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The earliest surviving episodes of the BBC's 'The Morecambe and Wise Show' - including part of an episode from the 1968 series and all of the 1969 series. Including guest stars Peter Cushing, Bobbie Gentry, Juliet Mills, Edward Woodward, Susan Hampshire and Frankie Vaughan.

The BBC series of the Morcambe and Wise Show was one of the most popular television series ever and represented the legendary comic duo at the height of their powers. In their magnificent sketches, musical numbers and magical tomfoolery, thousand hilarious memories. In September 1968, Morecambe and Wise returned to the BBC. It had been 14 years since their previous BBC series, Running Wild, but in the intervening years the duo had perfected their act in six years of success with ATV.The first series (of which only 25 minutes of episode 6 now survives in black and white) went out on BBC2, the only channel available in colour. It was a reasonably successful run, but soon, disaster struck twice. Eric Morecambe had suffered a heart attack and by the time he had recovered, he and Ernie's two writers had returned to ATV to make their own show. Eddie Braben, formerly Ken Dodds writer, was hurriedly contracted and, as Eric returned with added zest, it was soon clear the second series would be better still. The comedy began to focus on the duo's relationship, sketches around Ernie as a pompous writer started and the first jibes at Des O'Connor were heard. It was a triumphant return, earning them over 15 million viewers, a BAFTA and more than a hint of the greatness still to come...

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The year 1007 AD, the place Vinland; a North American wilderness. The beach is littered with dead Vikings, members of an expeditionary force killed during a skirmish with the 'Skraeling' (Natives).

Deeper inland are two abandoned pathfinders, Orn (Tony Stone) and Volnard (Fiore Tedesco), left behind in the panic of their fleeing companions. As they struggle to survive in the vast, dark forests of the New World, Om and Volnard's paths diverge as one pursues a spiritual quest and the other reverts to his primal instincts. A raw, bloody, sweeping metal epic, 'Severed Ways' is a tale of Norse mythology versus Christianity; of brutal conflict, spiritual discovery and survival set against an iconic soundtrack including songs by Burzum, Dimmu Borgir, Morbid Angel, Popol Vuh, Old Man's Child, Queens of the Stone Age, Brian Eno and Judas Priest.

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Shadowboxer is an emotionally-charged, full-throttle thriller which delves deep into the harsh underworld of organized crime and uncovers the complex lives of trained assassins Mikey (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) and Rose (Helen Mirren).

But when a brutal crime boss wants his wife dead, Rose has a change of heart when they find her pregnant. And so, the three begin a harrowing life on the run. Driven by fierce love, Rose and Mickey, protect their adopted family from present danger - looking to redeem their tragic past.

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In a forgotten corner of the universe, a battle is raging that that threatens our very existence. Our future lies in the hands of Scavengers. The crew of the Starship Revelator survive by keeping out of trouble, until they stumble across the mechanics of ultimate destruction.

A rival ship has it in their sights, and they will stop at nothing to master a power that could destroy the universe. The fight for the future is on – a battle against oblivion. To the victor goes untold power; to the vanquished, death, devastation and the cold dark emptiness of space.

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From the acclaimed director of Swoon comes this incredible true-life story of madness, money and murder that shocked the world. Academy Award Nominee Julianne Moore is sensational as Barbara Daly who marries the dashing heir to the Bakelite fortune, Brooks Baekeland.

Although a charismatic beauty, Barbara is still no match for her well-bred husband and the birth of the couple's only child, Tony, rocks the uneasy balance of their marriage and the seeds for a brutal and shocking tragedy are sown.

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Germany, May 1945, deep in the Harz Mountains a U.S. tank crew discovers a platoon of Germans preparing to ambush U.S. supply trucks. A deadly game of cat and mouse quickly unfolds as the Americans find themselves out-gunned and out-manned by three German tanks.

Tension and fear begin to grow as the crew reluctantly decide they must stop the enemy from executing their deadly plan. Knowing that hundreds of lives are at stake they must put aside their differences and work together to fight a desperate battle against the greatest odds they have ever faced.

Route Irish is a fast-paced conspiracy thriller that-delivers a fresh insight into the moral and political corruption at play in Iraq. As well as exploring the abuses perpetrated by private security firms on the ground in Iraq.

