Sirène Des Tropiques

A teen-aged girl tries to escape difficult circumstances in a Parisian suburb by becoming a model.

Jenny Lamour wants to succeed in music hall. Her husband and accompanist is Maurice Martineau, a nice but jealous man. When he knew Jenny is making eyes at Brignon, an old businessman, in order to get some engagements, he looses his temper and threatens Brignon with death. But Jenny went anyway to a rendez-vous at the old man's, who is murdered the same evening. The criminal investigations are lead by Inspector Antoine…

Pierre et Manon sont pauvres. Ils font des documentaires avec rien et ils vivent en faisant des petits boulots. Pierre rencontre une jeune stagiaire, Elisabeth, et elle devient sa maîtresse. Mais Pierre ne veut pas quitter Manon pour Elisabeth, il veut garder les deux.

C'est le sommet le plus haut et le plus célèbre d'Europe. Et la destination la plus courue des Alpes en été. De juin à septembre, plus de 20 000 grimpeurs, Français et étrangers, se lancent à l'assaut du Mont Blanc. …

Talal Derki returns to his homeland where he gains the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years. His camera is providing an extremely rare insight into what it means to grow up in an Islamic Caliphate.

Un monastère perché dans les montagnes du Maghreb, dans les années 1990. Huit moines chrétiens français vivent en harmonie avec leurs frères musulmans. Quand une équipe de travailleurs étrangers est massacrée par un groupe islamiste, la terreur s'installe dans la région. L'armée propose une protection aux moines, mais ceux-ci refusent. Doivent-ils partir ? Malgré les menaces grandissantes qui les entourent, la décision des moines de rester coûte que coûte, se concrétise jour après jour…

Mathieu, un giovane di modeste origini, inizia a suonare il pianoforte in pubblico. Cresciuto in periferia, Mathieu nasconde la sua passione fino al giorno in cui finisce in prigione e la sua pena viene tramutata in servizio sociale presso il Conservatorio diretto da Pierre Geithner. Colpito dal suo talento, Pierre farà di tutto per trasformarlo in uno dei maggiori pianisti della nazione.

The school boys of two villages in France are fighting. Their trophy are the buttons they will snatch from the enemy. This fight will bring those kids to everlasting friendship…eventually.

The action takes place on Devil's Island, the tropical backwater where the notorious French prison was located. Three convicts, played by Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, and Peter Ustinov, have escaped, and wait only for a ship to leave the next day. In the meantime, they become involved in the financial woes of an island shopkeeper (Leo G. Carroll) and his wife (Joan Bennett) and daughter, whose business is in danger from a rich, nasty relative (Basil Rathbone).

ITV pay tribute to Des O'Connor in this special celebrating his life and work, telling how Des went from Butlins Redcoat to become the ultimate entertainer.