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The most elite clandestine team ever created specialize on working in the dirtiest and most dangerous corners of the world.

When a target of the skilled assassin Agent Kane (Gina Carano) suddenly knows all her tricks it becomes clear that someone deep inside the agency has betrayed them, but who and why? What follows is a high-octane web of intrigue that crosses multiple international borders and a manhunt spearheaded by CIA officials and rogue agents.

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Washed-up Richard Thorncroft (Julian Barratt) peaked with hit 1980s detective show Mindhorn, playing the titular Isle of Man sleuth with a robotic eye that allowed him to literally "see the truth".

Decades later, when a deranged Manx criminal demands Mindhorn as his nemesis, Thorncroft returns to the scene of his greatest triumphs for one last chance to reignite his glory days, professional credibility and even romance with former co-star/paramour Patricia Deville (Essie Davis).

Master thief Doc McCoy knows his wife has been in bed with the local political boss in order to spring him from jail. What he can't know is the sinister succession of double-crosses that will sour the deal once hes on the oustisde - and executing the ultimate robbery.

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Jim Dixon doesn't feel very lucky at all, working as a junior university lecturer with the boring and tiresome Professor Welch. So when Jim finds out he has to spend a whole weekend at his house to help save his job he can't think of anything more unpleasant...

But it only goes from bad to worse as he manages to get himself and the family dog blind drunk and falls in love with the rather beautiful Christine, who just happens to be Welch's son's girlfriend... When Jim is given a second chance to save himself and his job all he has to do is deliver a lecture at the university, but some things are easier said than done!

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A tense erotic thriller in the style of Bound, Night Dragon takes us right into the seedy world of the London underground crime scene.

Young lawyer Millie (Annette Kellow) has fallen madly in love with the mysterious Liz (Imogen Church) but finds her herself in too deep when she discovers that her lover is actually a hit woman for the vicious thug she is about to prosecute. Loyalties are tested, guns are drawn and knives are flashed as she ultimately decides who to trust to save her life.

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Just 10 miles from Pompeii, along the ancient shoreline, 12 arched vaults are telling a whole new story about what life was like before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. They contain the skeletons of no less than 340 people, just 10% of the local population, killed by the volcano.

Amongst them are the first new skeletons to be found in the area for 30 years; they are now the subject of a ground-breaking scientific investigation secured in a world exclusive for BBC.
Presented by Pompeianist Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill of the University of Cambridge and Director of the Herculaneum Conservation Project we meet the scientists leading the forensic project - Luca Bondioli and Luciano Fattore - and then go on a tour of the incredible town where the skeletons once lived. On his journey Andrew uncovers their houses, their wooden furniture and their food which are perfectly preserved by a layer of ash up to five times deeper than Pompeii.
With stunning aerial photography of Herculaneum, this film gives us a behind the scenes look at this place and its extraordinary ancient inhabitants as they've never been seen before. It opens the lid on a tiny, yet astonishing Roman town, which drew immigrants from Syria and beyond, and where perfectly preserved court transcripts scratched on wooden tablets tell of slaves challenging their status in the town's courts.
'The Other Pompeii: Life and Death in Herculaneum' unravels a surprising story of resilience, courage and humanity.

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Hitler's men are wanted - dead or alive. They have a choice: evade capture or face trial. Some go into hiding in Germany. Others make their way along ratlines, through the Alps towards South America. And a few are brought to the Nuremberg trials to answer for their crimes.

This final series provides insights into the tense drama of the international tribunal as well as the escape stories of Nazis on the run. Illustrated with exceptional drama sequences, astonishing archive footage and leading experts, this is the story of the reckoning of the Nazis - and of an international quest for justice.

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After suffering huge losses in battle and surviving an assassination attempt, Hitler (Andrius Rozickas) can only drive Germany further into the abyss.

Tired and defeated, he clings desperately to power, surrounded by those who appear fiercely loyal while secretly undermining each other, plotting their own escapes. One by one, individual delusions seal their fates - only a scant few will survive to face justice. This series takes a forensic look at Hitler's final desperate days and tries to explain the choices he made as the inevitable end drew near.

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From Academy Award winning writer/director, Oliver Stone, and co-written by historian Prof. Peter Kuznick, this ten-part documentary series looks back at human events that at the time went under reported, but that crucially shaped America's unique and complex history over the 20th Century.

From the atomic bombing of Japan to the Cold War and the fall of Communism, this in-depth, surprising and totally riveting series demands to be watched again and again.

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The world's favourite "Pink Panther" super-sleuth is back and at it again in this outrageous comedy caper, starring Alan Arkin as the beloved but brainless Inspector Clouseau.

When a nation is in trouble, criminal masterminds don't stand a chance against the French detective with a knack for reckless investigation. Tension is building at Number Ten Downing Street when it's discovered that the money stolen in the Great Train Robbery is merely operating capital for a bigger criminal plan. Never to fear, Clouseau is here! The bumbling detective sets out on a clumsy crusade to catch the crooks. But the case takes a riotous twist when Clouseau's "face" is seen masquerading from Swiss bank to Swiss bank for the heist of the century. Will Clouseau manage to save the day, or will the case of mistaken identity end his crime fighting forever?

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Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Why We Fight takes an unflinching look at the anatomy of American war-making.

With unparalleled Pentagon access, the film launches a non partisan inquiry into the forces - political, economic, and ideological - that drive the United States of America to fight. Inspired by President Dwight Eisenhower's 1961 Farewell Address in which he warned Americans about the dangers of the "military-industrial complex", filmmaker Eugene Jarecki weaves unforgettable stories of everyday citizens touched by war, with commentary by a 'who's who' of military and Washington insiders. Featuring Senator John McCain, Gore Vidal, Richard Perle and many others, Why We Fight explores a half century of U.S. foreign policy from World War II to the Iraq War, revealing how, as Eisenhower warned, political and corporate interests have become alarmingly entangled in the business of war. On a deeper level, what emerges in this award-winning film is a portrait of a nation in transition - drifting dangerously far from her founding principles towards a more imperial and uncertain future.

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Based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk ('Fight Club'), 'Choke' is a dark and wickedly funny joyride from the depths of sexual compulsion to the heights of the Second Coming! Besides working at a colonial reenactment theme park and trying to hook up with everything on two legs, sex addict Victor

Mancini (Sam Rockwell) courts the loves and money of complete strangers via a demented con that might just kill him. But first, Victor must save his dying, delusional mother (Angelica Huston) by seducing and impregnating her comely physician, a task easier said than done, in this gleefully twisted tale of dysfunction, salvation, love and libido.

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Alan Bennett's two series of moving and affectionate monologues delivered by the cream of British acting talent have become television drama classics.

These poignant, perceptive and comic stories venture beyond their characters' suburban normality into lives of secrets, revelations, fears, crimes and passions.

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Captain Stefan Brandt (Jai Courtney) is sent on a mission to investigate a threat to the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II (Christopher Plummer). Arriving at the Kaiser's secluded mansion, Brandt learns that local resistance and British Intelligence are moving in on the deposed German monarch.

As he begins to infiltrate the Kaiser's life in search of clues, Brandt finds himself drawn into an unexpected and passionate romance with Mieke (Lily James), one of the Kaiser's maids.

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After seven unsuccessful suicide attempts, William (Aneurin Barnard) outsources the task to Leslie (Tom Wilkinson), an ageing hit-man on the brink of retirement. But with the contract signed and death assured within a week (or his money back) William finally discovers a reason to live.

However, as far as Leslie is concerned, the contract is binding...