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Matlock

Matlock (Reboot) (2024)

Matlock

Emmy and Academy Award winner Kathy Bates stars as Madeline Kingston who returns to practice by getting a job using the alias of needy widow Matty Matlock. Her motive? To seek justice for the death of her daughter in the opioid epidemic

Red One

Red One (2024)

Red One

After Santa Claus is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security must team up with a notorious hacker in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas. Could this box-office failure be a festive streaming success?

Matlock

Matlock (1986)

Matlock

Andy Griffith starred as a widowed, elderly, somewhat cantankerous, but folksy lawyer from Atlanta in this 1980s legal drama that was as cosy as a well-worn rocking chair. Matlock is the epitome of 1980s formulaic television, but it lasted for 9 seasons

Hogfather

Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (2006)

Hogfather

Award-winning comedy fantasy set on Discworld where the Hogfather, the equivalent of Father Christmas, has gone missing and Death is forced to take his place. Happy Hogswatch!

The Last Days of Patton

The Last Days of Patton (1986)

The Last Days of Patton

In 1986 George C. Scott reprised his acclaimed cinematic role as General George S. Patton. In this made-for-television miniseries, a critically ill Patton reminisces about his marriage, his childhood and his days on the battlefields

Season's Greetings

Season's Greetings (1986)

Season's Greetings

Alan Ayckbourn's dark, often farcical comedy about nine people who spend four days together over the Christmas period in the hope of having a pleasant family celebration together, only to find they fail dismally...

Lenny the Lion

The Lenny the Lion Show (1957)

Lenny the Lion

Hugely popular children's show that began on BBC in 1956. Terry Hall was one of the first ventriloquists to use an animal rather than a little boy...

Maigret

Maigret (1960)

Maigret

Parisian detective is a compassionate yet implacable hunter of criminals in this classic BBC series. Rupert Davies remains the quintessential Maigret on our screens, even though others have followed in his footsteps

Boney

Boney (1972)

Boney

Excellent award winning police procedural series set in the Australian Outback which lost some of its impact due to the controversy it caused when the chief protagonist, an Aborigine of dual-racial heritage, was not portrayed by an indigenous actor

The Franchise

The Franchise (2024)

The Franchise

Satirical comedy that follows the chaotic and farcical production of a fictional superhero film and the crew of an unloved franchise who are fighting for their place in a savage and unruly cinematic universe