Waris Hussein

Various actors, presenters, directors and other staff who have worked at the iconic BBC Television Centre at Shepherd's Bush in London reminisce about their time there.

Mister Nice, el apodo del destacado traficante de cannabis y presunto espía británico Howard Marks, da título a su exitosa autobiografía, publicada en 1996. Howard (Rhys Ifans), conocido como “Mister Nice” es una leyenda. Traficante internacional de drogas, espía, físico nuclear, profesor de colegio, blanqueador de dinero... Es socio de la Mafia, la CIA, el IRA y el M16, además de ser un erudito defensor de la marihuana. Desde sus comienzos en el pueblo de Kenfig, en Gales del Sur, el prodigioso ascenso de Howard le lleva a viajar por diferentes países, a conseguir poderosos aliados y a ganar más dinero del que nunca podría haber imaginado. Es, sobre todo, un experto manipulador que desde muy joven supo sacar partido a cada situación y estar en el lugar y el momento adecuados.

A feature on Doctor Who: The Beginning box set which tells the stories of the Doctor's time machine - the TARDIS.

Documents the making of the Doctor Who Serial, "The Edge of Destruction". It was released on the DVD of the serial and hence in The Beginning box set.

A 55-minute documentary, detailing the creation of Doctor Who, including a rare interview with creator Sydney Newman, and new interviews with producer Verity Lambert, directors Waris Hussein and Richard Martin, actors William Russell and Carole Ann Ford, title sequence designer Bernard Lodge, and TARDIS sound effect creator Brian Hodgson

Londres, 1937. Una rica e influyente dama que acaba de quedarse viuda (Judi Dench) y que necesita ocupar su tiempo, decide comprar un viejo teatro londinense con la ayuda de un hábil mánager, Vivian Van Damm, un experto del mundo del espectáculo, a quien desconciertan las maneras excéntricas y poco corteses de la señora Henderson. Van Damm llega a prohibirle asistir a los ensayos debido a sus continuas injerencias, pero ella se disfraza para espiarlo. Esta relación de amor-odio producirá una renovación histórica en el teatro británico. La idea de Van Damm de hacer funcionar el teatro todo el día tiene tal éxito que los demás teatros la copian.

La abogada Jane Thornton (Cheryl Ladd) acaba de enviudar y se encuentra dividida entre la lealtad a su mejor amiga, Mandy, y la pasión que siente por su amante, Will, el marido de Mandy, con quien ha reiniciado un antiguo romance.

La abogada Jane Thornton (Cheryl Ladd) acaba de enviudar y se encuentra dividida entre la lealtad a su mejor amiga, Mandy, y la pasión que siente por su amante, Will, el marido de Mandy, con quien ha reiniciado un antiguo romance.

Told mostly in flashbacks, the film tells the story of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, one of the greatest and probably most famous courtesans of the twentieth century. While not showing her childhood, first marriage to Winston Churchill's son, or most of her affairs, we do get to see her affair and eventual marriage to Broadway producer Leland Hayward, and then her marriage to politician Averell Harriman, with whom she had an affair while both were married to others in World War II. We also see her as ambassador to France during her last years, and her death in 1997. While some (mostly her lovers) adored her, others (mostly her son and her husbands' children) hated her.

Waris Hussein’s acclaimed drama is based on the autobiography of Firdaus Kanga, who stars in the lead role of Brit, a young man born with brittle bone disease, which causes him to have never grown beyond four feet tall. The film follows his sexual awakening whilst his family simultaneously disintegrates all around him. An extremely moving drama confronting stereotypes around disability, sexuality and race, featuring a powerhouse performance from Kanga.

A family discovers their youngest daughter has cancer. But the real struggle has yet to start.

Based on the book by Caroline B. Cooney, a girl happens to look down at a milk carton one day and she sees herself on the back! Could her parents really have kidnapped her?

True story about two friends become involved in murder when the wife of one of them begins cheating on her spouse.

Based on a true story, this drama centers on a mother and father who decide to have another child in hopes of providing a bone-marrow donor for their leukemia-stricken child.

