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The Circuit
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The Circuit
The Circuit is an Australian television drama series. The six part first season screened on SBS TV, premiering on 8 July 2007 at 9:30 pm, and concluding on 12 August 2007. Season 2 began airing on 1 December 2009. The series stars Aaron Pedersen and Gary Sweet and centres on mixed-race solicitor Drew Ellis who joins the district to work at the Kimberley Circuit Court. Filmed mainly in Broome, Western Australia and surrounding areas, the show had a budget of more than $4 million, and 1,000 local Aboriginal extras have been employed for the production.
The Circuit 2007
The Level
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The Level
A police detective finds herself at the centre of the most dangerous case of her life when she is seconded on to the investigation into the murder of a drugs trafficker. What nobody around her knows is that she is the missing witness that the police and the killer are searching for.
The Level 2016
Réunions
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Réunions
When Chloé learns that Jérémy, her companion, inherited her "unknown" father's hotel in Reunion, she sees it as an opportunity to start a new life with her blended family, far from Roubaix and their financial worries ...
Réunions 2020
Black Work
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Black Work
'Black Work' is the story of Jo Gillespie, a woman who's husband is shot dead in the line of action, in his job as a undercover cop. Jo, a police officer herself soon has to confront issues in her marriage and family life in order to discover who really killed her husband.
Black Work 2015
The Secret
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The Secret
Freddie Musgrave's life is in turmoil when a letter implicates him in murder, things are further complicated by his feelings towards his bosses daughter, Belle, who is married to a madman.
The Secret 2000
Britain's Bloody Crown
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Britain's Bloody Crown
Historian Dan Jones tells the story of the War of the Roses.
Britain's Bloody Crown 2016
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
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Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Lee Remick stars as Jennie Jerome, born in the United States in 1845, who eventually became Lady Randolph Churchill, and gave birth to Sir Winston Churchill in this seven-part, seven-hour biographical mini-series.
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill 1974
The Promised Life
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The Promised Life
The Promised Life 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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