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Grand Star
A spectacular epic, gliding on the train tracks that still criss-cross a frozen world, of human conflict, adventures and mystery - based on the French novelist Georges J. Arnaud's saga. www.grandstar.tv SYNOPSIS: In the latter part of the 21 st century, there is cataclysmic explosion on the moon, which was being used as a nuclear waste dump, and the earth is turned into a frozen mass of ice. Billions died but a few hundred left the earth to rebuild their lives on a new planet. However, a century later, defeated and tired of being nomads their descendents return to earth. On their return, they find that miraculously there are still a few survivors of the original inhabitants clinging to life, A primitive people, they are easily dominated by the returning space travellers who are technologically superior. The interlopers secure their dictatorial control of earth by building a huge network of electrified railroads using the survivors as slave labour. Over the next few centuries a society based upon the railways evolves. People live on trains, shop on trains, work on trains! A people who are told that the Sun never existed! In this environment Cal , the 15 year old son of a famed glaciologist begins to suspect that there is more to the world than ice. He wants to know the origin of Ice Age and to confirm rumours of the existence of a Sun. He finds two teenage companions Kurt and Yunji to join him in his quest. |
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From the writer of Wallace and Gromit, Bob Baker, comes… K9 – The Series GENRE: Comedy PREMISE COMING SOON Originally created for the 1970s DOCTOR WHO series by Bob Baker and Dave Martin, K9 has long been an iconic television character. Now comes a brand new adventure series featuring everyone’s favourite robot dog! K9 is a children’s sci-fi/adventure series combining comedy, action and suspense “X Files” meets “Men in Black” with a zany dash of “Ghostbusters”. K9 mixes live action characters with stunning visual-effects. London, in the future: STARKEY (14) orphan and rebel ultimately plans to bring down the system but for the time being he is prepared to simply slip through the cracks. While evading the police he takes refuge in a large detached house, now the residence of reclusive scientist, Professor GRYFFEN. He is followed by JORJIE (14) an adventurous girl who partly admires Starkey’s dissident stance, but mostly wants to share whatever excitement is afoot. Inside the dilapidated mansion, they see Gryffen absorbed in an experiment with a strange piece of alien technology, a Space Time Manipulator (S/TM). DARIUS (15) an artful dodger who, among his many occupations, runs errands for Gryffen, confronts the pair, but at that moment a portal opens and through the hole torn in the fabric of space/time burst two reptilian warrior JIXEN. The Jixen attack Starkey. The teenager is saved from certain death by a small dog-like robot, K9 Mark I, who follows the Jixen through the portal and places himself between the monsters and boy. In the ensuing battle, the only way K9 can defeat the Jixen is to blow himself and them to pieces. One surviving Jixen limps out of the mansion. Before expiring, K9 is able to give instructions that allow Starkey to initiate a regeneration program. A new, more sophisticated and futuristically designed K9 is regenerated. K9 and Starkey, with the assistance of Jorjie, Darius and Gryffen, become the earth’s front line defence against dangers threatening from anywhere and anytime in the galaxy. They will have a lot of fun, action, adventure, and some scares along the way, saving the earth from alien creatures, monsters and more than a few human threats.
