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Billy Connolly's most requested comedy clips - in addition to his first live TV performance. Billy is universally recognised as the master of observational humour, and here we see the comic genius at his hilarious best. 'You Asked for It' features extracts from Billy's most popular TV and theatrical stand-up performances, as well as his first ever TV special, broadcast in 1976. - Director:
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- Billy Connolly
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Smiley (Alec Guinness) and Karla (Patrick Stewart) in the final confrontation. The bespectacled spymaster is once more called from retirement to come to the aid of the 'Circus' - and he returns with a vengeance. The murder of an emigre Soviet General, who was also a British agent, sends him digging into the past on a twisted trail across Europe that moves, inexorably, towards a final showdown with his old adversary, Karla of Moscow Centre. - Director:
- Simon Langton
- Cast:
- Alec Guinness, Eileen Atkins, Bill Paterson
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Horrible Histories: The Movie: Rotten Romans (2019)Horrible Histories the Movie: Rotten Romans
Atti is a Roman teenager with brains but very little brawn. When one of his schemes falls foul of Emperor Nero, Atti is forced to join the army and sent to miserable, cold, wet Britain. Things go from bad to worse when Atti is captured by Orla (Emilia Jones), a feisty teenage Celt desperate to prove herself as a warrior. Meanwhile a furious Nero is determined to crush the British rebellion, led by Boudicca (Kate Nash). As the Romans prepare for an historic showdown with the Celts at the Battle of Watling Street the two new friends find themselves lined up on opposite sides of the battlefield. - Director:
- Dominic Brigstocke
- Cast:
- Sebastian Croft, Emilia Jones, Nick Frost
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This dramatisation of John Le Carre's novel proved a landmark in British Television. It received supreme critical acclaim for the screenplay by Arthur Hopcraft, the star Alec Guiness and the camerawork of Tony Pierce-Roberts. In Alec Guiness's first major TV role he plays George Smiley, a retired agent who is secretly brought into 'the Circus' (the code name for British Secret Intelligence Service) to root out a top-level mole. Gradually piecing together the story, the weary but determined Smiley trawls through the murky waters of Cold War espionage and his own past. - Director:
- John Irvin
- Cast:
- Alec Guinness, Michael Jayston, Anthony Bate
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Disney's 'The Lion King', directed by Jon Favreau, journeys to the African savanna where a future king is born. Simba (voices of Donald Glover and JD McCrary) idolizes his father, King Mufasa (voice of James Earl Jones), and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar (voice of Chiwetel Ejiofor), Mufasa's brother - and former heir to the throne - has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his. - Director:
- Jon Favreau
- Cast:
- Donald Glover, Beyoncé Knowles, Seth Rogen
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The team signs on for a mission that looks like an easy paycheck. But things quickly go wrong for Barney and his band of old-school mercenaries when one of their own is killed by a psychotic terrorist-for-hire. Hell-bent on payback, they cut a swathe of destruction through enemy territory and wreak havoc upon their opponents. In the midst of the mayhem, they must also shut down an unexpected threat in the nick of time - preventing five tonnes of weapons-grade plutonium from falling into the wrong hands. - Director:
- Simon West
- Cast:
- Sylvester Stallone, Liam Hemsworth, Randy Couture
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It's the summer of 1963, and 17 year old Frances "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is about to learn some major lessons in life as well as a thing or two about dancing. On holiday in America's Catskill Mountains with her older sister and parents, "baby" shows little interest in the resort activities, and instead discovers her own entertainment when she stumbles upon the staff's quearters where an all-night dance party is in full swing. Mesmerised by the raunchy dance moves and the pounding rhythms, "baby" can't wait to be part of the scene, especially when she catches sight of sexy, heart-throb Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) the resort dance instructor. "baby's" life is about to changhe forever as she is thrown in at the deep end as Johnny's leading lady both on-stage and off with breath-taking consequences. - Director:
- Emile Ardolino
- Cast:
- Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach
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Sylvester Stallone stars as Barney Ross, leader of The Expendables, a tight-knit team of skilled combat vets turned mercenaries. Hired by a powerful covert operator, the team jets off to a small South American country to overthrow a ruthless dictator. Once there, they find themselves caught in a deadly web of deceit and betrayal. Using every weapon at their disposal, they set out to save the innocent and punish the guilty in this blistering action-packed thriller. - Director:
- Sylvester Stallone
- Cast:
- Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li
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Die Hard 2 (1989)Die Hard 2: Die Harder
