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Whilst driving in heavy rain on a deserted road. Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) pulls over to pick up a hitchhiker (Rutger Hauer). Halsey quickly regrets his decision to stop as the hitcher pulls a knife on him and nearly forces the car off the road. In a narrow escape Halsey manages to leave the hitcher behind on the road. However, his nightmare has only just begun as a terrifying and psychotic game of cat and mouse ensues with all who pass on the road becoming unwitting victims of The Hitcher. - Director:
- Robert Harmon
- Cast:
- Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh
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'The Big Crunch' is the fifth story from the internationally acclaimed series 'Cracker', winner of two BAFTA Awards, and created by the celebrated writer Jimmy McGovern. Fitz (Robbie Coltrane) is a brilliant Criminal Psychologist with a dark side - a side dependent on a cocktail of alcohol and gambling. He lectures at the local university and profiles suspects for the Manchester Police Force. An illicit rendezvous witnessed in a park initially appears to be a clear case of adultery, but on closer inspection a darker picture develops. A man abuses his position of trust to recruit young girls into his religious sect. Morality is turned on its head when an innocent young girl is 'punished' for the wrong doings of her 'priest'. Bearing all the symbolism of the serpent rearing its ugly head in the Garden of Eden, a world of religious fanaticism, hypocrisy and perversity unfolds. Appearances prove to be deceptive as Fitz attempts to unearth the most sinister truths behind the religious facade with spine-chilling consequences. - Director:
- Julian Jarrold
- Cast:
- Robbie Coltrane, Barbara Flynn, Barbara Flynn
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Features every episode from the first season.
- Director:
- Peter Avanzino
- Cast:
- Billy West, Frank Welker, Katey Sagal
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Change can be stressful, but manager David Brent reckons he can cope. He's got a new boss, he's been recruited to give motivational lectures and has to integrate the serious and dull Swindon lot with his own crazy brigade. Elsewhere, Tim's got a new office romance and Red Nose Day gives the whole office a chance to unwind - Finchy's still a riot, Keith still has eczema and Gareth has a talking cookie jar - and is still a tosser. - Director:
- Stephen Merchant
- Cast:
- Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook
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When Aboriginal detective Jay Swan returns to his home town to solve the brutal murder of a teenage girl, he is immediately thrown into a web of lies and deceit. Alienated by the white-dominated police force to which he is attached and ostracised by the local Indigenous community, Jay must stand alone and attempt to unravel the truth before tensions boil over. - Director:
- Ivan Sen
- Cast:
- Aaron Pedersen, Hugo Weaving, Ryan Kwanten
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Aaron Pedersen reprises his signature role as Detective Jay Swan in this "visually striking" mystery set in the Australian outback. When a decapitated body is found in the mangroves of a coastal town, Jay teams up with local constable Fran Davis (Jada Alberts) to investigate the crime. Soon a nearby archaeologist (Sofia Helin) makes a find that could help with the case, but she conceals it for fear of shutting down her dig site. Facing obstruction at every turn and a rising body count, Jay must expose the web of corruption plaguing the town. - Director:
- Warwick Thornton
- Cast:
- Aaron Pedersen, Jada Alberts, Tasma Walton
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The acclaimed fourth film from groundbreaking writer and director Quentin Tarantino, 'Kill Bill: Volume 1' stars Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu and Vivica A. Fox in an astonishing. action-packed thriller about brutal betrayal and an epic vendetta! Four years after taking a bullet in the head at her own wedding, the bride (Thurman) emerges from a coma and decides it's time for payback...with a vengeance. Having been gunned down by her former boss (David Carradine) and his deadly squad of international assassins, it's a kill-or-be-killed fight she didn't start but is determined to finish! Loaded with explosive action and outrageous humour, it's a must-see motion picture event that had critics everywhere raving! - Director:
- Quentin Tarantino
- Cast:
- Uma Thurman, Ai Maeda, Naomi Kusumi
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Sherlock returns with three brand-new feature length episodes, promising laughter, tears, shocks, surprises and extraordinary cases. The eagerly anticipated fourth series begins with everyone's favourite detective, Sherlock Holmes, back once more on British soil, as Doctor Watson and his wife, Mary, prepare for their biggest ever challenge - becoming parents for the first time. - Director:
- Douglas Mackinnon
- Cast:
- Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs
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Nearly ten years in the making, 'This Man Alone' is a brand-new feature-length documentary on one of television's highest-rated series. Featuring a remarkable central performance by Edward Woodward, 'Callan' grew from a cult favourite into one of Britain's favourite shows, and this documentary tells the story of its creation and development, its success on television and extended life in film and books. Narrated by Peter Woodward, 'This Man Alone' features contributions from Peter Mitchell, Reginald Collin, Mike Vardy, James Goddard, Piers Haggard, Patrick Mower, Trevor Preston and more. It also contains a wealth of special features. - Director:
- Toby Robertson
- Cast:
- Edward Woodward, Ronald Radd, Anthony Valentine
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Featuring an electrifying performance from Edward Woodward, 'Callan' explored the dingy twilight world of the professional spy and presented what was, until that point, television's most realistic portrayal of government espionage - becoming a national phenomenon in the 1960's and making Woodward one of the highest profile actors on television. This single play, originally aired in 1981 and scripted by series creator/writer James Mitchell, saw the reluctant killer pressed into service one last time. Reuniting Callan and his malodorous sidekick, Lonely (Russell Hunter), the play also stars George Sewell, Hugh Walters (as Hunter), and Angela Browne. Ten years on, David Callan hasn't changed much. Retirement has brought a new identity, a new mistress, and a new business in the form of a militaria shop; but he finds that once a secret-service operative, always a secret-service operative when a call summons him to headquarters and a meeting with the fourth Hunter of his career - a past Callan thought dead and buried. Reactivating it is no pleasure - but it has to be done. - Director:
- Shaun O'Riordan
- Cast:
- Edward Woodward, Russell Hunter, George Sewell
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Indigenous Detective Jay Swan (Aaron Pedersen) arrives in the frontier mining town of Goldstone on a missing persons enquiry. What seems like a simple 'light duties' investigation soon opens into a web of crime and corruption implicating the local Mayor (Jacki Weaver), mining boss and Aboriginial Land Council. - Director:
- Ivan Sen
- Cast:
- Aaron Pedersen, Alex Russell, Jacki Weaver
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Big landscapes and stunning scenery, this is the Australian outback, specifically the town of Patterson. When two farmhands - Marley, a local Indigenous boy and Reese, a backpacker - go missing from a cattle station, Indigenous detective Jay Swan (Aaron Pederson) is sent to this remote town to investigate. Loner Jay must work with smart, tough local cop Emma James (Judy Davis). He also has to deal with the arrival of his daughter Crystal, who's run away from her own trouble at home, and his ex-wife Mary who comes after her. As Jay and Emma investigate Marley and Reese's relationships and secrets they soon find themselves unpeeling the hidden layers of the town's dark history, becoming embroiled in a deep mystery that will send shockwaves through the community. - Director:
- Rachel Perkins
- Cast:
- Aaron Pedersen, Judy Davis, Deborah Mailman
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