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- A surreal sketch comedy and spoken word hybrid that takes a satirical look at the issue of toxic masculinity.
- Part of a series of opera shorts by different directors. Herzog combines O Soave Fanciulla ("Oh you vision of beauty" from Puccini's La Boheme) with images of harsh life in Africa.
- A spoken word celebration focusing on the importance of community groups across the country and reflects on the positive impact they have on the individuals who are part of them.
- Huntington Gardens is a short comedy made in collaboration with SKy Arts and Arts 50. The film centres around three families; the Morris', Rogers' and Amin's, living on the same suburban street and their daily war over who gets the best parking spaces.
- ShortFLIX is a short film initiative for aspiring young filmmakers, aged 18-25, who are supported in making short films for broadcast on Sky Arts.
- Arriving in a blaze of otherworldly joy, Moon Palace journeys through the communities of East Leeds before settling in a green space perfect for stargazing, provoking conversations about hopes for the future and what's worth fighting for.
- Classical music is often an exclusive party for the privileged. 23-year-old boxer Ellis grew up on a council estate in Leeds. Now he's throwing punches for the right of the working classes to play classical music.
- Bartholomew changes his appearance in a last ditch effort to achieve his life-time dream...facing disastrous consequences.
- Returning to the hotel room where they spent their honeymoon, a middle-aged couple are looking forward to a romantic evening. Until their bottle of extremely expensive wine won't open.
- Birds takes place in the aftermath of Kediye's arrest, told from the perspective of his partner Sophia who is suddenly alone with limited contact. An exploration of the impact of prison of both inmates and their loved ones.
- Saj and Kyle find their friendship tested when they develop a crush on their new colleague Fran When she reveals how much she loves Christmas jumpers the two love rivals create the epic Christmas jumpers in a bid to win Fran's attention.
- A dating comedy set in a world where it's normal, just about, to take a dating coach on a date with you.
- For those who like their entertainment a little darker, HUO presents an innovative collaboration between exciting young opera team (composer Lente Verelst and librettist Lena Vercauteren) and Hull-based artist and animator, Anna Bean.
- At Miss Sophie's 90th birthday dinner, her butler James must fill in for her four departed friends - and that includes lots of drinks before every course.
- During the last year of The Great Famine in Ireland, a farmhand working for the local landlord has hardened his heart against his countrymen to ensure his own survival. But when he encounters a ghostly female figure stealing milk from the landlord's barn his resolve is tested and he is beguiled on a journey towards hope. Inspired by ancient Irish mythology and traditional Japanese folk tales, as recorded by Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn during his time in Japan in the late 19th and early 20th century, 'Bainne' is an extension of the history of storytelling from both cultures.
- Ian Hedge is a very ordinary man who sees himself as a secret super hero with a mission to protect the distressed and vulnerable. Single and living in a rented room with his sour-tempered landlady Mrs Wardle, Ian works 'undercover' as a council worker and spends the days walking the streets of the city in a high viz jacket holding a trundle wheel, with his costume ready to go in his backpack.
- 2012–201321mTV-MA7.5 (257)TV EpisodeThe Older Doctor is on a train with Vlas, a vagrant, who tells him that he hates morphine addicts. Having discovered that Vlas has been using pages from his notebook as toilet paper the doctor recalls how in 1918, as he was busy trying to cover up his theft of the morphine, a party of the White Guard arrived at the hospital, seeking treatment for one of their soldiers. His sister Natasha invites the hospital staff to dine with the guards and the Young Doctor is smitten with her. After getting drunk and accidentally shooting himself in the foot he declares his feelings for her but she tells him she already has a lover, a soldier called Gregory.
- Showcases stories that have been passed down over time and have become part of urban folklore.
- In a new film entitled 'The Brink,' specifically created for Art 50, poet and playwright Simon Armitage explores post-Brexit British identity and meditates on the relationship between Britain and Europe. As the dial on an old Bakelite radio moves from city to city - Brussels, Prague, Lyon - we tune into an impressionistic and imagistic film that combines the poet-presenter,along with sights and sounds associated with each nation mixed with sections of the poem providing a corresponding narration. The question is, what happens when we turn to Britain on the dial? What do we see: dark satanic mills, the white cliffs of Dover baring their teeth at the continent? What do we hear - Jerusalem? Grime? Static? Written and performed by SIMON ARMITAGE CBE, one of the UK's leading poets, on the school syllabus, winner of TS Eliot prize, the Forward prize amongst many others, Oxford Professor of Poetry and vice president of the Poetry Society. His work is accessible yet complex and combines dry wit with realism. Produced by JIM POYSER, an experienced television producer with many writing and producing credits in comedy and drama including BBC, Big Talk, Tiger Aspect, Avalon, Red. Working Men's is his northern based company. Directed by JASON WINGARD, an award winning director of drama and comedy. This film will be available on demand on Sky Arts from midnight on 25th March 2019.
