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Get ready to drop in and pay a visit to some of the most bizarre, baffling, confusing and frankly ridiculous homes on the planet. We're allowing you privileged access to some of the most fascinating and unique properties in the world, including a brief stay at Mr Toilet's toilet house (you can probably guess the theme of that one) and a cargo ship that's been cut in half and stuck on a cliff.
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What happens when you take a culture that's shunned the modern world and force it to live in the 21st century? The Amish travel by horse and buggy and dress as their forebears did when they landed in America 300 years ago. Countless rules prevent them from using electric lights, radio, TV and mobile phones. This documentary follows two Amish families struggling to get to grips with modernity.
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In the '80s, rallying had more buzz than Formula 1. A new, no-holds-barred category of extreme performance cars had taken the world by storm. For four wild, crazy years, manufacturers scrambled to build ever more powerful cars driven by fearless mavericks who could handle the extreme power. But the sport was out of control and the unregulated mayhem would end after a series of horrific tragedies.
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DI Richard Poole is still trapped on the stunning Caribbean island paradise of Saint-Marie as this light-hearted detective drama returns. The sun, sea and sand still continue to irritate him, just as he irritates his long-suffering colleagues. Alongside the beautiful Sergeant Camille Bordey, he takes on a baffling array of murder cases, from pirate curses to nuns killed in locked rooms - even solving cases with a hurricane bearing down on them. Most...
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Now an established team, Lynley and Havers get to work on four new crime mysteries. Solving their professional problems is easier than sorting out their personal lives. Still hurting from the marriage of the love of his life to his best friend, Lynley turns to Helen Clyde for comfort. Meanwhile, Havers' father is on his deathbed and she finds it increasingly difficult to cope with her mother, who has Alzheimer's Disease.
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Arthur Gilder is ready to hand over the reins of his doctor's practice to his son, Tom. But this is the 1950s, and when Tom moves his wife and children to the Lancashire village of Ormston from the hustle and bustle of Manchester, he also brings with him a sense of dynamism and change which Arthur doesn't embrace with open arms. Arthur clings to his old-fashioned, tried and tested ways whereas Tom is determined that the hospital should adapt or die....
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In this series, Peter Pascoe and his wife, Ellie, now heavily pregnant, drive to a picturesque Cotsworld village to visit friends, only to find them murdered; a charming serial killer haunts the sleepy Yorkshire town of Wetherton; pest control takes on a new meaning when Dalziel and Pascoe investigate a suspicious rose grower; and Dalziel finds himself under suspicion when an old man is killed by a drunken driver.
9) Mistresses
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You don't wake up wanting to be someone's mistress - somehow it just happens. Mistresses follows the lives and loves of a group of thirty-something friends who met at university. Katie is a doctor who has been having an affair with one of her patients. Her best friend Trudie grieves the loss of her husband who was killed in 9/11. Then there's Jessica whose anarchic lifestyle supplies lots of gossip and humour, and the happily married Siobhan - but...
10) The Job Lot
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Comedy set in a West Midlands job centre. Neurotic manager Trish runs the Brownall Job Centre aided by a mixed-bag of staff, including reluctant and truculant Karl, the less-than-helpful Angela and two uniquely skilled security guards, all facing the challenges of dealing with customers who don't always appreciate their efforts.
11) Upstart Crow
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David Mitchell stars as William Shakespeare in a rip-roaring comedy tribute to the Bard. Written by Ben Elton, this fictional account of his early career follows Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself in London, while also trying to be a husband and father for his family in Stratford-upon-Avon.
12) W1A
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Hugh Bonneville returns as beleaguered BBC head of values Ian Fletcher, trying his best to set a steady course for one of the nation's great institutions as stormy weather looms and others on deck around him continue to try to prise his hands off the wheel and steer it in other directions. In this series the stakes are higher than ever for everyone as the BBC attempts to navigate its way past the potentially perilous rocks of Charter Renewal. Did...
13) Wild metropolis
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Examine the world's most extraordinary wildlife living in the newest and fastest changing habitat on the planet - cities. The innovative three-part series features a diverse cast of animals that are adjusting to this new world better than predicted, not only applying their natural born skills and abilities to life in the city, but also making amazing physical or behavioral adaptations.
14) Bedlam
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A supernatural thriller set in a luxury apartment building which is haunted by the ghosts of its dark and violent past. Welcome to Bedlam Heights, a hip new high rise on the edge of a British metropolis. Behind the façade of stylish 21st century living lie unimaginable horrors, for this former pre-Victorian asylum is possessed by its previous inhabitants. Kate, who lives and works at Bedlam Heights, thinks anyone who believes in ghosts is a fool....
15) Cardinal Burns
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Welcome to the world of Cardinal Burns, the E4 comedy series in which Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns invite us into their surreal and offbeat minds, and unleash a cast of uniquely funny characters.
17) Ordinary Lies
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Exploring the lives, loves and lies of a brand new workforce, this popular series returns with more compelling stories of what can happen when an apparently simple deception spirals out of control. Packed with humour and shock revelations, this drama series considers the way we don't truly know the person working next to us. The action moves to the call centre and warehouse of a sports sales company in Wales as it delves into the lives of a group...
18) The Paradise
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Denise Lovett, a young and ambitious country girl with only her wits to live on, arrives in a booming Northern city to take up a long-held promise of work in her uncle's drapery shop. But she soon discovers that her uncle cannot afford to employ her as most of his customers have been seduced away by The Paradise, England's first department store, right across the street.
19) Maigret
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In Maigret Sets a Trap, Maigret comes under pressure from his superiors and the press to catch a serial killer of women with no common feature except their hair. Making no progress Maigret sets a trap using undercover police women. Maigret's Dead Man focuses on the murder of a gambler with connections to a brutal gang from Czechoslovakia whose members are robbing and killing wealthy Parisians.
20) Maisie Raine
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Detective Inspector Maisie Raine is a no-nonsense policewoman with years of experience and an instinct for people in trouble. Though she can be forceful and difficult to work with, her warmth, determination and sense of fun have won her a great deal of respect and affection. Like any busy inner-city station, Bessomer Street has its fair share of murders, muggings and mysteries.