An acclaimed writer of best-selling books and award-winning television, Lynda La Plante is the most prolific creator of taut, meticulously observed and forensically correct detective thrillers in the UK. This superb collection brings together three of her most exciting, intense and compelling stories; each unique, and each presenting the kind of sharply written, outspoken and commanding characters she is famous for.Above Suspicion: DC Anna Travis (Kelly Reilly) has been assigned to her first murder case. Under the watchful eye of DCI James Langton (Ciarn Hinds), she joins a team investigating a series of brutal and shocking murders. For eight years the body count of prostitutes and drug users has risen. Determined to prove herself, Travis links one man to the killings, an actor on the brink of stardom. He seems above suspicion, but in getting close to the truth, is she getting too close to a killer?Trial & Retribution: Sins Of The Father: DS Walker (David Hayman) and DI Connor (Victoria Smurfit) are joined at the hip in their search for justice - a search which will follow them from case to courtroom. Young Emily Harrogate the daughter of an apparently happily married couple is found dead in the family home. Appearances prove deceptive as the investigation uncovers a house full of secrets and lies. Any one of them could lead to the true killer - and does - but will justice be done?The Commander: Windows Of The Soul: On an East London estate a priest has been brutally beaten and stabbed to death. Suspicion falls on a fighter from the local boxing club. Commander Blake (Amanda Burton) and DCI James (Mark Lewis Jones) find themselves on opposite sides as the case echoes James's rough-edged youth. Following a vicious attack on a fellow detective, the two are forced to put aside their differences and find the killer before he strikes again.
Dancing On Dangerous Ground is the thrilling new Irish dance drama based on Celtic's legend's most passionate and enduring love story - the tragic romance of Diarmuid & Grainne. The show features the world famous dancers and Riverdance stars Jean Butler and Colin Dunne. This long awaited Irish dance special received its world premiere in December 1999 at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London before transferring to Radio City Music Hall in New York in March 2000. Butler and Dunne
All hope was lost in a land where sunlight disappeared and the world became dreary grey. Until Despereaux Tilling was born that is!
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Enjoy the ultimate Race to Witch Mountain experience anytime, anywhere on Blu-ray and DVD Combi pack. On Blu-ray, Disney's fun family action-adventure is turbocharged with spectacular picture and sound.
An absolute must for fans of Georges Simenon's beloved sleuth, Inspector Jules Maigret, this four-volume Maigret Collection is the finest detective series from Granada Television since the late Jeremy Brett gave us his definitive portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the 1980s. The masterful Michael Gambon is the latest in a long tradition of familiar leading men (from Jean Gabin to Richard Harris) who have played Simenon's blunt but humane, occasionally whimsical, and magnificently insightful investigator. Yet Gambon is perhaps uniquely suited to the part: a popular star with none of the baggage of a brand-name icon or the self-effacing obligations of a character actor. He captures perfectly Maigret's measured but hardly inscrutable presence in the eruptive underworld of Paris crime. Among the 12 episodes here is "Maigret and the Burglar's Wife", which does honour to Simenon's compassionate tale of a retiring thief whose accidental encounter with a corpse sets in motion one of Maigret's most intense psychological duels. The equally compelling "Maigret's Boyhood Friend" finds the detective on a case drawing suspicion to an old school chum, while "Maigret Sets a Trap" is a wonderful production of Simenon's puzzler about a serial killer whose patterns of motivation and action must be deciphered before he can be caught. --Tom Keogh
James Farrow (Andrew Bowen) a young student pressures his girlfriend into having an illegal abortion. They soon head to see an abortionist whose negligence results in the death of the young girl. James begins to be haunted by visions of his girlfriend and is drawn to the house in which they met. He seeks advice from the mysterious Professor Ambrose (Michael York) whose life has been torn apart by a number of gruesome tragedies in his own family and who is tormented by the ghost of
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In Cold Lazarus we find the cryogenically stored brain of Daniel Freed trapped in a future world where scientists gather to watch his projected memories. Under pressure from rival corporate interests the scientists fall victim to the tricks that memory can play picking at threads as they try to comprehend how personal histories are written - and can be rewritten. As elements of truth and fiction explosively intertwine will the mind of Daniel Feeld finally be set free?
An unnamed apocalyptic event has left a handful of people struggling to survive in a remote village in rural Ireland. Jonathan and his wife Hannah are sharing a cottage with another couple, Mark and Katie. Along with their neighbour, Tim, they have one rifle and limited provisions, which are running out fast. When a group of thugs turn up to steal what little the group have, it's obvious that whoever has the ammunition will have the power. Tensions mount as they realise that they are going to have to find a way to survive in a world without power, money or communication.
Two more enthralling investigations for Sherlock Holmes ever assisted by his sturdy sidekick Dr Watson.
Michael Gambon plays the extraordinary Belgian Detective Inspector Maigret in this television adaptation of the novels by George Simenon. Inuitive intelligent and creative with a genius for human nature Maigret is like no other detective as he cunningly investigates crime and the human psyche. Episode titles: The Patience Of Maigret Maigret And The Burglar's Wife Maigret Goes To School.
