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Box set containing the Urquhart trilogy: three series based on the bestselling novels by Michael Dobbs, starring Ian Richardson as corrupt politician Francis Urquhart. In 'House of Cards', Urquhart is a long-serving MP who has his eye on the top job, and will stop at nothing to fulfil his ambition. As the trusted Chief Whip, he has insider knowledge that could bring down the already precarious Prime Minister, and in order to unleash his power he draws innocent young journalist Mattie Storin (Susannah Harker) into his schemes. 'To Play the King' continues to follow Urquhart's career. Having been made Prime Minister at the end of the last series after murdering an investigative reporter, he now crosses swords with the newly crowned monarch (Michael Kitchen) - a passionate man with firm liberal beliefs on the future of the country. In the final part of the trilogy, 'The Final Cut', Urquhart is well on his way to becoming Britain's longest-serving Prime Minister, and is starting to plan his retirement. He still has the Cyprus peace treaty to tie up, however, and the dark secrets from his past are beginning to come back to haunt him.
Second volume of episodes from the Italian crime drama based on the series of novels by Andrea Camilleri. Salvo Montalbano (Luca Zingaretti) plays a key role maintaining law and order in the town of Vigata in Sicily. Navigating his way around the fraught terrain of the Italian justice system isn't the only issue faced by Montalbano - his dual indulgences, food and his girlfriend, Livia (Katharina Böhm), often threaten to derail him. The episodes are: 'The Artist's Touch', 'A Trip to Tindari', 'The Sense of Touch', 'Montalbano's Croquettes', 'The Scent of the Night' and 'The Cat and the Goldfinch'.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall star in this five-part drama series set towards the end of the Edwardian era. The programme follows aristocrat Christopher Tietjens (Cumberbatch) as he marries the destructive Sylvia (Hall) despite being uncertain about whether the child she is pregnant with is his. He is determined to be faithful regardless of Sylvia's dalliances with other men but his resolve falters when he meets beautiful suffragette Valentine Wannop (Adelaide Clemens). As the First World War approaches Christopher's life only becomes more complicated.
Drama thriller following a couple on two different scenarios on Independence Day in New York. Bobby (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Kate (Lynn Collins) are indecisive about whether to spend the holiday together in the city or whether to go to Kate's family home. They flip a coin, leaving it to chance to choose for them but both possible outcomes play out. One has them dealing with family drama and the decision of whether to reveal Kate's pregnancy, while the other sees them being chased around Manhattan after finding a mysterious mobile phone.
All episodes from the first series of the British medical drama set in the 1960s at the fictional St Aidan's Royal Free Hospital. The show follows Matron (Wendy Craig) and the other hospital staff as they tend to the sick and face challenges both in and out of the workplace. Episodes comprise: 'First Impressions', 'Second Time Around', 'Coffin Fit', 'Sister of Mercy', 'Immediate Care', 'Kiss and Tell' and 'Crash'.
Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds, he is mistakenly believed to be retarded, but through the help of his strong-willed mother, a dedicated teacher, and his own courage and determination, Christy not only learns to grapple with life's simple physical tasks and complex psychological pains, but he also develops into a brilliant painter, poet and author.
Derek Jarman struggled for seven years to bring his portrait of the 17th-century Italian artist Michelangelo da Caravaggio to the screen. The result was well worth the wait, and was greeted with critical acclaim: a freely dramatised portrait of the controversial artist and a powerful mediation on sexuality, criminality and art -a new and refreshing take on the usual biopic. The film centres on an imagined love-triangle between Caravaggio, his friend and model Ranucdo, and Ranuccio's low-life partner Lena. Conjuring some of the artist's most famous paintings through elaborate and beautifully photographed tableaux vivants, these works are woven into the fabric of the story, providing a starting point for its characters and narrative episodes. Caravaggio features wonderful performances from Nigel Terry, Sean Bean, and, in her first role, Tilda Swinton, who was to become Jarman's muse and long-time collaborator. A visual treat, it was the first major film production for award-winning costume designer Sandy Powell, with luscious production design by Christopher Hobbs.
Thriller starring Cate Blanchett. Tracy Heart's (Blanchett) past won't let her go. Aged 32, she's spent the past four years recovering from her heroin addiction. Beset by the complex relationships within her family, her world is thrown into further turmoil by the unexpected return of her ex-boyfriend, Jonny (Dustin Nguyen).The criminal aspirations of her brother, Ray (Martin Henderson), and coping with the attempts of ex-footy star and junkie, Lionel Dawson (Hugo Weaving) to withdraw from his habit, almost prove too much. Will her dreams be enough to start a new life?
All eight episodes of the BBC miniseries starring James Nesbitt and Frances O'Connor. When Tony and Emily Hughes travel to France with their five-year-old son Oliver, their family holiday turns into a nightmare when Oliver disappears into the crowd of a busy French street. As the frantic father loses patience with the police and their lack of motivation to search for Oliver, Tony takes matters into his own hands and begins to form a private investigation.
