they meeting ... | |
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25 Years in Space (1982) #525 Remove A history of space exploration starting from the dawn of the space age in 1957 with the launch of Sputnik to the Space Shuttle Columbia. Mainly using excerpts from newsreels and television programs the story covers Laika, Jupiter-C, Yuri Gagarin, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Alexey Leonov, Edward White, Apollo 1, Vladimir Komarov, Apollo 8, Apollo 10, Apollo 11, Apollo 13, Apollo 17, Skylab, Salyut and Voyager 1. It includes interviews and broadcasts from Sir Bernard Lovell, James Burke, Frank Borman, Brian Aldiss, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Barbara Ward, Carl Sagan and Patrick Moore. Horizon |
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Jonathan Creek (2010) #162 Remove With Alan Davies, Caroline Quentin, Stuart Milligan, Julia Sawalha. Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles. He soon puts this ability to the use of solving impossible crimes and mysterious murders. Easter Special |
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A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008) #1190 Remove Directed by Nick Park. With Peter Sallis, Sally Lindsay, Melissa Collier, Sarah Laborde. Wallace and his dog, Gromit, open a bakery and get tied up with a murder mystery. But when Wallace falls in love, Gromit is left to solve the case. |
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The Department Store: Milners (2008) #684 Remove Filmmaker Richard Macer visits the independent high street department stores that are fighting back against the big brands. | |
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The Nativity (2010) #612 Remove With Andrew Buchan, Peter Capaldi, Al Weaver, Jack Shepherd. Explores the troubled times of turn of the millennium Judea, bringing legend to vibrant life, but rooting the action in a world we can all recognise & understand. 4x30min. BBC |
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A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008) #1190 Remove Directed by Nick Park. With Peter Sallis, Sally Lindsay, Melissa Collier, Sarah Laborde. Wallace and his dog, Gromit, open a bakery and get tied up with a murder mystery. But when Wallace falls in love, Gromit is left to solve the case. |