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Based on the true story of Miss Shepherd (Maggie Smith), a woman of uncertain origins "temporarily" parks her van in Alan Bennett's (Alex Jennings) London driveway and proceeds to live there for 15 years. What begins as a begrudged favour becomes a relationship that will change both their lives.

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As part of a job that he is promised, Xavier (Romain Duris), an economics student in his twenties, signs on to a European exchange programme to gain a working knowledge of the Spanish language.

Promising that they'll remain close, he says farewell to his loving girlfriend (Amelie's Audrey Tautou), then heads to Barcelona. An English girl (Kelly Reilly) and her brother (Kevin Bishop), a young woman from Belgium (Cecile de France), an Italian, a boy from Denmark, a German and a girl from Tarragona all join him in a series of adventures that serve as an initiation to life.

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A charming and affecting tale charting the fortunes of three small town heroes pursuing their dreams, Carlos Sorin's Historias Minimas offers further evidence of the current riches to be found in Argentine cinema.

Awarded a special jury prize at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, it's a deceptively simple, yet delightful road movie concerned with three disparate characters heading for the Argentine city of San Julian amid the beautiful landscapes of Patagonia. Roberto is a travelling salesman hoping to impress a young widow by surprising her child with a birthday cake.Don Justo is an old man with poor vision who sits in front of his son's grocery store and entertains passing children by wiggling his ears. Maria is a shy mother who has won an apperance on TV gameshow 'Multicoloured Casino'.

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Award-winning historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes presents a new eight-part landmark history of ancient Rome. Across the series Hughes explores eight key days that she believes define the Roman Empire and help us to understand its remarkable success.

In each episode Hughes travels across the Roman world, delving into the psyche and uncovering brand new archaeological evidence, while lavish drama brings the incredible story of Rome to life. The eight days include Rome's early defeat of her great rival Carthage under Hannibal, at the battle of Zama; a crucial moment and one of the most important battles in ancient history when Rome, an influential city-state becomes an unstoppable Empire. We also explore the day when Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River and set in chain a series of events which would ultimately culminate in the end of Rome's republic. The final episode looks at the day Constantine, close to death, was finally baptised as a Christian. It was here he made a final declaration of the spiritual allegiance that had a profound importance not just for the Empire, but for the future of the world.

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Alma (Anna Castillo), 20, works in a chicken farm by the village of Canet, in the province of Castellon, on the East coast of Spain. She has a profound connection with her dearly beloved Grandfather despite the fact he stopped talking years ago.

But when he begins to refuse food too Alma becomes obsessed with an idea; the only way to save her Grandfather is to recover the two thousand-year-old olive tree that the family uprooted and sold twelve years ago against his will. Lying through her teeth, without a plan, and even less money, Alma engages her wayward Uncle "Artichoke" (Javier Gutiérrez), who was ruined by the crisis, her colleague Rafa (Pep Ambròs), her friends Wiki (María Romero) and Adele (Paula Usero), and a big part of the small community of Canet in an outragoeus endeavour; to find and return the olive tree - lost somewhere in Europe - to its rightful spot in the family grove where it has been tended, and in turn, given life, for over two millennia.

Ma has created a whole universe in 'Room' for five-year-old Jack, where they have both lived for Jack's whole life. But when Ma decides they have to escape, she risks everything to give Jack the chance to make a thrilling discovery: the world.

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A hilarious and charming road movie, Familia Rodante is the latest feature from Pablo Trapero, one of the new generation of directors currently revolutionising Argentinian cinema.

The tale begins in Buenos Aries with the 84th birthday celebration of Grandma Emilia, who tells her stunned family that she has been invited to be matron of honour at her niece's wedding and expects them to accompany her on the thousand kilometre trip. One heavy dose of emotional blackmail later, thirteen members of four generations cram into a ramshackle old camper van and set off on the epic journey across Argentina.As the days pass and the van hobbles towards its destination, emotions within its cramped confines run high and the journey seems set to last a lot longer than any of its occupants had bargained for.

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Inspired by 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel', 'The Indian Dream Hotel' sees a group of eight famous faces of retirement age travel to India to live together for three weeks.

Homed together in a guest house in Jaipur, the group learn what it might be like to retire in India and look at the benefits and challenges of living abroad. With a much more affordable cost of living, the contributors look at how a move to India might buy people a better quality of life in retirement and asks whether more of us should be looking further-a-field to retire in countries that are fast emerging as viable alternatives. As part of their journey our contributors run their own household, accustom themselves to day to day living in Jaipur, explore the local sights, take part in traditional activities, learn to cook Indian cuisine, meet local families and immerse themselves in the Indian lifestyle.They also take train journeys to famous Indian cities, such as Agra and Varanasi, and make an emotional visit to the Taj Mahal.

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Joanna Lumley travels to the far reaches of Japan, from the icy Siberian seas of the north to the subtropical islands of the south.

With her natural curiosity and engaging storytelling, Joanna will take viewers on an adventure exploring some of the most uncharted corners of Japan's 6,800 mystical islands.

Based on the beloved bestselling book, 'A Dog's Purpose' is the heart-warming and uplifting story of one devoted dog (voiced by Josh Gad) who finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he teaches to laugh and love.

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For the last forty years acclaimed photographer Sebastiao Salgado has travelled the world, capturing moments that have defined humanity. He has witnessed and documented wars, famine, the mass exodus of people and even genocide.

But now he is embarking on a new journey: to discover the grandiose landscapes and epic beauty of nature and encapsulate it in one sweeping photographic tribute to our planet's magnificence. Salgado's inspirational life and incredible body of work is revealed to us in this Oscar nominated by his son, Juliano, and world renowned filmmaker Wim Wenders. Powerful, affecting and truly profound, it is not just a portrait of a great artist but one of life itself.

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India. Home to two of Guy Martin's biggest loves - tea and motorcycles.

In this adventurous series, daredevil Guy Martin is embarking on a 2,000 mile, two week trip around the sub-continent, swapping the normal hire cars and excursions for a classic Royal Enfield motorcycle he buys from Delhi's biggest bike market. Guy's adventures take him from Himalayan tea plantations to the tropical beaches of Goa - along the way he finds himself riding with an Indian biker gang, visiting a 60 year-old mother of five tyre fitter, clambering to the top of India's tallest building, and teaching a group of youngsters in Asia's biggest slum. His trip comes to an end at India's "Rider Mania" - where he hopes his bike will be in a good enough state to race against 5,000 other bikers. Could it be the crowning glory of his trip? Or the biggest embairassment of his life...

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Actor Damon Gameau (Underbelly) embarks on unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as 'healthy' but which are in fact laden with hidden sugars.

Through this entertaining and informative journey, Damon reveals where sugar lurks on supermarket shelves, finds out what it does to the human body, and asks why these health effects are being hidden from consumers. 'That Sugar Film' will forever change the way you think about 'healthy' food.