Michael Feast

Writer and historian Dr Helen Castor explores the life - and death - of Joan of Arc. Joan was an extraordinary figure - a female warrior in an age that believed women couldn't fight, let alone lead an army. But Joan was driven by faith and today, more than ever, we are acutely aware of the power of faith to drive actions for good or ill. Since her death, Joan has become an icon for almost everyone: the left and the right, Catholics and Protestants, traditionalists and feminists. But where, in all of this, is the real Joan - the experiences of a teenage peasant girl who achieved the seemingly impossible? Through an astonishing manuscript, we can hear Joan's own words at her trial and, as Helen unpicks Joan's story and places her back in the world that she inhabited, the real human Joan emerges.

Um autor de livros infantis (Pegg) que decide virar escritor de romances de mistério. Sua pesquisa sobre assassinos em série da era vitoriana o transforma em um paranoico - especialmente quando um executivo de Hollywood decide fazer um filme com base nas descobertas do escritor.

Renowned Shakespearean actor Patrick Stewart features as the eponymous anti-hero in this Soviet-era adaptation of one of Shakespeare's darkest and most powerful tragedies.

Ian Stone (Mike Vogel) é um empresário americano que encontrar-se preso em uma realidade bizarra: todos os dias morre uma morte horrível nas mãos de um assassino desconhecido … apenas para acordar -se e morrer novamente e novamente. Agora quer chegar ao fundo do mistério e quebrar a cadeia a repetição da morte e ressurreição.

The story of the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 after she was torpedoed off the Irish coast. The story is told from the perspective of Prof. Holbourn (a passenger), the German U-boat and its captain and crew, and other passengers, crew and Admiralty staff

Há muitos anos, uma criada da família Wilhern engravidou do filho do patrão, mas ele não se casou com ela, pois pertencia a uma classe social inferior. A moça suicidou-se e sua mãe, que era uma bruxa, amaldiçoou as filhas da família Wilhern: a partir desse dia, elas nasceriam com nariz de porco. A maldição só seria quebrada se elas encontrassem o verdadeiro amor. Penelope foi a primeira filha legítima a nascer na família após várias gerações, e tinha nariz de porco. Por esta razão, sua mãe a escondia do mundo na mansão da família, e a menina cresceu sozinha e sem amigos. Quando cresceu, seus pais passaram a procurar um noivo, para que casasse a maldição fosse quebrada.

A two-part conspiracy thriller starring Anna Friel. An eager young photographer and a bitter tabloid hack are sent to investigate mysterious deaths at a cottage hospital. But why is the new environment minister keeping tabs on their every move? The TV movie tackles controversial topics like genetically modified plants, the role of large pharmaceutical companies and the question of control of state and government

Um grupo de jovens estudantes londrinos, em meio a drogas e álcool, resolve realizar uma brincadeira com a tábua de Ouija. Eles acidentalmente libertam um espírito maligno, que passa a causar uma série de mortes bizarras entre eles. Eles precisam então descobrir uma maneira de devolver o demônio à tábua de Ouija antes que todos sejam mortos.

The classic tale of a man's dream, his epic journey, and one true love.

Em 1799, uma série de crimes envolvendo inocentes acontece no pequeno vilarejo de Sleepy Hollow. Para investigar o caso é chamado o detetive nova-iorquino Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp), um excêntrico e determinado oficial de polícia com um jeito avant-garde de solucionar crimes. Os métodos investigativos de Ichabod serão postos à prova neste caso, que envolve um ser sobrenatural que pode ser o causador de todos os crimes.

A short documentary about the making of "Withnail & I" (1987).

Tony Harrison's poetic essay on the working class - in particular the British miners -, its struggles, its dreams and its icononography - at the very end of the 20th century, as interpreted through the myth of Prometheus.

Stephen Lawrence was a black London teenager murdered by white racists in 1993. His parents fought to have the crime properly investigated, culminating in a judicial enquiry into the event itself and also the inadequacies of the ensuing investigation by the London Metropolitan Police.

