To save her bedridden ex-military father, Clara must fight the spirits of the soldiers he killed on the battlefield in a surreal world known simply as the Below. She is aided by a mischievous toy nutcracker, her only guide in a place where the ghosts of the past run rampant.
Set in 1973, a team of scientists decipher a mysterious signal from space and discover that it provides instructions to build a powerful super-computer. Once built, this computer provokes argument between two of leading team members, Fleming and Dawnay, over the machine's real intentions as it provides further instructions to create a living organism, which Dawnay starts to develop. Later it appears to compel lab assistant Christine to commit suicide, and when the organism is fully developed, it appears in the exact form of Christine, and named Andromeda. But what is the purpose of this "creature"?
A mischievous little pig demon attempts to steal a magical monster-catching gourd from the powerful half-god Feng Pan, only to end up captured and kept by his side. Together, this unlikely pair—a god and a demon—set off on a funny, touching journey filled with monster-catching escapades.
The events begin in a small Egyptian village in 1920, when a demon named Anees marries a human girl to have offspring. Her father discovers the truth and kills her to prevent her from becoming pregnant with the demon. Anees then embarks on a long journey of revenge with his family, spanning over three generations, revealing dark secrets and unexpected surprises.
Spine Chillers was a 1980 British children's supernatural television series broadcast on BBC1. It featured readings of classic ghost and horror stories aimed at older children, and ran for 20 episodes of 10 minutes each.
The Day After Tomorrow is a 1975 British science-fiction television drama produced by Gerry Anderson between the two series of Space: 1999. Written by Johnny Byrne and directed by Charles Crichton, it stars Brian Blessed, Joanna Dunham and Nick Tate, and is narrated by Ed Bishop. It first aired in the United States on NBC, as an episode of the children's science education series Special Treat, in December 1975. In the UK, BBC1 broadcast the programme as an independent special in December 1976, and again in December 1977. The plot of The Day After Tomorrow relates to the interstellar mission of Altares, a science vessel of the future that can travel at the speed of light. Departing from its original destination, Alpha Centauri, Altares moves deeper into space and her crew of three adults and two children encounter phenomena such as a meteor shower, a red giant star and, finally, a black hole, which pulls the ship into another universe.
Originally commissioned to produce a child-friendly introduction to Albert Einst
The legends of the Native American nations come to life in this epic miniseries, as two generations--a century-old storyteller and his grandson, a troubled 17-year-old boy--embark on a cross-country journey toward self-discovery.
All of Hong Kong’s 8 million citizens are wondering whether the stock market will achieve new heights, and struggling over whether their relationships will continue.
It is the year 2037, the world is dying from a virus that has rendered mankind infertile. Not a single child has been born in 25 years. Governments are powerless puppets for the world's biggest corporation Biocorp. They keep promising a cure that never comes. A pair of scientists travel back to 2017 in order to change the events of their past and prevent the virus from ever existing.
In the near future, the poor and the underprivileged will come together to form roving road gangs. They form hordes that increasingly worry the state. In order to thwart the small group, a police officer declared dead infiltrates the hordes ...
The Phoenix and the Carpet is a six-part British miniseries based on E. Nesbit's 1904 fantasy novel of the same name. Produced by HIT Entertainment for BBC One, it aired from 16 November to 21 December 1997.
Four Edwardian children find a strange egg in their newly-arrived Persian carpet. It hatches into a Phoenix bird that grants wishes and also transforms the rug into a magic carpet, which takes them on a series of adventures all over the world and at home.
Mission Backup Earth is a science fiction web series set in the 22nd century and deals with the human struggle to survive a cosmic catastrophe. The series follows the adventures of the survivors of mankind in their efforts to colonize a habitable exoplanet, where they will install the "human backup".
Four centuries into the future, Cadets Tom Corbett, Roger Manning and Astro are training to become Solar Guards. Their ship, the "Polaris" took them to numerous adventures, usually natural catastrophes rather than villains.
Marc, a ufologist, searches for his missing brother, Gabriel, believing he was abducted by aliens. An encounter with a mysterious woman challenges his presumptions, raising questions about an imminent alien invasion.