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When Anne (Julie Christie) inherits the letters of her great-aunt Olivia (Greta Scacchi), she becomes drawn to India by their revelations of a relationship with a handsome and charismatic, if not entirely scrupulous, Indian prince (Shashi Kapoor).

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's adaptation from her own Booker Prize-winning novel moves effortlessly between past and present in a sensual and evocative journey, telling the story of both women's paths to self-discovery more than half a century apart.

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Set in 1983, The Americans follows two KGB spies posing as an American couple struggling to keep their kids' best interests at heart while maintaining their cover.

In the 5th season of the series, the Jennings teenage daughter Paige tries to find out more about the family business now that she knows her parents aren't mild-mannered travel agents, but Russian spies. As she helps protect them (or is she?) by collecting intelligence on Pastor Tim and his wife Alice, she grows closer to her mother Elizabeth, who is teaching her self-defence. Meanwhile, Elizabeth and Philip investigate an American plot to create famine in the Soviet Union, and Elizabeth comes to terms with a difficult decision after a mission goes awry. Elsewhere, Oleg struggles with his loyalty to the KGB; and as the FBI continue to seek out the Soviet agents, Stan struggles with the loss of Nina and the consequences of his choices.

Season 3 stunned fans with its cliff-hanger finale, as Don Draper's professional and personal lives unexpectedly imploded. In Season 4, Jon Hamm and the rest of the breakout ensemble cast continue to captivate us as they grapple with an uncertain new reality.

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Berlin, 1929: a metropolis in turmoil. Speculation and inflation are tearing away at the foundations of the young Weimar Republic. Growing poverty and unemployment stand in stark contrast to the excesses and indulgence of the city's night life and its overflowing creative energy.

Gereon Rath (Volker Bruch), a young police inspector from Cologne, is transferred to Berlin. Together with stenotypist Charlotte Ritter (Liv Lisa Fries) and his partner Bruno Wolter (Peter Kurth), Rath is confronted with a tangled web of corruption, forcing him into an existential conflict as he is torn between loyalty and uncovering the truth. With the political unrest and rising National Socialism, even an institution like the 'Rote Burg', Berlin's police headquarters is increasingly becoming the melting pot of a democracy whose days are numbered. This is 'Babylon Berlin'.

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Elizabeth and Phillip are supposed to get a biological weapon sample but fail to make the exchange when someone is watching. Nina works Anton in hopes it will lead to her freedom. Paige wonders if she can trust Pastor Tim with her secret.

Philip tries with increasing desperation to get rid of a sensitive and dangerous package as family tensions in the Jennings House reach a boiling point when Paige shares a secret of her own...Paige copes with new burdens that come with her family's secret - as Philip and Elizabeth struggle to contain their cover without destroying their daughter. As Paige deals with last episode's trauma, she sees her mother in a new light... and finds she has inherited some of her parents' skills. Plus, has Oleg reached his breaking point with Stan?

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Making sense of modern Britain is a tough call. But the explanation, more often than not, lies in the British Empire. Jeremy Paxman believes that unless we come to terms with our Imperial past, we'll never understand who we are and where we're going today.

In this series, he cuts through our national embarrassment, turning his forensic and unapologetic gaze on to this most compelling period of our history - and tracing its far-reaching influence on the present.

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It is perhaps the most fundamental question of world history: why are some civilisations conquered and others conquerors? Author and scholar Jared Diamond's surprising answer, found in his acclaimed bestseller, 'Cum, Germs and Steel', is the basis of this thought-provoking three-part series.

Out of Eden
Evidence from Papua New Guinea to the Middle East supports Diamond's theory that a society's development may have had less to do with skill or ingenuity, than with an ability to raise high-protein grains and domesticated livestock. He suggests that successful farming gave rise to an explosion of sophisticated civilisations, from the Fertile Crescent to the New World.
Conquest
Diamond focuses on Spanish conquistador Pizarro's 16th-century assault on the Inca. Was it the Spaniards' advanced weaponry that defeated the empire? Was it also the Europeans' innate resilience to some infectious diseases - a resistance born of centuries of contact with domesticated animals? The European triumph of the New World may have rested on an agent of conquest, unknown to even the conquerors and that proved deadlier than any human foe.
Into the Tropics
Diamond extends his quest to Africa, probing early European attempts to colonise the continent. The conquerors were initially successful, repelling native attackers with rifles and Maxim guns but they met unexpected obstacles when they moved from temperate zones to the tropics. The debilitating scourge of malaria, like the AIDS epidemic of today, overwhelmed their mightiest resources.

