Various actors, presenters, directors and other staff who have worked at the iconic BBC Television Centre at Shepherd's Bush in London reminisce about their time there.
A broken man searching for purpose.
Chuck Peterson is a young slacker with big dreams. Disowned by his family and ignored by his peers, he diligently pursues his dreams of writing a fantastic children's book to become famous and strike it rich. But due to a bipolar disorder and lack of creative talent, he slums his way through life relying on small time scams to keep himself afloat. When his gangster roommate makes him an offer he can't refuse, Chuck immediately takes the chance to clear himself of all his debts. But things go from bad to worse when the plan makes Chuck a prime murder suspect among a plethora of pornographers and terrorists!
In a Kingdom where the monarch is increasing control onto its citizens, two friends share a bittersweet goodbye.
Wong Sai Tung, un ancien analyste financier, souffre de désordres bipolaires. Après un séjour à l’hôpital, son père tente de l’accompagner dans son retour à une vie normale. Mais les deux hommes se connaissent à peine et les conditions de vie difficiles, avec lesquelles ils doivent composer, exacerbent les tensions.
Hambourg, Allemagne, 1939. Obtenir un passage à bord du paquebot « St. Louis » semble être le dernier espoir de salut pour plus de 900 Juifs allemands qui, cherchant désespérément à échapper aux atroces persécutions dont ils sont victimes de la part du régime nazi, ont l'intention d'émigrer à Cuba.
After the death of their abusive father, two estranged twin brothers must reunite and sell off his property.
Argentine, 1978. Un journaliste italien est envoyé en Argentine afin de couvrir la Coupe du monde du football et souhaite profiter de l'occasion pour renouer avec sa famille émigrée en Amérique. Au cours de ses recherches, il fera la connaissance d'Ana, une militante, de laquelle il va peu à peu tomber amoureux et par laquelle il va découvrir les horreurs dont se rend responsable la dictature militaire.
A young boy with down syndrome attends his first year in a "regular" classroom. This documentary traces that year and the changes that take place for Peter, his teacher, and the other students. Oscar-winning documentary short from 1992.
David McDoll is a selfish and wealthy man living an enviable lifestyle in his large villa and collecting fancy cars. However, his life is about to be changed forever when he inherits his six grandchildren. His glamorous lifestyle quickly becomes complete chaos. But he will learn a valuable lesson that teaches him about placing family first and discovering a newfound appreciation for life.
Vasily Muravin, 50, a teacher at the Moscow Institute of Management, is experiencing a crisis. At work, the place of the head of the department is replaced by the more pragmatic, but limited person Valentin Romanovsky. At home, his wife Lida, who earns at work more than her husband, habitually reproaches him for indecision. It’s hard for Muravin to come to terms with his established attitude to himself, but he is most worried when his wife shows disrespect for his main hobby - playing the guitar. Once, unable to bear the bullying, Muravin suddenly leaves the family (wife and daughter) and from work.
After her son gets killed in a car crash, Elena loses all lust for life. Recovering from the crash in a hospital a stranger, David, kidnaps her and takes her for a mysterious journey in an old camper.
Life of Greta Bücking and Paul Markwart seems to be in perfect order. Both are happily married - until they find out that their spouse died in a plane crash. But increasingly compacted suspected that Lutz Bücking and Karin Markwart were not traveling on business, but on the way to their common love nest, is a cozy hotel on Amrum.
A husband and wife, whose marriage is built on shifting sand, find themselves imprisoned by a sadistic killer - forced to make choices that will ultimately determine their family's survival or demise.
Filmed record of a burlesque show, featuring Tempest Storm in a Technicolor segment.