It was the world's last Islamic empire - a super-power of a million square miles. From its capital in Istanbul it matched the glories of Ancient Rome. And after six centuries in power it collapsed less than a hundred years ago. Rageh Omaar sets out to discover why the Ottomans have vanished from our understanding of the history of Europe. Why so few realise the importance of Ottoman history in today's Middle East. And why you have to know the Ottoman story to understand the roots of many of today's trouble spots from Palestine, Iraq and Israel to Libya, Syria, Egypt, Bosnia and Kosovo.
Markos Timoleon, an Onassis-like Greek tycoon, is celebrating his daughter’s 25th birthday on his private island. There, he will face an unpredictable chain of events that will threaten his dominance and shake his very existence. Based on Panos Karnezis’ acclaimed novel, “Birthday Party” is a drama set in the late 70’s world of jet-setters, where glamorous parties meet Greek tr...
Gary and Ell (a married man with an inferiority complex, and a grieving young widow - respectively) meet on a blind date only to wind up stealing a killer's car along with a dead body and $40,000.