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Meet charismatic Ex Detective Inspector Alex Ridley (Adrian Dunbar), who has retired from the police force after losing his wife and daughter.

When Ridley is enlisted by DI Carol Farman (Bronagh Waugh), his former protegee, as a consultant on a complex murder case, the investigation takes a dark and unexpected twist.Turning to her old mentor for support, Carol is keen to access Ridley's unique insight into crime-solving which has served them so well in the past.

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Bill Haskell (Richard Madden) is an ambitious young man who having just graduated from college is desperate to leave New York City and make a name for himself. Along with his best friend, he sets off for the Yukon to stake his claim on the gold that remains untapped in the hills near Dawson City.

Their journey is an arduous one, covering thousands of miles where they encounter harsh and deadly terrain but it isn't until Haskell arrives in Dawson City that he realises the real danger is only just beginning.

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"The Sixth Commandment" tells the story of how the meeting of an inspirational teacher, Peter Farquhar (Timothy Spall), and a charismatic young student, Ben Field (Éanna Hardwicke), who bonded over their love of books and involvement with the Church of England, set the stage for one of the most

complex and confounding criminal cases in recent memory. It also focuses on how suspicions around Ben's relationship with Peter's deeply religious neighbour Ann Moore-Martin (Anne Reid), also targeted by Field, unlocked a series of stunning revelations, culminating in a gripping trial.

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A story of love, lust, jealousy and betrayal, of one man's fight to rebuild his shattered life and a family's struggle to find the truth behind their loved one's murder.

After seven years in a high security prison, David Collins' (Lee Ingleby) conviction for the murder of his wife, Tara, is overturned due to a technicality, or as his lawyer puts it an appalling miscarriage of justice. Able to start his life again and begin to repair relationships with his family and friends, David hopes to finally be allowed to mourn his wife's death. As a new investigation is launched, headed by DI Cathy Hudson (Angel Coulby), dark secrets of abuse, affairs and money troubles rise to the surface. From jealous sisters to disgruntled lovers, these secrets rip fragile relationships apart at the seams. But one question remains: is David Collins truly innocent?

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Kingsley Amis's classic novel, about a group of university friends reunited in retirement, was adapted into a critically acclaimed comedy drama by Andrew Davies, and originally broadcast on the BBC in 1992. It's a turbulent story of ageing, friendship, lust, nostalgia and nationalism.

Alun Weaver (John Stride) has found success as a celebrated London-based writer. After returning home to Wales with his alluring wife Rhiannon (Sheila Allen) he reunites with university friends who chose to remain in the valleys. Long dormant romances are rekindled and rivalries are resurrected, posing a threat to marriages and friendships. Not long after the old friends are reunited Alun kicks the bucket, leaving the rest of the group to deal with the fallout. Coming to terms with their loss, they reminisce, whinge and above all, drink.

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Paris, 1940.

Lili (Pauline Burlet), outraged by the injustices of the Nazi occupation, and a group of like minded souls band together to fight the Germans and their French collaborators, all the while producing the underground newspaper Resistance for which they will go to dangerous lengths to illegally distribute. While the clandestine struggle extends to the whole of France, the young freedom fighters multiply, setting up networks of resistance that will ultimately lead to the liberation of Paris in August 1944. Based on true events, and through the interconnecting destinies of its teenage heroes, 'Resistance' tells the story of young people going to any lengths to defend their country and their freedom.

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With her son grown, single mum Pearl (Kerry Godliman) pursues her lifelong dream and starts a private detective agency, which she runs from her family seafood restaurant in the coastal town of Whitstable. Drawn by her caring but no-nonsense nature, residents flock to her with all kinds of cases.

But when she discovers her friend and oyster supplier dead, DCI Mike McGuire (Howard Charles) arrives from London to lead the investigation. Gruff and aloof, Mike initially clashes with Pearl, but they soon find themselves working together to solve everything from murders to boat sabotage to mysterious packages left by anonymous benefactors. Filmed on location in the popular seaside town of Whitstable, this mystery series is based on the books by Julie Wassmer.

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In this powerful, thought-provoking true story, recent Harvard graduate Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. Jordan) passes up lucrative jobs to defend those wrongly condemned in Alabama.

Supported by local advocate Eva Ansley (Brie Larson), he quickly picks up the incendiary case of Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx), a death-row inmate convicted of a notorious murder. Facing a legal and political labyrinth and unabashed racism, Bryan fights for Walter and others like him in a system stacked against them.

An action western about a farmer who takes in an injured man with a Satchel of cash. When a posse come for the money, he must decide who to trust. Defending a siege, he reveals a gunslinging talent which calls in to question his real identity...

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Directed by BAFTA Award Nominee Piotr Szkopiak, 'The Last Witness' is a political thriller based on the harrowing true events of the Katyn Massacre in Spring 1940.

In post-war England, ambitious journalist Stephen Underwood (Alex Pettyfer) comes across a disturbing spate of suicides by resettled Polish soldiers. Sensing a story, his first port of call is Colonel Janusz Pietrowski (Will Thorp), a Liaison Officer for the re- settlement of Polish troops under British command. But the meeting with Pietrowski leaves Stephen unsettled, and from here his investigation escalates as he finds himself embroiled in a dangerous, multi-layered conspiracy concerning the execution of 22,000 Polish military and civilians by Stalin's secret police.

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The unbelievable but entirely true story of four friends (Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner and Jared Abrahamson) living a routine existence in Kentucky, who brazenly attempt one of the most audacious art heists in US history.

Determined to live lives that are out of the ordinary, they plan the brazen theft of some of the world's most valuable books from the special collections room of Transylvania University Library. But not everything is as it seems, and as the thrilling theft unfolds, each of them starts to question whether their attempts to inject excitement and purpose into their lives is simply a misguided attempt at achieving the American Dream.

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1920's outback Australia, Northern Territory. When Sam (Hamilton Morris), an Aboriginal farmhand who works for the local preacher (Sam Neill) is sent to help new neighbour and bitter war veteran Harry (Ewen Leslie), their relationship quickly deteriorates, ending in a violent and fatal shootout.

Sam is forced to flee with his wife, pursued by lawman Sergeant Fletcher (Bryan Brown), but as the truth starts to surface, the community begins to question whether justice is really being served.

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Three Murders Unsolved...But Never Forgotten...When two best friends are found murdered a local policeman Paul Bethell (Philip Glenister) suspects there is more to the case than meets the eye.

Could this be linked to other unsolved murders? In a case that has haunted him for 30 years, will new DNA evidence finally let him bring the killer to justice?

Based on a short story by Stephen King, and set in the 1850s, 'Chapelwaite' follows Charles Boone (Adrien Brody) as he confronts the secrets that have plagued his family for generations.

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From Award-winning playwright and dramatist, James Graham and inspired by true events. Two shocking and unexpected murders shatter an already fractured Nottinghamshire community leading to one of the largest manhunts in British history.

Suspicion is rife and the tragic murders threaten to inflame historic divisions sparked during the Miners' Strike that tore families apart three decades before. To solve the murders, police inspectors Ian St Clair (David Morrisey), and Kevin Salisbury (Robert Glenister), must reunite and bury a rivalry that stretches back to 1984, to heal wounds, and catch a killer. But can a community repair itself as more is discovered about those who live there, and whether they really are who they say they are?