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The Good Doctor

The Good Doctor (2017)

The Good Doctor

A young surgeon from a small town, who has autism and Savant syndrome and has the ability to note minute details and changes, as well as possessing a near photographic memory, is recruited into the surgical unit of a prestigious hospital in California

By Dawn's Early Light

By Dawn's Early Light (1990)

By Dawn's Early Light

Gripping action-drama thriller revolving around a non-NATO nuclear missile being fired from Turkey at the USSR, which leads to an automatic Soviet response as it is perceived as a NATO strike. Can continued escalation be avoided?

Cribb

Cribb (1980)

Cribb

A Detective Sergeant navigates the challenges of crime-solving in the late 19th century. With its rich depiction of Victorian life and clever storytelling, Cribb earned a place among the classic period crime dramas of British television

Diamond Crack Diamond

Diamond Crack Diamond (1970)

Diamond Crack Diamond

Six-part thriller from London Weekend Television starring Alan Dobie (Cribb) as John Diamond, a Fleet Street reporter who has a reputation for living dangerously

Whodunnit

Whodunnit? (1972)

Whodunnit

Crime-fiction mystery in which a celebrity panel watch a dramatization of a murderous deed before being given the chance to interrogate the suspects themselves and deduce whodunnit

A Man on the Inside

A Man on the Inside (2024)

A Man on the Inside

A lonely retired widower gets a new lease on life when he answers an ad from a private investigator and becomes a mole in a secret investigation in a nursing home. Ted Danson stars in his best roles in years in this intelligent comedy and heartfelt drama

Billy Connolly

An Audience with Billy Connolly (1985)

Billy Connolly

Television special in front of a star-studded audience, featuring the legendary Scottish comedian with his unique brand of stand-up comedy, his storytelling prowess and his sharp humour

Jo - French Detective Series

Jo (2013)

Jo - French Detective Series

English-language French police procedural concerning a veteran detective in Paris' elite Criminal Brigade. Jo St-Clair, brilliant and brutal, must outwit pathological killers to solve the most shocking murders

The Massingham Affair

The Massingham Affair (1964)

The Massingham Affair

Based on a real-life Victorian burglary, two poachers are accused of murdering a policeman. But one young crusading solicitor, with radical notions on 19th century justice, is convinced that they are the victims of rigged evidence - by the police

Bat Out of Hell (1966)

It's murder and intrigue most foul in this 1960s British thriller written by the prolific Francis Durbridge when the victim of a murder phones his wife after she has identified his body