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Charlie Jade One half hour from now one man will discover a gateway between worlds, a secret that will destroy mankind. A reluctant hero in search of the past. Everything he knows has disappeared, everything he believes is about to change... Three Worlds. One Hope. GENRE: Science Fiction SYNOPSIS: While tracking her suspected killer, the trail leads Charlie to a secret desert facility. A massive explosion propels him into a parallel universe, our own chaotic twenty-first century world where he is both baffled by its differences and seduced by its similarities. Charlie is soon drawn into a conflict that not only involves his home universe and the one he now inhabits but also includes another, a pristine pacifist universe with unsuspected terror at its heart. Series regulars include: Marie-Julie Rivest (Savage Messiah), Michael Filipowich (Starhunter, PSI Factor, Earth: Final Conflict), Tyrone Benskin (Deacons for Defense,The Long Island Incident), Michelle Burgers (Jump The Gun, Sinbad), Danny Keogh (Citizen Verdict, Consequence, Sinbad) and Patricia McKenzie (Stardom, No Alibi). A cross section of directors from both Canada and South Africa will provide the series' highly cinematic, cutting edge signature style. Directors include T.J. Scott (Hercules: the Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, La Femme Nikita, Legacy) Darrel James Roodt (City of Blood, Fatherhood, Infinite Darkness, Sarafina!), Jimmy Kaufman (Big Wolf on Campus, Due South, Stargate SG-1, The Hunger), and Eric Canuel (Nez Rouge, Seriously Weird, Live Through This). Post-production and state-of-the-art CGI will be handled by CinéGroupe in Montréal who over the last year have produced two series Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension and Tripping The Rift for the US networks. Visit the official Charlie Jade website
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Lost World' - season 1 The spectacular 22-hour original action series based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic story... GENRE: Action Adventure SYNOPSIS: In London, Professor Edward Challenger gathers a mismatched group of adventurers and forms an expedition determined to prove the existence of THE LOST WORLD. Journeying through uncharted jungle the group are forced to defend themselves against attack by tribal headhunters. A daring escape by hot air balloon leads them to crash on an eerie plateau – THE LOST WORLD. Trapped in this exotic land, they face unfamiliar danger. Vicious packs of ape-men, giant insects, deadly plants and flesh-eating dinosaurs test the group's resolve and threaten their return home. In order to survive in this untamed environment, the expedition must rely on Veronica, a beautiful young girl who has raised herself since ape-men carried off her parents. Her knowledge of THE LOST WORLD and the local tribes is the team's only chance to find a way home.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Lost World' - season 2 The explorers return for a second series of all-action adventures... GENRE: Action Adventure SYNOPSIS: High above the Amazon in a land that time forgot, the marooned survivors of a daring scientific expedition continue their desperate search for an escape route. After the cataclysmic finale of the last season our heroes regroup for another 22-hours of all-action adventures in The Lost World 2, based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic story. Challenger, Roxton, Malone and Marguerite face a host of perilous new challenges on their journey through this exotic terrain where dinosaurs rule, lost civilisations flourish and danger lies around every corner. Armed only with their wits and a few hunting rifles the group would have perished long ago were it not for the untamed jungle beauty Veronica, stranded on this platform since she was a child. Battling through unfamiliar territory the group must put aside their personal differences in order to survive frequent attacks from savage tribes, predatory prehistoric animals and supernatural forces. With experience on their side our heroes make some useful allies and with the discovery of an ancient map showing the way back home events seem to be taking a turn for the better – but The Lost World is a mysterious land of menace and illusion and things are not always as they seem… |
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Tony and Ridley Scott's The Hunger - series 1 The Hunger marks the first entry into television production of the multi-award winning directors Ridley Scott and Tony Scott . GENRE: The forbidden and the bizarre SYNOPSIS: The feature film and each of the episodes include a host and wrap around sequence, designed and directed by Tony Scott, and like nothing ever seen on television. Our host, played by Terence Stamp ( Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Real McCoy ) will suggestively introduce each thrilling story with its own bizarre insinuations and end with a final fearsome truth.
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Tony and Ridley Scott's The Hunger - series 2 The eagerly awaited second series of The Hunger continues the themes of paranoia and obsession, hosted by world-renowned music legend David Bowie. GENRE: The forbidden and the bizarre SYNOPSIS: The series and each of the episodes is hosted by world-renowned singer, composer, producer and artist David Bowie who also stars in the series opener ‘Sanctuary' together with hot Hollywood star, Giovanni Ribisi.
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Jackie Stewart: The Flying Scot An intimate portrait of one of Britain's all time greatest sporting stars. GENRE: Documentary SYNOPSIS: The Flying Scot ventures further than the average sports personality profile, providing a comprehensive insight into the triumph and tragedy that has followed this Scotsman both professionally and privately. Contributions are made by an outstanding collection of motor sport's finest including Niki Lauda, Emerson Fittipaldi, Murray Walker and Edsel Ford as well as an interview with friend and fellow Scot, Sir Sean Connery. There are intimate anecdotes from his family as well as the final interview and TV appearance of Stewart's manager, mentor and Formula One legend, the late Ken Tyrrell.
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This is Wonderland Law and Order. Without the Order. GENRE: Comedy SYNOPSIS:
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