A Ground-Breaking Bbc Adaptation Of Victor Hugo'S Epic Novel Against The Epic Backdrop Of France At A Time Of Civil Unrest, Les Misérables Is The Story Of Jean Valjean, A Former Convict Unable To Escape The Shadow Of His Past Life. His Future Is Threatened By His Nemesis, The Chilling Police Officer And Former Prison Guard Javert, Who Is Determined To Bring Him To Justice. Meanwhile Fantine, A Working Class Woman Abandoned By Her Rich Lover, Is Driven To Increasingly Desperate Measures To Provide For Her Young Daughter. Their Stories Collide And As A Revolutionary Violence Ignites On The Streets Of Paris, Jean Valjean Begins An Epic Journey Towards Self-Acceptance, Redemption And Love. Includes Bonus Features: An Introduction Battle Of Waterloo The Look Of Les Misérables Behind The Barricades Plus 6 Exclusive Art Cards .
This DVD boxset showcases both series one and two of the intriguing, gut wrenching series The Missing, starring Tcheky Karyo. Series 1 One moment there's a hand in yours and the next moment it's gone. For Tony Hughes, the emptiness of those seconds that turn into panic-stricken minutes, then weeks, then years, it is a moment he cannot forget and now he can never let go. What happened to Tony and Emily's son Oliver when they holidayed in France? Was he lost? Kidnapped? Trafficked? Murdered? The not-knowing haunts them, tears at them, shreds their marriage. And while Emily tries to move on, Tony can only go back to that day, to that place and try to find his son... try and find the truth. Set in England and France over eight years, The Missing follows Tony and Emily's story along with the French police grappling with a small town and a way of life overturned by events as they witness a man out of control, out for the truth, out for some kind of justice. In a world full of hope and despair, passion and injustice how far will one man go to ease the pain inside? The answer lies in The Missing. Series 2 A young British woman stumbles through the streets of her German hometown and collapses. Her name is Alice Webster, and she has been missing for 11 years. Alice's return sends shockwaves through the small community of Eckhausen, especially when it is revealed that she may hold vital clues to the whereabouts of another missing girl. Told simultaneously over two timeframes, the series follows Alice's family as they are thrown back into a turmoil that threatens to tear them apart at the seams. French missing persons detective, Julien Baptiste, becomes embroiled in the mystery as he races across Europe to pursue a 12 year-old case that he never let die. Through a gripping puzzle of twists and turns, The Missing Series 2 explores the emotional complexity of what happens when a missing child returns, as well as tracing a thrilling chase for a missing girl who is yet to be found.
Cairo, 1941. David Stirling - an eccentric young officer, hospitalised after a training exercise went wrong - is bored. Convinced that traditional commando units don't work, he creates a radical plan that flies in the face of all accepted rules of modern warfare. He fights for permission to recruit the toughest, boldest and brightest soldiers for a small undercover unit that will create mayhem behind enemy lines. More rebels than soldiers, Stirling's team are every bit as complicated, flawed and reckless as they are astonishingly brave and heroic.
David Stirling - an eccentric young officer, hospitalised after a training exercise went wrong - is bored. Convinced that traditional commando units don't work, he creates a radical plan that flies in the face of all accepted rules of modern warfare. He fights for permission to recruit the toughest, boldest and brightest soldiers for a small undercover unit that will create mayhem behind enemy lines. Based on the best-selling book by Ben McIntyre.
