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The journey that led to Charles Dickens' creation of "A Christmas Carol," a timeless tale that would redefine Christmas.

It's Hogswatch (equivalent to Christmas) on the Discworld and the Hogfather has gone missing, requiring Death to take his place while his granddaughter Susan endeavors to find out what has happened.

A cowardly wizard is roped into a life of adventure. A tale from the first two books of Terry Pratchett's fantasy series "Discworld".

Sex and love. Some seek it, some need it, some spurn it, and some pay for it, but we're all involved in it. Set on one afternoon on Hampstead Heath, London, this movie investigates the minutiae of seven couples. What makes us tick?

The story of Ian Hamilton, a dedicated nationalist who reignited Scottish national pride in the 1950s with his daring raid on the heart of England to bring the Stone of Scone back to Scotland.

Culture critic Jiminy Glick gets tied up in a murder case at the Toronto Film Festival.

Sam Murray runs a restaurant. He and Sarah grew up together and Sam hoped they'd grow old together.

A documentary about the making of Hogfather (2006).

The story follows decathlon champion Daley Thompson's journey from humble roots to Olympic glory, exploring his sporting feats, personal challenges as father and son through exclusive footage and archives.

Howard Spitz is a cranky, has-been detective novelist out of money and out of luck - until he meets eight-year-old Samantha, who convinces him he has what it takes to write children's books.

An unwanted statue of the Virgin Mary affects an entire community after an apparent miracle in a chip shop.

"Cruel and Unusual" is the story of three men who have spent longer in solitary confinement than any other prisoners in the US because of the murder of a prison guard in 1972 at Angola, the Louisiana state penitentiary. Robert King, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox were convicted by bribed and blind eye witnesses and with no physical evidence. Targeted as members of the Black Panther party the film follows their struggle against the miscarriage of justice and their cruel and unusual treatment. Their story culminated in 2016 with the release of Albert Woodfox after 43 years in solitary confinement.

Tells the shocking and unbelievable story of Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox and Robert King, three black men from rural Louisiana who were held in solitary confinement in the biggest prison in the U.S., an 18,000-acre former slave plantation known as Angola. Woodfox and Wallace, founding members of the first prison chapter of the Black Panther Party, worked along with King to speak out against the inhumane treatment and racial segregation in the prison. King was released in 2001 after almost thirty years of solitary confinement. Woodfox and Wallace, convicted in the highly contested stabbing death of white prison guard Brent Miller, remain in Angola where they have spent more than thirty-six years in solitary confinement. Made aware of their plight, Congressman John Conyers, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, visited Wallace and Woodfox in prison in March 2008. This documentary tells the ongoing story of the case of these three extraordinary men.

Behind the faded grandeur of a seaside resort, the vulnerable and poor become prey for local predators

A romantic comedy adventure based on true events involving Brigette Bardot and her friends in the summer of 1964 in Rio, Buzios, Paris and on the Greek island of Hydra.

A documentary following the England soccer player the year after his devastating injury in the 2006 World Cup finals, through to his triumphant international return for the England soccer team.

An immigrant taxi driver reluctantly takes his female passenger through a number of unplanned stop-offs during a long night-time journey. Various revelations along the way gradually reveal that each struggles with a different side of the same issue. The final location at dawn leaves the two characters changed forever.

Frank Chogsworth was a sane and loving husband and father until his craving for condiments got out of control, and eventually landed him in prison. At Condimentalists Anonymous, Frank explores how his addiction started and what strange roads it led him down.

Punting beer barrels, salvaging cars and piloting container ships, Stephen Frost and Mark Arden lead us on a journey down one of the world's greatest working waterways. Along the way they explore the continuities between the working Thames of the past and the river today. This enforced intimacy with the river unveils some surprising stories; revealing an industrial river that survives behind the picture postcard image of the Thames. Starting from a small hollow in a field in Gloucestershire, and ending in the blustery expanse of the English Channel, each episode exposes the working life of the river Thames in all it's grit and grime. Steve and Mark's hands-on approach to the river shapes their interaction with everyone they meet along the way. At the heart of each episode is a river related task that they can only complete by enlisting the help of the port pilots, lock keepers, dredgers and ferrymen they bump into. As they share their contemporary skills and stories, the rivermen provide the springboard to explore the working Thames of the past, an industrial waterway that linked the rural heart of England to the global Empire. In this informal way, Steve and Mark learn about the history, technology and ecology of the river from those who live and work on it. The journey brings them into contact with a constantly changing cast of characters who share their insider's experience of river life; revealing the Thames to be both a working river, and a piece of 'liquid history'