Great! Action +1 Wednesday

An uplifting round-up of good news stories from the UK and around the world

The Westpac rescue crew risks it all to board a troubled gas tanker at sea, and it is feared that a farmer may have sustained serious injuries after being kicked by a horse

A car of teenagers has rolled in a remote paddock, a fisherman mistakes chest pain for seasickness, and a tourist is hurt when a branch crashes down on him

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The story of the disappearance and rediscovery of Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, revealing how the iconic portrait was disregarded for years

Dramatised account of 19th-century serial killer Mary Ann Cotton, aka the Black Widow, who travelled around the north east of England, and murdered men for the life insurance

Biopic of aeronautical engineer RJ Mitchell, whose innovative ideas led to the creation of the Spitfire. Directed by and starring Leslie Howard, with David Niven and Rosamund John

How news bulletins used to look. The GREAT! network takes viewers back in time, remembering stories from this week back then

Biopic of aeronautical engineer RJ Mitchell, whose innovative ideas led to the creation of the Spitfire. Directed by and starring Leslie Howard, with David Niven and Rosamund John

Billy takes up boxing to pay for a saddle, and forms a friendship with his forthcoming opponent

Michael captures a crime lord at the centre of a Miami police investigation, and offers his quarry to Paxson in the hope of getting the police off his case

Michael tries to help a mathematician prevent his employers selling secrets collected by their communication equipment from foreign embassies

An art expert examines an antique ring belonging to a museum patron, but begins to suspect a connection to a murderer. Thriller, with Rebecca Mader and Cameron Bancroft

The team travels to Mexico to protect a government minister who has become a target as a result of his efforts to combat the drug trade

Michael captures a crime lord at the centre of a Miami police investigation, and offers his quarry to Paxson in the hope of getting the police off his case

Michael tries to help a mathematician prevent his employers selling secrets collected by their communication equipment from foreign embassies

A former cop becomes a hitman to clear his debts, but begins to suspect his employer is hiding something from him. Action thriller, starring Steven Seagal and Lance Henriksen

How news bulletins used to look. The GREAT! network takes viewers back in time, remembering stories from this week back then

A former cop becomes a hitman to clear his debts, but begins to suspect his employer is hiding something from him. Action thriller, starring Steven Seagal and Lance Henriksen

The team travels to Mexico to protect a government minister who has become a target as a result of his efforts to combat the drug trade

A large number of prominent figures are dying from apparently natural causes and with no link between them, until a doomed British agent mentions the 'angels of death'

While being held on a blacklisted freighter, Mannering and Cordelia discover that the ship's crew is part of a plot to knock an American space capsule out of orbit

An American and an Englishman receive bizarre invitations to a luxurious Cote d'Azur hotel, only to learn they have been set up for a challenging new career of adventure and danger

A scientist condemned for being a whistleblower is forced to become a fugitive to save the Earth from a destructive impact. Disaster movie, starring Mark Lutz and Anna Van Hooft

Documentary following an American coast guard unit stationed in Kodiak, Alaska