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Roy Marsden stars as Adam Dalgliesh, the shrewd yet cool thinking man's detective...A corpse is found floating in a dinghy at sea and turns out to be the body of crime writer Maurice Seton (Arthur Blake). As the case takes its hold, Dalgliesh's dedication to duty threatens a rekindled love affair and puts his girlfriend's life at risk. Finally, trapped in raging flood waters with the insane killer, Dalgliesh has to fight for his own survival. - Director:
- John Davies
- Cast:
- Roy Marsden, Simon Chandler, Kenneth Colley
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Mrs Wilson (2018)Mrs. Wilson
It's 1963, and Alison Wilson (Ruth Wilson) returns home to find husband Alexander (Iain Glen) dead. Soon afterwards, a woman unexpectedly arrives at the door, claiming to be Alec's 'real wife'. Alison embarks on a mission of discovery to try and find out who her husband really was; but from their wartime romance whilst working for the secret service, to a mysterious period in India - it soon becomes clear that Alec died holding his secrets close to his chest. Alison is left craving the truth as she makes discoveries that threaten to tear her carefully crafted world apart. - Director:
- Richard Laxton
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- Ruth Wilson, Iain Glen, Calam Lynch
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It's 1951, and newly independent India is breaking free of its past. Lata (Tanya Maniktala) is a spirited young student whose mother wants to find her a husband - a suitable boy. As Lata meets potential matches, she's torn between romance and responsibility. Meanwhile, her headstrong friend Maan (Ishaan Khattar) defies his father as he falls in love with a glamorous courtesan. Both are determined to decide their own future. And, in a country still haunted by the horrors of Partition, anything could happen. - Director:
- Mira Nair
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- Tanya Maniktala, Ishaan Khattar, Mahira Kakkar
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A Certain Justice (1998)A Certain Justice (Adam Dalglish Mystery)
A brilliant QC is found dead in her chambers, killed by a single knife wound to the heart - but chillingly drenched in a colleague's blood...Ambitious, forthright, cold and aggressive, Venetia Aldridge (Penny Downie) has made many enemies both inside and outside the legal profession. When Adam Dalgliesh (Roy Marsden) is called in to investigate, he finds no shortage of potential suspects - colleagues whose careers she's endangered, an ex-lover who's also an M.P. and even the office cleaner. At the same time, Venetia's teenage daughter is dating a known psychopath. Could he have murdered her mother? As Adam Dalgliesh closes in on the answer he discovers that the law may not be enough to close the case...and that the best he can hope for is 'A Certain Justice'... - Director:
- Ross Devenish
- Cast:
- Roy Marsden, Rikki Harnet, Britta Smith
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Brought to you by the producers of global hit 'Bodyguard', true crime drama 'The Pembrokeshire Murders' brings to life the extraordinary cold-case pursuit of the most notorious serial killer in Welsh history. Two unsolved double murders from the 1980's and an unsolved violent assault on five teenagers in 1996 cast a long shadow over the work of the Dyfed-Powys police force. In 2006, newly promoted Detective Superintendent Steve Wilkins (Luke Evans) decided to reopen all three cases. Employing pioneering forensic methods, Wilkins and his handpicked team, Operation Ottawa, linked the murders to a string of burglaries committed in the 80's and 90's. The perpetrator of those crimes was nearing the end of his prison sentence, but if Steve Wilkins was right, he was also a serial killer...Could Steve and his team unearth enough forensic evidence to charge their suspect before he was released to potentially kill again? - Director:
- Marc Evans
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- Luke Evans, Keith Allen, Caroline Berry
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Young Montalbano: Series 1 (2012)Il Giovane Montalbano
Inspector Montalbano is back - as you've never seen him before. These are the tales of the young Inspector Montalbano, with all the integrity but less of the experience of his older, possibly wiser, self. Exhausted by the neverending hillsides of his rural Sicilian beat, the Deputy Inspector - in the midst of investigating a murder -finds himself promoted to Inspector and dispatched to his childhood home of Vigata. There he will be called upon to take control of the local police station and gradually build his team with both Fazio Senior and Fazio Junior, Domenico 'Mimi' Augello and the young and exceedingly eager Officer Catarella. Along the way he'll discover the simple dining pleasures of Calogero's, and the unexpected passions that will guide him into the waiting - always waiting - arms of Livia. Drawing on the bestselling novels and short stories of acclaimed Italian author Andrea Camilleri, in a Sicilian world of loan sharks, mafia families, drug-dealing, perilous love affairs and murder, Michele Riondino is Young Montalbano. - Director:
