Romany Jones COMPLETE S 1-4
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069623/
On the Buses creators Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe chart the hilarious misadventures of two couples living side by side under strained circumstances. Queenie Watts and Arthur Mullard take the lead roles in this comedy of bad manners and one-upmanship amidst the mud, pennilessness and outrageous fashion sense of a run-down 1970s caravan site – their characters Wally and Lily Briggs proving so successful…
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Absentia COMPLETE S 1-2-3
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6794990/
After being declared dead in absentia, an FBI agent must reclaim her family, identity and innocence when she finds herself the prime suspect in a string of murders.
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Home Time COMPLETE S01
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1478295
At 17 Gaynor Jacks ran off to find her place in the big wide world, but now she’s come back to her home town – at 29 – with her tail between her legs and not even a starter home to show for herself. She must crawl back into the life she left behind, suffering the gleeful sympathy of her friends and ill judged parental intrusions, all played out in front of old flames and adversaries she thought she’d never see again.
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May to December COMPLETE 1-6
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096651
Alec Callendar, a Pinner solicitor who likes talking to Perry Mason, meets and falls in love with Zoe Angel, a woman half his age. The series follows their relationship, as well as the ups and downs of Alec’s officemates: his secretaries, Hilary and Miss Flood, and Alec’s son, Jamie.
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Mindhunter COMPLETE S 1-2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5290382/
In the late 1970s two FBI agents expand criminal science by delving into the psychology of murder and getting uneasily close to all-too-real monsters.
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Chinese Detective COMPLETE S 1-2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081840/
The Chinese Detective (BBC, 1981-82) provided the first lead role for a Chinese actor on British television.
Chinese British Detective Sergeant John Ho solves cases in the East End of London. Ho fits the pattern of the maverick detective, prepared to use unorthodox methods to solve his cases, which emerged in series like Z Cars and The Sweeney.
British-born Chinese actor David Yip plays Ho and instead of the barely intelligible English typically spoken by Chinese actors in British drama, Yip’s accent has a strong Cockney influence.
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