Actor David Thewlis returns to his home town of Blackpool, a place where beer is drunk and dreams are played out against the backdrop of a thoroughly British fantasy. Show more
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Drama about a woman (Thandie Newton) who is forced to leave Africa when her husband is wrongly imprisoned, becoming housekeeper to a reclusive pianist (David Thewlis) in Italy. Show more
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Episode 1
54 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Seven-year-old Jess lives with her dominating mother until she is rudely removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Episode 3
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four
Jess meets Katy, who replaces Melanie in her affections. Her one true friend Elsie is ailing, and local undertaker Cissy Fields takes her in when Mother and flock disown her. Show more
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Episode 2
55 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four
Jess, now 16, meets Melanie and falls in love. The pastor, the congregation and Jess's mother suspect, culminating in a devastating denouement in front of the congregation. Show more
The tale of an unlikely friendship between Bruno (Asa Butterfield), the son of a Nazi commandant, and Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), a Jewish boy held captive in a concentration camp. Show more
Biopic of Aung San Suu Kyi. After returning to Burma to care for her sick mother, Kyi becomes involved in the move for reform and is arrested - but her husband never gives up. Show more
Drama based on the true story of a mountaineer (Brad Pitt) who finds himself in Tibet at the outbreak of the Second World War, where he forms a friendship with the Dalai Lama. Show more
Wartime drama. It is 1914, and struggling Devon farmer Ted Narracott buys a remarkable but unsuitable horse at auction. However, events soon take the horse far away from England. Show more
Tense thriller exploring elements of chance and luck, in which a neurotic woman stranded in the Californian desert is rescued by a passing motorist. Show more
Uncle Albert turns fall guy to help solve the boys' financial problems, and Del helps to burst Rodney's dreams of pop stardom. Show more
Drama. The mysterious 'Inspector Goole' interrupts a wealthy family's party to tell them a young woman died of suicide that night. But what does that have to do with them? Show more
Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz star in the story of British amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, who attempted to circumnavigate the world solo in 1969 and whose controversial voyage ended in tragedy.
Having long lived with depression and paranoid schizophrenia, Jane encounters new sources of love and joy after meeting the flamboyant but equally troubled Mike. Show more
The rise and decline of the Kray twins, London's most legendary gangsters, set against the backdrop of the city in the Swinging Sixties.
The Singing Detective
Episode 6: Who Done It
1 hour, 15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four
Available for 8 months
In the final part of Dennis Potter's classic drama serial with music, as fiction and fact fight for the same space, the plots and narratives head to their conclusions. Show more
A jealous twin steals his dead brother's identity, with his bachelor lifestyle and generous army pension, even comforting his wife under the pretence he is her brother-in-law. Show more
British drama following Charlie Bright (Paul Nicholls) and his friends over one hot summer on the housing estate where they live, as their lives take them in different directions. Show more