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Diana Gabaldon's best-selling book series is stunningly realised by Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore with the complete 16 episodes of Season One. Follow Claire's epic journey through time...

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Franck Drevil (Guillaume Canet) is Team DCNS' star skipper, having won the latest Vendee Globe - the most prestigious round-the-world single-handed yacht race in the world. However, with this year's race approaching, a sudden accident forces Franck to withdraw.

Franck's team member Yann Kermadec (Francois Cluzet), who has watched in Franck's shadow for ten years, sees his dreams suddenly come true as he replaces him at the last minute. Not only is Yann going to race his first Vendee Globe, but it will also be his first time racing on his own. Yann is fiercely driven to win, but the discovery of a young stowaway in the heat of the race will force him to put everything into question.

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Britain is in a state of political turmoil. There is rioting on the streets and the coalition government has collapsed. This taut and gripping 4-part thriller stars Philip Glenister as Harry Venn, a small time solicitor who is forced to delve back into his murky past.

When a mysterious lawyer, Gina Hawkes (Thekla Reuten) turns up asking Harry to find a missing alibi witness for her client, he finds himself unwittingly drawn into investigating the death of his brother twenty years ago. But as he begins to untangle the web of lies and deceit, Harry finds himself caught up in a bigger and more complex conspiracy.

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In a small shop on the outskirts of Manchesterford, Miss Babs (mother to the triplets) and Miss Berta run their antique business.

Assisting them are general handyman Derek and housekeeper Mrs Overall, who is always to hand with a cup of coffee and a helpful adage (like "sometimes I think being widowed is God's way of telling you to come off the pill."). With the arrival of swarthy Cousin Jerez, ladies' man Clifford and self-conscious extras examining a leopard statue, the tension soon begins to mount.

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Kahina Zadi (Leila Bekhti), a French police officer, travels to Kiruna, a small mining community in remote northern Sweden, to investigate a brutal murder of a French citizen.

With the help of Anders Harnesk (Gustaf Hammarsten), a Swedish DA and a member of the Sami, an ancient, mysterious indigenous tribe of Scandinavia, they are faced with new killings and the initial murder turns out to be the tip of the iceberg. Kahina and Anders come to realise that behind the killings is a ten-year-old secret conspiracy involving many of the town's inhabitants. Kahina finds herself confronting a ruthless serial killer, always one step ahead, a macabre plan, and her own painful past.

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During the First World War, soldiers Alf (Paul Shane) and James (Jeffrey Holland) come across the body of an officer. Thinking him dead, Alf robs the man much to James's disgust.

When the body is delivered to the field hospital, it turns out to be the Honourable Teddy Meldrum (Michael Knowles) - and not dead, just unconscious! Awakening, Teddy thanks the men for saving his life, and promises to be forever in their debt. Ten years later and Teddy has kept his promise, employing James as head of his brother's household. When Alf joins the team, the scene is set. With "goings-on" a plenty in the Meldrum household, this is a hoot of a comedy from the talented pens of Jimmy Perry and David Croft.

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When Basil Beauchamp, alias Dr Dare (Simon Dee), TV’s heartthrob doctor is admitted to St. Swithin’s Hospital, it leads to an unusual course of therapy.

Cantankerous Head Surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt (James Robertson Justice), prescribes a cruise aboard a ship skippered by his brother George (Robert Morley). Meanwhile Dr Burke (Leslie Phillips) must arrange a rushed marriage of convenience in order to land a top medical job in America. But in a crazy course of circumstances, he ends up as a stowaway on board the very same ship when he follows his intended, Ophelia, on a Mediterranean modelling trip. Needless to say chaos rules as Dr Burke vainly attempts to avoid detection. A task made all the more difficult when he has to face passengers such as Harry Secombe, a larger than life pools winner and an outrageous mum looking for a love match for her daughter – a striptease artiste!

