A teenage girl rides the local buses, providing a ferocious social commentary against a backdrop of the Lutonian landscape. 'The Backseat' offers unique insight into a young girl's view of the world. A world that has mistreated her so far.
To celebrate her 80th birthday, the Queen is holding a children's party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. She has invited many classic characters from British children's literature. But when the baddies, led by Cruella de Vil, discover that they have not been invited, they steal the Queen's handbag containing her spectacles and the text of her speech; without it, the Queen will not be able to make a speech at the party. Can the goodies find the handbag in time?
Was there really a Robin Hood? Did he steal from the rich and give to the poor? This History Channel program revisits the popular legend of the valiant folk hero, revealing Robin's true origins as a composite of multiple figures from the distant past, reviewing their amazing exploits, and seeking insights from historians as well as cast members of the 2010 adventure film "Robin Hood" and its director, Ridley Scott.
Richard, an unemployed 55-year-old, arrives 3 minutes late for his appointment at a job centre. An advisor, stifled by the limits of the system she works in, has no choice but to penalise him for his tardiness.
A button-pushing comedian performs before an increasingly agitated crowd—until his body rebels against him and reveals the dark truth behind his one-liners.
What must it have been like to live and work for a Tyrant like Macbeth? Cormac is Macbeth’s most trusted warrior. In the ultimate test of loyalty, King Macbeth sends Cormac on a mission to kill a rebel leader. Cormac must choose between his ambition and his honour.
What must it have been like to live and work for a Tyrant like Macbeth? Cormac is Macbeth’s most trusted warrior. In the ultimate test of loyalty, King Macbeth sends Cormac on a mission to kill a rebel leader. Cormac must choose between his ambition and his honour.
Two Marines – Dante and Emmanuel, tasked with guarding a dangerous alien creature find themselves pinned down when an engine core failure releases the beast from its quarantine facility… Dante must make a critical decision when he discovers that the creature is attracted to his hardwired life support.
In a far flung future, a crumbling band of survivors hang on to a perishing memory of a once great civilisation. Upon their ravaged world two scavengers hold on to a corroding faith, and hatch a plan to free all from this living hell. When their beliefs are met, with a rather unexpected resistance, they must fight extraterrestrial forces to fulfill their destiny.
An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.
Romania, 1784. Young Elena finds herself stranded alone in a dark, secluded wood. When she is approached by two thieves, Elena's true guise comes to light.
While on a prison furlough, a lowly criminal evades his guards and returns to his old stomping ground to take revenge on the people who turned him into a cold blooded killer.
A comedy about a failing pub, a divided community and a grieving family whose lives are changed by brewing real ale and entering the Great British Beer Awards.
In 1859 the United States was a nation torn apart over the issue of slavery. At sea off the coast of Africa, the USS Constellation's mission is to interdict ships smuggling slaves.
HARDEEP, RASHMI and ATUL are brothers and sisters. Which means they can say anything they like to each other, no matter how honest. Mad, Sad and Bad is a 90-minute comedy about mixed race relationships set in Luton. It's about mid-thirties siblings and friends whose personal lives are continuously messed up by their own selfish needs. Mad, Sad and Bad explores our contemporary metropolitan neuroses through the intersecting lives of these siblings and their friends. The narrative slips from one character to the next as they escape and attack each other. all reluctant members of the same dysfunctional family. Written by Ed Barratt
When two down-on-their luck thieves are tricked into protecting a 3000 year old magic Chinese artifact, they think they've hit the jackpot. But there is an army of martial arts killers who will stop at nothing, anything to get the artifact back and harness it's power. Now these bad guys have to become good in order to save the world.