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The adventures of John, Stephen and Liz are still fondly remembered as one of the most imaginative and popular childrens programmes of all time.

The Slaves of Jedikiah

Jaunt back to a time when a group of gifted youngsters were Planet Earth's only protection against a legion of evil villains and intergalactic terrors. The Tomorrow People are homo superiors - the next stage of human evolution. Armed with telekinetic abilities, teleportation, a secret base and a futuristic talking computer, The Tomorrow People enthralled a legion of children in the early 1970s and is remembered today as one of the most imaginative and popular children's programmes of the decade. 14 - year old Stephen has been haunted by strange voices and terrifying nightmares. He believes he must be going mad, until the mysterious Carol pays him a visit to explain that he is being watched by the Tomorrow People who have been tracking his psychic cries for help. Stephen is "breaking out" and it is now time for him to join with Carol, John, Kenny and Tim in their intergalactic quest to stop wars and put the world in order. But his transformation into homo superior has also caught the attention of the evil shape-changing robot Jedikiah who needs Stephen's telepathic powers to free his spaceship from Earth's orbit. Will Jedikiah succeed, and if so what terrible fate will he then bring to bear on the Planet Earth?
The Medusa Strain
Their names are John, Stephen, Carol and Kenny... they seem to be just ordinary kids, perhaps a bit quieter than most, but they are The Tomorrow People, forerunners of a new race... the homo superior. Gifted with superhuman powers they are nature's response to man's aggression: a new species, wiser and more peace loving than homo sapiens, and until more of their race evolve, these four have intergalactic responsibility for the future of Planet Earth. The Tomorrow People are back to pit their wits and telekinetic abilities against the most terrifying villains in all time and space. Intent on revenge, the sinister robot Jedikiah embarks on a new and even more dangerous attempt to destroy the Tomorrow People. This time enlisting Count Rabowski the space pirate from the year 2526, Jedikiah hatches an audacious plan involving freezing time and the theft of the Crown Jewels. Who are the mysterious Eternal Order of the Guardians of the Time Lanes? Will Rabowski succeed in strangling the development of Earth's telepaths at its root? How can the Tomorrow People possibly emerge triumphant?
The Vanishing Earth
It's time once again to buckle your belts and jaunt back to the 1970s as the intergalactic teenage force for good, The Tomorrow People, return for a third thrilling story - "The Vanishing Earth". In an adventure that takes in a fairground's haunted house, an alien spaceship and a trip to the seaside, the Tomorrow People find themselves pitted against the terrifying Spidron, an evil villain with the ability to conjure up earthquakes and volcanoes at will. Seemingly hell bent on the destruction of all humanity, only the Tomorrow People stand in the way of the full force of Spidron's fury. How can the Tomorrow People defeat a menace able to inflict such catastrophic damage? Is the end of the world finallv at hand?

When a mysterious life-threatening event strikes Earth, astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) goes on a dangerous mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father (Tommy Lee Jones) and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.

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The 'Men in Black' have expanded to cover the globe, but so have the scum of the universe. And to keep us safe, decorated Agent H (Chris Hemsworth) and determined rookie M (Tessa Thompson) are partnered - an unlikely pairing that just might work.

As they face a new alien threat that can take the form of anyone, including MIB agents, they must join forces on a globetrotting adventure to save the agency and ultimately the world.

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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When a strange message pod turns up at Unit HQ, the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and his assistant Jo (Katy Manning) suddenly find themselves involved in another dangerous mission for the Time Lords. The Tardis takes them to Skybase One above the inhospitable Solos.

It is the 30th century and the planet is about to gain independence from Earth's glorious empire. But someone on Solos has other plans and, alarmingly, the natives are slowly mutating into fierce-looking creatures. It's time for the Doctor and Jo to find out why...

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Reagan was in the White House, the malls were filled with New Wave fashionistas and the Goldbergs were living large in the '80s.

Documenting his hilariously combative, yet loving family with a video camera nearly as big as he is, 11-year-old geek Adam (Sean Giambrone) is witness to all kinds of insanity from his over protective, over-the-top mum (Wendi McLendon-Covey), quick-tempered dad (Jeff Garlin), rebellious sister (Hayley Orrantia), high-strung brother (Troy Gentile) and super suave grandfather (George Segal).

