5:26 mins. duration

Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot and Maigret have merged into one bizarre character, who takes charge of 20 paying guests at Raven Hall, North Yorkshire.

A weekend murder hunt, which would make Agatha Christie turn in her grave, has been staged by three enterprising hoteliers, who guarantee fun and laughter, as the guests spend three intriguing days trying to find whodunit.

5:00 mins. duration

For "chocoholics" chocolate is without doubt one of the most seductive words in the English language. For many chocolate is an indulgence to satisfy the body and soul - for others chocolate is a form of art.

We look at all angles - where chocolate comes from, how famous chocolatiers and extravagant chocolate designers work with chocolate; we visit a chocolate factory, a chocolate boutique and watch "chocolate art" in progress...

The Great Christmas Pudding Race has taken place in Covent Garden every December since 1980. Teams from schools or companies race around a course carrying a Christmas pudding, and there is musical and magical entertainment. The event raises money for Cancer Research UK.

3:47 mins. duration

For the last 250 years the Rous family has played Lord of the Manor to Clovelly, a small, charming fishing village in the West of England.

Every year 300.000 visitors have to pay pay to enter the village, where they can enjoy the cobblestone streets without cars, without shops and tourist traps. Donkeys and sledges are the only means of transportation.

1.30 mins. duration

Every Easter Monday for the last 34 years this unusual event takes place in the heart of Yorkshire's mining country.

The participants are laden down with a 50 kilo sack of coal and must run 1 mile with it from the 'Royal Oak Pub' to the 'Shoulder of Mutton Pub'. It's a hard race and many don't make it to the end.

There are separate heats for men, women and children.

3:20 mins. duration

The Coast-to-Coast race is the most prestigious and toughest triathlon in New Zealand. It leads through a stunning landscape; mountains and rivers of breathtaking beauty. The 125 mile race starts in "Western Beach" on the Southern Island and finishes in Christchurch.

Five camera teams follow the participants running, biking and canoeing to extremes.

5:15 mins. duration

In an age when the British Establishment is being undermined by scandals and sleaze, Mary Spillane, ex-advisor to Ronald Reagan, has come up with a possible solution.

Image consultancy is the name of the game. During the last 10 years she has built a multi million pound empire advising politicians and businessmen what to wear and how to behave. Clive, a Mr. Bean look-alike, wants to be a Member of the European Parliament but hasn't quite got what it takes. He decides to consult Mary, who promptly transforms him into Mr. Successful.

2:37 mins. duration

Charlie Bray is one of those old-fashioned countrymen with a perfect cottage garden, a great love of trees, plants and animals and a wild enthusiasm for a sport that came to an end for most of us when we left school.

He has been world champion twice and is famed both at home and abroad for his devotion to the conker.

We visit Charlie at his cottage and then accompany him to Ashton in Northamptonshire. We are greeted by 130 participants from England and Europe and about 4,000 spectators for a spectacular day at the thirteenth World Conker championships.

That archetypal British schoolboy pastime Conkers has crossed the channel and found an enthusiastic German following. We visit the German Westerwald for the 2nd German Conkers Championships. Contenders from the home of Conkers, Ashton in the UK, fly over to defend their title.

3 mins. duration

Every year in June hundreds of people gather at Coopers Hill in Gloucestershire. Then dozens of foolhardy men and women chase down a ridiculously steep hill in pursuit of the local cheeses, which are rolled out in front of them.

A race with a difference. Many participants end up with broken bones and are rushed off to hospital. The 'game' was banned for a while because of the dangers involved.

Robert Dover's Cotswold Olympiks

2:30 mins. duration

On a picturesque hillside overlooking the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire we visit the yearly 'Robert Dover Cotswold Olimpiks', which date back to the 17th Century.

Rustic games such as 'Shin kicking', 'The standing jump', 'Throwing the Sledge Hammer' and 'Chinese Boxing', are but a few unusual events, which take place in this rural setting, which culminates at midnight with a huge bonfire and torchlight procession into Chipping Camden.