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Revenge rides into the town of Red Hill when convicted murderer Jimmy Conway (Tommy Lewis) escapes from jail and returns to the outpost town hunting down the cops who sent him away for life.

Enter police office Shane Cooper (Ryan Kwanten), whose first day on the job quickly turns into a nightmare as he is caught in the middle of what will become a terrifying and bloody confrontation. Cooper will be forced to take the law info his own hands if he is to survive.

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New Zealand, 1868. Sarah O'Brien (Samantha Morton) has grown up among soldiers in a frontier garrison on Te Awa Nui - the Great River. Pregnant by a Maori boy, she gives birth to a son. Seven years later, her son, Boy, is kidnapped by his Maori grandfather.

Abandoned by her soldier father (Stephen Rea), Sarah's life becomes a search for her son. Her only friend, Doyle (Kiefer Sutherland) is a broken-down soldier without the means to help her. Lured to the ill rebel chief Te Kai Po's village by the chance to see her child, Sarah finds herself falling in love with Boy's uncle, Wiremu (Cliff Curtis) and increasingly drawn to the village way of life. Using medical skills she learned from her father, Sarah heals Te Kai Po (Temuera Morrison) and begins to reconcile with her son (Rawiri Pene). But her idyllic time at the village is shattered when she realizes that she has healed the chief only to hear him declare war on the Colonials - men she feels are her friends, her only family. When the moment comes, Sarah must choose where she belongs; will she go back to her European way of life, or will she follow her son into the Maori ways?

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For the first time in years, brother and sister Regina and Devon return to their hometown in the desert badlands of Utah to confront the memory of a brutal attack that traumatised them both.

But not everyone welcomes their arrival and as they begin to recall the terrible events of the past, a new cycle of violence and horror unfurls. The siblings soon realise that some things are better left dead and buried...

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"Lucky" follows the spiritual journey of Harry Dean Stanton's character 'Lucky', a cantankerous, self-reliant 90 year old atheist, and the quirky characters that inhabit the Arizona town where he lives.

Having out-lived and out-smoked all of his contemporaries, the fiercely independent Lucky finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration, leading towards that which is so often unattainable: enlightenment. Released in the US just days after Stanton's death at age 91, 'Lucky', is at once a love letter to the life and career of Harry Dean Stanton as well as a meditation on mortality, loneliness, spirituality, and human connection.

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When American couple, Steven (Ryan Philippe) and Shannon (Rachelle Lefevre), travel to Haiti to spend time with their newly adopted daughter, a chance encounter with would-be stranger, Benjamin (John Cusack), sees their family torn apart when their daughter disappears.

They soon discover that all is not what it seems and uncover a high stakes underground child trafficking scam, which sends them on a high-octane mission of retribution. Now, they must risk their own lives to uncover the truth and bring their family back together.

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Ex-cop Ryan Varrett (Steve Austin) has it all; a loving family, a great life and a promising career. But when everything he cares about is taken away from him by ruthless criminal Drake Rhodes (Danny Trejo), Ryan vows revenge.

His mission takes him to the town of Hope where he meets Darcy (Serinda Swan), another victim of Drake and his criminal gang 'The Circle'. Now serving as judge, jury, and executioner, he becomes a vigilante out to wage a one man war against those who have done him wrong.

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The Iraq war has turned from 'Mission Accomplished' into a hellhole with an unsure outcome. There are no WMDs. No links to Al Qaeda. No imminent threat as promised by the government. A group of angry and disgruntled U.S. soldiers set out on a suicide mission to uncover the truth.

Doing the unthinkable, they kidnap the Commander in Chief and interrogate him using the same techniques they were trained to inflict upon the people whose country they invaded. Will they expose the truth and can they handle it if they do?

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Special Agent is deep undercover in the heart of Asia’s lucrative crime trade playing protégé to one of the key players, "Banker". Nick has enough evidence to indict Banker, but remained undercover to expose the man behind him and bring, down the entire organisation.

However, as Nick becomes more embroiled with Banker’s crime family, he finds himself corrupted by the easy money and his new found power. In the seedy underbelly of mob culture, where the borders of justice, loyalties and truth are constantly changing, Nick grapples with dangerous choices and finds himself flirting with more than the devil..