Helen McCrory
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Anna Karenina volume 3
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After recovering from her difficult childbirth, Anna and Vronsky flee to Italy to live as if they were a married couple. Levin and Kitty announce their engagement, but their relationship is off to a rocky start.
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Anna Karenina volume 4
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As Karenin prevents Anna from seeing her son, Anna appeals to her brother for help in obtaining a divorce, but her husband proves resistant to their efforts. Anna's jealousy and insecurity drive a wedge into her relationship with Vronsky, leading her to take control of her destiny at last.
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Anna Karenina volume 1
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Socialite Anna Karenina departs from her husband and son in St. Petersburg and journeys to Moscow to help sort out her brother's troubled marriage. There, she meets the dashing Count Vronsky, and the two form a deep connection.
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Anna Karenina volume 2
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Despite the gossip, Anna and Vronsky continue their passionate affair, and Anna reveals to him that she is pregnant with their child. Still not over his failed proposal to Kitty, landowner Levin decides to work in the fields alongside his tenants.
5) The Queen
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The Queen begins with a familiar epigraph "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown"--Henry IV, Part II. The action of the film takes place during the week following the death, on August 31, 1997 of Diana, Princess of Wales. One of its accomplishments, courtesy of adroit use of newsreel and other contemporary footage, is to remind viewers of the deep sadness that surrounded that event. It is also about the divergent and potentially ruinous ways the...
6) Roadkill
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Peter Laurence is a political outsider who is very popular with the people. Fresh from a successful libel case against a journalist printing stories alleging corruption, he's a man on the rise. But Peter has plenty of skeletons in his closet. And soon he discovers another - an illegitimate daughter serving a prison sentence. It's a secret that could ruin him. And one, apparently, that his Prime Minister already knows.
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Birmingham crime boss Thomas Shelby (Cillian Murphy, Inception) heads into perilous territory in the second series of Steven Knight's acclaimed gangster epic. As the 1920s begin to roar, business is booming for the Peaky Blinders gang. Shelby starts to expand his legal and illegal operations. He has his sights set firmly on wider horizons, and the race tracks of the South are calling out for new management. Shelby's meteoric rise brings him into contact...
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A collection of DVDs featuring five royal-themed films into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
The King's speech: This is the story of King George VI of Britian, his impromptu ascension to the throne, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.
Victoria & Abdul: Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Mary Queen of Scots: Queen of France at sixteen,...
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Three critically-acclaimed British romances featuring talented casts. In Becoming Jane, a dashing young man offends an emerging writer's sense and sensibility. In Brideshead Revisited, Charles Ryder is invited to a charming aristocrat's estate where he is seduced by the opulent lifestyle. In Jane Eyre, Jane finds herself in a passionate romance with a handsome, yet mysterious, gentleman.
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Quiz volume 2
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As Charles about-turns his way to a million, the production team grows suspicious.
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Quiz volume 3
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Persecuted by the public and press - Charles, Diana and Tecwen head to court.
14) Loving Vincent
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The life and controversial death of Vincent Van Gogh told by his paintings and by the characters that inhabit them. The intrigue unfolds through interviews with the characters closest to Vincent and through dramatic reconstructions of the events leading up to his death.
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MotherFatherSon volume 1
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Tragedy strikes a fractured family at the heart of politics and power.
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MotherFatherSon volume 2
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With their son fighting for life, the story of Max and Kathryn's relationship is revealed.
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MotherFatherSon volume 4
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As Caden spirals, Kathryn learns the dark secrets of Max's media empire.
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MotherFatherSon volume 3
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Kathryn dedicates herself to Caden's recovery as Max looks to the future.
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MotherFatherSon volume 7
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While Max is thrust into the public eye, Caden prepares to sacrifice himself.