The Greatest Male and Female Opera Voices from the 20th Century

Human Remains is a haunting documentary which illustrates the banality of evil by creating intimate portraits of five of the 20th century’s most reviled dictators. The film unveils the personal…

The legendary photographer William Klein has designed this fascinating book on fashion photography, with a selection of images from throughout his career, including material from his films. Though Klein claims…

A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder

Six adult siblings and the vicissitudes of fertility, infertility, and the desire – met and unmet – for a baby. Focusing on one couple’s attempt to become pregnant, and the…

Goldie, the godfather of drum and bass takes us on a roller coaster ride through his frenetic life. A journey that takes us from Wolver Hampton to Tokyo, Miami to…

In the awe-inspiring Teatro Olimpico,Vicenza, Cecilia Bartoli, recognised as one of the best singers of our time, gives the most outstanding recital of work from a variety of composers such…

Documentary reveals how fireworks are made, how they create their effects and how pyrotechnicians design and execute firework displays.

In okay bye-bye, so named for what Cambodian children shouted to the U.S. ambassador in 1975 as he took the last helicopter out of Phnom Phenh in advance of the…

A behind-the-scenes retrospective made for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the classic horror film, The Exorcist. Includes interviews with Linda Blair and the other stars of the film, along with commentary…

One of the most mysterious animals to inhabit the jungle is the pygmy hippopotamus – up to 300 kg in weight, just 2 meters long, and 80 cm tall, and…

From Go Fish to Paris is Burning to The Watermelon Woman, this festival favorite goes behind the scenes to reveal seven successful lesbian directors. These talented movie-makers enlighten and entertain…

Christmas abounds with traditions, from neighborhood carolers to lovingly decorated trees, but from where did all these rituals emerge? This enlightening program looks at the origins of the Western world’s…

Breaking the Magician’s Code: Magic’s Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed is a series of television shows in which the methods behind magic tricks and illusions are explained. In its original incarnation…

Australian born film maker George (Mad Max) Miller offers a personal view of Australian films. He suggests that they can be regarded as visual music, public dreaming, mythology, and song-lines….

Join us on the adventure of a lifetime, spicing it up all over the world! This isn’t just our first four fantastic videos, it’s a sort of film diary of…

This film shows how far we have come since the cold-war days of the 50s and 60s. Back then the Russians were our “enemies”. And to them the Americans were…

Documentary on the life and career of actor Vincent Price, best known for horror film classics such as “House of Wax,” “The Fly,” and “The Pit and the Pendulum.”

Documentary about the lifelong project of Troy Hurtubise, a man who has been obsessed with researching the Canadian grizzly bear up close, ever since surviving an early encounter with such…

In one of the most tragic face-offs in the history of law enforcement, the deadly debacle at Waco pitted the Branch Davidian sect against the FBI in an all-out war….

Men risk life and livelihood to salvage a sunken luxury yacht from the bottom of Lake Superiour.

A documentary about the production of From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) and the people who made it.

Cinematographer Carlos Macovich met Yuliet Ortega, a young “jinetera” (prostitute) from Havana, when he shot a video in Cuba, starring model Fabiola Quiroz. When he realized that the two women…

Pending release of the movie “Bean,” Rowan Atkinson reflects on his comedy career and reveals how his comic creation Mr Bean evolved. This 1997 documentary includes career clips as well…

On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a crime that shocked the…

A QED drama special, based upon a real-life case of medical negligence. Within four days of being admitted to hospital with minor injuries, Ray Peters’ son Mark is in a…

Charles Santore, in an expansion of his discussion in “Oz: The American Fairyland” (1997) (V), tells about his experience making an abridged storybook of “The Wizard of Oz”. He tells…

Serenity lets you escape into the relaxing world of nature with spectacular scenery of crashing ocean surf, panoramic sunsets, blossoming flowers, cascading waterfalls, underwater wonderlands, rushing mountain streams and more!…

A documentary about the making and restoration of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece “Vertigo”. Narrated by Roddy McDowall, with behind-the-scenes talk from Barbara Bel Geddes, Henry Bumstead, Robert A. Harris, Patricia Hitchcock,…

On October 17, 1996, veteran and contemporary jazz greats gathered for a select soiree on the stage of New York’s Carnegie Hall, saluting a guy more noted for making popular…

A report following the dramatic events of the Sandline affair, which resulted in the resignation of Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister, Sir Julius Chan.

A look at the colourful lifestyle and inspiring music and lyrics of Shane MacGowan, former lead singer of the Pogues. Featuring specially-recorded performances of MacGowan’s songs.

Explores the realities of death-row inmates inside Huntsville (Texas) Unit, a prison with the highest number of executions in 1997. Features interviews with prisoners, guards, officials, lawyers and victims’ family…

1997 saw the release of Oasis, the follow-up of Canyon Dreams, TD’s first commercial video featuring the scenery of the Grand Canyon that had been released ten years ago. Also…

The French computer programmer Laura inherits the task of making a computer game of the Battle of Okinawa in Japan during World War 2. She searches the Internet for information…

This series tells the story of the world’s fastest fighter plane ever built, in 1950’s Canada, and how the project was dropped due to political pressure from the United States.

“Titanic – Anatomy of a Disaster” is an original Discovery Channel production that looks into not only the history but the mystery surrounding the sinking of Britain’s most luxurious passenger…

Scientists visit the remote surface and undersea locations to study various species of whales in their natural habitat.