When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds himself on the miserable children's ward of St Hugo's Hospital, where he is greeted by a terrifying-looking porter and wicked matron. But things aren't as bad as they seem and Tom is soon to embark on the most thrilling journey of a lifetime!
TV Movie aired on "RMC Décourverte". Summary: On October 13, 1917, at 5 a.m. in the Cova da Iria meadow in Portugal, tens of thousands of people arrived from all over the country. They are waiting in the rain for a so-called miracle announced 3 months earlier by a woman who would have appeared to 3 children. This miracle would be linked to a secret, which would have been entrusted by the Virgin to the three young shepherds on the same day and which fuels controversy and concern. 4 years of investigation and filming in 13 countries were necessary to finally lift the veil on this secret which has terrified the greatest world government, the Vatican, for 101 years.
Documentary about the inspired Portuguese pianist and composer António de Lima Fragoso (1897-1918), who died at a very young age (21), victim of the Spanish flu. Includes some of his compositions, as well as several testimonials about his life and work.
In 1940s Japan, the wealthy head of the Inugami Clan dies, setting off a chain of bizarre, gruesome murders. Detective Kindaichi must unravel the clan’s terrible secrets of forbidden liaisons, monstrous cruelty, and disguised identities to find the murderer.
A BBC Four Slow Christmas treat follows Norway’s Sami reindeer herds as they migrate across the mountainous region of Finnmark, far north of the Arctic Circle. The journey, a little over 160 miles, takes the herd a week, travelling north from the inland winter feeding grounds to their coastal summer pastures. The film travels with the Sara family and their herd around the clock as they cross the Arctic wilderness to reach the coastal island of Kvaloya Fala in time for the calves to be born. It is a journey fraught with hazardous weather conditions.
The king is seriously ill and his only daughter, Princess Michaela, learns of an ancient legend about the miraculous crown of King Svarog, which could heal her father. She sets out to find the lost kingdom, but on the way she needs to shoe her horse and sharpen her sword. So she stops in the village and looks for the blacksmith Martin, a kind-hearted, hard-working young man who has been blind since birth. He and the princess catch each other's eye, and when she doesn't return from a dangerous journey, Martin sets out to find her. He is accompanied by a goblin, who in exchange for a sweet bun will also provide him with good advice and cheerful company. Can the blind young man Martin cope with all the obstacles and evil spells that stand in his way?
A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets, and forces them to live on a rundown council estate.
Set and filmed at the iconic Maida Vale studios, The Dead Room tells the story of a long-running radio horror series and its veteran presenter and national treasure Aubrey Judd. But times are changing. Tastes are shifting. There’s a new young producer. Whatever happened to the classic ghost stories? The good old days? Aubrey soon discovers that all is not quiet in the eerie radio studio and that elements of his own past are not as dead and buried as he perhaps hoped…
A great famine threatens the country. Before people die of hunger, they turn into birds - as does little Ida. Therefore, her big sister Jola runs desperately into the deep forest to find some food for the family.
Samantha, a freelance photographer, is returning to Cape Cod for the first time since the death of her mother years earlier. She’s going to celebrate her father’s Christmas Eve wedding but is anxious to revisit past memories. On a deadline for a big Christmas spread that could ignite her career, she enlists the help of her childhood friend, Mike, to show her around. In the time she spends in Cape Cod, she realizes that Christmas is wherever your family is.
When architect and Christmas amateur Steven finds himself hosting his family for Christmas, he recruits holiday coordinator Gretchen to bring holiday joy to his home. Gretchen’s expert Christmas spirit brings Steven’s family together, but neither expected it to bring them closer to each other. After a great opportunity presents itself to Gretchen, she and Steven must decide what’s really important in life.
Ellie Hartman is an aspiring crafter working in her small town’s bakery making famous Christmas Kringles. When the new, big-city CEO Nick Carlingson visits the bakery, he arrives filled with modernization ideas destined to lay off many employees.
Darcy has always worked hard to prove herself and be successful on her own terms, even choosing to start her own company, rather than work with her father. Returning to her hometown for Christmas, Darcy reconnects with an old rival, restaurant owner Luke, and they are forced to plan a charity event together. As Darcy spends time with her family and Luke, she starts to realize what matters most in life and sets out to mend her relationship with her father, and possibly fall in love.