Created by one of Britain's most exciting screenwriting talents, Howard Overman (Misfits) and based on the books by Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently is a dramatic, witty and intelligent series with plots that delight, surprise, but ultimately satisfy. With two characters at the heart of each story that you just want to spend time with, brilliantly portrayed by Stephen Mangan and Darren Boyd, the series also boasts a sensational cast of regulars returning from the pilot - Helen Baxendale as Macduff's girlfriend Susan, Jason Watkins as Det. Insp Gilks with Lisa Jackson returning as the unpaid, unloved and quite deeply disturbed receptionist Janice Pearce across the series.Stephen Mangan stars as Douglas Adams' self-styled Holistic Detective, Dirk Gently. Perennially broke and morally dubious, Dirk's methods are based on 'The Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things'. Darren Boyd stars as Dirk's business partner, Richard Macduff, who attempts to rein in Dirk's more tangential decisions, keep them both out of prison and generally restore order to the chaos that Dirk creates.The pilot episode features Dirk's attempts to solve the disappearance of a billionaire inventor, taking in quantum mechanics, unrequited love and an old lady's missing cat. In Episode 1 of this new three-part series, Dirk discovers the connection between two unrelated cases; a client who believes the Pentagon are trying to kill him and another who's horoscopes appear to be coming true. In Episode 2 Dirk is called back to his old university to protect a valuable robot but within 24 hours it has been stolen and a dead body discovered, with Dirk & Macduff the prime suspect. In Episode 3 they are alarmed to discover that Dirk's old clients are being randomly murdered with Dirk as the only link. Rather than talk to the police, Dirk elects to leave the country but is waylaid by a series of seemingly unconnected events.
Bafta award winning Geraldine McEwan stars as Miss Marple in this stunning set of murder mysteries. Miss Marple's sweet old lady exterior hides an excellent perception of human nature and a razor sharp intuition for solving crimes-murderers underestimate her at their peril! Investigations comprise: 1. The Body in the Library 2. The Murder at the Vicarage 3. 4.50 From Paddington 4. A Murder is Announced 5. Sleeping Murder 6. The Moving Finger 7. By the Pricking of my Thumbs 8.
One moment there’s a hand in yours – and one moment it’s gone. For Tony Hughes the emptiness of those seconds that turn into panic-stricken minutes then weeks then years it is a moment he cannot forget – and now he can never let go. What happened to Tony and Emily’s son Oliver when they holidayed in France? Was he lost? Kidnapped? Trafficked? Murdered? The not knowing haunts them tears at them shreds their marriage. Set in England and France over eight years The Missing follows Tony and Emily’s story along with the French police who witness a small town and a way of life overturned by events as they witness a man out of control out for the truth out for some kind of justice. In a world full of hope and despair passion and injustice – how far will one man go to ease the pain inside? The answer lies in The Missing.
A calculating killer coerces a detective to pay for his previous mistakes.
The explosive Ripper Street returns for a second series. East London. 1890. The long shadow of Jack the Ripper may be receding but the job of preventing Whitechapel from descending into hell has never been more crucial for Detective Inspector Edmund Reid and his loyal deputies Detective Sergeant Bennet Drake and Captain Homer Jackson. Against a society in rapid decline the men of H Division battle new crimes where the bloated British Empire's problems are felt most keenly at its dark heart: the East End of London.
A Ground-Breaking Bbc Adaptation Of Victor Hugo'S Epic Novel Against The Epic Backdrop Of France At A Time Of Civil Unrest, Les Misérables Is The Story Of Jean Valjean, A Former Convict Unable To Escape The Shadow Of His Past Life. His Future Is Threatened By His Nemesis, The Chilling Police Officer And Former Prison Guard Javert, Who Is Determined To Bring Him To Justice. Meanwhile Fantine, A Working Class Woman Abandoned By Her Rich Lover, Is Driven To Increasingly Desperate Measures To Provide For Her Young Daughter. Their Stories Collide And As A Revolutionary Violence Ignites On The Streets Of Paris, Jean Valjean Begins An Epic Journey Towards Self-Acceptance, Redemption And Love. Includes Bonus Features: ¢ An Introduction ¢ Battle Of Waterloo ¢ The Look Of Les Misérables ¢ Behind The Barricades Plus 6 Exclusive Art Cards
Ripper Street will star Matthew Macfadyen (MI-5, Pride and Prejudice), Jerome Flynn (Game of Thrones), Adam Rothenberg (Alcatraz), MyannaBuring (The Twilight Saga, White Heat) and David Dawson (Luther, Secret Diary of a Call Girl). The action centers on the notorious H Division, which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of East London.
