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"Deadline Gallipoli" is a poweful historical drama that explores the legend of the Gallipoli campaign during World War 1. Seen from the viewpoint of war correspondents, fully embedded in the action.

These journalists run into sharp conflict with the Allied military high-command when they become determined to report on the dire mismanagement of the operation.

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1883 is a prequel to television Yellowstone and follows the original Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America.

It's a stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America's promised land - Montana.

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Beyond the tangle of twisted metal and beleaguered emergency services are the invisible dramas. As Detective Inspector Tolin (Douglas Henshall) begins the task of sifting through the case files, he uncovers the events and twists of fate that led the victims to be on this road at the same time.

As the investigations progress he finds himself drawn into many different and dangerous worlds including government cover-ups, smuggling, torn relationships and murder.

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There are only a few, crucial weeks left to the national election when the Chief of Staff at the Justice Department disappears without a trace. As her replacement, Elin Hammar, tries to find out what happened she is thrown into a conspiracy of lies, falsified documents and hidden agendas.

At the same time the extreme right wing party, Trygghetspartiet, is heading towards their best election ever. In the small town of Ludvika, Annika Nilsson, the party's local representative is preparing a public speech, in spite of her son's protest. He accuses her of being a racist and has grown tired of the threats and harassments the family has to endure. Behind the political scenes a series of terror attacks are planned that will send shock waves through the entire nation. Sweden's first national socialistic terror group is about to surface.

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From Oscar winning writer/director Adam McKay (The Big Short) comes 'Vice', an audacious and darkly comedic look at former US Vice President Dick Cheney's stealthy rise from Washington intern to the most powerful man on the planet.

Oscar winner Christian Bale leads an all-star cast that includes Oscar nominees Steve Carell as the affable, yet steely Donald Rumsfeld, Amy Adams as Cheney's ambitious wife, and Oscar winner Sam Rockwell as the malleable George W. Bush. Spanning a half-century, Cheney's journey from rural Wyoming electrical worker to de facto President of the United States is a hilariously terrifying true tale of the use and misuse of institutional power.

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The only piece of British soil to be occupied by the Germans during World War II, the Channel Islands are the setting for 'Enemy at the Door' - a gripping and sometimes harrowing account of the appalling dilemmas and daily hardships faced by the Islanders living under Nazi rule.

Focussing particularly on the experience of the Martels, a Guernsey family, this acclaimed series stars Bernard Horsfall as Dr. Philip Martel, with Alfred Burke (Public Eye) as Major Richter and Simon Cadell as the brutal, ambitious SS Hauptsturmfuhrer Reinicke. This complete-series set contains every episode of Enemy at the Door, originally screened between 1978 and 1980 and produced by Michael Chapman (The Bill) and Tony Wh'armby (Supernatural, Bones).

Super sleuth, Inspector Morse (John Thaw) has an ear for music, a taste for beer and a nose for crime. He sets out with Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whatley) to solve each intriguing case.

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Veteran bounty hunter Max Borlund (Christoph Waltz) is deep into Mexico where he encounters professional gambler and outlaw Joe Cribbens (Willem Dafoe) - a sworn enemy he sent to prison years before.

Max is on a mission to find and return Rachel Kidd (Rachel Brosnahan), the wife of a wealthy businessman, who as the story is told to Max, has been abducted by Buffalo Soldier Elijah Jones (Brandon Scott). Max is ultimately faced with a showdown to save honor.

Based on the best-selling novel, Lily James plays free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton, who forms a life-changing bond with the eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey during WWII.

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Years of peace have passed since the battles of last season, but as we rejoin Uhtred (Alexander Dreymon), he faces his greatest enemies, and suffers immeasurable loss, on his quest towards fulfilling his destiny.

Now stationed at a northern port town, Uhtred has been entrusted with protecting the king's illegitimate son, Aethelstan. But following a horrific attack on his family, an old enemy threatens the life he has built. Meanwhile, King Edward (Timothy Innes) is still forging ahead with his ambitions to unite the SaxonKingdoms to fulfil his late father's dream, threatening the long-standing peace between Danes and Saxons. However, the treacherous Lord Aethelhelm (Adrian Schiller) has ambitions of his own, for his grandson Aelfweard - Edward's other son - to rule. As these plans lead to bloodshed and heartbreak, Uhtred finds his own fate may well be tied to the future of the nation...Destiny Is All!

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Ambitions threaten the Saxon kingdoms Alfred had once dreamed of uniting. In the wake of his father's death, the new King, Edward (Timothy Innes), is intent on isolating Wessex and strengthening his reinforcements against possible Dane incursions.

Alliances are beginning to fracture as Lord Aethelred (Toby Regbo) of Mercia makes ambitious plans to establish himself as a rival to Wessex. When Northumbria also faces hostility, Uhtred (Alexander Dreymon) believes the timing is right to take back his ancestral home. Fate shifts in a different direction; news comes that Mercia is in turmoil, and Uhtred's affection for Aethelflaed (Millie Brady) drives him back into the politics that threaten to break out into war. Just as it seems as if peace can be found between the Saxons, a new and unprecedented Dane enemy takes them by surprise. Uhtred begins to realise that his destiny is tied to Alfred's dream and he becomes determined to resolve Saxon struggles before the possibility of a united England slips from their grasp forever.

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Ambitious, award-winning German noir series, 'Babylon Berlin' is back for a fourth outing. Series Four is set in 1930's Berlin, just after the Golden Twenties culminated in the global stock market crash and the Great Depression - and the Nazis' march to power is in full swing.

The story centres on detective Gereon Rath (Volker Bruch), and his ambitious colleague Charlotte Ritter (Liv Lisa Fries). As Gereon's investigations lead him into the boxing milieu - and politically, uncomfortably close to Hitler's militant supporters - Charlotte risks her job to help her homeless sister, who roams the streets of Berlin with a group of young peers, fighting for survival.

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Uhtred (Alexander Dreymon) is still recovering from fighting a defining battle that saved Wessex for King Alfred (David Dawson) but which came at a huge personal price.

Mourning for those he has lost, Uhtred begins a voyage north to reclaim his own fate: to avenge Earl Ragnar's death and recapture his ancestral lands. Alfred's conviction to create a united England is stronger than ever and he sets his sights on the wild lands of the north, which have fallen into chaos and rebellion. It is a dangerous time for Saxon and Dane alike but Alfred champions a new king - a Christian Dane - to unite the tribes. Uhtred is faced with questions of fate and duty as he continues to fight for the country of his birth, against the people of his upbringing. With a newfound love, it seems he may finally be on his chosen path but in times of rivalrous factions, bloodshed and shocking betrayal Uhtred is tested like never before.

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It is 1882 and London is in the grip of spiritualists and seances. Arthur Conan Doyle joins Dr. Joseph Bell in a labyrinthine task of investigating a number of corpses found mutilated, floating in the River Thames.

Their quest to uncover the architect behind the gruesome murders leads them through London's underground world of soothsayers and mediums. As the two sleuths probe deeper, they find themselves dangerously caught up in a 'spiritualism' darker and more terrifying than either man could have possibly have imagined.

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A mysterious list of names is found in the shoe of a dead woman. Antiques dealer Mark Easterbrook (Rufus Sewell) is determined to find out why his name is on the list. His investigations lead him to three spinsters living at The Pale Horse in the village of Much Deeping.

As more deaths occur, Mark finds himself thinking the unthinkable. Could this all be the work of witchcraft, and is he himself cursed? Paranoia eats at Mark. Who wants him dead, and how can he save himself from the curse?