Micawber is a 2001 ITV comedy drama series starring David Jason. It was written by John Sullivan, based upon the character of Wilkins Micawber from Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield, although the storylines were original. Sullivan had originally written an adaptation of Dickens' novel which was rejected by the BBC in favour of the 1999 Adrian Hodges adaptation.
It was broadcast in four parts, the first part on Boxing Day 2001 and starred a number of well-known British actors and actresses. Notably, the first episode was scheduled against the BBC's sitcom Only Fools and Horses, also starring Jason and written by Sullivan.
Two schoolteachers, Nick and Brian, tour small-town America in their 1968 golden Cadillac convertible, encountering awesome people and places that make the nation great.
The Family Gorgeous, a drag collective from Manchester, travel around Britain helping ordinary people overcome their fears and embrace their inner drag.of the day and night. Little did she know the nightmare that was about to take place.
Decked Out is a Canadian home renovation television series, which airs on HGTV Canada. Hosted by Paul Lafrance, a contractor who owns Cutting Edge Construction and Design in Pickering, Ontario, each episode depicts Lafrance and his team designing and building a unique and dramatic deck for a client.
Prior to launching his own series, Lafrance appeared on several episodes of Breakfast Television and Holmes Inspection.
Lafrance subsequently also launched Deck Wars, a spinoff program in which he moderates a competition between two homeowners each building their own decks.
Sweet Genius is an American reality-based cooking television series on the Food Network. Renowned pastry chef Ron Ben-Israel hosts this competition series in which four of America's premier pastry chefs compete in challenges, judged by Ben-Israel, that test their ability to use secret ingredients to create, based on a given inspiration, inventive desserts in a finite period of time. The winner of each challenge advances to the final test in which the last chef standing wins $10,000.
In this true crime series, we reveal as never before, what it's like to be a police officer working on the most incredible and inconceivable murder cases in criminal history in the UK and USA. Focusing solely on the perspective of the police, former policeman and Crimewatch presenter Rav Wilding narrates this series packed with revelations from the people who solved some of the most infamous murders from around the world. Featuring exclusive officer accounts, chilling interview recordings and stylish reconstructions, How I Caught The Killer provides a gripping insight into what it's like to work on indecipherable cases.
Last Chance for Romance is a half-hour documentary series about couples in crisis. Each episode features a couple at a relationship crossroads - some have only recently arrived, while others have been stuck there for years. Each couple is flown to a beautiful Caribbean resort for five days of therapy and relaxation. Free from the busy demands of everyday life, and immersed in a lush tropical paradise, couples are able to focus on how to improve their relationship. With its therapeutic mix of a tropical location, counseling, and activity, Last Chance for Romance offers viewers a fresh perspective on how to make relationships better.
Decorated pitmaster and U.S. Navy veteran Big Moe Cason is leaving his culinary comforts of the American South behind and heading off with an “Appetite for Adventure,” embarking on an epic global journey to seek out the planet’s most mouthwatering mythical dishes cooked over an open flame.
Ross Kemp: Back on the Frontline is a documentary series shown on Sky1. The show is hosted by actor Ross Kemp, best known for his role of Grant Mitchell in the show EastEnders.
A weekly children's series combining original songs and stories with classic nursery rhymes and fairy tales, using 3D computer animation and live characters. The series revolves around Pigasso, a pig, and Pookie, a wolf. Pigasso the pig and Pookie the wolf work and play in a curio shop in a children's series that mixes animation, live-action and puppetry.
Great Big Story is a global media company devoted to cinematic storytelling. Headquartered in New York, with a bureau in London, our studios create and distribute micro docs and short films, as well as series for digital, social, TV and theatrical release. Since our launch in late 2015, our producers have traveled to more than 100 countries to discover the untold, the overlooked and the flat-out amazing.
Medical marijuana dispensary owner Bob Kay hopes to grow his business into a budding empire as big business and politicians threaten to make head shops like his history.
Regarding criminality, not many genres inspire as much horror and revulsion as that of a serial killer. A predator in the most savage form. A beastly figure usually preying on the weak, innocent and vulnerable. Deeply-embedded negative and sometimes horrific experiences are the usual catalysts for their reign of terror. Take a look inside these murderous minds.
Three women contend with the weighty repercussions of a fraught medical decision, in this heart-rending Welsh drama. Sara is a fetal consultant who takes on her best friend, Elin, as a patient. But when Elin experiences complications, the midwife raises questions that put Sara's career at risk and her personal life under unbearable strain.
John "Nads" Naderi and Amir Bentatou live to celebrate that car tuning spirit as they transform Japanese performance cars into tuner icons with equal parts performance and style.