Murder, love, loss and betrayal all weave there way through this epic adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel. An intelligent, atmospheric and blemishlessly acted reworking of the tale that manages to grip throughout its labyrinth storyline. find out more...

Murder, love, loss and betrayal all weave there way through this epic adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel. An intelligent, atmospheric and blemishlessly acted reworking of the tale that manages to grip throughout its labyrinth storyline. find out more...

Murder, love, loss and betrayal all weave there way through this epic adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel. An intelligent, atmospheric and blemishlessly acted reworking of the tale that manages to grip throughout its labyrinth storyline. find out more...

An impressive BBC adaptation of Dostoyevsky's tragic masterpiece, a profound analysis of redemption and a cerebral detective story of the soul. find out more...

 

Judge Dredd is assigned to evaluate Cassandra Anderson, a rookie with powerful psychic abilities, but a heinous crime calls them to a neighbourhood where law enforcement rarely dares to tread; a 200 story vertical slum controlled by prostitute turned drug lord Ma-Ma. Soon the duo find themselves up against a relentless wave of heavily armed th find out more...

When the Second World War is declared, Tom finds that his quiet life in the village of Little Weirwold is set to change. Nine-year-old Willie Beech is evacuated from London and billeted on him, Willie is a quiet sad child with a deprived and disturbing past but he slowly begins to flourish under the care of ‘Mister Tom' and enjoys an idyllic village life. John Thaw (Inspector Morse) stars as the widowed and cantankerous Tom Oakley in this charming film adaptation of the prize-winning children's find out more...

Based on documents compiled by leading French philosopher Michel Foucault, this unique and original film charts the gruesome events which took place in a Normandy village in 1835, when a young man, Pierre Rivière, murdered his mother, sister and brother before fleeing to the countryside. With a cast made up of real-life villagers from the area where the events took place, the detailed re-enactments and care find out more...

Schoolteacher John Scopes is placed under close arrest for advocating Darwin's theory of evolution to his pupils in violation of a stifling Tennessee law banning anything that 'denies the divine creation of man as taught by the Bible'. The case is taken up by a cynical newspaper-man who takes an interest when the champion of the Fundamentalists and three-time presidential candidate is named prosecutor. A fascinating and absorbing dramatisation of the famous 1925 'Monkey Trial'. find out more...

A superbly crafted melodrama, even if it never manages to top the moody montage with which it opens - moon scudding behind clouds, rubber dripping from a tree, coolies dozing in the compound, a startled cockatoo - as a shot rings out, a man staggers out onto the verandah, and Davis follows to empty her gun grimly into his body. The contrivance evident in Maugham's play during the investigation and trial that follow is kept firmly at bay by Wyler's technical expertise and terrific performances, n find out more...

One of the BBC's typically exemplary adaptations of one of the great Bard's best known plays performed by pretty much the cream of British theatre. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs find out more...