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It's 1943. The Allies are determined to break Hitler's grip on occupied Europe, and plan to launch an all-out assault on Sicily; but they face an impossible challenge - how to protect the invasion force from potential annihilation.

It falls to two remarkable intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu (Colin Firth) and Charles Cholmondeley (Matthew Macfadyen) to dream the most inspired and improbable disinformation strategy of the war - centred on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man. Operation Mincemeat is the extraordinary and true story of an idea that hoped to turn the tide for the Allies - taking impossibly high risks, defying logic, and testing the nerves of its creators to breaking point.

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Michael Kitchen stars as the thoughtful and enigmatic Detective Chief Superintendent Foyle. England is in the grip of the Second World War and Foyle, anxious to join the war effort, has repeatedly had his applications turned down.

He returns to the South Coast sidelined and frustrated, but it soon becomes apparent that his detective skills are vitally needed on the Home Front.

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Good-looking, fit and fifty-something, Judge John Deed is no ordinary High Court Judge.

And neither is his uncompromising approach to justice that finds him flying in the face of convention, confronting corruption and talking on the establishment – especially pompous new Presider, Sir Monty "Legover" Everard and string-pulling civil servant Sir Ian Rochester. Deed’s other challenge is to find the root of his problem with women. A confirmed womaniser, he already finds himself in a court with his ex-wife and his sometime lover Jo Mills. Can therapy help the Judge deal with his attitude towards women?

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Michael Kitchen stars as the thoughtful and enigmatic Chief Superintendent Foyle. England is in the grip of the Second World War and Foyle is anxious to join the war effort.

However, his applications have been repeatedly turned down and he returns home to the South Coast feeling frustrated and guilty. It soon becomes apparent that his detective skills are vitally needed on the home front.

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Judge John Deed has made it to the top of his profession on his own terms.

Fearless and independent, he regularly crosses establishment figures - men like his former father-in-law, Lord Justice of Appeal Channing; his ex-wife's fiancee the Home Secretary; or Sir Ian Rochester at the Lord Chancellor's Office - who try to influence his decisions. A sharp intellect, a rakish charm and keen wit help Deed stand his ground but, along with his good looks, these are often his downfall too. For too long women - ex-wife Georgina Channing, Sir Ian's wife Francesca Rochester and barrister Jo Mills - have proved the judge's weakness. Perhaps attractive therapist Rachel Crawcheck can help him put a stop to his womanizing ways?

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A routine raid led by Emer Berry (Angeline Ball), a detective in the Irish Criminal Assets Bureau, reveals that a small-time drug dealer has been receiving substantial funding from a seemingly untraceable source - not in cash, but in rough diamonds.

When these diamonds are linked to a series of bombings in Belgium, Emer is forced to work with Police Commissioner Christian De Jong (Wouter Hendrickx). Reluctantly working together, they unravel a political conspiracy fuelling domestic unrest for financial gain. Emer, Christian, and the CAB team must follow the money to stop another terrorist attack - before it's too late.

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Mad kings. Murdered princes. Witch trials. The black death. Uncover the shocking truth behind history's most infamous mysteries, and what they reveal about our changing society.

Were the Princes in the Tower murdered in 1483, and if so, why? Why did the Black Death kill so many? Why did a witch craze sweep 16th century Britain? How did the 'Madness of King George' change Britain? These enduring mysteries have baffled academics and fascinated history fans for centuries. This series sees historian Lucy Worsley turn sleuth, as she reopens the investigation and re-evaluates these stories through a modern lens.

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Judge John Deed is on a mission for justice - and he's prepared to break the rules to deliver it. In his red robes and wig Judge John Deed might look like every other High Court judge, but his passionate belief in justice sets him apart from his peers.

To the police force, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Lord Chancellor's Department and even many of his colleagues, Deed is a man more concerned with justice than the letter of the law - a man who will not shun the difficult questions or compromise his principles. But Deed has made it to the top on his own terms and knows it will take every ounce of his sharp intellect, fearless questioning and rakish charm to keep him there.

John Thaw (Inspector Morse, Goodnight Mr Tom) is Kavanagh Q.C, one of the most respected criminal advocates in London. From a northern working-class background, James Kavanagh has climbed to the top of an elite profession through hard work and a love of the law.

David Jason is the gritty and dogged Detective Inspector Jack Frost, a man who has little time for paperwork or the orthodox approach.

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When an expensive car is pulled from the sea, veteran Northern Ireland police detective Tom Brannick (James Nesbitt) instantly sees the connection to an infamous cold case that holds enormous personal significance for him - a notorious and long-buried series of mysterious disappearances.

"Bloodlands" follows Tom Brannick's obsessive campaign to identify and unmask the semi-mythical figure behind these events - a figure code-named Goliath, after the giant shipyard cranes, Samson and Goliath that dominate the Belfast skyline. It's a case that comes from Tom's - and his country's - dark past.

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When crime lord Finn Wallace (Colm Meaney) is shot dead under mysterious circumstances, the delicate network of alliances holding London's underworld together threatens to shake apart. Not least because Wallace's heir, Sean (Joe Cole), is out for revenge whatever the cost.

Meanwhile, Wallace organisation grunt Elliot (Sope Dirisu) is so desperate to earn Sean's trust and approval, he puts his very life on the line.

As World War Two rages over Europe Detective Chief Superintendent Foyle (Michael Kitchen) fights his own battle against murder, mystery and betrayal on the south coast of England. Foyle's battle is an ordinary struggle against everyday evil - in extraordinarily dangerous times.

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1962. At the height of the Cold War, ex-soldier and convicted thief Harry Palmer (Joe Cole) is recruited to an unorthodox British spy unit whose boss, Dalby (Tom Hollander), wants his help to retrieve a missing scientist.

Working alongside cool, ambitious agent Jean (Lucy Boynton), Harry's journey will take him to the wrong side of Berlin, the risky hedonism of Beirut and the blinding light of a Pacific H-bomb test - before one step too many lands him an unwitting role in a violent political conspiracy.

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Professor Jasper Tempest (Ben Miller) precisely calibrates and structures every aspect of his life. Impeccably dressed and meticulously punctual, he lectures daily at the Cambridge Institute of Criminology, teaching students imaginatively, if pedantically, about the science of crime.

And each evening, he returns home to his apartment, which is as sterile and systematically ordered as a science lab. Thanks to this strictly regimented approach, his OCD and germophobia are under control. But Professor T's buttoned-down world is slowly undone when he is persuaded by one of his former students to assist in investigating a serial rapist. The Professor's encyclopedic knowledge of criminal psychology and his brilliant mind prove invaluable to the team, but the cracks in his carefully constructed emotionless exterior begin to show.