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- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
- The RSC puts a modern spin on Shakespeare's Hamlet in this filmed-for-television version of their stage production. The Prince of Denmark seeks vengeance after his father is murdered and his mother marries the murderer.
- A live stage production of the musical, filmed at the Playhouse Theatre in London, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the release of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).
- Director Peter Brook and group of actors and filmmakers fly to the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico in the Caribbean where they recall the film 'Lord of the Flies' (1963) which was filmed there thirty-five years earlier.
- The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
- A television adaptation of the classical Shakespeare play.
- A history of movies which have been certified with adult ratings by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) from 1951 when the 'X' Certificate was invented, right up until the present day of '18' and 'R18'.
- A series of documentaries about the visual arts in the 1980s.
- Celebrating 'Play for Today', the acclaimed series of controversial single dramas broadcast on BBC One between 1970 and 1984.
- The production of Dallas (1978) is discussed.
- BBC2 documentary of Eddie Izzard's first foray into world touring. Beginning in his "hometown" of Eastbourne and and culminating in his month long show in the East village of New York, Izzard travels to Paris (his first, unsuccessful French language show,) Copenhagen, Reykjavik, and Stockholm.
- A rare look at the the career of film director Pedro Almodóvar, especially his early works, with interviews with the director himself and his stars and admirers.
- A live, late-night post-Turner Prize discussion
- A playful exploration on the status and value of art, made for the opening night of the French cultural network La Sept, on May 8, 1987.
- Revealing and complex exploration of Barbara Hepworth's work features two parallel soundtracks. One is taken entirely from the artist's own words, drawn from interviews and letters, and newly recorded by Gina McKee.
- The Art of Francis Bacon explores many of his key canvases which have been newly filmed in HD. The works are complemented solely with Bacon's own words, recorded by Derek Jacobi. The artist's biography is outlined, but the focus is on his ideas: his thoughts about his work, and his reflections about how and why he paints.