France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man’s land that the French and the Scots dispute with the Germans…

A selection of performances by Manchester-based acts culled from the BBC archives.

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he’s poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

Approaching collapse, the nation’s economy is quickly eroding. As crime and fear take over the countryside, the government continues to exert its brutal force against the nation’s most productive who…

Antonio and Nikola are inseparable friends who live across the road from each other, and share a love of pyrotechnics and mobile phones. Their families have been in dispute for…

Rocco, a lonely boy who almost eighteen, wants to move to the capital to realize his greatest dream: to become a dancer, but the reality that awaits him will not…

Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place…

When Jarah loses her husband, her child, her land and her innocence she embarks on a brutal journey of of retribution and revenge that transforms into redemption and reconciliation.

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese’s style.

Hercules and Iolaus take time out from Iolaus’ wedding preparations, to help a distant village under attack from “monsters”. When they reach their destination, they find the monsters are in…

A young journalist journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancé only to encounter a mythical creature who longs to die.

The Penitent Man tells the story of psychologist Dr. Jason Pyatt, a man devoted to his work – a man torn from his family. With his struggling marriage and mounting…