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The Prime Minister is planning a celebratory visit to the model village of Little Hayhoe, where a new factory has created the utopian state of total employment. Everyone is content it seems and looking forward to the occasion. That is, almost everyone.

Local lay-about Dan Dance (Eddie Byrne) still refuses to work, sleeps under the stars and is a potential cause of huge embarrassment to the local dignitaries. So without further delay, Dan's snipped off to the local almshouse where he awaits an uncertain, yet very funny future.

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Set in and around the corridors of power, 'Bodyguard' tells the story of David Budd (Richard Madden), a heroic but volatile war veteran now working as a Specialist Protection Officer for the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch (RaSP) of London's Metropolitan Police Service.

When he is assigned to protect the ambitious and powerful Home Secretary Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes), Budd finds himself torn between his duty and his beliefs. Responsible for her safety, could he become her biggest threat?

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Cheese and Egg (Bryan Pringle), Heavy Breathing (Trevor Bannister), Eric (Tim Wylton) and Winston (Graham Haberfield)...collectively, the crew of corporation dustcart Thunderbird Three, are back on the rounds again in this complete series collection.

Jack Rosenthal's rarely-seen situation comedy, considered vulgar in its day and a frequent target of Mary Whitehouse's 'Clean Up TV' campaign, has been rescued from the dustbin and appears here, just as filthy as it ever was. It's piggin' marvellous!

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John Thaw is Harry Jenkins in this brand new ITV film, a gruff, self-obsessed, estate agent, used to getting his own way.

Until, that is, he returns from a game of golf to find the police on his doorstep with news of his estranged daughter's death, and discovers for the first time that he is the grandfather of a mixed-race little girl. Saffron, his spirited and strong-willed granddaughter proves to be quite a match for him, and a trip to London in search of her father forces Harry to face up to a few home truths. He realises that things need to change if he is to play a part in Saffron's life. Brilliantly acted, this powerful and moving drama evokes Harry's inner struggle for salvation.

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This touching drama series charts the fortunes of three young women who, having returned from their voluntary service as ambulance drivers during the First World War, decide to set up a 'universal aunts' agency to help those less fortunate than themselves.

This set comprises the complete series alongside the pilot episode, scripted by 'Upstairs, Downstairs' Alfred Shaughnessy and screened in 1985 as a drama in ITV's 'Storyboard' anthology. Penned by a largely female team that includes novelist Fay Weldon, 'Ladies in Charge' stars Carol Royle, Julia Hills and Julia Swift as the ladies of benevolent intent; guests include Imelda Staunton, Julian Glover, Michael Gough, Richard Vernon and, in one of his earliest television roles, Hugh Grant.

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Long Lost Comedy Classics is a collection of films from a golden age of British Cinema, remembered stars and some unique movies that have stood the test of time.

So why not take a trip down memory lane and see how cinema used to be? A Sleepy army barracks is about to be overrun by a film company planning to shoot a science fiction caper. And it's not long before the enticing female stars persuade the boys of the brigade to take part - much to the annoyance of the Divisional Commander who decides to make a surprise inspection.

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Elle Reid (Lily Tomlin) has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when her granddaughter, Sage, unexpectedly shows up needing $600 before sundown.

Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash, as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets.

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"St Trinian's 2: the Legend of Fritton's Gold" sees the schoolgirls start a new term amidst the usual chaos and excitement. Rupert Everett returns as unconventional headmistress Camilla Fritton and Colin Firth as her old flame Geoffrey Thwaites.

A rollercoaster-style treasure hunt for the legendary Fritton's Gold ensues as they face their most fearsome establishment rivals yet, but the feisty and ever resourceful girls of St Trinian's are undeterred in their mission to outwit the villainous Pomfrey (David Tennant) and his sidekicks from the woman-hating secret society known as AD1.

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An explosive and heart-breaking adaptation of Joseph Conrad's classic novel of terrorism, espionage and betrayal. London, 1886 and Verloc (Toby Jones) runs a seedy sex shop in the heart of Soho.

Unbeknown to his loyal wife Winnie (Vicky McClure), Verloc also works for the Russian embassy, spying on a group of London anarchists. The Russians are furious with the English establishment's indifference to the anarchist threat gripping the rest of Europe. So Verloc is assigned a mission: blow up the Greenwich Observatory and make it look like a terrorist attack to provoke a crackdown. Should he fail, Verloc's real identity as a spy will be exposed to his vicious comrades. Verloc is forced to turn to the volatile Professor (Ian Hart) to supply explosives which in turn attracts the attention of Chief Inspector Heat of Scotland Yard (Stephen Graham). Caught between the Russians and the police, Verloc grooms Winnie's younger brother Stevie (Charlie Hamblett) as his unsuspecting accomplice. When the truth outs, Verloc has to face Winnie's wrath...

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The suburbs - manicured lawns, palatial houses, car pools, wife swapping and murder. Even the most picturesque suburb can hold dark secrets in its lush gardens.

Detective Inspector Kate 'Ash' Ashurst (Caroline Catz) and Detective Sergeant Emma "Scribbs'" Scribbins (Lisa Faulkner) are partners who investigate crimes in Middleford Criminal Investigative Department. In Series One the detectives investigate six cases ranging from a singles club murder to an out-of-control stag party and a home improvements lover whose hammer becomes a murder weapon.

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Now in her thirties and head of a giant hotel empire, Meredith Sanders (Melissa Gilbert) returns to the English village where she was born to visit Agnes (Ginny Holder), her childhood friend from their harsh days in the orphanage.

She also meets Lucas (Jeremy Sheffield), who has experienced his own devastating losses.

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Tim Pigott-Smith stars as John Stafford, a newly promoted Chief Constable, in this police procedural drama series with a difference.

'The Chief' shows a police force undergoing a culture change, as the outspoken and deeply committed Stafford attempts to reform crime-prevention policies and challenge the frequently unacceptable behaviour of his front-line officers. There are always difficult decisions to be made, and often at a professional and personal cost. The cast of this powerful drama series, originally transmitted in 1990, also includes Judy Loe as Stafford's doctor wife, Elizabeth, and Eastenders stars Tony Caunter and Ross Kemp. Having appointed Anne Stewart (Karen Archer) as his deputy, Chief Constable John Stafford promotes his highly capable colleague to the rank of Head of Crime and Operations at Eastland, East Anglia. The promotion proves deeply unpopular, and, when Anne encounters rampant workplace misogyny, exposes some of the more unpleasant institutional attitudes among the ranks. While Anne faces a wall of prejudice as well as the personal difficulties arising from her son's drug addiction, Stafford's strategies for tackling the ever-mounting challenges of modern policing - be they the consequences of an increasingly violent drugs subculture, militant student actions or vigilante gangs - frequently bring him into conflict with his superiors. His high-level adversaries include the Home Office - whose staff watch his actions with interest, and more than a little concern...

David Jason returns to the role as loveable rogue Des in the hugely successful comedy drama Diamond Geezer - The Series. Des is yet again using his cheeky charm to carry out grand thefts under a number of different guises.

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Touko Laaksonen (Pekka Strang), a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing.

He finds postwar Helsinki rampant with persecution, and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhabitations. His work - made famous by his signature 'Tom of Finland' - became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.

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Following the death of her mother, Abby (Tuppence Middleton), a troubled young woman, returns to her hometown of Niagara Falls and the dilapidated motel her family used to run. She soon finds herself drawn back into a mystery that has haunted her since childhood.

As Abby sets out to discover the truth, she must confront local eccentric Walter (David Cronenberg), convince her sister Laure (Hannah Gross), and face her own demons.