- Gianluca Maria Tavarelli
- Cast:
- Michele Riondino, Andrea Tidona, Katia Greco
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Tim Pigott-Smith stars as Chief Constable John Stafford in this police procedural drama series with a difference. 'The Chief' shows a police force undergoing a culture change, as the outspoken and deeply committed Stafford attempts to reform crime-prevention policies and challenge the frequently unacceptable behaviour of his front-line officers; there are always difficult decisions to be made, often at a professional and personal cost.The cast of this powerful drama series also includes Judy Loe (Casualty) as Stafford's doctor wife, Elizabeth, EastEnders star Tony Caunter,and Roger Lloyd Pack. John Stafford is back at work at East Anglia's Eastland station following his temporary suspension. While Stafford continues to challenge what he regards as outmoded practices and attitudes, he and his deputy, Anne Stewart, face more tense situations at the sharp end of policing; this second series, originally screened in 1991, sees them tackling animal rights activism and environmental protest, negotiating throughout a dramatic siege, and dealing with the aftermath of the tragic death of one of Eastland's officers. - Director:
- Desmond Davis
- Cast:
- Tim Pigott-Smith, Karen Archer, Eamon Boland
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Tim Pigott-Smith stars as John Stafford, a newly promoted Chief Constable, in this police procedural drama series with a difference. 'The Chief' shows a police force undergoing a culture change, as the outspoken and deeply committed Stafford attempts to reform crime-prevention policies and challenge the frequently unacceptable behaviour of his front-line officers. There are always difficult decisions to be made, and often at a professional and personal cost. The cast of this powerful drama series, originally transmitted in 1990, also includes Judy Loe as Stafford's doctor wife, Elizabeth, and Eastenders stars Tony Caunter and Ross Kemp. Having appointed Anne Stewart (Karen Archer) as his deputy, Chief Constable John Stafford promotes his highly capable colleague to the rank of Head of Crime and Operations at Eastland, East Anglia. The promotion proves deeply unpopular, and, when Anne encounters rampant workplace misogyny, exposes some of the more unpleasant institutional attitudes among the ranks. While Anne faces a wall of prejudice as well as the personal difficulties arising from her son's drug addiction, Stafford's strategies for tackling the ever-mounting challenges of modern policing - be they the consequences of an increasingly violent drugs subculture, militant student actions or vigilante gangs - frequently bring him into conflict with his superiors. His high-level adversaries include the Home Office - whose staff watch his actions with interest, and more than a little concern... - Director:
- Brian Farnham
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- Tim Pigott-Smith, Karen Archer, Jeremy Clyde
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Tut (2015)King Tut
Starring Academy Awards winner Ben Kingsley, Nonso Anozie and Avon Jogia. The astounding saga of one of history's most extraordinary rulers, Tutankhamun (King Tut) who is thrust into power at a young age after the murder of his father. This gripping drama portrays KingTut's rise from manipulated prince into an unlikely hero who is determined to wrest control of his kingdom from those who conspire against him. Tutankhamun (Avon Jogia) already Pharaoh ten years, is exploited by his chief advisor Vizier Ay (Ben Kingsley), a ruthless military General and scheming High Priest. Forced to marry his strong willed, ambitious sister in order to maintain the dynasty, but in love with a commoner, he struggles to protect her from the jealous queen. Through unexpected twists and turns Tut strives to overcome the odds. - Director:
- David Von Ancken
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- Ben Kingsley, Avan Jogia, Sibylla Deen
