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Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. With the documents in hand, he instead plays off M16 and the KGB against each other.

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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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Since the summer of 1955, the ITV network has entertained the nation with some of the most memorable programming ever created for British television.

This collection celebrates those six decades with an outstanding, specially selected collection of superb dramas, hilarious comedies and thought-provoking documentaries - some of which haven't been seen since their original transmission. With each of them themed to provide an "evening's entertainment", this dip into the archives provides a trip down 'Memory Lane' as well as a timely reminder of some of the best television of the last sixty years. This mixture of both classics and rarities (including some programmes thought lost forever) will appeal to everyone! So spoil yourself settle down for a great night in and join us for a journey through the decades!

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In a southern town in 1954 India, British and Anglo-Indian identities blur in this psychological tale of misplaced trust, envy and power. The troubled Macintosh household deteriorates further when Lily (Greta Scacchi) gives birth to a sickly baby girl.

Cotton Mary (Madhur Jaffrey), an Anglo-Indian hospital worker, seizes the opportunity and takes over the infant's care. She becomes indispensable to the suffering mother and is asked to join the household, where she assumes more and more duties, playing on the mother's fatigue and problems with her husband. How long can Mary sustain her rule before Lily stands on her own feet and regains control?

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Clarke (Dustin Hoffman) and Rogers (Warren Beatty) are two inept songwriters, down on their luck and desperate for money. Taking the advice of their shifty agent, the duo are whisked off on a tour of the mystical republic of Ishtar.

On their arrival, our heroes are separately recruited into spying for opposing sides of a planned revolution, while simultaneously vying for the attention of a gorgeous female freedom fighter (Isabelle Adjani). But Clarke and Rogers make worse spies than they do songwriters, and soon they're left stranded in the desert with only a blind camel and several CIA assassins for company...

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Agatha Raisin (Ashley Jensen) opens her own private detective agency in the picturesque Cotswolds. Armed with her trademark tenacity and fashion flair, along with help from her friend Roy (Mathew Horne) and paramour James (Jamie Glover), Agatha uncovers the killers lurking in her sleepy village.

This series sees Agatha drumming up business for her new detective agency by investigating a legendary haunted house; enrolling in dance lessons after disaster strikes a young woman's engagement party; puts her detective skills to the test when she investigates the death of a woman James is seen arguing with, in an attempt to clear his name; and when a roast pig at the Winter Fayre turns out to be a human corpse Bill (Matt McCooey) leads the investigation under strict instructions to keep Agatha out of it.

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When callous thugs beat Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker) senseless and viciously murder the gorgeous blonde he's been trying to help, the hard-boiled detective retaliates the only way he can: by hitting first and asking questions later.

Cutting a brutal swathe through the city's sleazy underside, Hammer uncovers a mysterious black container whose deadly contents not only solve the murder...but trigger an apocalyptic climax as well!

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Arthur (Arthur Askey), Stinker (Richard Murdoch) and Albert (Graham Moffatt) - a trio of reprobate students - are in danger of expulsion from Oxford for conduct unbecoming.

After due consideration they hatch a cunning plan to save their bacon - the only problem is that it entails convincing the Dean (J.H. Roberts) that Arthur is actually Albert's wealthy Aunt Lucy (Jeanne De Casalis)!

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As the glinting steel and mirror-glass skyscrapers of London's financial district edge ever closer, the area surrounding Hoxton Street has been transformed by 'luxury redevelopments' and sky-high property prices.

This East London street, less than a mile from the City of London, has become the last bastion of the area's traditional communities. Following its residents over a four-year period, capturing the impact of gentrification, years of austerity and the eruption of Brexit, Zed Nelson's feature-length debut is a tragicomic portrait of not just a street but a nation on the cusp of change.

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Join Detective Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) and Capt. Ed Hocken (Alan North) as they solve the toughest cases - full of all the sight-gags, puns, and non-sequiturs that made the series famous!

Episodes Comprise:
1. A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise)

2. Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment)
3. The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand)
4. Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi)
5. Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood)
6. Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don't Laugh)

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Professional cellist Daigo (Masahiro Motoki) is left jobless after the orchestra he plays in disbands. He and his wife Mika (Ryoko Hirosue) move back from Tokyo to the family home in rural Yamagata left by his mother, who passed away two years previously.

Here he stumbles upon a vaguely-worded advert in a local newspaper for a job "assisting departures". He is hired on the spot by his new boss Sasaki (Tsutomu Yamazaki), only to discover the post is for an assistant nokanshi, or traditional mortician, performing the Buddhist rites of washing and preparing corpses for their final journey. Initially he keeps the nature of his employment hidden from Mika, but as his disgust for his work turns to pride, he soon finds himself coming to terms with his own life, and the past memories of the father who abandoned him as a child.

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During the early days of post-colonial India, a company of nomadic actors travel across the country performing Shakespeare.

When a young troupe member, Lizzie (Felicity Kendal), falls in love with playboy Sanju (Shashi Kapoor), the pair must overcome cultural differences and the scheming of film actress and rival for Sanju's affections Manjula (Madhur Jaffrey).

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Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) fights against but is exactly like her wildly loving, deeply opinionated and strong-willed mum (Laurie Metcalf), a nurse working tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird's father (Tracy Letts) loses his job.

'Lady Bird' is an affecting look at the relationships that shape us, the beliefs that define us, and the unmatched beauty of a place called home.

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Written by and starring Jimmy Nail, 'Crocodile Shoes' follows the life of Jed Shepperd, a Geordie factory worker who writes country music in his spare time. With the prospect of redundancy looming, Jed makes a lifetime decision to quit his job and pursue his dream career as a country singer.

From Newcastle to Nashville and back again, this is a story of fame and fortune; adventures, opportunities, confl icts, heartache, the rise, the fall. Featuring a critically acclaimed soundtrack that launched the real-life music career of Jimmy Nail, 'Crocodile Shoes' is the original musical drama.

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The unbelievable but entirely true story of four friends (Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner and Jared Abrahamson) living a routine existence in Kentucky, who brazenly attempt one of the most audacious art heists in US history.

Determined to live lives that are out of the ordinary, they plan the brazen theft of some of the world's most valuable books from the special collections room of Transylvania University Library. But not everything is as it seems, and as the thrilling theft unfolds, each of them starts to question whether their attempts to inject excitement and purpose into their lives is simply a misguided attempt at achieving the American Dream.