Richard Thomas

John-Boy becomes a publisher, Mary Ellen becomes a bride, old friends return, new friends arrive, and the family bedrock of love endures in the fifth season of this classic series.

A race car driver's obsession to win almost costs him his wife and his friendship with his arch-rival. It also features spectacular footage of the 1968 Indy 500 with its famous seventeen car pileup and a biting look at the people who make their living in the fast lane.

Through tests, tears, and triumphs as a fire drives the Waltons from their home, John-Boy becomes a scriptwriter, Mary Ellen applies to nursing school, and Jim-Bob discovers a fact about his birth, all while Hitler and Mussolini threaten the world.

Flood: A storm of epic proportions hits the Thames Barrier, the largest fixed tidal defense in the world. When the Barrier is overwhelmed by the immense and terrifying surge, water flows into London causing panic in the Underground and submerging the city's landmarks. Eight million Londoners are about to become heroes or victims as they struggle to survive the biggest disaster Britain's capital has ever faced. Flood, a river's rampage: The people...

Roots, adapted from the Alex Haley novel that traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors was captured and sold into slavery. Follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boy's abduction in Africa to America and continued throughout the generations that followed. Roots, the next generations follows the Haley family from the post-Civil War era until the more contemporary but still turbulent time of the 1960s...