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Complete first and second series of the late 1980s drama about the lives and loves of a group of fast-living city bankers. Mirroring the bear-pit attitudes of the time, this series follows the upwardly-mobile hopefuls at London-based investment bank, Shane Longman, as they try to scramble up the corporate ladder, taking risks, eating up the pressure, and following their instincts in search of that elusive deal that will finally announce their arrival in the city. Ah, the good old days of 'greed is good'!
4-part epic and romantic drama about the power, politics, and passions of the legendary monarch. Oscar winner Dame Helen Mirren stars as one of the greatest rulers in history, the legendary mother of the Russian Empire, Catherine The Great, in this lavishly realised limited series with incredible creative credentials.
The complete second series of the early 1970s London police drama. The show follows two members of the New Scotland Yard Criminal Investigations Department, Detective Chief Superintendent John Kingdom (John Woodvine) and Detective Inspector Alan Ward (John Carlisle), as they dedicate themselves to bringing some of the city's most troublesome criminals to justice. The episodes are: 'Nothing to Live For', 'A Case of Prejudice', 'A Gathering of Dust', 'Evidence of Character', 'Prove It', 'Shadow of a Deadbeat', 'Papa Charlie', 'Error of Judgement', 'Two Into One Will Go', 'The Money Game', 'We Do What We Can', 'Hoax' and 'My Boy Robby?'.
The entire second series of the BBC crime drama starring Ben Miller. In this series, now firmly esconced on the tropical Caribbean island of Saint-Marie, DI Richard Poole (Miller) struggles to come to terms with both his growing love for the island, though he'd never admit it, and his feelings for Camille (Sara Martins). Meanwhile, Fidel (Gary Carr) feels the pressure mounting as he studies for his sergeants' exams, and Dwayne (Danny John-Jules) has to extricate himself when he lays on the love a little too thickly.
Set in quintessential 1950s England, The Darling Buds Of May is rural idyllic bliss in its full glory as we follow the exploits of the Larkin family. Led by the loveable Pop Larkin (Sir David Jason) and Ma Larkin (Pam Ferris) family life is never short of surprises, not least when their eldest daughter Mariette (Catherine Zeta-Jones) falls for the rather haphazard tax inspector Charlie. Life never looked anything short of perfick on Home Farm. Contains all 11 episodes from seasons 1, 2 and 3.
The complete first series of the French drama following the women working in a Parisian brothel known as Paradise in 1871. Owner Hortense (Valérie Karsenti) looks after her girls while fending off a gangster who wants her money; Véra (Anne Charrier), who is in her mid-thirties, knows at her age she will be unable to continue as a prostitute much longer and hopes that a wealthy client will be able to take care of her debt; and Rose (Jemima West) is still very young when she comes to Paris to find her mother and ends up working at Paradise.
Lawrence Gordon Clark directs this double bill of horror dramas adaptated by the BBC from two of M.R. James's classic ghost stories. In 'A Warning to the Curious' (1972) Mr Paxton (Peter Vaughan) travels to English seaside town Seaburg hoping to find the last of three Anglo Saxon crowns belonging to the Agers family whose last descendant has recently died. When he uncovers the crown, however, he finds himself haunted by a ghostly figure. In 'The Stalls of Barchester' (1971) Dr. Black (Clive Swift) is cataloguing the Barchester Cathedral Library when he comes across an old diary belonging to Archdeacon Haynes (Robert Hardy) who died mysteriously. Whilst reading the entries Black soon discovers that Haynes may have been cursed upon the death of his predecessor after which he was tormented by supernatural goings-on.
This complete box set contains all eight seasons of Desperate Housewives. Welcome to the sexiest street in suburbia, where the lawns are green and the scandals ripe. Rediscover every delectable moment of this sinfully original series, from the stunning beginning on Mary Alice’s unusual day, through the climactic finale. This collection gathers all eight seasons together in a sizzling set that is totally desperate and dangerously delightful.
