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Gina (Dawn French) and Sam (Emilia Fox) have found a way of working and living together, but you couldn't call them best friends and Leo's (Iain Glen) adulterous legacy casts a long shadow.

Enter dashing celebrity chef Mason Elliot (Vincent Regan) who throws a grenade at the very heart of this complex relationship. Carefully curated resentments bubble forth, pushing the Benelli-Vincent alliance to the brink. Not even Teresa (Tanya Reynolds) and Mimi's (Sheila Hancock) unbreakable bond can prevent the implosion. But can their secret woes pull this dysfunctional family back together in the third series of 'Delicious'?

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The fourth instalment of the 'Avengers' series is the once-in-a-lifetime culmination of 22 interconnected films and the climax of an epic journey.

Earth's, heroes will finally understand how fragile our reality is - and the sacrifices that must be made to uphold it - in a story of friendship, teamwork and setting aside differences to overcome an impossible obstacle.

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The genre-busting Arctic epic series returns with one final chilling visit. We return to 'Fortitude' at the start of Series 3 with the death of Governor Munk continuing to hang over the town.

The inhabitants of the most staggeringly beautiful place on earth begin to piece their lives back together but there are new horrors festering in Fortitude and the town's Sheriff, Dan Anderssen (Richard Dormer), will find himself at the heart of them.

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There is a world hidden within our own...where angelic Shadowhunters protect humanity from unseen demons...and where Clary Fray (Katherine McNamara) will discover that all the legends are true.

Clary Fray must join a group of demon hunting Shadowhunters to rescue her mother from a powerful foe and prevent a war that threatens to tear their hidden world apart.

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How would the legendary Sherlock Holmes cope if he lost his one-of-a-kind deductive skills? In 'Elementary: Series 6', the famed detective Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) faces this devastating possibility when he is diagnosed with Post-Concussion Syndrome, a disorder that causes physical and cognitive

symptoms including memory loss. With his career, calling and sobriety all at stake, he must rely even more on his steadfast partner Dr. Joan Watson (Lucy Liu). Together, they continue in their mission to crack the NYPD's most baffling crimes and puzzling cases. Sherlock fights to overcome a mystery even he may not be able to solve.

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Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård and Emily Watson star in 'Chernobyl', the critically acclaimed five-part mini-series.

On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukrainian SSSR suffered a massive explosion that released radioactive material across Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and as far as Scandinavia and Western Europe. Dramatising the true story of the 1986 nuclear accident, one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history, Chernobyl shines a light on the brave men and women who fought an unprecedented war against an invisible enemy, and who suffered and sacrificed, saving millions of lives, often at the cost of their own.

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When country girl Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightley) marries a charismatic egomaniac named Willy (Dominic West), he unlocks the door to the tantalizing world of the Parisian arts scene. With her creative appetite sparked, Willy has Colette write novels under his name.

The phenomenal success of her 'Claudine' series makes Willy famous and elevates them both to the high life. Although she is now the toast of the town, the lack of recognition begins to gnaw at Colette. In turn, their marriage starts to internally combust, fuelled by Willy's infidelities and Colette's growing interest in women, and the gender defying Missy (Denise Gough). On a downward spiral, Willy resorts to increasingly desperate measures to pay his debts and sabotage his wife, but Colette is developing resources of her own.

Melissa McCarthy is masterful in the captivating account - based on a true story - of a down-and-out writer who resorts to lies, deceit and outright crime to get back on top.

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If Beale Street Could Talk is the story of Tish (KiKi Layne), a newly engaged Harlem woman who races against the clock to prove her fiancee's innocence.

It is a celebration of love told through the story of a young couple, their families and their lives, trying to bring about justice through love, where passion and sadness are inevitably intertwined.

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"The 12th Man" is a breath-taking war thriller about an incredible true-life story of heroism and a man's unbreakable will to live.

Norway, 1943: after a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his eleven comrades dead, Norwegian resistance fighter Jan Baalsrud (Thomas Gullestad) finds himself on the run from the Gestapo through the snowbound Arctic reaches of Scandinavia led by Kurt Stage (Jonathan Rhys Meyers). It's a harrowing journey across unforgiving, frozen wilderness that will stretch on for months - and force Jan to take extreme action in order to survive. The legendary story of Jan Baalsrud's escape remains one of the wildest, most unfathomable survival stories of World War II.

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"Stan and Ollie" tells the untold story of the world's greatest comedy act - Laurel and Hardy - with exceptional performances from Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly. In the twilight of their careers and facing an uncertain future, Laurel and Hardy set out on a tour of Great Britain and Ireland.

After an inauspicious beginning their friendship and performances shine through, making each other and their audiences laugh whilst winning the love and affection of legions of adoring fans.

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Somewhere in Lower Austria; the school term is drawing to a close and the summer holidays are not far off. Boarding school pupil Paula (Elisabeth Wabitsch), seventeen, is secretly in love with her girlfriend Charlotte (Anaelle Dézsy). But Charlotte's going out with Michael (Leo Plankensteiner).

Lovelorn, Paula decides to try and take her mind of things by getting involved with schoolmate Tim (Alexander Wychodil), whose feelings for her are at least genuine. Paula has no idea how often Charlotte thinks of her. And then there's Lilli (Alexandra Schmidt), who is just dying for someone to fancy her and tries to play the wild seductress. Paula must decide if she wants to follow her own feelings or yield to other people's.

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Based on a short story by Haruki Murakami, this critically acclaimed South Korean film tells the story of Jongsu (Ah-in Yoo), a part-time worker who bumps into old neighbour Haemi (Jong-seo Jun).

She asks him to look after her cat while she's on a trip to Kenya, but when she returns, Haemi introduces Ben (Steven Yeun) to Jongsu. One day, Ben visits Jongsu with Haemi and confesses his own secret hobby.

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Shockingly explicit, blurring the lines between art and pornography, Catherine Breillat's critically acclaimed 'Romance' is one of the most controversial films of modern cinema.

A young schoolteacher Marie (Caroline Ducey), frustrated by the lack of intimacy shown by her boyfriend Paul (Sagamore Stévenin), begins to look elsewhere for physical affection and embarks on a series of increasingly extreme sexual encounters.

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Based on the international bestseller by Caleb Carr, 'The Alienist' is a psychological thriller set in the Gilded Age of New York City in 1896, a city of vast wealth, extreme poverty and technological innovation. As a serial killer haunts the city, Dr.

Laszlo Kreizler (Daniel Brühl), a criminal psychologist, also known as an alienist, partners with newspaper illustrator John Moore (Luke Evans) and young secretary Sara Howard (Dakota Fanning) to solve the case. Using the emerging disciplines of psychology and early forensic investigation techniques, this band of social outsiders tracks down one of New York City's first serial killers.