The latest rage when it comes to the afterlife is customised coffins. They come in all shapes and sizes, such as boats, skate-boards, musical instruments, giant egg-shells etc.

We visit the factory and a satisfied customer, who uses his coffin to decorate his house….on hold so to speak.

3 mins. duration

Not many people understand cricket and it is even more difficult to understand why they should play it on the frozen lake at St. Moritz. On the 11th and 12th February for the tenth year running 6 teams from Holland, Switzerland, England and India staged a cricket tournament of a different kind.

Chris Lewis, Gladstone Small and Jason Gallian were star guests. The day was blessed with dazzling sunshine, wild drinks and lots of eccentric Brits messing about in the snow...

3 mins. duration

The Dangerous Sports Club in the UK, which claims to have invented bungee jumping 21 years ago, has created a new invention for their thrill-seeking members. A gigantic catapult, which can propel a human 200 feet through the air at 60mph into a huge safety net.

We have spectacular footage of the first major accident at the club when Stella Young recoils out of the safety net after being thrown and crashes to the ground. She is rushed off to hospital.

At a later event we witness daredevil Oxford students putting new and improved catapult through its paces. Exhilarating footage as they are hurtled through the air at breakneck speed.

2:38 mins. duration

Ten years ago English eccentrics, bankers and archaeologists made a dream come true. They built a replica of a Greek Trireme - an ancient warship used against the Persians in the Aegean Sea.

200 men and women seated on three levels row this fantastic vessel down the River Thames, past the Houses of Parliament and under Tower Bridge as a showpiece of classical splendour to celebrate 2500 years of Democracy.

6 mins. duration

The International 'Gold Rush' Dog Race on the frozen lake at St. Moritz is held each year in February. The jet set glitterati provide additional colour to this unusual event located in this extravagant and beautiful setting, nestled in the snow covered Engadine.

Fascinating visuals as huge Scottish deerhounds jump hurdles in the snow. Exotic Borzois from Russia, Afghans, Sloughis (arabian greyhounds), Greyhounds and Azawakh are just a few of the unusual breeds taking part.

Duration 3'10 Min.

Peter Garforth bought a used double-decker bus with one million miles on the clock and converted it into a two-storey luxury hotel with four bedrooms, two bathrooms a lounge and a breakfast area.

His guests come from all over the world and are taken on five-day trips through the beautiful Yorkshire countryside with stops at pubs and beauty spots.

We accompany Peter as he takes a group of tourists on a very unusual tour..

3:15 mins. duration

Ask anyone the name of a famous count from Transylvania and they will be sure to get the right answer.

But how many people know that Dracula also prowled the streets of Whitby, a small fishing village in North Yorkshire? This historical portrait shows Bram Stoker creating a nocturnal chase, which ends in the local graveyard at midnight.

3 mins. duration

Every Easter thousands of children take part in the traditional hunt for 7000 chocolate Easter eggs in the grounds of Leeds Castle. An event, which is unparalleled in the UK and where the Easter Bunnies give a helping hand to the toddlers.

2.30 mins. duration

Eric's flamboyant style has turned him into a personality on the showbiz circuit: regular appearances on TV, radio and in the newspapers have made this erstwhile pop star manager a force to be reckoned with.

Eric manages the affairs of 35 English football players and is one of England's most outspoken and amusing football agents. He defends himself against the many accusations of corruption and bribery in the football world, and gives us a glimpse behind the scenes.

3 mins. duration

Eton scholars who played ball against three walls of the college chapel unwittingly founded a game, which has since travelled the world. Eton Fives is a form of squash.

The player hits the ball with his hand and the court is an exact replica of those very walls, including steps and parapet, of the college chapel.

Although slowly in decline in this country, Fives has been taken up with a passion in Nigeria, where the game is followed far more seriously than it ever has been here. We visit the college as Eton takes on Westminster.

