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A year after proving that she can handle a murder enquiry as well as any man, D.C.I. Tennison is launched back into battle at Scotland Yard. The body of a young girl is discovered in a shallow grave in the back garden of a terraced house in an Afro-Carribean neighbourhood of London.

The difficult job of identifying the body and finding the murderer is only made worse when the controversial subject of racism rears its ugly head. Having to contend with prejudice and misunderstanding from both the locals and from within her own team, and dealing with a boss who has one eye on his own promotion, D.C.I. Tennison has to use her powers of ingenuity, courage and compassion as she faces the political disapproval of the public and her colleagues.

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"127 Hours" is the incredible true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a falling boulder crashes on to his arm trapping him in an isolated canyon in Utah.

With only a day's worth of water, a blunt penknife and an unwavering will to survive Aron does everything he can to make it out alive.

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Welcome to the future. Biological war has decimated life on Earth. Los Angeles is a windswept ghost town where Robert Neville tools his convertible through sunlit streets foraging for supplies. And makes damn sure he gets undercover before sundown, when other 'inhabitants' emerge.

The Omega Man adapts Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend into a high-impact high-tension saga of a fate not so far removed from reality. Charlton Heston is Neville, fending off attacks by The Family, sinister neopeople spawned by the plague. He also becomes a man with a mission after meeting Lisa (Rosalind Cash), another uninfected survivor - and guardian of some healthy children representing our species' hope.

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Adapted from the best-selling novel by Martina Cole, 'Dangerous Lady' is set in the gangland world of London in the 50's and 60's.

It charts the rise to fame and notoriety of the Ryans, a poor Irish family, who become one of the foremost crime families in London, and is the story of the youngest daughter, Maura (Susan Lynch), who becomes the "dangerous lady" of the title. Maura is shielded from the criminal activities of her seven brothers. But after a failed love affair with a policeman, Terry (Owen Teale), and, as her adored eldest brother, Michael (Jason Isaacs), starts to lose his grip on the family, she is forced to take the destiny of the Ryans into her own hands, much to the concern of her mother, Sarah (Sheila Hancock). No one thinks a twenty-year-old girl can take on the hard men of London's criminal underworld, but together, Maura and Michael are unbeatable: the King and Queen of organised crime. But Maura's most difficult challenge comes as she grows disillusioned by the cycle of bloody revenge around her and resolves to change both her life and that of her family.

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When threatening letters arrive at his fashionable London home, prominent Government Minister Sir Paul Berowne (Bosco Hogan) calls his old friend Adam Dalgliesh (Roy Marsden) for assistance. Berowne's own household is a challenge.

His exquisite wife (Wendy Hiller) makes no secret of her adulterous affair with a fashionable surgeon. His only daughter (Fiona Fullerton), deeply involved in left-wing politics, has rejected her Conservative father. He is even resented by his own, strong-willed mother, whose favored son was killed in an IRA terrorist ambush. Dalgliesh has barely started on the case when a series of bizarre deaths turn the informal investigation into an urgent assignment. With characteristic determination Scotland Yard's enigmatic star detective pursues every possibility, ruthlessly exposing dark secrets and ugly emotions as the case proceeds toward its terrifying and bloody conclusion.

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A comic series of short vignettes built on one another to create a cumulative effect, as the characters discuss things as diverse as caffeine popsicles, Paris in the '20s, and the use of nicotine as an insecticide-all the while sitting around sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes.

As director Jim Jarmusch delves into the normal pace of our world from an extraordinary angle, he shows just how absorbing the obsessions, joys and addictions of life can be, if truly observed.

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When Emily Crane (Kelly McGillis) refuses to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee chairman, Ray Salwen (Mandy Patinkin), she's blacklisted and immediately fired from her job.

But when she stumbles upon Salwen's nefarious plot to smuggle Nazi war criminals into the US, she - and an FBI agent (Jeff Daniels) she's enlisted to help her - must find a way to bring an end to Salwen's conspiracy ... before he brings an end to them!

