It's 1943.¯The Allies are determined to break Hitler's grip on occupied Europe, and plan to launch an all-out assault on Sicily; but they face an impossible challenge - how to protect the invasion force from potential annihilation. It falls to two remarkable intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu (Colin Firth) and Charles Cholmondeley (Matthew Macfadyen) to dream the most inspired and improbable disinformation strategy of the war - centred on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man. Operation Mincemeat is the extraordinary and true story of an idea that hoped to turn the tide for the Allies - taking impossibly high risks, defying logic, and testing the nerves of its creators to breaking point.
Based on the memoirs of Tina Moore, this is the epic love story of football's original golden couple: an ordinary girl who falls for an ordinary boy only to be launched into an extraordinary life. Teenage secretary Tina Dean (Michelle Keegan; Our Girl, Coronation Street) marries promising young footballer Bobby Moore (Lorne MacFadyen; The Level, Grantchester) for love and begins an extraordinary life, that neither could have predicted. As Bobby's career flourishes, Tina is happy to consider herself the first WAG, though she struggles to master life as a suburban housewife. In the lead up to the 1966 World Cup, when illness threatens not just Bobby's career but also his life, it's Tina who gets him through. With Bobby leading England to victory, the couple become superstars but fame has a price. When Bobby's career wanes and their wealth evaporates, Tina faces the toughest battle of all...
Adapted from the Grantchester Mysteries novels, this series will feature James Norton's final episodes as character Sidney Chambers, the charismatic, jazz-loving clergyman, and one half of the unlikely crime-fighting duo based in 1950s Grantchester.
It's 1943.¯The Allies are determined to break Hitler's grip on occupied Europe, and plan to launch an all-out assault on Sicily; but they face an impossible challenge - how to protect the invasion force from potential annihilation. It falls to two remarkable intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu (Colin Firth) and Charles Cholmondeley (Matthew Macfadyen) to dream the most inspired and improbable disinformation strategy of the war - centred on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man. Operation Mincemeat is the extraordinary and true story of an idea that hoped to turn the tide for the Allies - taking impossibly high risks, defying logic, and testing the nerves of its creators to breaking point.
Vigil is an adrenaline-fuelled new thriller that unravels a high-stakes conspiracy threatening the very heart of Britain's nuclear deterrent. As this six-part drama commences, two seemingly disparate events - the disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death aboard a Trident nuclear submarine - bring the police into direct conflict with the Navy and British security services. DCI Amy Silva is thrown into this highly charged situation, tasked with heading an investigation both on land and at sea. Finding her authority increasingly weakened by the forces at play around her, the brilliant but fragile Silva is also left questioning her own choices as she navigates personal trauma and loss. This timely thriller takes viewers deep into the pitch-black icy waters of the Atlantic, to a place where tomorrow's geopolitical struggles are already being played out.
Detective Nancy Devlin, a good cop with a dark secret, finds her professional and personal life colliding when she becomes too deeply involved in a murder investigation in her hometown of Brighton. Karla Crome, Noel Clark, Laura Haddock and Amanda Burton star in this gripping crime drama.
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