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In 1950, Timothy Evans was hanged for the murder of his baby daughter Geraldine. The police also believed that he had killed his wife Beryl. But to his final moments Evans protested his innocence. Three years later, a gruesome discovery at 10 Rillington Place revealed that his neighbour - star prosecution witness John Reginald Christie (Tim Roth) knew much more about the sinister goings on in the house. Set in the dark confines of Christie's home, this powerful drama imagines the relationships between Christie, his wife Ethel (Samantha Morton) and the innocent young Evans couple. What twisted influence did Christie hold over the young newly-weds Timothy (Nico Mirallegro) and Beryl (Jodie Comer)? And how was he able to trick both judge and jury into sending an innocent man to the executioner? - Director:
- Craig Viveiros
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- Jodie Comer, Tim Roth, Nico Mirallegro
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Oscar Winners Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson star in this extraordinary and moving story of blind devotion and repressed love. Hopkins stars as Stevens, a dedicated English butler to Lord Darlington, beautifully played by James Fox. Thompson stars as the estate's housekeeper, a high-spirited, strong-minded young woman who watches the goings-on upstairs with horror. Despite her apprehensions, she and Stevens gradually fall in love, though neither will admit it, and only give vent to their charged feelings via fierce arguments. - Director:
- James Ivory
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- Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, John Haycraft
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The Absent One (2014)Fasandræberne / Department Q: The Absent One
In 1994, two young twins are found brutally murdered in a summer cottage. A series of clues point to a group of young upper class students from a nearby boarding school, but the case is closed when a local outsider pleads guilty and is convicted for the murders. Twenty years later, the supposedly solved case lands on the desk of Carl Morck (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) in Department Q and he quickly realises that something is terribly wrong. As Carl, his assistant Assad (Fares Fares) and their new secretary Rose (Johanne Louise Schmidt), start investigating, they are led to an old emergency call from a desperate girl who seems to know the secrets of the murders. Soon they are plunged into an intense search for the girl, who has been missing since the murders happened. But Carl and Assad are not the only ones trying to track her down as the girl's testimony is of great danger to a group of influential men at the top of society who will do all they can to keep her silent. - Director:
- Mikkel Nørgaard
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- Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Morten Hemmingsen, Fares Fares
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'Roadkill' follows the charming and assertive politician Peter Laurence (Hugh Laurie), whose public and private life comes under strain when enemies threaten to upend him. As personal secrets spiral out of control, Peter, untroubled by shame or remorse, remains determined to further his own political agenda and avoid complete catastrophe. However, despite Peter's best efforts, events reveal just how hard it is to leave the past behind. - Director:
- Michael Keillor
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- Hugh Laurie, Helen McCrory, Olivia Vinall
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Robert Powell stars as Richard Hannay in this series of adventures featuring John Buchan's popular hero first portrayed in his novel "The Thirty Nine Steps". This Thames Television series set in Edwardian times, begins in 1912 - three years before "The Thirty Nine Steps" - in the dark days leading up to the First World War, when Scots-born Hannay, who has already achieved recognition as an officer in military intelligence, a mining engineer and a successful prospector, returns to Britain after thirty years in Africa, to seek a bride, a home, and a quiet life... This fast-paced series captures the action packed style of Buchan's original. As it moves from the spectacular highlands of Scotland to the splendour of country estates and gentlemen's clubs. In a string of remarkable adventures, from the case of the Mansfield diamonds to the harrowing 'Voyage into Fear' Hannay's ingenuity is stretched to the limit. The series also features Hannay's sworn enemy, the ingenious Count Von Schwabing, whose sights are firmly set on Hannay, whatever the time, wherever the place. As well as sparring with the Count, Hannay manages to outwit some of Britain's smartest criminals... and always finds time to win the heart of a beautiful woman. - Director:
- David Giles
- Cast:
- Robert Powell, Christopher Scoular, Gavin Richards
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Dalgliesh follows a young girl and a trail of death to a beautiful country home.
- Director:
- John Davies
- Cast:
- Roy Marsden, Phyllis Calvert, Mel Martin
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