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- Julien finally uncovers the truth about a missing girl, but after the police dismiss his theory, he is forced to take matters into his own hands.
- Costume dramas spawned an army of dashing heroes in uniform, but not all fought with the aplomb of Sharpe or Horatio Hornblower. The Monocled Mutineer opened a controversial chapter of WWI and A Piece of Cake's flying stunts rewrote the Battle of Britain.
- 2010–20121h 3mTV-PG7.2 (163)TV Episode1938: Lady Maude has died and Pamela has come to live at Eaton Place, as has Blanche Mottershead, Maude's half-sister, an archaeologist, who came for the funeral and seems likely to stay indefinitely. Nursemaid Beryl is employed to help Lady Agnes with her new baby. The household prepares for another war in the wake of Chamberlain's seemingly futile talks with Hitler. Pritchard is in his element as an air raid warden, but falls foul of Great War widow Mrs Thackeray and Mr Amanjit when they learn from police sergeant Ashworth that the butler was a conscientious objector in that conflict. However, Lady Agnes calls on the staff to show a united front with the war coming. Hallam goes to Germany for last ditch talks and meets Persie, who has a German lover and no intention of returning home.
- John George Haigh, the notorious "acid bath murderer" in 1940s England, becomes the subject of this dramatization.
- The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are summoned by a newspaper notice to the house of Letitia Blacklock, anticipating a murder game. But things become too real when someone is shot dead.
- 2010–20121h 2mTV-PG7.5 (136)TV EpisodeBlanche is discomfited when married authoress Portia Alresford publishes a spicy best seller, 'The Golden Blaze', a thinly disguised account of their lesbian affair. Their true identities are exposed in the press, angering Sir Hallam and dividing staff opinion. And, whilst Portia wants the affair to resume, Blanche knows that this can never be. Lady Agnes, keen to assume more child care duties, annoys Beryl by switching her job to housemaid, giving both her and kitchen maid Eunice more work to do. Beryl goes to a staff agency, the Girls' Friendly Society, whose Miss Poulson forces Lady Agnes to improve staff working conditions, making her see the folly of her ways. Lady Persie tells Hallam that she is pregnant, but all these events are over-shadowed by the German invasion of Czechoslovakia, making war a far more realistic possibility than before.
- A diplomat is killed while attending the latest round of Middle East talks, and MI5 suspect a link with a shadowy group known as the November Committee.
- While Julien pursues the Giroux case in Paris, a devastating act sets to tear the Websters apart. Two years later, Gemma discovers a vital clue.
- The "bodice rippers" of the 1990s helped costume dramas shed their staid reputation as quickly as characters doffed their period garb. Colin Firth's wet-shirt scene in Pride and Prejudice and the romps of Moll Flanders lead the saucy literary adaptations.
- A true story about a couple's struggles to meet the challenges of their son's autism.
- After Caspar Landry turns up to her charity lunch Lady Agnes visits his factory, and, when the hired mannequin fails to show, ends up modelling his stockings for an advertising campaign, to the annoyance of Sir Hallam. To impress Beryl, Harry enters the Belgravia servants boxing competition. However, the organizer is more taken by young Johnny's fighting skills, and the boy progresses to the amateur welterweight finals, but walks out after the promoter makes a pass at him. Harry takes his place and wins the title and the admiration of Beryl. Hallam brawls with Landry, who has come to watch the fight, and forbids his wife from seeing him. He is, however, more than happy to share a long kiss with her sister.
- The adventures and politics of a British ambassador to a fictitious Asian country called Tajbekistan.
- After being shot in 2008 while investigating DCI Sam Tyler, DI Alex Drake wakes up in 1981.
- Lucy nurses Craig's gunshot wound as he fights for his life, Xander has a revelation while on the memory drug that may cause him to abandon his loyalty to Darros, and Kira gets closer to uncovering Darros' master plan.
- May 6th begins like any other day in Midwich. But as dusk falls, the lives of its residents are profoundly altered forever. As family members fight to save their loved ones from an unknown fate, a community is forged in a way nobody thought possible.
