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Four teenagers in detention discover an old video game console with a game they've never heard of. When they decide to play, they are immediately sucked into the jungle world of Jumanji in the bodies of their avatars (Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan).

They'll have to complete the adventure of their lives filled with fun, thrills and danger or be stuck in the game forever!

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As Hitler's forces storm across the European landscape and close in on the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) is elected the new Prime Minister.

With his party questioning his every move, and King George VI (Ben Mendelsohn) sceptical of his new political leader, it is up to Churchill to lead his nation and protect them from the most dangerous threat ever seen.

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In the heart of The Ottoman Empire during the onset of The First World War, American war-correspondent Christopher (Christian Bale) and Armenian-born Michael (Oscar Isaac) notice things are not as they seem when tensions begin to mount and prominent Armenian citizens are suddenly arrested and

executed by the ruling government. Realising this to be the start of a ruthless genocide aimed at the Armenian people Chris, Michael and thousands of exiled Armenians manage to evade capture fleeing to a remote mountain refuge where they vow to fight back against the might of The Empire in order to protect their identity and freedom.

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Here is the clock. The Trumpton clock. Telling the time...steadily, sensibly; never too quickly, never too slowly...

Telling the time for Trumpton! So take a trip to Trumpton and join Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub and the rest of the Trumpton townsfolk in Gordon Murray's timeless classic. Lovingly restored for video using a blend of state-of-the-art technologies, this is a piece of British animation heritage not to be missed.

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"Here is a box, a musical box, wound up and ready to play. But this box can hide a secret inside! Can you guess what is in it today?" Windy Miller cordially invites you to join him and the rest of the Camberwick Green village folk in Gordon Murray's timeless classic.

Lovingly restored using a blend of state-of-the-art technologies, this is a piece of British animation heritage not to be missed.

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When the Tardis arrives on a jungle planet, the Doctor (Tom Baker) encounters two warring tribes, the Sevateem (Barbara Bermel) and the Tesh. The Sevateem worship a god called Xoanon and the Tesh are supposedly keeping Xoanon prisoner...

But why do the Sevateem call the Doctor the Evil One? And what are the invisible creatures in the jungle? The Time Lord, with the help of a girl called Leela, is about to find out.

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On a distant, barren planet, Storm Mine 4 trawls across bleak deserts and through fierce duststorms in search of rare and valuable metals. On board the Sandminer is a small skeleton crew, who alternate between indulgent relaxation and skilled mining work.

The mundane, day-to-day duties of the mine are attended to by a much larger complement of servile robots. This is a society that is dependent on robots for all areas of life, the people comforted by the knowledge that the strictest safeguards are built into each and every robot's programming. So when one of the Sandminer crew is murdered, suspicion falls on two new arrivals...The Doctor (Tom Baker) and Leela (Louise Jameson) arrive on board, and are immediately accused of being the suspects. But the Doctor deduces that perhaps the killer is possibly not human. More deaths occur - can he persuade the remaining crew members that the killer may be a robot?

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A mysterious light in the sky, an unnatural glow in the ocean and a thick fog bring terror to the lighthouse keepers of Fang Rock. When the Doctor (Tom Baker) and Leela (Louise Jameson) arrive, the first death has already cast doubt on the safety of the lighthouse.

But the Doctor discovers something more terrifying and evil than even he could have imagined.

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"It's a lovely day in Chigley". Lord Belborough and Bracket are taking Bessie out for a run to Treadle's Wharf and the workers are making fine biscuits at the biscuit factory.

But when the whistle blows at the end of a hard day's work, everyone makes their way to the park to enjoy the 6 o'clock Tea Dance. Join them in Gordon Murray's timeless classic, lovingly restored for video using a blend of state-of-the-art technologies. This is a piece of British animation heritage not to be missed.

Episodes Comprise:
1. Lord Belborough's Secret
2. Bessie to the Rescue
3. The Balloon
4. The Fountain
5. The Garden Wall
6. Binnie and Bessie
7. Lord Belborough's Lucky Day
8. The Broken Bridge
9. Clay for Mr. Farthing
10. Trouble with the Crane
11. Apples Galore
12. Willie Munn
13. A Present for Lord Belborough

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Women of Victorian London fall prey to an unknown menace, while monstrous terrors lurk in the sewers under the city. Chinese gangs scurry in the dank fog, and a sinister stage magician seeks to serve his mysterious master.

The Doctor (Tom Baker) and Leela (Louise Jameson) arrive, only to find themselves plunged into a series of macabre horrors…

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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While answering a mayday from a refuelling station on Saturn's largest moon, the Tardis passes through a mysterious cloud. Alarmed, Leela (Louise Jameson) senses a malevolent presence.

The danger turns out to be an intelligent space virus, and the Doctor (Tom Baker) is soon infected and fighting for control of his mind. With the Time Lord incapacitated, Leela's only hope lies on a nearby medical satellite. There, help comes in the unlikely coupling of eccentric scientist Professor Marius (Frederick Jaeger) and his dog-shaped computer, K9 (voice of John Leeson)…But can they save the Doctor before he is utterly consumed by the enemy within?

Gallifrey. Planet of the Time Lords. The Doctor (Tom Baker) has finally come home, but not by choice. Summoned by a vision from The Matrix, he is drawn into web of political intrigue and assassination. Nothing is quite what it seems, ant in the shadows lurks his oldest and deadliest enemy.

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Director Steven Spielberg's science-fiction action adventure reveals a chaotic, collapsing world in the year 2045. Salvation lies in the OASIS, a fantastical virtual-reality universe created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday.

When Halliday dies, his immense fortune is left to the first person who can find a digital Easter egg hidden in the OASIS. Joining the hunt is unlikely young hero Wade Watts, who is hurled into a breakneck, reality-bending quest filled with mystery, discovery and danger.

Ma has created a whole universe in 'Room' for five-year-old Jack, where they have both lived for Jack's whole life. But when Ma decides they have to escape, she risks everything to give Jack the chance to make a thrilling discovery: the world.