3:22 mins. duration

It is not known exactly when the Eton Wall Game was first played, but the first recorded game was in 1766. St. Andrews Day matches between the Collegers and Oppidans are legendary. This year St. Andrews Day falls on 21st November.

The Eton Wall Game is exceptionally exhausting but is the greatest imaginable fun to play and is far more skilful than might appear to the initiated. The skill consists in the remorseless application of pressure and leverage as one advances inch by inch through a seemingly impenetrable mass of opponents. Few sports offer less to the spectator.

The last goal to be scored was on St. Andrew's Day in 1909

69 Athletes meet up in Kathmandu, drive 100 miles to Jiri, Nepal then trek on foot with Sherpas cooks and porters for 10 days to Namche Bazaar. Then to acclimatise they walk a further 20 miles and climb to 17,500 feet to the Everest Base Camp.

Then the race starts, accompanied by 10 medics, they run down Mount Everest to Namche Bazaar. The winner took 3 hours 56 minutes and several needed medical attention due to the altitude.

3 mins. duration

The first ever Extreme Ironing World Championships were held on 21 September 2002 in Munich, Germany. 12 nations including Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Belgium and Austria, battle to find the world's best extreme ironist.. the latest danger sport that combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well pressed shirt.

3:13 mins. duration

Liz Kilkenny runs a detective agency in Birmingham, which specialises in matters of the heart.

The "Female Investigation Services" employs 60 female detectives, who spend their evenings on the prowl. When a jealous wife suspects her husband is going astray, Liz will send her girls out to track him down. We join Yvonne and Gloria on their Tour d'Amour, and witness how female charm and cunning can trap two unsuspecting lovers.

1.30 mins. duration

Titchbourne in Hampshire regularly hosts Ferret racing every year. This year 200 furry ferrets compete in the world championships by racing through pipes and obstacles against the clock.

'Fixer' the ferret wins £100,- for its proud owner and a silver trophy too.

Nottingham Forest voted Ebehard from DŸsseldorf Football Fan of the Century, he travels over 700Km every week to support his team and has missed only 3 games in the last 4 years. They have nominated him as their choice to be entered into the Hall of Fans, which is part of the Football Hall of Fame in London. We accompany Ebehard and his parents as they visit the Football Hall of Fame for the first time.

2:36 mins. duration

This highly popular theme restaurant in the heart of London offers the football enthusiast the ultimate in Soccer entertainment.

A myriad of sophisticated special effects , and a state-of-the-art audio and visual system then entertains with clips of memorable goals and magical moments on numerous strategically placed screens.

Soccer legends the world over have loaned their own treasured mementoes to the restaurant, providing a magical and historical collection of footballing heirlooms for the guests to marvel over.

3 mins. duration

Fox Hunting in the UK has been hitting the headlines since Tony Blair pledged to ban it 5 years ago. It has been banned in Scotland but still continues in the rest of the UK.

What could be the last Fox Hunting season got under way at the beginning of November. Violent and non-violent confrontations between hunters and anti hunt saboteurs have become the order of the day.

Our film spends a day with notoriously troubled Chiddingfold hunt in Novemmber 2002 in West Sussex. We see both sides of the fenceÉ.the huntsmen in their traditional outfits and the animal rights activists who try to sabotage the event. We hear both sides of the story. Furthermore we have disturbing footage from the League against cruel Sports, which shows in graphic detail what happens to foxes when they are hunted down.

8:11 mins. duration

Fox hunting in Britain is a truly traditional pastime. But times change and with it, a new government, pledged to a free vote on the banning of this controversial sport has raised the issue of fox hunting to the top of the political agenda.

Whether the sport is banned or preserved, it is an issue of not only animal rights, but of geography and class that strikes as much at the divides of this country as its heart.

We go behind the scenes to profile a sport steeped in ceremony, providing a valuable insight into the cultural and moral aspects of fox hunting today. The film includes disturbing and thought provoking footage of foxes being dug out and terriers at work.