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Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.

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Captain Stefan Brandt (Jai Courtney) is sent on a mission to investigate a threat to the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II (Christopher Plummer). Arriving at the Kaiser's secluded mansion, Brandt learns that local resistance and British Intelligence are moving in on the deposed German monarch.

As he begins to infiltrate the Kaiser's life in search of clues, Brandt finds himself drawn into an unexpected and passionate romance with Mieke (Lily James), one of the Kaiser's maids.

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'Major Crimes' returns to take on the most complex homicides in Los Angeles. From searching for a teenage girl who vanished while helping the homeless, hunting down a cop killer or following up on a beheading, the investigators do everything in their power to balance the scales of justice.

Captain Sharon Raydor (Mary McDonnell) navigates a new romance, tragic loss and surprising confrontations while she guides her adopted son, Rusty (Graham Patrick Martin), through his personal and professional crises. The close-knit squad copes with their own ups and downs: reopening a decades-old cold case, infiltrating a criminal conspiracy, hitting Hollywood's red carpet and celebrating married life. 'Major Crimes' brings justice to bear in Series Five's 21 smart, hard-hitting episodes that explore the kinds of crimes that could only happen in the City of Angels.

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Career con man Roy (Ian McKellen) sets his sights on his latest mark, recently widowed Betty (Helen Mirren), who's worth millions. And he means to take it all.

But as the two grow closer, what should have been another simple swindle becomes a high-stakes game of cat and mouse in this suspenseful drama about the secrets people keep and the lies they live.

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It's a whole new ballgame for the LAPD's top-gun detectives as the first electrifying season of "Major Crimes" picks up where the hit series 'The Closer' left off. But there's more than a little grumbling in the tight-knit brotherhood of 'Major Crimes' because their new leader...

is their old nemesis, Captain Sharon Raydor (Mary McDonnell). And Raydor arrives with a whole new approach and plenty of baggage - in the form of lingering resentment over her earlier investigations into the team's operations. But even as Raydor attempts to gain the unit's trust, 'Major Crimes' will be forced to pull together to crack their toughest cases ever. From busting a gang of ex-soldiers turned heavily armed robbers, to joining forces with the FBI to take on Israeli mobsters, to investigating a street gang shooting that leads Raydor to jeopardise her career, to stopping the killing spree of a deranged sniper, the 10 episodes of 'Major Crimes' debut series are a major entertainment event... that would be a crime to miss.

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She risked everything to stop an unjust war. Her government called her a traitor.

Based on true events, 'Official Secrets' tells the story of Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley), a British intelligence specialist who received a shocking memo in 2003: the United States is enlisting Britain's help in blackmailing United Nations Security Council members so they vote in favour of the Iraq War. Unable to stand by, Gun defies her government and leaks the memo to the press, beginning an explosive chain of events that will ignite an international firestorm, expose a vast political conspiracy, and put Gun and her family in harm's way.

All six episodes from series four of the popular ITV comedy drama. Having had to repay their winnings in the last series, Alison (Amanda Redman) is all set to finally divorce David (Peter Davison), but the reappearance of David's old girlfriend (Judy Holt) threatens to throw a spanner in the works.

Inspired by a shocking true story, a tenacious attorney (Mark Ruffalo) uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything - his career, his livelihood, and his family - to expose the truth.

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After the dramatic climax of series 2, this series of 'Y Gwyll / Hinterland' finds DCI Tom Mathias (Richard Harrington) seeking to heal physical as well as psychological scars.

The hideaway he'd found himself on the wild shores of Ceredigion has been destroyed and he has relocated to the heart of the seaside town of Aberystwyth. This new series sees Mathias thrown back into an old case that has intrigued him since his early days working in Aber, a case that threatens to drive an irreconcilable rift through the team. But while Mathias delves into the past his colleague DS Sian Owens (Hannah Daniel) focuses on a current case, she's been tasked with discovering who burnt down Mathias' home.

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Jesse Eisenberg stars in the true story of Jewish Boy Scouts joining the French Resistance to save over 10,000 orphans from the Nazis in World War Two.

Eisenberg plays famous mime artist Marcel Marceau who, together with a group of activists, fights to rescue Jewish orphans from ruthless Nazis and take them safely across the Swiss border.

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Thought safely entombed deep beneath the desert, an ancient princess (Sofia Boutella) whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day. Her malevolence has grown over millennia and with it come terrors that defy human comprehension.

From the sand of the Middle East through modern-day London, The Mummy balances wonder, thrills, and imagination.

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Aberystwyth's panoramic vistas hide a multitude of sins and it is DCI Tom Mathias' job to investigate and hunt down the perpetrators of crimes that jeopardise the safety and security of the local community.

Throughout the second season of Hinterland, Mathias is drawn into a world of killers and their victims. Atmospheric and disturbing, this is a detective drama of poetry and scale, a story of blood, soil and belonging. This is Hinterland.

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Having just completed another round of treatment for chronic anorexia, acclaimed war photographer Stephanie (Sian Brooke) is working hard to reconnect with her family. Her mother Susan (Amanda Burton) is supportive but preoccupied by her forthcoming wedding to Annette (Kazia Pelka).

Meanwhile Stephanie's teenage daughter, competitive swimmer Pearl (Fabienne Piolini-Castle), is angry and full of resentment, refusing to give her mother a second chance. Stephanie will need all her strength to keep her head above water.

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"Jojo Rabbit" follows a lonely German boy Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis), whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his mother Rosie (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl Elsa (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic.

Aided by his wildly idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi), Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.

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The third season of 'Outlander' picks up right after Claire (Caitriona Balfe) travels through the stones to return to her life in 1948. Now pregnant, she struggles with the fallout of her sudden reappearance and its effect on her marriage to her first husband, Frank.

Meanwhile, in the 18th century, Jamie (Sam Heughan) suffers from the aftermath of his doomed last stand at the historic battle of Culloden, as well as the loss of Claire. As the years pass, Jamie and Claire attempt to make lives apart from one another, each haunted by the memory of their lost love. Separated by continents and centuries, Claire and Jamie must find their way back to each other. As always, adversity, mystery and adventure await them, and the question remains: When they find each other, will they be the same people who parted:at the standing stones all those years ago?