When the President's only daughter, Liu Xinping, checks into a hospital for her chemotherapy treatment, the head of internal medicine and the head of surgery become core members of the President's medical team. Both men plan to use this opportunity to prove themselves as the best candidate for the position of hospital director. As a result, the two men appoint rival surgeons to attend to Xiuping's surgery.
The Great Moghuls is a Channel 4 documentary series covering the dramatic story of the rise of the Moghul Empire of India. Over six generations, from father to son, the Great Moghuls captured, consolidated and profoundly influenced control of the vast sub-continent of India. The six-part series was written and presented by Bamber Gascoigne based upon his 1971 book of the same name. It was produced and directed by Douglas Rae and filmed in India.
Little Armadillos was an alternative comedy sketch show in sitcom format that aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom in 1984. Set in a nightclub run by the psychotic brothers Wayne and Donny Armadillo, the show ran for seven 30-minute episodes from 13 September to 25 October 1984 and has never been repeated or released on video or DVD. Written by Pete Richens & Colin Gibson, it starred Steve Steen and Jim Sweeney as Wayne and Donny respectively and co-starred Daniel Peacock, Helen Lederer, Phil Nice, Steve Frost & Mark Arden, among other members of the alternative comedy scene of the early Eighties.The show also featured The Flatlettes, who sang short songs within the show which were written by Colin Gibson & Kenny Craddock. the show was directed by Bob Spiers.
"Those that can remember this dark 'alternative comedy' have fond memories of it however the show has now faded into oblivion." British Sitcom Guide.
New series. Rylan Clark-Neal presents this festive version of the show, in which people with ideas for the perfect Christmas gift pitch their products to an audience of shoppers. They provide focus-group feedback before representatives from three retailers - Amazon Launchpad, Lakeland and JML - decide whether or not to place an order. First up are a retired couple and their cafetiere with a twist, a woman who hopes her marmalade will make the perfect Christmas cocktail and a nine-year-old girl who has come up with a card game.
An observational documentary following a very special bridal shop in the north of England which caters for plus size brides who, like their skinnier counterparts, want to feel like a princess on their big day.
But owners of this specialist bridal boutique, lifelong friends Paula and Lucy, appreciate that brides-to-be come in all shapes and sizes. With off the peg dresses ranging from size 20 to 38 and bespoke dresses getting as large as size 54, no bride is turned away for being too buxom.
The shop’s clientele have often suffered humiliating experiences in the past and some have delayed or even called off their big day because of their dress jitters.
The 100 Greatest Cartoons o los 100 mejores dibujos animados es un documental que se hizo por una encuesta realizada por el canal británico de televisión Channel 4 en el 2004. [1] Son en total 105 caricaturas - incluyendo una combinación de programas de televisión de animación y cortos animados, características de los dibujos animados y el nombre de los dibujos animados y fueron nominados por Canal 4 y clasificadas por encuesta pública, y sólo los 100 primeros se muestran
Can being in the wrong place at the wrong time make you a criminal? Guilty Bystander meets people who've been convicted under the controversial joint enterprise law.
Park Avenue was a daily teletext based soap opera on ITV's ORACLE Teletext service, which was written by Robbie Burns. It was launched in 1988, and 1,445 episodes were written during its time on air. It later moved to Channel 4 after ORACLE was reorganised, before ending when the service lost its franchise at the end of 1992.
Pet Rescue was a British daytime TV series broadcast on Channel 4. Launched in January 1997, it chronicled various pets and animals being rescued, cared for, and then either rehoused or returned to the wild.
Produced by Bazal Productions/Endemol for Channel 4, and with a theme tune penned by Simon May, it ran to a set format, which developed little over time:
⁕A central presenter
⁕A location, based around an RSPCA office
⁕A couple of 'show' stories which were intertwined, and reached conclusion within that show - i.e.: animal rehoused/released into wild
⁕A longer story about a particular animal, species or animal issue
The program closed with an "advert" for a particular animal which had spent a lot of time in a rescue home, which the public could call in to apply to rehouse. This later feature followed normal RSPCA rehousing procedures, and was not a "lottery".
Presenters included:
⁕Mark Evans
⁕Tris Payne
⁕Matthew Robertson
⁕Wendy Turner Webster
⁕He
Get Your Act Together with Harvey Goldsmith is a Channel 4 television programme in which promoter Harvey Goldsmith is given six months to help revive the fortunes of six entertainment businesses or performers.
The acts and businesses he deals with are Irish singer and actress Samantha Mumba, husband and wife opera business Opera Anywhere, heavy metal band Saxon, radio station Big L 1395, Deighton Working Men's Club and Paulo's, Britain's oldest circus. He dealt with all simultaneously over a six-month period, but they are each given a separate show in the series.
Much of the show revolves around the battle between Goldsmith and the people who he is trying to help. The acts are often reluctant to take on board his advice, or even to change at all. Goldsmith is often frustrated at the slow pace at which those he is advising are progressing.
The story of the hunt for five-year-old April Jones who went missing outside her home in Machynlleth, and the challenges faced by the police trying to convict a local suspect.
Takes a light-hearted look into the world of dog ownership on Britain's housing estates. There are 8.5 million dogs in Britain. Once simply man's best friend, now we know them as designer dogs, dangerous dogs and dinky dogs. Whatever the breed, dogs have become the pet of choice across the UK. The rise of dogs as status symbols and the trading of puppies from back yard breeding to feed this demand has led to the number of strays on the streets of Britain rising from 97,000 in the mid noughties to over 110,000 this year. In areas where money is tight the number of strays goes up - with the North East seeing the highest proportion of abandoned dogs in the country. As fads and fashions change, dogs that get abandoned find themselves at the mercy of the local authorities and last year nearly 9000 of these stray dogs were put to sleep.