His novel, filmed as 2001: A Space Odyssey, won Clarke and director Stanley Kubrick cult status. He is listened to by the United Nations, US Congress, Microsoft, and NASA. In a rare interview from his tropical paradise home in Sri Lanka, he talks about his life, from his upbringing in rural Somerset to the writing of his latest novel, 3001: The Final Odyssey.

This Easter, in a unique new documentary, ITV will celebrate the queen of crime Agatha Christie, and her most enduring literary creation, Hercule Poirot in Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime.
Marking 100 years since the first literary appearance of Christie’s illustrious super sleuth, Agatha & Poirot will chart the origins and history of Hercule Poirot and trace the inimitable Belgian detective’s lasting impact upon popular culture.
Presented by Richard E Grant, and featuring contributions from family and famous fans, Agatha & Poirot will explore the life and personal experiences of Christie, which inspired the plots, characters and locations of her literary masterpieces.
Examining the relationship between Christie and her longest life companion Hercule Poirot, the documentary will explore the story behind some of Christie’s most timeless publications, from Poirot’s first outing in The Mysterious Affair At Styles to later pursuits in Murder in the Orient Express and Death on the Nile.
Viewers will visit Christie’s Devon home of Greenway with great grandson James Prichard; experience luxury train travel with Joanna Page; explore Poirot’s popularity across the big and small screens with Stephen Fry; and enjoy Christie’s love of luxury food with chef Marcus Wareing.
Agatha & Poirot features an all-star cast of Christie enthusiasts and experts, including actors Zoe Wanamaker, Hugh Fraser, Amanda Abbington, Lesley Joseph, Danny John Jules and Caroline Quentin. As well as screen writer Anthony Horowitz, Historian Bettany Hughes and Cultural Expert Gus Casely-Hayford.

The 50 Greatest Documentaries was a Channel 4 television programme which was broadcast on 9 October 2005 and was narrated by British actress, Zoë Wanamaker. The number one position was held by the on-going Up Series.
The list was compiled based on the nominations submitted to Channel 4 by a series of factual filmmakers, amongst who included Paul Watson, Nick Broomfield and Molly Dineen.
1 Up Series 1964 United Kingdom
2 Touching The Void 2003 United Kingdom
3 Bowling For Columbine 2002 United States
4 The World At War 1973 United Kingdom
5 Capturing The Friedmans 2003 United States
6 The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off 2004 United Kingdom
7 Life on Earth: A Natural History by David Attenborough 1979 United Kingdom
8 Fahrenheit 911 2004 United States
9 When We Were Kings 1996 United States
10 Faking It 2000 United Kingdom
11 Hoop Dreams 1994 United States
12 This Week: Death on the Rock 1988 United Kingdom
13 The Leader, His Driver and the Driver's Wife 1991 United Kingdom
14 One Day in September 1999 Switzerland / Germany / United Kingdom
15 Fourteen Days in May 1987 United Kingdom
16 The Family 1974 United Kingdom
17 Night Mail 1936 United Kingdom
18 The Nazis: A Warning from History 1997 United Kingdom
19 Super Size Me 2004 United States
20 The Death of Yugoslavia 1995 United Kingdom
21 Walking With Dinosaurs 1999 United Kingdom
22 Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer 2003 United Kingdom
23 Beyond the Clouds 1994 United Kingdom
24 Omnibus: Cracked Actor 1975 United Kingdom
25 The Secret Policeman 2003 United Kingdom
26 QED: John's Not Mad 1989 United Kingdom
27 Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days 1989 United Kingdom
28 The Thin Blue Line 1988 United States
29 Wife Swap 2003 United Kingdom
30 A History Of Britain 2000 United Kingdom
31 The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear 2004 United Kingdom
32 Spellbound 2002 United States
33 The War Game 1965 United Kingdom
34 Signs of the Times 1992 United Kingdom
35 An Impossible Job: Graham Taylor 1993 United Kingdom
36 Woodstock 1970 United States
37 People's Century 1995 United Kingdom
38 Beneath the Veil 2001 United Kingdom
39 Feltham Sings 2002 United Kingdom
40 The Human Body 1998 United Kingdom
41 World in Action: In the Interests of Justice 1985 United Kingdom
42 Driving School 1997 United Kingdom
43 Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse 1991 United States
44 Nanook of the North 1922 United States / France
45 Home From the Hill 1987 United Kingdom
46 Civilisation: A Personal View by Kenneth Clark 1969 United Kingdom
47 Fred Dibnah: Steeplejack 1979 United Kingdom
48 Malcolm & Barbara: A Love Story 1999 United Kingdom
49 The Fog of War 2003 United States
50 Louis Theroux: When Louis Met Jimmy 2000 United Kingdom

Arthur Miller’s scathing portrait of American society is revived here by director Howard Davies with an intricate, naturalistic set and detailed performances. This production, captured by Digital Theatre live at London’s Apollo Theatre, met with wide critical acclaim and starred David Suchet as Joe Keller.