- Lindsay is remanded in custody where she is victimized by both staff and prisoners. Meanwhile Steve and Kate discover the identity of the dead witness from blunt inspector Cottan. He was known as Tommy and Cottan believes that Jayne Akers, his liaison officer, was the real mole who betrayed the escort. Kate visits Lindsay, who knows about her affair with Jayne's husband whilst Cottan has similar suspicions. Lindsay's accusations also cause friction between Hastings and Steve, whilst Dryden's driving offence attracts the press so to save himself he strikes a deal naming Lindsay as the officer under investigation. Kate discovers a body, apparently that of the missing Carly, and returns to see Lindsay, who claims her ex-lover Dryden set her up. Kate makes a call which seems to support this whilst Cottan gets evidence to prove Jayne was on the take.
- After stealing a large amount of money from a bank a man is found Crucified on the moors. The treasury call in the team to investigate but when Harry decides to take the mission further, Danny's life is put in danger.
- An arrogant Dryden is questioned regarding the traffic offence and is dismissive though Steve lets him know Lindsay has revealed that he knew about the convoy route and aims to pursue it further. Rich Akers is also pulled in after £20,000 of which he claims ignorance is found under the floor boards at his house. Hargreaves is convinced this was the bribe given Jayne to betray the escort and when Steve and Kate examine Jayne's car they discover a tracking device though Hargreaves is not keen for its revelation. Furthermore Cottan and Hargreaves see video evidence suggesting that Tommy had a grievance against Dryden, whose affair with Lindsay is now proved. Lindsay gets a day release from prison to visit her mother, in hospital after a stroke, but on the way back the prison van is hi-jacked and she is abducted by two policemen, Prasad, identified by Carly's parents as her apparent boyfriend, and Cole.
- Troubled war veteran turned Police Officer David Budd is assigned to the Metropolitan Police's Specialist Protection Branch.
- Steve is arrested on suspicion of murder but continues to protest his innocence. Kate's undercover operation unveils unexpected facts, but will it hold the key to uncovering the identity of the Caddy?
- The BBC's flagship morning news programme covering current affairs, business and sports, plus guest interviews and weather reports.
- London is being terrorised by a mysterious killer taking the guise of the "Brick Man", a mythical figure from London folklore who comes out of brick walls on Brick Night and stabs people - except this time its real and people are dying.
- A special guest reads a children's bedtime story.
- An adaptation of six of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in a modern setting.
- Following the deaths of Georgia and the witness it is Steve who gets a grilling as to the police presence at the hospital whilst Lindsay is accused of attacking her neighbour, which she denies. Steve discovers that a nurse on the witness's ward, Claire Tindall, was threatened into giving the killer access by a man she knows as Joe, but whom she is unable to identify. Lindsay continues to search for vanished teenager Carly Kirk and Kate is drafted in as her assistant - in reality a move to try and get Lindsay to admit her guilt - but Lindsay sees through the ruse. After Kate's cover is blown Lindsay is questioned again and claims that she rang the hospital to ask that the witness exonerate her but she is disbelieved and Hastings arrests her for conspiracy. At her interview she points out that Steve visited Claire unofficially and Hastings has financial problems and a broken marriage that could make him just as culpable but she is nonetheless held in custody. Meanwhile DCC Dryden finds himself in the frame for a driving offence supposedly committed by his wife.
- Two young newlyweds, geeky Edward and innocent but alluring Samantha, turn up at a majestic and remote country house hotel for their honeymoon, which has been taken over by the high-spirited members of an Undertakers' Annual Convention. Their attempts at romance are quickly dampened as they become helplessly embroiled in an intriguing whodunit when the Head of the Funeral Directors' Association dies under bizarre circumstances. Featuring a top-notch cast including Nick Moran (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), Rik Mayall (The Young Ones), Steve Huison (The Full Monty), and Hugh Fraser (TV's Poirot), you'll die laughing with this hilarious and dark romantic comedy!
- Bloom gets back with Turkish girlfriend Adile, whom he met whilst working undercover as Brendan to smash the Turkish Mafia. Meanwhile in Australia back-packer Olivia Knighton is murdered by Jane Calshaw, who uses her victim's credit card to pay for her flight home and finance a flat in a false name, having befriended Olivia's mother. Calshaw is wanted for stabbing her boyfriend, putting him in a wheelchair, and is now out for revenge on her father, who caused the accidental head injury which accounts for her psychopathic behaviour. Mr. Calshaw is re-marrying and Jane kidnaps the bride. It's down to Bloom to get her to confess where she has imprisoned her victim.
