Ace (John Simm) and Paul (Chiwetel Ejiofor) are two young prisoners who've been friends since childhood. When they fall in love with the same woman Emily (Keeley Hawes) a teacher at the prison their friendship is torn apart and they become bitter enemies. When Ace has served his sentence both become consumed with bitter jealousy each thinking the other will be closer to Emily. And when Paul escapes from jail events hurtle towards a tragic conclusion.
Gunpowder Treason & Plot: Award-winning writer Jimmy McGovern explores the lives of Mary Queen of Scots and her son James I in this new BBC drama. Robert Carlyle leads a prestigious cast in this lavish production. Peoples with infamous characters driven by compelling drama and life with love lust politics and prejudice we are offered a gripping ride through a fascinating period of history. Set against the brutal landscape of rebellion against religious repression Gunpowder Treason and Plot dramalises the short reign of Mary Queen of Scots and the extraordinary battle of her son James I with the Catholic conspiracy against him. Guy Fawkes' Gunpowder Plot became one of the most scandalous events in English history and remains so to this day. Tipping The Velvet: An erotically charged exploration of lesbian life in Victorian London; the most sexually explicit drama the BBC has ever broadcast! Episode 1: The glamorous world of the 19th -century music hall provides the backdrop for Nan's first love affair with Kitty Butler a popular male impersonator. When Kitty is offered the chance to perform in London a delighted Nan accompanies her as a dresser but true success doesn't happen until Nan becomes part of the act. Episode 2: Alone and devastated by her betrayal Nan cannot return to her family in Whitstable so takes to the streets to survive. In her guise as a male impersonator she finds a niche in the Victorian sexual underworld and is also drawn into the web of a rich Sapphic society widow who offers sex excitement and luxury but at a perilous price. Episode 3: Diana throws out Nan and Blake and Blake disappears with all of the money leaving a totally destitute Nan. The only person she can think to turn to ends up unwelcoming to her. So begins a very different phase for Nan which leads ultimately to her making the most important decision of her life... Frankenstein: A fresh and new interpretation of Mary Shelley's classic gothic novel a chilling tale of one man's soulless desire to surpass the boundaries of mortal humankind. The crew of a weather-beaten ship stranded in the icy North Sea rescue a man close to death: Victor Frankenstein. He recounts his own story of a young scientist possessed of an obsessive thirst for knowledge who has challenged the very foundations of nature by creating a sentient creature pieced together with body parts stolen from a morgue. Rejected by its creator the monstrous being craves acceptance but is forced to flee into the night; abhorred and vulnerable the creature nevertheless is still at the mercy of the most base and deadly of human emotions - revenge. The fledgeling born of dark intention will stop at nothing short of complete retribution...
Everything seems perfect when Alice, her husband Harry and their teenage daughter Charlotte finally move into their new dream home. The first night quickly turns into everyone's nightmare when Alice finds Harry dead at the bottom of the stairs. Alice loses her ground and tries to cope with his sudden death. As Alice navigates the logistics of death, everything starts to unravel and Alice discovers that Harry had been hiding far more from her than debt. From the director of Call the Midwife and The Durrells, Finding Alice is a dark family comedy starring critically-acclaimed Keeley Hawes, Joanna Lumley, Gemma Jones and Nigel Havers.
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