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A Christmas Carol 2019

A Christmas Carol (2019)

A Christmas Carol 2019

This original and distinctive take on Dickens's iconic ghost story is a spine-tingling journey into Scrooge's dark soul, and one of the most chilling depictions of the story ever. But did it miss the whole point of the tale?

Lilyhammer

Lilyhammer (2012)

Lilyhammer

A New York mobster goes into hiding in rural Lillehammer in Norway after testifying against his former associates.

The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds (2019)

The War of the Worlds

"Across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us."

Dracula

Dracula (2020)

Dracula

Transylvania, 1897: A British lawyer is summoned to meet a new client who resides in a dark foreboding castle. Count Dracula plans to move to England, but first he needs to feed...

Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows (1966)

Dark Shadows

Imaginative, unique and ground-breaking in its daring and successful use of horror motifs in the then otherwise conservative US television field, Dark Shadows even to this day commands an affection and respect from its legions of fans.

Donny and Marie TV Show

Donny & Marie (1976)

Donny and Marie TV Show

Just as Britain was about to go Punk and the Sex Pistols were about to tell us to never mind the you-know-whatevers, US television in the 1970s was producing a series dressed up with enough kitsch to sink the entire decade with clichéd, stereotypical vapidity. Thank goodness for the Brits!

Fall of Eagles TV series

Fall of Eagles (1974)

Fall of Eagles TV series

1970s BBC historical dramatisation about the collapse of three great European dynasties: the Romanovs, the Habsburgs, and the Hohenzollerns.

The Bridge

The Bridge / Bron / Broen (2011)

The Bridge

When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.

Seven Up documentary

Seven Up! (1964)

Seven Up documentary

Originally conceived as a one-off film in the early 1960’s, Seven Up! went on to become one of the most remarkable social documents in the history of television, becoming a lifelong documentary in the true sense of the word.