
May 1940 and World War Two rages over Europe. Michael Kitchen stars as Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle who feels that his skills would be better used aiding the war effort than fighting domestic crime in Sussex. His boss, Assistant Commissioner Summers, disagrees with him and sends him back to Hastings offering him help in the form of a cheerful driver Samantha Stewart. Features two episodes: The German Woman and The White Feather.
Johnny Vegas - Who's Ready For Ice Cream?
Johnny Vegas, star of the famous ITV Digital 'monkey' advertisements, gives his own unique view on the world, in a live performance from the Edinburgh festival, 2003. Having reached the top of the showbiz ladder, Johnny Vegas is slipping. He is no longer funny and the public are losing patience. The only way to regain his edge is to go back to his roots at the Edinburgh fringe festival. Accompanied with his dysfunctional group of lifestyle manager, sponsor and crazy flatmate, Johnny gets to work - with hilarious consequences.
Michael 'Guns' Donovan (John Wayne), Thomas 'Boats' Gilhooley (Lee Marvin), and Dr. William Dedham (Jack Warden), a trio of navy veterans who fought on the Pacific island of Haleakalowa during the war, now live on the island. Donovan and Gilhooley enjoy themselves and engage in rough house hijinks as well as enjoying the good will of the islanders with whom they fought during the war. While Dedham is away on a call at a neighbouring village, his daughter Amelia, from his first marriage arrives to determine Dedham's fitness of character to inherit the majority of shares in the family business.
Great Liners - Famous Ships From The Golden Age Of Travel
As the music from the dance-band drifts from the ballroom into the bracing night air, strolling couples idle romantically by the ship's rails, gazing into the starlit night. The breeze from the great liner's quietly powerful onward motion ripples through their hair and elegant evening wear. This is the epitome of the age of the great liner, a time when comfort abounded and the upper classes revelled in outrageous luxury. Using nostalgic archive footage, contemporary newsreels and still photographs, this programme looks at the ships, the trips and the passengers of the Great Liner era.
Animated version of Charles Dickens' classic in which a man discovers the true meaning of Christmas. Ebenezer Scrooge is a miser whose sole purpose in life is to make money. But his pursuit of financial success has not made him happy, only bitter and lonely. On Christmas Eve the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future show him the error of his ways and he becomes a changed man.
Shot in 1989 at the bands prime, this programme shows one of America's best bands playing their fun, immaculately played and phenomenal rock and roll. Tracks include: I Got A Rocket In My Pocket, Girl Scout Cookies, It's A Wild Weekend, Little Floater, You're So Beautiful, 12 Bar Blues, Crazy Like A Fox, Here Comes Terry and Shake, Rattle & Roll.
Like many holiday films, THIS CHRISTMAS mines the ample humor and drama of a family Christmas. Ma'Dere (Loretta Devine) is the matriarch to the large and loving Whitfield family, which consists of her three daughters--Kelli (Sharon Leal), Lisa (Regina Kin
Nancy is a divorced mother of three who is so busy raising her children that she's forgotten to take care of herself as well. With Christmas fast approaching, she decides to take her kids to the mall to meet Santa Claus, not knowing that her youngest daug
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