The Indian Doctor COMPLETE S 1-2-3
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731601
When a sleepy 1960s Welsh mining town’s only doctor dies, the only replacement the union representative could find arrives, straight from India. To everyone’s surprise, he’s better educated and more cultured then anyone they know, yet friendly and eager to help. His wife however looks down on the ‘peasants’, compared to viceregal Delhi, and wants him to move to London.
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Les Miserables COMPLETE mini series
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230534/
Two-part mini-series adapted from the French classic by Victor Hugo, starring Gérard Depardieu and John Malkovich. Set against the turbulent background of the French Revolution, the story centres on Jean Valjean (Gérard Depardieu), a former petty thief and convict, who makes good after a bishop gives him a helping hand and becomes a businessman and leading civic figure. But his past comes back to haunt him in the guise of Javert (John Malkovich), former prison guard at the jail where Valjean was incarcerated, and now Chief of Police in the town where Valjean lives. Javert’s determination to bring Valjean down consumes both men’s lives, leading to a dramatic final confrontation on the revolution-torn streets of Paris.
Audio Language : English
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Mr Rose COMPLETE S01
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159895/
Scotland Yard’s Chief Inspector Rose, portrayed by the charismatic William Mervyn (All Gas and Gaiters), was first introduced in The Odd Man and It’s Dark Outside, Granada’s cult crime series of the early 60s, and this sequel sees the acerbic detective emerging from a restless retirement to take on a further series of cases. Gillian Lewis plays Rose’s beautiful secretary, Drusilla, and Donald Webster his enigmatic manservant, John; guest stars include Terence Alexander, Allan Cuthbertson, John Le Mesurier and Julie Goodyear. Retirement has afforded Mr. Rose the time not only to cultivate a cottage garden on the south coast, but also to write his memoirs. And it’s the impending publication of those memoirs that brings a number of figures crawling out of the woodwork and back into his life: criminals and former colleagues alike, who know that his vast personal collection of case files contains a wealth of incriminating detail. Time may have mellowed Rose a little, but he’s as sharp as ever, and now sets about a succession of new investigations with customary aplomb and evident relish
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Bat Masterson COMPLETE S 1-2-3
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052445
Dressed-up dandy (derby and cane), gambler and lawman roams the West charming women and defending the unjustly accused. His primary weapon was his wit (and cane) rather than his gun.
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Cleopatra 2525 COMPLETE S 1-2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206476/
An exotic dancer, cryogenically frozen in the year 2001, is accidentally thawed out in 2525 by two female warriors who are fighting against evil robots which have taken over the world. The three join forces and try to escape the underground caverns to which humanity has been banished, meeting up with all sorts of strange creatures along the way.
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Mike Hammer Private Eye COMPLETE S01
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130416/
Stacy Keach’s original portrayal of the title character is revived with a new Velda and a different cop as his friend. Mike’s cases are arranged to reflect the times of the late ’90’s.
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The Fellows COMPLETE S01
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181217/
Sequel series to "The Man in Room 17" ; having resigned from the "Room 17" department Oldenshaw rejoined his former partner Dimmock at the Peel Research Fellowship at All Saints College, Cambridge under orders from the Home Office to investigate the changing nature of crime within a set time period. Joining them in their work were programmer Mrs Hollinsczech and servant Thomas Anthem, while their chief adversary was gangster Alec Spindoe.
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