The Eleventh Hour
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The eleventh hour is a colloquial expression meaning "a time which is nearly too late". The phrase originates in the book of Matthew of the Christian Bible and references workmen being hired late in the day (Matt 20:6). It may also refer to:
Television
- The Eleventh Hour (CTV series), a 2002–2005 Canadian drama on CTV
- The Eleventh Hour (CBC series), a 2006 Canadian documentary series on Country Canada
- The 11th Hour (CBUT series), a late-1990s sketch comedy series on CBUTCBUTCBUT-DT is the CBC's television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and the flagship CBC Television station for the Pacific Time Zone. The station transmits its main terrestrial signal from a tower atop Mount Seymour....
in Vancouver - The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)The Eleventh Hour is an American medical drama about psychiatry starring Wendell Corey, Jack Ging, and Ralph Bellamy, which aired sixty-two new episodes plus selected rebroadcasts on NBC from October 3, 1962, to September 9, 1964.-Series premise:...
, a 1962–1964 American medical drama - The Eleventh Hour (1985 TV series), an Australian sketch comedy show
- Eleventh Hour (UK TV series), a British television series broadcast for one series of four episodes in 2006
- Eleventh Hour (U.S. TV series)Eleventh Hour (U.S. TV series)Eleventh Hour is an American science-based drama television series, which is based on the 2006 British series of the same name. The series originally ran on CBS from October 9, 2008 to April 2, 2009 and aired on Thursdays at 10 pm . The series was a joint venture between Jerry Bruckheimer...
, an American television series broadcast for one season of 18 episodes from 2008–2009 - The Eleventh Hour (branding)The Eleventh Hour (branding)The Eleventh Hour and The Sixth Hour were brand names given to the eleven P.M. and six P.M. local newscasts on NBC owned-and-operated television stations from the mid-1960's until about 1974, when the NewsCenter branding began to be used...
, brand names given to local newscasts on NBC television stations from the mid-1960s until about 1974 - "The Eleventh Hour" (Doctor Who)The Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who)"The Eleventh Hour" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD on 3 April 2010....
, the first full episode of the British television series Doctor Who to feature Matt SmithMatt SmithMatt Smith may refer to:*Matt Smith , American actor/producer whose screen name is Z.D. Smith*Matt Smith , English actor, known for playing the Eleventh Doctor in the British television series Doctor Who...
in the titular role. - "The Eleventh Hour," an episode of the American television series Make It or Break It
Music
- The Eleventh Hour (Jars of Clay album)
- The Eleventh Hour (Magnum album)The Eleventh Hour (Magnum album)-Cover Sleeve:The cover art was designed by Rodney Matthews."The Eleventh Hour illustration was mostly the brain child of Magnum's Tony Clarkin, a likable 'brummy' of eccentric appearance. He came to my studio where we listened to lyrics and he scribbled out a little sketch indicating the figure...
- Eleventh Hour (Del tha Funkee Homosapien album)
- The Eleventh Hour (Mars Lasar album)
- Eleventh Hour (Fred Frith album)Eleventh Hour (Fred Frith album)Eleventh Hour is a double album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It comprises five long pieces composed by Frith between 1990 and 2001, and was performed by the Arditti Quartet with Uwe Dierksen , William Winant and Frith , in Germany and the United States in 2003 and 2004...
- "The Eleventh Hour," a song by August Burns Red on the album Messengers
- "The Eleventh Hour," a song by Fates Warning on the album ParallelsParallels (album)Parallels is the sixth album by progressive metal band Fates Warning, released in 1991. It has sold over 150,000 copies due to the success of the singles "Eye to Eye", "Point of View", and "We Only Say Goodbye". On March 16, 2010 Metal Blade Records released a special edition of Parallels...
- "Eleventh Hour," a song by Yngwie Malmsteen on the album Perpetual FlamePerpetual FlamePerpetual Flame is a studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen and his group Rising Force, released on October 13, 2008 in Europe and on October 14, 2008 in the U.S.A. and Canada. It was his first album since 2005's Unleash the Fury and the first with ex-Judas Priest and Iced Earth singer Tim...
- "The 11th Hour," a song by Rancid on the album …And Out Come the Wolves
- "11th Hour" (Lamb of God song), a song by Lamb of God on the album As the Palaces Burn
- "Eleventh Hour," Kettering Fairmont High School'sFairmont High School (Ohio)Kettering Fairmont High School is located in Kettering, Ohio, United States. It is the only public high school in the Kettering City School District and is home to approximately 2,500 students, making it the 9th largest high school in Ohio.-History:...
top a capella group that appeared on the second season of NBC's "The Sing-OffThe Sing-OffThe Sing-Off is an American television singing competition featuring a cappella groups. It premiered on NBC on December 14, 2009, and is produced by Sony Pictures Television....
" - "The Eleventh Hour" (The Birthday Suit album)
- "Eleventh Hour," the debut EP by Matthew McCoy
Other uses
- World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
hostilities ended on the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh MonthArmistice DayArmistice Day is on 11 November and commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning—the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day...
, 1918; 11-11-18 at 11:00am (history) - The Eleventh Hour (book)The Eleventh Hour (book)The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery is an Award winning illustrated children's book by Graeme Base. In it, Horace the Elephant holds a party for his eleventh birthday, to which he invites his ten best friends to play eleven games and share in a feast that he has prepared...
, by Graeme Base - The Eleventh Hour (film)The Eleventh Hour (film)The Eleventh Hour is a 1922 British silent film. One of a number of adaptations of Ethel M. Dell's romance novels made around this time, the film revolves around Doris Elliott , who marries farmer Jeff Ironside , but quickly tires of farm life, and leaves him, only to realise her mistake and...
, a 1922 British film - The 11th Hour (film)The 11th Hour (film)The 11th Hour is a 2007 documentary film, created, produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, on the state of the natural environment. It was directed by Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Conners and financed by Adam Lewis and Pierre André Senizergues, and distributed by Warner Independent...
, a 2007 documentary - The 11th Hour (newspaper)The 11th Hour (newspaper)The 11th Hour News Weekly is an arts and entertainment alternative weekly published in Macon, Statesboro and Valdosta, Georgia. Beginning in Statesboro in 2001 as a newsletter on bars and nightclubs, it developed into a full-scale A&E publication, featuring leisure events in the college town. In...
- The 11th Hour (computer game)
- Eleventh Hour (animated short)Eleventh Hour (animated short)Eleventh Hour is the twelfth of seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character Superman. Produced by Famous Studios, the cartoon was originally released to theaters by Paramount Pictures on November 20, 1942.- Plot :...
, a 1942 Superman cartoon - The Eleventh Hour (1933 play), a play by Anthony Armstrong
- The Eleventh Hour (1999 play)The Eleventh Hour (1999 play)The Eleventh Hour is a 1999 play by American composer Peter Dizozza.-History:In 1974, Dizozza created a ghost story, using as its outline a reordered track listing of the soundtrack recording of Lost Horizon by Burt Bacharach and Hal David...
, a play by Peter Dizozza