All 26 episodes of the Yorkshire Television drama following the police officers of a small village in Yorkshire. A precursor to the success of 'Heartbeat', the show sees PC Moss Parkin (John Flanagan) and DC Ron Radley (Gareth Thomas) struggle to keep the citizens of Fickley on the right side of the law, with cases ranging from petty theft to abduction. The episodes are: 'Hoot Nor Horn', 'Lock, Stock and...', 'Dead Or Alive?', 'Fame of a Kind', 'Bonus', 'The Good Listener', 'The Deserter', 'The Way Home', 'Boys', 'A Pair of Good Shoes', 'The Birmingham Con', 'Nothing Personal', 'Everybody Knew But Me', 'No Friendship for Coppers', 'Manchester Passenger', 'The Journey', 'Regulation 17', 'Vickory', 'Fox Among the Chickens', 'Wisemen', 'This Little Piggy', 'Low Moon', 'The Spider's Web', 'It's Got to Be Local', 'The Link' and 'Two Gentlemen Standing'.
All eight episodes from the second season of Olivier Marchal's French police thriller. The series follows a group of police led by Eddy Caplan (Jean-Hugues Anglade) who use violent and unorthodox methods in their criminal investigations. When this is brought to the attention of Internal Affairs, the department is faced with the difficult and dangerous task of exposing the group's methods and putting a stop to them. The episodes are: 'Les Damnés', 'Seuls Contre Tous', 'Tous Pour Un', 'Chèvres et Chacals', 'Infiltré', 'Mère et Patrie', 'Au Non du Pire' and '4 Moins 1'.
The complete four-part BBC drama in which the events of one night are re-told from the perspectives of different characters who are inevitably linked by the evening's outcome. To ensure a more secure future for himself, Ted (Douglas Hodge) attempts to impress his boss by holding a barbecue. When teenage rebel Rochelle (Georgina Campbell) litters the street outside his house, Ted makes sure she is punished but, in doing so, damages her chances at further education. Rochelle's mum, Carol (Jessica Hynes), is already struggling to cope with her life at home and at work when the police turn up looking for her son. Meanwhile, young Alfie (Billy Matthews) is about to turn 13 when he is faced with a difficult decision.
The complete first and second series of the thriller following a group of 40-something men who inadvertently become involved in crime. In the first series, Baxter (John Simm), Rick (Marc Warren), Woody (Max Beesley) and Quinn (Philip Glenister) go on holiday to Majorca where they meet their wealthy friend, Alvo (Ben Chaplin), who has gone into early retirement. It soon becomes clear that Alvo is mentally unstable and, when he steals a boat, the situation gets quickly out of hand. They soon find themselves caught up in a web of corruption involving murder and millions of euros in drug money. In the second series, the friends leave Majorca with the drug money and find themselves in Ibiza after boarding the wrong ferry where they decide to start a new life. Rick suggests they gamble the tainted money in order to get clean notes but they soon realise they have made a new enemy when their rental car blows up. Will they be able to survive another troublesome situation and find the new life they are hoping for?
An epic BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' last completed novel, interweaving various characters in a complex tale of greed, passion and death in Victorian London. John Harmon (Steven Mackintosh) is betrothed to the beautiful-but-spoilt Bella Wilfer (Anna Friel), who only wishes to marry for money. Then Harmon disappears, and it seems that he has drowned, but he has in fact assumed a new identity and found work with his late father's former employees, the Boffins (Peter Vaughan and Pam Ferris). Meanwhile, impoverished Lizzy Hexam (Keeley Hawes) must choose between the selfish Eugene Wrayburn (Paul McGann) and the obsessive Bradley Headstone (David Morrissey).
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield and initially starring former EastEnder Nick Berry as PC Nick Rowan, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines, with a host of colourful characters that viewers took to their hearts and a wonderfully nostalgic soundtrack. Running for two successful decades and becoming staple Sunday-night viewing, Heartbeat won several prestigious TV awards including Best Performing Peak-Time Drama in 1999 (beating Coronation Street), and a number of ITV Programme of the Year awards. The series attracted a peak audience of 14 million, spawned a highly successful spin-off, The Royal, and a Top Ten hit single, and has garnered a devoted following, remaining prime-time viewing world-wide.
A collection of 23 dramas based on the novels of Catherine Cookson: 'The Mallen Secret', 'The Mallen Curse', 'The Mallen Girls', 'The Mallen Streak', 'The Fifteen Streets', 'The Wingless Bird', 'The Round Tower', 'The Black Velvet Gown', 'The Black Candle', 'The Rag Nymph', 'The Moth', 'The Girl', 'The Tide of Life', 'The Glass Virgin', 'The Gambling Man', 'The Man Who Cried', 'The Cinder Path', 'The Dwelling Place', 'The Colour Blind', 'The Tilly Trotter', 'The Storyteller', 'The Secret' and 'Dinner of Herbs'.
