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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

1996

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

1996
9
Ever since her birth in Newgate Prison, Moll has survived by her cunning wit, and considerable powers of seduction. She goes through five husbands and countless lovers to escape a life on the streets. In between using and deceiving her besotted paramours, she is not above picking a pocket or two! All the while, though, her heart belongs to the charismatic Jemmy. Inevitably, even the most clever criminal's luck runs out and Moll is soon facing hangman's noose. As her execution day approaches, she devises on last desperate ploy to save not only her own neck, but also the life of her one true love.
Below Deck Down Under

2022

Below Deck Down Under

2022
6.4
Set against the stunning backdrop of the tropical Whitsunday Islands and world-famous Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Australia, this series explores the complex, often explosive dynamics of the crew and a rotating group of demanding charter guests on M/Y Thalassa.
Everything I Know About Love

2022

Everything I Know About Love

2022
5.6
In a 2012 London house-share, childhood best friends Maggie and Birdy — now in their 20s — experience bad dates, heartaches and humiliation. With flashbacks to suburban adolescence in the early noughties, the series begs the question: can platonic love survive romantic love as we grow up?
Press

2018

Press

2018
6.9
The lives of the editors and journalists working at a left-leaning broadsheet and a populist tabloid.
Bedlam

2011

Bedlam

2011
5.8
Welcome to Bedlam Heights. Converted from an imposing former lunatic asylum, this apartment building offers the ultimate in stylish 21st century urban living. But little do its new residents suspect that behind the luxury fittings lay unimaginable horrors.
Noughts + Crosses

2020

Noughts + Crosses

2020
5.9
In an alternate history where black “Cross” people rule over white “Noughts”, young couple Sephy and Callum are divided by their colour but united by love.
Jekyll and Hyde

2015

Jekyll and Hyde

2015
6.3
Inspired by the original novella by Robert Louis Stevenson, Jekyll and Hyde is set in 1930s London and follows Robert Jekyll, the grandson of Henry Jekyll, on his quest to discover his real identity, his true family history and the nature of his ‘curse’ – which his foster father, Dr Vishal Najaran, is controlling with medication. His journey takes him into a dark and unforgiving place, as his alter ego seems capable of anything. At the same time there are shadowy forces trying to find Jekyll and the source of his powers.
Irreverent

2022

Irreverent

2022
6.9
A criminal from Chicago who bungles a heist is forced to hideout in a small Australian reef town in Far North Queensland posing as the new church Reverend.
The Secret

2016

The Secret

2016
6.2
The true story of a Sunday school teacher and respectable dentist and pillar of the community, who formed a murderous partnership.
Shadowlands

2018

Shadowlands

2018
5
An anthology style series that explores love in three separate stories - a couple renegotiating a relationship, a narcissist grasping to comprehend it, and star-crossed lovers mourning its loss.
Ridley Road

2021

Ridley Road

2021
6.5
During London's swinging sixties, young Jewish Vivien Epstein follows her lover into danger and when he is caught between life and death, she finds herself going undercover with the fascists, not only for him but for the sake of her country.
Upstairs Downstairs

2010

Upstairs Downstairs

2010
7.4
Set in 1936, the show takes viewers, old and new, back to the lavish world of Belgravia, London. A new set of occupants reside at 165 Eaton Place and viewers see how external and internal influences of the tumultuous pre-war period shape and mould the lives of this wealthy family and their servants.‬
ANZAC Girls

2014

ANZAC Girls

2014
7.2
The unique, and rarely told true stories of Australian and New Zealand nurses serving at Gallipoli and the Western Front during the First World War.
Beaver Falls

2011

Beaver Falls

2011
6.4
Three British graduates blag jobs at an elite American summer camp. The guys want a summer of fun, but they have to set an example to the gorgeous teenage offspring of California's rich and powerful.
Kennedy

1983

Kennedy

1983
6
Kennedy is a five-hour miniseries written by Reg Gadney and directed by Jim Goddard. The miniseries was produced by Central Independent Television and originally aired in the United States starting on 20 November 1983 around the time of the 20th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination. The TV miniseries was a biography of the 1961-1963 presidency of John F. Kennedy. The mini-series stars Martin Sheen as President John F. Kennedy, John Shea as Robert F. Kennedy, Blair Brown as Jacqueline Kennedy, E.G. Marshall as Joseph P. Kennedy, Vincent Gardenia as J. Edgar Hoover and Kelsey Grammer as Stephen Smith amongst many others. The series was broadcast on NBC, and was also sold to 50 Countries, with 27 of them broadcasting the series simultaneous. The series was nominated for 3 Golden Globes and 4 BAFTA, and won Baftas for Best Drama Series and Best Make Up.
Hindenburg: The Last Flight

2011

Hindenburg: The Last Flight

2011
7.2
A chance encounter throws a young engineer into the depths of a deadly conspiracy that leads to the crash of the Hindenburg zeppelin in 1937.
Al otro Lado del Muro

2018

Al otro Lado del Muro

2018
2.8
Tell Me Everything

2022

Tell Me Everything

2022
6.7
Follows 16-year-old Jonny Murphy as he navigates through this world along with his friends, exploring the stresses of mental health for today's teens created by the omnipresence of technology and social media.
The Dirty D

2022

The Dirty D

2022
5.5
Things get Dirty. Welcome to "The Dirty D" Where Money, Power, and Respect, Is Often Followed By Greed, Envy, and Betrayal. In Detroit's hottest nightclub, there are no rules, nothing is off-limits, and everyone plays for keeps! It's a dirty game! Welcome to the Dirty D!
Deep Water

2019

Deep Water

2019
6.2
Follow three women as they each make life-changing mistakes regarding their children and husbands, which lead to unpredictable criminal consequences. Based on Paula Daly's best selling novel, Windermere.