Wealthy businessman and skilled huntsman Tom Newcliffe (Calvin Lockhart) summons a selection of guests to his home for the weekend one of whom is a werewolf with a taste for blood. It's up to the others to seek out the monster before the full moon reveals the culprit.
Episodes Comprise: Magnolia Blossom: Theodora Darrell is running away with her lover - and business associate of her husband - Vincent Easton when she learns her husband Richard is facing financial ruin. Old loyalties resurface and she returns home to see if she can fix the situation. The Case of the Discontented Soldier: The recently retired Major Wilbraham is bored and unhappy so he answers Parker Pyne's newspaper ad. Before long the Major finds himself rescuing Freda Clegg from two burly attackers; with Freda in tow he embarks on a daring adventure to find treasure in the wilds of Africa! Another charming love story of an autumn romance.
Michael Gambon plays the extraordinary Belgian detective Inspector Maigret in this television adaptation of the novels by George Simenon. Intuitive intelligent and creative with a genius for human nature Maigret is like no other detective as he cunningly investigates crime and the human psyche. Episode titles: Maigret And The Mad Woman Maigret On Home Ground Maigret Sets A Trap.
Disc One: a documentary which looks at the life and times of author Charles Dickens with dramatic reconstructions. Disc Two: the David Copperfield television drama. Disc Three: A Christmas Carol; an Anton Lesser dramatisation. Also 'Songs From Grope Lane' and 'The Making Of Uncovering The Real Charles Dickens'.
This confrontational coming-of-age thriller is a haunting look into the destruction of innocence and the depths of fear. When a gang of raucous teens play hooky in the woods, they cross paths with a mysterious drifter. Preying on their adolescent curiosity and naivet, the sadistic vagabond easily wins them over only to inflict humiliating and torturous mind games with a rusty switchblade and a gun. Trembling and desperate these kids realize that their only chance at survival is to embrace the darkness within and fight back with some wicked games of their own.
From best-selling author Lynda La Plante, comes three powerful, gripping tales of murder and intrigue with two beating hearts. Kelly Reilly is DC Anna Travis, assigned to her first case under the watchful eye of DCI James Langton (Ciarn Hinds). Together they will undertake a journey that will bring them closer together than either will expect, and risk tearing their lives and careers apart.In Above Suspicion, the case involves seven brutal and shocking murders that have taken place over six years; prostitutes and drug users, some more innocent than others, all victims of a man Travis must get dangerously close to. Above Suspicion 2: The Red Dahlia finds the body of a young woman, sadistically mutilated and drained of blood similar to the unsolved 1940s LA murder dubbed the ‘Black Dahlia’. Who cares enough to recreate a killing from the past, and why? Above Suspicion 3: Deadly Intent starts with a shoot-out in a drug-den, but soon becomes a hunt for one of the world’s most-wanted; a man who will do anything and sacrifice almost anyone to stay free.Special Features: Cast & Crew Interviews Behind the Scenes Lynda La Plante interview Lynda La Plante Biography Photo Gallery Cast Filmographies Subtitles on Above Suspicion 3: Deadly Intent
Britcom starring Ciaran McMenamin as Mickey a barman at the Wagon and Horses an eccentric pub in the largely Irish area of Kilburn in North London. As he works his final week in the job Mickey carouses with the establishment's regulars including foul-mouthed Black Jack (John Bowe) Eighties Billy (Simon Sherlock) Unattainable Sue (Georgia MacKenzie) Basic (Tony Bluto) and best pal Johnno (Rick Warden).
When Ambition Meets Faith A brutal bloody and gripping saga of obsession corruption and poisonous greed; Paul Thomas Anderson's Award Winning There Will Be Blood is a masterly unwavering inspection of a consummately evil man whose trailblazing spirit is equalled only by his murderous ambition. In the dying years of the nineteenth century Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) a struggling silver miner realises that true wealth lies in oil extraction. Driven by a passionate hatred for others and an intense psychological need to see competitors fail he heads for the oil-rich land of California in a bid to manipulate and exploit the landowners of dust-worn Little Boston in to selling him their properties. Forefront of the town is self-styled 'faith healer' Eli Sunday (Paul Dano) who is structuring his own sinister plan to funnel the residents' impending wealth into his self-founded church. As Plainview's empire expands so does his obsession with the intrinsic value of power and he becomes increasingly irascible and paranoid along the way. What follows is a vindictive ruthless and violent chain of events as Plainview fails to deliver on promises as he pits himself against the town's perturbed and unstable charismatic teenage preacher. In addition to stunning visuals and an exceptional captivating score from accomplished composer (and Radiohead guitarist) Jonny Greenwood director Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia) owes his best work to date to the incredible Academy Award winning performance as Plainview by Daniel Day-Lewis and the staggering portrayal of Eli Sunday by Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine). Bearing similarities to Citizen Kane and Giant There Will Be Blood is an intelligent thought-provoking and powerfully-eccentric epic masterpiece that is as enchanting as it is timeless.
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