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They are the world's most popular artists. The works of Cezanne, Monet, Degas and their compatriots fetch tens of millions of dollars.

But just who were they really? Why and how did they paint? What lies behind their enduring appeal? To help answer these questions, the film secured unique access to a major exhibition focussing on the 19th century Parisian art collector Paul Durand-Ruel, the outspoken champion of impressionism. This eagerly anticipated exhibition was among the most comprehensive ever held about the Impressionists. Durand-Ruel's brave decision to exhibit the impressionists in New York in 1886 introduced enlightened, wealthy Americans to modern French painting. In doing so, he not only filled great American galleries with impressionist masterworks but also kept impressionism alive at a time when it faced complete failure. This energetic and revealing film tells his remarkable story along with that of the impressionists themselves.

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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.

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From the writers of 'The Missing' comes 'Baptiste'; a thrilling new drama starring Tchéky Karyo as the insightful but stubborn investigator Julien Baptiste.

When Julien and his wife move to Amsterdam to help look after their grandchild, the Chief of Police (an old girlfriend) seeks out his help in finding a young sex worker who has gone missing. As Baptiste rapidly becomes embroiled in a case that peels back the layers of atrocity in the trade of sex, drugs and people themselves, nothing is as it first seems. For Julien Baptiste the beautiful streets, canals and houses of Amsterdam hide dark, deadly secrets.

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Based on an astonishing true story, 'Hurricane' tells of the heroic Polish fighter pilots who fought for the freedom of their own country in the skies over Britain, during World War 2.

Seen through the eyes of Jan Zumbach (Iwan Rheon), legendary fighter ace and adventurer, it tells how the Poles, driven across Europe by the German war machine, finally made their last stand flying Hurricanes for the RAF, becoming a key component of the legendary 'few'. In the lethal melee above England in that summer of 1940, countless terrifying dogfights led equally to victory, loss, celebration and despair. Displaying unrivalled tenacity and courage, these Polish men would sacrifice everything to become heroes.

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Welcome Back to 'Westworld'. Chaos takes control in this next chapter about the birth of a new form of life. In Season Two. Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) reaches for the reins and Maeve (Thandie Newton) ventures out on a mission of her own.

As the newly liberated "hosts" settle their debts with humanity, we uncover more about Delos as both Bernard (Jeffrey Wright) and the Man in Black (Ed Harris) are forced to retrace and reconcile their past deeds. These 10 riveting episodes from series creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, produced by Kilter Films and J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions, also feature James Marsden, Tessa Thompson and more in this perfectly designed ensemble cast.

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"Berlin Station" is a contemporary spy series that follows Daniel Miller (Richard Armitage), an undercover agent who has just arrived at the CIA station in Berlin, Germany. Miller has a clandestine mission: to determine the identity of a now-famous whistleblower masquerading as "Thomas Shaw".

Guided by jaded veteran Hector DeJean (Rhys Ifans), Daniel learns to contend with the rough-and-tumble world of the field office: agent-running, deception, danger and moral compromises. As he dives deeper into the German capital's hall of mirrors and uncovers the threads of a conspiracy that leads back to Washington, Daniel wonders: Can anyone ever be the same after a posting to Berlin?

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A Gentleman. A Gangster. A God. 'Gotti' follows the true story of infamous crime boss John Gotti's (John Travolta) rise to become the "Dapper Don" of the Gambino Crime Family in New York City. Following the careers of the Don and his son John Jr.

(Spencer Rocco Lofranco) 'Gotti' examines the tumultuous life of a Mafia legend as he and his wife (Kelly Preston) attempt to hold the family together amongst tragedy and multiple prison sentences. Prepare for the no-holds-barred true story of an iconic mobster.

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Welcome to Mad Men - a shocking portrait of a time that was anything but innocent. Nothing is as sexy. Nothing is as provocative. Nothing is as it seems. Season three of Mad Men, is bursting with one scandalous surprise after another.

Don Draper and the rest of the Madison Avenue pioneers contend with a world on the brink.