All 104 episodes from series 8 to 14 of the long-running ITV fire-fighting drama. The popular series follows the lives of the men and women of Blackwall Fire Station's Blue Watch, as they contend with a never-ending stream of emergencies set in motion by the public at large.
In this, the final story in the Close to Jesus series from the producers of the Bible series, we follow the life-story of Joseph of Nazareth, Mary's husband. With lives caught between the collision of the paranoid and evil King Herod and the dominant Roman Empire of Caesar Augustus, Joseph finds himself acting as father to his nephews until eventually he is called to higher things. The betrothal to Mary, the Visitation and Annunciation, the hirth of Christ, the journey of the Three Wise Men, the flight to and exile in Egypt are all here in this dramatic telling of the family and lives of those closest to Jesus.
Patrick Melrose is a new kind of family saga which takes a scathing and sardonic view of the upper-classes, shining an unforgiving light on the privilege, greed cruelty and vulnerabilities that lie within their ranks. Played to perfection by Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick himself is many things: an aristocratic addict, a rakish and outrageously funny playboy, but he is also a man living as a victim of the sins of his parents. Based on the celebrated series of semi-autobiographical novels by Edward St Aubyn, this intelligent, beautifully told 5-episode miniseries follows Patrick as he embarks on a harrowing yet humorous decades-spanning odyssey to come to terms with the effects of childhood trauma.
All eight episodes from the tenth season of the ITV detective drama starring John Nettles as Detective Inspector Tom Barnaby, who uncovers the crimes hidden beneath the facade of local village life with the help of trusty Sergeant Ben Jones.
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Powerful television drama based on a true story. Between 1963 and 1965, Ian Brady (Sean Harris) and Myra Hindley (Maxine Peake) abducted, sexually assaulted and brutally murdered five children, disposing of the bodies in shallow graves across Manchester's Saddleworth Moor. The chilling story is told from the view of Hindley's sister, Maureen Smith (Joanne Froggatt).
On his journeys Indy encounters Eliot Ness, Charles De Gaulle, Al Capone, Norman Rockwell, Louis Armstrong and Winston Churchill to name a few.
From George Lucas comes an all-new, must-see 12-disc DVD collection, The Adventures Of Young Indiana Jones. This first volume of a three-volume series contains entertainment that combine real-world history with the boyhood adventure of one of cinema's greatest heroes: Indiana Jones. Join the amazing journeys of young Indy as he crosses paths with Picasso, Freud, Edison and other larger-than-life luminaries on his travels around the world. Then dig deeper into the real-life events and people who made history with more than three dozen fascinating, in-depth documentaries included in this exclusive DVD collection. Experience history as never before when you and your family explore special interactive features (can be used on Windows computers), including a timeline that makes the past come alive! Go on the adventure of a lifetime with The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones.
The complete first season of the 1980s US TV drama. Colt Seavers (Lee Majors) is a Hollywood stunt man who does some bounty hunting in his spare time. Aided and abetted by his sidekicks, cousin Howie (Douglas Barr) and the gorgeous Jody (Heather Thomas), Colt's an all round nice guy who'll help out any buddy in a jam. The episodes comprise: 'The Fall Guy: Part 1', 'The Fall Guy: Part 2', 'The Meek Shall Inherit Rhonda', 'The Rich Get Richer', 'That's Right We're Bad', 'Colt's Angels', 'The Human Torch', 'The Japanese Connection', 'No Way Out', 'License to Kill: Part 1', 'Goin' for It', 'The Adventures of Ozzie and Harold', 'Soldiers of Misfortune', 'Die Ready, Aim', 'Ladies On the Ropes', 'The Snow Job', 'Guess Who's Coming to Town', 'Child's Play', 'Charlie', 'Three for the Road', 'The Silent Partner' and 'Scavenger Hunt'.
Emma Woodhouse (Kate Beckinsale) is beautiful, rich, clever and rules over her father, Mr Woodhouse. She tries to influence the love-lives of their circle of friends in the small village of Highbury, with comic and disastrous results. Emma has no shortage of would-be suitors herself. The amorous vicar, Mr Elton, competes for her love with the dashing Frank Churchill and the outspoken and down-to-earth Mr George Knightley all compete for her love. Emma largely ignores their advances, preferring to concentrate on finding a match for her new friend Harriet Smith than face up to her own desires.
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