"The Children" tells the story of a relaxing Christmas vacation that turns into a terrifying fight for survival, as the children begin to turn on their parents.
Geraldine McEwan takes over the coveted mantle of the titular super sleuth in a box set of all-star cast adaptations of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novels. Episodes Comprise: 1.Sleeping Murder 2.The Sittaford Mystery 3.The Moving Finger 4.By The Pricking Of My Thumbs
Series 1 and 2 of the explosive Ripper Street. Set in the East End of London during the aftermath of the Jack the Ripper murders the infamous H Division - the police precinct charged with keeping order in the district of Whitechapel - is in a chaotic state trying to keep order after a tumultuous time for London that has made headlines around the world.
One moment there’s a hand in yours – and one moment it’s gone. For Tony Hughes the emptiness of those seconds that turn into panic-stricken minutes then weeks then years it is a moment he cannot forget – and now he can never let go. What happened to Tony and Emily’s son Oliver when they holidayed in France? Was he lost? Kidnapped? Trafficked? Murdered? The not knowing haunts them tears at them shreds their marriage. Set in England and France over eight years The Missing follows Tony and Emily’s story along with the French police who witness a small town and a way of life overturned by events as they witness a man out of control out for the truth out for some kind of justice. In a world full of hope and despair passion and injustice – how far will one man go to ease the pain inside? The answer lies in The Missing.
Six months after Jack the Ripper's reign of terror in East London, Detective Inspector Edmund Reid and the H Division fight to keep law and order on the chaotic streets of Whitechapel. However, a troubled yet and determined Detective Reid struggles to come to terms with a tragedy from the past and soon gets drawn into the seedy criminal underworld of Victorian London, where each new murder elicits fear that the Ripper may be back.
Agatha Christie's classic sleuth Miss Marple (here essayed by Geraldine McEwan) takes on another case of murder most foul.... After a serious motorcycle accident the dashing Jerry Burton (James D'Arcy) arrives in the sleepy village of Lymstock with his sister Joanna (Emilia Fox) to recuperate. Their expectations of peace and quiet are quickly dashed when they discover a poison pen-writer is at large in the village. Together Miss Marple and Jerry set out to stop the malicious mess
Series 1Haunted by the failure to catch London's most evil killer Jack the Ripper Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen) 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. The shadow of the Ripper is still felt in the neighbourhood by the vigilantes the sensation-seeking newspaper hacks and the men who hunted - and failed to find - the notorious murderer. It seems that even though the notorious killer has disappeared there are plenty more willing to stain the streets of Whitechapel with their victims' blood... Series 2Based on the ratings we expecting to hear imminently that Ripper Street Series 2 will be commissioned by the BBC for another eight episodes. It premiered to 7.9 million viewers and a 26.1% share to rank within BBC One's top ten highest rated drama programmes in 2012 and outperformed the channel's slot and prime time average share. The debut easily won its time slot against all competition with 1.6 million viewers more than its nearest rival ITV1. Expect returning characters with more of the same rich storylines that meld with the intrigue of a criminal underworld festering on the hard streets of Victorian London following the battle of the men whose job it is to bring the law to the lawless...
Ripper Street will star Matthew Macfadyen (MI-5, Pride and Prejudice), Jerome Flynn (Game of Thrones), Adam Rothenberg (Alcatraz), MyannaBuring (The Twilight Saga, White Heat) and David Dawson (Luther, Secret Diary of a Call Girl). The action centers on the notorious H Division, which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of East London.
Six months after Jack the Ripper's reign of terror in East London, Detective Inspector Edmund Reid and the H Division fight to keep law and order on the chaotic streets of Whitechapel. However, a troubled yet and determined Detective Reid struggles to come to terms with a tragedy from the past and soon gets drawn into the seedy criminal underworld of Victorian London, where each new murder elicits fear that the Ripper may be back.
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