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When Danny, a young boy, is found dead on the beach of a small resort town it throws the community into turmoil. Soon deemed a homicide, the case is taken up by a new-hire Detective Emmet Carver (David Tennant) taking a job promised to Detective Ellie Miller (Anna Gunn).

Danny's parents Mark and Beth Solano are distraught as, from the father to the local priest, friends and acquaintances, all become suspect. Now the two detectives must learn to work together, drawing on their strengths against the odds and within a town that wants to keep its secrets to itself. A powerhouse supporting cast including Nick Nolte, Michael Pena, Virginia Kull and Kevin Rankin contributes to a drama that draws on and echoes the TV phenomenon 'Broadchurch', but the path of which leads to an altogether different and more devastating conclusion.

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"Hidden Figures" tells the incredible untold story of Katherine Johnson (Taraji P.

Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) - brilliant African-American women working at NASA who served as the brains behind the launch into orbit of astronaut John Glenn (Glen Powell), a stunning achievement that turned around the Space Race. The visionary trio crossed all gender and racial lines and inspired generations.

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When Bill Hixon (Rob Lowe) lands in Boston, Lincolnshire, with his 14-year-old daughter Kelsey (Aloreia Spencer) in tow, he's hoping they can flee their painful recent past. Whip-smart, acerbic and unstoppable, Bill is very good at what he does.

America's Top Metropolitan Police Chief three years running is the ideal candidate to make his mark on the Force as its new Chief Constable. From the outset, Bill isn't about making friends. He's here to get the job done and get the hell out as quick as his spin-class-toned legs will carry him. Bill soon discovers that the people of this unfamiliar community are just as smart-mouthed, cynical and dificult to impress as he is. They don't suffer fools, authority or algorithms gladly. And as Bill, a man who's spent his life keeping the messiness of human intimacy at arm's length, is reluctantly propelled into front-line policing, the result will be as funny as it is dangerous.

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Two mismatched lovers arrive at the British seaside town of Scarborough, seeking an escape from the constraints of real life. Liz (Jodhi May), beautiful yet desperately shy, seems older than her companion, the happy-go-lucky and impulsive Daz (Jordan Bolger).

In their faded hotel room, amongst the peeling wallpaper and away from the prying eyes of their hometown, they laugh, quarrel, make love and enjoy their anonymity. In an identical room in the same hotel, the sensitive artist, Aiden (Edward Hogg), and Beth (Jessica Barden), a fiery and j impulsive young woman, tell the same story. As both couples are forced to come to terms with the impossibilities of their love, power shifts from one lover to the other, and joy turns to heartache as they reel from the destructive force of illicit love.

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.