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Comet of the Century
Narrator (voice)
Comets have fascinated, even terrified us for thousands of years. This year, a particularly massive chunk of ice and rock is hurtling our way, an object that will fascinate billions and should create the space show of the century.
Espiando al ejército de Hitler
General Bruhn
El servicio de inteligencia británico llevó a cabo durante la guerra una de sus operaciones más audaces: conversaciones privadas de prisioneros de guerra alemanes fueron grabadas en secreto y transcritas palabra por palabra.
Route Irish
Haynes
"Route Irish" es el nombre de la peligrosa carretera que une el aeropuerto de Bagdad con la zona internacional de la ciudad. Estudio de las secuelas de la guerra en dos soldados británicos que se enamoran de la misma mujer y se desplazan a Irak para trabajar como contratistas privados. Cuando uno de ellos (Mark Womack) regresa a su país, experimentará profundos sentimientos de tristeza y amargura, agravados por la muerte de un amigo.
Hostage in the Jungle
Himself / Narrator
Ingrid Betancourt was the world’s most famous hostage. On February 23rd 2002, Ingrid, a presidential candidate in Columbia’s elections, was kidnapped by the left-wing FARC rebel group along with her assistant and friend Clara Rojas. She was held for over six years in the jungle. This is the first documentary account of what happened in the jungle in her words and those of fellow hostages. In a truly remarkable interview Ingrid relives stories of escape and betrayal, love and hate, terror and extraodinary courage.
The True Story of the Mary Celeste
Narrator
On December 4, 1872, the unmanned Mary Celeste was found adrift in the Atlantic with its cargo fully intact. The mystery of this "ghost ship" remained unanswered for over 135 years. What happened to the Mary Celeste is widely regarded as the most famous mystery of the sea. Watch it unfold to its stunning conclusion, at last.
Chechnya: The Dirty War
Narrator
Reporters Mariusz Pilis and Marcin Mamon travel to neighboring Chechnya, one of the most dangerous places on earth, to report on what life is like after more than a decade of Chechen terrorism and Russian repression. Filmed over the course of nine months, the film reveals that what started as a separatist movement in 1994 has now become synonymous with terrorism.
Leopard Seals: Lords of the Ice
Narrator
Amidst the pristine but freezing waters surrounding the white continent, a unique insight into the mysterious daily lives of Leopard Seals and discover some never-before-filmed behaviors of these highly intelligent predators. "Killer Seals" will reveal how Leopard Seals hunt penguins underwater or on land, charging unwary trespassers on the ice, be they penguin or human!
Your Cheatin' Heart
In this fondly remembered mini series John Byrne, creator of Tutti Frutti, explores the country music scene in an unsentimental portrait of Glaswegian life and culture. Local food and wine correspondent Frank McClusky falls in love with waitress Cissie Crouch. Unfortunately for him, she’s the wife of a convict, who is serving time for a crime he didn’t commit. As Frank’s life becomes more embroiled with Cissie’s he goes on a mission to track down the guilty men.
The Love Child
Young Couple
When he was a little boy, Dillon's rock musician father and hippie mother died in a traffic accident. Now in his twenties, Dillon wants nothing more than a normal, responsible life, working in an office and taking care of the grandmother who raised him. But his grandmother has other ideas, and Dillon finds himself lured into an alternate lifestyle of art, pleasure and rebellion.
Tumbledown
Christopher Lawrence
Basada en la historia real del Teniente Robert Lawrence M.C., ex oficial del ejército británico, que peleó y fue gravemente herido en la guerra de Las Malvinas en la batalla de Tumbledown Hill en Junio de 1982. El relato de sus experiencias durante y después de la guerra fue luego adaptado para esta controversial película. También co-escribió con su padre John Lawrence el libro “Después de la batalla Tumbledown”.