James Bentley is tried for the murder of Abigail McGinty, the charwoman of Broadhinny who also took in Bentley as her lodger. The evidence is overwhelming, and soon after he is sentenced to hang. Superintendent Spence is not convinced of the man's guilt, and so he visits Poirot, asking him to look into the case. Poirot then heads off to the village, where he becomes the paying guest of Maureen and Major Johnnie Summerhayes. Ariadne Oliver, Poirot's novelist friend, has also come to Broadhinny to collaborate on a stage adaptation of one of her novels with dramatist Robin Upward. With the clue of a bottle of ink purchased by the dead woman shortly before her death, Poirot searches Mrs. McGinty's belongings and finds an edition of The Sunday Comet newspaper, where an article concerning two women connected with famous murders has been cut out. With the story are two photographs of the women. Poirot discovers that Mrs. McGinty had seen one of the photographs before, and knew to whom it belonged to. But which woman was this case connected with? Are any of the people living in Broadhinny related to these women, as one of their children? Or perhaps one of them is one of the actual women? The puzzle pieces begin to fit in, especially after Poirot is shoved into the path of an oncoming train by an unknown entity. But will the murderer strike again?

波罗侦探系列11季第3集
与另外两名女孩一同住在公寓里的诺玛突然前来找名侦探波罗求救，说自己与谋杀案有关，但在看到他时，打了退堂鼓。
很快，波罗获悉同栋大楼里的住户Seagram自杀了，她曾经是诺玛的保姆。她究竟是自杀还是他杀？跟诺玛有关吗？诺玛究竟知道些什么？

赫尔克里·波洛伫立于崖顶。多年之前，这里发生了一起悲剧性的事故；更令人惊疑的是，随后又有一对夫妻双双陈尸于此——两人均中枪身亡。
可他们究竟死于何人之手？莫非是二人约定自杀？还是一时冲动犯罪？抑或残忍的谋杀？波洛回溯遥远的往事，走进旧罪那长长的阴影之中……

波洛接到侦探小说家奥利弗太太的电话，邀请他去德文郡的一个乡村庄园。富翁乔治爵士安排了一个游园会，请奥利弗太太设计了一个类似寻宝游戏的破案游戏。但奥利弗太太始终觉得那有些不对劲，于是她请波洛以为游戏颁奖的身份来到了庄园。在这，波洛认识了乔治爵士，一个有着乡绅风度的富翁，他的太太，一个只知道衣服珠宝、被人认为“低能”的漂亮女人，迈克，一名建筑师，弗利亚特太太，庄园的前主人，莱利夫妇等人。波洛在与他们的交谈中，并未发现有奥利弗太太所说的异常之处。游园会当天清晨，乔治夫人收到了一封信，写着她的表哥将乘游艇过来，顺便探望她，这封信引起了乔治夫人的紧张不安。下午，游园会进行的很热闹，有很多人赶过来，包括住在附近青年旅游公寓的一些外国青年。破案游戏也照常进行，只是奥利弗太太似乎把它搞得太复杂了，以至于几乎没有人可以取得进展。最后，奥利弗太太决定和波洛一起去看一看装扮成“受害人”的那位姑娘，不料当他们来到设定的案发地点时，却发现姑娘真的死了

大名鼎鼎的私家侦探赫邱里·波洛接受伦敦首富撒旦·巴特斯的邀请，出席撒旦在他超级豪华的公寓里举办的一次特殊私人聚会，同时接受邀请的，还有著名侦探小说作家奥利弗太太、警察局惠勒探长、长期从事政府秘密工作的休斯上校、罗伯茨医生、劳莱默夫人、梅杰·德斯帕德少校、安妮·梅雷迪思小姐。绅士般的寒暄介绍之后，撒旦以主人的身份举杯致辞，随后安排八名客人分两桌打起了桥牌，自己则坐到壁炉前的一把高靠背椅上，手里端着酒杯，小事休息。午夜时分，罗伯特医生第一个起身告辞，发现歪靠在椅子上的撒旦已经死亡，一把镶着宝石的尖刀直插心脏。除了八个应邀而来的客人，在不到两个半小时的时间里兴致昂然的玩着自己手里的牌，再没有管家、也没有仆人，更没有人进来，那么是谁杀死了撒旦先生呢？杀人的动机又是什么呢？波洛先生迅速与同桌打牌的奥立弗太太、惠勒探长、休斯上校展开分析，分析的结果是，凶手是另一张牌桌上的四个人中的一个。同是侦探专家，波洛与奥立弗太太、惠勒探长、休斯上校当即对其他四个人进行调查，同一张牌桌玩牌的四个人反应各一：罗伯茨医生觉得撒旦先生狂妄伤人，劳莱墨夫人认为撒旦生性恶毒，安妮·梅雷迪思小姐从心里害怕撒旦先生，梅杰·德斯帕德少校很讨厌撒旦先生难闻的体味。当然，这些都不足成为杀害撒旦的动机，可是谁又知道其中的隐情？像撒旦先生这样身家来历不明、过着豪富生活、结交八方宾客的神秘人物，是不是掌握不该掌握的秘密而遭致杀身之后呢？波洛先生的调查从牌桌上的一张计分表开始，四个人不同个性逐渐显现，因此引出的涉案各方人物更多不为人知的犯罪事实、乃至丑闻一一浮出水面。

