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Depicting Ted Kennedys involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne

Set in 1930s Shanghai, where a blind American diplomat develops a curious relationship with a young Russian refugee who works odd and sometimes illicit jobs to support members of her dead husbands aristocratic family

In 1943, a refugee doctor from Nazi Germany uses new methods to rehabilitate those with spinal injuries in Great Britain Based on actual events

In 1765, young English boy Jim Hawkins gets involved with buccaneers during his quest to find pirate Captain Flints treasure buried on a secret island

A look at the life and music of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti

On September 27, 1810, the French troops commanded by Marshal Massena, were defeated in the Serra do Bucaco by the Anglo Portuguese army of general Wellington Despite the victory, Portuguese and British are forced to retreat from th

Johnny Depp pays a visit to Ralph Steadman, the renown artist and the last of the original Gonzo visionaries who worked alongside Hunter S Thompson

On 24th August 1992 in the eastern German city of Rostock a rampaging mob, to the applause and cheering of more than 3,000 bystanders, besieged and set fire to a residential building containing, among others, more than 120 Vietnamese

When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army

A blind pianist living in 18th century Vienna forms an extraordinary relationship with the physician who is trying to restore her sight

From childhood to adulthood, Tibets fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems

In 1896, three survivors of a whaling ship wreck in the Canadian Arctic are saved and adopted by an Eskimo tribe but frictions arise when the three start misbehaving

During the early sixteenth century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the Catholic Church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation

Emilia Breaking Free is a suspense drama about the fight for freedom in Soviet repressed Lithuania in a society where a more satiated life seems more important than honour, a clear conscience or humanity It is the spring of 1972,

In 1769, a Spanish expedition to California seeks to conquer the land and discover its famed gold treasures while missionaries aim to gain new converts and establish a network of Catholic missions

A dramatisation of the early years of Doctor Who 1963, with the story revolving around BBC executive Sydney Newman, novice producer Verity Lambert and actor William Hartnell

Meet John G Morris, 95, a legend of photojournalism, whose unerring eye for the best shot has moved and changed the world Morris, former Picture Editor of Life Magazine amp New York Times was instrumental in the early years of Magnum

This feature length documentary juxtaposes a 21st century scenario against the cautionary history of Montreals 1885 smallpox epidemic to depict a modern city under siege

Set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles which tears lives and families apart

Allied prisoners British, Dutch, French and Polish pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from the escape proof German P O W camp housed in a Medieval castle known as Colditz

Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa

Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War

Sci fi writers once dreamed of computers and machines that would advance mankind, but now these dreams are our reality Artifical Intelligence is taking over and now the experts say that the end of our world as we know it is near

In the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France

In early 1930s Berlin, an elegant Russian emigre and eccentric chocolatier convinces himself that he has seen his doppelganger, and hatches a murderous plan to trade his existence for an entirely new one Will he get over the deep de

Fire in the Night relives the tragic events that occurred on the Piper Alpha rig on 6th July 1988 It was a catastrophe that killed 167 men and left only 61 survivors, each of whom had to fight for their lives to escape the huge, lab

After Japans attack on Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941, USA bombs Tokyo to boost morale A pilot survives thanks to a Chinese womans help

After the Second World War, budding film composer Jerry Herst moves to Hollywood to study with infamous master teacher Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco

The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th century England

In the 16th century Ukraine, the Polish overlords and Ukrainian cossacks fight for control of the land but frequent Turkish invasions force them to unite against the common Turkish foe

Constantine joins the Roman army to find his missing childhood friend Once alerted to his friends whereabouts, he prepares for an all out war between the East and the West

A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States

In 1877 Wyoming, during the peace negotiations between the Cheyenne and the USA, an Indian girl falls in love with a land surveyor, causing the ire of her Cheyenne fiance

A pair of Irish rebels have swashbuckling adventures in 1815

The Willie Handcart Company treks across America to the Salt Lake Valley, experiencing many trials and death, as well as 17 miracles

Three days before his execution, the elderly Apostle Peter tells his jailer about his time with Jesus