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When the Cold War ends, the British Secret Service decides it no longer has a use for top agent Harry Palmer (Michael Caine). There are others, however, who still have a need for a man of Harry Palmer's skills. He is promptly approached by Alex (Michael Gambon), a Russian businessman. In St.

Petersburg, Alex tells Harry of his plan for Russia's future, which is threatened because a deadly bio-chemical weapon called the Red Death has been stolen from him. Alex is prepared to pay Harry handsomely to locate and recover the renegade weapon. An ex-spy friend tips Harry off that the weapon is being sent to Beijing by train, aboard which we begin to learn just whose side everyone is really on...

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Compo, Clegg, and Blamire are three restless pensioners from Holmfirth, West Yorkshire with time on their hands and adventure on their minds. As they amble about the countryside, these unlikely lads relive their childhood, causing havoc along the way.

It'll end in trouble - especially when the formidable Nora Batty finds out.

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Having lost his intelligence job at the end of the Cold War, former British secret agent Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) now travels East to find new outlets for his skills.

Harry sets up a Private Investigation company in Russia, and soon finds himself charged with rescuing his young assistant Nikolai's girlfriend Tatiana, who has been kidnapped. The trail leads to St. Petersburg, which Harry finds to be a city held in the iron grip of the violent Russian Mafia. The mafia does its best to stop Harry in his tracks, but

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Lee Marvin portrays a tough-as-nails major volunteered in the Army way to command a squad of misfits on a suicide mission against Nazi Brass.

Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Trini Lopez, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland and Clint Walker are among the 12 jailbirds who will earn their freedom if they survive.

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Julie Walters stars as Marie Stubbs in Ahead of the Class, based on a true story of how a headmistress saved the notorious St. George's School in West London from closure following the murder of headmaster Philip Lawrence at its gates five years earlier.

It is the story of one woman's determination to make a difference, and change a broken system. Indeed, when Marie Stubbs is brought out of retirement to face her greatest challenge at St. George's School, it is judged to be only weeks from closure. Marie's philosophy combines simple rules on leadership and routine, with the unorthodox; but most importantly, she believes that pupils want to attend a school they can be proud of. She faces challenges and resistance from pupils and teachers with tireless energy, ingenuity and optimism. This is a story of transformation and triumph...

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A fanatical billionaire called General Midwinter (Ed Begley) devises a failsafe plan to destroy Russia. For many years he has channelled his vast resources into the construction of a fantastic computer complex which, when complete, will be used to trigger the Third World War.

Then, in the ensuing madness, Midwinter's private army will tip the balance in favour of the West. At the last moment Colonel Ross (Guy Doleman) of MI-5 stumbles across the plan. He knows that only one man can save the world from certain doom - Harry Palmer (Michael Caine). But Palmer doesn't want to know. Ross blackmails Palmer using the gorgeous Signe (Francoise Dorleac) and the dull-witted Newbegin (Karl Malden) as pawns in a little charade. It is no surprise then that Palmer finally finds himself matching wits with the devilish Colonel Stok not to mention the insane General Midwinter in a confrontation where the stakes are the future of the human race.

Twelve top Nazis are ordered to the Middle East, where they're to organise a Fourth Reich, and only Major Wright and his convict commando squad can stop them.

Learning of a Nazi plot to attack Washington with deadly nerve gas, Major Wright leads twelve convicts on a suicide mission deep into occupied France to destroy the secret factory where the poison is made.

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It seems fitting that theatre's protesting, angry young man John Osborne (Look Back In Anger, The Entertainer) should write a play about one of history's social revolutionaries, and father Protestantism, Martin Luther.

Luther was the ideological firebrand in the 16th century who challenged the hierarchy of the Catholic Church and what he saw as Papal excesses. Using this historical character, Osborne gives us a psychological insight into rebellion, both spiritually and politically, which is still relevant today.

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Michael Caine stars as Harry Palmer, the ex-army corporal, who unwillingly serves as a spy for Her Majesty rather than serve a long stint behind bars. Palmer is sent to Berlin where he is to extricate a Russian general who wants to defect.

After reluctantly accepting the assignment, he arranges for an escape plan which includes a fake funeral…unfortunately, the wrong body is transported out of Russia. Caine keeps his cool and there's plenty of scenery as Caine wanders about Berlin and in and out of the arms of some beautiful women.

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Cynical and rebellious ex-army sergeant Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) has been blackmailed into working for Britain's security service.

Hot on the trail of a kidnapped scientist, Palmer finds himself enmeshed in a sinister conspiracy involving horrifying brainwashing techniques, murder and treachery that reaches up to the highest levels of the security service itself.

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The BBC's Head of Values Ian Fletcher once again throws open the revolving doors to New Broadcasting House to allow cameras to film staff in action at W1A.

Ian and the team are tackling the BBC's Charter Renewal, reacting to the new mission statement of doing More Of Less, which Head of Output Anna Rampton describes as being about "putting what we do best front and centre and identifying better ways of doing less of it more".

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When fragile young novice, Agnes (Meg Tilly) secretly gives birth to a baby and is accused of murder after it is found strangled to death, court-appoointed psychiatrist Dr. Martha Livingtone (Jane Fonda) is straight on the scene to investigate.

Faced with a hostile and guarded Mother Superior (Anne Bancroft) who is reluctant to co-operate with her questions, excusing the birth and the murder as an inexplicable act of God, Dr. Livingstone has no easy task ahead of her...

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Breezy (Kay Lenz), a young, footloose hitch-hiker escaping from a lecherous driver, takes refuge in the car of Frank Harman (William Holden). He's a divorced, middle-aged real estate agent and these two very different people don't see eye to eye when they come across an injured dog.

But somehow he and Breezy come to forge an unusual relationship, against conventional expectations.

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1963. Shozo Hirono (Bunta Sugawara), expelled from the Yamamori gang, has allied himself with the cowardly Uchimoto (Takeshi Kato) and the Akashi family, who are engaged in a power struggle with the Shinwa Group, allied with the Yamamori gang.

But mainstream society, enjoying unprecedented economic prosperity, will no longer tolerate their violent criminal activities. The police begin a major crackdown, putting the gangs on the defensive. But rogue soldiers on both sides still refuse to keep the peace, earning the wrath of both their bosses and the forces of law and order.