Rebecca Front
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Chronicles the blunders of the fictitious Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship, a British government department barely registering on the national radar. In this Ministry, every announcement is followed by a whirlwind of U-turns, every policy is a scramble and every mishap is met with abuse from the Prime Minister's policy enforcer, Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi). The inspiration behind the film In the Loop and the HBO television series Veep,...
23) Nighty night
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Meet Jill, the unhinged owner of a small town beauty salon, and enter her dysfunctional world. Pretending that her hospitalized husband is dying, Jill is on a mission to find a man.
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Inspector Robert Lewis, protégé of the legendary Inspector Morse, and his brilliant new partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway, return to the streets of Cambridge and the halls of Oxford University with three brand new mysteries to unravel. In this episode, when a North Oxford housewife is found hanged, it appears to be an open and shut case of suicide. But though she leaves a devastated husband and two young daughters, she left no suicide note....
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Memento mori: A mild-manner doctor is accused to poisoning his manic-depressive wife.
Care in the community: Kavanagh takes on a case involving a dead infant and two unfit parents.
Briefs trooping gaily: Kavanagh must defend a woman who insists that she is guilty as charged of murdering her husband.
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Bearing witness: Kavanagh must defend a Jehovah's Witness mother who forbids a blood transfusion for her son.
Innocency of life: A woman who accuses a priest of sexual assault is suddenly accused of the murder of her husband.
Dead reckoning: After a boat sinks and five men lose their lives, Kavanagh prosecutes the the owner of the boat, who insists that the vessel collided with a submerged submarine.
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Inspector Robert Lewis, protégé of the legendary Inspector Morse, and his brilliant new partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway, return to the streets of Cambridge and the halls of Oxford University with three brand new mysteries to unravel. In this episode, Detectives Lewis and Hathaway are thrown into a delicate murder case that implicates one of Oxford University's most prominent figures--college Principal Sefton Lim--when an old classmate...
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Inspector Robert Lewis, protégé of the legendary Inspector Morse, and his brilliant new partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway, return to the streets of Cambridge and the halls of Oxford University with three brand new mysteries to unravel. In this episode, Lewis comes face to face with his past when the murder of bright young Jo Gilchrist pulls Lewis and Hathaway into a case driven by celebrity, scheming, and dangerous sexual politics.
29) Just William
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Presents the adventures of 11-year-old William Brown and his intrepid band of friends, 'the Outlaws.' Scruffy, irrepressible schoolboy William, despite his good intentions, invariably ends up causing chaos and getting into trouble. A hero in his own mind, William battles disapproving adults, his long-suffering parents, teachers and older siblings to see justice done. Based on Richmal Crompton's comedic short stories and books.
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Inspector Robert Lewis steps out of the shadow of his mentor, Inspector Morse, in this highly acclaimed series of intricate mysteries. Together with his brooding, inscrutable partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway, they take on the elite criminal underworld of Oxford, England, relying on Lewis' instinct and Hathaway's intellect to see past appearances and into the hearts of their upper crust foes.
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Inspector Robert Lewis steps out of the shadow of his mentor, Inspector Morse, in this highly acclaimed series of intricate mysteries. Together with his brooding, inscrutable partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway, they take on the elite criminal underworld of Oxford, England, relying on Lewis' instinct and Hathaway's intellect to see past appearances and into the hearts of their upper crust foes.
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English
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Inspector Robert Lewis steps out of the shadow of his mentor, Inspector Morse, in this highly acclaimed series of intricate mysteries. Together with his brooding, inscrutable partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway, they take on the elite criminal underworld of Oxford, England, relying on Lewis' instinct and Hathaway's intellect to see past appearances and into the hearts of their upper crust foes.
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Twelve classic Christie short stories are given a modern spin in these BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations.
Agatha Christie is the acknowledged 'Queen of Crime', and these twelve short stories showcase her skilful plotting and talent for producing compelling mysteries. First broadcast in the early 2000s, the stories were adapted and brought up-to-date for a contemporary audience.
Among the star cast are Tom Hollander, Emilia Fox,
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It is a new century and with it comes the promise of a hopeful future, but the past casts a long shadow over Cornwall. Following the death of Elizabeth, Ross Poldark resolves to put Westminster behind him and spend more time with the people he loves. However, when an old friend emerges with a plea for help, Ross is compelled to challenge the establishment again.