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An Accidental Soldier
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An Accidental Soldier
An unexpected love story set in WW1 France between a young Australian baker who has deserted the front line, and a grieving French woman, who puts her own life at risk by sheltering him from the authorities.
An Accidental Soldier 2013
The Promised Life
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The Promised Life
The Promised Life 2018
Monty Don's Japanese Gardens
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Monty Don's Japanese Gardens
Monty Don sets out to discover the true essence of these elegant gardens and what we have taken from them. Armed with his extensive knowledge and passion for all aspects of horticulture, Monty travels through Japan to explore the best gardens the country has to offer. From plants and architecture to new techniques and differing climates, this series is full of rich colour and vibrant landscapes as Monty examines how a mix of history and new innovations are shaping the gardens of Japan today and how they are perceived. Get ready to enter an enticing world, full of enchanting stories, wonderful characters and, of course, beautiful gardens.
Monty Don's Japanese Gardens 2019
Mysteries of Mental Illness
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Mysteries of Mental Illness
The attempts across generations to unravel the mysteries of mental illness, including its causes and treatments.
Mysteries of Mental Illness 2021
The Detectives
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The Detectives
Three part documentary series following the work of the Greater Manchester Police Serious Sexual Offences Unit, combined with the Major Investigation Team.
The Detectives 2015
Muse of Fire
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Muse of Fire
Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about Shakespeare forever. This unique feature documentary follows two actors, Giles Terera and Dan Poole, as they travel the world to find out everything they can about tackling the greatest writer of them all. Together they have directed and produced an inspiring film that aims to demystify and illuminate Shakespeare’s work for everyone: from actors, directors and students of all disciplines, right through to the? man on the street? Denmark with Jude Law, Baz Luhrmann in Hollywood, Prison in Berlin, and on the street with Mark Rylance. Think Shakespeare is boring? Think again!
Muse of Fire 2013
Where Do We Go from Here?
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Where Do We Go from Here?
A young, socially-awkward janitor in an elderly care home sets out to go on an adventure with his three elderly best friends.
Where Do We Go from Here? 2018
East of Everything
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East of Everything
East of Everything is an Australian drama television series which began screening on 30 March 2008 on the ABC. It is produced by Deborah Cox, Fiona Eagger and Roger Monk. Two seasons were produced. East of Everything revolves around a globe-trotting travel writer who returns home for his Mum's funeral to a neglected resort town, Broken Bay, on the easternmost point of Australia. He is challenged by a crooked local council, his brother who is trying to cheat him out of his inheritance, his first love who broke his heart when he was a teenager and the son he hasn't seen in ten years. The setting was named by combining the names of Byron Bay and Broken Head.
East of Everything 2008
The Gods of Wheat Street
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The Gods of Wheat Street
Head of the family before his time, Odin Freeburn is being pulled in all directions. Can he let go of his past in time to save the future?
The Gods of Wheat Street 2014
Daddy's Home
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Daddy's Home
With a young daughter, two baby mamas, and his own mama breathing down his neck, Ronald "R.C." Carr has got more ladies in his life than he can handle! He's one hit song away from fame and fortune as a music producer, but he can't seem to find the rhythm that makes him a good, reliable father. Between his love interests scheming to get him to settle down and his unresolved issues with his own father, R.C. has got some growing up to do. It'll take finding the right harmony of love and forgiveness to be a real man and a true father.
Daddy's Home 2014
Gadget Man
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Gadget Man
Gadget Man shows the world's collection of handy gadgets throughout the ages, from today's smart devices to decades old electronics to even older mechanical devices.
Gadget Man 2012
How to Murder Your Wife
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How to Murder Your Wife
A black comedy based on the true story of Alfred Benning's outlandish attempts to murder his overbearing wife in 1977.
How to Murder Your Wife 2015
Missing
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Missing
DS Mary Jane Croft runs the under-resourced Missing Persons Unit.
Missing 2009
Amnesia
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Amnesia
An amnesiac might be a key figure in Detective Mackenzie Stone's search for his own wife, who disappeared five years ago.
