February 17, 1992: The arrest of Italian politician, Mario Chiesa, on charges of corruption, sets in motion a series of large-scale investigations and trials that go under the name of Clean Hands . At the heart of the story are six ordinary people whose lives are shattered by the socio-political earthquake set in motion by this judicial operation of unprecedented scope and power. These six interwoven storylines compose an engrossing tapestry of Italy's hottest and most dramatic year in contemporary history.
On five great rail adventures Griff Rhys Jones explores Africa home to astonishing wildlife mighty rivers the driest deserts and a billion people. This unforgettable journey takes Griff from the coastal plains of Morocco in North Africa through the great deserts of Egypt and the Sudan in East Africa down through the savannahs of Kenya and Tanzania across to the vast forests of Zambia and finally to the southernmost tip of prosperous South Africa.Griff highlights incredible landscapes and introduces us to some remarkable people. Progress isn’t always smooth as he contends with closed borders and missed trains. He takes it all in good humour and revels in this amazing trip of a lifetime.Africa truly is like nowhere else on earth.
Mistresses 1 & 2 Box Set (4 Discs)
The brutal murders committed by Jack The Ripper in London's East End shocked the Victorians world.On the teeming streets of Whitechapel prostitutes were being torn to pieces by a killer who vanished in the shadows, time after time.Why did Queen Victoria send worried telegrams to the Prime Minister? Who ordered vigilantes onto the streets of London? Why was there so little evidence?Leading the huge manhunt was one of Scotland Yard's finest detectives - Inspector Frederick Abberline, played by Michael Caine.
Take a trip through time and space to meet creatures and enemies that always came back for more... Doctor Who - The Monster Collection: The Daleks contains two exciting stories! The Daleks are the most feared race in the entire universe. The hideous mutant creatures contained inside almost indestructible casings conquer and exterminate wherever they go... The Daleks is a seven-part adventure first shown in 1963/64. Starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor it introduced the world to the Daleks for the first time. Asylum of the Daleks was first shown in 2012. The Eleventh Doctor played by Matt Smith falls into a Dalek trap and ends up on a dangerous mission for his oldest enemies.
Home from Home stars Johnny Vegas as uptight, try-hard dad Neil Hackett whose decision to buy a lodge in the Lake District proves to be disastrous when he discovers he is living opposite the uber successful, effortlessly superior Dillons. Emilia Fox plays louche, glamorous Penny Dillon, Adam James is her outdoorsy husband Robert and Niky Wardley plays Neil's surprisingly patient wife Fiona. Includes original pilot episode.
Based on the classic novel Lost Christmas is an Urban Fairy Tale set in Manchester. The film tells the story of how a series of tragic events blighting a young boy's life one Christmas Eve take him on a journey where a chance meeting with a mysterious stranger may have the key to help and give him a perfect Christmas. 'Goose' is a ten year old boy who on Christmas Eve not thinking about his actions hides his father’s car keys in the hope that he won’t leave to attend an urgent emergency rescue. This is a decision Goose will always regret. As his mother gets her keys and drives his dad to work, Goose doesn't realize that this is the last time he will see his parents as ten minutes later his mother and father are killed in a car crash. Flash forward a year and its Christmas Eve once again, we see Goose is no longer the bright, energetic ten-year-old boy he once was, and is now a streetwise kid who is supporting his Nan through petty crime. Enter 'Anthony' a mysterious enigmatic man who appears, seemingly out of nowhere, on Manchester's snowy streets. Despite being lost himself, he has the compulsion and ability to find the lost, uncovering truths that will eventually transform the life of 'Goose' and those affected by his decision. But is 'Anthony's' ability to heal real, or just an illusion? Lost Christmas is a magical story about self-sacrifice and destiny, brimming with emotion and humour, this beautifully modern fairytale has all the ingredients of a classic Christmas film.
For more than a quarter of a century, angling sleuth Jeremy Wade has investigated horrific deaths of people encountering fresh water monsters. All six episodes from the fifth series of the Animal Planet documentary show presented by Jeremy Wade. Each programme follows the extreme angler as he goes on the hunt for deadly fish in various locations including Bolivia, Ukraine, Colombia and Iceland. These epic journeys ends up challenging his core beliefs about one of his oldest adversaries and this time, he may have gotten himself in too deep . The episodes are: 'Face Ripper', 'Atomic Assassin', 'Killer Torpedo', 'Colombian Slasher', 'Vampires of the Deep' and 'Legend of Loch Ness'.
