In the sixth millennium BC, settlers on the banks of the Tigris & Euphrates rivers created the world's first cities. In doing so, they wrote the opening chapter of the history of human civilization as we know it. Paul Kriwaczek tells their extraordinary story. ...

Powerful portrayal of life for West Indian youths in London in the early 1980s. DJ for Brixton reggae sound system ' Ital Lion Sound', Blue (Brinsley Forde) is getting ready for the local sound system showdown with rival crew, Jah Shaka. But as the day of the competition approaches, Blue suddenly sees his life falling apart. After losing his job, he's beaten up by the police on a trumped-up charge, & then discovers that all of his sound equipment has been destroyed by local white residents, hostile to his music. Tired of having to deal with the constant daily pressures of racial-hatred & intolerance, Blue finally decides to take matters into his own hands, & strikes out at his oppressors. ...

Translated from the Russian, this razor-sharp satire on consumer culture, Russian style, follows the irresistible rise of a Moscow advertising copywriter, who specialises in adjusting Western adverts to the Eastern mentality & selling Pepsi, Seven-up, Gucci, Mercedes & Reebok to the rising middle class. ...

This collection of weird & wonderful postcards shows babies as never seen before. Babies hatch from eggs, bubble from cauldrons, are fished from rivers, emerge in the cabbage patch, sit atop clouds, & ride in zepplins. They play instruments, drive automobiles, fly in balloons, harvest the fields; an anarchistic world of baby heaven. ...

In the sixth millennium BC, settlers on the banks of the Tigris & Euphrates rivers created the world's first cities. In doing so, they wrote the opening chapter of the history of human civilization as we know it. Paul Kriwaczek tells their extraordinary story. ...

Before Alexander the Great there was a vast world empire ruled by the Persians, & influenced by a captured Jew named Daniel.

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A feature film spin-off of the popular sci-fi series. In the year 2276, the aged Centauri Emperor Londo Mollari relates the events which led to the eruption of the Earth/ Minbari war & the creation of Babylon 5. The war is accidentally triggered when an Earth warship destroys a Minbari leader, & the resulting chaos engulfs the young John Sheridan, Ambassador Delenn & college student Susan Ivanova. ...

A made-for-video return for the cult Sci-Fi show finds President Sheridan (Bruce Boxleitner) on his way back to Babylon 5 for the tenth anniversary of the Interstellar Alliance. With trouble brewing, he can avert an impending crisis on Earth only if he's willing to sacrifice some of his principles. Commander Lochley (Tracy Scoggins) is forced to deal with an unexpected presence on the station. ...

Three standalone, full-length feature films from the award-winning science fiction series. In ' Third Space', an Earth scientist (Shari Belafonte) arrives to study an ancient relic that has been salvaged from hyperspace & brought aboard the space station. The relic soon affects the crew members, who begin to experience disturbing dreams containing images of vast ships & towers. The dreams increase in intensity, & more questions arise regarding the relic's true origins. Could it really be a life-threatening space trap? In ' River of Souls', the Babylon 5, now under the command of Captain Elizabeth Lochley (Tracy Scoggins), is placed under threat once again when archaeologist Robert Bryson (Ian Mc Shane) arrives with an ancient artefact. The object, which Bryson shows to Mr Garibaldi (Jerry Doyle), contains billions of souls from a long-lost civilisation. However, the Soul Hunters are hot on Bryson's trail, & when the souls are released into the station's holo-brothel they attempt to exact revenge on those responsible for their imprisonment. In 'A Call to Arms', it seems that Interstellar Alliance President John Sheridan (Bruce Boxleitner) has finally succeeded in forging peace throughout the galaxy when allies of the Shadows threaten a suicidal attack on Earth. The alliance respond by deploying untested defence ships the Victory & Excalibur, but will these be enough to save the Earth? ...