John Wood – MRQE

Rasputin (TV)

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Into an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a nation…or destroy it. Based on the true story of one of the most powerful and mysterious figures in Russian history.

Longitude (TV)

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it.

Citizen X (TV)

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people. His victims were mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a communists state, the police investigations were hampered by bureaucracy, incompetence and those in power. The story is told from the viewpoint of the detective in charge of the case.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (TV)

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In the later years of the nineteenth century Latin master Mr. Chipping is the mainstay of Brookfields boys boarding school, a good teacher and a kindly person but he is considered to be married to the job so that it is a surprise when, on a walking holiday, he meets and marries the vivacious Kathie,who becomes his helpmate at the school but sadly pre-deceases him. Just before World War One insensitive new headmaster Ralston tries to edge Chipping out but the boys rally and Sir John Rivers, an old pupil of Chipping’s and now head of the board of governors, invites him to stay and,when the war breaks out and Ralston joins up, Chipping becomes the new head.

“Blue Heelers”

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Blue Heelers was one of Australia’s longest running weekly television drama series. Blue Heelers is a police drama series set in the fictional country town of Mount Thomas. Under the watchful eye of Tom Croydon (John Wood), the men and women of Mount Thomas Police Station fight crime, resolve disputes and tackle the social issues of the day. We watch their successes and their failures and learn to grow with them and their loved ones as the heart of the series develops.

Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback (TV)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After surviving the terrifying outback abduction of her boyfriend, Joanne Lees became the victim of a relentless trial by media across two continents. With no body to speak of, reported ‘sightings’ of Peter, and revelations Joanne had cheated on her boyfriend, the public and media in both Britain and Australia refused to accept Joanne’s innocence on face value. This is the story of one young woman’s courage in the face of one of the most mysterious crimes in Australian history.

Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Lara is a woman tormented, torn between science and faith. Pushed by her husband to seek treatment from a congregation of zealots, a ruthless exorcist will try to save her soul by putting an innocent woman through hell.

Finders Keepers

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000

In this documentary, recovering addict and amputee John Wood finds himself in a stranger-than-fiction battle to reclaim his mummified leg from Southern entrepreneur Shannon Whisnant, who found it in a grill he bought at an auction and believes it therefore to be his rightful property.

The Gambler

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Under pressure from his publisher, Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky gets work on his latest piece, ‘Rouletenberg’. In the 27 days it takes for him to complete the novel reality and fiction become blurred; in this feverish atmosphere of excess Dostoyevsky’s characters come to life as he struggles to complete his work.

War Games

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.