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A one-night stand becomes a life-long commitment when twenty-three-year-old Jimmy Chance inadvertently impregnates a wanted felon and decides to raise Hope, their bouncing baby girl, on his own.

The suddenly overwhelmed Jimmy needs all of the help he can get, relying on his quirky family members and a pretty grocery clerk for love and support.

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Raising Hope is an American comedy/family TV series following Jimmy (Lucas Neff) when, after life interferes with his plans, becomes a single parent to an infant whose mother gets sentenced to a Death Row.

The show stars Martha Plimpton as Virginia Chance, Garret Dillahunt playing Burt Chance, Shannon Woodward as Sabrina, and finally, Lucas Neff as Jimmy Chance in the main roles.

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From Academy Award winning writer/director, Oliver Stone, and co-written by historian Prof. Peter Kuznick, this ten-part documentary series looks back at human events that at the time went under reported, but that crucially shaped America's unique and complex history over the 20th Century.

From the atomic bombing of Japan to the Cold War and the fall of Communism, this in-depth, surprising and totally riveting series demands to be watched again and again.

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In 1982, Andre Bamberski learns about the death of his 14 year-old daughter, Kalinka, while she was on vacation with her mother and stepfather in Germany. Convinced that Kalinka's death was not an accident, Bamberski begins to investigate.

A botched autopsy report raises his suspicions and led him to accuse Kalinka's stepfather, Dr Dieter Krombach, as the murderer. Unable to indict Krombach in Germany, Bamberski attempts to take the trial to France, where he will dedicate his life to Kalinka's justice and the imprisonment of Krombach.

Super sleuth Inspector Morse (John Thaw - Goodnight Mister Tom and Kavanagh Q.C.) has an ear for music, a taste for beer and a nose for crime. He sets out with Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whatley - Peak Practice) to solve each intriguing case.

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"Manhunt" is a captivating mini series based on the true story of a murder investigation that kept the people of Britain gripped - and defined a detective's career. Starring Martin Clunes (Doc Martin) as DCI Colin Sutton, the story begins in August 2004 when a young woman's body is found.

Sutton is appointed senior investigating officer but initially struggles: there's no forensics, motive or witnesses. Painstaking detective work finally delivers a suspect - Levi Bellfield (Celyn Jones), but now the hunt is on for enough evidence to arrest him and make sure he's found guilty at trial. 'Manhunt' follows the compelling story of how DCI Sutton charged one of Britain's most notorious killers with two murders, as well as an attempted murder, whilst also impelling Surrey police to consider Bellfield as prime suspect in the high-profile murder of Milly Dowler.

Someone is picking off the last remaining occupants of a tower block, using a high powered, silenced rifle. Nobody else has heard the shots, and no help is coming. If the terrified victims can't figure out how to escape, they're all going to be killed, one by one.

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One Foot in the Grave is a cult British comedy series about Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson) and his always forgiving, patient wife Margaret (Annette Crosbie).

The series follows Victor’s attempts to have a quiet peaceful life with his wife which keeps being interrupted by his neighbours, Margaret’s friends and other outside influences. Not helping matters is Victors constant grumpiness, something that causes a lot of comedy but also infuriates Margaret and everyone else, even Victor who becomes irritated at himself quite easily.

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James Shelley (Hywel Bennett) is highly educated and has a PhD in geography. He is also unemployed and has no intention of working. He lives with his girlfriend Fran (Belinda Sinclair) in a bedsit at the home of Mrs. Hawkins (Josephine Tewson) - (known as Mrs.

H) and the series follows his mis-adventures as he ducks, dodges and tries as hard as possible not to be caught up in Thatcher's Britain!

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Detective Charlie Hudson (John Reardon), a cunning Major Crimes detective for the St. John's Police Department, teams up with an unusual partner - Rex (Diesel vom Burgimwald), a former-K9 German Shepherd, whose heightened senses keep Charlie hot on the trail of his suspects.

Together, they investigate puzzling crimes, from a kidnapping which reveals a much larger conspiracy at play to an art theft murder which runs deep into the world of high society. With Charlie's deft detective work and Rex's keen canine senses, this crime-fighting pair is unstoppable.

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'Doctor Who' star Jon Pertwee is your host in this highly popular, light-hearted panel game where viewers are invited to play detective - pitting their wits against a panel of celebrities to solve a fictitious murder mystery.

The show's brilliantly original formula, devised by comedians Lance Percival and Jeremy Lloyd, presented short dramas laden with clues and red herrings to be pieced together by the celebrity panellists, who would then question the characters involved and finally point the finger at the most likely suspect. Lively repartee is the order of the day, and joining Pertwee and his regular panellists Patrick Mower and Anouska Hempel in this third series is a veritable who's who of 1970's television: Honor Blackman, Diana Dors, Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Magnus Pyke, Jackie Collins, Wendy Craig, Liver Birds Polly James and Nerys Hughes, Derek Nimmo and Bond girl Julie Ege are among the guests trying to track down "whodunnit". Also included is 'Piece of Cake', a special Christmas mystery from 1974.