Drama
7 x 55'
Agatha Christie meets the X-Files in this contemporary murder mystery series. Modern-day demon-hunter John Strange, a former priest with a tortured past, teams up with nurse Jude Atkins, a single mother, who has discovered that her boyfriend was a demon. She also has to come to terms with the possibility that her son could have inherited his father's evil tendencies. In a series of new tales of unnatural happenings and unexplained deaths, the pair encounter demons in all sorts of guises. Jude learns more about the mysterious life of Strange as their friendship deepens. But Strange is constantly haunted by his past in the guise of the intimidating Canon Black, who is determined to suppress Strange's work at every turn to serve his own secret agenda.
Children's
6 x 30'
Back for a second series, The Magician's House casts magical spells over anyone who enters its captivating world. New and exciting animal characters appear alongside old favourites, and fresh storylines create a bigger, bolder, more spectacular family tale. With the harmony of Tyler's magic seriously unbalanced, the ailing Magician is stuck in the 21st century, and now it's up to the children to travel back in time to recover a crucial document that will determine the fate of the Valley.
Children's
6 x 25'
When Tess Hunter and her mother move from the city to their new house in the remote village of Century Falls, everything appears normal. 14-years-old and lonely, Tess hopes to make friends. Soon she meets the only other children in the village, twins, Ben and Carey, who are visiting their uncle. They show Tess the waterfalls from which the village takes its name, and a large, burnt-out amphitheatre. It is here that Ben reveals his astounding powers, and the terrible, dark secret that the village has — a secret it doesn´t want revealed.
Children's
6 x 30'
When you're only 15cm high the world is a pretty frightening place! Meet Pod, Homily and Arrietty Clock - those tiny people who live under your floorboards. They exist by 'borrowing' everyday items from you that you wouldn't even miss! You will never know they're there unless they're careless and let you see them one day. That's why their lives are filled with danger and great adventures. So the next time you notice a doll's teacup missing or an old cotton reel gone astray, you might like to lift your floorboards and say hello to the Borrowers...
Children's
6 x 25'
Robert, Anthea, Jane, Cyril and baby Lamb find 'It' one hot, sunny day while they are playing in a gravel pit. 'It' is Psammead, a small, vain, furry, simply wonderful creature, who looks like a long-lost relative of ET, and 'It's' none too pleased at being disturbed. Imagine their surprise when they discover It can grant wishes. But somehow things never turn out quite the way the children intended...
Children's
6 x 30' or 1 x 160'
Battles, ghosts and magic fill the air in Dark Ages Britain, in the story of the famous wizard who set King Arthur on the throne. Based on Mary Stewart's best-seller, The Crystal Cave, and filmed at Snowdonia and Stonehenge.
Children's
7 x 25'
Children's
6 x 30'
A stirring tale of smuggling and derring-do set in the 18th Century. The hero, 15-year-old John Trenchard, leads a quiet life at home in his Dorset fishing village until his inquisitive nature leads him into danger and adventure.
Drama
6 x 55'
Most people like to think that when a tyrant comes among us a hero will arise to oppose and crush him. In the whole range of fact and fiction there is no character who satisfies this need with more romantic exuberance than Robin Hood. This serial, written specially for television, tells once more, with a few original variations, the story of his exciting life and adventures.
Children's
26 x 25'
Deep in the mysterious seas of the Bermuda Triangle, there is a splendid city built by the legendary people of Atlantis. Its only inhabitant is a child, Akata, the last of his kind. With him rests all the wealth, knowledge and extraordinary powers accumulated by the Atlantians over 5,000 years. Now modern technology threatens the city: people with sophisticated machines probing the ocean's deepest recesses. Akata must protect the Atlantean heritage, especially The Blue Ray, the one device that must never fall into human hands.
Children's
13 x 25'
Old Noshie and Skirty Marm are only 200 years old, the witch-equivalent of teenagers. They live in a cave on Witch Island, a terrible place ruled by the tyrannical Mrs Abercrombie. When the witches gate-crash the Halloween Ball, Mrs Abercrombie loses it altogether. She drives them away from the island for good, and the homeless witches fly off into the night, eventually finding shelter in the belfry of a village church. There they are befriended by the local curate and, in return for his kindness, help to rid the village of evil influence. The three have so much fun in the process that they set out to change the world for good. Suitable for six- to twelve-year-olds.
Children's
6 x 25'
Enter a twilight world of warriors and castles, mystic powers and mythical creatures, as Alan Garner's adventure fantasy is brought to life in an enthralling combination of live action, animation and the very latest technological effects. The forces of darkness are upon Elidor. Roland and his siblings stumble into this parallel world and are entrusted with guarding its treasures. But the evil pursues them into their own world.
