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Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson reunite in Last Chance Harvey, a wonderful London-set romantic comedy that celebrates new beginnings - at any age. Things aren't going well for New Yorker Harvey Shine (Dustin Hoffman).

He's lost his job as a jingle writer and his daughter has chosen her stepfather to walk her down the aisle at her wedding - instead of Harvey. But following an unexpected meeting with Kate (Emma Thompson), things finally look like they're about to change for the better...

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Adapted from the award-winning children's novels written by Gillian Cross, it ran for three series from 1996 to 1998. Good versus evil at St.

Champions School, as the Demon Headmaster (Terrence Hardiman) plans to take over the world using otherworldly hypnotic powers! However, he does not count on the resistance of his unruly pupils, who together form a crack-taskforce, SPLAT (Society for the Protection of our Lives Against Them). As term progresses SPLAT realise their adversary is a wily and dangerous enemy. Who will come out on top? The future of St. Champions School and the universe is at stake...!

Episode Comprise:
4. The Demon Headmaster Takes Over

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A fatal accident changes the destiny of two families when Elizabeth Lancaster's wish comes true and she receives the heart transplant she desperately needs. The operation leaves her physically healthy but emotionally estranged from her husband and children.

When the husband of the woman whose heart now beats in Elizabeth's body, pays her a visit the two fall in love. Having betrayed her husband, Elizabeth must decide which of the two men she wants to be with. She must also contend with her brother, Richard, who wants to sell the family's centuries old cider farm to pay off his gambling debts. When an explosion rips through the farm one night she must fight for what she wants but at what cost? A gripping story of love and betrayal, but will Elizabeth be given a second chance with her 'Unknown Heart'?

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Winter sees the return to Endellion and the complex lives of the Combe family. The news that Charlotte, Stephen and Julias daughter, is still alive and not drowned at sea as previously thought rocks the relative calm that prevails over the estate.

Her return stirs up longstanding resentment, exposing secrets held for some twenty years and sowing seeds of doubt in existing relationships. When patriarch Alex dies, it triggers a battle over who should have control over the estate. The Combe family is forced to make difficult decisions and reassess what is important to them or forever lose everything they hold dear...

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"Tunnel of Fear" the twentieth episode of the first series of the 1960's cult British spy-fi television series 'The Avengers', starring Ian Hendry, Patrick Macnee and Ingrid Hafner. Harry Black (Anthony Bate), an escaped convict, bursts into Dr. David Keel's (Ian Hendry) surgery wounded.

He claims to have been framed for a crime that he did not commit - and begs the doctor not to hand him over to the police. Steed (Patrick Macnee) arrives and ascertains that Black has links to Southend-on-Sea which might well tie in with an investigation currently being undertaken by his department. They are aware that top government secrets are being leaked from a funfair in Southend, and Black's story, if true, could possibly lead them to the source of the operation. Can Steed and Keel bring down the operation, prove Harry's innocence and get out of Southend with their lives?

The original cult British TV series, featuring the crime-solving capers of John Steed (Patrick Mcnee), Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman) and David Keel (Ian Hendry) as secret agents in '6os Britain.

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Endellion! Crown of Cornwall's rugged coast. The magnificent country estate is home to the Combes - a noble family with more than one secret lurking behind its ancient walls.

Patriarch Alex reigns over the estate with a mildness that infuriates his eldest son Stephen, a high-powered financier, but perfectly suits his younger, more relaxed son Charles. After many years of unruffled tranquility, life at Endellion is about to enter a turbulent new phase with the return of Stephens ex-wife, and division over her granddaughter Abby, whose mother had died never revealing the father's name.

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"Beat! Beat! Beat!" was a German music programme that ran during the sixties. Not to be confused with the other well known German pop programme Beat Club, Beat! Beat! Beat! was broadcast out of Frankfurt commencing in 1966.

The programme ran to 26 episodes between its launch in 1966 and the final programme in January 1969, all of which are still in the German television archives. The shows were eclectic affairs and included performances by artists as diverse as Eric Burdon and the New Animals, The Move, Cat Stevens and Barry Ryan to name just a few. Nine in the 'Beat! Beat! Beat!' series of video releases features the fabulous Spencer Davis Group. The band although named after the bands' guitarist also featured the hugely talented Steve Win wood alongside Steve's brother Muff Winwood on bass and drummer Pete York. This video taped during the summer of 1966 features the band running through four numbers including the massive hit singles 'Somebody Help Me' and 'Keep on Runnin'.

Tracklisting:
1. Somebody Help Me
2. Sittin' and Thinkin'
3. Please Do Something
4. Keep on Running

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Adapted from the award-winning children's novels written by Gillian Cross, it ran for three series from 1996 to 1998. Good versus evil at St.

