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The story behind the production process and the challenges involved in summarising years of history and millions of feet of archive footage.

1. A New Germany: 1933 - 1939

Germany, a nation stricken by humiliating defeat and emerging from crippling economic depression, looks to one man for a resurgence of hope and dignity. That man is Adolf Hitler...
2. Distant War: September 1939 - May 1940
In Eastern Europe, the full force of the Nazi machine rolls on - but in Britain, an uneasy calm settles on the nation. It is the 'phoney' war, with the sound of distant guns thundering ominously on the horizon...
3. France Falls: May - June 1940
The French had made the disastrous mistake of preparing for another war like the First World War. Consequently, the French army are totally humiliated.
4. Alone in Britain: May 1940 - June 1941
After Dunkirk, Britain faces the German onslaught. Although the RAF wins the Battle of Britain, the cities are blitzed and on the Continent, the last allies are conquered. The outlook is grim...
5. Barbarossa: June - December 1941
Hitler at last turns his tanks towards Russia. After a succession of devastating victories, the Germans delay fatally, and the fierce Russian winter takes a grip...
6. Banzai: Japan Strikes: 1941 - 1942
The Japanese, at war since 1931 on the Chinese mainland, hope for easy victories over the British and Dutch. And then, on December 7th 1941, the infamous attack on Pearl Harbour...
7. On Our Way: America Enters The War: 1939 - 1942
"It was felt that Britain was trying to drag us in. There was even sentiment that England would fight to the last American" Norman Corwin, American Radio Journalist.

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During an ongoing battle for humanity, a group of rookie space fighter pilots is sent to join the battle against an armada of unbeatable enemy ships. When the trainee pilot and her gunner are shot down, they manage to crash land on a nearby planet.

With the gunner mortally wounded and her own life support only set to last two days, the pilot's only option is to fix her ship. The sudden appearance of an enemy craft offers the answer, but as the pilot looks for parts to use on her own ship, she is horrified to spot another survivor; an enemy alien soldier who has no intention of letting her escape.

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During a manned mission to Mars, American astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is presumed dead and left behind by his crew.

But Watney is still alive, and he must now find a way to contact Earth - and survive on a barren planet with meagre supplies - in the hope that an international team of scientists can devise a near-impossible rescue plan to bring him home!

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In the spectacular final chapter of the Star Wars saga, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) must travel to Tatooine to free Han Solo (Harrison Ford) by infiltrating the wretched stronghold of Jabba the Hutt, the galaxy's most loathsome gangster.

Reunited, the Rebels team up with tribes of Ewoks to combat the Imperial forces on the forest moon of Endor. Meanwhile the Emperor and Darth Vader (James Earl Jones) conspire to turn Luke to the dark side, and young Skywalker is determined to rekindle the spirit of the Jedi within his father. The Galactic Civil War culminates in the ultimate showdown, as the Rebel forces gather to attack the seemingly defenseless and incomplete second Death Star in the battle that will determine the fate of the galaxy.

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Following the destruction of the Death Star, Imperial forces pursue the Rebel Alliance to the ice planet Hoth. After a devastating defeat, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) journeys to the planet Dagobah to train with the Jedi Master Yoda.

Meanwhile, in the Cloud City of Bespin, Darth Vader attempts to lure Luke into a trap by kidnapping Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher). When Luke comes to their rescue, he must fight a fierce lightsaber duel with Darth Vader himself and come face to face with a stunning revelation that could change his destiny.

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The Jedi Knights have been exterminated and the Empire rules the galaxy with an iron fist. A small group of Rebels have dared to fight back by stealing the secret plans to the Empire's mightiest weapon, the Death Star battle station.

The Emperor's most trusted servant, Darth Vader (David Prowse), must find the plans, and locate the hidden Rebel base. Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), a captive Rebel leader, sends out a distress signal that is intercepted by a simple farm boy, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill). Seizing his destiny, Luke takes up the challenge to rescue the princess and help the Rebellion overthrow the Empire, along with such unforgettable allies as the wise Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), the cocky Han Solo (Harrison Ford), the loyal Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew), and the droids R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels).

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Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) commands the Enterprise NX-01, the first Earth-built vessel capable of breaking the Warp 5 barrier. With his trusted Chief Engineer, Charles "Trip" Tucker III (Connor Trinneer), Science Officer T'Pol (Jolene Blalock), and security expert Lt.

Malcolm Reed (Dominic Keating), Capt. Archer is tasked with exploring new, unknown star systems. Propel your imagination farther and faster than before with an ever-expanding universe of captivating characters, interstellar intrigue, and adventures that will come to define the very essence of Starfleet.

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The Cylons began as humanity's robot servants. They rebelled, and evolved, and now they look like us. Their plan is simple: destroy the race that enslaved them. But when their devastating attack leaves human survivors, the Cylons have to improvise.

"Battlestar Galactica: The Plan" tells the story of two powerful Cylon leaders, working separately, and their determination to finish the task.

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In search of his next big story, journalist Eddie Brock/Venom (Tom Hardy) lands an exclusive interview with convicted murderer and death row inmate Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson), who discovers Eddie's secret and becomes the host for Carnage, a menacing and terrifying symbiote.

Now Eddie and Venom must get past their contentious relationship and work together to defeat him.

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On the planet Caprica, two rival families led by Joseph Adama (Esai Morales) and Daniel Graystone (Eric Stoltz) vie for dominance.

As technological advancement brings both human and mechanical engineering closer together, the families' lust for power leads them on a collision course, as they use any means necessary to achieve their ends.

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The end of the epic saga is drawing nearer, and the search for the fabled earth is nearing its conclusion.

But is Galactica, now virtually falling apart, ready for what could be her final mission? And has humanity's final chapter also arrived? This video box set of the final season of 'Battlestar Galactica' may herald the end of our story, but will it be the same for the human race itself?

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The season opens with the stranded Colonials struggling to survive under the heavy handed Cylon rule on New Caprica.

Follow Tigh, Tyrol and Anders as they lead the Resistance with increasing and shocking violence towards the Cylons, and Admiral Adama's personal struggles while leading Galactica to save the survivors, and resume its quest to find Earth.

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The Battlestar Galactica phenomenon continues with this undeniably compelling look at where the real conflict between humans and Cylons began, in a vibrant world remarkably like our own: Caprica.

Fifty-eight years before Battlestar takes off, two powerful families - the Graystones and the Adamas - find their destinies irrevocably intertwined after a devastating explosion. As the two houses both struggle with the line where humanity ends and artificial intelligence - the Cylon race - begins, they'll face off in a battlefield of corporate conspiracy, murder, sexual politics and family backbiting.

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An astonishing breakthrough is taking shape on the planet Caprica. The rapidly evolving spheres of human and mechanical engineering have collided, along with the fates of two families.

Joined by tragedy in an explosive instant of terror, two rival clans led by powerful patriarchs, Joseph Adama (Esai Morales) and Daniel Graystone (Eric Stoltz), duel in an era of questionable ethics, corporate machinations and unbridled personal ambition as the final war for humanity looms.

After a date and seemingly innocent sexual encounter, 19-year-old Jay (Maika Monroe) is left with an inescapable sense that someone, or something is following her. Jay and her friends team up to try and find ways to escape the traumatising horrors that are always right behind them.