Videoteca

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30 minute documentary about the making of the film Help! with Richard Lester, the cast and crew. Includes exclusive behind the scenes footage of The Beatles on set.

The 10 Faces of Michael Jackson

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This programme reconstructs the many layers of facial cosmetic surgery that Michael Jackson had over the course of his lifetime and asks what the 'King of Pop' would have looked like if he had had none.

Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

event2014 star_border 7.5 top_panel_open

In the spring of 1984, a strange new comic book sat beside cash registers in select shops, too big to fit in the racks, and too weird to ignore. Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles presented a completely original breed of super hero. It was too bizarre, too crazy. It broke all the rules and should never have worked. Until it sold out. Again and again and again. For 30 years. Now, peek under the shell and see how this so-called "happy accident" defied every naysayer to become one of the most popular and beloved franchises in the world.

Thriller 40

event2023 star_border 8.5 top_panel_open

Forty years after the release of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’ the best-selling album of all-time, director Nelson George takes fans back in time to the making of a pop masterpiece, featuring never-before-seen footage and candid interviews.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

event1990 star_border 6.7 top_panel_open

A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in ninjitsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.

Coneheads

event1993 star_border 5.4 top_panel_open

A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from France.

Choking Man

event2006 star_border 5.3 top_panel_open

The social anxiety of a morbidly shy Ecuadorian dishwasher working in a Queens diner provides the psychological engine that powers this blend of drama and magical realism.

ZZ Top - Greatest Hits

event1992 star_border 7.1 top_panel_open

Bearded rockers ZZ Top just might be the most easily recognizable musicians in history, with their identical beards, sunglasses and blazing guitars. Beyond the look is the gritty, bluesy rock sound that has kept them an enduring part of the music scene for many years. When MTV was new, it aired only videos, such as ZZ Top gems "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs." This collection includes 12 of the band's most popular videos.

The Adventures of Pinocchio

event1996 star_border 5.3 top_panel_open

One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he has to learn to act responsibly. This film shows you the adventures on which he learns valuable lessons.

a-ha | Headlines and Deadlines

event1999 star_border 7.8 top_panel_open

Video companion piece to the greatest hits album of the same name, featuring 16 tracks. The Norwegian pop group's first worldwide hit 'Take On Me' was backed by an award-winning, semi-animated video, and the band earned a reputation for producing innovative promos, many of which were presided over by Steve Barron, the director of 'Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles'.

Electric Dreams

event1984 star_border 6.2 top_panel_open

Miles buys himself a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing thoughts and emotions after having champagne spilled on it. Things start getting out of hand when both Miles and Edgar, the computer, fall in love with Madeline, an attractive neighbor.

Mike Bassett: England Manager

event2001 star_border 7.1 top_panel_open

After England's football (soccer) manager has a heart attack, Mike Bassett is hired as the new manager and promptly announces the team will win the World Cup.

Dreamkeeper

event2003 star_border 6.6 top_panel_open

In South Dakota, in an Indian reservation, an old storyteller Indian asks his grandson Shane, who is in trouble owing money to some bad guys, to take his old pony and him to Albuquerque to the great powwow, an Indian meeting. While traveling, Grandpa tells mysterious Indian tales of love, friendship and magic.

Rat

event2001 star_border 6.1 top_panel_open

After a night of drinking Guiness at the local watering hole, an ordinary, working-class, family man in Dublin's life is turned upside-down when he wakes up as a rat.

Brahman Naman

Producer

event2016 star_border 5.3 top_panel_open

This homage to 1980s teen sex comedies follows a college quiz bowl champion who knows almost everything -- except how to talk to women.

Track Record

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An intimate film portrait of Joan Armatrading and her music.

event1977 star_border 7.2 top_panel_open

The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.

The Human League: The Very Best Of

Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners - "The Bridge" - The Live Performance

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The Very Best of the Human League is a DVD by veteran British Synthpop group The Human League, containing most of the band’s music videos recorded up to that point, digitally re-mastered. The only music video missing is Filling up with Heaven from 1995 which was excluded due to a licensing fee dispute between Virgin Records and EastWest. The DVD also contains as bonus material 4 notable appearances on UK BBC 1 flagship music program Top of the Pops and two songs from a live set performed on BBC 2 program Later with Jools Holland in 1996.

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Filmed live at the Shaftsbury Avenue theatre in 1982 over two shows in October 1982, The Bridge captures Dexy's Midnight Runners at a peak showing the intensity and passion of their live performance. Shot direct to film by Irish music promo director Steve Barron (who went on to direct "Electric Dreams" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" among others), the DVD captures Kevin Rowland's extreme showmanship and training that make Dexy's one of the truly individual groups of the 20th Century.

The Duellists

Clapper Loader

event1977 star_border 7.3 top_panel_open

In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel, two lieutenants in the French Army, over a perceived insult. For over a decade, they engage in a series of duels amidst larger conflicts, including the failed French invasion of Russia in 1812, and shifts in the political and social systems of Europe.

Michael Jackson Video Greatest Hits: HIStory

event1995 star_border 8.4 top_panel_open

This compilation features 10 of Michael Jackson's greatest video hits, including "Billie Jean," "The Way You Make Me Feel," "Black or White," "Rock With You" and others. -Includes the never before seen 18 minute version of "Bad". Directed by Martin Scorsese. Featuring Wesley Snipes. -9:30 Long Version of "The Way You Make Me Feel". -"Black Or White"- short film "Panther" version -"thriller"- "monstrous masterpiece" the ultimate "music movie" 14 minutes of horrific fun by director John Landis. -"remember The Time"- directed by John Singleton (Higher Learning, Boyz N The Hood, Shaft),features Eddie Murphy and Magic Johnson.

