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Led by BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actress Brenda Blethyn as the unorthodox but brilliant DCI Vera Stanhope, ITV's top-rating crime drama returns for an eighth series. Based on the bestselling Vera Stanhope novels by award-winning writer, Ann Cleeves, Vera may be unconventional and unglamorous, but she faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage. In series eight, Vera and her team are drawn into four more compelling cases, including the body of a police officer discovered in an abattoir incinerator, a mysterious car crash, a suburban back-garden murder and the suspicious death of a teenage boy. Set against atmospheric panoramas of the breathtaking Northumberland countryside, Vera features intriguing mysteries and gripping performances. - Director:
- Paul Gay
- Cast:
- Allyson Ava-Brown, Roger Barclay, Kingsley Ben-Adir
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Shaun Evans and Roger Allam return as DC Endeavour Morse and Dl Fred Thursday in a quartet of new murder mysteries, each unique and breathtaking in their complexity. Last seen languishing in a prison cell and framed for a crime he didn't commit, Endeavour is impelled to return to duty when a young woman's baffling murder requires his singularly cerebral mind to solve. As both men struggle to find their bearings amidst the rapidly changing climate of early 1967, these four new cases set against the dreaming spires of Oxford test their partnership in unexpected ways, as Colin Dexter's iconic detective is pushed to new extremes in his unrivalled commitment to truth and justice. - Director:
- Sandra Goldbacher
- Cast:
- Nick Sampson, Anton Lesser, David Oakes
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Based on the books by best-selling author Henning Mankell, detective Kurt Wallander, is an intense and headstrong misanthrope, who is prone to eating poorly, sleeping irregularly and drinking too much. With unorthodox methods of working and his blunt approach, Wallander relies on instinct and experience and doesn't shy away from using illegal means to solve crimes. - Director:
- Kjell-Åke Andersson
- Cast:
- Asa Sjoberg, Krister Henriksson, Johanna Sällström
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Shaun Evans returns to duty at Oxford City Police as Colin Dexter's cerebral Endeavour Morse, with four new gripping murder mysteries set amidst the turning tides of 1960s Britain. His partnership with DI Fred Thursday (Roger Allam) now firmly cemented, the two men must band together to crack this fresh quartet of dazzingly complex cases, shaking the highest pillars of Oxford society as they go. A parade soured by suspected suicide; a girls' school haunted by memories past, a strangler stalking the foggy autumn twilight; and conspiratorial whisperings in the corridors of power. Endeavour must risk all if he is to bring those responsible to justice, and escape with brain and body intact. - Director:
- Kristoffer Nyholm
- Cast:
- Nigel Cooke, Jessie Buckley, Shaun Evans
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Shaun Evans returns as DC Endeavour Morse to investigate four compelling new cases amongst the dreaming spires of 1960s Oxford. Newly appointed as 'bagman' to boss and mentor Dl Fred Thursday (Roger Allam), Endeavour must navigate a minefield of police politics to solve a quartet of baffling murder mysteries. Dark family secrets, a terrifying battle of wits against a diabolical serial killer, a Royal visit to a local munitions factory and the shadow of London's gangland over Oxford. All will threaten to test Endeavour's deductive skills to breaking point. - Director:
- Edward Bazalgette
- Cast:
- Michael Matus, John Light, Flora Montgomery
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One of ITV's top-rated crime dramas returns for a seventh series, starring multi-award winning actress Brenda Blethyn as DCI Vera Stanhope. Based on the bestselling Inspector Stanhope books by award-winning writer Ann Cleeves, Vera and her team are drawn into four more compelling mysteries, including the death of a wildlife ranger, left alone overnight on a remote and inaccessible island. Set around Newcastle and the stunning Northumberland countryside, Vera features complex and intriguing cases, atmospherically-shot landscapes and captivating performances, led by BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actress Brenda Blethyn as the unorthodox but brilliant DCI Vera Stanhope. - Director:
- Jamie Childs
- Cast:
- Joe Blakemore, Brenda Blethyn, Christopher Colquhoun
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England, 1942. What would make Liz Grainger (Kate Buffery), a mother with a five-year-old daughter, leave her comfortable life in Devon to be an operative for Britain's secret service? Trained by the Special Operations Executive, she becomes a spy placed into occupied French territories, and her life becomes one of imminent danger as the fear of capture and death follows hard on her heels.
Series One
Liz Grainger joins the SOE and is put into occupied France along with her fellow operative Matty Firman (Suzanna Hamilton). Though trained, nothing can prepare them for life in a country under military occupation.
Series Two
It's now Autumn 1943 and three SOE operatives in France are caught and shot by the Germans. It is imperative they are replaced as quickly as possible, and new recruits are scheduled to go through rigorous training.