Champions School, as the Demon Headmaster (Terrence Hardiman) plans to take over the world using otherworldly hypnotic powers! However, he does not count on the resistance of his unruly pupils, who together form a crack-taskforce, SPLAT (Society for the Protection of our Lives Against Them). As term progresses SPLAT realise their adversary is a wily and dangerous enemy. Who will come out on top? The future of St. Champions School and the universe is at stake...!

Episode Comprise:
3. The Demon Headmaster Strikes Again

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Adapted from the award-winning children's novels written by Gillian Cross, it ran for three series from 1996 to 1998. Good versus evil at St.

Champions School, as the Demon Headmaster (Terrence Hardiman) plans to take over the world using otherworldly hypnotic powers! However, he does not count on the resistance of his unruly pupils, who together form a crack-taskforce, SPLAT (Society for the Protection of our Lives Against Them). As term progresses SPLAT realise their adversary is a wily and dangerous enemy. Who will come out on top? The future of St. Champions School and the universe is at stake...!

Episodes Comprise:
1. Part 1 - The Demon Headmaster
2. Part 2 - The Prime Minister's Brain

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1920's London. A brutal, bloodthirsty murder has stained the plush carpets of an elegant London townhouse. The victim is the rich and glamorous Emily French; and all the evidence points to Leonard Vole, a handsome young man who stands to profit from the vast fortune the victim has left in her will.

But he is not alone. Leonard is adamant that his partner, an enigmatic chorus girl, can prove his innocence, and his down-at-heels solicitor is swiftly convinced of this. Soon there is more than one life on the line, and a terrible fate for the guilty party lies in the hands of 'The Witness for the Prosecution'.

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We re-join the team at the Good Karma Hospital a year after Ruby Walker arrived in India. The formidable Dr. Lydia Fonseca is, as ever, a force to be reckoned with and she has big plans for Ruby.

She is determined to kick her out of her comfort zone and develop her skills as a doctor but it may prove to be too much too soon when Ruby makes a snap decision in a crisis that could cost a patient's life. Ruby also connects with her Indian heritage when a long-lost relative gets in touch, and her discovery will bring her closer to Dr. Varma. Meanwhile Dr. Fonseca's relationship with Greg, the roustabout beach-bar owner, faces challenges of its own. As Series Two takes us deeper into the Keralan sub-tropical paradise, excitement, despair, adventure and hardship are never far away, but a solution can always be found at The Good Karma Hospital.

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"Beat Beat Beat" was a German music programme that ran during the sixties. Not to be confused with the other well known German pop programme Beat Club, 'Beat Beat Beat' was broadcast out of Frankfurt commencing in 1966.

The programme ran to 26 episodes between its launch in 1966 and the final programme in January 1969, all of which are still in the German television archives. The shows were eclectic affairs and included performances by artists as diverse as Eric Burdon and the New Animals, The Move, Cat Stevens and Barry Ryan to name just a few. This compilation includes performances from Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky Mick and Tich and The Troggs. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich featuring former policeman Dave Dee put in an energetic performance that includes the hits 'Bend It', 'Hold Tight' and 'Save Me'. Also featured here are The Troggs who burst onto the music scene with the song Wild Thing. Here we find the Troggs performing follow up singles, 'I Can't Control Myself' which reached number 2 in the UK charts, and 'With a Girl Like You' which went one better and made it to number 1. Both were massive hits from the band from Andover, in Hampshire England.

Tracklisting:
1. Dave, Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mich and Titch - Touch Me, Touch Me
2. Dave, Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mich and Titch - Bend It
3. Dave, Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mich and Titch - Save Me
4. Dave, Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mich and Titch - Hideaway
5. Dave, Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mich and Titch - Hold Tight
6. The Troggs - With a Girl Like You
7. The Troggs - I Can't Control Myself
8. The Troggs - You Can't Beat

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Behind their neat facades of Victorian propriety, Anthony Trollope's characters are bursting with life. A flirtatious vicar, two squabbling sisters, an ingenue and her meddling aunt surround Louis and Emily Trevelyan in the first blissful year of their married life.

But many things take a darker turn when the roguish Colonel Osborne (Bill Nighy) takes an interest in Emily, and fans the flames of Louis's jealousy. In an atmosphere thick with romance and rumour, Louis finds it all too easy t accuse his wife and force her from the house along with their young son. Obsessed with the imagined seduction, he descends into darkness, determined to destroy everything he loves.

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When a scientist (David Al Hedison) attempts to transfer matter through space, things go horrifically wrong and two grotesque man-fly hybrids are created.

Now, with the head of a fly and a wing in place of one of his arms, the scientist desperately hopes that he, his wife (Patricia Owens) and his brother (Vincent Price) can capture the other mutant and reverse the experiment. .