- The French Intelligence Service wants to work in partnership with MI5 to catch an arms expert they suspect of selling Eurofighter technology to the highest bidder.
- This is a documentary about unsung heroes of World War II. In 1943, a 24-year-old maths student and a GPO engineer combined to hack into Hitler's personal super-code machine - not Enigma but an even tougher system, which he called his 'secrets writer'. Their break turned the Battle of Kursk, powered the D-day landings and orchestrated the end of the conflict in Europe. But it was also to be used during the Cold War - which meant both men's achievements were hushed up and never officially recognized.
- Writer Daniel Feeld, first seen in Dennis Potter's "Karaoke," returns three centuries later as a disembodied head.
- When a young woman (who was abducted as a child) returns to her hometown, her family is thrown into turmoil. Her name is Alice Webster. Two years later, detective Julien Baptiste resumes the search for another missing girl.
- The second of two compilations of highlights from the recent series, featuring a host of stars including Tom Cruise, Rebel Wilson, Regé-Jean Page, Rosamund Pike, Sir Tom Jones, Keeley Hawes, Ian Wright, Sienna Miller, Sam Neill, Kate Winslet, Alan Carr, Felicity Kendal, Adrian Lester, Amy Poehler, Daniel Kaluuya, Jennifer Garner, Stanley Tucci, Cush Jumbo, Liam Neeson, Octavia Spencer, Melissa McCarthy, Orlando Bloom and many more.
- Cameron Colley is a young scottish journalist, with an interest in exposing the wrongs committed by the rich and powerful. Life is comfortable enough but uneventful, until someone starts murdering the people in his articles.
- After a shooting, Jo's family vacations turns into turmoil.
- As Julien gets closer to the truth in 2014, his body weakens. Two years later, a third suspect is thrown into the case.
- Breakfast show featuring news, celebrity guests and showbiz gossip.
- Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.
- After more bloodshed, the children plan to leave. Susannah volunteers to go with them and strives to get Cassie to safety. It is evident now that they must be stopped. And there's no easy way out.
- Henry and Margaret spend a day at the races with her new client Bob Bishop, who is resisting a take-over bid for his cider brewery. A mysterious man shadows Henry and then the corpse of stable lad Ben Tucker is found in a horse-box. Bob's brother Tony owns the stables, which are failing, and he is very curt with Henry when he comes to investigate. On the night he died Ben had argued with another stable lad Jerry Lawless over female jockey Jude O'Brien but he too is murdered and Bob's daughter Liz, another jockey, is found in his caravan with a bag full of bank-notes.
- Liz claims the money is winnings from a bet and Henry releases her but notes that Jerry too has a healthy bank balance and surmises he was trading inside information for cash. Tony apologizes to Henry but tries to push Bob into accepting the take-over and Henry's mystery man proves to be a private eye, since Tony has been fixing races and the Jockey Club have hired him to get proof. Henry believes Tony got Jerry to nobble his horses and killed Ben when he found out. He has the correct motive but the wrong suspect and it's Margaret who literally stumbles on the real killer and has a close call with them. Meanwhile Nicola is annoyed when a spoilt school-friend appears to be making a play for Gary, though she is actually trying to poach him for her restaurant - unsuccessfully.
- After finding a lost shoe in the street, a man becomes fixated on trying to trace its owner.
- 30 years in the past, Kira's groundbreaking research captures the attention of Paul Darros as well as the affection of Professor Eleanor Miller.
- The further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.
- September 1981. The lives of five friends converge in a flat together in London. But a distant threat means that life in the '80s might be all too precious.
- When DI Alex Drake is shot and lands in 1981, she comes face-to-face with DCI Gene Hunt, the relic of old-fashioned policing she read about in Sam Tyler's reports. Alex thinks she is in a coma and needs Hunt's help to go after Layton, the man who shot her in 2008. She is confident she knows the rules of the game, but with no contact from the outside world Alex has to contend with a terrifying possibility.
