David Calder

Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play. However the choice of "King Lear" only manages to plunge this disparate group of travellers into turmoil as they struggle to overcome both nature's wrath and their own mortality. (IFC Films)

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with no smell, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent. (imdb)

Based on the experiences of Lieutenant Robert Lawrence, M.C. (imdb)

In the Far East, trouble-seeking father-and-son duo Rick (Fraser) and Alex O'Connell (Ford) unearth the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin (Li) -- a shape-shifting entity who was cursed by a wizard (Yeoh) centuries ago.

A dramatized documentary on the life and music of Ludwig van Beethoven. (imdb)

J.C. (David Calder) is a bisexual hustler in New York City. He'll do anything for money--but won't let love or emotion in. We find out why by flashbacks to his childhood where his mother lectured him that money was everything. Then he one day saves Jean (Donna Troy) from being beaten. They fall in love and decide to move... but can J.C. truly leave his past behind? It all leads to a negative ending. (imdb)

A terrifying love triangle. An original twist on a story of divided loyalties, the perils of love and ultimate death... (imdb)

A biography of Austrian Formula 1 champion driver Niki Lauda and the 1976 crash that almost claimed his life. Mere weeks after the accident, he got behind the wheel to challenge his British rival, James Hunt. (imdb)

Ever since King Edward VIII abdicated in 1936, the official explanation had been simply that the government disapproved of his marriage to a twice-divorced woman.

The two-night scripted miniseries HOUDINI follows the epic tales of Harry Houdini as he emerges as America's first bonafide world-renowned superstar. From humble beginnings at circus sideshows to sold-out concert halls, Eastern European immigrant Ehrich Weiss rose to become a household name across the globe-Houdini. The Great Harry Houdini finds fame, engages in espionage, battles spiritualists and encounters the greatest names of the era, from U.S. presidents to Arthur Conan Doyle and Rasputin. (history.com)

Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet in this dynamic production of Shakespeare's complex and profound play about the human condition, directed by Nicholas Hytner, first broadcast to cinemas in 2010. (youtube.com)

The amazing true story of Lady Worsley, whose elopement prompted her husband to sue her lover and sparked one of the greatest scandals of eighteenth-century England. (bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0671j78/the-scandalous-lady-w)

As the Cold War thaws, The Kremlin discovers that two 'sleeper' agents, posted in Britain in the 1960s, are still at large.

Following the break-up of his marriage after revealing his homosexuality, GP Martin Wyatt loses custody of his son Oliver to his now ex-wife Hannah and her new partner Frank. It is not long, however, until Oliver appears at the house of Martin and his new lover Tom claiming to have been beaten up by boys in the park. (imdb)

In April 2015, the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company, an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area, was burgled by 4 elderly men. The total stolen may have a value of up to £200 million, the incident has been called the "largest burglary in English legal history. (imdb)

Eleanor Bramwell (Jemma Redgrave) sets out to prove her worth as a female doctor. Her father is eager for Eleanor to join him in his respectable private practice, but Eleanor decides to begin work in London's East End. (britbox.com)

The reign of Edward II, King of England, is troubled from the start, when he brings his male lover, hated by the nobles, out of exile. (imdb)

A reporter Mullen 'stumbles' on a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent. In fact it is also linked to a near Nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and an Americal USAF base. Has there been a Government cover-up,Mullen teams up with Vernon Bayliss, an old hack, and Nina Beckam the MP's assistant to find out the truth. (imdb)

Matthew Kelly stars as a serial killer who has spent his 15 years in prison playing a game of psychological cat-and-mouse with his captors. One of Britain's most notorious murderers, Brian Wicklow is vilified by the Press and despised by fellow inmates - not least because detectives have never found the body of his last victim. But then, out of the blue, he decides he wants to talk to the police.

From actor/writer duo James Corden and Mathew Baynton, The Wrong Mans series centers on Sam Pinkett and Phil Bourne, office workers for Berkshire County Council, who have their menial existence turned upside-down by a chance phone-call and a case of mistaken identity. After being sole witness to a car crash on a desolate country road, Sam answers an abandoned mobile telephone and hears a message that was clearly not meant for him: "If you are not here by 5 o'clock, we will kill your wife".