It looks like fudge, is called a cake and you wash your hands with it. Gears and Wiz clean up the mystery of making soap.

Filmed by Chilean master Raúl Ruiz in 1990 but left unfinished until it was completed by his wife and collaborator Valeria Sarmiento in 2017, THE WANDERING SOAP OPERA is a dreamily interconnected series of vignettes that spoof on telenovela conventions while reflecting Ruiz's feelings upon returning to his native Chile after more than 15 years away. In one episode, a man seduces a woman by showing her his muscles, which are actually slabs of raw...

Award-winning Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona make a big impression as they whip through the lives of familiar faces from the worlds of showbiz, sport and soap. Highlights include England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson and his girlfriend Nancy; an alternative EastEnders starring traumatised trio, Little Mo, Billy and Trevor; Friends' Ross and spoon-bender Uri in The Gellers; The Osbournes in A Christmas Carol; Trinny and Susannah from What Not To Wear;...

Any minority craves images of itself, and this compilation of clips from Britain’s post-war cinema archives is a testament to the closeted appearances of gay characters and sentiments from filmmaking’s earliest days. Following gay characters as they go from being the butt of jokes to full-blown leading characters, Weiss has captured a playful, occasionally melodramatic, insight into on-screen homosexual characterizations. With Ian McKellen as...

The story of Nigeria's home grown film industry, which is gaining recognition as a cultural and cinematic phenomenon. First came Hollywood, then Bollywood and now Nollywood, Nigeria’s booming film industry, which released 2000 feature features in 2006 alone. Where else can you shoot a full-length dramatic film for {dollar}10,000 in 7 days? Until recently little known outside its own country, THIS IS NOLLYWOOD explains why Nigerian video production...

A boy who is mad about science and is being sent to summer camp to broaden his horizons, gets his campmates involved in his passion. LeVar Burton takes viewers on a ride aboard the giant roller coaster at New Jersey's Six Flags Great Adventure Amusement Park and talks about the scientific approach to things.

Busytown is an enchanting place that is abuzz with energy and life. Young audiences love to sing and laugh along as Huckle Cat and Lowly Worm make their way through the day. Always concerned for each other, the residents of Busytown make time for a song and a smile.

House of Dark Shadows, based on the very popular TV Gothic soap opera, follows the afterlife of Barnabas Collins. Recently unleashed from his coffin by a local drunk, the vampire goes on a killing spree, while at the same time charming his present day family members. In the process he meets local girl Maggie Evans and notices that she looks exactly like his deceased fiance Josette. Barnabas assumes that she is the reincarnation of Josette, and plans...

Contains some of the most popular segments on herbs in the garden from the TV show. Includes PPR.

Mass murders, kidnappings and a flasher may be troubling to the residents of Fernwood, Ohio. But pigtailed, gingham-frocked housewife Mary Hartman has a much more serious problem: waxy buildup on her kitchen floor. And while her husband Tom struggles in the bedroom and her best friend, country singer Loretta Haggers, struggles to make it big in Nashville, Mary teeters closer to the edge, desperate to save her marriage, keep her family together and...