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The expert karate skills never stop when Kevin Ryan, played by Ted Jan Roberts, a 13-Year-Old - Black Belt Martial Artist, and his very pretty sister Shonda Wipple, go to California to visit their Uncle Bob, Stephen Furst.

They soon discover that Uncle Bob is a fast-talking, heavy-gambling, second-rate alcoholic movie agent, who owes big bucks to Mob Boss, Joseph Campanella. Kevin and his entourage lead the bumbling bad guys on a high-speed comedy/action chase throughout the city of Los Angeles. When all seems lost, he is rescued by his idol, holder of Ten World Kickboxing Titles, Don "The Dragon" Wilson, making all of Kevin's dreams come true.

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"The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance" is a truly bizarre example of an Italian giallo-horror film in which a smooth-talking count and a collection of female admirers gather in his island castle for a weekend party and find themselves being murdered, by decapitation, one by one.

Earlierthe count had amused his female guests by telling them that both his father and grandfather had chopped the heads off their wives for cheating on them...

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The Friths are a family of crooks, father (James Hayter) is a pick pocket, mother (Kathleen Harrison) and daughter (Jill Ireland) are successful shoplifters. The only problem is their eldest son Willie (Ian Carmichael), who couldn't pass a counterfeit note in a game of Monopoly.

Willie pledges that one day he will land 'The Big Money', and woo the girl of his dreams, Gloria (Belinda Lee), a barmaid at his local pub. When Willie finally manages to swipe a suitcase full of banknotes, he discovers they’re as fake as the vicar he stole them from. His father demands the dodgy bills be destroyed, but Willie refuses. The fun continues as Willie attempts to evade both the counterfeiters and the police whilst trying to win the love of the ever more extravagant Gloria... with hilarious consequences.

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The double bass is the deepest of all string instruments. Not always upfront but an influential element in classical, world and jazz music.

Combining the instrumental influence of Ray Brown and Charles Mingus and the vocal styling of Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, jazz bassist and vocalist Kristin Korb has created a sound all her own.

Set Play List:
1. I'm Old Fashioned
2. They Say It's Spring
3. Whirly Bird
4. Wouldn't It Be Lovely
5. Lined with a Groove
6. Alone Together
7. Cheek to Cheek
8. Nobody Wants to Sing the Blues
9. Top of the World

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For wealthy society lady Gloria Peabody (Esther Howard), life is one long round of glamorous parties.

She has no idea that someone in her entourage has been stealing her jewels and replacing them with cheap fakes! Her beautiful young secretary Joan (Rita Corday) suspects something is wrong - and enlists the help of the Falcon (Tom Conway) to uncover the thief. As the Falcon and his sidekick Goldie (Vince Barnett) investigate, there is a sudden and brutal murder. Is it connected to the jewel thief - or has the Falcon stumbled across an altogether different - and deadly - criminal with a passion for killing?

A stripper is horribly disfigured in a car accident. A brilliant scientist develops a treatment that restores her beauty and falls in love with her. To preserve her appearance the doctor must give her additional treatments using glands taken from murdered women.

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It's set at a time of buccaneers and privateers; plucky Robert Maynard (Keith Andes) infiltrates the ship of notorious pirate Charles Bellamy, searching for vital evidence that will convict crooked official Henry Morgan.

But Bellamy has been deposed; Blackbeard is captain now and he doesn't trust Maynard. There's treasure to plunder and a fair maiden to rescue but Blackbeard is a dangerous man and will not easily be defeated...

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Capturing the spirit and imagination of the changing sexual attitudes of the Swinging Sixties, 'Twinky' is the story of a wordly-wise 16 year-old (Susan George) who falls for a mature American writer (Charles Bronson).

16 year-old Sybil Londonderry - know to her friends as Twinky - is at the stage where she doesn't know if she's a schoolgirl or a woman. Bright as a new penny, adolescent and insecure, pert and pixie-like, naive and charmingly awkward, yet partly precocious and mature, she's in the process of finding out fast. She's fallen for Scott Wardman - a 38 year-old American writer who met Twinky at a party. Bubbling with happiness at her first affair and desperately in love with love, Twinky confides all to both her diary and the family solicitor but it's not long before her family finds out...

