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Written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, 'Killing Eve' centres on two women; Eve (Sandra Oh) is a bored, whip-smart, pay-grade MI5 security officer whose desk-bound job doesn't fulfil her fantasies of being a spy. Villanelle (Jodie Comer) is a mercurial, talented killer who clings to the luxuries her violent job affords her. 'Killing Eve' topples the typical spy-action thriller as these two fiercely intelligent women, equally obsessed with each other, go head to head in an epic game of cat and mouse. - Director:
- Harry Bradbeer
- Cast:
- Fiona Shaw, Owen McDonnell, Jodie Comer
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John Curry transformed ice skating from a dated sport into an exalted art form. Coming out on the night of his Olympic win in 1976, he became the first openly gay Olympian in a time when homosexuality was not even fully legal. Toxic yet charming; rebellious yet elitist; emotionally aloof yet spectacularly needy; ferociously ambitious yet bent on self-destruction, this is a man forever on the run: from his father's ghost, his country, and even his own self. Above all, Curry was an artist and an athlete whose body time and time again - sometimes against his will - became a political battlefield. - Director:
- James Erskine
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- John Curry
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The King's Choice (2016)Kongens nei
An award-winning historical drama based on a true story about three dramatic days in 1940, when the King of Norway was presented with an unimaginable ultimatum from the German armed forces: surrender or die. With the German Air force and soldiers hunting them, the Royal Family is forced to flee from the capital - parting ways without knowing if they'll ever see each other again. The Crown Princess Martha (Tuva Novotny) leaves Norway with the children to seek refuge in Sweden, whilst King Haakon (Jesper Christensen) and the Crown Prince Olav (Anders Baasmo Christiansen) stay to fight. After three days of desperately trying to evade the Germans, Haakon makes his final decision; he refuses to capitulate, even if it may cost him, his family and many Norwegians their lives. - Director:
- Erik Poppe
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- Jesper Christensen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Karl Markovics
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Black '47 (2018)The Ranger
It's 1847 and Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years. Feeney (James Frecheville), a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, abandons his post to return home and reunite with his family. He's seen more than his share of horrors, but nothing prepares him for the famines hopeless destruction of his homeland that has brutalised his people and there seems to be no law and order. He discovers his mother starved to death and his brother hanged by the brutal hand of the English. With little else to live for, he sets out on a destructive path to avenge his family. - Director:
- Lance Daly
- Cast:
- Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Stephen Rea
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Concluding a powerful and groundbreaking five-season run, 'Boardwalk Empire', the Emmy - winning HBO drama series from Academy Award nominee/Emmy Award winner Terence Winter and Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese begins its final season in 1931, a full six years after the end of Season 4. In stark contrast with the Roaring '20s, the country is in the throes of the Great Depression, and with the end of Prohibition in sight, Nucky is looking to legitimise himself by forging alliances with liquor producers. Season 5 also includes flashback scenes of Nucky, Eli, the Commodore, Gillian and others from 1884-1900 - childhood experiences that would shape their relationships and their futures. - Director:
- Timothy Van Patten
- Cast:
- Steve Buscemi, Kelly MacDonald, Michael Shannon
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Atlantic City, February 1924: Picking up 8 months after the events of Season 3, Nucky Thompson is laying low at the end of the Boardwalk after barely surviving an overthrow by gangster Gyp Rosetti. But the calm will be short-lived, as Nucky faces new challenges, including a clash with a violent Harlem powder broker, a battle with his brother Eli over Eli's college-age son, and the irresistible lure of lucrative - and perilous - opportunities in Florida. - Director:
- Timothy Van Patten
- Cast:
- Steve Buscemi, Kelly MacDonald, Michael Shannon
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The Plague (2005)The Plague: The True Story of the Black Death
It began like the common cold. Then came fever, baseball-sized black swellings on the neck, and coughing up blood. Few infected lived more than two days. It was history's worst biological disaster and almost half of Europe's population died within three years. Visit the plague ships' rat-infested holds, witness the terror that swept through towns, and walk with religious flagellants. Follow a princess as she travels into the centre of the plague, a doctor who struggles to understand what is happening and a Jewish merchant caught up in violent attacks. Hear the actual words of the victims, taken from diaries and journals. From the Pope's palace to the humble huts of medieval peasants, watch as people live and die in the unforgiving grip of fear and death and wonder how we would act if such a terrible event happened today. - Director:
- Robert H. Gardner
- Cast:
- Sam Mercurio, Kelly DeVries
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During a period when Britain was divided, unstable and violent, one of the world's first secret services was born. Run by William and Robert Cecil, this father and son team had the duty of protecting the Queen and the Country. This series asks leading historians to each study the period from a different key player's point of view, dissecting the minds and motivations of the protagonists, to reveal a covert spy network - and present a picture of the Elizabethan Court as it really was. This series takes us through the biggest events of the period, from the entrapment and execution of Mary Queen of Scots to the death of Queen Elizabeth I, the capture and escape of Catholic fugitive John Gerard and the most infamous terrorist conspiracy in British history - the Gunpowder Plot. - Director:
- Chris Durlacher
- Cast:
- Colin Tierney, Dominic Green, Kevin James
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Atlantic City, 1922: The Roaring '20s are about to begin in earnest and despite a booming economy, alcohol is scarce and gangster violence is heating up. Amidst this backdrop, Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi), whose marriage to Margaret has become a sham after she signed away his highway windfall to the church, faces the challenge of mending old relationships. Nucky also encounters new competition from a hair-trigger gangster who builds a strategic bulkhead between New York and Atlantic City in an effort to siphon off Nucky's alcohol business. The conflict brings out die best and worst in Nucky as new and familiar faces undergo compelling metamorphoses within the third season of this Golden Globe and Emmy Award- winning series. - Director:
- Timothy Van Patten
- Cast:
- Steve Buscemi, Stephen Graham, Vincent Piazza
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As the new season begins, Murdoch and his colleagues are dealing with the aftermath of the brutal beating of Inspector Brackenreid at the hands of the violent O'Shea brothers. The area remains a contentious and dangerous place as gangs vie for power and extort and murder local merchants. Among the intricate investigations this season, Murdoch joins forces with legendary lawman Bat Masterson in pursuit of notorious bank robbers Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and becomes the object of adoration for a group of detective admirers. Crabtree and Higgins get to explore their performance aspirations when they go undercover at a vaudeville show featuring a young, fumbling W.C. Fields. Meanwhile, Dr. Ogden and Dr. Grace join forces with Margaret Haile and a group of suffragettes in their quest for the women's vote, only to find themselves in jail and defended by Clara Brett Martin, the first woman lawyer in the British Empire. - Director:
- Laurie Lynd
- Cast:
- Yannick Bisson, Thomas Craig, Helene Joy
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The Plague: Series 1 (2018)La peste
During an outbreak of the bubonic plague in the magnificent Seville of 1597, Mateo (Pablo Molinero), a former soldier, returns, honouring his word to find and extract a dead friends son from the city. Previously, Mateo had been forced to flee the city to save his life, having been sentenced to death by the Inquisition for printing forbidden books. Before he can complete his task, Mateo is arrested by the Inquisitor's bailiffs, who promise to pardon his life in exchange for solving a series of crimes of diabolic overtones being committed in Seville. - Director:
- Alberto Rodríguez
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- Pablo Molinero, Sergio Castellanos, Patricia López Arnaiz
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In Order of Disappearance (2014)Kraftidioten
When his son dies of a drug overdose, mild-mannered snow plough driver, Nils (Stellan Skarsgard), refuses to believe the results from the police report. On finding out who was responsible for his son's death, Nils sets out for revenge and justice. In the process, he becomes embroiled in a drug war between the Serbian mafia and gangster boss, The Count. For an ordinary guy, he soon displays an extraordinary talent for revenge. - Director:
- Hans Petter Moland
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- Stellan Skarsgård, Bruno Ganz, Pål Sverre Hagen
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Ten years in planning, Sergio Leone's epic 'Once Upon a Time in America' portrays 50 years of riveting underworld history and offers rich roles to a remarkable cast. Robert De Niro and James Woods play lifelong Lower East Side pals whose wary partnership unravels in death and mystery. Strong support comes from 'Tuesday Weld', Joe Pesci, Jennifer Connelly, Elizabeth McGovern and the young actors playing the central characters as ghetto kids. - Director:
- Sergio Leone
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- Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern
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Based on Jack Higgins electrifying World War II novel in which a Nazi impersonator is asked to recover the secret plans of the 1944 D-Day landings. Shortly before the D-Day landings Colonel Kelso, an American officer with plans of the forthcoming invasion, is washed ashore on Nazi occupied Jersey. Hearing that Kelso is still alive, the Allies ask Harry Martineau (George Peppard) to travel to Jersey, pose as a Nazi agent, and to either rescue Kelso, or silence him. Martineau is accompanied on his daring mission by the beautiful Sara Drayton (Deborah Raffin) a former resident of Jersey. Martineau's assignment becomes more complicated when Field Marshall Rommell (Michael York) appears on Jersey for an unannounced visit. Will our heroes be able to rescue Kelso and return him to England or will he pay the ultimate price? - Director:
- Charles Jarrott
- Cast:
- George Peppard, Michael York, John Mills
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In the 1920s, political activist Jimmy Gralton built a dance hall in rural Ireland. As the hall grew in popularity its free-spirited reputation brought it to the attention of the church and politicians who forced Jimmy to flee and the hall to close. A decade later, at the height of the Depression, Jimmy returns from the US. The hall stands abandoned but as Jimmy sees the poverty and growing oppression in the village, the leader and activist within him is stirred. He decides to reopen the hall, and so takes on the established authorities of the church and the government. - Director:
- Ken Loach
- Cast:
- Barry Ward, Simone Kirby, Andrew Scott
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