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From the director of 'Everest', Baltasar Kormakur, comes 'The Oath', a dark, shadowy and riveting Icelandic thriller in which a respected doctor, played by Kormakur himself, sets off on a mission to pull his daughter away from the world of drugs and petty crime, only to discover that danger can be

found in unexpected places. With sweeping Icelandic vistas providing the backdrop to unnerving tension, this is an assured suspense drama bound to have you on the edge of your seat.

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Grizzled veteran detective Mark Simmons (Lou Diamond Phillips) can't seem to catch the "Badge Bandit" - the city's serial prankster who's causing mischief and embarrassing the police. Karina Murphy (Lulu Wilson) is a spunky 12-year-old who dreams of being a cop.

She stumbles on Simmons' stakeout where she proves she's got serious detective skills and tech-savvy smarts. While Simmons wants to ignore Karina, the police captain does the unthinkable and teams them up. While on their mission to stop the "Badge Bandit", the unlikely duo goes on a hilarious, action-filled adventure!

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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.

June Brown starts with a bare-knuckle boxer in London s East End and ends up in Algeria; J.K. Rowling finds herself on the French border with Germany in the disputed territory of Alsace Lorraine; Sebastian Coe is Jamaican bound to uncover a history of sugar and slaves; Larry Lamb discovers a fantastical fairground history and a lost relative; Emilia Fox explores a theatrical heritage and an engineering innovator; Alan Carr kicks off with stories of the soccer field before tracking down a missing soldier; Robin Gibb finds himself related to a poor boy turned military man and uses the Freedom of Information Act to get to the heart of a mid-wife s labour; Richard Madeley discovers what it is to be a Pilgrim; Len Goodman starts with a barrow boy before traveling to Poland and returning to the London of Karl Marx; and Tracey Emin explores workhouses, prisons and the craftwork of gypsies.

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In '50s America, he grew up in front of millions as TV's most famous child star as his family dramatised their picture-perfect world for the enjoyment of millions.

But acting and singing sensation Ricky Nelson was destined to battle with love, loss and redemption before falling from grace in one of Hollywood's most compelling and tragic tales.

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A dismembered leg sent to Strike's office sends both his and Robin's lives into disarray, forcing them to confront spectres from their pasts.

Career of Evil (Part 1)

After their harrowing discovery, Strike (Tom Burke) and Robin's search for a culprit sends them up North on an investigative road trip.
Career of Evil (Part 2)
Strike and Robin's partnership reaches breaking point as Robin's wedding approaches and they disagree about how to ensnare a man who abuses children.

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A particularly vicious serial killer is stalking the Norfolk coast in the vicinity of the Larksoken nuclear power station. The press have branded him 'The Whistler' because witnesses have heard a hymn being whistled in the vicinity of the murders.

His trademark is the letter 'L' carved on the forehead of his victims. L for Larksoken? At first, his victims seem to be chosen entirely at random - women in the wrong place, at the wrong time - but then two women employed at the nuclear power station are murdered in quick succession... Adam Dalgliesh (Roy Marsden), on leave in Norfolk to settle his late aunt's estate, becomes intimately caught up in the murder hunt as suspicions grow that the police may be looking for more than one killer...

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Ai's unrequited love for an artist eventually draws her deeper into the dark underworld of gangsters, drugs and subversive sex as she tries desperately to win his affection.

Catering to Yakuza captains and ostensibly "respectable" heads of industry, Ai (Miho Nikaido) witnesses and experiences sexual degradation, confusion, and despair. A searing, disturbing, and extremely graphic indictment of the twin hypocrisies of excessive materialism and sexual puritanism.

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This hilarious new comedy follows the adventures of two Liverpool cabbies who will do anything to take their sons to watch their beloved football team play in one of the greatest football clashes of all time - the 2005 Champions League Final in Istanbul.

But with no money to pay for the trip, big trouble awaits them when they strike a dangerous deal with a group of vicious gangsters. Get ready for a wild ride that will take our heroes from the streets of Liverpool to the crazy world of Istanbul, a place where dreams can come true and where danger lurks at every turn. Starring Paul Barber, Steven Waddington and Samantha Womack, it's not long before the pressure on the pitch becomes almost as heated as the action off it.