Energetic, stylish and often witty BBC dramatisation that alternates between the gripping love triangle involving the young Casanova, Henriette and her husband Grimani, and the swan song of the world's most notorious lothario. Written by Russell T. Davies, creator of 'Queer As Folk' and the scribe behind the new 'Doctor Who'. find out more...

For the first time in his life, the legendary Casanova (Ledger) is about to meet his match in an alluring feminist Venetian beauty, Francesca (Miller), who does the one thing he never thought possible, refuse him. Through a series of clever disguises and scheming ruses, he manages to get ever closer to Francesca, but he is playing a most dangerous game, one that will risk not only his life and reputation, but his only opportunity for true love. A charming period romance with lots of humour. find out more...

Emma Woodhouse has a rigid sense of propriety as regards matrimonial alliances. Unfortunately she insists on matchmaking for her less forceful friend, Harriet, and so causes her to come to grief. Through the sharp words of Mr. Knightley, and the example of the opinionated Mrs. Elton, someone not unlike herself, Emma's attitudes begin to soften...
Well received television adaptation.

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Lady Susan Vernon takes up temporary residence at her in-laws' estate and, while there, is determined to be a matchmaker for her daughter Frederica and herself too, naturally.

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Jack's back after an unholy union of ‘friends' and rogues save him from Davey Jones' locker. In this final instalment the pirates must form an unlikely brotherhood to defend their carefree existence from the dastardly and ruthless British. Unfortunately for us this means a whole wad of Keira Knightley, she even gives a rousing speech to the rabble before battle, a delivery that brings to mind one of those handbag dogs being garrotted by its own collar. An enormous running time, a god awful score find out more...

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Among the 18th Century Irish aristocracy the entire wealth of the family passed to the eldest son, a gutting situation when you were not him and you face a career as a soldier or priest. In order to combat this outrage a society known as the 'Abduction Club' kidnaps young women of a healthy financial persuasion and attempts to persuade them to marry these unfortunate males. Byrne and Strang are two such men and the Kennedy sisters are two such women, but when the lads abduct the two young girls find out more...

On the remote Atlantic island of St Helena Napoleon Bonaparte's exile is about to end. A secret network of loyal supporters are poised to return him to power, but once Napoleon escapes his prison the careful plan begins to go awry, leaving the emperor lost and alone in Paris. It is here that Napoleon meets a humble widowed melon seller and with her patient guidance the man who might have ruled Europe learns how to live without glory. The Emperors New Clothes is a delightful, irreverent re-imagin find out more...

Hassan Kadam is a culinary ingénue with the gastronomic equivalent of perfect pitch. When Hassan and his family, led by Papa, move to a quaint village in the South of France with the grand plan of opening an Indian restaurant, they are undeterred by the fact that only 100 feet opposite stands a Michelin starred classical French eatery.

However upon encountering the icy proprietress, Madame Mallory, the Kadam family realise they may have bitten off more than they can chew. Ou find out more...

According to Chinese legend Fong Sai-Yuk was trained in the martial arts by his mother Miu Tsui-Fa, daughter of Miu Hin, one of the Five Elders who escaped the destruction of the Shaolin Monastery by the Qing Dynasty. While still in his early teens, he accepted an open challenge from Tiger Lu and killed him. find out more...