Kanopy (Firm)
1) Arthur: S25
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Arthur solves problems big and small that kids face every day! For children ages 4 to 8, Arthur teaches kids about reading and writing, and encourages the development of positive social skills. Each story is tackled with empathy and humor. Based on the popular children’s books by Marc Brown, Arthur is television’s longest-running children's animated series!
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
For decades, scientists have tried to unlock the secrets of ancient DNA. But life’s genetic blueprint is incredibly fragile, and researchers have struggled to find DNA in fossils that could survive millions of years. Then, one maverick scientist had the controversial idea to look for DNA not in fossils or frozen ancient tissue – but in dirt. Join the hunt as scientists decipher the oldest DNA ever found, and reveal for the first time the genes...
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Steve and Becky are young, unemployed and lazy. All they want to do is eat, drink and have sex - so they do. They don't want to get a job - so they don't. They're happy to spend their days watching DVDs in Steve's bedsit, but they're constantly interrupted by Dan - the lonely bloke from upstairs, Laura and Paul - Becky's sister and her fiancé or, most frighteningly for Steve, Becky's parents. Him and Her is an anti-romantic comedy, lifting the lid...
5) Leonardo: S1
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Following a teenage Leonardo da Vinci and set against the breath-taking backdrop of 15th century Florence, this series is far from a typical period drama. Bursting with mystery, adventure, comedy, and even a slowly unfolding love triangle, the show charts the exploits of history's most dynamic group of teens: streetwise Mac, painter Lisa, rich kid Lorenzo, and a young Leonardo da Vinci. With fast-paced, stylish action sequences, modern music, language...
6) Leaving
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Aaron Hughes is 25, lives with his parents and can't find a job. To top it all, his ex-girlfriend Phoebe is about to marry his brother. It's at their wedding that he meets 45 year old wedding events manager Julie Ranmore, a married mum of two. Inspired by her kindness and work ethic, Aaron soon finds himself working alongside Julie and a bond begins to form between them. Then one night, an intimate moment becomes a kiss - taking them both by surprise....
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Hapless Rick Spleen is back, and in this series, his career hits an all-time low - even by his own dismal standards. From public humiliation on live TV to private embarrassment at a comedy workshop, it seems everything Rick touches turns to mould. His idea of writing a novel gets stuck on page one, and when he lands a job as a presenter on a shopping channel, it seems he has finally found his niche. But when he's taken hostage by a knife-wielding...
9) Stella: S2
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
40-something mum Stella continues to juggle the ups and downs of family life amid the chaos of her eccentric friends, relatives and children's fathers.
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Conor McSweeney and Jock O'Keeffe are best pals. A couple of young fun loving criminals. Conor's mum reckons Jock's a little scumbag. But Conor knows that's a load of bull. They pass their time winding up their principal Barry Walsh by hitting on his daughters. And winding up policeman Sergeant Healy by stealing bikes. Life's a breakneck rollercoaster when you're having as much fun as Conor and Jock. That's okay, because they'd do anything for each...
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
From the creators of The League of Gentlemen and Psychoville comes a second anthology of deliciously unexpected tales, full of surprises both dark and laugh-out-loud funny. Written by and starring Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, each story invites you into a different No. 9, each set in a new location with completely new characters. From a sleeping compartment on a French train to a séance in a grand Victorian villa, and from a 17th century...
12) Josh: S2
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Josh Widdicombe returns for a second series of this quirky comedy about the highs and lows of life as an anxious old man trapped in a young man's body. Things don't run smoothly for Josh as he gets embroiled with a sexually voracious older woman, attempts to evict a drug-taking squatter from his flat and tries to end ten years of friendship with the world's most boring man, aka Pete the Human Potato. Expect plenty of high-pitched grumbling, a glossary...
13) Lead Balloon: S3
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Jack Dee returns once again to the screens as the hapless Rick Spleen. Despite professional and domestic crises, Rick manages to hold his head up high and retain his self-respect. Well, actually, no he doesn't - getting the worst score of all time on a much-loved radio panel show, and the disclosure of his real name on a show about family trees certainly does away with any remaining pride. Domestic chaos, social mishaps and professional disasters...
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Deliciously dark writer-performers Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith return with a third collection of their award-winning films. An argument about a restaurant bill spirals out of control, a karaoke night veers wildly off script, and a mysteriously exclusive art exhibition brings sharp new meaning to the term 'cutting-edge culture'. Belly laughs and macabre twists combine in six endlessly inventive episodes with guest stars including Keeley Hawes,...
15) M.I. High: S1
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The old school spies have had their day as a new threat looms over the 21st century in this action-packed children's adventure. Luckily, there's a new kind of skilled undercover agent, hidden in a place where no villain would think to look. This is Saint Hope, an inner city school concealing a crack team of teen experts working for the British government. They must use all their gadgetry and guile to prevent the Super Kriminal Underworld League (SKUL)...
16) Wannabe
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Maxine used to be famous. Shiny, fabulous famous. Back in the '90s, Maxine released a hit single with teenage girl group Variety. But success was short-lived. Now Maxine's husband writes cheesy jingles for a living, her PA is a mobile phone app and the girl band she manages are threatening to fire her. Maxine decides to form Mum Pop, a girl band made up entirely of mums. Now Maxine just needs to find some mums. And music. And an audience.
17) Him & Her: S4
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
At last the day has come - it's Paul and Laura's wedding day and the final chapter for Steve and Becky. From the early morning wake up call, through the ceremony and the speeches, to the drunken mess of the late night disco, we watch the wedding in real time in all its glory. Prepare for Laura's final showdown with Paul and Steve and Becky's biggest moment.
18) Lead Balloon: S1
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Jack Dee stars as Rick Spleen, a disillusioned stand-up comedian and writer. His career has not quite gone the way he had hoped; hosting corporate events and appearing on second-rate daytime chat shows was not meant to be part of the plan. Worse still, he's stuck with a lousy stage name that he chose twenty years ago. Whether he is being accused of putting on weight, suspected of being gay or worried about accidentally poisoning another performer,...
19) Semi-Detached
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Lee Mack stars in this farcical family sitcom about a divorced couple living on the same street. Playing out in real time, this madcap sitcom is packed with exquisitely timed mayhem. With each episode, a new crisis kicks off in Stuart’s life. Stuart hasn’t exactly made it easy for himself. His ex-wife lives across the street, his alcohol-swilling dad lives in the bedroom next door and his new girlfriend, not to mention his daughter, can be a tad...
20) Him & Her: S2
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Anti-romantic comedy lifting the lid on love as it really is - warts and all, revealing the hilarious and often shocking truth of what really goes on behind the bedroom doors of today's 20-somethings. In the second series of Her & Him, love goes on for Becky and Steve, now living together but still gloriously lazy.