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It all ends with a bang! In the final episodes, Emmy winners Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul bring the saga of Breaking Bad to a bloody conclusion in their roles as meth kingpin Walter White and his guilt-ridden partner, Jesse Pinkman.

As each tries to get clear of the wreckage they left behind in the meth world, DEA agent Hank Schrader's obsessive pursuit of 'Heisenberg' gains steam, leading up to a shattering finale that will leave no one in Walt's world unscathed. Executive produced by Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson and Michelle MacLaren, the final episodes bring the unforgettable story of Walter White to its inevitable close.

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The phenomenon continues as "Breaking Bad" hits a stunning new height with its most suspenseful season yet! In his multiple Emmy Award-winning' role, Bryan Cranston stars as Walter White, a one-time mild-mannered chemistry teacher whose transformation into a deadly criminal kicks into overdrive in

the explosive fourth season. As his young accomplice Jesse (Aaron Paul) turns increasingly distant and hostile, Walt must deal with his estranged wife (Anna Gunn), his relentless DEA Agent brother-in-law (Dean Norris), and the ruthless kingpin manipulating the entire operation (Giancarlo Esposito) - culminating in a bombshell season finale.

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Even though his cancer's in remission, chemistry teacher-turned-meth maker Walter White (Bryan Cranston) still can't catch a break. His wife (Anna Gunn) has filed for divorce, his DEA agent brother-in-law (Dean Norris) is out to bust him and a Mexican cartel just wants him dead.

But with his family's future still at stake Walt cooks up a deal that will make him a fortune, a scheme with a terrible price.

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Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul return in their Emmy-winning roles of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman in the fifth explosive season of Breaking Bad.

With Gus Fring dead, Walt's transformation from well-meaning family man to ruthless drug kingpin is nearly complete. Forming a partnership with Jesse and Mike (Jonathan Banks), Walt proceeds to make a killing in the meth business until the fruits of his murderous schemes are threatened by a new development in the investigation led by his relentless brother-in-law Hank (Dean Norris). Executive produced by Vince Gilligan and Mark Johnson, the fifth season charts the murderous rise of Walter White as he reaches new highs... and new lows.

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Meet Tony Soprano: your average, middle-aged businessman. Tony's got a dutiful wife. A not-so-dutiful daughter. A son named Anthony Jr. A mother he's trying to coax into a retirement home. A hot headed uncle. A not-too-secret mistress.

And a shrink to tell all his secrets, except the one she already knows: Tony's a mob boss. These days, it's getting tougher and tougher to make a killing in the killing business. Just because you're made ...doesn't mean you've got it made.

There are terrorists planning to assassinate a presidential candidate. My teenage daughter has been kidnapped, and the people that I work with may be involved in both. I'm Federal Agent Jack Bauer. This is the longest day of my life.

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A race against time between two hunters on opposite sides of the law. Gillian Anderson is DSI Gibson, who arrives in Belfast on secondment from the Met to conduct a review into a high profile murder case where the police are getting nowhere.

She quickly realises that the case is linked to others and that there is a deadly serial killer at large. Jamie Dornan is the serial killer, Paul Spector, who chillingly selects and stalks his victims in and around Belfast. Also starring Archie Panjabi, John Lynch and Laura Donnelly and written by Allan Cubitt, The Fall is a gripping psychological thriller that follows the police investigation uncovering the intricate story of the lives entangled by a series of murders - both the killer's and the victims' families. The clock is ticking.

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The most unvarnished, uncompromising and realistic police drama ever returns for another hard hitting season. McNolty has been demoted to harbor patrol, Daniels is in the police archive dungeon, Prez is chafing in the suburbs and Gregs is stuck behind a desk.

Meanwhile, on the docks of the Baltimore harbor, the rank and file scrounge for work and the union bosses take illegitimate measures to reinvigorate business, but a horrific discovery is about to blow the whole port inside out. While the detail is on ice, a new case begins...

Who do you trust when the people who are sworn to protect you, conspire against you? The countdown has begun.

The world's favourite detective has emerged from the fog…this is Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) for a new generation.

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Get lost in the hottest series of the year. From J.J. Abrams, the creator of Alias, comes the action-packed adventure that became a worldwide television event. Stranded on an island that holds many secrets, 48 people must band together if they hope to get home alive.

Now you can experience the nonstop excitement and mystery of every episode, from the show's stunning first minute to its spectacular finale, on a seven-disc set. Bursting with more than five hours of bonus features -- including unaired scenes from the original plot - Lost is a real find.

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All 6 episodes of the classic British sitcom written by and starring John Cleese and Connie Booth.

The show follows hotel manager Basil Fawlty (Cleese) as he runs the Torquay hotel 'Fawlty Towers' with the help of his wife Sibyl (Prunella Scales), chambermaid Polly (Booth) and Spanish waiter Manuel (Andrew Sachs).

Westworld is a dark odyssey about artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Days of fantasy play out in a vast, remote Wild West park where a guest pays top dollar to become the person they've always dreamed of during their adventures with android hosts. But behind the scenes, something's not right.

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A hot morning in July and the Dorset town of Broadchurch is bracing itself for the tourist season when Danny Latimer, an 11 year old schoolboy, goes missing.

His mother, Beth, frantically starts to search for him while her best friend, Ellie Miller, a local police officer, arrives at work to discover that the promotion she thought was hers has gone to D.I. Alec Hardy an outsider with a reputation for failure. When Danny's body is found beneath the picturesque cliffs that dominate the town opposites collide. Both Miller and Hardy are determined to solve the mystery of Danny's murder, Ellie perhaps too sensitive to the people in her community; Alec as efficient as he is blunt. When news of the crime spreads through the town, a chain reaction begins which will put Broadchurch under a national spotlight, pulling the town, its residents and its secrets, apart.

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Everyone is feeling the heat in Baltimore. The drug war is a losing campaign, bodies are piling up in the street and a desperate mayor demands to see some victories before Election Day. But the police are running out of ammunition. Wiretaps aren't working, and neither are stakeouts or street busts.

No matter how hard McNulty and the detail try, the dealers always seem to be a step ahead.