Children's
13 x 15'
Ten-year-old Simon's friend is a witch and she insists on going to school with him. It certainly makes classes more fun as anything can happen, like the time his maths books turn into fish and chips.
Children's
6 x 25'
Little Sir Nicholas was just three years old when he was shipwrecked. Raised in France, he now feels it's time to go home. His relations are in for a shock - they thought he was dead and have claimed his inheritance for themselves. Set in Victorian England.
Drama
11 x 8'
In a world which pulses to the steady and incessant noise of dialogue, we often wish for silence. Perhaps we've even forgotten how powerful silence can be. It's a long time since we experienced it in television and movies at least... Now, from one of the industry's most respected, Emmy and Bafta award-winning producers comes a remarkable collection of 11 contemporary, magical and heartwarming short films. The stories - each without dialogue - are brought vividly to life by a cast of top actors including Bill Nighy, Peter Capaldi, Timothy Spall and Mackenzie Crook, and unique writing and directing partnerships with almost 30 awards between them. These are tales of courage, love, joy, hope, humour and humanity, with the power to move every emotion... without so much as a single word.
Music
1 x 90'
Since it was written in 1942, Antoine de Saint-Exupery's enchanting fable has been read by children and adults alike the world over. This fanciful and ambitious opera stars 11-year-old Joseph McManners and 15-year-old Mairead Carlin - both discovered during a nationwide talent search involving 25,000 participants - and internationally-renowned diva Lesley Garrett.
Music
1 x 60'
A specially animated version of Leos Janácek's much-loved and powerful opera, transforming this stage classic into a screen sensation. Janácek's opera tells a very human story through animal characters. A vixen cub and her mother returning home to the forest cross paths with the Forester, also returning home, and all their lives are changed forever. Stanislav Lolek's drawings in the original 1920s newspaper strip, which inspired Janácek to write the opera, provide the basis for the visual style of this version.
Music
1 x 180'
David McVicar, the producer of Carmen and Rigoletto, turns his innovative talents to Mozart's ever-popular last opera. Fantasy, imagination and colourfulness all reign to the full in this vibrant production. It is also Mozart's most musically kaleidoscopic opera, from the rich invocations of Sarastro to the coloratura flights of the Queen of the Night; from the lyricism of the young lovers Tamino and Pamina to the popular tunes of Papageno and Papagena.
Music
1 x 110'
Pacific Northwest Ballet displays all its vitality and brilliance in this award-winning production of Balanchine's first original full-length ballet. Performed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London.
Music
1 x 105'
The Nutcracker, with its wonderful score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, has over the years become the perfect Christmas holiday ballet. It takes place during a Christmas party where the toy maker Drossellmeyer (Sir Anthony Dowell) comes to entertain the children. He gives Clara (Alina Cojocaru) a Nutcracker doll and she at once falls in love with it. When everyone has gone to bed Clara comes downstairs to find her doll and suddenly gets involved in a great adventure. She saves the Nutcracker Prince (Ivan Putrov) in the battle with the mice, is taken to the Land of Snow and on to the Land of Sweets where she meets the Sugar Plum Fairy (Miyako Yoshida) and her Prince (Jonathan Cope). When she gets home, she meets a young man in the street that she recognises. He looks very much like the Nutcracker Prince and turns out to be Drossellmeyer's young nephew. Sir Peter Wright's production for the Royal Ballet is designed by Julia Trevelyan Oman and the orchestra of the Royal Opera House is conducted by Evgenii Svetlanov. The programme is introduced by Deborah Bull.
Music
1 x 45'
Roald Dahl's scary fairy tale is directed by Donald Sturrock. Follow inch-high forest dweller Don Mini (Ian Holm) into a weird world of mice on bicycles, cows in petticoats and a wild pig sporting a Kaiser helmet. Wolfie (Danny De Vito), bored with his diet, is after a new meal and thinks Grandma Hood will make a nice change. But this drunken granny puts up a fight to the finish. Undeterred and still hungry, stupid Wolfie lies in wait for Lil' Red Riding Hood, who may be sweet but is certainly not stupid. Julie Walters plays the humans in a black comedy that will erase the memory of the traditional story forever.
Music
1 x 130'
Peter Wright and Galina Samsova's production of Tchaikovsky's universally popular ballet, performed by The Royal Swedish Opera Ballet Company. First staged in 1877, Swan Lake continues to be the most universally popular of the classical ballets, both for its music and its story. Wright and Samsova originally created the version performed here for Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet in 1981. This version is renowned for its beauty and clear narration, with a rich choreography blending the Russian and British classical traditions.