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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?

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This stylish black-comedy thriller stars Ralph Fiennes as Harry, a vicious London crime-boss, who send his two hit-men to the picturesque Belgian City of Bruges - to lay low and wait for orders.

While Ken (Brendan Gleeson) is happy just to sight see (!), his fast-talking partner, Ray (Colin Farrell) sets out for an adventure. Before long, Ray is experiencing hilariously surreal encounters with tourists, skinheads, dwarves and prostitutes! When, at last, the call comes from Harry, the fun turns to a life-and-death struggle of darkly comic proportions.

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Former teacher Mark Cobden is responsible for the death of an innocent man. Tortured by visions of his victim, he welcomes his four-year sentence as penance. Eric McNally is a dedicated prison officer, doing his best to protect those in his charge.

But when a dangerous convict threatens to hurt someone Eric loves, he is faced with an impossible choice. Unflinching but ultimately hopeful, Time is a raw study of punishment and penitence.

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Meet Harry Starks: club owner, racketeer, porn king, sociology graduate and keen Judy Garland fan. Starks rules swinging sixties Soho with a coercive fist and his favourite implement of torture: the red-hot poker.

But despite his reputation for savagery and generosity in equal measure, the sensitive, intelligent Harry yearns for something more than the rough and tumble of criminal life... As Harry tries to jump the counter into legitimacy, his story is told through the eyes of cash-strapped politician Lord Teddy Thursby, fading movie star Ruby Ryder, petty criminal Jimmy and young lecturer and radical criminologist, Lenny - each of them finding his blend of charm and violence leaving an indelible mark on their lives.

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Ambitious, award-winning German series, 'Babylon Berlin' is thrilling crime period drama.

Opening in the fall of 1929 Berlin, during the tumultuous weeks before Black Friday's stock market crash, the third series sees Inspector Gereon Rath (Volker Bruch) and Charlotte Ritter (Liv Lisa Fries) assigned to investigate the death of an actress, only to realise that the film industry is as rotten as the underworld. In the meantime, the Black Reichswehr are regathering their forces for their next attempt to bring down democracy and provoke more clashes with the Communists.

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From Oscar and Emmy winner Julian Fellowes, the creator of 'Downion Abbey', comes a sprawling HBO drama centered on the conflict between old and new money in New York's glittering high society during the late 19th century.

In a time of immense economic change, where fortunes are amassed and lost in the blink of an eye, Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson), the orphaned daughter of a Union general, moves to Manhattan and becomes entangled in the social war between her aristocratic aunts (Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon) and their stupendously rich neighbors (Morgan Spector and Carrie Coon). Exposed to a world on the brink of the modern age, will Marian follow the established rules of society or forge her own path?

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The year is 872, and many of the separate kingdoms of what we now know as England have fallen to the invading Danes, leaving the great kingdom of Wessex standing alone and defiant under the command of King Alfred (David Dawson).

Against this turbulent backdrop lives our hero, Uhtred (Alexander Dreymon). Born the son of a Saxon nobleman, he is captured by the Danes and raised as one of their own. Forced to choose between the country of his birth and the people of his upbringing, his loyalties are ever tested. What is he? Saxon or Dane? On a quest to reclaim his birthright, Uhtred must tread a dangerous path between both sides if he is to play his part in the birth of a new nation and, ultimately, recapture his ancestral lands.

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Berlin, 1929: a metropolis in turmoil. Speculation and inflation are tearing away at the foundations of the young Weimar Republic. Growing poverty and unemployment stand in stark contrast to the excesses and indulgence of the city's night life and its overflowing creative energy.

Gereon Rath (Volker Bruch), a young police inspector from Cologne, is transferred to Berlin. Together with stenotypist Charlotte Ritter (Liv Lisa Fries) and his partner Bruno Wolter (Peter Kurth), Rath is confronted with a tangled web of corruption, forcing him into an existential conflict as he is torn between loyalty and uncovering the truth. With the political unrest and rising National Socialism, even an institution like the 'Rote Burg', Berlin's police headquarters is increasingly becoming the melting pot of a democracy whose days are numbered. This is 'Babylon Berlin'.

"The Halcyon" is a drama set during World War II that tells the story of a bustling and glamorous five-star hotel at the centre of London society. Set to a soundtrack of the era, it shows London life and the impact of war on families, politics, relationships and work across every social class.

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15th Century Florence. The House of Medici, one of the most powerful Florentine families and bankers to the Pope. Cosimo (Richard Madden), who has long abandoned his dreams of becoming an artist, inherits the bank when his father Giovanni (Dustin Hoffman) mysteriously collapses.

Harbouring the dangerous secret that his father was murdered, Cosimo must fight to protect all his family has worked so hard to attain. As head of the Signoria, with attacks coming from all sides and war looming, he needs to decide whether to side with the nobility, as Giovanni would have done, or to step out from his father's shadow. Full of intrigue and suspense, 'Medici: Masters of Florence' follows the twists and turns through war, plague and even exile as the family attempts to hold on to power.

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Driven by work and her own personal demons, Vera, along with her trusted and long suffering colleague, Sergeant Joe Ashworth (David Leon), is faced with a number of daunting cases.

She delves into the unsettling private life of an old colleague, attempts to break through the code of secrecy in the army, and copes with the impact on a family torn apart by addiction. Combined with beautifully shot landscapes and atmospheric production, each enthralling story is enhanced by the captivating performance of Brenda Blethyn as this shambolic yet brilliant detective as she discovers secrets from her own past that threaten to change her life forever.