遗腹子大卫·科波菲尔（丹尼尔·雷德克里夫 Daniel Radcliffe饰）从小在母亲克拉拉（艾米丽雅·福克斯 Emilia Fox饰）和女仆佩葛蒂（波林·夸克Pauline Quirke饰）的照看下长大。然而不久母亲改嫁，继父凶狠贪婪，婚前就把大卫送到佩葛蒂的哥哥辟果提（艾伦·阿姆斯特朗 Alun Armstrong饰）家里。辟果提是个正直善良的渔民，收养一对孤儿相依为命。念母心切的大卫，回到继父家中，却受尽继父虐待，生活苦不堪言。他历尽艰辛，终于找到了姨婆贝西小姐（玛吉·史密斯 Maggie Smith饰）。心地善良的姨婆贝西收留了大卫，然后他的坎坷命运才刚刚开始。
由BBC电视台制作，于1999年12月上映的电视电影《大卫·科波菲尔》，根据英国小说家查尔斯·狄更斯经典同名小说改编。这部由多位著名巨星精心演绎的故事，荣获2000年第52届黄金时段艾美奖-迷你剧/电视电影最佳女配角提名，2000年第53届英国电影和电视艺术学院奖-电视奖最佳女演员提名及2000年第53届英国电影和电视艺术学院奖-电视奖最佳剪辑提名。

第11季共4集
1、Mrs McGinty's Dead 清洁女工之死
2、Cat Among the Pigeons 校园疑云（鸽群中的猫）
3、Third Girl 公寓女郎（第三个女郎）
4、Appointment with Death 死亡约会

第十季共4集
1、The Mystery of the Blue Train 蓝色特快上的秘密
2、Cards on the Table 牌中牌
3、After the Funeral 葬礼之后
4、Taken at the Flood 遗产风波

第十二季共4集
1、The Clocks 怪钟
2、Three Act Tragedy 三幕悲剧
3、Hallowe'en Party 万圣节前夜的谋杀案
4、Murder on the Orient Express 东方快车谋杀案

The Psammead is an 'it', an ancient, ill-tempered sand-fairy with a spider-shaped body, bat-like ears, and snail-like eyes. It is grumpy but has the power to grant one wish a day, which must be made before sunset. Five siblings—Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and infant Hilary—encounter It and experience the highs and lows of frivolous wish-making.

英国一个小镇的居民们，在当地的报纸上读到一则奇怪的启事，启事里声称周五下午在居民利迪西亚的家里将会发生一起谋杀案。好奇的人们聚集起来，等待看热闹。当启事上所说的时刻到来，灯光突然熄灭，一个年轻的旅馆雇员被杀。警察认为是其刊登的启事，他原本打算借此劫财。但是头脑灵光的玛普尔小姐却觉得事情没有这么简单……

第十三季共5集：
1、Elephants Can Remember 旧罪的阴影（大象的证词）
2、The Big Four 四大魔头（四巨头）
3、Dead Man's Folly 古宅迷踪（死人的殿堂）
4、The Labours of Hercules 赫尔克里的丰功伟绩
5、Curtain 帷幕（幕后凶手）

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

Two young London actors set out together to face the greatest challenge in the world of acting - Shakespeare.

"因为我看见的时候并不知道是谋杀。我是说，过了好久之后我才意识到是谋杀。还是两三个月以前谁说了句什么话才让我想起来。我见到的的确是一场谋杀案。"
当这句话从乔伊斯嘴里说出来时，在场准备万圣节前夜晚会的所有人都没把它当真，因为她一直是个喜欢说谎的孩子。所有的人都认为，她只是想引起著名侦探小说家奥利弗夫人的注意才这样说的。
乔伊斯真的说谎了吗？！
看来没有！！！
当晚的晚会上，她被人强行摁入一个装了水的大铁桶里淹死了。那个桶是用来玩咬苹果游戏的，这让奥利弗夫人从此不再吃苹果（改吃枣了）。
波罗应邀来了。他走访了每一个在场的人，并搜集符合条件的旧案的每一点信息。
然而，波罗得出的结论是：乔伊斯的确说谎了！！！
那她为什么被杀呢？！