The story of the conflict between slave-traders and Jesuits during the colonisation of South America by Spain and Portugal. In 1750 Jesuit priest Gabriel (Jeremy Irons) arrives in the Amazon to build a mission for the Guarani Indians. He comes into conflict with slave trader Mendoza (Robert De Niro), who kills or captures many of the tribe but escapes punishment due to the fact that he is an aristocrat. However, it transpires that even Mendoza has a conscience when he comes to Gabriel asking for penance.
The complete collection of Lynda La Plante's BAFTA-winning variation on the police procedural serial. In 'Prime Suspect 1' Helen Mirren plays DCI Jane Tennison, who takes over the running of what appears to be an open-and-shut murder case. However, she runs into problems as her investigations lead her into the male-dominated world of policework and the hunt for a serial killer. 'Prime Suspect 2' sees Tennison called in to head an investigation into the death of a young black woman, whose body is found in the back garden of a house in London. As she begins to investigate, she finds that she is having to deal with a whole web of issues surrounding racism and sexism within the police force, as well as tracking down a killer still on the loose. In 'Prime Suspect 3' Detective Tennison is transferred from Southampton Row to the Soho Vice Squad. Ordered to clear out prostitutes and rent boys in the area, Tennison is soon embroiled in another murder case when a 17-year-old rent boy is found dead in a transsexual's flat. In 'Prime Suspect 4 - Inner Circles' the murder of a country club manager in an affluent commuter suburb of London is quickly blamed on youths from a nearby housing estate. Tennison is not so sure. 'Prime Suspect 4 - The Lost Child' sees a newly-promoted Tennison investigating a missing child case back at Southampton Row. The culprit is fingered and, when an arrest attempt backfires, Tennison finds herself in a siege situation. In 'Prime Suspect 4 - The Scent of Darkness', when a series of copycat killings take place that resemble those in the first 'Prime Suspect', Tennison is suspended from duty. Can it be that George Marlow is innocent, as he insisted all along? And how will this development affect Jane's blossoming relationship with psychologist Patrick Schofield? In 'Prime Suspect 5', with a transfer to Manchester, Tennison finds herself lecturing school children on law and order. She demands something a little more up her usual alley, and is soon investigating the murder of a drug dealer. When a 14-year-old boy confesses to the killing, Tennison suspects that someone else is responsible. In 'Prime Suspect 6 - The Last Witness' Tennison is back in London facing the prospect of early retirement when the body of a young Bosnian woman is found with evidence of torture. Tennison's investigation leads her to one, possibly two, Serbian war criminals eager to silence the last witness to a massacre a decade before. In the final installment, 'Prime Suspect 7 - The Final Act', Tennison's retirement is still on the cards but as her working life draws to and end, Jane is paying dearly for a career studded with loneliness and internally directed anger. Her demons surface and she drinks them away night after night. The body of a missing girl is found and a missing persons case becomes a murder hunt, with the girl's father telling some inconsistent stories. Tennison's handling of the case is spotty, her concentration suffering, and she is forced to admit her alcoholism after a near-accident with a young witness in her car.
The true-life tale of FBI informant William O’Neal who infiltrates the Illinois Black Panther Party and is tasked with keeping tabs on their charismatic leader, Chairman Fred Hampton. A career thief, O’Neal revels in the danger of manipulating both his comrades and his handler, Special Agent Roy Mitchell. Meanwhile Hampton’s political prowess grows just as he’s falling in love with fellow revolutionary Deborah Johnson as a battle rages for O’Neal’s soul. Will he align with the forces of good? Or subdue Hampton and The Panthers by any means, as FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover commands? (Double-Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Song)
Rookie cop Billy Costigan grew up in crime. That makes him the perfect mole, the man on the inside of the mob run by boss Frank Costello. It's his job to win Costello's trust and help his detective handlers bring Costello down. Meanwhile, detective Colin Sullivan has everyone's trust. No one suspects he's Costello's mole within the police department. How these covert lives cross and collide is at the ferocious core of the Academy Award-winning The Departed. Martin Scorsese directs, guiding a cast for the ages in a visceral tale of crime and consequences. This is searing, can't-look-away filmmaking: like looking into the eyes of a con - or a cop - with a gun. Multiple Academy Award-winner for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editing and Best Adapted Screenplay.
All the episodes from all three seasons of the television drama based on the novel 'Anne of Green Gables' by Lucy Maud Montgomery. 13-year-old Anne Shirley, a young, orphaned redhead is mistakenly sent to live with an aging sister and brother, Marilla and Matthew. Having endured an abusive childhood spent in orphanages and the homes of strangers, Anne's spirit remains unbroken. So she will make the best of it, that is for sure. Even though Anne is an outsider, she never shies away from fighting for love, acceptance, and her place in the world. No matter how many problems she faces, she always manages to persevere against all odds and many challenges. Plus, no-one can resist her unique spirit, fierce intellect and brilliant imagination. Sure enough, Anne transforms the lives of the entire small town and the whole world around her.