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2015 was a year of landmark events for Eric Clapton. He turned 70 in March and then in May he performed his 200th concert at London's famous Royal Albert Hall fifty years after his first performance there with The Yardbirds.

Clapton's seven night run at the venue was acclaimed by the critics and adored by the fans. The set-list blended vintage blues tracks and Eric Clapton classics from across his astonishing career. Clapton has become synonymous with the Royal Albert Hall and this concert is the perfect combination of artist and venue creating a truly magical night for Eric Clapton fans everywhere.

Tracklisting:
- Somebody's Knockin' On My Door
- Key to the Highway
- Tell the Truth
- Pretending
- Hoochie Coochie Man
- You Are So Beautiful
- Can't Find My Way Home
- I Shot The Sheriff
- Driftin' Blues
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
- Tears in Heaven
- Layla
- Let It Rain
- Wonderful Tonight
- Crossroads
- Cocaine
- High Time We Went
Bonus Song:
- Little Queen of Spades

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After serving his country in Northern Ireland and the Falklands, St. Lucia - born Reuben (Denzel Washington) finds himself out of work and threatened with extradition.

His friend, a fellow paratrooper whose legs were blown off in front of Reuben, learns that drug-dealing is the only way to survive on civvy street. A corrupt policeman (George Baker) is trying to manipulate Reuben into pinning a murder on his old friend Fish. What was the point in fighting for Queen and Country?

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Middle-aged farmer, Donal (Nigel O'Neill), is content to lead a simple, quiet life, sharing his home in a little Irish village with his increasingly frail mother, Florence (Stella McCusker). He works the fields during the day and drinks in the local pub at night.

The only indication he may wish for something more is an old campervan, which he has lovingly restored. His peace is shattered one evening when he returns to find Florence murdered in an apparent home invasion, a ruthless act that sees Donal setting off for Belfast in his little red van, on an impulsive, furious mission for vengeance. What he finds is a world of violence and brutality that he can't understand, and deep-rooted family secrets that will shake him to his core.

Joseph Rearden (Paul Newman) is British Intelligence's man on the inside. It's his job to become what he isn't - even a thief and convict - to convince the group he infiltrates that he's one of them. And it's his job to get through it all alive.

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Adapted from the classic adventure book for children, 'Children of the New Forest' is an exciting tale set in the turmoil of the English Civil War in the 17th Century.

In the New Forest, the four Beverly children, Edward, Alice, Humphrey, and little Edith are orphaned when their father is killed in a battle by the Roundheads. Forced into hiding with Jacob Armitage, an old forester who lives in a cottage deep in the woods, they learn to live as best they can. Pursued by the evil Abel Corbould and his Roundhead army, the children must fight and help save Charles Stuart, King of England from the clutches of his enemies. This highly acclaimed TV series can now be enjoyed by the whole family again and again on this video containing all 6 episodes of the series.

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Jennifer (Charlotte Beaumont), an Australian girl on the run, washes up in Amsterdam. To stay one step ahead of the authorities, she joins a coach load of tourists on a rural tour of Holland's world-famous windmills.

When the bus breaks down, she and the other tourists are forced to seek shelter in a disused shed beside a sinister windmill where, legend has it, a Devil-worshipping miller once ground the bones of locals. As members of the group start to disappear, Jennifer learns that they all have something in common, a shared secret that seems to mark them all for doom.

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In the aftermath of a tragic accident where their son was killed, Rachel (Teresa Palmer) and Anthony (Steven Cree) decide to move to the other side of the world to focus on their surviving twin son, Elliot (Tristan Ruggeri).

What begins as a time of healing and isolation in the Scandinavian countryside, turns into a desperate battle for the very soul of their son. When an entity claiming to be his dead twin brother takes over Elliot, Rachel is set on a diabolical journey to unravel the horrible truth about Elliot's twin.

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Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie and Robert De Niro star in this powerful thriller about the birth of the CIA. Edward Wilson (Damon) believes in America, and will sacrifice everything he loves to protect it.

But as one of the covert founders of the CIA, Edward's youthful idealism is slowly eroded by his growing suspicion of the people around him. Everybody has secrets...but will Edward's destroy him?