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The Parisian police and lawyers return for a gripping fifth instalment of the critically acclaimed crime drama series. Police Captain Laure Berthaud is in grief, yet her personal life threatens to be derailed further when she receives some unexpected news.

Working with her trusted team of lieutenants, Gilou and Tintin, she leads an investigation into a shocking double murder. Meanwhile, lawyer Josephine Karlsson tries to rebuild her reputation by taking on the case of a man accused of killing a policeman, but things don't quite turn out as planned. Her colleague, Pierre Clement finds himself defending a suspect of Laure's investigation; while Judge Roban is intent on exposing what appears to be a case of police manipulation. With its nail-biting suspense and constant tension, Spiral is a furiouslv-paced crime series.

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When the badly beaten body of a young Romanian woman is discovered on a Parisian rubbish dump, the investigation plunges us deep into the murky worlds of prostitution, drugs, business, politics and justice...

The investigation is led by Pierre Clement, a young recently-named public prosecutor, who teams up with Police Captain Laure Bathaud and investigating magistrate Judge Roban - three indomitable characters with their own methods, beliefs, demons and visions of justice. As the young woman's identity and past life are gradually uncovered, it soon becomes apparent that her story is tied to a network of corruption touching the very people charged with uncovering the truth about her.

Janet (Jennie Linden) is a young student at a private school; her nights are troubled by horrible dreams in which she sees her mother, who is in fact locked in an insane asylum, haunting her. Expelled because of her persistent nightmares, Janet is sent home where the nightmares continue.

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Johanna Morrigan (Beanie Feldstein) is a sixteen-year-old, extrovert from the outskirts of Wolverhampton with raging hormones and gigantic dreams.

Even though she loves her big, boisterous family, Johanna yearns to get out and make a name for herself - which she does, reinventing herself as revered and feared music critic, Dolly Wilde. As she slaughters her way to greater and greater success, the lines between Johanna Morrigan and Dolly Wilde begin to haze. She has finally figured out how to build a girl - but is this the girl she wanted to build? Based on Caitlin Moran's book of the same name, 'How to Build a Girl' is an irreverent coming of age comedy about what it's really like to be a girl.

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The veteran Inspector Chappel (Ken Stott) heads up the Metropolitan vice squad as he and his team investigate prostitution and pornography in the London sex trade...

During the trial of a prostitute accused of murdering her pimp, Chappel becomes embroiled in the vicissitudes of justice when the prosecution barrister sets a course for self-destruction...Jane thinks her daughter may be in big trouble as she's getting close to Vickers, she reveals a big secret to Pat in a heated argument...

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Eric (Jason Sudeikis) is a thirty-something party animal famous among his close circle of friends for his lavish summer theme parties at his father's swanky Hampton's pad.

But when members of the crew start settling down, and Eric's dad announces plans to sell the beach house, Eric decides it's time for one last bash to go out with a proverbial bang - a good old-fashioned orgy!

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The veteran Inspector Chappel (Ken Stott) heads up the Metropolitan vice squad as he and his team investigate prostitution and pornography in the London sex trade...

While Chappel and Cheryl investigate the gambling operation at The Jupiter nightclub, Joe gets into hot water with one of the club's working girls...

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A truly erotic tale of innocence lost and lust awakened, when young and inexperienced Elsa Jean arrives in Los Angeles, seeking a place where she can be her true self as she starts college.

Welcomed by her new landlady, gorgeous older woman India Summer, and two very devious roommates (Abella Danger and Jade Rush). Elsa is soon on a wild path of self-discovery with a sexy and elusive sidekick (Charlotte Stokley) that pulls her into new experiences and awakens her secret desire for women. The result is an extraordinary mix of graphic sex and emotional tenderness.

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Turning Gareth Hale and Norman Pace into household names, this phenomenally successful series presented a rapidly paced, occasionally notorious blend of stand-up and sketches that stayed just the right side of Broadcasting Standards, won a Silver Rose at Montreux and made the two former PE teachers

one of the most mimicked comedy acts in television history. This series sees the duo playing cricket with frogs, revealing the strange practice of jockey-nobbling, and reconstructing a day in the life of a tabloid journalist; meanwhile kids' TV presenters Billy and Johnny rock 'n' roll, and legendary bouncers Ron and Ron share a few gardening tips...

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Based on Aldous Huxley's groundbreaking 1932 novel, "Brave New World" imagines a utopian society that has achieved peace and stability through the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family, and history itself.

As citizens of New London, Bernard Marx (Harry Lloyd) and Lenina Crowne (Jessica Brown Findlay) have only ever known a rigid social order, a perfect pharmaceutical called Soma and a culture of instant gratification and ubiquitous sex. Curious to explore life beyond the strictures of their society, the two New Worlders embark on a vacation to the Savage Lands, where they become embroiled in a harrowing and violent rebellion.

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"American Gods" is the epic story of an inevitable war building between the Old Gods of mythology and our New Gods of technology. Ricky Whittle (The 100) stars as ex-con Shadow Moon, a man pulled into the service of the mysterious Mr.

Wednesday, played by Ian McShane (Deadwood, John Wick) - only to discover that not only is his charismatic but un-trustable boss actually the Norse All-Father god Odin, he's also...Shadow's father. In Season Three, Shadow angrily pushes this apparent destiny away, and settles in the idyllic snowy town of Lakeside, Wisconsin - to make his own path, guided by the gods of his black ancestors, the Orishas. However, he'll soon discover that this town's still waters run deep, and dark, and bloody, and that you don't get to simply reject being a god. The only choice - and a choice you have to make - is what kind of god you're going to be.

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Amid an explosive political landscape, three young film buffs are drawn together by their shared passion for movies...

and for each other! Left alone while their parents are on holiday, twins Isabelle (Eva Green) and Theo (Louis Garrel) invite American exchange student Matthew (Michael Pitt) to stay with them. So begins an intense, erotic voyage of sexual discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and anything is possible!

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Series Two returns with an all-star cast, including Ian McShane, Ricky Whittle and Emily Browning, and finds the battle between Old Gods and New Gods moving inexorably towards crisis point as their destinies collide with those of men. While Mr.

World (Crispin Glover) plots revenge for the attack against him in Series One, Shadow throws in his lot with Wednesday's attempt to convince the Old Gods of the case for full-out war. In this strange new world of living gods, change demands commitment and faith requires terrible sacrifice.

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Following a one-off Christmas special in 1986, 'Hale and Pace' became household names with this phenomenally successful series for LWT.

A rapidly paced, occasionally notorious mix of stand-up and sketches that stayed just the right side of Broadcasting Standards, the series won the Silver Rose at Montreux and made the two former PE teachers one of the most mimicked comedy acts in television history. This complete second series sees Gareth and Norman visiting a centre for Guide Cats, lifting the lid on Moroccan cuisine, displaying their beer guts and finding out whether the American doughnut-and-hamburger diet really works. We also catch up with the Two Rons - the legendary tuxedoed heavies later to enjoy fame on their own terms as The Management - and kids' TV presenters Billy and Johnny, who find themselves at an Acid House party...

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7 Virgins is a powerful coming-of-age tale about the exploits of sweet-faced Tano (Juan Jose Ballesta), a 16-year-old reform school inmate, who is given a 48-hour pass to attend his brother's wedding. He and his neighbourhood buddies are soon on the prowl for sex, drugs and cheap thrills.

It is during this time that Tano must make some difficult choices - choices that will either force him to grow up or lead him on a spiraling road to tragedy.