All 18 episodes from the first season of the drama starring Freddie Highmore as Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with savant syndrome and autism. Relocating from a small city in Wyoming to San Jose, California, Shaun begins his surgical residency at St. Bonaventure Hospital. Having a photographic memory and the ability to visualise the internal human body Shaun knows he can be an asset to the hospital, but with members of the board reluctant to hire a doctor with his condition, Shaun faces an uphill struggle to prove himself and his skills.
Michel Hazanavicius writes and directs this modern-day silent film comedy recounting the demise of the silent film industry in the late 1920s. Jean Dujardin takes on the role of George Valentin, one of the biggest stars of the silent movie era. George seems to have the perfect life: he loves his work, enjoys adoration from fans and falls in love with a beautiful young starlet, Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo), after working with her on a movie. When studio boss Zimmer (John Goodman) warns him that the future of film making lies in 'talkies', George is dismissive of the threat. However, as films with audible dialogue begin to take off - with Peppy the undoubted star of the new medium - George struggles to keep pace with a changing world. The film was nominated for ten Oscars at the 2012 Academy Awards and won five, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor (Dujardin).
The captivating characters from Jane Austen’s unfinished final novel - Sanditon, returns for a second season. It's nine months after season one's heart-breaking finale - with seaside town Sanditon growing in popularity and brimming with lively characters, romance and intrigue. Austen's heroine Charlotte soon attracts the attention of two new suitors, while Georgina Lambe, is determined to get up to mischief in the name of love. Tom Parker strives to rebuild Sandition, while the secrets and lies of the dysfunctional Denhams continue to rock the foundations of the sunny seaside town.
All 13 episodes from the fourth season of the historical crime drama set in late 19th-century Toronto. Yannick Bisson stars as Inspector William Murdoch, a dashing young detective who pioneers new scientific approaches to solving crime such as fingerprinting, forensic techniques and lie detector machines. Assisted by coroner Dr Julia Ogden (Helene Joy) and Constable George Crabtree (Jonny Harris), Murdoch employs these new-fangled methods - as well as his own unswerving instinct - to solve some of the city's most gruesome murders.
All ten episodes of the American drama starring Michael C. Hall as a
former police forensics expert who moonlighted as an avenging serial
killer. Ten years after faking his own death, Dexter (Hall) is living a
quiet life in Iron Lake, New York under the assumed identity of Jim
Lindsay.
Determined to protect his ranch and his family’s legacy by any means necessary, John Dutton turns up the heat in the most epic season of Yellowstone yet. As the violence escalates and alliances shift, the ranch experiences some of its most dangerous affairs yet. Don’t miss out on a second of this wild second season, with an incredible vault of bonus features such as extended episodes, on set footage, a 30-minute behind the scenes journey, AND an array of candid interviews from cast and crew.
In the two years following a shocking death, Raymond Reddington and the members of the FBI Task Force have disbanded – their lives now changed in unexpected ways and with Reddington’s whereabouts unknown. Finding themselves each at a crossroads, a common purpose compels them to renew their original mission: to take down dangerous, vicious and eccentric Blacklisters. In the process, they begin to uncover lethal adversaries, unimaginable conspiracies and surprising betrayals that will threaten alliances and spur vengeance for the past, led by the most devious criminal of them all: Raymond Reddington.
A thought-provoking drama set during the 14th century in France from visionary filmmaker Ridley Scott. Based on actual events, the film centres on one woman’s accusation that she was brutally assaulted by Jacques Le Gris, her husband Jean de Carrouges’ friend. Now, in order to prove his wife’s claim, de Carrouges must fight Le Gris to the death, the victor believed to be determined by God. All three lives hang in the balance in this gripping, cinematic film.
Season One
Season Two
Mahershala Ali stars as Wayne Hays, a retired detective who has been tormented for 35 years by a case involving the 1980 disappearance of a 12-year-old boy and his 10-year-old sister in the town of West Finger, Arkansas. As the aging Hays, his memory failing, ruminates on details of his investigation with the producer of a truecrime documentary, we learn about the case, and Hays’ past, tracking stories in 1980, when the crime took place, and 1990, when a shocking discovery reignited interest in the case. Through these flashbacks, we get to know key characters like Roland West (Stephen Dorff), Wayne’s partner at the time of the murder; Amelia Reardon (Carmen Ejogo), a schoolteacher and writer; as well as county officials, FBI agents, family members and suspects. Each of the eight episodes adds a new piece to the puzzle of what happened on that fateful night in 1980 – and how that one event shaped the lives of so many people for so many years.
From Emmy Award winner Dick Wolf and the creative team behind “Law & Order” comes another thrilling season of one of the most explosive series on television! Starting with an undercover sting to find a massive bomb, and culminating in a desperate hunt for a devious serial killer, Season Five of FBI finds Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille, Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Special Agents Maggie Bell, Omar Adom ‘OA’ Zidan, Stuart Scola and Tiffany Wallace putting their unique expertise to the ultimate test against the deadliest threats in New York and the nation. |
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