Catherine Cookson: The Wingless Bird (1997)

Director: Michael Whyte

Starring: Claire Skinner, Edward Atterton, Anne Reid, Julian Wadham, Daniel Casey, Dinsdal...

On the eve of World War I, Agnes Conway manages both the business and the problems of her troubled family. She finds the strength to break class barri... Read more

Catherine Cookson: The Man Who Cried (1993)

Director: Michael Whyte

Starring: Ciaran Hinds, Amanda Root, Daniel Massey, Gemma Craven

Abel Mason is a man caught in a loveless marriage with a harridan wife who constantly berates him and beats their son Dick. When the one woman he love... Read more

Catherine Cookson: The Round Tower (1998)

Director: Alan Grint

Starring: Emilia Fox, Ben Miles, Jan Harvey, Keith Barron, Denis Lawson

Vanessa Ratcliffe is just sixteen, daughter of one of the town's richest men. And in spite of her social standing and convent education Vanessa's prov... Read more

Catherine Cookson: The Moth (1997)

Director: Roy Battersby

Starring: Jack Davenport

Set in 1913 Northumbria, England, the story is about Robert Bradley, a strong-willed young worker at a Jarrow shipyard, who arrives home one day to fi... Read more

Russell Brand: Doing Life - Live (2009)

Starring: Russell Brand

Filmed at the Hackney Empire during Russell Brand's sell-out tour of 2007, 'Doing Life -Live' contains all the unique, high octane and hilarious style... Read more

Burma's Open Road (2008)

A fascinating insight into how Burma's future may be affected if its government takes the major decision to allow the building of a road through its l... Read more

The Very Best of Kenneth Williams (2008)

Starring: Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Williams, Jack Douglas

'Stop messin' about!' This hilarious programme compiles some of comic genius Kenneth Williams' most memorable moments from the classic 'Carry On' seri... Read more

The Very Best of Ronnie Barker (2008)

Starring: Bernard Cribbins, Eric Sykes, Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett

In this hilarious programme we revisit some of Ronnie Barker's funniest moments from an illustrious career that has made him one of Britain's best lov... Read more

Voyage of the Damned (1976)

Director: Stuart Rosenberg

Starring: Ben Gazzara, Faye Dunaway, James Mason, Jose Ferrer, Julie Harris, Katharine Ros...

Emotional, based-on-fact drama follows a group of German Jewish refugees bound for Havana on an ocean liner in 1939. Denied entry into Cuba, and with... Read more

When the Lights Go On Again - Britain's Home Front 1943-1947 (2002)

The story of wartime Britain from 1941 to the final Allied victory. This programme looks at the contribution made by women during these years and how... Read more