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Double bill of BBC espionage drama mini-series based on the novels by John Le Carré and starring Alec Guinness as master spy George Smiley. In 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' (1979), Smiley has been in 'retirement' for some time, some say owing to his mishandling of the Czech scandal. However, the retiring superspy finds himself summoned back to the 'Circus' (British secret service) when it transpires that an enemy infiltrator is at work in the department. Smiley returns once again to his old department in 'Smiley's People' (1982) following the murder of his friend, General Vladimir, a Russian who once worked for British Intelligence. When it transpires that Vladimir was in fact a double agent, Smiley becomes engaged in a battle of wills with his old adversaries at the Moscow Centre.
Television adaptation of the novel by Jane Austen. Catherine Moreland (Felicity Jones), a spirited young beauty from the country, enters into the depraved society of Bath with dreams and fantasies sparked by her love
The hit police corruption drama from the makers of Bodyguard returns. When three police officers are shot dead during the hijack of a seized drugs transport, AC-12 move in to investigate possible police collusion. Stephen Graham stars as John Corbett, the ruthless leader of an Organised Crime Group who hijack a seized drugs transport. AC-12 investigators Superintendent Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar), Detective Inspector Kate Fleming (Vicky McClure) and Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) suspect corrupt police officers of leaking information. As the body count rises, AC-12 realise they're facing their most vicious adversary yet.
Award-winning crime writer Ann Cleeves' bestselling detective series returns for a fifth season as DI Jimmy Perez faces a compelling new single mystery. A human hand washes up on a Shetland beach. A few hours later, more body parts are discovered in a hold-all that has been dumped at sea. The victim is identified as a young Nigerian man, spotted in Lerwick a few days before. What was he doing on the islands? In investigating his murder, DI Perez becomes involved in the search for a vulnerable young woman, leading him to uncover a complex network of human trafficking across Scotland’s remote rural communities.
High Court Judge, John Deed has a sharp intellect, raffish charm and a passionate belief in justice. All attributes he'll desperately need as he continues to take on the establishment as well as facing the consequences of his stormy and impulsive love life. Seasons 3 and 4 find the Judge battling against Sir Monty Everard, Sir lan Rochester and others, while his uneasy relationship with Jo Mills continues to torment both of them.
All 22 episodes from the first season of the crime drama which follows
the origin stories of several characters created by DC Comics. Young
detective James Gordon (Benjamin McKenzie) and his partner Harvey
Bullock (Donal Logue) investigate the murders of Thomas and Martha
Wayne (Grayson McCouch and Brette Taylor). The investigation leads
Gordon to become entangled with the Mafia and he subsequently fakes the
death of informant Oswald Cobblepot (Robin Lord Taylor), telling him
never to return.
Andrew Davies adapts William Thackeray's novel in this 1998 BBC dramatisation. Becky Sharp (Natasha Little) is a scheming governess who tries to seduce her best friend Amelia's (Frances Gray) buffoon of a brother, Jos (Jeremy Swift), in an attempt to climb the social ladder. Becky then turns her attentions to aristocratic bounder Rawdon Crawley, while the mild and meek Amelia marries her childhood sweetheart, George Osborne. However, fate has a few twists in store for both women.
The complete third season of the HBO medieval fantasy drama based on
the bestselling novel series 'A Song of Ice and Fire' by George R.R.
Martin. The programme follows the battle between the Starks and the
other noble families of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros to gain control
of the Iron Throne.
All 22 episodes from the first season of the crime drama which follows
the origin stories of several characters created by DC Comics. Young
detective James Gordon (Benjamin McKenzie) and his partner Harvey
Bullock (Donal Logue) investigate the murders of Thomas and Martha
Wayne (Grayson McCouch and Brette Taylor). The investigation leads
Gordon to become entangled with the Mafia and he subsequently fakes the
death of informant Oswald Cobblepot (Robin Lord Taylor), telling him
never to return.
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 third season of the action drama series featuring a covert team of Special Forces operatives risking their lives on undercover missions in far-flung locations. Episodes comprise: 'Pandemonium: Part 1', 'Pandemonium: Part 2', 'Always Kiss Them Goodbye', 'Every Step You Take', 'Inside Out', 'M.P.s', 'Five Brothers', 'Play 16', 'Binary Explosion', 'Gone Missing' and 'Side Angle Slide'.
