All 3 Media International (Firm).
2) Desmond's
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Welcome to DESMOND'S, Britain's funniest barbershop, where you can relax, play dominoes and sometimes even get a haircut!
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A family comedy-drama about the wrong sort of people trying to do the right thing when the rewards for going straight are neither immediate nor bountiful. OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE is a bold, fresh comedy-drama which is by turns bawdy, action-packed, satirical and trashy -but only ever a heartbeat away from reality.
5) Kingdom
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Stephen Fry is Peter Kingdom a wise, warm-hearted solicitor in the small Norfolk town of Market Shipborough. Aided by trainee solicitor Lyle Anderson (Karl Davies) and Kingdom's faithful assistant Gloria (Celia Imrie), his professional life is often interrupted by the demands of various family members, not least an eccentric sister Beatrice, fresh out of rehab and looking for love. Every case seems embedded in the lives of the townsfolk, introducing...
6) Educators
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EDUCATORS is a cleverly crafted improvised comedy series featuring some of New Zealand’s best-known comedians. The series focuses on the teachers of an ordinary suburban high school. The problem with these teachers is that they are all hopelessly inept. They have no grasp of the curriculum, no knowledge of how to follow a timetable, and no idea whether the tasks they set for the students should even be assessed or not. These dysfunctional educators...
7) Mean Mums
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Hard-core mother fundraisers. MEAN MUMS is a family friendly sitcom following the misadventures of an unlikely gang of misfit mums navigating fundraising, parenting and friendship. When Jess’s only son starts school it’s a big learning curve, for Jess. Joining the Junior Fundraising Committee to help establish herself in the school community, Jess hopes that her efforts might also help her to find some companionship, but alpha mum Heather is more...
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A family comedy-drama about the wrong sort of people trying to do the right thing when the rewards for going straight are neither immediate nor bountiful. OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE is a bold, fresh comedy-drama which is by turns bawdy, action-packed, satirical and trashy -but only ever a heartbeat away from reality.
9) Accused
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Intriguing drama ACCUSED centres on six holding cells of a high court. In each cell sits a person or group who are standing trial, accused of committing a crime and now awaiting the verdict. Weaving tales of fascinating hypothetical scenarios, ACCUSED is a gripping blend of true-to-life situations, moral dilemmas and intriguing characters. Whether the accused are guilty or innocent, this compelling drama reveals just how easily life can present so...
10) Midsomer Murders
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This murder mystery hit series is based on the award winning detective novels by Caroline Graham - blackmail, intrigue, deceit, adultery and murder abound, as the dastardly goings on in the seemingly idyllic county of Midsomer are unraveled by DCI Barnaby.
11) Wild at Heart
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The story of a family who move to the South African bush to set up and run a game reserve – and sort out the problems within the family itself. When the series begins, Danny Trevanion (a widower and vet in his early forties) is living at home with his eighteen-year-old daughter Rosie, Sarah (his wife of six months) and Sarah’s two children from her previous marriage, eight-year-old Olivia and thirteen-year-old Evan. Family tensions are running...
12) Blood
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Families are bound by blood. And by secrets… BLOOD is an intimate drama and psychological thriller about family, memory, and the impact the past can have on the present. Cat Hogan is an isolated woman on the run from her past, a past she is forced to confront when the sudden 'accidental' death of her mother, Mary, draws her back to the family she has spent the last ten years trying to avoid. Her suspicions start to mount against her father when...
13) Fresh Meat
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The perils and joys of house sharing and tutors in those first university years - a painfully amusing drama of self-discovery and errors of judgement, set on the brink of adult life…FRESH MEAT follows six fresher students, away from home for the first time. From awkward moments and dreaded silences, to frequent reinventions and appalling behaviour they are about to discover who they really are. How on earth will they cope with student life…?
14) Secret State
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A movie-star cast that includes Gabriel Byrne and Charles Dance with glamour hewn in the shape of Lia Williams, Anna Madeley and Gina McKee - this is a proper political thriller, where democracy and its relationship with industry is laid bare… In the lead-up to a General Election, a large-scale industrial accident in the North of England, which causes several fatalities, raises awkward questions about safety procedures at the American owned petrochemical...
15) Desmond's: S1
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Welcome to DESMOND'S, Britain's funniest barbershop, where you can relax, play dominoes and sometimes even get a haircut!
16) Accused: S2
Description
Intriguing drama ACCUSED centres on six holding cells of a high court. In each cell sits a person or group who are standing trial, accused of committing a crime and now awaiting the verdict. Weaving tales of fascinating hypothetical scenarios, ACCUSED is a gripping blend of true-to-life situations, moral dilemmas and intriguing characters. Whether the accused are guilty or innocent, this compelling drama reveals just how easily life can present so...
17) Accused: S1
Description
Intriguing drama ACCUSED centres on six holding cells of a high court. In each cell sits a person or group who are standing trial, accused of committing a crime and now awaiting the verdict. Weaving tales of fascinating hypothetical scenarios, ACCUSED is a gripping blend of true-to-life situations, moral dilemmas and intriguing characters. Whether the accused are guilty or innocent, this compelling drama reveals just how easily life can present so...
18) Bucket
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BUCKET is a comedy about a mother-daughter relationship on the road to resolve the past that's made their present tense. For her 70th birthday, Mim Morgenstein wants her only child Fran to drive them on "the mini-break they never had." Fran obliges, but no good deed goes unpunished. After a childhood dream is ruined for the second time, Fran vows never to go anywhere with her mother again, but Mim has a devastating trump card up her sleeve. She's...
19) Blood: S1
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Families are bound by blood. And by secrets… BLOOD is an intimate drama and psychological thriller about family, memory, and the impact the past can have on the present. Cat Hogan is an isolated woman on the run from her past, a past she is forced to confront when the sudden 'accidental' death of her mother, Mary, draws her back to the family she has spent the last ten years trying to avoid. Her suspicions start to mount against her father when...
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Paddy Meehan is a new kind of heroine. A young, female, feisty and funny trainee reporter, she often oversteps the mark between reporting crimes and solving them - while sometimes becoming part of the crime along the way. A big murder case breaks, and a member of Paddy’s family is implicated. Paddy has to make a choice - does she follow the case, and risk being seen to betray her family, or does she turn her back on the career she’s been longing...