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Duel au soleil

2014

Duel au soleil

2014
6.5
Todd Sampson's Body Hack

2016

Todd Sampson's Body Hack

2016
9
Filmed around the world over a period of six months, Todd will take on some of the biggest challenges of his life as he embarks on an epic exploration, investigating some of the world’s most extraordinary people. He deconstructs and decodes how these incredible people live, what they do differently from the rest of us and how this impacts the human body.
Sirens

2002

Sirens

2002
4.5
This psychological thriller concerns Ali, a London-based female law officer simultaneously involved in a heated and clandestine relationship with her sister's beau and a city-wide police hunt for a serial rapist. When the squads close in on the boyfriend as their number one suspect, it foretells Ali's need to 'lay down her cards' by confessing her relationship to the man in question. But this may mean permanently losing all ties with her sister. Ali suddenly finds herself torn violently in two directions - but she's quickly running out of time, as new details come to light regarding the suspect's background and motivations.
Martin Compston's Scottish Fling

2022

Martin Compston's Scottish Fling

2022
7.5
Proud Greenock lad Martin is coming home. He joins his mate Phil MacHugh on a riotous road trip showcasing the spirit of modern Scotland through its people and places.
Full Force Nature

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Full Force Nature

0000
7
Full Force Nature is a television series that premiered on January 15, 2006 on The Weather Channel. It showcases some of the most unbelievable weather moments caught on tape.
Magnus

2019

Magnus

2019
6.8
Magnus - perhaps the police's worst investigator - is set to solve a murder from another world, and then we mean a completely different world.
Chefs

2015

Chefs

2015
6.3
Every year Le Chef (English: The Chef), owner of the restaurant Le Paris, and a figure in French cuisine incorporates a young offender on probation into his team. Romain, just released from prison, arrives in this new world where gastronomy and excellence mix. After a difficult integration, he shows a real talent for cooking and climbs the ranks.
Nurses Who Kill

2016

Nurses Who Kill

2016
6.2
The stories of some of the most prolific murderers and serial killers to walk hospital grounds across the globe. Often referred to as the ‘angels of the ward’ experts examine what turned these caregivers into killers.
Scarlet Hill

2022

Scarlet Hill

2022
5.4
A businessman brings his fiancée and her young son to a scenic resort, and quickly finds himself embroiled in a murder investigation.
Trunk Train

2011

Trunk Train

2011
A forgetful elephant, a vegetarian anteater and a termite colony that believe to be aliens, travel together on a train across Latin America.
Blue Ridge

2024

Blue Ridge

2024
6
Former Green Beret, Justin Wise, leaves his dangerous life to be near his ex-wife and young daughter. As sheriff of a small, sleepy town cut out of the Blue Ridge Mountains, his quiet life is soon disrupted as he tries to keep the mountain community safe from violence and corruption.
Deadline Gallipoli

2015

Deadline Gallipoli

2015
6.2
Three journalists, Charles Bean, Ellis Ashmead Bartlett and Phillip Schuler, arrive at Gallipoli with the invading British and Allied troops in 1915. They will report the war but are prevented from getting out the true story of an unfolding disaster. From encampment in Cairo to Anzac Cove to the evacuation, this is the story of journalists who will not accept that truth be the first casualty. This is the story of the men who will not shut up. The actions of these men will help change the course of the campaign, ensure that a strategic disaster becomes a legend of human heroism, and leave an impregnable mark on each of their lives.
Sabuesos

2018

Sabuesos

2018
4.9
Max is a Jack Russell dog genetically modified for criminal purposes so he is able to talk. Running away from the criminals he's working for, he is wounded, then saved by detective-wannabe Alberto, who is fire and house-hunting. They end up staying with Alberto's sister-in-law Marta and her two children. Thanks to them all, Alberto finally manages to be a detective, and he and Max establish their detective agency: Sabuesos.
Billy Corgan's Adventures in Carnyland

2024

Billy Corgan's Adventures in Carnyland

2024
5
Billy juggles his music career with The Smashing Pumpkins, reviving his wrestling promotion National Wrestling Alliance, family life with his fiancée Chloe Mendel and their two kids, in a multitasking whirlwind that tests his limits.
Cause of Death

2022

Cause of Death

2022
Documentary following the work of senior coroner for Lancashire and Darwen Dr James Adeley, who runs a team that works from the moment a body arrives in the mortuary through to the inquest, when the cause of death is determined.
Ace Crawford, Private Eye

1983

Ace Crawford, Private Eye

1983
6
Ace Crawford, Private Eye is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from March to April 1983. The series parodied the “hard-boiled detective” genre.
Five Children and It

1991

Five Children and It

1991
5.2
A group of children discovers a mysterious creature in the local sand pit who agrees to grant them one wish each day.
Asylum

2015

Asylum

2015
6.5
Inspired by the true stories of whistle-blowers claiming asylum, Asylum is a satirical comedy about a government whistle-blower and a millionaire internet entrepreneur trapped together in the London embassy of a fictional Latin American country. Dan Hern is a serious, self-important egotist who is accused of leaking important documents. After a year in the El Rican embassy Dan is bored, depressed and has no hope of getting out - his only chance is to push his case in an interview with the Guardian. The embassy staff are struggling to attract people to the annual embassy ball, as Dan is old news and nobody wants to come. The Ambassador's oily son decides to offer sanctuary to another international fugitive named Ludo Backslash: a larger-than-life, childish hacker and internet pirate, who set up a file-sharing website and became public enemy number one among the global entertainment community.
Wigs in a Blanket

2019

Wigs in a Blanket

2019
Ginger Minj and Jiggly Caliente are both in a bit of a time crunch prepping their respective meals in time for their drag brunch. Will they be able to have enough time to cook? What surprise special guests will make an appearance? Who will have their meals prepared in time? All of this and more as our two favorite cooking queens get ready for their drag brunch extravaganza!
Black Market: Dispatches

2016

Black Market: Dispatches

2016
In this global series presented by Michael K. Williams, we embed ourselves inside criminal enterprises to see how contraband moves across borders, and explore the politics behind a hidden economy nearly as big as the one you know.