Micky McAvoy is a vicious, small-time crook out to make a name for himself in the London underworld. He and his gang have mapped out the 'perfect crime', one that will elevate their status among violent criminals everywhere. However, a shocking discovery during the job causes loyalties to shift within the goup...and allows the cops to put unbearable heat on someone who can bring the whole operation crashing down.

Together with Royal Shakespeare Company actors including Patrick Stewart, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Ben Kingsley, and David Suchet, director John Barton demonstrates how to adapt Elizabethan theater for the modern stage. Barton begins by explicating Shakespeare's verse and prose, speeches and soliloquies, and naturalistic and heightened language to discover the essence of his characters. In the second section, Barton and the actors explore nuance...

The adventures, heartaches and rites of passage of the fighter pilots of RAF Hornet Squadron during World War II.

Three episodes of the impeccably turned-out diminutive Belgian sleuth. With the his razor sharp mind and the aid of the affabel Captain Hastings, Poirot unravels the thorniest cases without mussing a hair of his famously sculpted mustache. Set in the elegance 1930's England, the series also includes Chief Inspector Japp and Miss Lemon.

Three episodes of the impeccably turned-out diminutive Belgian sleuth. With the his razor sharp mind and the aid of the affabel Captain Hastings, Poirot unravels the thorniest cases without mussing a hair of his famously sculpted mustache. Set in the elegance 1930's England, the series also includes Chief Inspector Japp and Miss Lemon.

Three hour-long mysteries. "The kidnapped prime minister": Poirot is called to solve the case when Britain's prime minister vanishes on the eve of important international negotiations. "The adventure of the western star": Poirot is called to investigate when a Belgian film star's priceless diamond disappears after she receives threatening letters. "How does your garden grow?" : An alleged Communist conspiracy casts suspicion on the Russian servant...

A collection of movie-length episodes of the popular television series about a Belgian sleuth.

From the death of Lady Bellamy on the Titanic to the coming of World War I, the saga of life and love in Edwardian England continues.

A brash American writer living in London hires the perfect British butler and then struggles to retain the upper hand--and the last word. Cultures clash as she pits her anti-British views against his old-school attitudes.