Amnesia 2004
The Hero's Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell
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The Hero's Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell
One of the greatest storytellers of our time, and arguably the greatest mythologist, Joseph Campbell spent most of his long, rich career explaining how ancient myths like the Hero’s Journey are relevant to modern life. In understanding the importance of myth as a vital, vibrant source of "mankind’s one great story," Campbell inspired others to embark on a quest for the meaning of myth in their own lives. This biographical portrait, filmed shortly before his death in 1987, follows Campbell’s personal quest—a pathless journey of questioning, discovery, and ultimately of delight and joy in a life to which he said, "Yes."
The Hero's Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell 1987
A Moody Christmas
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A Moody Christmas
Focused on the lovable, yet seasonally dysfunctional Moody family, A Moody Christmas is set against the backdrop of the one occasion that can bring out the best (and the worst) in people … Christmas Day.
A Moody Christmas 2012
Killer Net
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Killer Net
Students get involved in a violent Internet-based game, around the same time as a series of murders - is there a connection?
Killer Net 1998
Just William
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Just William
Just William is a television serial first broadcast on BBC One in December 2010. The serial is based on the Just William series of books by Richmal Crompton. This latest adaptation is written by Simon Nye. It is the first adaption of the books since a children's television series in the 1990s. The series stars Daniel Roche as the title character, eponymous character William Brown. With Rebecca Front and Daniel Ryan as William's parents. Caroline Quentin and Warren Clarke appear as the parents of Violet Elizabeth Bott, neighbours of the Brown family. It is directed by Paul Seed and produced by John Chapman. Martin Jarvis, who voices the radio and audio CD adaptions of Just William, acts as the narrator. Various sources suggest that the series will not be returning.
Just William 2010
Sando
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Sando
Australia's discount furniture queen, Victoria 'Sando' Sandringham needs to reconnect with her family to revive her business and find personal redemption. The only problem is they mostly hate her. Mostly.
Sando 2018
Bedtime
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Bedtime
Bedtime was a British comedy-drama written and directed by Andy Hamilton and broadcast by the BBC. It ran for three series for a total of fifteen episodes between August 2001 and December 2003. The first two series had six episodes each and the third series had three episodes. Series 1 and 2 were released on DVD.
Bedtime 2001
The Man Who Lost His Head
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The Man Who Lost His Head
Martin Clunes stars as a straight-laced museum curator who finds himself travelling to New Zealand to settle a dispute with a Maori community about an ancient carving - with unexpected consequences.
The Man Who Lost His Head 2007
Seesaw
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Seesaw
A well-to-do family is torn apart by the kidnapping of their teenage daughter in this harrowing thriller.
Seesaw 1998
Executive Stress
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Executive Stress
Executive Stress is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1986 to 1988. Produced by Thames Television, it first aired on 20 October 1986. After three series, the last episode aired on 27 December 1988. Written by George Layton, Executive Stress stars Penelope Keith as Caroline Fairchild, a middle-aged woman who decides to go back to work. Her husband, Donald, is played by Geoffrey Palmer in the first series. However, Palmer was unable to return for the second series, so Peter Bowles played Donald in the last two series. Keith and Bowles had previously appeared in together in To the Manor Born.
Executive Stress 1986
The Time of Our Lives
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The Time of Our Lives
The Time of Our Lives follows the lives of the extended Tivolli family as they navigate their way around relationships, raising kids, love, careers, divorce, disability and finding happiness. Elder brother Matt is a high-flying sports agent struggling with his obsessive wife Caroline. Younger brother Luce runs a much more relaxed household with long-time partner Bernadette, despite a chaotic schedule and financial pressures. Chai Li, the youngest, was adopted from Vietnam as a baby and is a successful and happy thirty-something until her world is shattered by a humiliating turn of events. Herb has known the family since childhood.
The Time of Our Lives 2013
Parents
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Parents
Flying the nest is a milestone moment, a melange of nerves and delight as you unfurl yourself from the parental wing to do the independent thing, to grow up and never look back. But what if unforeseen circumstances force you to return and shack up with mum and dad once again?
Parents 2012
Love Hurts
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Love Hurts
Love Hurts is a British comedy-drama series that was broadcast from 3 January 1992 to 18 March 1994 on BBC1. It was scripted by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran and starred Adam Faith, Zoë Wanamaker and Jane Lapotaire as Frank Carver, Tessa Piggott and Diane Warburg, respectively.