- For Alice, Harry and their daughter, Charlotte, moving into their new home should have been a dream come true. But it quickly turns into a nightmare when Alice discovers Harry dead at the bottom of the stairs.
- Molly Gibson, whose mother has long ago died, is brought up by her father Dr. Gibson. At the age of 17, Molly visits and immediately befriends the Hamleys, her neighbors, especially she and the youngest son Roger Hamley, studying in Cambridge, become good friends. This is when Dr. Gibson tells his daughter of his upcoming marriage to Hyacinth Kirkpatrick, a widower who also has a daughter around Molly's age, Cynthia.
- A body pulled from the Thames is identified as young John Harmon, heir to a fortune made in dust-contracting. Bella Wilfer, his wife-to-be by terms of old Harmon's will, goes into mourning though she has never met her fiancé.
- Jo's world shatters when gunmen attack the luxurious Spanish hotel where she's holidaying with family and friends. The ensuing horror puts lives at risk and exposes secrets.
- Unconventional, unflinching, and undeniably engaging, this coming-of-age story is about a provincial young woman who follows her heart--and a beautiful male impersonator--to London. It's also a candid depiction of lesbian love in Victorian England.
- After the Labour Party lose the 1970 General Election, Labour MP John Stonehouse becomes the scapegoat. With rumours of fraud and worse circulating, he hatches an outlandish plan to escape his troubles.
- In the Cotswold village of Pagford grasping shop-keeper Howard Mollison, chairman of the local parish council, is keen to turn the village's popular but dilapidated community hall into a money-making spa, bringing protests from honest solicitor Barry Fairbrother. The council votes on the matter but with no clear majority. When Barry suddenly dies a vacancy occurs on the parish council. Howard urges his weak son Miles to stand, to the disgust of Miles' wife, sex shop owner Samantha, who detests her father-in-law. School-master Colin Wall, husband of Tess, Barry's ally on the council, also puts himself forward as does Barry's greedy brother Simon Price , who bullies his son 'Arf'. At the same time social worker Kaye Bawden is dismayed to be told that her department's lack of funds means she cannot get little Robbie Weedon away from his drug addict mother Terri and tarty sister Krystle.
- Fungus, and his wife Mildew, must disguise themselves as humans and journey 'Up Top' in order to try and persuade their rebellious son, Mould, to return home.
- In 1935, beleaguered Bournemouth mother Louisa Durrell decides to uproot her problematic family and build a new life on the Greek island of Corfu. However, they soon find that island life presents its own problems.
- After the sudden death of novelist and ex-Secret Intelligence Service man Alexander Wilson, his wife Alison is forced to investigate when mysteries from her husband's past come knocking.
- After rescuing a train from a suicide bomber, a Scottish Afghanistan War vet is assigned to protect the UK Home Secretary.
- England, 1958. A Russian-born designer of hearing aids becomes acquainted with a well-known politician and his wife - who harbor dark secrets.
- It's the week of the Royal Wedding, and CID is under pressure to keep the streets quiet. Realising she is stuck here for now, Alex is desperate for escapism. She goes on a date with a handsome Thatcherite and makes contact with her mother, Caroline. As bombs threaten to ruin Charles and Diana's big day, Gene needs Alex to stop being distracted and acknowledge this world has the power to hurt.
- December 1983. When an old friend, Gloria, asks Jill for a strange favour, Jill becomes trapped in a world of lies as the shadow of AIDS gets closer.
- Alice has to arrange a funeral for the man she loved, but can't bear the thought of him in a graveyard, and so finds herself at loggerheads with Minnie and Gerry over what Harry would have wanted.
- Before going to Africa, Roger proposes to Cynthia and is accepted. Molly faces some problems with her stepmother and her views.
- Lizzie Hexam, daughter of the corpse robber who found young Harmon's alleged body, is being courted by two desperate characters: Eugene Wrayburn, a dissolute barrister, and Bradley Headstone, a mentally-deranged schoolmaster.
- With the hotel shooters still at large, and crippled by fear for her own family, Jo summons her courage to rescue as many staff and guests as possible.
