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Murder Before Evensong (2025)Mord före aftonsång
Based on the bestselling novel by The Reverend Richard Coles. Canon Daniel Clement (Matthew Lewis), empathetic Rector of the picturesque English village of Champton, has his life turned upside-down when his overbearing mother Audrey (Amanda Redman) arrives unannounced, dragging up memories Daniel would rather not confront. But a more serious challenge awaits him when he stumbles upon the body of a parishioner in his church and is pulled into a murder investigation. Delving under the veneer of village life to piece together clues and uncover long-buried secrets, navigating the press and public, clashing with DS Neil Vanloo (Amit Shah) and incurring the ire of the bishop, Daniel is forced to question who he can trust, and whether he himself was the intended murder victim. - Director:
- David Moore
- Cast:
- Matthew Lewis, Amanda Redman, Amit Shah
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Russia 1805. When we first meet Pierre (Paul Dano), Natasha (Lily James) and Andrei (James Norton), their youthful ambition, despite their privileged circumstances, is to find meaning in their lives. Kind-hearted but awkward Pierre, the illegitimate son of Russia's richest man, wants to change the world for the better. The beautiful and spirited Natasha is searching for true love, while handsome and gallant Andrei, frustrated with the superficiality of society, seeks a higher purpose. At the same time Napoleon's army edges ever closer to Russia's borders. As everything they thought they knew is thrown into question, Pierre, Andrei and Natasha find themselves in a time when Russian lives are about to change forever. - Director:
- Tom Harper
- Cast:
- Aneurin Barnard, Jessie Buckley, Paul Dano
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"Hotel Portofino" is a story of personal awakening at a time of global upheaval. In the traumatic aftermath of WW1, Bella Ainsworth (Natascha McElhone), a wealthy industrialist's daughter, attempts to coax her wounded son, Lucian (Oliver Dench), and widowed daughter, Alice (Olivia Morris), towards health and happiness. Her plan: move to Italy to set up a quintessentially British hotel in the breathtakingly beautiful Italian Riviera town of Portofino. The 'roaring 20s' may be in full swing, but the problems at Hotel Portofino mount quick for Bella: she's short of staff and money; her guests, including the imperious Lady Latchmere (Anna Chancellor), are demanding and hard-to-please; and she's being targeted by a scheming and corrupt local politician, Signor Danioni (Pasquale Esposito), who threatens to drag her into the red-hot political cauldron of Mussolini's Italy. Embracing themes of sexual and social liberation 'Hotel Portofino' is a family drama full of emotional highs and lows, that weaves its classic 'whodunit' mystery woven throughout the intoxicating influence of Italy's enchanting culture, climate, and cuisine. Those who check in will never be the same again. - Director:
- Adam Wimpenny
- Cast:
- Natascha McElhone, Lucy Akhurst, Louisa Binder
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The American Gilded Age was a period of immense economic and social change, when empires were built, but no victory came without sacrifice. After the Opera War, the old guard is weakened and the Russells stand poised to take their place at society's head. Bertha (Carrie Coon) sets her sights on a prize that would elevate the family while George (Morgan Spector) risks everything on a gambit that could revolutionise the railroad industry or ruin him. Across the street, the Brook household is in chaos as Agnes (Christine Baranski) refuses to accept Ada's (Cynthia Nixon)'s new role. Peggy (Denée Benton) meets a handsome doctor from Newport whose family disapproves of her career. As New York hastens toward the future, ambition may cost them what they hold dear. - Director:
- Michael Engler
- Cast:
- Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson
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1842. Cranford, a market town in the North West of England, is a place governed by etiquette, custom and above all, an intricate network of ladies. It seems that life has always been conducted according to their social rules, but Cranford is on the cusp of change... For spinsters Deborah Jenkyns, the arbiter of correctness in Cranford, and Matty, her demurring sister, the town is a hub of intrigue - a handsome new doctor Frank Harrison from London has arrived; a retired Army Captain and his daughters have moved in to a house opposite and the preparations for Lady Ludlow's garden party are underway. Everyone - from charming rogue Dr Marshland to mean Mrs Jamieson and her lap dog - talks, and is talked about, behind closed doors. The town also has its secrets which it slowly reveals; Matty's encounter with an old flame at the garden party; Lady Ludlow's land agent Mr Carter teaching a gypsy lad to read and write; the wild expectations of the May Day celebrations and - news that shakes the town when it is revealed - a railway line from Manchester is coming to Cranford. - Director:
- Simon Curtis
- Cast:
- Eileen Atkins, Francesca Annis, Imelda Staunton
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1. The Pilot (1985) Cybill Shepherd plays Maddie Hayes, a glamorous TV model whose financial woes drive her into partnership with David Addison, a quick-witted private investigator, played by Bruce Willis, in this pilot episode of the romantic comedy series, Moonlighting. Together, these two emotional opposites set out on a series of fast-paced, spine-tingling adventures.
2. The Lady in the Iron Mask (1985)
When a woman with a disfigured face hires David and Maddie to find the man responsible, they are in a quandary when they discover the act was committed not for revenge, but for love.