- 2012–201322mTV-MA7.5 (418)TV EpisodeSlowly but surely, the young doctor abandons his dreams. His ambition to make medical discoveries is thwarted as his effort to fight a syphilis epidemic falters in the face of uneducated, hostile peasants. His spirit and sense of purpose remains unbroken, though, until he discovers how brutal day-to-day surgery can be when confronted with a gruesome and barbaric operation.
- 2012–201323mTV-MA7.7 (390)TV EpisodeIn spite of his success in the operating room, life in the snow-bound hospital begins to take its toll on the young doctor. His efforts to combat his feelings of boredom and isolation are defeated and he wonders how much longer he can last. Nursing abdominal pains and two harrowing cases, the young doctor is tempted by the allure of morphine...
- 2012–201323mTV-MA7.5 (280)TV Episode1935: The Older Doctor is released from the Moscow hospital where he has been staying to cure his drug addiction and recalls how, in 1918, he was having an affair with midwife Pelegaya, chiefly because she was able to get him his morphine. They panic when they learn that the government inspector is to visit, filling the empty morphine phials with water. An intake of wounded Bolshevik soldiers tests the hospital to its limits but the inspector is among those who fail to make it, keeping the Young Doctor safe for a while.
- 2012–201323mTV-MA7.5 (244)TV EpisodeThe Older Doctor decides that he is going to write an opera as a cathartic experience. Meanwhile back at the hospital Pelageya is stricken with typhus but the Young Doctor neglects her to pursue Natasha in vain. A badly wounded soldier is admitted and Natasha is anxious to know if he has any news of her lover Gregory but the Young Doctor lies to her, claiming that Gregory is dead. He is hopeful that now she may feel something towards him but it is a vain hope. Pelageya dies and the Older Doctor feels ashamed of his younger self for using her so badly.
- 2012–201323mTV-MA7.9 (262)TV EpisodeThe Young Doctor reads a rather bland and callous eulogy over Pelegaya's body, before reciting a poem which he hopes will impress Natasha. He also admits to her that he lied about her lover being dead but she and the rest of the White Guard are forced to flee when the Bolsheviks return to the hospital and they escape on a medical supplies train. However the train is derailed following an explosion and the carriage in which Natasha is travelling catches fire. The Young Doctor goes to save her but is distracted when he discovers several bottles of morphine which have been flung from the train. In the event he chooses the morphine over attempting to save Natasha, another selfish act of which his older self is reproachful.
- Ashley Walters directs a short film set against the backdrop of an east London concrete jungle, following two best friends as they embark on a risky mission and a journey into manhood.
- In each episode, Tim Marlow meets an artist in a gallery of their choice and finds out how certain pieces of art have inspired and motivated them, giving us insight into the nature of creativity and the life and career of each guest.
- Urban Myths: When Joan Kissed Barbra (Sky Arts) Starring Katherine Ryan and Jessica Barden, is based on Joan Rivers' recollections of an off Broadway play 'Driftwood' that she starred in with Barbra Streisand
- 2012–201324mTV-MA7.3 (471)TV EpisodeRussia, 1917. Straight out of medical school, a young doctor is sent to a remote village in the middle of nowhere to run a small hospital. The young doctor soon discovers that the realities of his profession bear no resemblance to his training and learns that textbooks are no help to him now.
- 2012–201324mTV-MA7.6 (386)TV EpisodeBalancing a heavy workload with a developing morphine habit, the young doctor finds it increasingly difficult to conceal his burgeoning addiction from his colleagues. After one humiliation too many, he resolves to make a clean start and a dedicated effort to combat the syphilis epidemic. But a blizzard-bound journey to visit a dying patient proves to be his toughest test yet.
- Crime writers Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Dorothy L Sayers put their sleuthing skills to the ultimate test in 1926 when they are drafted in to help police in the hunt for Agatha Christie.
- Two fulfilment workers struggle to meet ever-increasing targets at work, as the threat of robotisation looms.
- Popular film critic Derek Malcolm talks to a series of cinematic legends about their lives, careers and inspirations.
- A musical special of iconic gospel and soul classics rediscovers hope, truth and inclusivity in one of the most famous stories of all time. Performed by Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir and first broadcast on Sky Arts, the story features original spoken word and much-loved songs 'Living for the City', 'Silent Night', '(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher', and 'New Revelation'.
- A series of stand-alone dramas.
- Adaptations of the fantastical short stories written by author, Neil Gaiman.
- The Art of Architecture is an exploration of the design and aesthetics of some of the world's most iconic buildings and the inspirations of the architects behind them. This fascinating documentary series provides an inside look at some of the greatest works of architecture in the world, from Lambeth Palace Library to Paris' Holy Trinity Church.
- A Buckingham Palace guard attending to Queen Elizabeth's room takes her dogs for a walk and while he's away an intruder breaks in for a chat with the monarch.
- 2020– 30mTV Episode