Tom Hanks: A Career in Orbit

In his breakthrough movie 'Splash', Tom Hanks played a guy in love with a mermaid. Later hits had him playing an eight-year-old ('Big'), the romantic lead ('Sleepless in Seattle'), a wise fool ('Forest Gump') and an astronaut ('Apollo 13').

Some of the roles may be weird but the man playing them is always likeable. David Quinlan tells the full story of the world's favourite guy next door, now spreading his wings as director ('That Thing You Do'), as if winning consecutive Best Actor Academy Awards was not enough.