A radical cinematic investigation into the myth of Hamlet, the avenging prince of Denmark, William Shakespeare's creature; his origins and his unending influence on many diverse cultures.
An account of the life and work of the Polish writer Stanisław Lem (1921-2006), a key figure in scie...
Documentary about the extraordinary life of Baroness Moura Budberg - caught up in a plot to topple t...
The story behind the translation and performance of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" in Klingon.
Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subje...
An analysis of The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell's controversial novel, published in 2006, which dis...
A fascinating exploration of the literary — The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, by English p...
Three researchers work on a paleontological project focusing on two dinosaurs: one fictional, the on...
Much-loved actress, comedian and writer Mel Giedroyc heads to Dorset on a travel adventure with a tw...
A jaded lawyer wastes an afternoon trying to figure out if a dim-witted government employee has ever...
This historical drama tells the story of Qin Shihuang, who unified China's vast territory and declar...
On September 11, 2001, the unimaginable transpired when devastating attacks on the World Trade Cente...
A view of the religious tensions between Muslims and Buddhist through the portrait of the Buddhist m...
Tehran, Iran, August 19, 1953. A group of Iranian conspirators who, with the approval of the deposed...
Poland, 1970. When popular protests erupt in the streets due to rising prices, the communist governm...
Short docudrama exploring the history of sex in the homosexual community from the 1970s to the prese...
Drama documentary from 1978 exploring the private feelings of novelist Thomas Hardy through the poem...
Second attempt to create a feature film out of the 200,000-plus feet of film which Soviet film-maker...
The fascinating story of the rise to power of dictator Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) in Italy in 1922...
The story of the Trojan Horse is probably one of the most famous stories ever told: after ten years ...