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John Cleese and Graham Chapman, along with Tim Brooke-Taylor, Marty Feldman and Aimi MacDonald headline this historic comedy series, which directly prededed and inspired Monty Python. With every episode a string of wildly silly and hilarious sketches, it deserves to achieve immortal status.

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The Lost Detective

DC Dangerous Davies is asked to investigate a local boy made very bad; James Ramscar. This enquiry leads him to the case of The death of teenager Celia Norris in 1980. With the help of his gloomy young friend Mod he slowly unravels the mystery and discovers the Truth is closer to home than he thought.
Dangerous by Moonlight
A new investigation rakes Davies tripping the light fantastic at a local ballroom, as he unravels the mystery of a missing husband.
Tricia
A simple burglary inquiry rakes a sinister twist for Davies when the victim begins to stalk him.
Lofty
The death of an old tramp, whose bizarre hobby is collecting waste paper, leads Davies into a complex cose of mistaken identity.

When health official Elizabeth Driscoll (Brooke Adams) notices that her lover has become strangely distant, this sets in train a series of shocking discoveries that sees both her and colleague Matthew Bennell (Donald Sutherland) fleeing for their lives to the sound of ear-piercing alien screams.

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Alyssa (Carly Schroeder) is a troubled teen. Rebellious since the death of her mother she is sent to stay with her estranged father (Adrian Dunbar), a dolphin expert, in the Bahamas. The reunion starts badly as father and daughter appear to have little in common.

But as the future of the sea life centre is threatened by closure, a bond begins to develop and family ties grow. As Alyssa gets to know and love the dolphins, she starts to see her father – and her own troubles - in a new light.

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Behind their neat facades of Victorian propriety, Anthony Trollope's characters are bursting with life. A flirtatious vicar, two squabbling sisters, an ingenue and her meddling aunt surround Louis and Emily Trevelyan in the first blissful year of their married life.

But many things take a darker turn when the roguish Colonel Osborne (Bill Nighy) takes an interest in Emily, and fans the flames of Louis's jealousy. In an atmosphere thick with romance and rumour, Louis finds it all too easy t accuse his wife and force her from the house along with their young son. Obsessed with the imagined seduction, he descends into darkness, determined to destroy everything he loves.

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"Who Do You Think You Are?" follows the journeys of ten well known personalities as they explore their family trees, uncover their family history and discover fascinating and poignant facts about their ancestors that have been, until now, hidden in the annals of time.

Julie Walters travels to Ireland where she discovers the revolutionary side of her family; Brian Blessed learns of hardship and struggle as he traces the roots of his unusual name; Tamzin Outhwaite journeys into a story of rags to riches from her Italian past; Brendan O'Carroll turns detective as he investigates the murder of his grandfather; Sheridan Smith tracks down the source of her musical talent; Mary Berry stirs up illegitimacy, bankruptcy and even a baker as she delves into her father's family; Martin Shaw sorts fact from fiction to reveal what happened to his missing grandfather; Reggie Yates unravels a complex family history where Ghanaian culture and British colonialism collide; Billy Connolly makes an extraordinary discovery as he follows in his ancestors' footsteps to India and Twiggy unearths tough times for her mother's family in Victorian London.

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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.

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Penned by Simon Nye and starring Richard Lumsden, Imelda Staunton and Jeremy Clyde, this intelligent, searingly funny sitcom chronicles the misadventures of a team of deeply flawed characters manning the offices of a small suburban law firm.

'Is It Legal?' originally aired between 1995 and 1998, winning the British Comedy Award for Best Sitcom in 1995. Newly qualified solicitor Colin Lotus enters the profession fired with idealism and a genuine desire to help people. He hardly gets off to an auspicious start. Having accidentally killed his first client at Hounslow solicitors Lotus Spackman and Phelps, of which he is a junior partner, his legal career takes a decidedly shambolic turn - but in the company of dozy office boy Darren, skill-free secretary Alison, permanently infatuated clerk Bob and golf-obsessed, sherry-soaked senior partner Dick, his conduct is not exactly conspicuous…

Episodes Comprise:
1. Death in Hounslow
2. Whodunnit?
3. Dick's House of Horror
4. Colin Heals the World
5. Infatuation
6. Bob Breaks In
7. Resignation

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David Yelland stars as David Copperfield in this superb BBC adaptation of one of Charles Dickens' best-loved and most autobiographical of novels.

