Aliens Of The Deep

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates - Missing Persons

Starring Patricia Routledge as Hetty Wainthropp in the debut episode which introduces the popular sleuth. Missing Persons was a novel written by David Cook who loosely based Hetty Wainthropp on his mother, although he admits his mother wasn't as confident as Hetty - or, indeed, Patricia Routledge. Yorkshire Television commissioned Cook to adapt his novel for a feature-length television pilot and Missing Persons was broadcast in 1990 on ITV, hoping to spawn a series, but the network didn't pick it up. Several years later the BBC decided to give the series the green light and only retained star Patricia Routledge from the initial cast, teaming John Bowen to write with David Cook. They invented Geoffrey, a homeless, streetwise teenager Hetty rescues from a criminal life who becomes her loyal sidekick.

Rose, The

Musical featuring Bette Midler as an exhausted and dissipated rock singer who embarks on a fulfilling romance with a chauffeur, only to be deserted because he can't cope with her fame. A fatal combination of booze and drugs is Midler's last resort in this convincing portrait of the pressures on a rock 'n' roll performer.

Midway

The Battle of the Midway was one of the most decisive victories and a major turning point for America in the war in the Pacific. The battle between the American and Japanese Carrier Fleets was won when the Japanese lost four of their powerful carriers and from that point on they were no longer a risk to a major fleet versus fleet action. Leading them to their heroic victory is Admiral Nimitz and Captain Matt Garth (Heston), the latter a junior officer whose life is complicated by his son's romance with a Japanese-American girl...

Alexander Nevsky

Eisenstein's great patriotic period piece tells the story of Prince Alexander Nevsky, who in 1242 raised an army of common people to drive the Teutonic invaders from Holy Russia. Filmed using a music score by Prokofiev, the result is a stirring, almost operatic drama, full of thrilling set pieces such as the Battle of the Ice.

David Leadbetter - Taking It To The Course

David takes you onto the golf course and demonstrates the importance of developing a strategic approach to the game.