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- Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.
- Although Jill's husband seems to respond well to cancer treatment, she tells him that he's dying. Jill pretends she's already a widow and pursues her next-door neighbor, Don. Jill manipulates and torments Don's wife, who suffers from MS.
- Dr. Rossiter, a plastic surgeon wanted by the police, flees to France and under an assumed name acquires, by murder, a run-down circus. His first recruit is a woman criminal. He transforms her face by surgery and trains her.
- Short of money the owners of Ballyroden Hall must attempt to run it as a guest house, but not everyone is happy about the plan.
- Hayley and James are young and in love. They both make the same mad split-second decision to swap trains and surprise each other. Passing each other in the station, they are completely unaware that they have just swapped Christmases.
- A young man becomes attached to a family that's not his own, and casts himself into the life of plentiful riches and gay love affairs for which he seems destined.
- An MI6 defector has his appearance altered by the K.G.B. and is sent back to Britain to retrieve top-secret documents.
- When a wealthy old man appears to have been "frightened to death" by a cat, Miss Jane Marple suspects one of his four relatives, all heirs to his estate, of his murder.
- After Miss Jane Marple is made a trustee of a merchant marine training vessel, a fellow trustee is poisoned, and ship's officers are later murdered after she comes on board.
- The sudden reappearance of his best friend Toni, after a ten year absence, causes Chris to remember his past, to question some of his lifestyle decisions and to re-evaluate his life and marriage to Marion.
- Middle-aged Jess Copplestone is left to look after the elderly relatives of her husband Jacob and to make a new life for herself, after he leaves her for a younger woman.
- During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.
- When the murder of a young woman happens, her next-door neighbor is under suspicion due to his previous stay in a mental hospital.
- A naive Scotsman buys a vintage sports car and learns to drive in order to impress the daughter of an arrogant aristocrat who despises him.
- British N.C.O. Sergeant Major Charles Coward (Sir Dirk Bogarde) escapes from the Stalag VIII-B P.O.W. camp, and is mistakenly awarded with the Iron Cross by the Germans.
- A former Hollywood star enlists the help of a new friend in order to journey from London to France for her ex-lover's funeral, with the various mishaps en route making the trip unforgettable.
- We follow a day in the life of a Pugilist through his first fight in 1798.
- The beautiful Hebe Rutter has been cast out by her family after a teenage pregnancy to a masked stranger during a fiesta in Italy. She makes ends meet and pays for her son's school fees by cooking for old ladies and sleeping with a small syndicate of adoring men (the "peacocks" of the title, from Greek mythology). The story revolves around Hebe, her "clients", and their families, and is set against a backdrop of village life in southwest England. There is a sub-theme of the antiques trade which draws some of the characters together, and ultimately resolves the mystery of Hebe's masked lover.
- When kids kill it sends shock-waves through the community. But what drives a child to commit murder? Police evidence, personal archives, and interviews with the victim's loved ones reveal the truth behind the world's deadliest kids.
- Three young Cockneys take a day off work to meet a foreign movie star at Heathrow Airport. She joins them and their taxi driver while she collects some typically British hats. The main rule of the game is to steal a hat from its wearer, so the film is a musical chase around Swinging Sixties London, evading press and police.
- 4 film grads give 4 film pitches, but there's only 1 outcome!
- On his way to a Make Poverty History gig in Scotland, Bob Geldof is accidentally stranded by an incompetent chauffeur in a run-down motel in Northern England. To his horror, he discovers a lookalike contest is taking place, and no-one will believe he is the real Bob Geldof. Just when he thinks things can't get any worse, he discovers he may not be the only Bob Geldof in the room...
- A Cockney lad who pretends to be a Lord in order to woo a South American princess.
- In an ancient land, a dream is born. The only problem is making it come true.
- Even the prettiest little towns hold dark secrets... you just need to know how to find them. When psychic Tim Ross came to Amersham to provide insights into some old photographs, he uncovered some unsettling truths about the town and of Marco's past life.