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The Lost Detective

DC Dangerous Davies is asked to investigate a local boy made very bad; James Ramscar. This enquiry leads him to the case of The death of teenager Celia Norris in 1980. With the help of his gloomy young friend Mod he slowly unravels the mystery and discovers the Truth is closer to home than he thought.
Dangerous by Moonlight
A new investigation rakes Davies tripping the light fantastic at a local ballroom, as he unravels the mystery of a missing husband.
Tricia
A simple burglary inquiry rakes a sinister twist for Davies when the victim begins to stalk him.
Lofty
The death of an old tramp, whose bizarre hobby is collecting waste paper, leads Davies into a complex cose of mistaken identity.

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The seven sinful segments include Harry H. Corbett as a bachelor desperate to get a date, chauffeur Bruce Forsyth searching through London's sewers for this boss' lost 50p and Spike Milligan in a wacky homage to silent film (Sloth).

(Pride) of place goes to Ian Carmichael and Alfie Bass in a Galton and Simpson penned episode illustrating class warfare when a Bentley and a clapped out Morris meet head on in a narrow lane and both drivers refuse to back down.

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When the Falcon (Tom Conway) is expertly framed for the murder of a bank messenger and the theft of a fortune in War Bonds, there's only one thing to do - get out of town fast! Tracking the real crooks to a mountain resort hotel, The Falcon and his trusty sidekick Goldie (Cliff Edwards) find

themselves suddenly surrounded by suspicious characters. The Falcon sets out to investigate a mysterious German refugee (Andre Chariot) and a hotel manageress (Harriet Hilliard) with a shady past, whilst Goldie finds himself promoted to house detective and picks a fight with the hot-tempered puppeteer (Edgar Kennedy) performing at the hotel! As the Falcon's investigations continue, something very strange happens. Someone starts killing the criminals...

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An airliner, Flight 65 from Washington D.C., crashes on landing. When rescuers arrive they find the plane completely empty.

The crew and passengers have all vanished - and the Falcon finds himself embarking on the strangest case he has ever investigated! Among the missing passengers are top industrialist Stanley Palmer (Clarence Kolb) and his assistant Wally Fairchild (Robert E. Keane). The mystery deepens as the Palmer family start receiving ransom notes. But is the motive really kidnapping and extortion? Or has it got something to do with the big government war contract Palmer was pitching for? As The Falcon goes searching for the truth he finds that Palmer's family all seem to have their own guilty secrets - and it's not long before the shooting starts...

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Debonair detective Tom 'The Falcon' Lawrence (Tom Conway) is back in another instalment of the brilliant series - and this time, he's facing one of his most challenging cases. Heading out to San Francisco by train, Tom and his sidekick 'Goldie' Lock befriend a little girl called Amber Marshall.

When the kid's nurse is murdered, Tom finds himself drawn into a web of danger - there's kidnapping, killing and a network of illegal silk smugglers. The Falcon plunges into action and brings things to an explosive climax!

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Look on a map and you won't find it. Look in your heart and there it will be. Vincente Minnelli directs this otherworldly tale of vacationing New Yorkers (Kelly and Van Johnson) who discover a Scottish village that comes to life once every 100 years for one day only.

There, Kelly and a town lass (Cyd Charisse) share the love of a lifetime - one seemingly allotted just 24 hours.

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Micky Noades (Robert Lindsay) describes himself as 'an overall concepts man'. He is an ace promoter, the only problem is he has nothing to promote. Enter his brother-in-law, Mo, (Paul McGann) with one redeeming feature: his outstanding talent at snooker.

Created by Geoff McQueen this vintage British comedy drama gave Paul McGann his breakthrough role, and features an outstanding performance from British TV icon, Robert Lindsay. Look out for the title song, "Leave it out, give us a break. I've 'ad enough, I've 'ad all I can take!' sung by one of Britain's best known pop personalities, Joe Brown!