Em 1971, o glam rock invade o mundo da música britânica, provocando uma verdadeira revolução, não apenas na música mas também nos costumes da sociedade. O ícone do movimento é Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers), roqueiro que leva garotas e rapazes a pintarem as unhas, usarem batom e explorarem sua sexualidade. Incapaz de lidar com a fama adquirida, Brian forja sua própria morte, com a farsa sendo descoberta logo depois. Anos mais tarde, um jornalista inglês (Christian Bale) começa a investigar seu desaparecimento.

Property developer Jamie has to evict some weird, post-modern hippies from a building. But they slowly drag him into their dark underworld of bizarre rituals and dangerous liaisons.

Shirley Peters is dead. Murdered. Her body is found twelve hours later in her own home. Just one of the many sordid domestic crimes hitting the city. Tony Macliesh, her rejected boyfriend, is the obvious prime suspect and he’s just been picked off the Aberdeen train and put straight into custody. But then another woman is sexually abused and throttled to death. And suddenly there appears to be one too many connections between these seemingly unrelated crimes. Detective Inspector Resnick is sure that the two murders are the work of one sadistic killer – two lonely hearts broken by one maniac. And it’s up to Resnick to put the record straight – and put the bastard where he belongs

While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer planning yet another killing.

Dark and Brooding thriller. A group of mercenaries are assembled in Amsterdam by a British intelligence officer. Believing they are awaiting the details of a new mission, they decide to spend their free time in the sleazy bars and brothels. Over the course of the weekend it gradually becomes clear that all is not what it seems. Unknown to them their paths have all crossed before, and the deceit and violence of the past is about to become their own downfall.

A ringing phone after midnight can be a disturbing experience but until Simon, a successful barrister, hears from Macy, his friend from university days, he doesn't know just how disturbing.

Um desenhista emergente e ambicioso é empregado pela senhora de uma mansão campestre para que execute uma série de desenhos em troca de favores sexuais. Fábula sobre sexo e dominação, ambientado no fim do século XVII.

John McVicar was a London Bad Boy. he graduated to armed bank robbery and was Britain's "Public Enemy No. 1". He was captured and put into a high security prison. Will even the highest security prison be able to hold him? This is the true story of his life, his criminal exploits and his eventual rehabilitation.

At a famous London disco venue, a competition is announced to select two dancers to star in a new film.

The Grand Inquisitor from Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov produced by the Open University.

A trajetória da vida de São Francisco de Assis (Graham Faulkner), que quando jovem era filho de comerciantes ricos e desfrutava de vinho, mulheres e canções sem ter nenhuma preocupação. Quando a guerra e a doença assolam a região onde vive, ele sofre uma grande transformação. Ao aparecer diante do bispo local e tirar suas roupas renuncia sua vida prévia para se dedicar a Deus. Mas sua pregação só iria chegar ao ápice ao ir para Roma, para ter uma audiência com o papa Inocêncio III (Alec Guinness).

Receptionist Anne’s new relationship with nascent writer Peter is opening her eyes to a new lifestyle, one far removed from her comfortable middle-class background.

Receptionist Anne’s new relationship with nascent writer Peter is opening her eyes to a new lifestyle, one far removed from her comfortable middle-class background.

Play about a student, taken from his point of view, and his reactions to the pressures and vacuums of student life.

An English schoolgirl suspects the foster brother she worships is the serial killer at large.

Influenced by concerns about overpopulation, the counterculture of the 1960s and the societal effects of television, the play depicts a world of the future where a small elite control the media, keeping the lower classes docile by serving them an endless diet of lowest common denominator programmes and pornography. The play concentrates on an idea the programme controllers have for a new programme which will follow the trials and tribulations of a group of people left to fend for themselves on a remote island. In this respect, the play is often cited as having anticipated the craze for reality television.