Russell Tovey stars as the lovable George, battling with his double identity as a mild-mannered and geeky hospital porter who for one night a month is transformed into a flesh-hungry, predatory werewolf.Aidan Turner plays the good-looking and laid-back Mitchell who, in contrast to George, has the gift of the gab and an easy confidence with the ladies. But he is also a blood-sucking vampire struggling with going cold-turkey from the blood he craves.Completing the flat-share trio is Annie, played by Lenora Crichlow, a talkative ghost lacking in self-confidence and desperate for company. Annie is still pining after her fianc, whom she was due to marry before the fatal accident that left her with her ghostly affliction - and who happens to be the landlord of their flat.Follow the trio as they do their best to live their lives as normally as possible despite their strange and dark secrets.But with unwelcome intruders into their world, rumblings about an impending revolution from the vampire underworld and constant threats of exposure - on top of the usual issues faced by young people surrounding love, work and mates - the only thing they may be able to rely on in their heightened world, is each other.
From Eric Kripke (Revolution, Supernatural), Shawn Ryan (The Shield) and the producers of The Blacklist comes this thrilling action-adventure series in which a mysterious criminal, Flynn (Goran Visnjic), steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: Lucy (Abigail Spencer), a history professor; Wyatt (Matt Lanter), a soldier; and Rufus (Malcolm Barrett), a scientist, who must use the machine's prototype to travel back in time to critical events. While they must make every effort not to affect the past themselves, they must also stay one step ahead of this dangerous fugitive. But can this handpicked team uncover the mystery behind it all and end his destruction before it's too late?
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? Special Features: Walking Whitechapel Behind The Scenes of Ripper Street
Fear not! Geordie Shore is back with more bang for your buck! The complete sixth series sees the gorgeous gang escaping the grey skies of Newcastle to fly halfway around the world to the glamorous shores of Sydney where they take residence in a lush luxury beach front mansion and show the Aussies how to party... Geordie style! How will the local Sheilas react to the 'buck squad' and how will our lasses go down with the local lads? Will anyone understand a word they are saying? Is Australia ready for getting mortal slut dropping and getting on it like a car bonnet? Only time will tell...
This spin-off series from C.S.I. features a New York forensic team employing the very latest hi-tech methods to catch criminals in the Big Apple... The head of the lab is no-nonsense First Grade Detective Mac Taylor (Sinise) taking a scientist's eye to crime Mac believes that everything is connected no matter how big or small. Originally from Chicago his military background fast-tracked him through the force leading him ultimately to the crime lab. Mac's trusted second in command Second Grade Detective Stella Bonasera (Kanakaredes) her half Greek half Italian heritage is New York through and through. A tough uncompromising officer Bonasera is a match for anyone in and outside the lab. Joining Taylor and Bonasera are Third Grade Detective Danny Messer (Carmine Giovinazzo) and Third Grade Detective Aiden Burn (Vanessa Ferlito) both tough young officers completely dedicated to Mac and their work. Featuring the complete second season.. Episodes Comprise: 1. Summer In The City 2. Grand Murder At Central Station 3. Zoo York 4. Corporate Warriors 5. Youngblood 6. Dancing With The Fishes 7. Manhattan Manhunt 8. Bad Beat 9. City Of The Dolls 10. Jamalot 11. Trapped 12. Wasted 13. Risk 14. Stuck On You 15. Fare Game 16. Cool Hunter 17. Necrophilia Americana 18. Live Or Let Die 19. Super Men 20. Run Silent Run Deep 21. All Access 22. Stealing Home 23. Heroes 24. Charge Of This Post
You won't find many television series whose defining event occurred before the first episode of the first season. Then again, there aren't many, if any, series like HBO's Treme. Created by writer-producers David Simon (of The Wire) and Eric Overmyer, this show has as its driving force, its raison d'être, Katrina, the hurricane that decimated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in 2005. The debut season began a couple of months after the storm passed through, leaving misery and chaos in its wake; the first of 11 episodes in this, the second season, starts about a year after that. Most of the action still centers around NOLA, where the locals are continuing to pick up the pieces and get on with their lives in a city now plagued with violence and disorder. Some of those who left are returning, but some may be gone for good (several scenes throughout the season take place in New York City). Some are trying to rebuild their homes (which means the endless wait for federal funds