Historian Lucy Worsley visits the places and houses in England where Jane Austen spent time and which served as inspiration for the settings of her novels.

C.S. Lewis's biographer A.N. Wilson goes in search of the man behind Narnia, a highly secretive man ...

Because of the power of love, the last year of Franz Kafka's life becomes his happiest. The well-kno...

Emmy Award-winning chronicle of the history of Orchard House, the home in Concord, Massachusetts whe...
Short documentary on the screen depiction and public reception of fictional Chinese-American detecti...

Tells the story of the life and multifaceted heritage of Mirza Fatali Akhundzadeh , the founder of A...

Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her...

England, 1891. Ascending writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) meets Lord Alfred Douglas, a young nobleman....

In 1895, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was the most famous writer in London, and Bosie Douglas, son of the...
A portrait of beloved presenter Dieuwertje Blok compiled before her death.

There was a time when the Italian film industry copied American models and reaped huge profits. In 1...

Come inside the head of NYC sculptor Jack Cox who makes heads from his head.

Short featurette on the making of Scarecrow (1973).
On her first day on the job, a young maid must survive the collapse of a household in post-Civil War...

After a five-year hiatus, the "Capelinha" quadrilha returns to the competitions. Intense rehearsals,...

Inspired by the phrase of the American activist Angela Davis – “When the black woman moves, the whol...
Dennis Potter's controversial reading of the life of Christ, with Jesus portrayed as a hearty, fiery...

David Storey's adaptation of his award winning play for the BBC's Play for Today series.
When Alison unexpectedly falls pregnant after a brief encounter with Alex (David Hayman's first TV r...

Co-directed by Chris Marker and Mario Ruspoli, Three Cheers for the Whale traces humanity’s complex ...