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"Les Miserables" is undisputedly one of the world's most popular musicals.

In celebration of 25 amazing years of this incredible show, 'Les Miserables' marked the momentous occasion with two magnificent sell-out performances at The 02, and live relays to cinemas around the world where audiences also stood, clapped, cried and cheered. The live recording of this extraordinary event is an awe-inspiring spectacle, with a phenomenal international star cast and a company of over 500 artists and musicians.

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Jean Valjean (Liam Neeson) lives a life on the run for stealing a loaf of bread. Settling in a remote town, he devotes himself to the care of the poor, including the beautiful, young, and poverty stricken Fantine (Uma Thurman).

When Fantine dies, she leaves a daughter, Cosette, (Claire Danes) who Valjean raises. But they are haunted by Javert (Geoffrey Rush), a policeman whose lifelong search for Valjean has become an obsession. A hunt begins that will come to a final confrontation on the revolution torn streets of Paris.

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After a failed global-warming experiment, a post-apocalyptic Ice Age has killed off nearly all life on the planet. All that remains of humanity are the lucky few survivors that boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine.

A class system has evolved aboard the train, fiercely dividing its population - but a revolution is brewing. The lower-class passengers in the tail section stage an uprising, moving car-by-car up toward the front of the train, where the train's creator and absolute authority resides in splendor. But unexpected circumstances lie in wait for humanity's tenacious survivors...

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Gene Hackman and Owen Wilson excel in this high-flying action thriller filled with explosive excitement at every turn. The war was supposed to be over, but the battle to survive has only just begun. When U.S.

Navy pilot Chris Burnett (Owen Wilson) is shot down during a reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, he must fight to stay alive and evade hostile Serbian forces. With time running out, Burnett's commanding officer (Gene Hackman) risks everything by launchign a renegade rescue mission against strict NATO directives to bring their hero home.

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Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, feature tells the story of two 12-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness.

As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore - and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in every which way.

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Jack, Victor and the rest of the Craiglang pals are back with the hotly anticipated ninth and final series of the iconic BBC comedy, Still Game.

Created, written by and starring Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, each hilarious episode in this six-part run revels in growing old disgracefully, as these riotous pensioners rail against everything modern life has to throw at them.

Episodes Comprise:
1. Local Hero
2. Cat's Whiskers
3. Dead Leg (Part 1)
4. Dead Leg (Part 2)
5. Hitched
6. Over the Hill

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While there is great enthusiasm for the romantic age of steam, the era of the diesel has just as strong a following of dedicated fans.

This series celebrates the workhorse of the modern railway in a series that moves around Britain region-by-region, each film concentrating on the diesel heritage of a different area. Throughout the series, footage highlights the glorious sights and sounds of diesels at work. From the south coast to the Highlands of Scotland, and from Wales to England's east coast, we tour the land, numerous classes working freight and passenger turns, including military and nuclear transports, and fully enjoy the Glory Days of Diesel. Enjoy numerous classes of engines as they ply their trade. Incredible action footage makes every title in this series a real treat. This fabulous program, celebrates the might of diesel, an often overlooked part of British rail heritage. Covering an area which constitutes a large proportion of the British Isles, Scotland has an equally large variety of railways. Over this system in the late 1980s up to today, British Railways diesel locomotives of classes ranging from 08s to 55s have been recorded for posterity and are to be seen in this program. Nowhere else will you find such a contrast in scenery. We go from the industrial and commercial railways and commuter routes of the Lowland belt to the vast emptiness of the Far North and West Highland routes with their glorious mountains and fascinating traffic patterns.

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John Hannah stars as Detective Inspector Rebus in these four movie length dramas. Adapted from the novels by Ian Rankin, the Rebus stories have been applauded for their intricate plots, keen characterisation and flawless sense of place.

Rebus himself is an enigma, fighting his own weaknesses while dealing with the sad consequences of human frailty. He has seen it all before, but his cynicism is redeemed by an unexpected humanity that reveals he is more disillusioned with himself than others.

