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Fat Friends

Fat Friends (2000)

Fat Friends

They're all shapes and sizes and come from different walks of life, but there's something which unites them all - issues with weight. Laugh-out-loud comedy drama set in a local slimming club, Fat Friends treads a line between comedy and drama exceptionally well

Those About to Die

Those About to Die (2024)

Those About to Die

Rome - and the dirty business of entertaining the masses, giving the mob what they want most - blood and sport

Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones (1973)

Barnaby Jones

A retired private investigator returns to the field after his son is murdered while working on a case. Determined to find his son’s killer, Barnaby reopens his detective agency and is joined by his widowed daughter-in-law

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2024)

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

British teenage drama series in which a young student is not satisfied that the killing of a local school girl has been investigated enough, and takes matters into her own hands

The Chinese Detective

The Chinese Detective (1981)

The Chinese Detective

Detective Sergeant John Ho, a maverick British Chinese police officer, solves crimes in and around London's docklands while dealing with occasional prejudice and distrust - from his own community as well as within the police force

Lady in the Lake

Lady in the Lake (2024)

Lady in the Lake

Natalie Portman stars as an aspiring reporter, investigating two unsolved murders. Set against the backdrop of America’s political upheaval of the 1960’s, she clashes with a woman working to advance the agenda of the city's Black community

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected (1979)

Tales of the Unexpected

Introduced by Roald Dahl, Tales of the Unexpected was a weekly, dark suspense filled anthology series with a different cast every week. Each story, with an unexpected and quirky twist in its tail had a moralistic message

Max Headroom

Max Headroom (1987)

Max Headroom

A computerised talking head with a slick presenting style foreshadows concerns about media control, corporate power, and the blurring of news and entertainment which would come to dominate the information landscape

Cannon TV series

Cannon (1971)

Cannon TV series

Where street smarts meet intellectual intrigue...a seasoned private detective navigates the gritty underbelly of crime, armed not only with his LAPD experience but also an insatiable curiosity about the world