Plot: Zak and Tom arrive on Earth as angels with a mission: to put things right and help others. Zak is the older of the two and more cynical, having visited numerous times over many years, while Tom's naivety and enthusiasm - he's never before been on this planet - get him into trouble but are otherwise...
Plot: The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, the series spanned seven seasons and thirty-seven episodes. Wikipedia...
Plot: Sir Simon Michael Schama CBE FBA FRSL is an English historian specialising in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history and French history. He is a University Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University, New York. Wikipedia
Plot: This four-part conspiracy thriller stars Gabriel Byrne as Tom Dawkins, a reluctant hero thrust into the spotlight following an industrial accident that kills several people and raises questions about the safety procedures of the US petrochemical company involved in the incident. Dawkins, who believes...
Plot: Based on a comic book created by Tom Taylor and James Brouwer, "The Deep" focuses on the Nekton family. The Nekton family are adventurous underwater explorers who live in a state-of-the-art submarine named the Aronnax. The family consists of Antaeus and Fontaine and their parents Will and Kaiko and...
Plot: Set in the Old Bailey of Georgian London against a backdrop of corruption and social injustice, `Garrow's Law' is inspired by the life of pioneering barrister William Garrow and is based on real cases from the late 18th century. Each hourlong episode begins with the investigation of a case sourced...
Plot: Francesco da Mosto is an Italian architect, author, historian, film maker and television presenter. He presented the three BBC 2 series Francesco's Venice and Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe where he ... Wikipedia
Plot: The personal passion of hosts Hugh Bonneville, Christopher Plummer, Morgan Freeman, David Harewood, Kim Cattrall and Joseph Fiennes helps relay the stories behind some of William Shakespeare's greatest plays. Each episode combines interviews with actors, directors and scholars, as well as visits to...
Plot: Longitude is a 2000 TV drama produced by Granada Television and the A&E Network for Channel 4, first broadcast between 2 and 3 January 2000 in the UK on Channel 4 and the US on A&E. It is a dramatisation of the 1995 book of the same title by Dava Sobel. Wikipedia
Plot: Historian Simon Schama explores the world of British portraiture, delving into the past to reveal the nature of the art and its impact on social history. The presenter discusses the relevancy of portraits in terms of primal engagements with reading faces, describing how this instinct allows people...
Plot: In this programme, historian Simon Schama explores the story of the Jewish people from ancient times to the present day. The story begins 3,000 years ago when a tribal people emerged in a contested land and had a stormy relationship with a faceless, formless God. Schama goes on to explain how the ancient...
Plot: This three-part series serves as a critical essay by renowned American scholar James Shapiro as he re-examines the works of Shakespeare during the troubled first decade of the reign of King James, at a time when the playwright's works were dark and complex. Shapiro argues that the decade - sandwiched...
Plot: Historian Michael Wood tells the 2,000-year-old story of the settlement of Kibworth, Leicestershire, a community that survived the Black Death, the English Civil War, the Industrial Revolution and World War II. Episodes cover Kibworth's first 1,000 years, the worst famine in European history, the dramatic...
Plot: Inspired by art historian Kenneth Clark's documentary series of the 1960s, `Civilisations' sees three experts travel the world to explore human creativity and the development of art through the ages. From the ancient city of Petra in Jordan to the wondrous temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, presenters...
Plot: William Shakespeare is one of the most prolific writers in history and counts a number of celebrities among his biggest fans. Each episode of the programme features one such star exploring one of the writer's iconic works and revealing their personal connection to the work as well as how it shaped...
Plot: Scholar and author Simon Schama profiles eight artistic mavericks -- Van Gogh, Picasso, Caravaggio, Bernini, Rembrandt, David, Turner and Rothko -- in this limited series that delves into the creative process that produced cutting-edge masterpieces that changed how the world looks at art.