Love Hurts 1992
Very Small Business
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Very Small Business
Don Angel is a small businessman – the backbone of this great country’s economy. But if that's true, it's no thanks to him. After numerous unsuccessful ventures, Don's Worldwide Business Group is now hurtling towards liquidation. His debts are mounting, his stomach's killing him, his wife has left him and he's just hired Ray Leonard as his sole employee. It's a marriage made in heaven – at least until the Tax Office gets there.
Very Small Business 2008
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
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Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
An amazing journey in Norway's Far North as Joanna Lumley pursues a lifelong dream to track down the elusive, stunningly beautiful Northern Lights - 'the true wonder of the world,' as she puts it.
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights 2008
Finding Joy
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Finding Joy
Orderly, structured Joy is dealing with a messy breakup when a new work assignment forces her to look for happiness in the most unusual places.
Finding Joy 2018
At Home with the Georgians
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At Home with the Georgians
In this three part series, historian Amanda Vickery explores how the great British obsession with our homes began 300 years ago. Using the intimate diaries and letters of Georgian men and women, previously lost to history, she explores how the desire for a home revolutionised relationships between men and women.
At Home with the Georgians 2010
Thérèse Raquin
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Thérèse Raquin
In order to be together, lovers Therese and Laurent plot to kill Therese's husband, Camille, but find themselves haunted by their deeds and Madame Raquin's silent judgment.
Thérèse Raquin 1980
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
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Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorious criminal kingpin, he uncovers the details of 15-year-old cold case.
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective 1981
You, Me & Them
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You, Me & Them
You, Me & Them tells the story of Lauren and Ed who are madly in love, despite their 26-year age gap. The only problem is that Lauren's family and everyone around them seems to have an opinion on the subject. Ed's ex-wife Lydia rents the house next door to the couple, Lauren's family are constantly meddling and Ed's friends think she's a trophy girlfriend. Characters include Lauren's disapproving parents Emma and Clive; plus her sister Debs, who lives nearby with husband Keith and their two children Ellie and Charlie. Lauren and Ed share their home with Ed's loveably hapless brother Alan whilst Ed's chancer grandson Tim never seems to be too far from his grandfather and his grandfather's wallet. You can choose your partner but you can't choose your family.
You, Me & Them 2013
Pitching In
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Pitching In
A recent widower runs a business in a picturesque village with a tight- knit community in north Wales.
Pitching In 2019
Fallen Angel
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Fallen Angel
Fallen Angel is an ITV series broadcast on 11–13 March 2007 based on the Roth Trilogy of novels by Andrew Taylor. It tells the story of Rosie Byfield, a clergyman's daughter, who grows up to be a psychopathic killer. It has a unique narrative that moves backwards in time as it uncovers the layers of Rosie's past.
Fallen Angel 2007
A Difficult Woman
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A Difficult Woman
Anne Harriman has it all, and expects nothing less. Her brilliant work as chief pathologist of pharmaceutical giant Bauer-Ritter has secured the respect of the corporate, academic and political worlds, making her a trophy addition to any board or panel. But she's prepared to put it all on the line when her old friend Giselle McKenzie is murdered.
A Difficult Woman 1
Dear Murderer
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Dear Murderer
A drama about the life and times of larger than life barrister, Michael Bungay. Spanning several decades chronicling good, evil, rights, wrongs, strengths and flaws, all centred around one of NZ's most infamous characters.
Dear Murderer 2017
Hidden Britain by Drone
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Hidden Britain by Drone
Sir Tony Robinson uses drones to reveal Britain's hidden places, from billionaires' private estates to forbidden military zones.
Hidden Britain by Drone 2016
Butterfly Breath
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Butterfly Breath
Three women contend with the weighty repercussions of a fraught medical decision, in this heart-rending Welsh drama. Sara is a fetal consultant who takes on her best friend, Elin, as a patient. But when Elin experiences complications, the midwife raises questions that put Sara's career at risk and her personal life under unbearable strain.
Butterfly Breath 2019
Bodily Harm
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Bodily Harm
Mitchel, a mild-mannered suburban stockbroker spirals out of control after losing his job, finding his wife in flagrante with a sleazy neighbour, and discovering his dad is dying of cancer, all on the eve of his 44th birthday.
Bodily Harm 2002