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Hold the Sunset : Gentle comedy starring John Cleese and Alison Steadman as widow and her old flame, whose rekindled romance is disrupted when her 50-year-old son moves back in. He announces that he’s left his wife, his kids and his good job at the bank, and come home in an attempt to find his lost happiness again. And in a blink, to Edith’s dismay and Phil’s fury, all dreams are on hold.
Father Brown : In the idyllic English countryside of the 1950s, murder and foul play are afoot. Father Brown, a Catholic priest who has spent years learning of evil from the confessions of his parishioners, is on the case. A loving adaptation of the novels of GK Chesterton, Father Brown presents a long forgotten side of country life full of humour, warmth and devious goings on. The shambolic Father may seem like the last person you’d turn to in a crisis, but beneath his muddled exterior lays a razor sharp intelligence and a passion for justice.
Single Father : Touching drama about a man struggling to raise his four children after the sudden death of his partner. When Rita is killed in a cycling accident, Dave faces the daunting prospect of bringing up their four children by himself, as well as coping with his own and his children’s grief. Things get even more complicated when Dave begins to fall in love with Rita’s best friend Sarah. Is he betraying Rita by falling in love again so quickly, or will he be walking away from happiness if he ignores his feelings? How soon is too soon to fall in love again?
Ripper Street : Haunted by the failure to catch London’s most evil killer, Jack the Ripper, Inspector Edmund Reid now heads up the notorious H Division – the toughest police district in the East End. Charged with keeping order in the blood-stained streets of Whitechapel, Reid and his men find themselves fighting to uphold justice and the rule of law; but always in the background lurks the fear of the Ripper – is he back for another reign of terror?
Our Zoo : Inspiring drama based on the extraordinary real story of the eccentric Mottershead family who, despite huge opposition and personal sacrifice, established Chester Zoo in the 1930s. With single-mindedness bordering on madness, George Mottershead drove himself and his family to realise his ambition to transform a ramshackle house on the outskirts of Chester into a unique institution that would change forever the way zoos house animals.
Mrs. Brown : Dramatisation of one of history’s most unusual love stories. Queen Victoria is grieving over her husband’s death and finds herself unable to carry out public duties. John Brown is summoned from Balmoral to walk the Queen’s pony in the hope that she will start to become herself again. The confident Highlander displays a distinct lack of respect for court protocol and quickly becomes the Queen’s most trusted companion.
Death In Paradise : Quintessentially British cop Richard Poole is a fish out of water when he is sent to the tiny island of Saint Marie to solve a mysterious murder. Poole encounters a very different type of policing at his new post that challenges his more buttoned-up sensibility. His new partner, Camille Bordey, is instinctive, feisty and brilliant, and the rest of the Saint Marie police force certainly have their own unique way of doing things. (DVD)
Call the Midwife : 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. (DVD)
Pride and Prejudice : Elizabeth Bennet, spirited, independent, and one of five unmarried sisters, is determined to play by her own rules and wed for love, not money or privilege. While the arrival of wealthy gentlemen sends her marriage-minded mother into a frenzy, willful and opinionated Elizabeth Bennet matches wits with haughty Mr. Darcy. (DVD)
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