3. A Womb with a View (1988)
Maddie and David are unaware that two very curious observers are monitoring their every move as they continue to grapple with the uncertainties of their relationship.- Director:
- Robert Butler
- Cast:
- Cybill Shepherd, Bruce Willis, Robert Ellenstein
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The glitz and glamour of London's wealthiest neighborhood masks a dark side that Chelsea local DI Max Arnold (Adrian Scarboroug) knows all too well. Killers lurk among the immaculate mansions and luxury stores, and it's up to Max and his new partner, DS Layla Walsh (Vanessa Emme), to expose them. Living on a shabby houseboat, with his marriage in shambles, Max seems utterly unremarkable-but behind his everyman exterior lies an unparalleled perceptiveness, a mordant sense of humor, and a knack for understanding how people tick. Newly transferred from the Exeter police, Layla isn't afraid to speak her mind, even if that means occasionally rubbing people the wrong way. She's warmhearted underneath her tough front, however, and fits right in with the team as they investigate a strangling at an art gallery, a suspicious death at an exclusive retirement home, a psychotherapist's murder, and the killing of an entrepreneur. - Director:
- Richard Signy
- Cast:
- Adrian Scarborough, Vanessa Matias Fahy, Peter Bankole
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The Current War (2017)The Current War: Director's Cut
Fuelled by the intense rivalry between electricity titans Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon), 'The Current War' tells the dramatic story of the late 19th century race to light up America and power the world. Rounding out the cast are Nicholas Hoult as the eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla, Katherine Waterston as Westinghouse's outspoken wife Marguerite, Tom Holland as Edison's confident young secretary Samuel Insull, Matthew Macfadyen as the famous financier and banker J.P. Morgan, and Tuppence Middleton as Edison's supportive wife Mary. - Director:
- Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
- Cast:
- Tom Holland, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nicholas Hoult
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Based on the classic comic French novel, adapted for television by the acclaimed comedy writing team of Kay Galton and Alan Simpson; welcome to the small French village of Clochemerle. Nestled in the Beaujolais region of France, this happy little enclave has avoided all hints of modernity, producing fine wine in an atmosphere of timeless calm and culture...until now. Now, in the autumn of 1922, the mayor wants to build a new public edifice, something that will draw a crowd - and he will, and it does, but none of it will happen in the way that he planned. A small village with a powerful church, a republican government, several beautiful wives, one handsome lover, a staunch catholic spinster and many more headstrong personalities are about to clash in a way that will bring pain to some, mirth to others and even the army to fail to keep the peace in a small French village called Clochemerle. - Director:
- Michael Mills
- Cast:
- Peter Ustinov, Roy Dotrice, Wendy Hiller
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The Protectors: Series 1 (2009)Livvagterne 1
The Danish national police branch, P.E.T. "The Protectors" is in charge of personal protection services, mainly of politicians and members of the Royal Family, but also key VIP's and visiting dignitaries. Their work also includes managing preventive measures, dealing with any potential terrorist threats and keeping an eye on dangerous individuals and stalkers. The elite team have to balance their work with their personal lives and concerns with their own backgrounds and even ethnic origins. - Director:
- Mikkel Serup
- Cast:
- Cecilie Stenspil, Søren Vejby, André Babikian
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Triple Cross (1966)Terence Young's Triple Cross
Suave, witty, daring, handsome and utterly amoral, British safe-cracker Eddie Chapman (Christopher Plummer) is quite prepared to work for whichever side offers him the greatest thrills - and the most money. he can either offer his services as a spy to the Nazis or remain loyal to Britain and face a lengthy jail sentence. He opts for the former. But various Nazis doubt Chapman's loyalty to their cause, and with good reason. Making contact with the British, Chapman offers to act as a double agent - for a fee, or course. Thus a 'legend' is born. But just how far is Chapman prepared to lie and scheme to help one side win the war? - Director:
- Terence Young
- Cast:
- Christopher Plummer, Frank Phillips, Romy Schneider
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In the autumn of 1888, Chief Inspector Abberline (Michael Caine) is sent to investigate the murder and mutilation of a prostitute. Others soon meet the same fate, and a press frenzy ensues. With "Jack the Ripper" terrorising London and both police and outraged public clamouring for a swift conclusion, Abberline and his partner, Godley (Lewis Collins), work doggedly through their list of suspects - more than one of whom has royal connections. - Director:
- David Wickes
- Cast:
- Michael Caine, Armand Assante, Ray McAnally
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When Arthur Clennam (Matthew Macfadyen) returns to England after many years abroad, he takes a kindly interest in Amy Dorrit (Claire Foy), his mother's seamstress, and in the affairs of Amy's father, William Dorrit (Tom Courtenay), a man of shabby grandeur, long imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea prison. Arthur's attempts to help the Dorrits reveal how the dark shadow of the prison stretches far beyond its walls, affecting the lives of many - from the reluctant rent-collector of Bleeding Yard, Mr. Pancks, the garrulous and the lovelorn Flora Finching (Ruth Jones), Merdle, an unscrupulous financier - to the bureaucratic Barnacles in the Circumlocution Office. Just as Arthur discovers that is possible to climb to the very top in London society, so he comes to realise it is equally possible to slip down again. Could the only chance of escape lie in unravelling the mystery of Arthur's own family's murky past? And if he does where will it leave him, Amy and her father? - Director:
- Adam Smith
- Cast:
- Claire Foy, Matthew Macfadyen, Tom Courtenay
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Richard Griffiths and Benjamin Whitrow give hilarious performances as Jack and Hugo - the co-directors of an upmarket wine merchants that is decidedly on its uppers! Congenitally work-shy, the two perpetual partygoers get a considerable shock when the company accountant unexpectedly dies and they discover that they're completely strapped for cash! When the bank installs a troubleshooter to save them from bankruptcy they're faced with the ghastly realisation that they may well have to stop partying and start working for a living... - Director:
- Derrick Goodwin
- Cast:
- Richard Griffiths, Benjamin Whitrow, Felicity Montagu
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Lt. Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) reunites with Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon), his former deputy turned private eye, when their separate cases bring them together in pursuit of the same suspect. They find themselves in the high desert of Navajo Country chasing a killer who's turned his sights on them to protect a secret that rips open old wounds and challenges Leaphorn's moral and professional code. - Director:
- Chris Eyre
- Cast:
- Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon, Jessica Matten
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