Descent, The

Horrible Histories - Awesome Egyptians

Horrible Histories has proved to be one of Britain's best selling series of books ever written. It is particularly popular with children who enjoy wicked, woeful and weird tales from the past. It's history with the nasty bits left in! The series helps children learn historical subjects, many covered by the National Curriculum, whilst being entertained. Features a trip to the era of King Tut and the amazing temples and pyramids.

Agony And The Ecstasy, The

After initially refusing, Pope Julius II persuades Michelangelo (Heston) to leave his sculptures and paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The project becomes a battlefield of wills between Michelangelo and Julius as they continually disagree about the work. Named as Best Film of the year by the National Board of Review.

Monkey's Mask, The

Based on the novel in poetry by Dorothy Porter. Jill Fitzpatrick is hired to work on the case of a missing young female student, Mickey. When the case becomes a murder hunt, Jill is hurled into a passionate liaison with Mickey's poetry lecturer and finds herself in the surprisingly seamy underworld of poetry, looking for clues. But Jill doesn't realise the danger she is in until it is too late...

Love Story

Ryan O'Neal and Ali McGraw prove that love means never having to say you're sorry. Set in a New England college town, Oliver's happiness is short-lived when his beautiful young bride falls ill with a terminal illness, but her refusal to give in brings courage and hope to everyone who loves her.

Queen Mother, The - A Celebration Of Her Life - 1900-2002

When Her Majesty the Queen Mother died peacefully in her sleep aged 101, the nation lost one of its best-loved royals. Through out her extraordinary life spanning the whole of the 20th century, the Queen Mother had a remarkable ability to reach ordinary people. Her life was one of duty, serving the nation. Although her great age and ill health had left her frail in the latter years, she tirelessly continued her public duties, determined not to disappoint her people. Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, as she was then known, grew up in a Scottish castle in all the pomp and circumstance of the Victorian era. Her marriage to Bertie, the Duke of York produced her much loved daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. When Bertie's brother Edward, the Prince of Wales abdicated in 1936 to marry an American divorcee, it was Elizabeth's strength and support that turned her shy, unprepared husband into a King. After World War II broke out, Queen Elizabeth's morale boosting visits to bombed-out parts of Britain helped to turn the tide of war and establish her place firmly in the hearts of the nation. Peacetime brought more changes when her husband King George VI died and her daughter Elizabeth became the new Queen. Tragedy has struck at the heart of the family from Princess Diana's death to the death of her daughter, Princess Margaret which came as a grievous and heartfelt blow in her last days.