At the dawn of history, the ancient Egyptians showed the world how to build the impossible... In an age before machines, when copper was the strongest metal yet discovered, great pharaohs like Khufu and Ramses II demonstrated how boundless ambition and vast quantities of human labour could transform rock and stone into some of the most incredible monuments ever created from carving out spectacular tombs in the Valley Of The Kings to the building of the iconic Great Pyramid. In this fascinating documentary special we uncover the secrets of Ancient Egypt Pharaoh, engineers and architects and bring to life great buildings and the ancient Egyptians saw them - towering over their great civilisation in the history of Africa, and perhaps the World....

Cass Brown is about to marry for the second time; his first marriage, to Isabel was annulled. But when he discovers that Isabel just had their baby, Cass kidnaps the infant to keep her from being adopted. Isabel's parents hunt for the child and discover that Cass and Isabel are still hopelessly in love.

As young dancers, they were best friends and fierce rivals. Deedee left the stage for marriage and motherhood, while Emma would become an international ballet icon. But when Deedee's teenage daughter is invited to join Emma's dance company and begins an affair with a young Russian star, the two women are forced to confront the choices they've made, the resentments they've hidden and the emotional truths they must face at the turning point.

Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her longtime philandering partner begins yet another casual affair with a younger woman. She soon learns that May-December romances with older women are frowned upon in society.

When an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they're both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.

The story focuses on high school girl Nagisa Yukiai who lives in a seaside town. She has believed her grandmother's story that spirits dwell in words and they are called "kotodama" (word spirit). One day, she strays into a mini FM station that has not been used for years. As an impulse of the moment, she tries to talk like a DJ using the facility. But her voice accidentally broadcasted reaches someone she has never expected.

Mankind attains longevity through gene manipulation, but finds itself on the road to extinction when the species loses the ability to reproduce. Their clones who rebelled 1,600 years ago are now known as Marigans and rule the bottomless underworld. Some of them seem to have become fertile and the government takes this as a ray of hope and decides to send civilians in to carry out an ecological study. Selected for the mission, Parton sets off on an adventure through a subterranean labyrinth crawling with monsters in order to secure humanity’s future.

Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadier makes various attempts to engage the students' interest in education, challenging both the school staff and the pupils. He is subjected to violence as well as duplicitous schemes.

Unge Jim Hawkins bliver givet et skattekort af en gammel pirat, og rejser med det gode skib Hispaniola ud for at finde Kaptajn Flint's begravede skat. Hvad ingen ved er at besætningen er Flint's gamle mænd, og kokken Long John Silver er deres leder, og de mener at skatten er retmæssigt deres og de skyr ingen midler for at få fingrene i den.

Kina, 1926. Jake Holman bliver tildelt posten som maskiningeniør på en amerikansk kanonbåd, der patruljerer på Yangtze-floden. Jake blander sig ikke i politik og har ikke nogen mening om amerikanernes tilstedeværelse i det uroplagede land.

Mens Spanien giver afkald på sine sidste kolonier, involveres en kamptræt forpost i en lang, brutal og indimellem bizar kamp med filippinske oprørere.

Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser-Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed to await death.

Greer Garson ("Madame Curie") vandt en Oscar som en engelsk husmor, hvis familie kæmper for at overleve 2. verdenskrig. Et stærkt krigstidsdrama som blev nomineret til 11 Oscars og vandt syv, deriblandt bedste film, instruktør og manuskript. Teresa Wright ("The Best Years of Our Lives") vandt en Oscar for bedste kvindelige birolle. Medstjernerne Walter Pigeon ("How Green Was My Valley"), Dame May Whitty ("Gaslight"), og Henry Travers ("It's a Wonderful Life") blev alle Oscar nominerede. Blev for nyligt udvalgt af det prestigefyldte amerikanske filminstitut som en af de 400 bedste amerikanske film nogensinde.

På samme dag på det berlinske Grand Hotel, attrår juveltyven baron Felix von Geigern både ballerinaen Grusinskayas juveler og den smukke Flaemmchen, elskerinde for Preysing, chefen for den uhelbredeligt syge Otto Kringelein. Blot 24 timer vil forandre disse menneskers liv for evigt i denne Hollywood-klassiker.

James McKay ankommer til det vilde vesten fra østkysten for at gifte sig med Henry Terrils forkælede datter, Pat. Henry ligger i bitter strid om vand med sin nabo Rufus. McKay kan ikke undgå at tage stilling i striden, men hans måde at løse konflikter på falder ikke i god jord hos hverken Henry, forvalteren Steve eller Pat. Kun Pats veninde, Julia, forstår, at McKays manglende lyst til nævekamp ikke nødvendigvis betyder, at han er en kujon.

Pistachio Disguisey er en godmodig tjener, som snart får vendt helt op og ned på sit liv. Den geniale forbryder Devlin Bowman har kidnappet Pistachios forældre og tvinger nu hans far Fabrizzio til at stjæle uvurderlige skatte rundt om i verden. Nu er det op til Pistachio at gøre noget, men hvordan? Hans bedstefar indvier ham i en familie hemmelighed: Han nedstammer fra en slægt af geniale mestre udi forklædningens kunst. Han bliver oplært i den gamle forvandlingskunst og med hjælp fra sin sexede assistent, en særlig bog for indviede og en magisk kugle ender det måske med, at Pistachio overrasker alle og enhver.

A henpecked housewife ekes out a meager existence, surrounded by a host of colorful characters: her ungrateful husband, her delinquent sons, her headstrong mother-in-law, and her sex worker neighbor, among others.

11:14 følger en række forskellige personer, der på den ene eller den anden måde bliver påvirket af nogle begivenheder, der sker præcis kl. 11:14 på en tilfældig aften et sted i USA. Et røveri, et mord, nogle unge ude på ballade og en beregnende teenagetøs er blot nogle af brikkerne i dette puslespil af en film.

Wealthy, sheltered Lina McLaidlaw is swept off her feet by charming ne'er-do-well Johnnie Aysgarth. Though warned that Johnnie is little more than a fortune hunter, Lina marries him anyway and remains loyal to her irresponsible husband as he plows his way from one disreputable business scheme to another. Gradually Lina comes to the conclusion that Johnnie intends to kill her in order to collect her inheritance.

Paris, 1942. Midt om natten går det franske politi fra hus til hus for at anholde jøder. Også tiårige Sarah og hendes forældre anholdes, men forinden lykkes det Sarah at skjule sin lillebror i et skab. 67 år senere kommer journalisten Julia på sporet af Sarahs historie. Hendes research afslører en række hemmeligheder, der forbinder hende selv til Sarah.