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Arrested after the events at Devil's End, the Master (Roger Delgado) has been incarcerated at a top-security prison on a remote island off the south coast of England. When the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and Jo Grant (Katy Manning) pay a visit to their old enemy, they find him a reformed character.

But can the spate of mysterious shipping accidents and garbled reports of sea monsters in the local area really be a coincidence? The Doctor soon finds himself pitted against the Sea Devils, an ancient race of reptiles intent on eliminating Mankind and reclaiming the Earth for themselves...

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Behind the scenes, Trish Stratus and are the best of friends, but when they go eye to eye in a WWE ring, they become two of WWE's greatest adversaries. For the first time ever, WWE Home Video collects this historic rivalry from beginning to end with Trish and Lita: Best Friends, Better Rivals.

From their first foray into sports entertainment as valets, to their legendary matches for the WWE Women's Championship, to their team ups, this set covers their parallel journeys together in sports entertainment.

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A girl on a bridge is preparing to take her own life. Adele (Vanessa Paradis) looks determined to jump but a passing stranger offers her an alternative ending.

Gabor (Daniel Auteil) is a circus act on the search for a new assistant but is this where knife-throwers like him find their new targets or is this just love at first sight? Adele takes a gamble on fate and enters Gabor's strange but exciting world. As a double act they breathe life into each other and rediscover good fortune. With Gabor's skill and Adele's stunning looks they take their act to the edge and are soon thrilling audiences across Europe. Adele is in debt to Gabor for her new confidence in life and is sure it will help her find Mr. Right. However, the moment they are apart, luck deserts them and it is only now that they truly realize the effect they had on each other. This is a unique, enchanting romantic comedy that leaves a lasting impression.

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Gloria (Julianne Moore) is a free-spirited divorcee who spends her days at a straight-laced office job and her nights on the dance floor.

One evening, she meets Arnold (John Turturro) and finds herself thrust into an unexpected new romance, filled with both the joys of budding love and the complications of harmonising this new life with an old past.

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A love story in reverse: How I Met Your Mother is a fresh new comedy about Ted (Josh Radno) and how he fell in love. When Ted's best friends Marshall (Jason Segel) and Lily (Alyson Hannigan) decide to tie the knot, it sparks the search for his own Miss Right.

Helping him in his quest is his bar-hopping wing-man Barney (Neil Patrick Harris), a confirmed bachelor with plenty of wild schemes for picking up women. Ted's sights are set on the charming and independent Robin (Cobie Smulders), but destiny may have something different in mind. Told through a series of flashbacks, Ted recalls his single days, the highs and lows of dating and the search for true love.

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The expanses of the American West take center stage in this intimately observed triptych from Kelly Reichardt.

Adapted from three short stories by Maile Meloy and unfolding in self-contained but interlocking episodes, Certain Women navigates the subtle shifts in personal desire and social expectation that unsettle the circumscribed lives of its characters: a lawyer (Laura Dern) forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother (Michelle Williams) whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a night-school teacher (Kristen Stewart) who forms a tenuous bond with a lonely ranch hand (Lily Gladstone), whose longing for connection delivers an unexpected jolt of emotional imm ediacy. With unassuming craft, Reichardt captures the rhythms of daily life in smalltown Montana through these fine-grained portraits of women trapped within the landscape's wide-open spaces.

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Charlize Theron stars as elite MI6's most lethal assassin and the crown jewel of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Lorraine Broughton.

When she's sent on a covert mission into Cold War Berlin, she must use all of the spy-craft, sensuality and savagery she has to stay alive in the ticking time bomb of a city simmering with revolution and double-crossing hives of traitors. Broughton must navigate her way through a deadly game of spies to recover a priceless dossier while fighting ferocious killers along the way...

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In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, an elite force of protectors for peace and justice has existed for centuries. They are the Green Lantern Corps.

When a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the Corps' newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds).

Aquaman reveals the origin story of half-human half-Atlantean Arthur Curry (Jason Momoa) and takes him on the journey of his lifetime - to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be...a king.