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Monster in a Box
This is the story of Spalding Gray and his attempt to write a novel. It is a first person account about writing and living, and dealing with success while trying to be successful.
Book of Love
Henry, an English writer who has written a new book that has become a failure in the U.K, gets notified that the dull book has been highly trending over in Mexico. Little does he know that Maria, a Spanish translator, turned the book into an erotic novel. Henry and Maria then swerve around Mexico to do a book tour and go through a wind of events.
Chaos on the Bridge
Canadian acting legend William Shatner takes viewers inside the creation of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the bold attempt in 1986 to recreate the success of the original television series, in which Shatner played Captain James T. Kirk.
Chelsea Does
Comedienne and writer Chelsea Handler discusses the topics of marriage, racism, Silicon Valley, and drugs. Filmed in four parts.
Inside the Actors Studio
James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.
The Larry Sanders Show
Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley and his fiercely protective producer Artie, allows Garry Shandling and his talented writers to look behind the scenes and to show us a convincing slice of behind the camera life.
The Boats That Built Britain
Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe takes a voyage through the history of British seafaring and puts some of the vessels featured in the programme through their paces
E numbers: An Edible Adventure
Food writer Stefan Gates sets off on a three-part adventure to uncover the truth about those notorious food additives, E numbers.
The Motorbike Show
Presenter, motorcycle adventurer and writer, Henry Cole, takes a look at the world of motorcycling.
Wainwright Walks: Coast To Coast
Julia Bradbury follows in the footsteps of guidebook writer Alfred Wainwright by walking across the whole of northern England from the west to the east coast
Tales From The Wild Wood
Writer and woodsman Rob Penn begins a year-long project to bring part of an abandoned woodland, Strawberry Cottage Wood, back to life.
The Writers' Room
The Writers' Room, hosted by Academy Award winning writer, Jim Rash, is all about the most innovative voices in TV today. Join us every week for a frank and revealing conversation about what we all love: television! With shocking and sometimes hilariously candid conversations, The Writers' Room gives you a never-before-seen window into your favorite shows.
Andrew Marr's Great Scots: The Writers Who Shaped a Nation
Andrew Marr explores the lives and works of the Scottish writers who helped define a national identity over the last three centuries.
The Secret Life of Books
Classic books are considered with a fresh eye. Returning to the authors' original manuscripts and letters, expert writers and performers bring their personal insights to these great works.
How Buildings Learn
Based on his book, American writer Stewart Brand takes a look at the life history of buildings - how they're shaped by their architects, and how they're further shaped by their inhabitants.
Village Hall
Village Hall is a drama anthology series made by Granada between 1974 and 1975. It is entirely set in a village hall, with each episode highlighting a different use to which the space is put by local people. Writers include Jack Rosenthal and the actor Kenneth Cope.
Food, Booze & Tattoos
Writer Brett Rogers travels to South Africa to explore the most sumptous artisanal food and beers, and the edgiest tattoo parlors, in the country.
The Chef Show
Writer, director and food enthusiast Jon Favreau and chef Roy Choi explore food in and out of the kitchen with accomplished chefs and celebrity friends.
Amazing Stories
Each episode transports the audience to worlds of wonder through the lens of today’s most imaginative filmmakers, directors and writers. A reimagining of the original anthology series by Steven Spielberg.
Mapleworth Murders
A hilarious whodunnit featuring Abigail Mapleworth, a mystery writer who solves crimes in her quaint hometown of New Woodstream, along with a “who’s who” of guest suspects and victims. It all leads to a bigger question: why the hell are there so many murderers in one town?
Shining Vale
A dysfunctional family moves from the city to a small town into a house in which terrible atrocities have taken place. But no one seems to notice except for Patricia “Pat” Phelps, who’s convinced she’s either depressed or possessed – turns out, the symptoms are exactly the same.
The Writers' Block
A behind the scenes look as a three-person writing team tries to put together a TV show.
Public Writer
Mathieu is a public writer in a poor neighbourhood of Montreal. In the past years, he discovered that his job is more about people than literature. He must first listen and then finds the right words for those who can’t write. Feeling the need to tell what his story, he wrote a first novel inspired by his experiences. The critics love it, but the book bothers his employer who immediately fires him. Mathieu wants to continue to help, but he feels more and more divided between the two worlds.
Hemingway
The visionary work and the turbulent life of Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest and most influential writers America has ever produced. Interweaving his eventful biography with carefully selected excerpts from his iconic short stories, novels, and non-fiction, the series reveals the brilliant, ambitious, charismatic, and complicated man behind the myth, and the art he created.
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV
Discover the untold story of the toxic and abusive environment inside '90s kids' TV. Hear harrowing accounts from former child stars and crew who probe the balance of power in the industry and reveal an era that inflicted lasting wounds still felt today.
The Old Devils
Dramatisation of Kingsley Amis’s novel, in which writer Alun Weaver returns to Wales to get reacquainted with his old university friends, ‘The Old Devils’.
Black Omnibus
James Earl Jones hosts an interview and performance series exclusively for African-American musicians, comedians, and performers.
Connie Martinson Talks Books
American writer and reader Connie Martinson interviews authors on their latest publications.
Late Night
A legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over diversity concerns, her decision has unexpectedly hilarious consequences as the two women separated by culture and generation are united by their love of a biting punchline.