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When a giant spider attacks on the London Underground, Cutter's team descends into the maze of tunnels to investigate. However, there are more than spiders lurking in the darkness and soon the team comes face to face with an even more ferocious predator.
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When Sonia Baker, a young political researcher, falls on the Tube tracks and is killed, it devastates her high-profile boss, Labour MP Stephen Collins. The press smells blood and questions are asked about the nature of his relationship with Sonia. But when journalist Cal McAffrey discovers a surprising link to the murder of a black teenager that same morning, he begins to suspect that someone wanted Sonia dead.
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Nan and Blake are thrown out by Diana and when Blake disappears with the little money they have, Nan is totally destitute. The only person she can think of who might help her is the idealistic young charity worker Florence, who she met briefly before Diana.
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Fanny Logan tells the stories of her two friends, Linda Radlett and Polly Hampton and their various pursuits of love. Linda falls in love with banker, Tony Kroesig, and defies all parental wrath and advice to marry him. Meanwhile Polly, daughter of Lord and Lady Montdore, is home from India but has no intentions of marrying the men presented to her. Linda leaves her husband for communist, Christian Talbot. Her bother Matt runs off to fight in Spain....
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In 1832, teenage Cosette and Valjean make a new start in Paris, though Valjean worries it may be dangerous. Marius Pontmercy, now a young law student, confronts his grandfather after he learns the truth about his late father and the revolutionary ideals he fought for under Napoleon. The Thenardiers plot their revenge against their old nemesis. Javert comes closer to recapturing Valjean than ever.
8) Megazone 23
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Yahagi Shogo is a young man living in Tokyo in the mid-80s, enjoying life during a period of unprecedented peace and prosperity. Or so he thinks... in reality he, and everyone he knows, is living in a carefully maintained illusion. Almost all are blissfully unaware that they are aboard a massive spaceship, Megazone 23. Part 1 of 2.
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In this dramatization of one of Jane Austen's most complex plots, Billie Piper (Doctor Who, The Ruby in the Smoke) stars as Fanny Price, a young girl plucked from poverty and taken to live with prosperous relatives at Mansfield Park. Fanny navigates a labyrinth of intrigue and affairs among the occupants of the house, while her cousin Edmund Bertram (Blake Ritson, Inspector Lynley Mysteries) remains her stalwart confidante. The tale of romance and...
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A desert island survival course goes wrong when the leader - a trained survival expert and ex-SAS soldier - is found dead in the forest of a remote island near Saint Marie. Suspicion soon falls upon the other participants on the course, but with all of them providing one another with an alibi, how could any of them have committed the murder? With DI Neville Parker still unable to fly back to Manchester, his help is requested to solve this mysterious...
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A year has passed and there are new additions to the March family, but there is worry all around as Beth’s health and spirits flag. Amy is chosen over Jo to go on a tour of Europe. Jo flees to New York to pursue her career, but devastating news from home cuts Jo’s adventure short. The family reunites upon Amy’s return, which is made more joyful by unexpected news and a surprise visitor.
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As 2 Section prepares to return to Afghanistan, Georgie is happy to focus on her training role in the UK and send trainee medic Mimi in her place - especially as she is privately haunted by thoughts of Elvis' death. But with Mimi's confidence dipping after some complex training exercises, Georgie is compelled to return to Afghanistan to support the new recruits. In Kabul, she is pleasantly surprised at how Afghanistan has changed. But on the way to...
13) Life
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Three weeks after the events of episode one, the neighbours try to carry on as normal, but life gets in the way. Each has a choice to make: will they stick to old ways, or will they take a step into the unknown? After their flirtation three weeks previously, Belle plans a seductive night in with Dominic, which is utterly derailed by Maya's continuing chaotic presence. Meanwhile, David meets up with Kelly's university friends and is disturbed by their...
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A moving, intimate, funny, and true-to-life look at the colorful stories of midwifery and families in East London in the '50s. Based on the bestselling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth. When Jenny Lee first arrives in Poplar, she knows nothing about hardship, poverty, and life itself. But Jenny is brought up to speed fast once she joins a team of midwives who provide care to the poorest women.
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Season Two continues to follow Jenny and the other midwives as they deal with all the problems the neighborhood of Poplar has to throw at them. A fascinating portrayal of birth, life, death and a community on the brink of huge social change, Call the Midwife offers a gripping insight into a way of life that is so drastically different from how we live now.
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John Jasper is haunted and restless. Unhappily settled as choirmaster in the provincial cathedral town of Cloisterham, Jasper finds himself striving for the divine in his music even as he struggles against madness brought on by ennui and opiates. Aware of his unraveling, Jasper believes his salvation may be found in the arms of Rosa, his prized pupil. His only obstacle is her fiance, Edwin Drood - Jasper's nephew.
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Laura Timmins says goodbye to her friends and family in Lark Rise to start her first job at the Post Office in the nearby town of Candleford. Postmistress Dorcas Lane gives her a warm welcome, but her loyalties are soon divided over a dispute at Lark Rise about payment for the delivery of telegrams.
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Through a cruelly bitter winter, Tess continues to work on the farm. Alec, who seems to have replaced any religious fervour he once had with a passion for Tess alone, continues to plague her with his relentless attention. Tess’s younger sister Liza-Lu arrives at the farm to report that their father is dying. Tess and her sister hurry home. John Durbeyfield dies and is buried. The family are turned out of their house. They travel to the village once...
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Preparations are underway for Lady Ludlow's annual garden party, and emotions are running high in Cranford. Mrs Forrester is sent into a fluster when her beloved cow, Bessie, goes missing, and Caroline Tomkinson is very taken with the winsome Dr Harrison. A visitor brings hope and joy to Jessie Brown, while Miss Matty is shaken by an unexpected encounter with an old friend. But when a spot of eavesdropping unveils some startling news, it seems that...
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As the new Laird of Glenbogle, Archie must take part in a traditional boat race across the loch against a neighbouring landowner, Laird Kilwillie. The wily Kilwillie feels sure of success in this annual grudgematch and the MacDonalds are further disheartened when he asserts finder's-keepers privileges over an ancient ring, once a MacDonald heirloom, found on the shore of the loch.