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All six episodes of the BBC period drama series depicting the turbulent lives of four young artists in mid-19th century London: William Holman Hunt (Rafe Spall), John Millais (Samuel Barnett), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Aidan Turner) and Fred Walters (Sam Crane). Against the backdrop of the industrial revolution, the young men's quest for artistic freedom and immortality takes them into some of the lewdest, darkest corners of the city. Along for the ride is free-spirited redhead Lizzie Siddal (Amy Manson) - but just how much is she really risking to associate with this dangerous bunch?
2008 TV mini-series portraying the lives of John Adams (Paul Giamatti), the first Vice President and second President of the United States and his wife Abigail (Laura Kinney). Set during and after the American Revolution, the programme concentrates more on the personal, human stories of the major players in the revolt against Britain rather than on the action of the war itself. A strong supporting cast plays such immortal names as George Washington (David Morse), Thomas Jefferson (Stephen Dillane) and Benjamin Franklin (Tom Wilkinson).
One of television's most critically acclaimed programmes, The Wire addresses the seedy side of Baltimore’s finest, looking into money, drugs, politics and murder. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a universe of subterfuge and surveillance, where easy distinctions between good and evil, and crime and punishment, are challenged at every turn. A study on urban life in one of America’s toughest cities, each season of The Wire has focused on a different aspect of Baltimore, starting with the police force and the drug trade, then moving on to City Hall, the education system and concluding with the media.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, two Los Angeles-based highway patrolmen rode into the living rooms and imaginations of millions of TV viewers. So much so, that the sight of Ponch (Erik Estrada) and Baker (Larry Wilcox) straddling their magnificent machines has become an iconic image in television history. This release includes the entire second series of the crime-fighting show.
The complete Andrew Davies TV adaptation of Boris Pasternak's celebrated novel. During World War One, Yuri Zhivago (Hans Matheson) studies to become a doctor in Moscow. He marries his childhood sweetheart, Tonya (Alexandra Maria Lara), but is attracted to dressmaker's daughter Lara (Keira Knightley), herself engaged to young revolutionary Pasha (Kris Marshall) while also conducting an affair with government official Komarovsky (Sam Neill). Yuri and Lara's paths cross again in the aftermath of the Bolshevik revolution, and the two begin a passionate affair.
Three-part BBC miniseries focusing on the influential Bloomsbury Group. The dramatisation follows the lives and complex relationships of the like-minded English intellectuals in the famous artistic circle including painter Duncan Grant (James Norton), author Virginia Woolf (Lydia Leonard), her sister Vanessa Bell (Phoebe Fox), writer Lytton Strachey (Ed Birch) and economist John Maynard Keynes (Edmund Kingsley).
Three-part drama telling the true life story of the Liverpudlian singer and personality. Born Priscilla White, Cilla Black (Sheridan Smith) started off life as a secretarial typist, dreaming of one day making it in the glamourous world of showbusiness. When Bobby Willis (Aneurin Barnard) notices something in the young girl he pursues her with promises of the big time. With the help of renowned agent Brian Epstein (Ed Stoppard), Cilla becomes determined to make it as a big star but first she must make some sacrifices. Will it all be worth it?
Submerge yourself in classic BBC Dickens dramatisations that, like the great novelist's work, have stood the test of time. The majesty of Charles Dickens' storytelling is captured in this DVD boxset that brings together BBC dramatisations of eight of the acclaimed author's classic novels. From the touching 1985 dramatisation of the semi-autobiographical Oliver Twist to the moving A Christmas Carol that sidesteps mawkish sentimentality and instead, offers viewers an affecting and sincere drama, each TV adaptation will delight fans of the author – and win over a generation of new ones. Starring a wealth of celebrated actors including Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, John Mills and many more, the Charles Dickens Collection celebrates the author's work with authentic and beautifully-played mini TV-series from a broadcaster that is world-renowned for its adaptations. In chronological order, the adaptations featured in this set are:
All 10 episodes of the Swedish crime drama. Following the death of her father, Stockholm police investigator Eva Thörnblad (Moa Gammel) returns to her hometown of Silverhöjd where her daughter disappeared 7 years previously and was believed to have drowned. Determined to use her time there to continue her investigations, Eva's search takes an unexpected turn when more of the town's children mysteriously disappear in the same forest as her daughter.
The complete six seasons of the American medical drama hwhich is a spin off from Grey's Anatomy Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery is a renowned neonatal surgeon. After realizing that her life isn't advancing at Seattle Grace, Addison packs her bags and heads off to Santa Monica to start a new life. She reunites with her newly divorced med school friends, Naomi and Sam, and joins them in the chic private practice along with the other doctors on staff.
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