In 1959, Truman Capote, a popular writer for The New Yorker, learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Halcomb, Kansas. Inspired by the story, Capote and his best friend, Harper Lee, travel to the town to research for an article. However, as Capote digs deeper into the gruesome tale, he is inspired to expand the project into what would be his greatest work, 'In Cold Blood'. Against Harper's advice Truman's visits with those responsible for the killings become increasi find out more...

Paul Newman revels in his role as the sassy and irreverent Luke Jackson, a rebellious prisoner, (sentenced for cutting the heads off parking meters one drunken night!), in one of Florida's notorious prison chain gangs. His refusal to conform wins him the respect of his fellow inmates, but, following the death of his mother, he decides to escape. Newman's role won critical acclaim and an Oscar nomination. A witty and well-observed film, with some very funny scenes, (see the boiled egg race!) 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 Tip, 2: Ancient Tribes, 3: Great Men. find out more...

Episodes- 4: Losing Your Appeal, 5: Family Bizness, 6: Strange Bedfellows find out more...

Episodes- 7: Animal Farm, 8: Escape from Oz. find out more...

The tale of two men banged up for years in the notorious French penal colony Devil's Island. Two escape bids by one of them results in years of solitary confinement but make him simply more determined to flee, even as old age approachs. The ultimate prison escape movie loosely based on a true story. find out more...

The incredible true story of Dieter Dengler, a German-born US pilot shot down over Laos at the beginning of the Vietnam war and held captive in a beastly POW camp, and his subsequent escape to 'freedom'. find out more...

Guinness restores the morale of British PoWs by building a bridge which is of military value to the Japanese, and then attempts to thwart the RAF's destruction of it! A classic film which swept 7 Oscars including "Best Picture". find out more...