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Two Hilarious Episodes for the First Time on DVD.
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When Rab, Burney and Jamesie are offered a trip to Italy complete with tickets to the World Cup finals, it seems too good to be true. And it is! In return for the offer of a lifetime, they must take a travelling companion. So while the tartan army gears up for football fever, Rab is lumbered with Matt, a daft 84 year old whose expiry date is well overdue! Meanwhile Jamesie is going through the male menopause ... and Rab find she has more to worry about than Scotland's football glory!

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Rab suffers at Hogmanay when Mary's cousin Shug and his hoity-toity wife Phoebe visit from Sidcup. Phoebe tries her best to fit in and the Nesbitts show them the town. Jamesie is suffering too - from a bout of depression, so bad that the only thing he's looking forward to is Rab's Hogmanay party!

The thrills never stop as Agent 007 (Sean Connery) goes above the call of duty - and to the bottom of the ocean - to track down a villainous criminal who's holding millions hostage and threatening to plunge the world into a nuclear holocaust!

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Julie is setting off to travel the length and breadth of the UK on Britain's dramatic coastal railway to discover how much of its seaside-dwelling nation still depends on the rails.

1. The West Highlands

Julie begins her journey by boarding the famous Jacobite steam train for a trip along Scotland's West Highland Railway, most famous for being The Hogwarts's Express in Harry Potter movies.
2. The East Coast
Julie starts in Newcastle, famed for its 'Brown Ale', which brings back some difficult memories for her so she quickly hops aboard the mainline high-speed train bound for Edinburgh!
3. Devon and Cornwall
Julie travels on Isambard Kingdom Brunei's famous Great Western Railway heading from London down to Cornwall. Ahead for her lie sailors, smugglers, a rock and roller and a bout of seasickness!
4. North Wales
Starting in Aberystwyth, Julie heads first to Tywyn - famous for its heritage steam railway and the inspiration behind Thomas the Tank Engine. She's Liverpool bound, on the way experiencing the oldest train factory in the world and the longest zip-wire in Europe.

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It's the summer of 1983 in Italy, and Elio (Timothée Chalamet), a precocious 17-year-old, spends his days in his family's villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading and flirting with his friend Marzia (Esther Garrel).

One day, Oliver (Armie Hammer), a charming American scholar arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio's father, an eminent professor. Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.

Howard and Mel are looking forward to their first Christmas as a family with their new baby daughter, Emily. However, with suicidal secretaries, maniacal relatives, homicidal boyfriends and belligerent Santas, circumstances conspire to make this a Christmas to remember... for all the wrong reasons

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Tyneside bursts with pride - not a swaggering conceit but the most obvious warm and pungent sense of civic pride. Tynesiders know who they are and everybody else does too.

Yet not since the middle of the nineteenth century has there been a detailed study of the remarkable story of how Tyneside was made and how it came to look, sound and behave the way it does. 'A History of Tyneside' tells that glittering tale, from the retreat of the ice fields 10,000 years ago, the arrival of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, the stunning achievement of St. Bede of Jarrow, the building of the New Castle in 1080 and the dangerous beginnings of the coal trade to the dizzying growth of the Industrial Revolution, the trials of Newcastle United and its heroes and the ever changing face throughout the twenty-first century. This is the intriguing tale of a unique, magical and dynamic place, and the remarkable people who made it.

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Remember When takes a pictorial journey down Memory Lane.

This video will take you back to the years before and after the building of the iconic Tyne Bridge, through the Great Depression, the days when clubs enjoyed virtually traffic-free roads, as well as experiencing the thrills, glamour and excitement of the great 1950's. Newcastle United FA Cup exploits. If you've ever wondered how the streets of Tyneside looked when trams rumbled down the lines or have heard of the legendary Tyneside Coast Exhibition of 1929, but thought claims must have been a bit exaggerated, then his video will show what a rich history the area has experienced, both in hardships and triumphs. Relax, board the tram or trolley bus, and take a trip through the decades your memory banks will be inspired.