Zoë Wanamaker

The Bogeyman and friends find that new technologies are making their job more difficult. (imdb)

The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. When Yanko enters a farm sick and hungry after the shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy, who is very kind and helps him. Soon he becomes like a son for Dr. James Kennedy and romance between Yanko and Amy follows. (imdb)

The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realisation of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred Douglas, nicknamed Bosie. After legal action instigated by Bosie's father, the mad Marquess of Queensberry, Wilde refused to flee the country and was sentenced to two years at hard labour by the courts of an intolerant Victorian society. (imdb)

The life of David Copperfield, who is sent away from home as a child by his mean stepfather and meets many obstacles and adversaries on his way to become a man.

Highly acclaimed British mini-series. When Yorkshire police officer Ronald Craven's daughter is murdered, he finds himself drawn into a dark conspiracy.

'It' is a Psammead (voiced by Eddie Izzard), an ancient, ugly and irritable sand fairy the children find one day on a secret beach at their uncle's mansion. It grants them one wish per day, lasting until sunset. But they soon learn it is very hard to think of really sensible wishes, and each one gets them into unexpected difficulties. Magic, the children find, can be as awkward as it is enticing. (imdb)

A countdown of the top 50 documentaries, based on a vote by documentary filmmakers. (imdb)

This documentary sets out to discover the truth about one of American folklore's most notorious mysteries and features George Lutz's last on-camera interview before he died in 2006. (youtube)

A female police detective investigates a series of serial murders while dealing with sexist hostility from her male comrades.

American businessman Jack Woods rents a cottage on the enchanted Emerald Isle which is occupied by a family of leprechauns... (imdb)

Published in 1609, William Shakespeare's collection of 154 sonnets comprises the greatest lyric sequence of poems in world literature. At the centre of this sonnet sequence lies a mystery that has endured for 400 years. 126 of these sonnets are addressed to a "Fair Youth" and 26 are addressed to a "Dark Lady". What fair youth inspired such passion and who was Shakespeare's dark lady?

Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier's, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during production of The Prince and the Showgirl. (imdb)

The wealthy Collard and Vandervent families may be outwardly respectable, but inwardly they seethe with lust and greed. When Roger Vandervent (James Faulkner) dies in mysterious circumstances, his son Paul (Christien Anholt) sets out to investigate, uncovering a string of secrets and lies that will ultimately tear the families apart.

Chekhov's last play, in a vibrant version by Andrew Upton, brought to life by a cast which includes Zoë Wanamaker as Ranyevskaya. (youtube.com)

British documentary about those who enter the prison system for the first time at an advanced age, prisoners who grow old in prison, and what happens to career criminals when they are no longer capable of pursuing a life of crime.

Comedy about Ben, a dentist, and his family. They don't exactly get along well. (imdb)

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge hates Christmas, but then gets a visit from his companion Jacob Marley, who has been dead for seven years. He urges Scrooge to change his life.

During WWII, a youth deserts his country's army after a combat experience, wounding his commanding officer with a knife in order to escape. Now very emotionally distraught, he dresses in women's clothes and eventually joins a passing gypsy caravan, who think him a young girl, as well as a kind of seer, or 'rawney'. In time, he regains composure and becomes attracted to a gypsy girl, which only leads to problems within the band, especially when the wounded commanding officer finds him. (imdb)

Anthony Powell's 12 volume novel sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time" has been dramatised for television. (imdb)

Miranda Richardson stars in this drama, which centers on a trio of friends who are facing the responsibilities that come with being a modern woman of a certain age. (imdb)

Richard Duke of Gloucester, youngest brother of King Edward IV, will stop at nothing to get the crown... (imdb)

Follows two brilliant detectives in a tug of war over a historic murder conviction, dealing with issues of race, institutional failure, and the quest to find common ground in a polarized...