Wiktionary
n. 1 (context idiomatic English) A point in time which is nearly too late; the last minute. 2 (context idiomatic usually hyphenated English) (non-gloss definition: Used attributively.)
WordNet
n. the latest possible moment; "money became available at the eleventh hour"; "at the last minute the government changed the rules" [syn: last minute]
Wikipedia
Eleventh Hour is a four-part British television series developed by Granada Television for ITV by writer Stephen Gallagher. It follows the adventures of Professor Ian Hood (played by Patrick Stewart), Special Advisor to the government's Joint Sciences Committee, who troubleshoots threats stemming from or targeting "scientific endeavour." He is joined by Rachel Young (played by Ashley Jensen), a Special Branch operative who acts primarily as his bodyguard, as Hood has made powerful enemies through his work. The first episode was broadcast on 19 January 2006.
When Eleventh Hour went into pre-production in April 2005 it raised considerable interest and media attention, both because of Stewart's involvement and the amount of money ITV were spending on it (reportedly around £4.5 million). Stephen Gallagher (himself a two-time writer for Doctor Who) made the distinction that Eleventh Hour will be "science-based," not science fiction or speculative fiction.
Material was added to the scripts by the producers once the early episodes went into production, and creator Stephen Gallagher left the series because of it. The subject matter and direction of the later stories appear to differ from what was originally announced. An American remake produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and featuring Rufus Sewell aired on CBS from 2008 to 2009.
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 (strings) with Uwe Dierksen (trombone), William Winant (electric guitars) and Frith (electric guitars), in Germany and the United States in 2003 and 2004. Frith only plays on the second CD of this album.
A review in All About Jazz said this of the album: "Eleventh Hour documents Frith’s continued growth as a composer in the new music arena, and for all its juxtaposition of light and dark, it remains totally compelling and strangely beautiful." Another review at All About Jazz said that "Frith continues to beguile and surprise".
Eleventh Hour is the fifth studio album by American hip hop artist Del the Funky Homosapien. It was announced and partially recorded in 2004, but didn't come out until March 11, 2008, when it was released on Definitive Jux. It is Del's first solo album in eight years, following his 2000 album Both Sides of the Brain. The album is produced by Del himself with additional production from Opio, KU, and J-Zone.
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 (ET/PT). The series was a joint venture between Jerry Bruckheimer Television, Granada Television International and Warner Bros. Television.
Eleventh Hour (1942) 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.
Eleventh Hour is a 1942 Australian short documentary film from director Ken G. Hall for the Department of Information.
It was the third in a series of movies to promote Austerity War Loans, following Another Threshold.
Usage examples of "eleventh hour".
About the eleventh hour, released at last for a while from service.
And since nothing in Heaven or earth could prevent that - and Sang and Sushun and Prince I knew it - what was the point of stuffing the Emperor's ears with nonsense at the eleventh hour, when he'd learn the dreadful truth at the twelfth?
I suggest it was at this eleventh hour that Harold was told (either in William's message, or by the monk himself, or by his own monk who had returned from Hastings) that William was fighting under the papal banner, that he was wearing on his finger the holy relic of St Peter and suspended round his neck the very relics on which Harold had sworn the oath in Normandy, even that William or his Bishop Odo was bearing a papal bull of Harold's excommunication.
As everyone took note, with a sigh of wonder and relief, the armistice was signed in the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.