Paul McGann

A powerful dynasty, headed by a charismatic, manipulative father, falls when he decides to hand over his criminal empire to his three corrupt and power-hungry daughters.

After many years of sleeping in his coffin, the vampire Lestat awakens only to find that the world has changed and he wants to be a part of it. He gathers a following and becomes a rock star only to find that his music awakens the ancient Queen Akasha and she wants him to become her king... (imdb)

London 1969 - two 'resting' (unemployed and unemployable) actors, Withnail and Marwood decide to leave their squalid Camden flat for an idyllic holiday in the countryside, courtesy of Withnail's uncle Monty's country cottage (imdb)

After her last encounter, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on Fiorina 161, a maximum security prison. When a series of strange and deadly events occur shortly after her arrival, Ripley realizes that she brought along an unwelcome visitor.

A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II. (imdb)

A Disney-ized retelling of Dumas' classic swashbuckling story of three swordsmen plus one of the disbanded French king's guard who seek to save their King from the scheming of the Cardinal Richelieu (imdb)

Hornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but obviously mentally unstable captain and eventually must mutiny. (imdb)

Ioan Groffudd ably repeats his role as British sea captain Horatio Hornblower in this multi-episode series. This episode opens with the British at peace with the French. Hornblower, as well as many other officers, have been reduced in rank,left on land and are being paid half-wages. (imdb)

With Sawyer dead, Buckland takes control of the ship, but he is not up for the task, and decides to sail to Jamaica, despite the failure of the mission to capture the Spanish fort on Samana Bay. Hornblower suggests another plan of attack which goes well. However, Hornblower will have to come to Buckland's rescue once more before they reach Jamaica. (itv DVD)

This episode's title most certainly refers to the duty that Hornblower feels to his country, but more certainly also references the responsibility he learns he now has with his new wife. (imdb)

A little boy, obsessed with blindness and violence, slowly gets trapped in his own delusions. (imdb)

Based on factual accounts, this is the story of two young girls that, somehow, have the ability to take pictures of winged beings... which certainly causes quite a stir throughout England during the time of the first World War. Everyone, except the girls who think it's quite normal, are excited about this "photographic proof" that fairies exist... even the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini pay the girls a visit. (imdb)

Ken Russell's rather loose adaptation of the last part of D.H. Lawrence's "The Rainbow" sees impulsive young Ursula coming of age in pastoral England around the time of the Boer War... (imdb)

The Doctor, an alien time traveller from the planet Gallifrey, is transporting the remains of his nemesis, the Master back to their homeworld. However the Master is not as dead as the Doctor thinks. The Master's essence escapes and sabotages the TARDIS, the Doctor's time machine causing it to crashland in San Franscisco on December 30th 1999. (imdb)

Their women having been enslaved by the local pack of lesbian vampires thanks to an ancient curse, the remaining menfolk of a rural town send two hapless young lads out onto the moors as a sacrifice. (imdb)

Based on Dickens' novel about a rich misanthrope who leaves his estate to his estranged son with an odd condition.

Helen has been married to Paul for 25 years. They live a monotonous and frozen existence. Helen is desperate, damaged, and looking for change. Paul - bitter, hypocritical and bigoted, sick and tired of being in the poverty trap - is on the brink of a breakdown. Into their lives comes Tasha, a Romany Czech refugee, awaiting her British passport and her chance for freedom - a concept taken for granted by all those around her. (imdb)

A lowly hospital orderly impersonates a recently deceased doctor and goes to work in the busy ER of a small hospital where he meets and befriends a nurse who slowly figures out his secret and helps him maintain his charade. (imdb)

Bachelor best friends John Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff learn that, in romance, dishonesty can be the best policy. (Amazon.com)

Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great. (imdb)

The highs and lows of Alan Turing's life, tracking his extraordinary accomplishments, his government persecution through to his tragic death in 1954. (imdb)

The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary special is coming up, and Fifth Doctor Peter Davison worries that he'll be left out. When he finds that Sixth Doctor Colin Baker and Seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy share his worries, they hatch a plan to make themselves heard... (Poster by Simon Hodges)

A man who has tried cover the tracks of his past encounters a women determined to tell the world his secrets. Ben Turner (Paul McGann) is a happily married man in his late thirties who owns a used book shop and helps his wife run an inn in a small town in England. One day, Ben receives a startling bit of mail: 30 identical letters, each bearing just a seven word message, "What have you done with the body?"

Documentary investigating the assassination of John F Kennedy. Could the true assassin of JFK have gone undetected until now? Taking us back to Parkland Hospital where the president was pronounced dead and to the Bethesda Naval Hospital where the autopsy was conducted, the film presents the evidence to support a shocking new theory about his death. (channel5.com)

The US president unexpectedly checks into a sleepy hotel in the heart of England, where he is held hostage by terrorists and, even worse, attended to by a host of wacky characters who obviously don't get out much. Spoof thriller.

A mother suspects that her son could be the killer of a recently found dead girl, and becomes caught in a torturous dilemma of whether to denounce him, or protect him and hide the act.

A sensitive young man who relishes time in nature is at odds with the rough urban culture in which he lives. (imdb)

A documentary about pioneering British documentary filmmakers Sager Mitchell and James Kenyon, with clips from some of their work and an interview with, and commentary by, film historian Vanessa Toulmin. (imdb)

Tripping Over is a Australian/British co-production which is set Australia, England and Thailand. It centres on a young man (MacPherson) who travels around the world while his mother recounts her own travels in her younger days. (imdb)

BRAKES is a raw, dark and unconventional comedy. Split into two halves it follows the tumultuous stories of nine couples, plunging straight into the brutal and absurd endings of their relationships first, before travelling back to the moments when the spark of love between them first emerged. Using London as their match-maker, each of their stories is unique yet familiar to us all. (brakesfilm.com)

Gay Londoners Marc and Fred plan for a weekend of mischief, baiting the Christian owner of a remote Christian B&B. Events take a deadly turn when another guest arrives, who they think might have something more sinister in mind. (imdb)

A chronicle of the day that John Lennon was killed. (imdb)

The London branch of Whitney Paine, a major American investment bank, is in the midst of a crisis; after the loss of $100 million, one of their leading traders, Tony Eisner commits suicide by putting a slug through his head while seated at his place in the board room. Despite the high stakes, many of the firm's staff are eager to step into Tony's now-vacated shoes and get credit for saving the company. Daniel Pascoe, the leading trader at the firm, is convinced that he's first in line for the as

During the First World War, Percy Toplis, a deserter from the British Army, plays a major role in the Étaples Mutiny in September 1917.

A police negotiator gets stuck in an elevator

Re-enactments of real-life tales of human survival against the savage elements, dangerous climates and physical hazards.

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World is a three-part documentary series following the climate change activist Greta Thunberg from August 2019 to late 2020, when she was aged 16–17. She travels North America and Europe, hearing experts talk about the complex and diverse effects climate change has had, including damage to forests, the retreat of glaciers, ocean acidification and flash flooding. (wikipedia.org)

Witty, enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed heads up the Marine Homicide Unit, tasked with solving murders in and around the Scottish waters. (imdb)

A talented artist struggles to cope with the pressures leading up to her first solo exhibition.

The four brothers of the Phelan family battle to save their farm and their family from the ravages of the Irish Potato Famine in 1846, and from an English land agent who takes a dislike to them. (imdb)