Margaret (Lena Headey) is a shy, pale, middle-class Englishwoman who is reluctantly engaged to her older, twittish neighbor Syl Monro (David Threlfall). Both bride- and groom-to-be still live with their mothers in the humdrum suburb of Croydon. However Margaret has been acting strangely ever since a vacation in Egypt, where she stayed with her mother's friend Marie-Claire (Catherine Schell). She secretly despises Syl, but does not resist when her mother Monica (Julie Walters), who has repressed the failure of her own matrimony, insists on marriage for the sake of social convention.

Claudia Parr, una bella heredera de una gran fortuna es víctima de un brutal intento de asesinato, tras debatirse durante semanas entre la vida y la muerte, finalmente consigue salvarse. Todos los que la rodean tienen un motivo para asesinarla: su madrastra, su hermanastra o su propio marido. ¿Quién podría ser capaz de planear su asesinato para apoderarse de la fortuna? Sólo el detective Harris podrá ayudarla y descubrir quién está detrás de tan siniestro plan.

Dos recién nacidas son cambiadas accidentalmente en el hospital en el que sus madres dan a luz. Al cabo del tiempo, una de las mujeres fallece víctima de una enfermedad congénita que acabará también con la vida de su hija natural. Los padres de esta niña comprenderán entonces que su verdadera hija está viva en algún lugar y lucharán contra viento y marea por recuperarla.

Judith Shapiro's dream has come true. Due to the process of opening to the west in China she has been invited to stay for two years in Shang Sa, Hunan as a school teacher. As soon as she arrives she has to deal with problems such as only cold water to wash, an unlockable door at her room and so on. All these problems are nothing compared to the difficulties she has in understanding chinese social interacting. When she falls in love with one of her students, things are going to get really weird.

After a mild heart attack at 63, Penelope Keeling is not ready to be an invalid yet...despite her children's attempts to take control of her life. She's given them everything she could over the years, but now they want Penelope to sell her most prized possession. Torn between the selfish demands of her children and her desire to hold onto cherished mementos of the past, Penelope must learn what is really important to her. She returns to the seashore, the only place she was ever truly free, in an unforgettable odyssey that will take her back to her home, her heart and another chance for happiness.

Scott and Sue Grimes are a happily married and affluent young couple who are about to start a family together. Unfortunately, that plan gets turned completely upside-down when Sue dies suddenly and unexpectedly while giving birth to their daughter. Now in the aftermath, Scott not only has to deal with the loss of his wife, he also has the daunting task of raising his daughter all alone.

In interviews, various actors and directors discuss their careers and their involvement in the making of what has come to be known as "cult" films. Included are such well-known genre figures as Russ Meyer, Curtis Harrington, Cameron Mitchell and James Karen.

Woody Harrelson stars in the story of psychiatrist Lisa DaVito and her battle to save a tortured man whose past has turned him to violence. One tragic incident seals his fate and shakes Lisa's faith in her profession.

Biography of the life of Aristotle Onassis, a Greek who rose to become one of the world's most wealthiest men, detailing his rise to power and unhappy marriages.

Problemas comerciales y matrimoniales llevan a un esposo turbado a contratar a un asesino para matar a su esposa.

A Los Angeles psychiatrist testifies for the prosecution in the trial of an accused child molester. Later the defendant, who is out on bail, is found dead in the psychiatrist's office, in what appears to be a suicide. Shaken, the psychiatrist moves to the mountains outside of L.A. Not long afterwards a detective he knows comes to him for help. A seven-year-old girl saw someone kill both of her parents, but is so traumatized by the event that she can't remember anything, and the detective wants the doctor to help jar her memory. Soon, however, the doctor and the detective discover that the parents' murder and the pedophiles "suicide" may be linked to a shadowy group of wealthy and influential pedophiles, and that the child isn't the only one whose life is in danger.

In 1948, aspiring songwriter Tony works as a bar pianist; he meets aspiring star Lola, and is immediately smitten. At Manhattan's Copacabana lounge, they both start finding fame. However, fate steps in and she is swept to Havana to work in a splashy nightclub act where she is convinced she will find her stardom. Instead, she finds Rico, a suave gangster and the club owner.

Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). En París, en vísperas de la ocupación de la ciudad por las tropas nazis, un médico eslavo, al que busca la Gestapo, conoce a una joven de la que se enamora.

Lonnie and Rick seem to be complete opposites, at first glance. A survivor of suicide, Lonnie is introverted and ill at ease around her parents, Lois and Harvey. Rick, meanwhile, is sunny and charismatic. But appearances can be deceiving, as their families learn when the teens begin a romance. Upset about Lonnie's influence on Rick, his parents forbid the pair to see each other -- with tragic consequences.

This story tells those self-denials of an honest man what necessary to reach his object of life.

El joven norteamericano Víctor Herman y su familia se trasladó a la Unión Soviética a mediados de los años 30 . Cuando se negó a firmar como paracaidista para la URSS fue enviado a prisión sin ser juzgado. Tras la prisión, y torturas fue enviado a los Gulags (campos de trabajos forzados soviéticos).

Callie es una madre soltera que vive en condiciones precarias, lo que le empuja a entregar a su hijo en adopción. Años más tarde conoce a un magnate de la prensa, y se casa con él, circunstancia que aprovecha para recuperar a su hijo. La relación con él no será fácil, y seremos testigos de la evolución del hijo, que se casa con una mujer vulgar, a la que da vida Michelle Pfeiffer en uno de sus primeros papeles.

In this sequel to "And Baby Makes Six," a middle-aged couple deals with familial upheaval after giving birth to an unplanned fourth baby --- 17 years after their last child.

Un famoso científico, mientras realiza experimentos con ADN, accidentalmente crea un monstruo.

A strong-willed psychologist tries to rehabilitate a member of a Pittsburgh street gang who has been found guilty of the murder of two other teenagers in a playground rumble.

Una pareja enfrenta un dilema cuando la esposa de 46 años inesperadamente queda embarazada. Ella quiere tener el bebé, pero su esposo tiene planes para el futuro que no implican criar a otro niño. Sus 3 hijos adultos, así como otros familiares y amigos, todos tienen sus propias opiniones sobre la situación. Su relación y su matrimonio en sí son probados mientras intentan resolver el conflicto.

While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the palace and in parliament, especially when King George V dies, Mrs. Simpson gets divorced, and King Edward announces his intentions to marry her.

A young man becomes infatuated with the exotic Lady Pitts whose much older husband is not pleased.

Why has Sonia taken to writing letters to her husband, posted to him in the letter-box just outside their house – love letters, on blue paper, recalling with increasing vividness the early days of their courtship and marriage?

Adaptation of the play by Henrik Ibsen.

1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.

Las fuerzas del mal procedentes del demonio han poseído al joven Joel Delaney (Perry King), pero su hermana Norah Benson (Shirley MacLaine) luchara por salvar su alma. Este film es un thriller donde el terror gira alrededor de la ciencia oculta y el budu.

Londres, años 70. Dos jóvenes amigos se rebelan contra el mundo de los adultos. Uno de ellos vive un bello e inocente romance con una compañera del colegio.

Quackser Fortune es un joven irlandés que se gana la vida recogiendo estiércol de caballo y que se enamora de una estudiante americana. (FILMAFFINITY)

Aunque está soltera, Rosamund Stacey anuncia con enorme alegría el nacimiento de su bebé y muestra su agradecimiento a todos los que, al apoyarla, hicieron posible un hecho tan hermoso.

The TARDIS crew lands in the Himalayas of Cathay in 1289, their ship badly damaged, and are picked up by Marco Polo's caravan on its way along the fabled Silk Road to see the Emperor Kublai Khan. The story concerns the Doctor and his companions' attempts to thwart the machinations of Tegana, who attempts to sabotage the caravan along its travels through the Pamir Plateau and across the treacherous Gobi Desert, and ultimately to assassinate Kublai Khan in Peking, at the height of his imperial power.

Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton, two humble teachers during 1963, discover a genius student's grandfather, simply known as "the Doctor", and his police box time machine. Deciding that the pair knows too much about his otherworldly origins, they are whisked away on a journey through time and space.