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Rillington Place

2016

Rillington Place

2016
7.3
A three-part drama about serial killer John Christie and the murders at 10 Rillington Place in the 1940s and early 1950s.
Charlemagne, le prince à cheval

1994

Charlemagne, le prince à cheval

1994
8.5
Charlemagne, le prince à cheval is a 1993 television miniseries about the life of Charlemagne. It consists of five episodes and covers the period from the death of his father, Pepin the Short in AD 768 until Charlemagne's corronation as the first Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day, AD 800. However, there is a minor chronological anachronism: in an earlier episode, we see Widukind, the king of the Saxons surrender and convert to Christianity, which didn't happen until AD 803. This program was directed by Clive Donner and based primarily on the contemporary biography of Charlemagne written by Einhard, who knew Charlemagne personally.
Mankind: The Story of All of Us

2012

Mankind: The Story of All of Us

2012
6.8
Mankind The Story of All of Us is an epic 12-hour television event about the greatest adventure of all time—the history of the human race. It takes 10 billion years for the ideal planet to form and 3 billion more for the right conditions to emerge before it finally happens: mankind begins. From there unfolds a fast-paced story told here through key turning points—stepping stones in our journey from hunter-gatherer to global citizen. It’s a tale of connections—why some ideas take hold and spread around the globe, and how the lives of people in one part of the world are shaped by events in another.
Cross of Fire

1989

Cross of Fire

1989
6.5
Cross of Fire is a 1989 American television mini-series based on the horrific rape and murder of Madge Oberholtzer by D.C. Stephenson, a highly successful leader of the Indiana branch of the Ku Klux Klan. It was originally shown in two parts. In syndication, it is shown as a television movie.
Storage Wars: Texas

2011

Storage Wars: Texas

2011
6.6
Storage Wars: Texas is a reality television series on the A&E Network
Barbelle

2017

Barbelle

2017
7.8
Barbelle follows the story of a newly famous Toronto based pop-star duo, Veronica Vale and Alice O'Hara, whose meteoric rise to stardom has led to a blitzkrieg on their personal lives.
The World Wars

2014

The World Wars

2014
7.2
The story of three decades of war told through the eyes of various men who were its key players: Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill, Tojo, DeGaulle and MacArthur. The series examines the two wars as one contiguous timeline starting in 1914 and concluding in 1945 with these unique individuals coming of age in World War I before ultimately calling the shots in World War II.
Kevin Can F**K Himself

2021

Kevin Can F**K Himself

2021
6.8
Explore the secret life of a woman we all grew up watching: the sitcom wife. The series looks to break television convention and ask what the world looks like through her eyes. Alternating between single-camera realism and multi-camera zaniness, the formats will inform one another as we imagine what happens when the sitcom wife escapes her confines, and takes the lead in her own life.
The Lost Prince

2003

The Lost Prince

2003
7.1
The life of Prince John, youngest child of Britain's King George V and Queen Mary, who died at the age of 13 in 1919.
Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp

1970

Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp

1970
6.6
Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp is an American action/adventure comedy series that originally aired on ABC from September 12, 1970 to January 2, 1971. The Saturday morning live-action film series featured a cast of chimpanzees given apparent speaking roles by overdubbing with human voices.
Speakerine

2018

Speakerine

2018
6.3
July 1962. Christine Beauval, star speaker of the RTF, is a fulfilled woman who leads her life as a wife and mother, as well as an ambitious professional career. But in the spotlight, when she should speak, her body suddenly falls, bloody. A few days earlier, her husband Pierre was appointed head of Mondovision by his friend Eric Jauffret, Minister of Information.
The Secret River

2015

The Secret River

2015
7.1
In 1806, William Thornhill is sentenced to New South Wales for life where he is drawn into a terrifying conflict that will leave a bloody and indelible stain.
Dates That Made History

2018

Dates That Made History

2018
8.9
Historian Patrick Boucheron revisits the most important dates in history through the prisms of memory and collective imagination.
Borderland

2017

Borderland

2017
5.5
Gritty police thriller about a German father-daughter team working with French colleagues to battle organized crime in the German border town of Kehl.
The Secret of Crickley Hall

2012

The Secret of Crickley Hall

2012
7.2
A year after the disappearance of their son, Gabe and Eve Caleigh and their two daughters attempt to start anew, they head to Crickley Hall - a seemingly perfect countryside house. But when cellar doors start to open on their own, phantom children's cries are heard through the night and a frenzied cane-wielding specter rears its head - the Caleigh's realize the house comes with a lot more than they bargained for. Just as they're ready to move out, Eve Caleigh hears Cam's cries and all bets are off.
Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution

2011

Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution

2011
6.2
It's a comedy revolution -- unite in uproarious laughter with the "fluffy" comic in the Hawaiian shirt! Filmed at the Stand Up Live club in Phoenix, this series features Gabriel Iglesias and a bunch of his funny comedian friends performing routines, plus music from Grammy Award winners Ozomatli, the house band. Iglesias begins each episode with a set of all-new material before introducing a guest comic, some of whom include Cristela Alonzo, Tommy Chunn, Noe Gonzalez, Maz Jobrani, Rudy Moreno, Carlos Oscar, Paul Varghese and Thea Vidale. Martin Moreno is the show announcer and guest commentator.
Fatal Injections

2022

Fatal Injections

2022
6
Fatal Injections is about the nurse Maiken and her fiancé, Doctor Jacob who are stuck in a relationship without any passion. But all that changes when a young Norwegian nurse, Ida, joins them at the hospital ward. Because Ida is charming, seductive and spontaneous - in no time they all become best friends. A friendship that turns into sexual attraction and pure passion. For a second everything is amazing. But Ida has secrets. Dark secrets. And soon attraction turns into fear when Maiken begins to suspect that Ida is responsible for multiple deaths at the hospital.
V.C. Andrews' Dawn

2023

V.C. Andrews' Dawn

2023
5.4
After learning the shocking truth about the people who raised her, young Dawn goes to stay with her real family — a family with dark and twisted secrets. As she struggles to fit in, her cruel grandmother starts to rule her life with an iron fist.
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America

2019

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America

2019
8
From executive producers Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, Shawn Gee and Alex Gibney, each episode of this series focuses on a groundbreaking song pivotal to the evolution of American music and culture. From the early hip-hop battles to verses that sparked hope and inspired change, watch artists deconstruct their composition, revisit the impact the song had on them personally, and dissect the socio-economic and cultural conditions that inspired the landmark work and gave voice to a generation.
Accused: Guilty or Innocent?

2020

Accused: Guilty or Innocent?

2020
8.1
An intimate account of what happens when someone is formally charged with a crime and sent to trial – all solely from the perspective of the accused, their legal team and family members.