Isle of Jersley, slutningen af anden verdenskrig. Grace bor sammen med sine to børn i en victoriansk villa på en fjern ø. Tre nye tjenestefolk ankommer og mærkelige ting og sager begynder at ske. Graces datter fortæller, at hun har set og talt med en uforklarlig skabning, der bevæger sig rundt i alle husets værelser. Først tror Grace ikke på historien, men efterhånden tvinges hun til at konfrontere uhyggen i det knirkende hus.
I 1946 modtager den unge forfatter Juliet et brev fra landmanden Dawsey fra kanaløen Guernsey. Impulsivt rejser Juliet til Guernsey med en plan om at skrive om øens bogklub, der blev grundlagt under krigen. Juliet danner et stærkt bånd med klubbens medlemmer - ikke mindst med Dawsey. Men hun opdager også, at klubben skjuler en hjerteskærende hemmelighed, som de nødigt vil have frem i lyset.
Adèle Hugo, daughter of renowned French writer Victor Hugo, falls in love with British soldier Albert Pinson while living in exile off the coast of England. Though he spurns her affections, she follows him to Nova Scotia and takes on the alias of Adèle Lewly. Albert continues to reject her, but she remains obsessive in her quest to win him over.
Julia Lambert er en tiljublet teaterdiva, men hun er begyndt at kede sig både i sit ægteskab og på scenen. Julia er moden til et eventyr og falder med et brag for den unge amerikaner Tom. Men da hun opdager, at Tom har forelsket sig i en ung skuespillerinde, som han forsøger at promovere på Julias bekostning, planlægger hun en grusom hævn.
Mr. Pye is a missionary whose mission to spread God's love on the tiny English Channel island of Sark faces supernatural setbacks in this comic fantasy from the author of Gormenghast.
The Channel Islands have had a varied and exciting history. Jersey and Guernsey are ideal places for holidays. Jersey offers a wide variety of attractive bays for sport and relaxation; Guernsey still preserves something of an eighteenth-century atmosphere, and is a place for quieter enjoyment. It is an ideal centre for exploring the other smaller islands, and the film ends with a journey by boat to Herm.
During World War 2 the Channels Islands were occupied by German forces, and only saved from starvation through the intervention of the Red Cross, who sent supplies on the SS Vega.
A film about the island of Jersey in the 1960s
In 1940 the Channel Islands became the only part of Britain to fall under Nazi rule. Now in this film Islanders speak from the heart about one of the most extraordinary periods in our history. Reliving in their own words the horror of the first air raids, the shock of occupation and the islands' gradual five year long decent into privation and starvation before experiencing the capitulation of the German forces and the joy of liberation.
In 1941 Hitler deported over 2000 British men, women and children from the Channel Islands to the heart of Nazi Germany. It was a terrifying journey into the unknown and some killed themselves rather than go. Others had just hours to pack one bag, destroy their pets and leave. However, the initial horror of the camps and the struggle to survive in the primitive conditions was replaced with a determination not just to survive, but to thrive, as Hitler's crime created one of the most bizarre episodes of the war.
Short documentary giving a brief insight into the life of popular Guernsey politician John Gollop who lives with Asperger's syndrome. Filmed during 2009 in Guernsey and Alderney in the Channel Islands.
In 1940, carried on a wave of rumour and panic, thirty thousand Channel Islanders fled their homes, their livelihoods and the islands for five long years in exile. Arriving in England with just one small case and only twenty pounds in cash, they were sent by rail across the country from Oldham to Glasgow. Children separated from parents, all cast adrift in an alien culture. Homeless and jobless, the adventures that befell them helped forge friendships the length and breadth of Great Britain which survive to this day. This is their story.
As soon as Hitler's forces occupied the Channel Islands in 1940 he ordered a series of fortifications to defend the only British territory he ever conquered. The problem was he never stopped - pouring men, concrete and weapons into the islands. By 1944 his officers talked of the Fuehrer's inselwahn - his 'island madness' and the Channel Islands had become the most fortified place on earth.