The Earth Dies Screaming, is a 1964 British science fiction film directed by Terence Fisher. Human bodies are scattered around an English village, apparently all dead from a sudden attack. A small group of survivors, take refuge in a local hotel led by an American jet test pilot. Meanwhile a mysterious alien force is using metallic creatures to take over the Earth.

A BBC production from 1981. Based on the book written by Douglas Adams. When the Earth is destroyed a Vogon Demolition Fleet to make way for a new hyperspace bypass, Arthur Dent joins his friend Ford Prefect (who turns out to be a researcher, for an electronic reference guide called the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) for a galactic voyage. Where they meet Marvin, a depressed paranoid android, Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed ex-President of the Galaxy, and a familiar Earth girl, Trillian. The adventure continues...

This is part 2 of a 2001 4 part Canadian T.V mini series,. Which is largely considered to be in an alternate reality, Prime Directives is set 10 years after the first film. After the events of "Dark Justice" Alex Murphy alias Robocop, has gone on the run after been falsely accused of being a rogue vigilante by Omni Consumer Products. O.C.P secretly have created a newer version of Robo cop, and put him,as part of a Cyborg Extermination Unit. With their mission being to find and destroy Alex/ Robocop. Can he defeat O.C.P's new creations, and prove his innocence ?

Hemel Pike ( Harry H Corbett ) is a canal-barge Casanova, aided and abetted by his illiterate cousin (Ronnie Barker). Hemel has a girl in every town along his route, and each one is intent on marriage and trying to get him to settle down . But his real love is the canals and he does not want to give up his lifestyle He is finally caught when one of the girls, falls pregnant, and Hemel tries to live a more " normal life" But he finds it difficult. living on land, and misses his old life.