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"Decidedly uppercrust detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner Sergeant Barbara Havers endure a marriage made at police headquarters. Lynley is suave, sophisticated, and the eighth Earl of Asherton. Havers is rumpled, resentful, and working class -- with an inborn dislike of the highborn. Despite their differences, the sleuths evolve into a potent team, employing their cunning, intuition, and street smarts to unravel some of the most heinous...
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The feature film The great escape was based on this true event. Over six hundred Allied prisoners dug three highly sophisticated tunnels in a plan to escape from Stalag Luft III. On the night of March 24, 1944 two hundred prisoners began their escape. The German guards spotted the seventy-seventh man coming out of the tunnel, but seventy-six prisoners made their escape.
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In th suburbs of Lima, Peruvian archaeologists make a startling find - dozens of hasty burials with bones disfigured by violent, traumatic injuries. The victims are from a fierce, little-known battle between club-wielding Inca warriors and the Spanish cavalry. The battle is a decisive turning point that helps explain a long-standing mystery about the Spanish conquest of Peru.
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"Chasing the moon reimagines the race to the moon for a new generation, upending much of the conventional mythology surrounding the effort. The series recasts the Space Age as a fascinating stew of scientific innovation, political calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama. With no narration and using only archival footage, including a visual feast of previously lost or overlooked material, the film features a diverse cast...
9) The Windsors
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"Behind the pomp and pageantry of royalty is a family as compelling as it is renowned. Spanning four generation, from the early 1900's and the reign of King George V, through Diana's tragic death and a new millennium, this four-hour retrospective is highlighted by rare footage and revealing interviews with royal family members, friends, aides, historians, royal watchers, and others with intimate knowledge of the Windsors. Explore the separation and...
10) Northanger Abbey
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Naive Catherine Morland, who consumes unhealthy amounts of gothic fiction, finds herself immersed in the whirlwind of Bath society when she visits for the first time and is drawn into a mysterious relationship.
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A look at the lives of three Ethiopian women, rejected by their husbands and ostracized by their communities, who leave home in search of seeking treatment for obstetric fistula. The program follows them walking for hours on their journey to transportation to a special hospital in Addis Ababa where they find solace for the first time in years, and stays with them as their lives begin to change.
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Suave, sophisticated Detective Inspector Lynley and his prickly, plebian sidekick Detective Sergeant Havers are back with two new gripping mysteries in this sixth and final series. But with Lynley struggling to cope with his wife's death -- and Havers struggling with her partner's heavy drinking -- will they be able to focus on solving crime?
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Uncle Sam wants his cut of the $16 trillion in tax-deferred savings including IRAs, 401(k)s, and other retirement savings. The IRS is waiting to grab up to 70% of your retirement savings, but this program shows how to protect it. Corporate pensions are disappearing and Social Security is in trouble. Reveals many of the startling facts behind retirement plan taxation and what you can do to ensure your financial future. Learn how to protect your money;...
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Host Neil deGrasse Tyson will tackle one of science's major challenges in each episode, framed as a simple question that ordinary people wonder and worry about. Neil will guide us as he explores dramatic discoveries and the frontiers of research that connect each central, provocative mystery.
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In 2002, the discovery of a beautiful and bizarre fossil astonished scientists and reignited the debate over the origin of flight. With four wings and superbly preserved feathers, the 130 million-year-old creature was like nothing paleontologists had ever seen before. In this program, Nova travels to the Chinese stone quarry where the fossil was discovered - a famed fossil treasure-trove - and teams up with the world's leading figures in paleontology,...
20) Marple: Series 5
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Miss Marple solves mysteries set against a rich background of grand English estates, gorgeous scenery, and post-WWII period detail.