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Based on the beloved best-selling book comes the story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II, Germany. When her mother can no longer care for her, Liesel (Sophie Nelisse) is adopted by a German couple (Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson).

Although she arrives illiterate, Liesel is encouraged to learn to read by her adoptive father. When the couple then takes in Max (Ben Schnetzer), a Jew hiding from Hitler's army, Liesel befriends him. Ultimately, words and imagination provide the friends with an escape from the events unfolding around them in this extraordinary, acclaimed film directed by Brian Percival.

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Armed with the ruthless, streetwise tactics and a strict sense of honour, crime boss Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) rules Harlem's chaotic drug underworld.

When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas's multi-million dollar empire, it plunges both men an into a legendary confrontation.

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Bestselling author and historian Philippa Gregory presents a convincing and emotional portrait of three women at the very centre of the War of the Roses.

The War of the Roses was a family fall-out that raged for 30 years, scarring the English nation, yet ultimately giving birth to the Tudors - a dynasty that went on to rule England and Wales for 117 years. At the centre of this turbulent feud were three women. Elizabeth Woodville, the White Queen, was the wife of Edward IV, mother of the Princes in the Tower and maternal grandmother of Henry VIII. Margaret Beaufort, the Red Queen, was the mother of first Tudor King Henry VII and paternal grandmother of Henry VIII. Anne Neville was the daughter of the Earl of Warwick - the most powerful man in the country - and wife of Richard III - England's most notorious king. This series offers a convincing emotional portrait of three women caught in a whirl of conspiracy and bloodshed whose wishes and hopes were as critical as the aspirations of important men.

John Thaw is Kavanagh Q.C, one of the most respected criminal advocates in London. From a northern working-class background, James Kavanagh has climbed to the top of an elite profession through hard work and a love of the law.

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Nellie, Joey, Jack, Adrian, Aveline and Freddie are the Boswells from Liverpool. They're experts at 'working the system' and 'getting by' with the help of Social Security payments and jobs on the side.

Standing firm at the head of the family table is Nellie Boswell, the matriarch who expects no nonsense, especially from husband Freddie, who spends his time chasing Lilo-Lil. You're sure of tears and tantrums, love and laughter - but never a dull moment if you join us on Merseyside for a perfect slice of Bread.

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Eastwood stars as Earl Stone, a man in his 80's who is broke, alone and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel.

And even as his money problems become a thing of the past, Earl's past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it's uncertain if he'll have time to right those wrongs before law enforcement or the cartel's enforcers catch up to him.

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To commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme BBC2 presents a three part documentary series chronicling for the first time on television a history of the battle from both sides of No Man's Land.

Historian Peter Barton with access to little known German military archives investigates the documents that reveal a very different story of how the campaign on the Somme unfolded. This new narrative questions many of the myths and untruths that still surround a battle that still haunts us a hundred years on.

It is the autumn of 1913 and Europe stands on the brink of the war to end all wars. A country house party assembles to celebrate a world that is passing into history; and gunfire in the depths of the English countryside will soon be heard in the killing fields of Flanders.

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London-based military intelligence officer Colonel Katherine Powell (Helen Mirren) is remotely commanding a top secret drone operation to capture a group of dangerous terrorists in Nairobi, Kenya.

When the mission suddenly escalates from a "capture" to a "kill" operation and innocent lives are put at risk, the impossible decision of whether to strike gets passed up the chain of command. With the clock ticking, the brutal realities of modern warfare play out among the military, politicians and lawyers thousands of miles away from the front line.

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Ria is a seemingly happily married mother of two teenage sons. Her husband is the lugubrious dentist Ben. His hobby is collecting butterflies, although he seems to spend most of his time arguing with their sons: the thoughtful Russell and the ever cynical Adam.

After 19 years of marriage Ria believes that everyone is taking her for granted and yearns for just a little excitement. Then one day she bumps into a handsome businessman Leonard, whom she dreams will sweep her off her feet.

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There's trouble with a thuggish security firm both at work and on the sportsfield so Fisher puts his PDS team, headed up by Henry, in charge of security at the football ground. Henry's trusting nature lands him in financial trouble when he offers a friendly teenager work experience.

The Crabbes take a rare weekend break in London leaving Gary and Sally in charge of the restaurant along with a couple of agency staff - both the weekend and the new staff are full of surprises.

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DI Henry Crabbe finds himself in charge of a new team - the Public Duties Squad - the latest brainchild of his boss ACC Freddy Fisher. He's joined by two other talented PCs, Jane Morton and Ed Guthrie, both in the PDS because of their scandalous pasts.

Crabbe and his trusty assistants take on a number of cases including video-pirating, marshalling squabbling jurors considering their verdict and guarding a sausage factory.

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Tom Selleck stars as Jesse Stone, a down-and-out former L.A. police detective whose biggest battle is now against the bottle, as the demons of his past rise to haunt him while he drives himself to distraction by pursuing a decade-old murder case.

Finding refuge in the small town of Paradise, Chief Stone reopens an unsolved murder case, digging up clues in an old grave and pursuing the ghosts of a forgotten crime. But it's not just the victim's and killer's pasts that rise to the surface - it's his own, becoming the chilling focus of a riveting investigation that uncovers one shocking revelation after another.

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Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Tom Selleck returns as police chief Jesse Stone in another thrilling chapter in the Stone Cold series based on the best-selling Jesse Stone murder/mystery novels by Robert Parker.

Settling into his role as the new Chief of Police in the town of Paradise, Massachusetts, Stone investigates the brutal murder of a troubled teenage girl found floating in a local lake. He soon discovers that she was once a straight-A student, but somehow wound up on a path of self-destruction, leading to her early demise. With hardly any clues, the case leads the former LAPD cop to the city, where the local Boston mob does not respond too kindly to him. To make matters worse, he must also deal with a case of domestic violence that ultimately turns deadly, while struggling with his ongoing alcoholism, his ex-wife and a truly disastrous love life. As Stone learns more about the girl's unhappy past, he begins to suspect that the affluent world of Boston might be involved and increasingly becomes obsessed with the case. Persistent in his determination to bring the killer to justice, Stone will do whatever it takes to finally solve this Death In Paradise.

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A prequel to "Stone Cold" in the series of Jesse Stone novels by Robert B. Parker, the story picks up after Jesse Stone is fired from the Los Angeles Police Department.

He becomes an unlikely candidate recruited by the town board of selectman to become police chief of Paradise, a small town on Boston's North Shore. The board hopes his failed experience will keep him from digging too deep into the town's secrets. Hungover on his first day on the job, he must investigate a domestic abuse case that ends up leaduing to a money laundering scheme perpetuated by a manager of a local bank.