Featuring some of Dickens' most memorable characters, including the Micawbers and Uriah Heep, David Copperfield follows one boys' journey into manhood, achieving his dreams against seemingly insurmountable odds. Torn from his loving mother (Colette O'Neil) and devoted maid (Pat Keen) by his wicked stepfather (Gareth Thomas), David is abandoned into a cruel boarding school where the cane is the order of the day. When his mother is taken from him, he is sent to work in a bottle-cleaning factory and forced into humble lodgings with the Micawbers. Fleeing to the protection of his eccentric Aunt Betsy (Patience Collier), David at last starts to escape his past and fulfil his potential as a man. Capturing many of the hardships Dickens himself endured - from abject poverty to cruelty and injustice at school - 'David Copperfield' is a bittersweet but ultimately triumphant and uplifting masterpiece with a superb supporting cast that includes Anthony Andrews, David Troughton, Martin Jarvis, Jacqueline Pearce, Madeleine Orr and Jonathan Kahn as the Young David Copperfield.

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Washed-up producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler (William Holden) attempts to lure the iconic but reclusive actress Fedora (Marthe Keller) out of retirement in a bid to revive both their careers.

But her privacy is hard won, and with good reason, and opening up the secrets surrounding her could spell disaster.

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As one of the richest men in the Netherlands, Alfred 'Freddy' Heineken was a prime target for kidnappers.

Snatched one evening by a team of inexperienced, hot headed, young criminals and held for 21 gruelling days in a cold, cramped cell, Freddy finds himself rendered powerless for the first time in his life. The situation is exacerbated by the gang's youngest member, an individual who takes special pleasure in humiliating and frightening the business magnate at every opportunity. When the huge ransom is paid, Heineken devotes all of his energies to tracking down the perpetrators, whatever the ultimate cost.

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Dennis Waterman stars as Thomas Gynn, a London gangland refugee who heads north to escape old demons and attempt to carve out a new life in this popular, light-hearted drama series from Yorkshire Television.

This second series also features appearances by Warren Clarke, Stephen Marcus, Tony Melody and Shirley Stelfox. Thomas has formed an unlikely friendship with feisty local businesswoman Sally Hardcastle (Jan Francis), and the two continue to attract more than their share of drama. From saving the life of Europe's number-one hit-man to getting caught in the crossfire of a disastrous marriage, from taking on Big Business and corruption to meeting the other 'Mrs. Hardcastle', a series of unsought adventures confirms that a quiet life was never on the cards for Thomas and Sally...

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Grace and Jonathan Fraser have the life they always wanted: She's a successful therapist, he's an acclaimed pediatric oncologist, and their son attends an elite private school in Manhattan. But for Grace, everything unravels overnight. A violent death. A missing husband.

A series of unthinkable revelations. Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant star in this gripping HBO limited series from writer David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) and director Susanne Bier (Bird Box). An edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller filled with shocking twists and turns, 'The Undoing' exposes the lies we tell ourselves - even when the truth is right in front of us.

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The Six Wonder Boys troupe set off to seek their fortunes in Alaska after reading of a gold rush in a newspaper.

On arrival at Red Gulch, however, they find that the paper was 40 years old! The town is now poverty-stricken, so the boys concoct a plan to start a new gold rush, which is highly successful until their ruse is discovered. When the local villain becomes interested in them, the situation becomes even more complicated! Featuring 'The Crazy Gang' at the height of their fame, 'The Frozen Limits' is arguably their best film, with the continuous barrage of humour and antics for which they were rightly famous.

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This dark suburban satire tells the story of a man who is accused of adultery by his ex-fiancée and forced to move in with his parents.

While he fights for custody of his four-year-old daughter, he is gradually sucked into a bitter dispute between his parents and their neighbours regarding an old and beautiful tree that casts a shadow on the neighbours deck. As the dispute intensifies property is damaged, pets mysteriously go missing, security cameras are being installed and there is a rumour that the neighbour was seen with a chainsaw.