Ben Miles
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English
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""If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?" England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith's son from Putney emerges from the spring's bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short-lived happiness...
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Annie initiates an e-mail correspondence with Tucker Crowe, a reclusive Dylanish singer-songwriter, and a connection is forged between two lonely people who are looking for more out of what they've got. What happens when a washed-up musician looks for another chance? And a childless woman looks for a change?
3) Coupling: S4
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
There's a new guy on the scene, a baby on the way, commitment in the air, and love on the horizon. Patrick and Sally have finally admitted their true feelings for each other, while Steve and Susan are most definitely pregnant. And there's this guy called Oliver who has his eye on Jane. Could the lifetime-losers-in-love get it together?
4) Coupling
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
When a group of friends - a mix of men and women, single and in relationships - really get to thinking how to get what they want in love, the results are a wild mix of one-night stands, one-lunchtime stands, two-timing and partner-swapping. With dialogue that tells it just like it is, COUPLING is one of the wittiest thirty-something comedies to hit TV.
5) Coupling: S3
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Steven Moffat's sitcom returns with the thirtysomething friends facing dilemmas in love.
6) Coupling: S2
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
The thirtysomethings return for a second series with lives no less hectic than before.
7) Coupling: S1
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
When a group of friends - a mix of men and women, single and in relationships - really get to thinking how to get what they want in love, the results are a wild mix of one-night stands, one-lunchtime stands, two-timing and partner-swapping. With dialogue that tells it just like it is, COUPLING is one of the wittiest thirty-something comedies to hit TV.
8) Freezing
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth and Mike have been married for ten years, and both their careers seem frozen. Elizabeth is an Oscar-nominated actress, but her film work has dried up and now she wonders where the next job will come from. Mike has been replaced at the publishing firm where he's worked for 15 years. As a result - and for the first time in their marriage - Mike and Elizabeth now have to spend their days together at home - two freelancers seeking work.
10) The last post
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
War and romance collide in the sweltering heat and political unrest of 1960's Aden--a port city in today's Yemen--where the British Royal Military Police battle local militia in an intense struggle to control the strategically important port. The officers know only too well that a lapse in luck or judgment risks death. But do they know what their wives are risking at the local country club, where the swinging '60s are in full swing?
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Inspector Jack Whicher is part of the newly formed Scotland Yard detective department and travels to Rode, Wiltshire, to investigate a murder at a country house. With no material evidence and only an inept local police force to help, he faces the unenviable task of solving a case in which members of the grieving family are the main suspects.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne... a new era is dawning. Queen Elizabeth II is a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
13) V for vendetta
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
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Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, the story of a young working-class woman, Evey, who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as 'V.' Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, 'V' ignites a revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about 'V's' mysterious background, she also discovers...
14) Essex dogs
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""The New York Times bestselling historian makes his historical fiction debut with an explosive novel set during the Hundred Years' War. July 1346. Ten men land on the beaches of Normandy. They call themselves the Essex Dogs: an unruly platoon of archers and men-at-arms led by a battle-scarred captain whose best days are behind him. The fight for the throne of the largest kingdom in Western Europe has begun. Heading ever deeper into enemy territory...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Season two follows Queen Elizabeth through the late 1950s and early '60s as she struggles to navigate a world that's changing around her. She must face the challenges of a new era, from the Suez Canal crisis to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, while preserving both the monarchy and her marriage.
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"The sequel to Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller, Wolf Hall delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the...
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"Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,' says Thomas More, 'and when you come back that night he'll be sitting on a plush cushion eating larks' tongues, and all the gaolers will owe him money.' England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into this atmosphere of distrust and need comes Thomas Cromwell, first as Wolsey's...
20) Zen
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Aurelio Zen is a formidable detective, but he's always put honesty before advancement. The arrival of clever and ambitious Tania to the team sees Zen's vigor reawakened. Driven by romance, re-energized, and armed with a new confidence, Zen's investigations take him from crowded Rome to the spectacular Italian countryside as he negotiates a complex string of murder cases.