While You Were Sleeping

Executive Producer

event1995 star_border 7 top_panel_open

A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.

Supervized

event2019 star_border 4.9 top_panel_open

Four aging superheroes in a retirement home in Ireland come together for one last hurrah.

The Specialist

Executive Producer

event1994 star_border 5.9 top_panel_open

May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert to kill her parent's killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of Quick's is assigned to protect one of Quick's potential victims, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.

event1985 star_border 8.5 top_panel_open

Official music video for "Take on Me" by A-Ha.

Joan Armatrading - Track Record

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An intimate film portrait of Joan Armatrading and her music. Includes concert performances of Show Some Emotion, Willow, Drop The Pilot, Me Myself I, Heaven, Call Me Names, Love and Affection, Rosie, I'm Lucky, Frustration, Bottom To The Top and more plus two videos: Kind Words and Temptation. Video is part documentary, part travelog, part clip compilation and part concert performance.

Michael Jackson: Number Ones

event2003 star_border 7.6 top_panel_open

Pop king Michael Jackson solidifies his title with this release of fifteen past number one hits. Songs include "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough," "Thriller," "Black or White," and "Blood on the Dancefloor."

Michael Jackson's Billie Jean

Writer

event1983 star_border 10 top_panel_open

"Billie Jean" was the first short film made for 'Thriller,' the biggest-selling album of all time. The short film for this No. 1 single, directed by Steve Barron, made history as the first video by a black artist to receive heavy rotation on MTV, and was later ranked by the network as one of the 100 greatest music videos of all time.

The Storyteller

Director (3 ep.)

event1988 star_border 8.1 top_panel_open

The Storyteller aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.

ReBoot

Producer (47 ep.)

event1994 star_border 7.4 top_panel_open

Bob, a guardian from the Super Computer, helped by his friends Dot, Enzo, and dog Frisket, defend the digital city of Mainframe from evil computer viruses that seek to dominate the city and infect the entire net.

Merlin

event1998 star_border 6.9 top_panel_open

A retelling of the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin. Sam Neill stars in the title role in a story that covers not only the rise and fall of Camelot but also the phase in the legendary history of Britain that precedes it.

Treasure Island

event2012 star_border 6.2 top_panel_open

In this two-part miniseries adaptation of the classic adventure novel, young Jim Hawkins is the only one who can direct a schooner to an island known for buried treasure. But aboard the ship is a mysterious man whose true motives challenge Jim's trust in the entire crew.

Delete

Executive Producer (2 ep.)

event2013 star_border 5.4 top_panel_open

Delete imagines a disaster in our all-too-fragile digital world where all computers could become dangerously self-aware with one systematic purpose–to destroy mankind. Faced with possible extinction, there is only one way out–create a second artificial intelligence, just as alive, just as intelligent and just as dangerous.

The Durrells

Director (9 ep.)

event2016 star_border 7.5 top_panel_open

In 1935, financially strapped widow Louisa Durrell, whose life has fallen apart, decides to move from England, with her four children (three sons, one daughter), to the island of Corfu, Greece. Once there, the family moves into a dilapidated old house that has no electricity and that is crumbling apart. But life on Corfu is cheap, it's an earthly paradise, and the Durrells proceed to forge their new existence, with all its challenges, adventures, and forming relationships.

Arabian Nights

event2000 star_border 6.7 top_panel_open

Targeted for assassination by his first wife and his evil brother, a young sultan must marry by the next full moon or he will lose his kingdom. His uncertainty over his newfound bride causes her to stall the sultan with a series of fantastic stories to ease the tension and stall her impending execution.

Mike Bassett: Manager

Executive Producer (6 ep.)

event2005 star_border 7.8 top_panel_open

The series picks up some time after Mike took England to the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup. The side's attempt at qualifying for the 2004 European Championships ended in disaster, resulting in Mike being sacked. Since then, a spell at Newcastle ended in similar fashion after getting them relegated two seasons in a row, while his returns to former clubs Norwich and then Colchester fared little better. Mike decides to retire, but at the last minute is offered the manager's job at Wirral County F.C., for whom his father was a player. They seem doomed to be relegated to the Football Conference. Not helping his job is the fact that the chairman is senile, the chief executive is eagerly awaiting relegation so that he can sell their ground and Karine isn't pleased with the idea of retiring in Ellesmere Port rather than Spain.

Around the World in 80 Days

Director (5 ep.)

event2021 star_border 7.3 top_panel_open

Following an outrageous bet, Fogg and his valet, Passepartout, take on the legendary journey of circumnavigating the globe in just 80 days, swiftly joined by aspiring journalist Abigail Fix, who seizes the chance to report on this extraordinary story.

The Marlow Murder Club

Executive Producer (2 ep.)

event2024 star_border 7.4 top_panel_open

Retired archaeologist Judith Potts lives alone in a faded mansion in the peaceful town of Marlow, filling her time by setting crosswords for the local paper. During one of her regular wild swims in the Thames, Judith hears a gunshot coming from a neighbour's garden and believes a brutal murder has taken place.

Mrs Sidhu Investigates