continues); others, hewing to a mantra that "no disaster should go to waste," include venal businessmen looking to capitalize on the city's pain by rebuilding New Orleans "properly." And as one character puts it, "Everybody is out of their minds." As before, there are numerous characters and story lines to keep track of. Trombonist Antoine Batiste (Wendell Pierce) takes a job teaching music to schoolkids while also putting together a hot new band, the Soul Apostles. His former wife, bar owner LaDonna (Khandi Alexander), spends much of the season suffering from the effects of a brutal assault. Chef Janette Desautel (Kim Dickens) now lives and plies her trade in Manhattan, while her former boyfriend, DJ and aspiring rapper-music exec Davis McAlary (Steve Zahn), has taken up with up-and-coming fiddler Annie Tee (Lucia Micarelli). Activist lawyer Toni Bernette (Oscar winner Melissa Leo) tries to get to the bottom of a killing that may have involved police misconduct, while daughter Sofia (India Ennenga) struggles to adapt to life without her dad, who died in the previous season. Part of the show's appeal is the fact that these folks and the others whose story lines we follow are not superheroes or world-beaters; they're just people dealing with life's daily, if not exactly ordinary, vicissitudes. But as before, it's the music that remains the show's soul and constant heartbeat, whether it's provided by regulars like Antoine, Annie, and trumpeter Delmond Lambreaux (Rob Brown), who's trying to simultaneously update and honor the traditional New Orleans sound, or guest artists including John Hiatt and Shawn Colvin. You might tune in for the writing and acting (both excellent), but in the end, it's the sounds of Treme that will keep you coming back. --Sam Graham
Her father holds the key to Japan's bloodshed. She must find him. Chizuru is on a mission to find her father after having heard no word from him for over a month. After unwittingly becoming both a victim and a witness to a crime Chizuru falls into the hands of the Shinsengumi the Emperor's special police force. Just like her they are after her father. But their intentions are far more serious. It appears the Shinsengumi are hiding something deadly from the public. Known as Furies they are vampire-like creatures of their own making in their pursuit of the ultimate enhancing drug. But the Furies maybe the least of their worries when Chizuru's family may hold a deadlier secret that can ultimately change the course of Japan's future.
BAFTA-winning director Ray Butt (Only Fools and Horses) takes the helm for the final two series of Spike Milligan s anarchic sketch show, recorded in front of and occasionally featuring a wide-eyed studio audience. Qs 8 and 9 were made in quick succession in 1979 and 1980 after the BBC initially delayed re-commissioning the series until the Monty Python team departed TV-land. This was despite the impact the original Q5 of 1969 had on the world of alternative comedy. At a time when Kenny Everett and Not the Nine O Clock News were further testing the limits of TV comedy, the former Goon leads a cast of co-performers including John Bluthal, Bob Todd, Julia Breck, Alan Clare and a self-parodying David Lodge in yet more surreal, outrageous and determinedly under-prepared sketches. Running gags and familiar tropes prevail, with Adolf Hitler, Arab sheiks, idiot Boy Scouts and the Royal Family subject to scattergun ridicule, while musical interludes from Spike, pianist Ed Welch and occasional guest singers age the shows a little more harshly than the main man s virulently anti-PC humour.
Tough, gritty and totally compelling, this hard-edged re-imagining of the iconic Prisoner: Cell Block H remains unmissable drama. Three months have passed since the catastrophic siege, during which time the Prison management has come under intense scrutiny and tougher measures have been imposed. With Allie now top dog, the fragile peace is tested with the arrival of a notorious former inmate. SPECIAL FEATURES: Behind the scenes featurettes and brand-new cast and crew interviews
Most Haunted: Series 7 (3 Disc)
The sexiest drama to scorch the airwaves soars to arresting heights of lust, lies and manipulation as Emmy Award® winner Viola Davis lays down the law in ABC Studios' How To Get Away With Murder: The Complete Second Season. As the body count rises, Frank, Bonnie and the Keating Five dive into a docket of daunting new cases. Meanwhile, the shocking discovery of who killed Rebecca leads into the mystery of who shot Annalise. But instead of answers, this stunning development will set the stage for a series of shocking secrets, bitter betrayals and gasp-worthy revelations that will prove beyond all reasonable doubt, that under the right circumstances, anyone can be a killer. Savour every deliciously twisted moment with all 15 episodes. Plus, descend deeper into the labyrinth with exclusive, never- before-seen bonus features available only on DVD
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