All 13 episodes from the second season of the US zombie adventure series based on the comic books by Robert Kirkman. When police officer Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) wakes from a coma to find the world in the grip of a zombie epidemic, he joins a small encampment on the outskirts of Atlanta, where a small band of human survivors struggles to withstand the terrifying advances of the walking dead. In this season, Carl (Chandler Riggs) fights for his life after being shot, and the group continue their search for Sophia (Madison Lintz). The episodes are: 'What Lies Ahead', 'Bloodletting', 'Save the Last One', 'Cherokee Rose', 'Chupacabra', 'Secrets', 'Pretty Much Dead Already', 'Nebraska', 'Triggerfinger', '18 Miles Out', 'Judge, Jury, Executioner', 'Better Angels' and 'Beside the Dying Fire'.
Jared Harris (The Crown, Mad Men), Stellan Skarsgĺrd (Breaking the Waves, Good Will Hunting) and Emily Watson (Breaking the Waves, Apple Tree Yard) star in Chernobyl, the critically acclaimed five-part mini-series. On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukrainian SSR suffered a massive explosion that released radioactive material across Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and as far as Scandinavia and Western Europe. Dramatising the true story of the 1986 nuclear accident, one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history, Chernobyl shines a light on the brave men and women who fought an unprecedented war against an invisible enemy, and who suffered and sacrificed, saving millions of lives, often at the cost of their own. (Golden Globe nominations for: Best Limited Series; Best Actor; Best Supporting Actor; Best Supporting Actress)
All 24 episodes from the fifth season of the American romantic comedy series following young architect Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) as he searches for love in New York City. Told through a series of flashbacks, the show is narrated by an older, off-screen Ted (Bob Saget), who regales his children with tales of his single days with his best friends, the highs and lows of dating - and how he ultimately 'met their mother'. Episodes are: 'Definitions', 'Double Date', 'Robin 101', 'The Sexless Innkeeper', 'Duel Citizenship', 'Bagpipes', 'The Rough Patch', 'The Playbook', 'Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap', 'The Window', 'Last Cigarette Ever', 'Girls vs. Suits', 'Jenkins', 'Perfect Week', 'Rabbit Or Duck', 'Hooked', 'Of Course', 'Say Cheese', 'Zoo Or False', 'Home Wreckers', 'Twin Beds', 'Robots vs. Wrestlers', 'The Wedding Bride' and 'Doppelgangers'.
The first 13 episodes from the first season of the sci-fi adventure series based around the exploits of K9, the robotic dog from 'Doctor Who'. Set in a near-future London, the part-animated, part-live action series follows teenagers Starkey (Keegan Joyce), Jorjie (Philippa Coulthard) and Darius (Daniel Webber) as they become involved in the experiments of reclusive scientist Professor Gryffen (Robert Moloney). Episodes are: 'Regeneration', 'Liberation', 'The Korven', 'The Bounty Hunter', 'Sirens of Ceres', 'Fear Itself', 'Fall of the House of Gryffen', 'Jaws of Orthrus', 'Dreameaters', 'The Curse of Anubis', 'Oroborus', 'Alien Avatar' and 'Aeolian'.
All eight episodes from the second series of the TV drama starring Matthew Macfadyen as a detective trying to maintain the law on the streets of Whitechapel in the wake of the Jack the Ripper murders. Though the immediate threat posed by the Ripper seems to have receded, H Division's Detective Inspector Edmund Reid (Macfadyen), aided by the hard-boiled Sergeant Bennett Drake (Jerome Flynn) and American forensics expert Captain Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg), still has his hands full trying to keep the East End streets safe. The episodes are: 'Pure As the Driven', 'Am I Not Monstrous?', 'Become Man', 'Dynamite and a Woman', 'Threads of Silk and Gold', 'A Stronger Loving World', 'Our Betrayal: Part One' and 'Our Betrayal: Part Two'.
All episodes from the first series of the Swedish crime drama based on the novels by Arne Dahl. In this season, Detective Jenny Hultin (Irene Lindh) and her team known as A-group investigate various cases including the death of a family as a result of a car bomb and an apparent suicide victim discovered during a break-in. The episodes comprise: 'The Blinded Man: Part 1', 'The Blinded Man: Part 2', 'Bad Blood: Part 1', 'Bad Blood: Part 2', 'To the Top of the Mountain: Part 1', 'To the Top of the Mountain: Part 2', 'Many Waters: Part 1', 'Many Waters: Part 2', 'Europe Blues: Part 1' and 'Europe Blues: Part 2'.
The complete first season of the popular historical drama series. Set in Rome in 52 B.C., the city is a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess. After eight years of war, two soldiers, Lucius Vorenus (Kevin McKidd) and Titus Pullo (Ray Stevenson) unwittingly become entwined in the historical events of ancient Rome. Episodes comprise: 'The Stolen Eagle', 'How Titus Pullo Brought Down the Republic', 'An Owl in a Thornbush', 'Stealing From Saturn', 'The Ram Has Touched the Wall', 'Egeria', 'Pharsalus', 'Caesarion', 'Utica', 'Triumph', 'The Spoils' and 'Kalends of February'.
