Michael Bertenshaw

Portia, a wealthy heiress of Belmont, is forced to set her suitors a challenge. The winner will win her hand in marriage; the losers will lose her hand and much more. In Venice, the epicentre of consumption, speculation and debt, Bassanio borrows money from his friend Antonio to finance his attempt. Antonio, in turn, takes out a loan from the moneylender Shylock. The loan will be repaid when Antonio’s ships return to the city. But if the ships fail to return, and the money cannot be repaid, Antonio will give to Shylock a pound of his own flesh. And they do fail. And Shylock will have his ‘bond’.

Shakespeare’s most outrageous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew introduces one of theatre’s great screwball double-acts, a couple hell-bent on confusing and outwitting each other right up to the play’s equivocal and controversial conclusion.

Helena loves the arrogant Bertram, and when she cures the King of France of his sickness, she claims Bertram as her reward. But her new husband, flying from Helena to join the wars, attaches two obstructive conditions to their marriage - conditions he is sure will never be met. Featuring Olivier-award winning actress Janie Dee as the Countess of Roussillon.

The Doctor arrives in Victorian London. It's Christmas, but snow isn't the only thing descending on the tranquil and jubilant civilization, as familiar silver giants from an alternate reality are amassing in numbers. The Cybermen are on the move again, and the only beings who can stop them are the Doctor and... another Doctor?

Гарвардского профессора Роберта Лэнгдона подозревают в чудовищном преступлении, которого он не совершал. Лэнгдон знакомится с криптографом парижской полиции Софи Нево и вместе с ней пытается раскрыть тайну, которая может подорвать могущество католической церкви.Роберт и Софи должны это сделать до того, как их схватят блюстители закона или остановят противники, готовые на все ради сохранения великого религиозного секрета…

The meeting of the quiet Helen North and the charismatic Carla on a beautiful Greek island leads to tragic consequences.

One bloke, two policeman, three drugs - sit back, inhale and enjoy.

В начале XX века знаменитый профессор Челленджер делает потрясающее открытие - на удаленном плато в джунглях Амазонки существует удивительный и прекрасный мир, в котором до сих пор обитают динозавры. Миллионы лет эволюции его не коснулись - он остался в первозданном виде.Чтобы переубедить скептиков, группа искателей приключений - сам Челленджер, его чудаковатый коллега, богатая наследница, бесстрашный охотник и молодой репортер - отправляются в захватывающее, полное опасностей путешествие на поиски этого удивительного доисторического мира.

A woman is wrongly accused of murdering her husband in Edwardian London. Just before the outbreak of World War I, Edith Graydon married her boyfriend Percy Thomson. He survives the war but theirs is not a happy marriage. She doesn't really love him and he feels it every day. He's also possessive and their daily life is a constant battle. She meets and falls in love with Frederick Bywaters, her sister's one-time boyfriend. They have a long affair and her desperate attempts to get either a formal separation of divorce from her husband falls on deaf ears. They are at their wits end and Bywaters decides to do something about it. On a dark evening when Edith is walking with her husband, Bywaters stabs him to death. Edith is charged with murder along with Bywaters and both are found guilty. She claims her innocence right up until the day they are both executed by hanging in 1923. Based on a true story.

Семейство Бисли — воплощение провинциальной добродетели, но и у них есть свои скелеты в шкафу. Миссис Бисли отдает молодому матросу в аренду комнату. Уже скоро юноша попадает в опасный треугольник с хозяйкой дома и ее дочерью…

Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly-built bank. Having obtained the information, he thought he'd seen the last of the robbers. But now they've traced him and his son to London. They hold the son hostage and force Hiller to decode the information about the alarm and then to take part in the robbery.

This affecting biography chronicles the life and times of prominent European philosopher John Wycliffe, who was the first to translate the Bible into English. The 14th century, Oxford University scholar often found himself caught between opposing theological, political and societal forces: He defended England's autonomy against the pontiff's authority and championed the indigent against the wealthy's abuses.