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1) The Paradise
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Denise Lovett, a young and ambitious country girl with only her wits to live on, arrives in a booming Northern city to take up a long-held promise of work in her uncle's drapery shop. But she soon discovers that her uncle cannot afford to employ her as most of his customers have been seduced away by The Paradise, England's first department store, right across the street.
2) Up the Women
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The welcome return of the hilarious suffragette sitcom, written by and starring Jessica Hynes. Under Margaret's passionate leadership, the hapless women of the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle Politely Requests Women Suffrage are back in the Church Hall cooking up more schemes to attract attention to the worthy cause. The series is full of special guest stars, laugh out loud jokes, japes and plenty of physical comedy. It's a heart-warming celebration...
3) Black '47
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One soldier's ruthless pursuit of justice plays out against the darkest chapter of Irish history in this riveting revenge thriller. Starring Hugo Weaving and Jim Broadbent.
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Anne Shirley is thirteen years old and finds that life in Avonlea is never simple. Torn between her free-spirited nature and her own perceived need to become sensible, Anne finds that the journey toward her goal is fraught with confusion and more than a few unfortunate yet amusing mishaps.
7) Creation
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Torn between faith and science, and suffering hallucinations, English naturalist Charles Darwin struggles to complete 'On the Origin of Species' and maintain his relationship with his wife.
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Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London. Nurse Trixie receives a proposal, and tempers fray when she gets carried away with wedding plans. Nurse Cynthia starts to think about becoming a nun, something that shocks both Trixie and Patsy. And an unexpected set of events sees Chummy take on the challenge of running a mother and baby home for unmarried girls. Elsewhere two new nurses join the...
11) To Olivia
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1962, Roald Dahl was a upcoming children’s author, his wife, Patricia Neal, was a Hollywood movie star. Their lives are turned upside down when their daughter Olivia contracted measles and died. Her death devastated the couple, yet their shared grief became a source of redemption and strength.
13) Robert the Bruce
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King Robert the Bruce is injured and on the run from the English army. On the brink of defeat, a widow and her family nurse him back to health and join The Bruce as he sets out to claim the long-awaited freedom of Scotland.
14) Rising Free
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In 1887, a young woman, Nakomay, is on the run for her life throughout the vast terrain of the Oregon territory. Relentless persecution and devastating adversity drove her to a life of seclusion, having everyone she ever loved stripped from her grasp. A harrowing journey leads her into the arms of a gracious family that takes her in as one of their own. Over time, she begins to process through the pain she's buried deep within, learning what it truly...
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Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë face a life of hardship. Trapped at home with very few opportunities, they share the burden of supporting their father and their troubled brother, but Charlotte sees that writing novels could offer a way out. Acclaimed screenwriter Sally Wainwright creates “a bleak and brilliant portrayal” (The Guardian) of the sisters’ extraordinary battle for recognition.
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Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm return to star in a second series inspired by the works of Russian novelist Mikhail Bulgakov. Revisiting the small village of Muryevo in 1918, we find the Young Doctor battling an all-consuming morphine addiction. Under the critical gaze of his older self, the Young Doctor struggles to cope with life in the hospital and the efforts of his medical staff, the Civil War and the distractions of a beautiful young aristocrat,...
17) Lapwing
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England 1555. An isolated group of salt farmers arrange illegal passage to Europe for an Indian Gypsy family in hiding.
19) Mercy Street: S1
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Inspired by real events, Mercy Street journeys beyond the battlefield and into the lives of a distinctive cast of characters — doctors, nurses, contraband laborers and Southern loyalists — realizing the chaotic world of Union-occupied Alexandria, Virginia and the Mansion House Hospital in the early years of the Civil War.
20) Mercy Street
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Inspired by real events, Mercy Street journeys beyond the battlefield and into the lives of a distinctive cast of characters -- doctors, nurses, contraband laborers and Southern loyalists -- realizing the chaotic world of Union-occupied Alexandria, Virginia and the Mansion House Hospital in the early years of the Civil War.
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