Series Three
The Allies are gearing up for an invasion of France. A vital role will be played by the SOE agents behind enemy lines.- Director:
- Gordon Flemyng
- Cast:
- Jane Asher, Michael J. Jackson, Kate Buffery
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This brand new comedy from the writers of Alan Partridge sees a failing witchfinder (Tim Key) transporting a suspected witch (Daisy May Cooper) across 1640's East Anglia to a trial that could change his fortunes forever. But his captive is the worst possible travel companion: an inquisitive, uncouth woman whose ability to prick his pomposity and ask uncomfortable questions turns a straightforward journey into a life-changing ordeal. - Director:
- Neil Gibbons
- Cast:
- Tim Key, Daisy May Cooper, Jessica Hynes
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Speeding through the Moroccan desert to attend an old friend's lavish weekend party, wealthy Londoners David and Jo Henninger (Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain) are involved in a tragic accident with a local teenage boy. Arriving late at the grand villa with the debauched party raging, the couple attempts to cover up the incident with the collusion of the local police. But when the boy's father arrives seeking justice, the stage is set for a tension-filled culture clash in which David and Jo must come to terms with their fateful act and its shattering consequences. - Director:
- John Michael McDonagh
- Cast:
- Matt Smith, Jessica Chastain, Ralph Fiennes
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Award-winning director Kelly Reichardt (Meek's Cutoff, Wendy and Lucy) returns with the eagerly awaited 'First Cow', a gripping and glorious story of friendship, petty crime and the pursuit of the American dream on the harsh frontier of the Pacific Northwest. In 1820's Oregon, two loners team up to seek their fortune through a scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner's prized Jersey cow - the first, and only, in the territory. A true masterpiece from one of the great modern American filmmakers. - Director:
- Kelly Reichardt
- Cast:
- Alia Shawkat, John Magaro, Dylan Smith
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Devised and produced by Gerard Glaister, the award-winning BBC series "Secret Army" is a gripping and authentic portrayal of the lives of a group of Belgian resistance members and their German oppressors during the Second World War. This third and final series of thirteen episodes follows the fortunes of the brave men and women who make up the Brussels-based Lifeline evasion network during the last days of the war. They include: Albert Foiret (Bernard Hepton) owner of the Candide whose past is about to catch up with him; his partner Monique Duchamps (Angela Richards) who is keen to prove that she can cope without him; beautiful Natalie Chantrens (Juliet Hammond) who has helped hundreds of evaders down the line; and farmer Alain Muny (Ron Pember) who maintains crucial communications with London. Returning to help them is SOE agent Major Bradley (Paul Shelley). Lifeline's oppressors include Brandt's successor - the maverick former pilot, Major Reinhardt (Terrence Hardiman), and the infamous Sturmbannfuhrer Kessler (Clifford Rose) who is still in a relationship with the Belgian-born Madeleine Duclos (Hazel McBride). - Director:
- Andrew Morgan
- Cast:
- Bernard Hepton, Angela Richards, Clifford Rose
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Andri Ólafsson (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson) has started a new life in Iceland's capital of Reykjavik. As he tries to rebuild a shattered family at home, an attempt to assassinate a politician through self-immolation throws his work back into the deadly cat and mouse games he had been trying to escape. Quickly learning that the attacker was the politician's twin brother, his investigation leads him back to the same small town he had run from, and to his old partner. As he and Hinrika (Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir), now the town's Sheriff, start putting the pieces together, they realise that the seeds of crime may have struck root higher up than they ever thought possible and as such the risk to both them, and their loved ones, has never been greater. The much-anticipated return of Iceland's highest-rated series ever is an exploration of psychological rather than physical entrapment, as Andri comes to realise that after confronting human nature's icy depths in the first season, he has in fact barely scratched the surface. - Director:
- Baltasar Kormákur
- Cast:
- Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson
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This second series of thirteen episodes follows the continuing struggles of the courageous men and women who make up the Brussels-based Lifeline evasion network. They include: Albert Foiret the proud owner of the new Restaurant Candide; his mistress Monique Duchamps who he is now free to marry; and young Natalie Chantrens. Devious forger Max Brocard is a new addition to the team. Lifeline are once again opposed by the forces of the Third Reich, who include the head of the Belgian Luftwaffe Polizei - Major Brandt and the infamous Sturmbannfuhrer Kessler. Forming a surprising romantic attachment with Kessler is the enigmatic Madeleine Duclos. - Director:
- Paul Annett
- Cast:
- Bernard Hepton, Jan Francis, Angela Richards
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Anna Dean's (Kelly Macdonald) son was murdered fifteen years ago - now she is accused of revealing his killer's new identity online and conspiring to have him murdered. Has the anger of a grieving mother turned her into a criminal? What is she capable of doing in her son's name? Family man Craig Myers (James Harkness) is viciously attacked, after being identified online as a notorious child murderer. Is he a convicted killer or simply the tragic victim of mistaken identity? Who is really the victim? - Director:
- Niall MacCormick
- Cast:
- Isis Hainsworth, Seylan Baxter, Karla Crome
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Singapore, 1941. Patriarch Walter Blackett (David Morrissey) leads a life of wealth and privilege, far from the horrors of war-torn Europe. When Blackett s business partner Webb (Charles Dance) is incapacitated, his son Matthew (Luke Treadaway) is summoned to the Far East. With the issue of his own legacy to consider, Walter and his daughter Joan (Georgia Blizzard) must do everything they can to remove the threat Matthew poses. Joan launches a campaign of seduction but Matthew is drawn to a mysterious Chinese dissident, Vera Chiang (Elizabeth Tan). With the chaos of war taking root across the continent, a complicated love story ensues and the era of colonial privilege teeters on the brink. - Director:
- Tom Vaughan
- Cast:
- Luke Treadaway, David Morrissey, Colm Meaney
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