The true story of racing jockey Bob Champion (played here by John Hurt), who discovered he had cancer while at the height of his career. He began an intensive course of chemo-therapy, & clawed his way back to health to win the Grand National. What makes this story all the more remarkable is the fact that Champion's horse Aldaniti was simultaneously recovering from an injury so serious that at one point it was thought the horse would never race again. ...

A collection of profiles of endangered wild animals around the world. Episodes are: ' Polar Bears', ' Pandas', ' Grizzly Bears', ' Chimpanzees of Uganda', ' Costa Rican Monkeys', ' Orangutans', ' Gorillas', ' Wolves', ' Swift Foxes', ' Bengal Tigers', ' Black & White Rhinos', ' Elephants', ' Kenyan Wildlife Vet', ' Humpback Whales', ' St Lawrence River Beluga Whales', ' Sharks', ' Dolphins' & ' Giant Sea Turtles'. ...

Featuring stunning photography & an educational insight into some of the world's most fascinating creatures & the people whose ...

Featuring stunning photography & an educational insight into some of the world's most fascinating animals & the people whose ...

Using archive footage & interviews with Tony Brooks, John Wyer & Stirling Moss this programme presents a profile of Mike Hawthorn, who was Britain's first World Motor Racing Champ in 1958, & Peter Collins who was killed at Nurburgring in 1958. ...

Action horror based on the popular Japanese computer game Oneechanbara. After a scientific experiment to awaken the dead is an overwhelming success, mankind becomes terrorised by a plague of bloodthirsty zombies. The task of getting rid of the unwanted, undead guests, mainly with the help of several machine guns, falls to the scantily-clad Aya (Eri Otoguro) & Reiko (Manami Hashimoto). Aya must also deal with her younger sister Saki (Chise Nakamura) who she discovers has murdered their father. ...

Low-budget, Japanese exploitation action drama. On her 20th birthday, the beautiful & voluptuous Lilli (Sasa Handa) is informed by her grandmother that she has inherited her family's mystical martial arts technique. During a ceremony, she unexpectedly travels back in time to the 18th century, where she finds herself in a small village under threat from an evil geisha & her henchmen. Joining forces with one of the local lads (Yoichi Matsuda), Lilli takes it upon herself to protect the villagers armed only with her sword
- which, oddly, works a lot more efficiently whenever Lilli is bare-breasted.
...

All six episodes from the second series of the 1980s Channel 4 sitcom starring Simon Callow & Brenda Blethyn. Tom Chance (Callow) spends his life immersed in incidents that would take a million-to-one chance for most people but have become a matter of course for him. Along with his long-suffering girlfriend, Alison (Blethyn), he faces a seemingly endless series of bizarre coincidences. Episodes are: ' The Taxman Cometh', ' For Whom the Bell Tolls', ' The Lost Weekend', ' And What Shall We Do for a Ring?', ' Winning Streak' & ' Naming the Day'. ...

All six episodes from the third & final series of the 1980s Channel 4 sitcom starring Simon Callow & Brenda Blethyn. Tom Chance (Callow) spends his life immersed in incidents that would take a million-to-one chance for most people but have become a matter of course for him. Along with his long-suffering girlfriend, Alison (Blethyn), he faces a seemingly endless series of bizarre coincidences. Episodes are: ' Goodbye Mr Hemstridge', ' Guess Who's Not Coming for Dinner', ' The Blessing', ' The Once & Future Chance', ' Pre-Matrimonial Tension' & ' The Wedding'. ...

All 18 episodes of the 1980s Channel 4 sitcom starring Simon Callow & Brenda Blethyn. Tom Chance (Callow) spends his life immersed in incidents that would take a million-to-one chance for most people but have become a matter of course for him. Along with his long-suffering girlfriend Alison (Blethyn), he faces a seemingly endless series of bizarre coincidences. Series 1 episodes are: ' Plumstones', ' Honour Thy Father & Mother', ' Flowing With the Tide', ' The Birthday Party', ' Man of Iron' & ' Stuff of Dreams'. Series 2 episodes are: ' The Taxman Cometh', ' For Whom the Bell Tolls', ' The Lost Weekend', ' And What Shall We Do for a Ring?', ' Winning Streak' & ' Naming the Day'. Series 3 episodes are: ' Goodbye Mr Hemstridge', ' Guess Who's Not Coming for Dinner', ' The Blessing', ' The Once & Future Chance', ' Pre-Matrimonial Tension' & ' The Wedding'. ...