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The Cabin

The Cabin

August 2, 2011

A pair of single parents, who have each brought their children to a remote Scottish resort for an annual family-and-games event, are accidentally booked into the same cabin. Naturally, they can't stand each other...at first.

Gordon Ramsay: Shark Bait

Gordon Ramsay: Shark Bait

August 1, 2011

In this one-hour special, Gordon investigates the history, culture and controversy surrounding the shark fishing industry. Each year, nearly 100 million sharks worldwide are killed for use of their fins in the traditional Chinese delicacy, driving a third of the world's shark species towards extinction. Gordon also goes diving in an attempt to gain a full understanding of the majestic animal.

My Life as a Turkey

My Life as a Turkey

August 1, 2011

Naturalist Jim Hutto's remarkable experience of being imprinted on by group of wild turkey hatchlings, and raising them to adulthood and beyond, in the remote wilderness of northern Florida.

Killer Mountain

Killer Mountain

August 1, 2011

A team of climbers is assembled by a rich and eccentric man to rescue a missing expedition he sent up to a forbidden mountain who disappeared after sending out one last disturbing radio message.

Serving Life

Serving Life

July 28, 2011

SERVING LIFE documents an extraordinary hospice program where hardened criminals care for dying fellow inmates. Narrated and executive produced by Academy Award®-winner Forest Whitaker, the film takes viewers inside Louisiana's maximum security prison at Angola, where the average sentence is more than 90 years.

Mademoiselle Julie

Mademoiselle Julie

July 26, 2011

Mademoiselle Julie is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg. It is set on Midsummer's Eve on the estate of a Count. The young woman of the title is drawn to a senior servant, a valet named Jean (Nicolas Bouchaud), who is particularly well-traveled, well-mannered and well-read. The action takes place in the kitchen of Mademoiselle Julie's father's manor, where Jean's fiancée, a servant named Christine (Bénédicte Cerutti), cooks and sometimes sleeps while Jean and Miss Julie talk. On this night the relationship between Miss Julie and Jean escalates rapidly to feelings of love and is subsequently consummated. Over the course of the play Miss Julie and Jean battle until Jean convinces her that the only way to escape her predicament is to commit suicide.

First Happiness

First Happiness

July 25, 2011

Five patients suffering from serious mental disorders, after therapy carried out at the mental health department, are entrusted to the care of Carmen who has the task of helping them resume a normal life and reintegrate into the social and working context. All of them go to live in the apartment where they are distrusted by their neighbours, intimidated by their strange habits. Only four of them will be able to regain possession of their lives, overcoming the dark tunnel into which their mind had fallen.

Nemici amici - I promessi suoceri

Nemici amici - I promessi suoceri

July 24, 2011

Osvaldo is a normal family man who, however, hides a big secret: he is in fact dealing with illegal activities on whose trail, for some time now, there has been Lucio, a policeman whose life is destined to cross several times that of his "prey": the children of the two men, in fact, met and fell in love without knowing that their parents have been in indirect conflict for some time.

Chhota Bheem: Master of Shaolin

Chhota Bheem: Master of Shaolin

July 21, 2011

Summoned by a monk to help reclaim a temple from a dangerous leader, Bheem must master the Shaolin kung fu techniques if he wants a fighting chance!

The Perfect Roommate

The Perfect Roommate

July 21, 2011

Carrie Remington seems like any other struggling waitress who's had a run of bad luck including a recent divorce. Things seem to be improving when she moves in with Ashley Dunnfield, a young woman from a wealthy background who's trying to make it on her own without assistance from her father, Richard. Ashley is thrilled when Carrie helps to win her father over, but when Carrie starts dating Richard, Ashley starts digging into her past and finds out that there is much she didn't know about her new roommate's sinister history.

Cyberbully

Cyberbully

November 10, 2011

A woman tries to help her teenage daughter when she becomes the victim of online bullying.

Japan's Tsunami: How It Happened

Japan's Tsunami: How It Happened

July 16, 2011

An investigation by Professor of Geological Sciences, Roger Bilham, of the science behind the earthquake and tsunami off the coast of Japan on March 11, 2011.

Keeping Up with the Randalls

Keeping Up with the Randalls

July 16, 2011

Alicia Crosby is a hugely successful children's fashion designer based in Los Angeles. Her personal life is equally successful as Alicia suspects her boyfriend Will Randall is going to pop the question any day now. But first, Alicia must survive meeting Will's family, which means getting down and dirty in their family's annual 'Reunion Races' where she is up against everyone from Will's mom, Barb, his dad, Doug, his seemingly sweet Grandma Dorie, to even Will's ex-girlfriend, Kris.

Kingdom of the Forest

Kingdom of the Forest

July 12, 2011

"Kingdom of the Forest" explores the wildlife of Europe's primeval forests. The full range of charismatic mammals and birds are captured with fascinating insights into hunting, reproduction and other behavior. This fascinating documentary also explores the hidden elements of the woodlands using long-term time lapse, super slow motion and extreme macro-photography.

Bonifacio in Summertime

Bonifacio in Summertime

October 12, 2011

Love has packed up and left the castle. The queen has snuck back to her Kingdom of Skedaddle. But one person’s loss is a scoundrel’s gain: Bonifacio, a teller of tall tales, sees in the forlorn queen the perfect target for his hackneyed charms. As summer approaches, he changes himself into a sweet talker and sings her praises. Things would have worked out perfectly if only Princess Molly hadn’t arrived on the scene. While visiting her mother, she quickly discovers the hoax: the queen thinks she’s found a new husband in Bonifacio. But the swindling storyteller is really only interested in the kingdom’s legends.

A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!

A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!

July 9, 2011

The television movie is set in the city of Dimmsdale and centers on the series' main protagonist Timmy Turner with his fairy godparents Cosmo and Wanda and his fairy godbrother Poof. In the movie, Timmy is now 23 years old but is still in fifth grade with his fairy-obsessed fifth grade teacher Mr. Crocker. Despite being grown up, Timmy finds a loophole in the fairy rulebook Da Rules: if he continues to act like a kid, he will still get to keep his fairies. However, the dilemma rises when Tootie, who was once a dorky girl when she was 10 years old, returns to Dimmsdale as an attractive woman. Timmy falls in love with her, a sign that he is growing up to an adult, which means he is closer to losing his fairies. Meanwhile, an oil business tycoon named Hugh J. Magnate, Jr., who teams up with Mr. Crocker, plans to use Timmy's fairies' magic in order to promote his oil business.

La très excellente et divertissante histoire de François Rabelais

La très excellente et divertissante histoire de François Rabelais

July 8, 2011

Sensual, facetious, satirical and mocking, François Rabelais born at the end of the 15th century, alone embodies the Middle Ages, this fertile era from which the modern world emerged, and the spirit of research, of intellectual fever of the Renaissance, its enthusiasms and its aspirations.

La Vie en miettes

La Vie en miettes

July 6, 2011

Juan Muñoz, poeta del espacio

Juan Muñoz, poeta del espacio

July 1, 2011

A walk through the life and work of the Spanish sculptor, writer and illustrator Juan Muñoz (1953-2001), the so-called Poet of Space.

Tom Papa: Live in New York City

Tom Papa: Live in New York City

July 1, 2011

From the Union Square Theater in New York City, veteran comic Tom Papa discusses a variety of topics, ranging from living with the worst roommates in the world to the difficulties of keeping up with rapidly changing technology.