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2008
2008x11
Miss Austin Regrets
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In the later years of her life, as she's approaching the age of forty, the novelist Jane Austen helps her niece find a husband.
2008x13
White Girl
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Debbie lives a poor lifestyle in Britain along with her spouse, and three children, two girls and a boy. The neighborhood is predominantly Islamic and there is a Mosque within a stone's .. show full overview
2008x12
The Curse of Steptoe
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Drama telling the moving story of life behind the scenes of Steptoe and Son. Two actors find themselves trapped together on the celebrated long-running sitcom.
2008x3
Hancock and Joan
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Starring Ken Stott (Rebus, Messiah) as troubled comic genius Tony Hancock and Maxine Peake (Cinderella, Shameless) as Joan, Hancock and Joan charts the final year of his life. Only .. show full overview
2008x9
Hughie Green, Most Sincerely
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Drama about the secret life of Opportunity Knocks and Double Your Money presenter Hughie Green, based on the inside story from his family, friends and peers. It tells of the destructive .. show full overview
2008x7
Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me
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Candid and poignant drama about the comedian Frankie Howerd and the relationship with his long-term, long-suffering manager, and gay partner, Dennis Heymer. Despite his overtly camp .. show full overview
2008x14
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
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In 1963 an unknown housewife and teacher from the Midlands, Mary Whitehouse, embarked on a mission to clean up British television. Her crusade led her into battle with the man she held .. show full overview
2008x6
Margaret Thatcher - The Long Walk to Finchley
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Focussing on the young Margaret Thatcher's steely determination to get selected to a "winnable" Tory seat in the Fifties, successful novelist and TV newcomer, Tony Saint's script .. show full overview
2008x1
Consuming Passion: 100 Years of Mills and Boon
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Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the popular romance publishing phenomenon Mills and Boon, a colourful and camp drama which charts the witty and moving stories of three very .. show full overview
2008x8
A Woman in Love and War: Vera Brittain
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Dramatisation of the life of Vera Brittain, a young woman who lived through the First World War, presented by Jo Brand. In 1914 Vera Brittain was young, in love and preparing to study .. show full overview
2008x10
Walter's War
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Drama inspired by the life of Walter Tull who, after years in an orphanage, went on to become a professional footballer and then the first black commissioned officer to lead British .. show full overview
2008x2
Einstein and Eddington
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Drama starring David Tennant and Andy Serkis. In the spring of 1914, with Europe on the brink of war, no one had heard of an obscure German physicist called Albert Einstein. A British .. show full overview
2008x4
Dustbin Baby
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Moving family drama, based on Jacqueline Wilson's novel, following the story of a teenager who sets out to discover her origins and, along the way, discovers where she belongs. Having .. show full overview
2008x5
The 39 Steps
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Drama based on John Buchan's classic novel, set in the lead-up to the First World War. When an undercover British spy is killed in his flat, a man finds himself accused of murder and .. show full overview

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