On a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation's capital, a team of terrorists has seized a major international airport and now holds thousands of holiday travellers hostage. The terrorists, a renegade band of crack military commandos led by a murderous rogue officer (William Sadler), have come to rescue a drug lord from justice. They've prepared for every contingency except one: John McClane, an off-duty cop gripped with a feeling of deadly deja vu. Bruce Willis returns as the heroic cop who battles not only terrorists, but also an incompetent airport police chief (Dennis Franz), the hard-headed commander (John Amos) of the Army's anti-terrorist squad and a deadly winter snowstorm. The runways are littered with death and destruction, and McClane is in a race against time. His wife (Bonnie Bedelia) is trapped on one of the planes circling overhead, which is desperately low on fuel. - Director:
- Renny Harlin
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- Bruce Willis, William Atherton, Bonnie Bedelia
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Bruce Willis stars as New York City Detective John McClane, newly arrived in Los Angeles to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia). But as McClane waits for his wife's office party to break-up, terrorists seize control of the building. While the terrorist leader, Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) and his savage henchman (Alexander Godunov) round up hostages, McClane slips away unnoticed. Armed with only a service revolver and his wits, McClane launches his own one-man war. - Director:
- John McTiernan
- Cast:
- Bruce Willis, Chuck Riley, Bonnie Bedelia
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The Nile: 5,000 Years of History (2019)The Nile: Egypt's Great River with Bettany Hughes
Bettany Hughes sets sail on an epic journey through the history and highlights of Ancient Egypt. Travelling on her own traditional Dahabiya boat Bettany will journey almost 1000 miles from Cairo to the Aswan Dam on the mighty River Nile stopping off at the most iconic and dazzling sites along the way From ancient gossip on the sex lives of the rich and famous to a close up encounter with King Tut's grandmother this colourful travelogue interweaves mystery, revelation, stunning visuals and diverse modern-day encounters to create a unique and unforgettable journey through the highlights of Ancient Egyptian history. - Director:
- Caterina Turroni
- Cast:
- Bettany Hughes
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Mission Impossible 2 (2000)Mission: Impossible II
How do you prevent terrorists from unleashing mayhem on the entire world? You don't. This is a job for IMF agent Ethan Hunt. The world's greatest spy returns in the movie event of the year, M:I-2. Top action director John Woo brings his own brand of excitement to the mission that finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) partnering up with the beautiful Nyah Hall (Thandie Newton) to stop renegade agent Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott) from releasing a new kind of terror on an unsuspecting world. But before the mission is complete, they'll traverse the globe and have to choose between everything they love and everything they believe in. - Director:
- John Woo
- Cast:
- Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton
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Guy Martin: The World's Fastest Van? (2018)Guy Martin's The World's Fastest Van? / Guy Martin vs. the Robot Car
Pushing man and machine to the limit. Can Guy Martin and his favourite transit become undisputed king of the vans?
The World's Fastest Van? (2018)In a very personal challenge, Guy Martin completely remodels his beloved Transit van to try and break two very tough speed records. Three years ago, Guy crashed that favourite Transit and wrote it off. He was gutted, but rather than letting it go to the breaker's yard, Guy rebuilt his van as a blisteringly fast racing machine, which he raced across the Nevada desert at 165 mph. Now, Guy's on a whole new mission with his favourite van - he wants set a new world speed record for a Transit van and break the van lap record at the Nurburgring in Germany. But the huge undertaking threatens to end in disaster.
Guy Martin vs. The Robot Car (2017)
Guy Martin investigates autonomous vehicles, attempts to build a robotic ford transit, and takes on an artificially intelligent race car. What's fastest, man or machine?- Director:
- Ewan Keil
- Cast:
- Shaun Dooley, Guy Martin
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Kursk: The Last Mission (2018)The Command
Based on the gripping true story of the Kursk submarine tragedy of 2000 in which 188 men lost their lives, 'Kursk: The Last Mission' is a tense submarine thriller from critically-acclaimed director Thomas Vinterberg. When a Russian naval exercise goes horribly wrong, the Kursk submarine erupts in flames killing most of the men on-board and sending the trapped survivors to the bottom of the sea. Time is running out for Russian Captain Mikhail Averin (Matthias Schoenaerts) and his crew, as fire engulfs the vessel, starving them of oxygen. Ignoring the advice of their own people, the Russian government refuses the help of the UK Navy operation headed by Commodore David Russell (Colin Firth). When they finally give way to mounting domestic pressure, it's too little too late... - Director:
- Thomas Vinterberg
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- Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek
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The world has been thrown into turmoil by the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Opportunity and misfortune are everywhere. Tommy Shelby MP (Cillian Murphy) is approached by a charismatic politician (Sam Claflin) with a bold vision for Britain. He soon realises that his response will affect not just his own family's future but that of the entire nation. - Director:
- Anthony Byrne
- Cast:
- Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson
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