awwatchedthese's - Rented List

Alexander Armstrong travels to the Land of Fire and Ice to learn more about the unique nature and culture found there, visiting every corner of Iceland to experience the incredible sights and people.

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A novice teacher faces a class of rowdy, undisciplined working-class teenagers in this classic film that reflected some of the problems and fears that existed among young people in the 1960s.

Sidney Poitier gives one of his finest performances as Mark Thackeray, an out-of-work engineer who turns to teaching in London's tough East End. The graduating class, led by Denham (Christian Roberts), Pamela (Judy Geeson) and Barbara (Lulu, who also sings the hit title song), sets out to destroy Thackeray as they did his predecessor, by breaking his spirit. But Thackeray, no stranger to hostility, meets the challenge by treating the students as young adults who will soon enter a work force where they must stand or fall on their own. When offered an engineering job, Thackeray must decide if he wants to stay.

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Amy Adams and Matthew Goode star in Leap Year, a romantic comedy that follows one woman's determined quest to get married to the perfect guy... despite what fate has in store for her.

When their four-year anniversary passes without a marriage proposal, Anna decides to take matters into her own hands. Hearing of an Irish tradition that allows women to propose to men on February 29th, Anna decides to follow her boyfriend Jeremy (Adam Scott) to Dublin and get down on one knee herself. But airplanes, weather and fate leave Anna stranded on the other side of Ireland, and she must enlist the help of handsome and surly Declan to get her across the country. As Anna and Declan bicker across the Emerald Isle, they discover that the road to love can take you to very unexpected places.

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This Academy Award-winning documentary examines the critical post-World War II period from 1945-1948 and the plight of tens of thousands of refugees who survived the Nazi Holocaust but whom most of the world left to fend for themselves.

Their clandestine attempts to get to the Jewish homeland led to the creation of the State of Israel in 1948.

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A nail-biting fight against the clock to save Great Britain. This is the remarkable human drama behind the invention that was to prove pivotal in the Battle of Britain.

Eddie Izzard stars in this funny, moving and inspiring factual drama about the pioneering work on radar by a little known team of scientists in the run up to the Second World War. On 26th February 1935, Robert Watson-Watt demonstrated for the first time that aircraft could be detected by bouncing radio waves off them. By the time the war began in 1939, radar stations were dotted along the British coast, tracking aircraft at distances of 100 miles away. It was this invention - more than any other - that saved the RAF in the 1940 Battle of Britain. But getting to this stage was a battle in itself.

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In the taut thriller, when Nancy (Blake Lively) is surfing on a secluded beach, she finds herself on the feeding ground of a great white shark.

Though she is stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of Nancy's ingenuity, resourcefulness and fortitude.

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'Richard the Lionheart', was one of the most ambitious British television series of the 1960s. A moated castle was built, 3000 costumes made, jousts were fought and over 100 horses employed to create a convincing backdrop to this historical romp.

Starring Dermot Walsh, the series follows Richard's return from his Crusade to England and his new Kingdom, but our Good King Richard will need wits as sharp as his sword if he's to confound the relentless villainy of those that would steal the English throne...

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Complete first series of the British television comedy about two mismatched couples who meet in the village's local cricket team over the course of one long, hot summer.

Bohemian Kevin and Maggie Costello (Timothy Spall and Josie Lawrence) are a complete contrast to uptight Mim Dervish (Brenda Blethyn) and her fanatical cricketer husband Roger (Robert Daws). As the two women form a tentative friendship, and the two men form a friendly rivalry, Mim discovers a long-stifled independent streak, something that has unforseen repercussions.

1. The Captain
Roger's dreams of an easy win at today's cricket match begin badly when his Volvo won't start. Kevin comes to his rescue in his battered Renault, but he brings Maggie with him. This is the first time that Roger and Mim have met her and they're gobsmacked!
2. Getting to Know You
Maggie and Min get on like a house on fire and it looks like the start of a great new friendship. Maggie has other things to contend with, however, as Dennis - the team 'wolf in wimp's clothing' tries his hand at chatting her up...
3. The Committee Meeting
Mim's catering skills are put to the test when the team turn up on her doorstep for a meeting that Roger's not told her about. She gets even more upset when she overhears the men saying that they don't intend to take their wives away on the next trip.
4. Sex
Roger approaches Kevin for some tips on spicing up both his and Mim's sex life. Kevin is only too happy to oblige but the outcome is not quite what Roger anticipates!
5. The Team Tea
Maggie confronts the heartache of being unable to conceive, and in the race against her biological timeclock she learns her test results from the doctor...
6. The Night Before Cromer
Tension mounts as the team and their wives arrive at the hotel in Cromer for the away match with arch enemy Fatty Woolacott. Roger gives them all strict instructions to have an early night and puts a complete ban on 'naughties'...
7. The Match in Cromer
The day of the all-important Cromer away match dawns and the team are playing well. Will Roger finally realise his dream and beat arch-rival Fatty Woolacott or has fate got something else in store?

