In the casino there is only one queen, the small ball that spins on the roulette table. None of the players pays the slightest attention to the female dealers. But Takis, a «perennial» med student, doesn't go to the casino to win millions but to earn a day's wages. Vera works in a gym but trains and gets a second job as a dealer. Her aim is to protect her mother since regulations forbid relatives of employees from entering the casino. Let her Dad knock himself out. There's no way he'll ever play roulette again! At some point, Takis and Vera become lovers. They rig a game at the roulette table, leave the money with her mother and hide out in a friend's house, where their romantic dream soon succumbs to the wretched conditions in which they live. When her father dies of a heart attack in his Jeep, Vera suddenly finds herself with money. At the funeral, the manager of the casino threatens to send her to prison...

Welcome to New Hope Pennsylvania, where even death it would seem is not the final departure for many of the towns residents. Paranormal sightings and stories from townspeople and visitors alike are as numerous as they are unexplainable in this exciting documentary. Witness firsthand images of spirits in various forms exactly as they were revealed to the cameras!

Tomokawa is a tough guy turned bored cop who spends much of his time sating lonely housewives and looking after retarded teen Sukemasa. One day while hanging out at a bar, he is approached by a 15-year-old enjo kosai named Yoko, offering a round of illicit sex in exchange for cash. Though he demurs, their paths cross again and soon a relationship of sorts forms. Yoko, it turns out, is Sukemasa's sister; and both are the children of his old flame Yukie, a grasping, self-centered woman. Moreover, Yoko's grandfather is responsible for the massive tattoo sprawling across Tomokawa's back. Tomokawa soon takes both teens under his wing, protecting them from their heartless mother, and their lecherous stepfather. Soon, Yoko gets a similarly massive tattoo illustrating her bond with her policeman savior.

In the small town of Seacliff, Wash., a child's letter to Santa Claus captures the nation's attention. When the little boy, Chris, writes that he wishes to leave this world so he will no longer be a burden to his divorcing parents, a race begins to find him before he harms himself.

Ayurveda is science of life and art of healing; where body, mind and spirit are given equal importance. This voyage of thousands of miles across India and abroad takes you on a unique poetic journey, where we encounter remarkable men of medicine or simply a villager who lives in harmony with nature. "Hope is nature's way of enabling us to survive so that we can discover nature itself."

tanislaw Mucha's film traces the roots of America's Pop icon Andy Warhol, whose family heritage can be traced to a small town in Eastern Europe. His family has always lived there and always will. Everyone has his or her own vision of the region's most famous son. Nobody knew him, but everyone talks about him. With a humanistic touch, the film swings from the art of Warhol to his relatives' humanity and cheerfulness in the face of poverty. Absolut Warhola is a captivating and entertaining film.

Behind-the-scenes making of "Carrie" with interviews of Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Brian DePalma, and more.

Genius detective Nero Wolfe and his right-hand man, Archie Goodwin, solve seemingly impossible crimes.

A look at contemporary art and artists.

Adrian Mole (Stephen Mangan) is now a thirty-one-year old single parent working as an offal chef and trying to make his way in the world. He dreams of becoming a successful novelist. The love of his life, Pandora Braithwaite (Helen Baxendale), is standing as the Labour candidate for their home town in the 1997 General Election. Adrian's father George (Alun Armstrong) is as depressed and embittered as always and his mother Pauline (Alison Steadman) is still bored with life. The other main characters are Pandora's parents, Ivan (James Hazeldine) and Tania (Zoe Wanamaker). This programme is a sequel to The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole (1985) and The Growing Pains Of Adrian Mole (1987)