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Young petty crook Jackie Knowles (Richard Attenborough) is arrested for his role as getaway driver in a botched robbery. As Knowles is already on probation for an earlier crime, he is sentenced to three years in Borstal.

Jackie intends to keep his head down and serve his time but soon falls in with a crowd that plan to escape. Scheming Alfie Rawlins (Dirk Bogarde) see's Jackie's innocent charm as integral to their escape plans and persuades him to join the gang. Jackie's anxiety is heightened by rumours of a romance between his girlfriend Kitty (Barbara Murray) and former Borstal boy Bill Foster (Jimmy Hanley). During the escape Jackie coshes a Borstal guard, and after they are all quickly recaptured, he learns the stricken officer is undergoing a life-saving operation that may lead to a murder charge if unsuccessful. It's left to Kitty and the Borstal's progressive governor (Jack Warner) to try and help Jackie serve his time, rehabilitate and not reoffend.

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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.

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After landing himself in jail trying to break out his friend, Jack Burns (Kirk Douglas) finds himself alone and on the run from the law. Leading the manhunt is Sheriff Morey Johnson (Walter Matthau) who must bring Burns to justice despite his own sympathy for the fugitive.

An unforgettable portrait of a lawless man standing up to the modern world.

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Set in and around the corridors of power, 'Bodyguard' tells the story of David Budd (Richard Madden), a heroic but volatile war veteran now working as a Specialist Protection Officer for the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch (RaSP) of London's Metropolitan Police Service.

When he is assigned to protect the ambitious and powerful Home Secretary Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes), Budd finds himself torn between his duty and his beliefs. Responsible for her safety, could he become her biggest threat?

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Harrison Ford is intrepid CIA agent Jack Ryan. When his mentor Admiral James Greer (James Earl Jones) becomes gravely ill, Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. His first assignment: investigate the murder of one of the president's friends, a prominent U.S.

businessman with secret ties to Colombian drug cartels. Unbeknownst to Ryan, the CIA has already dispatched a deadly field operative (Willem Dafoe) to lead a paramilitary force against the Colombian drug lords. Caught in the crossfire, Ryan takes matters into his own hands, risking his career and life for the only cause he still believes in - the truth.

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"Checkmate: Kings versus Queens", is the second season in this chess TV series that sees the world's top male and female players battle it out to win the £20,000 first prize.

The players give their thoughts and secrets as they play against each other over nine episodes, with Grand Master Simon Williams and TV presenter Anna Richardson (Loose Women) providing their expert overview. The top grandmasters and former world champions include Alexandra Kosteniuk, Richard Rapport, Anna Muzychuk, Nigel Short, Mariya Muzychuk, Aryan Tari, Pia Cramling, David Smerdon Elisabeth Paehtz and Maxim Rodhstein.

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One of the funniest British comedies in the music hall tradition of the thirties. Comedian will hay stars as Mr. Porter. A railway attendant whose boss has been wanting to fire him for 30 years.

He has been unable to because porter is a relative of the managing director and is determined to become a station master. Somewhere! He is eventually commissioned to a near-decrepit station in Ireland. Where he organises a train for a sinister man to board. To his surprise. The train vanishes. The villagers believe that ghosts are responsible, but porter may yet prove otherwise, even if by accident!

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"The Long Call" follows DI Matthew Venn (Ben Aldridge) who has returned to live in North Devon with his husband. It's a place Matthew walked away from 20 years ago, after being rejected by his family.

He is grieving for the recent loss of his father and now must lead a shocking murder investigation: a body has been found on the beach. As Matthew and his team search for clues, the pressure mounts as the case takes an unexpected turn. Matthew must unravel the web of mystery and lies to get to the bottom of the case.

Gorgeous Mediterranean beaches are no distraction for the Checkmate grandmasters. Ten top chess champions in the world bring their best game to the table, while hosts Anna and Simon provide quick-witted commentary on the competition.

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Welsh librarian John Lewis (Peter Sellers), unhappily married to Jean Lewis (Virginia Maskell), falls in love with the glamorous Elizabeth Gruffydd Williams (Mai Zetterling). Liz is likewise saddled with a dull spouse, wealthy Vernon Gruffyd-Williams (Raymond Huntley).

Finding themselves to be kindred spirits, John and Liz plan an illicit affair. Alas, none of their carefully calculated schemes for a romantic tryst come to fruition thanks to a series of comic (but utterly credible) complications. John ultimately concludes that adultery simply isn't worth the bother.

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A plane crash in the freezing Alaskan wilderness pits intellectual billionaire Charles Morse against self satisfied fashion photographer Robert Green in a brutal struggle for survival.

Each soon discovers that the greatest danger resides not in nature, but from human fear, treachery, and quite possible, murder. This "nerve-racking adventure" filled with non-stop action and "gripping suspense" is a harrowing tale from one of America's leading screenwriters, David Mamet.

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Safe their picturesque chateau behind the front lines, the French General Staff passes down a direct order to Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas): take the Ant Hill at any cost. A blatant suicide mission, the attack is doomed to failure.

Covering up their fatal blunder, the Generals order the arrest of three innocent soldiers, charging them with cowardice and mutiny. Dax, a lawyer in civilian life, rises to the men's defense but soon realizes that, unless he can prove that the Generals were to blame, nothing less than a miracle will save his clients from the firing squad.

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Robert Beatty stars as Detective Inspector Mike Maguire, a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman posted to New Scotland Yard, in this popular late '50s series depicting London's fight against crime.

Overseen by legendary producer Harry Alan Towers, 'Dial 999' sees Maguire assigned to a wide range of cases as he observes how his British counterparts deal with everything from workplace pilfering to mail-train robberies, drug-smuggling and murder! Featuring scripts by Brian Clemens (as Tony O'Grady) and guest appearances from Patrick Troughton, Barbara Steele, Sydney Tafler, William Hartnell, Peter Bowles, Gordon Jackson, Robert Rietty, Tom Bell and Zena Marshall among many others, this set contains all 39 dramatic episodes.

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Set in 1946, this engrossing drama follows Rachael Morgan (Keira Knightley), a British woman whose colonel husband (Jason Clarke) is charged with rebuilding war-ravaged Hamburg.

When she joins him there during the bitter winter months, she learns they will be sharing their home with a German widower (Alexander Skarsgard) and his troubled daughter. Before long, the unusual arrangement intensifies political divides and stirs deep personal wounds. In this increasingly charged environment, enmity and grief give way to unexpected passion and betrayal.

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Relive every thrilling moment as ABC's 'Once Upon a Time: The Complete Second Season' casts its tantalizing spell.

The curse is broken, magic has arrived, and there's no telling what - or who - will be unleashed! Now the exiled fairy-tale characters must grapple with a flood of awakened memories as they come to grips with their new "reality." Old loyalties will be tested, new heroes will emerge and vengeful villains will wreak havoc - including ruthless pirate Captain Hook and the relentlessly wicked Cora. Amidst the backdrop of previously unexplored lands and a newly magical Storybrooke, love and sacrifice will set the stage for the ultimate battle between good and evil. For, in the words of Rumplestiltskin, where magic is concerned, only one thing is certain: it always comes at a price.