- Unconventional, unflinching, and undeniably engaging, this coming-of-age story is about a provincial young woman who follows her heart--and a beautiful male impersonator--to London. It's also a candid depiction of lesbian love in Victorian England.
- When John--now hiding out in Melbourne--attracts the suspicions of the local police, his wife Barbara and his secretary and mistress Sheila both fly out to Australia to confront him.
- The killer releases a video stating that the killings are the first of five truths. Karl investigates Gemma's disappearance and the killer's second truth is revealed.
- Barry is laid to rest but a blogger claiming to be his ghost posts online messages, exposing Simon as a thief and causing him to withdraw from the candidacy. The Mollisons are highly amused - until the ghost points out Miles's shortcomings and then Colin is attacked online, having rowed with his teen-aged stepson 'Fats' over the boy's sexual involvement with Krystle. Krystle herself has only fond recollections of Barry's kindness to her and her family. Samantha Mollison holds a dinner party for other candidates and their associates, including Kaye and married doctors Parmender and Vikram, who supported Barry, but it descends into chaos and argument as Parminder locks horns with Howard. That night Howard has dreams involving death.
- Eve helps the new family move into their home, but Fungus has other things to worry about - he has been spotted on a security camera.
- Theo and his neighbour Sven must put their rudimentary medical skills to the test when Larry Durrell falls dangerously ill. Spiros brings the family some good news that may ease their financial worries.
- Visiting Coleman again, Alison demands to know who Dorothy is. Coleman tells Alison to stop digging and darkly suggests that, if she persists, she may jeopardise her sons' futures.
- A terrorist attack targets a public school, and an unhappy sniper opens up on Home Secretary Montague.
- BBC plot: Hannah arrives at Buckingham Palace, but is too late to be presented. Samuel meets two men who are interested in his invention, Denning and Mr Field. He learns that they are from MI5 and he is sworn to secrecy. The Petrukhins attend a fete at the Shaw's. Samuel invites Kathleen to attend the demonstration of the staff locator, but does not tell her it is for MI5. He demonstrates the staff locator at the military base with Courtney and Doreen from the factory, as well as Miriam, Hannah, Sacha and Kathleen in attendance. During the demonstration, Kathleen leaves suddenly in tears and Hannah runs after her. Kathleen confides in Hannah that her son Anthony went missing five years ago when he was aged 21. Kathleen goes to see Mr Spearman, a private investigator, but there have been no new developments in Anthony's case. Hannah befriends Esther, a young deaf woman who works at Samuel's factory. Hannah's etiquette teacher Nicholas persuades Hannah to take part in a civil defence exercise to prepare for nuclear attacks.
- Sara Cox and Aled Jones host the final edition of the show. They are joined by actor Larry Lamb and "Dancing on Ice" and "Strictly Come Dancing" judge Jason Gardiner.
- Lady Broughall, the healer and her homeopathic friends try to help Freddy's asthma. Jack has a new job at the local classic car garage. There are horse thieves in the area.
- When a prostitute complains of rape, Alex has a tough time convincing Gene to take the case seriously. She is the lone voice in CID, and only the link to a recent murder victim makes Gene take the investigation further. The pursuit of the attacker takes them undercover to a fancy dress boat party, but has Alex's determination got the better of her, and is her effort to prove a point masking her judgement?
- 1986. The Pink Palace flatmates are working, falling in love and finding their way in the world. But when terror strikes in the most unexpected way, they must fight like never before.
- Charlotte decides to return to school, but Alice feels lost without her. Before the inquest can go ahead, the police must identify the figure on the CCTV, but with George being so evasive Alice has to go behind his back.
- It is revealed that Cynthia is also secretly engaged to Mr. Preston ever since she was 15 years old. When she tries to break off that engagement, Preston is reluctant to let her go or give her back her letters. After a visit to London, Cynthia also breaks off her engagement to Roger who is on an expedition in Africa. Osbourne's health decreases quite severely. Fearing his father's reproach, he still cannot tell him of his marriage to a French woman or his having a child.
- As the rivalry over who will take Lizzie's hand in marriage intensifies, Lizzie flees. Meanwhile, the once-kindly Mr. Boffin has become a tyrant to Rokesmith, who evokes the sympathy of the formerly haughty Bella.