The Italian adventurer and libertine Giovanni Jacopo Casanova lived from 1725 to 1798, but in this six-part series Dennis Potter attempted to find a contemporary relevance through his central themes of sex and religion. He commented that Casanova "was concerned with religious and sexual freedom, and these are the things we have to address ourselves to now." Casanova was imprisoned in Venice in 1755, and Potter used that event as a central device, constantly inter-cutting to contrast Casanova's a find out more...

The trials and tribulations of small town Texas football players, their friends, family, and coaching staff.
DISC 5: I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SEX, EXTENDED FAMILIES, CH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGES.

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Victor Hugo's classic novel of a prisoner on the run gets a reworking by Josee Dayan in this 3 hour film version. The highlight of this film (other than the beautiful lack of overblown musical maladies) is the casting. Gerard Depardieu uses his ambiguous persona to great effect as Jean Valjean; the captivating Charlotte Gainsbourg as Fantine; an angelic Virginie Ledoyen as her orphaned daughter and the menacing urbanity of John Malkovich is excellently projected onto Valjean's nemesis Javert. As find out more...

DS Beauchamp is taken hostage during a prison riot, following which both the prisoners and hostages are treated in the same hospital, a hospital that soon plays host to yet another string of relentless murders, only this time it isn't Red who needs to confront the past - it's Kate. find out more...

Piper Kerman's memoir about her time spent in a women's prison. Taylor Schilling stars as Piper Chapman, who ten years previously transported drug money for her then girlfriend Alex Vause (Laura Prepon). Piper is now serving a 15-month sentence as a result. Though her fiancé Larry Bloom (Jason Biggs) is initially determined to support her through the ordeal, the challenges of prison life often cause problems in their relationship, especially since Alex is one of her fellow inmates. The find out more...

Welcome to Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison or "Oz.". Once inside, choose your friends carefully. Every group - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to mutual friends and terrorize mutual enemies. Don't smile. Get yourself a weapon, and if you can find someone's good side…stay on it. Brutal, disturbing and utterly gripping, Oz is an extraordinarily accomplished TV drama, a razor sharp morality tale populated by characters who no longer have any find out more...

Welcome to Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison or "Oz.". Once inside, choose your friends carefully. Every group - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to mutual friends and terrorize mutual enemies. Don't smile. Get yourself a weapon, and if you can find someone's good side…stay on it. Brutal, disturbing and utterly gripping, Oz is an extraordinarily accomplished TV drama, a razor sharp morality tale populated by characters who no longer have any find out more...

Episodes- 1: The Truth And Nothing But, 2: Napoleon's Boney Parts, 3: Legs. find out more...

Episodes- 4: Unnatural Disasters, 5: US Male, 6: Cruel And Unusual Punishments. find out more...

Episodes- 7: Secret Identities, 8: Out o'Time find out more...