Danielle Steel: Between The Covers
1 x 48
This program is a straight forward biographical documentary of one of the world's best selling romantic novelists. We examine her personal life from her very first husband through to her fifth, including her nine children borne from various husbands. Through our interviewees, we have built a strong theme of Danielle Steel's addiction to romance and fantasy - an addiction that ultimately dooms all her relationships, as they can never live up to her expectations. As we talk to her friends, we discover a fun, vivacious side to Danielle Steel, which is in stark contrast to the dangers that two of her husbands introduced to her life.
Fonteyn And Nureyev: The Perfect Partnership
1 x 92'
The remarkable story of the unique dancing collaboration of Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev that brought joy to millions around the world. Thought by many to be the most sensational ever, certainly it is one against which all other such partnerships will be judged. Among the roles we see them perform are Romeo & Juliet, Le Corsaire, Giselle, Swan Lake, Marguerite & Armand, Les Sylphides, Birthday Offering, Hamlet Prelude, and Lucifer.
IL POVERELLO: The Story of St Francis of Assisi
1 x 52'
This is an astonishing story: how a 12th century friar from a relatively unknown part of Europe, who during his life-time liked to be known as 'Il Poverello' - the little poor man - has reached international and historic prominence 800 years later.
Shot mostly on location in Assisi, Rome, and Canterbury, the film provides an intriguing insight into the area of Italy and the century from which Francis sprang. The annual Calendimaggio festival in Assisi furnishes a colorful opening and closing to the documentary.
FAROUK: Last of
the Pharaohs
1
x 50'
B
This unusual
documentary-special
tells the
incredible
life-story of
that notorious
Egyptian
playboy-monarch
who was
overthrown in
Nasser's
revolution of
1952. When he
became Egypt's
king in 1936, at
the tender age
of 16, he was
idolized by
countrymen who
looked upon him
as their
long-awaited
Redeemer come to
rid them of
their poverty
and their
misrule. The
story also
encompasses the
growth of
Egyptian
nationalism and
the beginnings
of the
Arab-Israeli
conflict.
SUPERSPY
1
x 50'
B
This is the
remarkable story
of Reinhard
Gehlen, former
Head of the West
German Secret
Service, who
helped to found
the CIA, the
American Central
Intelligence
Agency.
Over the years
he has been
called many
names such as
“The man in
shadows”, 'The
man with a
thousand ears'
and 'The man of
a million
mysteries'.
Gehlen was
Hitler's Chief
of Intelligence
on the Russian
Front during
WWII. But long
before May 1945
he had secreted
himself and his
files on the
Soviets away
from Berlin to
the so-called
Alpine Redoubt
in southern
Germany, while
he waited his
chance to
bargain for his
freedom with the
advancing
Americans.
In this program
the story is
traced from
Gehlen's joining
the Nazi Party
during the early
1930's to his
retirement on a
CIA pension in
the late 1960's.
He died in 1979.
CHURCHILL
1 X 111'
This is the only authorized version of Churchill's war years, made with his full co-operation and blessing. It is an inspired and affectionate tribute to one of Britain's greatest men, portraying the Grand Old Man leading his country and her Empire through their finest hours; jaw set pugnaciously, eyes gleaming with determination or twinkling with humour, to defeat the evil of Nazism. ORSON WELLS tells the story of Winnie', Statesman, writer and painter, the man who bestrode the world stage like a Colossus, symbolising not only his country's bloody-minded refusal to surrender, but also the ingenuity and eccentricities that defeated the forces battering at the shores of his beloved Britain.
A LIFETIME OF
MORGAN
1
x 90'
B
Peter Morgan,
tells the story
of how his
father created
the company; how
he gained his
engineering and
management
skills and how,
under his
leadership, the
company has
survived to be
not just one of
the greatest
British sports
car
manufacturers in
the world but
also the world's
oldest surviving
family-owned
motor car
company.