Now in its gripping third season, this epic and visionary drama continues to follow the Roman invasion of Britain. The ruthless and cunning General Aulus Plautius is more determined than ever to conquer this mythical land at the far edge of the Roman Empire. He has now fractured and shattered the powerful druids, but his true mission: to capture and kill The Chosen One remains elusively out of reach. With forces gathering against her, Cait is more vulnerable than she knows. Shattered by the events of Season Two, she struggles with her path as The Chosen One - but can you ever really escape your fate?
It is the eve of the Darcys' annual Lady Anne ball at their magnificent Pemberley home and Elizabeth's fifth ball as lady of the house. Darcy and Elizabeth are relaxing with their guests after supper when the festivities are brought to an abrupt halt. A scream calls them to the window and a hysterical Lydia Bennet tumbles out of a carriage screaming murder. What follows is the sombre discovery of a dead man in Pemberley woods, a brother accused of murder, and the beginning of a nightmare which will threaten to engulf Pemberley and all the Darcy’s hold dear. BBC's new drama based on P.D. James' follow-up to Pride and Prejudice.
The Penrose Hotel is growing in reputation and Gina and Sam are two women on top. Great success, however, can attract unwelcome attention from the most unexpected places. When Gina's estranged father Joe Benelli walks back into her life, he brings all the painful memories of Gina's past with him. Are Joe's intentions as honest as they seem or is Gina right not to trust a word he says? New chef Adam has the talent and potential to be Gina's protégé, but is he hiding a dark secret? Teresa and her father James have been building the relationship they never had a chance to have, but is Gina ready to let him back into her life and perhaps her heart? Sam's desire to regain her own independence threatens to derail her relationship with Gina making them wonder if they're capable of a working relationship. And, of course, Leo's influence still echoes throughout their daily struggles.
The community of Barchester is shaken from its cosy complacency when a newspaper's crusade against the Church of England's practice of self-enrichment misfires. Overnight, Rev. Harding becomes a pawn in a battle between his younger daughter's beau, John Bold, and his older daughter's husband, Archdeacon Grantly. Little do they realise that the worst is yet to come, until a regime change delivers Barchester into the hands of a most unholy trinity: the weak-willed Bishop Proudie, the domineering Mrs. Proudie, and the insufferable Rev. Obadiah Slope. A dream cast brings Anthony Trollope's Barchester novels charmingly to life in this engaging production from the golden age of masterpiece theatre. Featuring Alan Rickman in his breakthrough role as the odious Obadiah Slope.
All eight episodes of the maritime adventure series based on the novels by C.S. Forester. Full of action, intrigue and romance, Horatio Hornblower (Ioan Gruffudd) battles against the sins of the sea and discovers the true relationship between the French, the English and the Irish. Episodes comprise: 'The Even Chance', 'The Examination for Lieutenant', 'The Duchess and the Devil', 'The Frogs and the Lobsters', 'Mutiny', 'Retribution', 'Loyalty' and 'Duty'.
All four series' of the hugely popular 70s sitcom in which lecherous but lovable landlord, Rupert Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter), comes together with an eclectic group of lodgers. Series 1 episodes comprise: 'The Lodgers', 'Black Magic', 'A Night Out', 'Charisma', 'All Our Yesterdays', 'The Prowler' and 'Stand Up and Be Counted'. Series 2 episodes comprise: 'Permissive Society', 'Food Glorious Food', 'A Body Like Mine', 'Moonlight and Roses', 'The Perfect Gentlemen', 'The Last of the Big Spenders' and 'Things That Go Bump in the Night'. Series 3 episodes comprise: 'That's My Boy', 'Stage Struck', 'Clunk Click', 'The Good Samaritan', 'Fawcett's Python', 'The Cocktail Hour' and 'Suddenly at Home'. Series 4 episodes comprise: 'Hello Young Lovers', 'Fire and Brimstone', 'Great Expectations', 'Pink Carnations', 'Under the Influence' and 'Come On In the Water's Lovely'. Also included is 'Rising Damp - The Movie' (1980).
In his red robes and wig Judge John Deed might look like every other High Court judge, but his passionate belief in justice sets him apart from his peers. To the police force, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Lord Chancellor's Department and even many of his colleagues, Deed is a man more concerned with justice than the letter of the law - a man who will not shun the difficult questions or compromise his principles. But Deed has made it to the top on his own terms and knows it will take every ounce of his sharp intellect, fearless questioning and rakish charm to keep him there. |
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