The Big Attack - Combat Heroes of WWII

The British dramatic series Shades would seem to have been a crossbreed between the German theatrical feature Wings of Desire and the American TVer Touched By an Angel. Dervla Kirwan and Stephen Tompkinson were respectively starred as Maeve and Mark, a pair of earthbound ghosts who wandered the streets of London looking for lost souls to save or redeem. The catch was that the two spirits could be seen and heard only by those people who did not know them when they were alive. Six 50-minute episodes of Shades were telecast by BBC1 in 2001.

Set in the small western town of Curtis Wells, Lonesome Dove: The Series follows first the romance and later the marriage of Newt Call and Hannah Peale, and the obsession that Clay Mosby, who owns most of the town, has with young Hannah, who looks remarkably like his late wife, Mary. In addition to the talented regular Canadian cast of Scott Bairstow, Christianne Hirt, and Eric McCormack, the show also featured the recurring players of Dennis Weaver as legend Buffalo Bill Cody, Diahann Carroll as innkeeper and widow Ida Grayson, Paul Johansson as newspaperman and family member Austin Peale, and Paul Le Mat as Hannah's father and the editor of the local paper.

A British major is intent on capturing a Nazi spy during World War II in this adaptation of Ken Follett's bestselling espionage thriller. The syndicated miniseries aired as an 'Operation Prime Time' entry.

A 13-part biography of England's Edward VII (1841-1910), the eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Edward was reared from earliest childhood for the monarchy, waited nearly 60 years to rule and then reigned less than a decade. Still, he left his colorful imprint on the Edwardian Age (1901-10).

While attending a Hollywood premiere with a famous action star, a crazed fan pulls a gun—but her movie hunk turns into a coward, and it's Vallery who becomes the hero. Suddenly, she's thrown into a world of action and danger as owner of a Hollywood protection agency, Vallery Irons Protection (V.I.P.), taking risks to protect others at a price few are willing to pay.

Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, its goal is to maintain peace among the various alien races by providing a sanctuary where grievances and negotiations can be worked out among duly appointed ambassadors. A council made up of representatives from the five major space-faring civilizations - the Earth Alliance, Minbari Federation, Centauri Republic, Narn Regime, and Vorlon Empire - work with the League of Non-Aligned Worlds to keep interstellar relations under control. Aside from its diplomatic function, Babylon 5 also serves as a military post for Earth and a port of call for travelers, traders, businessmen, criminals, and Rangers.