Brideshead Revisited COMPLETE S01
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083390/
Two young men meet at Oxford. Charles Ryder, though of no family or money, becomes friends with Sebastian Flyte when Sebastian throws up in his college room through an open window. He then invites Charles to dinner after his teddy bear Aloysius ‘refuses to talk to him’ unless he is forgiven. Charles becomes involved with Sebastian’s family, Catholic peers of the realm in Protestant England. The story is told in flashback as Charles, now an officer in the British Army, is moved with his company to an English country house that he discovers to be Brideshead, Sebastian’s family home where Charles has a series of memories of his youth and young manhood, his loves, life, and a journey of faith and anguish.
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Secret Army S 1-3
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075579/
In this series, inspired by real events during World War II, the kind, intelligent and worrisome Albert Foiret runs both a caf’, which is the only notable public house in a small Belgian town, where locals therefore naturally mix with the Nazi occupation forces, and a just as publicity-shy (even his bed-ridden wife knows nothing) network of the Belgian resistance, devoted to the evacuation of shot-down Allied pilots to Britain. He and his secret ‘army’ (including some of his staff and the Brussels Dr. Pascal Keldermans), taking orders by illegal radio from London, constantly risk their lives -and if caught by the professionally torturing Gestapo, possibly everyone else’s- to find the pilots, hide, nurse and prepare them for the long, dangerous journey out of the Reich under the Nazis’ noses, a never ending cat-and-mouse game against specialized German hunters, run by the gentleman Luftwaffe (Air Force)- Major Erwin Brandt and the ruthless Nazi ‘secret state police’ run by the cunning,…
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Macintyre: Worlds Toughest Towns COMPLETE S01
http://press.discovery.com/es/dsc/programs/macintyre-worlds-toughest-towns/
Macintyre : World s Toughest Towns serves up a unique and gripping insight into the dangerous underworld of some of the worlds most iconic cities.
From Paris to Naples and Cape Town to Mexico City, this series goes beyond the city guides and holiday brochures, investigating the underworld of these towns with a gritty journalistic edge, uncovering the dark secrets that lie beneath.
With current and developing stories, investigative journalist and broadcaster Donal MacIntyre imbeds himself in each tough town and reveals insider knowledge of all our intriguing locations. Donal has previously gone undercover with Britain s most dangerous football hooligans and pulled off sting operations on some of the UK s most wanted criminals. But now he s going international.
With his street smarts, contacts and courage to become fully immersed in the underworld, Donal uses his investigative skills to get access to the real stories and the most important characters. Presented by Donal MacIntyre
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A.D. The Bible Continues COMPLETE S01
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4074084/
A.D. picks up where the smash hit, "The Bible," left off, continuing the greatest story ever told and exploring the exciting and inspiring events that followed the Crucifixion of Christ. As most of the world knows, the Crucifixion was only the beginning of the story. The immediate aftermath of Christ’s death had a massive impact on his disciples, his mother Mary, and key political and religious leaders of the era, completely altering the entire world in an instant. Watch as the disciples struggle to survive and share their beliefs, guiding us from the sorrow of Christ’s ultimate sacrifice to the awe-inspiring wonder of the Resurrection and beyond. From Executive Producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett comes an uplifting spiritual journey through the later chapters of biblical history.
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Winter COMPLETE S01
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4397640/
Together, Detective Sergeant Eve Winter and Detective Inspector Lachlan McKenzie must solve the chilling murder of young 23-year old mother Karly at a beautiful, seaside fishing town, south of Sydney. However, on the same night, a troubled young girl Indiana is hit by a car in Kings Cross. Enter Federal Agent Jake Harris who isn’t keen to share his case; or star witness Indiana, but Eve’s instincts tell her to dig deeper. Meanwhile Lachlan is running a parallel investigation into his own cold case, another murder in the same coastal town eight years ago. Between the picturesque backdrop of the south coast and the busy city of Kings Cross, Eve has to juggle her personal life, professional life and the competing interests of the case. What is the connection between Indiana and Karly? And how are these two related to Lachlan’s cold case? What started as a straight domestic homicide will uncover secrets buried decades deep and push Eve’s team to breaking point.
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The Affair COMPLETE S 1-5
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2699110/
The psychological effects of an affair between a married waitress at a Hamptons diner and a teacher who spends his summer at his in-laws’ estate on the island.
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