Christine Bottomley

Tired and irritable, Zakes Abbott drives home along the motorway, his girlfriend, Beth, asleep beside him. Failing to spot his exit he speeds across the causeway and barely avoids an accident. Apoplectic with rage, the truck driver gives chase, and as he violently overtakes the tailgate flips up revealing a woman bound and bloodied in the back. But before there is time for a second look, the door is slammed shut and Zakes is left bewildered and wondering if what he saw was real. (imdb)

Portrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar. (imdb)

Urban fairytale set in Manchester. A series of tragic events that blight a young boy's life are reversed one Christmas Eve, giving him and those around him the happy ending that they were destined to have. (BBC)

A twisted tale of sibling rivalry, sexual awakening and sick mind games, set over a hot English summer in lush green strawberry fields. (bbc.co.uk)

Drama series about a group of expectant parents who bond at pre-natal classes and the lives of the couples leading up to the births.

25 years ago, Jane saw a man killing her mother. Today, she's a well adjusted wife and mother herself. While having a physical, she notices a doctor who looks like the killer and reports him. No one believes her - except one cop. A two-part television miniseries. (imdb)

In each episode historian Simon Schama treats, in his own erudite, unconventional and somewhat socially engaged style, a work of art from a great master. He concentrates not just on the art history as such, but mainly on the relationship between the work and the historical context of its creation, as this touches the significance of and vision on the subject as well as the life of the artist.

All Charlotte wants from life is to be cut a slice of the media agency she has devoted herself to building. When Charlotte's life disintegrates, we follow her on a heart-racing journey of self-discovery, atonement and danger.

James is 17 and is pretty sure he is a psychopath. Alyssa, also 17, is the cool and moody new girl at school. The pair make a connection and she persuades him to embark on a road trip in search of her real father.

A look at the life of 19th century Yorkshire landowner Anne Lister (1791-1840), who lived openly as a lesbian and kept diaries chronicling the details of her daily life. (imdb)

After 18 years behind bars, Miri Matteson returns home and stumbles back into adult life in the claustrophobic coastal town she once knew in this half-hour comedy series.

The life and rise of Livia Drusilla, the powerful wife of the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar.

A teenage girl in Glasgow agrees to carry a baby for couple Dan and Emily. (imdb)

It's about the lives of three childhood best friends and all the funny stuff that happens to them and all the other people they know. (imdb)