Shown as part of Channel 4's Video Fantasies series, a selection of four innovative dramas deploying state-of-the-art visual and electronic effects. This was the only one of the four that had a futuristic basis. It was set perhaps a couple of decades ahead in a world being slowly drowned by technology, a world in which traffic jams are the norm instead of the exception, and where the people avoid getting caught in the rain for better reasons than simply not wanting to get wet. The Rachel of the title is the younger sister of an up-and-coming marketing executive who has just secured a contract with a wealthy but repulsive millionaire who is into toxic waste, which he stores in secret for large sums of money. Rachel finds that, through a large bank of video screens in her sister's apartment, her wishes can come true when she brings to life the image on an anti-pollution poster. This new friend helps her to make up her mind about her own future. The style of the production was fresh and colourful, the pace slow and mo
Team Epic is a fast-paced live action comedy that provides an original look into the everyday lives of super-heroes in Canada, and how they become the figures we know and revere.
Captain Epic, an up-and-coming superhero, is desperate to be adored by the idol-hungry public. In order to realize his glimpses of grandeur, he assembles an ad hoc team of heroes. His dream team consists of an attention disabled speedster, an absent-minded telepath, an unbelievably powerful Yoga nut, and a provocative but jaded secretary/sidekick. The unique band of heroes fights together to save the world, and Captain Epic inches closer and closer to his dream.
What would happen if we all lost our memory? Margaux, Vincent and Nadia, relatives who no longer recognize each other, try to survive in this world. But is everyone who they claim to be?
Nestled quietly in the heart of a buzzing community, there sits a school that to any who might pass it by, appears to be quite normal. However, as is often the case, looks can be quite deceiving. Inhabited by several malicious phantoms, this school plays host to more than its dedicated faculty and lively student body.
When a strange person mysteriously appears and then suddenly disappears from a heritage hotel, Detective Boomrah and his partner must confront the supernatural phenomena in the hotel in order to unravel the case.
The overbearing female CEO, Yue Zheng Xi, has a strange superpower — a heartbeat status bar always floats above her head, showing values such as 60%, 80%, 100%. Once her heartbeat reaches 100%, she will be like a "hot overworked computer" where it suddenly shuts down. When the overbearing, older woman Yue Zheng Xi meets the sunny assistant Chen Xu, the unexpected physical contact makes her discover that her heartbeat could be rapidly reduced!
The only child in a wretchedly poor family in the Danish village of Odense, Hans Christian Andersen lives in a fantasy world. His hand carved dolls and puppets, his father's bedtime stories, and his own natural flair for fantastic tales brings the child temporary escape. It takes him all the way to Copenhagen where, he's been told, dreams can really come true.
Raven is released on probation to live with Professor Young, an archaeologist immersed in research into Arthurian legend. He is compelled to fight a plan to build a nuclear plant on the research site, which holds many mysteries.
It is based on real events that modern science has not been able to explain. Each of the eight films begins with a historical reference: about Hitler's personal astrologer, about the predictions of Grigory Rasputin and Nostradamus. Actors recreate the events that struck the whole world, and researchers and people with supernatural abilities offer their own interpretation of these events.
He Ping is transported into the game Peacekeeper Elite and quickly falls for Xiao Rong, an adorable yet powerful AI character. As AI enemies try to stop him from returning to reality, He Ping forms a team to fight back, only to realize that Xiao Rong holds the key to his escape.
Worlds Beyond is a British television anthology broadcast on ITV from 1986 to 1988, based on real-life supernatural experiences described in archival documents from the Society for Psychical Research. A book was also released to accompany the series.