Close-Up (1990)

The EastEnders (1985) actress looks back on her life and career in this special programme to mark her 90th birthday. Featuring contributions from those who have worked alongside her.

In 16th century Venice, courtesans enjoy unique privileges: dressed richly in red, they read, compose poetry and music, and discuss affairs of state with the men who govern the Republic….

Germany in the early 19th century. “Die Vermessung der Welt” follows the two brilliant and eccentric scientists Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Friedrich Gauss on their life paths.

It’s 1818 in Hampstead Village on the outskirts of London. Poet Charles Brown lives in one half of a house, the Dilkes family who live in the other half. Through…

Both a biopic of a complicated man and an exploration of the gathering forces that converged to shape a new American cuisine and create the cult of “celebrity chef”… A…

Having always wanted to be a disc-jockey, Howard Stern works his way painfully from radio at his 1970’s college to a Detroit station. It is with a move to Washington…

A biopic on singer Céline Dion.

Alfred Packer was a mountain guide and sole survivor of a party of pioneers that got lost in the mountains in winter. Accused and convicted of murdering and eating his…

Beginning with Space Invaders in 1978, arcade games began to appear everywhere. By 1982, there were 13,000 dedicated arcade locations across North America. It was the Golden Age of Arcade…

A young girl who has been abandoned by her former-groupie mother informs a fading rock star that she is his daughter.

A biography on the life of Amy Winehouse.

Set during the years between the “Rebecca” trial and the writing of Du Maurier’s short story “The Birds”, including her relationship with her husband Frederick ‘Boy’ Browning, and her largely…