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A biting satire about bribery and corruption in the European Union. Malcolm Bradbury's delicious four-part comedy, first shown on Channel 4 in 1990, sees idealistic young Eurocrat Hans Joachim Dorfmann (Cristoph Waltz) get a rude awakening when he takes up his new position in Brussels.

Reporting to cynical, self-seeking British diplomat Michael Spearpoint (an impeccably Machiavellian Ian Richardson), Dorfmann is dismayed to find himself instantly lionised by powerful director-general Jean-Luc Villeneuve (Jacques Sereys) and Agriculture commissioner Gianna Melchiore (Anita Zagaria). As he accepts a brief to root out fraud whilst ridding the market of a huge surplus of rotting plums, Dorfmann also finds himself courted by shady fixer Vlad Milcic (Alexei Sayle), and seduced by the beautiful and mysterious Nadine (Almanta Suska). Easily deceived but fiercely well-intentioned, Dorfmann blunders along upsetting rivals, drawing fire and sparking mayhem in an intricate web of double-dealing misadventure.

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The Salzburg Festival has hosted every great star of the opera and concert hall, from Toscanini to Anne-Sophie Mutter, from Fischer-Dieskau to Barenboim, from Pollini to Mitsuko Uchida.

In this film, the first to tell the story of this remarkable Festival, set in the birthplace of Mozart, director Tony Palmer has been granted unprecedented access to Austria's film archives. Highlights include performances of Jedermann from 1920 to the present day featuring actors such as Maximilian Schell and Klaus Maria Brandauer; Don Giovanni (with Furtwangler in 1954 and a controversial performance directed by Peter Sellars in the 90s); a wealth of footage of Herbert von Karajan, including performances and never-before-seen home movies; and a film of the Nazi hierarchy at the Festival during the Second World War. Alongside this historical footage, the film interviews contemporary stars including Placido Domingo, Valery Gergiev, Lang Lang, James Levine, Anna Netrebko, Riccardo Muti and Simon Rattle, who tell their stories and open their hearts about this unique Festival.

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Robin (Richard Greene) and his outlaws stumble across a dying stranger in Sherwood Forest. He bears a strange gold emblem of a falcon and a daisy and - with his last breath - warns Robin of terrible danger.

As the Sheriff's men frantically search Sherwood Forest for the stranger, Robin Hood must solve the mystery in this, his greatest adventure. Why is the Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor in Nottinghamshire? What is the significance of the gold emblem? And why is Lord Newark seeking to recruit Robin as an assassin? A grant conspiracy is abroad in the land - and neither nobleman nor commoner are safe...

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Before he went on to direct the entire series of the legendary Carry On films Gerald Thomas made Raising The Wind based on a script by famed film score composer Bruce Montgomery.

It follows the zany hi-jinks of an outlandish group of wacky music students who decide to share an apartment together in order to cut costs. But the situation becomes less than idyllic when one of the students sells one of his compositions and risks losing out on his scholarship. Luckily one of the gang has a cunning plan... Raising The Wind is an incredibly witty and endearing college comedy populated by mad professors, deaf landladies, evil music publishers, absent-minded lecturers, battling students and manic conductors.

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Everything Must Go tells the story of Nick Porter (Will Ferrell) a man who sells "salesmanship" for a living, but the days of being on top of his game are long gone. After delivering an inspiring presentation to his sales staff, Nick is fired for falling off the wagon one last time.

He returns home to discover his wife has left him, changed the locks on their suburban home and dumped all his possessions out on the front yard. Faced with his life imploding, Nick puts it all on the line, or more accurately, on the lawn.

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This is the incredible true story of John McVicar - a man who took on the entire prison system and refused to surrender. Roger Daltrey gives a powerful performance as McVicar in a film that is shocking, brutal and full of gritty violent realism.

Based on the true life story of professional British criminal John McVicar, the film strongly depicts the brutal aspects of British prison life and follows McVicar into his eventual rehabilitation.

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Ruthless criminals, a dedicated honest cop, sultry women and a gripping plot - all the elements of a classic police action-drama are here in force. Police Sergeant Bannion (Glenn Ford) is investigating the apparent suicide of a corrupt cop, then is suddenly ordered to stop - and The Big Heat is on.

Driven to unravel the mystery, Bannion continues probing until an explosion meant for him, kills his wife. He resigns from he force and soon learns that behind it all is the powerful underworld led by Mike Lagana (Alexander Scourby) and his cold-blooded henchman, Vince Stone (Lee Marvin). When Stone's girl Debby (Gloria Grahame) makes a play for Bannion, Stone disfigures her face and in revenge, she tells all she knows. A life-or-death confrontation between Bannion and Stone brings this classic film noir thriller to a climatic unmissable finale!