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And Never Let Her Go

2001

And Never Let Her Go

2001
7
The true story of a woman's suspicious disappearance after ending an affair with a powerful, married attorney.
Kidnapped

2005

Kidnapped

2005
6
15-year-old Davie Balfour is poised to receive a vast inheritance when he's lured onto a cargo ship, knocked unconscious, and kidnapped by his malevolent uncle Ebenezer, who devises a scheme to sell him into slavery. But Davie's unforeseen rescue at the hands of a Scottish rogue, Alan Breck, with them racing across the Scottish moors, with English bounty hunters in hot pursuit.
No Easy Days

2018

No Easy Days

2018
6
President Reynolds and his wife are blindsided in the middle of the night by shocking reports that their daughter has been kidnapped from a New York nightclub. The situation rapidly escalates when, following the brutal shooting of a witness on live television, a Navy Seals Unit, led by Commander Christopher Lowe storms the parking garage where Alice Reynolds is being held.
Living with the Dead

2002

Living with the Dead

2002
A man begins to have disturbing visions of dead people, among whom are his mother and victims of a local serial killer. The detective investigating the murders looks to him for help in solving the case.
A Woman of Independent Means

1995

A Woman of Independent Means

1995
10
Bess Steed marries her childhood sweetheart in the early part of the 20th century and begins a life in the high society of Dallas, Texas. As time goes by, things do not work out as she expects. Her husband dies of influenza, and she finds that she must pick up and carry along with her life. She proves to be a strong, committed, and loving individual who attracts new loves into her life and finds that she can take good care of the old ones. Despite further tragedy in losing her oldest son, and a second marriage that is not all that she expects it to be she continues to survive as independently as she has discovered the courage to do so.
Answered by Fire

2006

Answered by Fire

2006
2
A two-part television film based on the 1999 East Timor conflicts that led to East Timor's independence.
St. Peter

2005

St. Peter

2005
The life of Saint Peter, a reluctant but passionate leader, from the crucifixion of Jesus to his own.
Strong Medicine

1986

Strong Medicine

1986
A woman starts working for a prestigious pharmaceutical company that's developing a new miraculous cure. Soon, she discovers what a devious and cut-throat business pharmaceutical industry can be.
Talking to the Dead

2013

Talking to the Dead

2013
6
Rookie inspector Fiona Griffiths has a brilliant mind - and a secret history of mental illness called Cotard's Syndrome that has left her with a deep and peculiar empathy for the dead. A two-part crime drama for Sky Living which aired as part of the Drama Matters season. Based on the novel by Harry Bingham.
Red Ruby

2019

Red Ruby

2019
6.3
Red Ruby, about a group of students who went missing underground in the 1990s and re-emerge as teenage vampires.
Twisted Sisters

2018

Twisted Sisters

2018
6.8
The most outrageous and provocative crimes ever committed by sisters, who sometimes work together and sometimes turn against each other.
Rules of Engagement

1989

Rules of Engagement

1989
2
Political intrigue and murder occurs when the English town of Portsmouth is sealed off by the military during the eve of World War III.
Russell Howard & Mum: Globetrotters

2016

Russell Howard & Mum: Globetrotters

2016
2
Russell Howard takes his “twinkly eyed smasher of a mum” Ninette Howard on an eye-opening trip around the USA, meeting an array of weird and wonderful characters and experiencing their unusual hobbies and obsessions.
I Am Syd Stone

2020

I Am Syd Stone

2020
2.2
While shooting a film in a small town, a famous actor puts his personal life and career in jeopardy by starting an intense affair with another man.
Truckers

2013

Truckers

2013
6
Funny, moving and at times painful - Truckers tells stories of real life, ordinary people pushed to extremes. In each episode, one character undertakes a journey and we are along for the ride. In an age when technology would make us seem ever more connected, the series uses the truck driver, alone in his cab, as a way to explore how isolated we can become within modern society and the importance of real human connection. These are powerful, moving stories, but the tone is always joyous and each story is one of redemption.
Cualquier Parecido

2023

Cualquier Parecido

2023
8
Servants

2003

Servants

2003
7.5
Bold and irreverent drama following the fortunes of a group of servants in an 1850s English country house.
The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

2022

The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

2022
7.5
Divulges surprising origin stories of the American alcohol, gambling, sex, and tobacco industries and the ambitiously notorious entrepreneurs who built some of history's biggest fortunes on the nation's cravings.
Fanny by Gaslight

1981

Fanny by Gaslight

1981
5
Fanny by Gaslight is a four-part British television miniseries adapted by Anthony Steven from Michael Sadler's 1940 novel of the same mame, directed by Peter Jefferies, and produced by Joe Waters. It initially broadcast from 24 September to 15 October 1981 on BBC One. Victorian orphan Fanny Hooper navigates hardship and scandal, eventually discovering her true parentage and finding love amidst the city's demi-monde.
Pecadora

2010

Pecadora

2010