Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a smartphone - a black mirror of our 21st Century existence.
A British teen unearths some shocking secrets about her ailing grandfather's past while traveling through Israel with his old diary in this four-part mini-series from writer/director Peter Kosminski. Erin's grandfather is close to death when she happens across his old diary, and travels to Israel to spend the summer with her best friend Eliza. Growing up, Erin was never very close with her grandfather, but she's intrigued by the passages detailing the years he spend in Palestine following World War II. During that time, he made a promise that still remains unfulfilled 60 years later. Now, with her grandfather's words guiding Erin though the streets of Israel, the fearless teenage girl vows to build a bridge to her past by ensuring that promise is kept at any cost.
Pete versus Life is a Channel 4 sitcom created by George Jeffrie and Bert Tyler-Moore. It stars Rafe Spall and the first episode was aired on 6 August 2010. It was recommissioned for a second series after averaging 1.6 million viewers and a young demographic during its first run, and series two started airing on 21 October 2011.
London's police force is in need of a public image revamp. And Chief Constable Richard Miller has found just the woman to do it...American visionary from the world of new media Liz Garvey, sets out to revolutionise the force's PR department just as an outbreak of violence erupts.
How Britain is changing through the eyes of police, fire and ambulance teams on the front line responding to 999 calls. Every episode highlights issues ranging from the damage caused by drugs and alcohol to the reality of domestic violence, and from the dysfunctional way that some people bring up their children to the plight of those who slip through society's safety net, with one or multiple issues raised per episode.