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The professional and personal lives of the students and staff of a failing comprehensive school.

Tolkien's novels were inspired by his mom's storytelling, falling in love with another orphan, Edith, forming a brotherhood with 3 other misfits at school, the trench war of WWI and later telling stories to his own kids.

Ex Cop turned private investigator Vincent Gallagher and his team of PI's do whatever it takes to tackle cases that come to them.

Celebrities study their lineages and family trees, usually learning surprising secrets they never knew about their families.

A group of commuter train passagers are put in accidental suspended animation and emerge years later into a devastated world.

Compassionate look at the troubles of two young newlyweds, whose marriage has yet to be consummated.

From Director Craig Quinn , when Dr. Adam Brecknell's life spirals out of control, he sees a job offer that will change his fortunes but doesn't realize the dangers of his new employer leading him to become The Boarhog.

A decade after 1920. When Ayush arrives in England to learn music, he is shocked and scared when the manor he is living in becomes haunted by spirits. To exorcise them, he seeks the help of Rose, a woman who can see and speak with them.

A woman's life is turned upside down when it is revealed that her husband, a member of the British Parliament, has been having an affair with a former prostitute.

Trapped in a dreary existence under their grandmother's thumb, Manchester sisters Ellie and Arden Brooks find liberation in 1965 when rock musicians Dallas McCabe and the Ice Cubes sweep into their lives.

A look at the roller coaster life of Sam J. Jones since his role as Flash Gordon, his struggles and successes, and the aftermath of when he went up against one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood.

After the untimely death of her husband, shy Joan (a part-time cleaner) has to make money fast to keep from losing her home. She asks Fred, her sleazy boss, if she can work more hours - but instead, he takes on sexy air-head, Sharon and fires Joan. Now, she's forced to resort to extreme measures to avoid her home being repossessed. Aided by Sharon, and her two friends/former work-mates (65 year-old eccentric Enid, and desperate Mavis), Joan becomes the Madame of a do-it-yourself co-operative brothel... A brothel with no sex!

The story is set in 1844 when a group of working-class people from the town of Rochdale came together to change the unfair society they were living in. Fed up with dishonest and corrupt shopkeepers selling poor quality products at high prices they decide to take matters into their own hands. By pooling the few resources they have, the group manage to get enough money together to open their own shop and pledge to only sell quality, unadulterated products, sharing the profits fairly with their customers. The shop is only small and stocks just a handful of products like butter, flour and sugar, but the idea itself is revolutionary and the way they do business is fundamentally different in its nature.

Watch as Fred takes you to key factories and structures that spearheaded the industrial revolution and shows us how the machines actually worked.

A man recounts his life experiences from his youth in Turkey, to his arrival at a small Fish and Chips shop in the UK.

Scott is struggling to look after his simple younger brother Ian in the bleak moorland landscapes of northern England. After Scott loses a bag of ecstasy and blames it on Ian, he finds himself faced with Rob Mally, the biggest small time dealer in the village.

Drugs alcohol money gambling are all the mixtures needed for the perfect violent cocktails to light the fuse and spark outrage behind closed doors around broken Britain.

Seaking reasons for the separation and abortion of Maria.

Johnny has lost £25,000. It all happened so fast: he just put it down for a second and then it was gone. It wasn't his to lose. He turns to his brother Del for salvation from his criminal boss but all is not so straightforward in this existentialist crime-caper: chance meetings and peculiar turns of events escalate things to nightmarish proportions.

It's early 1950s. A daughter, Rosemary, and her mother Nancy struggle with coming to terms with the loss of their father/husband. Rosemary attempts ways of rekindling their relationship, the last attempt is a secret she is hiding.

A discontented chef sniffs an alluring aroma and is whisked away on a modern-day pilgrimage. Jerusalem or Bust is a most bizarre musical journey, dusted with divine stories, served up with a host of zany characters who he meets along the way.

The owner of a nursing home sets up an amateur dramatic society to deflect away unsavoury allegations, but his bogus community spirit is soon exposed by a new arrival.

Nicky Campbell investigates whether Christians are being discriminated against.