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14 episodes · Dec 12, 1989
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First and Last
Dec 12, 1989132mThe story of a retired man who decides to fulfil his life-long ambition of walking from one end of Britain to the other.
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Skulduggery
Jun 20, 199188mFour lads decide to meet up and do a robbery planned by Sweeny, an angry, agressive but small young man who is like a time bomb waiting to go off. The robbery never happens because the boys soon realise Sweeny hasn't put enough thought into the job. His closest friend Tel has a more gentle side to him and falls for a girl at a party called Kak. Gombo is released from a young offenders, and along with Tony finds Sweeny to give him a kicking which actually ends up with Sweeny giving Gombo a kicking! In the end they find an empty house where the owners are away on holiday so they decide to break in. This doesn't quite go to plan either.
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Deep Secrets
Apr 6, 199683mGripping drama about an undercover police officer who infiltrates the Manchester underworld to investigate a brutal murder, and his method of getting to know what's happening is to seduce the gang leader's sexy wife
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The Plant
Jan 20, 199584mA live TV gardening show descends on Brown Gardens with surprising results. Connie, the researcher, starts an affair with Max, and gardeners dig up more than they bargained for.
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Trip Trap
Mar 9, 199690mThe Armstrong Family - Ian (Whately), Kate (Gonet) and their children Tom and Molly live in a nice country house. But beneath this seemingly normal exterior, Maggie begins to suffer violent abuse at the hands of the normally placid Ian, with dreadful consequences for all the family.
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Killing Me Softly
Jul 7, 199687mSara Thornton was sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of the 1989 murder of her violent and alcoholic husband. Thornton never denied the killing, but claimed it had been an accident during an argument.
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Truth or Dare
Aug 31, 1996100mA tale of passion, deceit and betrayal emerges from a seemingly innocent university reunion, as Lorna Johnston lets herself be lured back into the recklessness of her student days.
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Gobble
Dec 21, 199685mAs Christmas celebrations get under way, Britain is rocked by a deadly new food scare - "mad turkey disease".
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Deacon Brodie
Mar 8, 199790mDrama based on the true story of Deacon Brodie one of Scotland's most notorious criminals. In 1788 Deacon Brodie a master cabinet maker and town councillor is a rogue and a hedonist. He steals money but gives it back. He attempts to steal a fortune from the city's Customs and Excise office but the attempt fails and he is caught. There is a widely-publicised trial and he is sentenced to death to be hanged on the gallows he designed.
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Hostile Waters
Jul 26, 199794mBased on true events, an American submarine collides into a Soviet sub of the coast of America and an ensuing standoff occurs that could lead to total annihilation.
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Our Boy
Feb 15, 1998When his son is killed in a hit-and-run, everyone grieves—but Woody's pain has no limits. Searching for a way to react, his life and sanity slowly falls apart.
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Eskimo Day
Apr 4, 199683mComedy drama about the trials and tribulations of three sets of parents as they finally realise that their children have grown up and reluctantly they have to let them enroll at Cambridge University.
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Lord of Misrule
May 6, 199691mRetired Lord Chancellor Bill Webster decides to sell his memoirs to a tabloid newspaper in order to save his crumbling Cornish house. The Prime Minister wants to stop him as he believes the government will fall if his book is published. One of Bill's old girlfriends, now the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, is sent to try and stop him, but also on his trail is a tabloid journalist who senses a scoop.
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