- John Betjeman gives a guided tour of the Metropolitan Line from Baker Street in London to Verney Junction in Buckinghamshire, and of architecture of the suburbs and villages that grew up along its length since the line was opened in the 1890s.
- The laying of underground telephone cables.
- Made while Nick Broomfield was still a film student, it's a wry but ultimately troubling examination of British attitudes in an affluent area of Britain - the English home counties.
- Veteran entertainer Jess Conrad OBE, talks about working with director Pete Walker on 1970's 'Cool It Carol!' and his brushes with James Bond and Carry On movies.
- When the Collins family reunite after the death of their father, they uncover a family secret.
- Nigel Long is a 30-year-old accountant, living a seemingly mundane life, which is magnified by his borderline workaholic and solitary tendencies. This behavior is a direct result of mistreatment via his boss, Paul Carter, who takes pleasure in belittling him. However, he cares deeply for his sister Tanya, the only person who really shows him care and concern. Tensions escalate when Tanya is revealed to be in a relationship with Paul who happens to be the domineering partner. This is the final straw and triggers Nigel to confront him. Finally standing up for himself, Nigel gets the respect he sought after, at the cost of his job. Despite losing his job, Nigel finds solace in the fact that he's overcome his demon. His bond with Tanya is strengthened after they've both broken free from Paul. The trade of in Nigel's eyes was worth it.
- 'The Creatures' takes an innovative and intriguing look at issues of self-realization, obsessive love and the dark heart. Haunting and lyrical, the disturbing memories of a young girl, Lilith, are played out by four identical sisters. After learning the horrors of life, her only intent is to protect what she loves.
- Jonathan Meades investigates the life of the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner, and the writing of his largest work, The Buildings of England.
- A man awakes in some form of purgatory and the only way to escape is to face the nightmares and guilt that have plagued him for years.
- Astrologer Russell Grant gives a friendly introduction to various beauty spots around the British Isles.
- A little boy is faced with a terrible dilemma - whether to kill his parents, or Father Christmas and his elf.
- A scrying glass puts an antiques exporter in the path of a woman fleeing from devil worshipers and the evil hypnotist who leads them.
- A carved African fetish with voodoo powers has a dangerous mind of its own.
- Murder victims are being found with the hearts cut out. A police detective is assigned to find and stop the killer.
- DCI Barnaby needs all his wits about him as he investigates a string of deaths at a local New Age commune.
- A priceless porcelain statue of the ancient Shinto monk Sikoto-no vanishes from a small town museum under impossible circumstances.
- A visit to his convalescent aunt prompts Barnaby to investigate a series of suspicious deaths at the nursing home where she is staying.
- Barnaby donates time to the local amateur dramatic society when Joyce is cast in a revival of "Amadeus," but complications arise when the leading man is murdered onstage.
- When a corporate giant tries to acquire a small but respected relish factory owned and run by a dysfunctional family, a naked body is found in the warehouse.
- Barnaby and Troy are drawn to Newton Magna where their search for a horse whisperer allegedly struck by a car is complicated by the discovery of a body in the town well.
- A derelict country cottage is Danny's latest investment, but apart from its great potential, the place comes with a reputation and an unexpected secret.
- A deck with a missing card provides Poirot with the clue he needs to solve the murder of the tyrannical head of a movie studio.
- Hitman Georgi smuggles in a long-range gun from Athens and kills a traffic cop who stops him for speeding. Using a contact in the Greek community, Doyle and Bodie begin to track him down, along with the political group who have engaged him and have held a family hostage in a high-rise flat as they prepare to train the gun on a royal visitor at the Wimbledon tennis competition.
- Charley Turkel plans to spring his brother Henry from prison by holding the Home Secretary as a hostage - as CI5 discover when they arrest a small-time hood who has robbed Tutkel's armoury. He is to be snatched by bogus officers when he visits a police station for an award ceremony but Cowley, despite having a bullet in his leg, takes the place of the intended victim with Bodie as his bodyguard and thwarts the plan.