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Led by an amazing performance by actor Michael C. Hall, Dexter is one of the most critically acclaimed, must see television shows of the year! Like no other crime drama you've seen before, this horrifying and intoxicating boxset includes all 12 riveting Season One episodes.

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For decades, ex-government agent Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader) has been one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives. Brokering shadowy deals for criminals across the globe, Red was known by many as "The Concierge of Crime".

Now, he's mysteriously surrendered to the FBI with an explosive offer: he will help catch the world's most elusive criminals, under the condition that he speaks only to Elizabeth "Liz" Keen (Megan Boone), an FBI profiler fresh out of Quantico. For Liz, it's going to be one hell of a first day on the job.

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Nominated for 12 PrimeTime Emmys' and 4 Golden Globes', "Orange Is The New Black" is a fierce and funny series that follows Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling) when a crime she committed in her past sends her to an all-women's prison with an unforgettable and irreverent group of fellow inmates.

Shocking revelations and new arrivals shake up the lives and relationships of Litchfield's prisoners in this highly anticipated second series.

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A probing, contemporary look at crime, the presumption of guilt and the urban prison system, 'The Night Of' centres around the police investigation of a murder on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

The prime suspect in the case - a college student, the son of immigrant parents - finds himself and his family thrown into the pit of NYC's criminal, legal, penal and judicial system after his arrest and imprisonment. Written by Steven Zaillian and Richard Price, 'The Night Of' takes an unvarnished look at both the city's multifaceted criminal justice system and the purgatory of Riker's Island. Starring John Turturro and Riz Ahmed.

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Chris Kyle's (Bradley Cooper) mission is to protect his brothers in arms while being a prime target of insurgents.

Despite the danger, as well as the toll on his family at home, Chris serves through four harrowing tours of duty in Iraq, personifying the spirit of the Seal creed to "leave no one behind". But upon returning to his wife, Taya (Sienna Miller), and kids, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.

"Schindler's List" tells the incredible true story of the enigmatic Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust and whose lessons of courage continue to inspire generations.

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In late 1940's New York, Mafia 'Godfather' Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) gathers his three sons around him for daughter Connie (Talia Shire)'s wedding; the hot-headed Sonny (James Caan), ineffectual Fredo (John Cazale) and war hero Michael (Al Pacino), who chooses to distance himself from the

family 'business'. When Vito is shot and wounded for refusing to sanction a rival family's heroin sales on his territory, Sonny temporarily takes over and embarks on bloody gang warfare. This results in him being killed in an ambush, and Michael finds himself nominated to succeed the ailing Vito.

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Banshee is an American action, drama, and crime thriller television series. The series is engaging and entertaining, following Antony Starr, who plays an ex-con that takes the identity of the town of Banshee’s murdered sheriff.

With his new power comes the opportunity to hide from his enemies, and try to reconcile with his former lover - who also happens to be the daughter of his main enemy. The line between good and bad blurs, and the grey areas grow more as the series progresses.

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John River (Stellan Skarsgärd) is a gifted police officer with a secret.

As a man haunted by manifestations of the dead, including a tormenting killer, Thomas Cream (Eddie Marsan) and the murder victims whose secrets he must unlock, he walks a tightrope between maintaining respectability at work and managing his own fragile state of mind. His colleague and confidant, Detective Sergeant Jackie Stevie Stevenson (Nicola Walker) lends River the emotional support he so badly needs, whilst his boss, Chief Inspector Chrissie Reid (Lesley Manville) is conflicted between River s obvious talents and his evident problems. Adrift in a London full of other exiled souls, River's own isolation helps him connect with the troubled victims who crash into his world, and to see the truth in ways his colleagues are drawn to admire and question, in equal measure. But as his long-held defences are eroded by love and loss, River is torn between the living and the dead; will he have to choose once and for all?

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Breaking Bad is an American drama series about a struggling high school science teacher Walter White who puts his chemistry knowledge to good use when he decides to start moonlighting as a producer of high end drugs.

Diagnosed with inoperable terminal lung cancer at the start of the first series White turns to a life of crime, with the help of a former student, in an attempt to secure financial stability for his family after his inevitable death. Critically acclaimed this dark, unusual and occasionally humorous drama has won a wealth of awards, most notably for the acting talents of lead Bryan Cranston and his young assistant Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul).

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Broadchurch is a British crime and drama television series created by Chris Chibnall. The series begins with the death of a pre-pubescent boy, and follows the outcry and suspicion thrust onto the small town, where everyone becomes a suspect. The following seasons continue to develop this story.

Cast include the pop culture favourite David Tennant, and Olivia Colman. International remakes have been made, with the American version also starring Tennant.

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The Blacklist is an American television series, with themes of crime, drama, action, and thriller. Premiering in 2013, the series follows Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Keen (Megan Boone), a rookie profiler who finds her life getting more complex with the introduction of Raymond ‘Red’ Reddington (James Spader).

A highlight of the FBI’s notorious Most Wanted list, Red makes an offer: he wants his freedom, in exchange for helping them find criminals they didn’t even know existed.

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Luther is a British crime drama about a brilliant and rebellious London detective and the many depraved and horrific criminals he must track down.

The series follows DCI John Luther (Idris Elba), a deeply troubled cop trying to move past the many terrible things he has seen on the job but the appearance of a woman named Alice (Ruth Wilson) at a particularly gruesome crime scene complicates his life as things start to collapse around him despite everything he does to try and stop it.

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In 1950, Timothy Evans was hanged for the murder of his baby daughter Geraldine. The police also believed that he had killed his wife Beryl. But to his final moments Evans protested his innocence.

Three years later, a gruesome discovery at 10 Rillington Place revealed that his neighbour - star prosecution witness John Reginald Christie (Tim Roth) knew much more about the sinister goings on in the house. Set in the dark confines of Christie's home, this powerful drama imagines the relationships between Christie, his wife Ethel (Samantha Morton) and the innocent young Evans couple. What twisted influence did Christie hold over the young newly-weds Timothy (Nico Mirallegro) and Beryl (Jodie Comer)? And how was he able to trick both judge and jury into sending an innocent man to the executioner?

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The Fall is a British psychological thriller and drama series, starring Gillian Anderson as Stella Gibson, a hyper intelligent Detective Superintendent which hunts a notorious serial killer named Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan), showing both sides of a society shattering events like serial murders.

The series revolve around Belfast, with the killer stalking his future victims and Stella trying to track him down and overpower him by using various detective methods.