Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.

Professor Saul David uses the BBC archive to chart the history of the world's most destructive war, ...

The amazing true story of Billy Moore, an English boxer incarcerated in Thailand’s most notorious pr...

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan...

Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his m...

Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the wa...

In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...

The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the ...

A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his schedul...

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in th...

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further ...

Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents w...

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...

Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence...

Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby...

A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she ...

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourho...

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical prof...

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to f...

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's effor...

In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into ...