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1) Mistresses
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You don't wake up wanting to be someone's mistress - somehow it just happens. Mistresses follows the lives and loves of a group of thirty-something friends who met at university. Katie is a doctor who has been having an affair with one of her patients. Her best friend Trudie grieves the loss of her husband who was killed in 9/11. Then there's Jessica whose anarchic lifestyle supplies lots of gossip and humour, and the happily married Siobhan - but...
2) W1A
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Hugh Bonneville returns as beleaguered BBC head of values Ian Fletcher, trying his best to set a steady course for one of the nation's great institutions as stormy weather looms and others on deck around him continue to try to prise his hands off the wheel and steer it in other directions. In this series the stakes are higher than ever for everyone as the BBC attempts to navigate its way past the potentially perilous rocks of Charter Renewal. Did...
3) Youngers
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Youngers is the journey of two young boys, Yemi and Jay, in their quest to break into the music industry. Yemi, 16, has just received straight A's in his GSCE's. He is destined for great things - but his love of music keeps pulling him in. Jay, a school dropout who didn't even attend his school exams is his best friend. The boys are opposites in every way apart from their love of music. The boys decide to enter a competition in a local club for upcoming...
4) Big School
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David Walliams and Catherine Tate return in this comedy set in an urban secondary school. It may be the start of a new year at Greybridge, but the teaching staff are as dysfunctional as ever. Miss Postern and Mr Church's relationship has taken a downward turn after a misunderstanding over a date; the woefully under-qualified Mr Gunn is now teaching geography; and Mr Barber's got a new job as the school caretaker. This year the teachers are joined...
5) Up the Women
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The welcome return of the hilarious suffragette sitcom, written by and starring Jessica Hynes. Under Margaret's passionate leadership, the hapless women of the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle Politely Requests Women Suffrage are back in the Church Hall cooking up more schemes to attract attention to the worthy cause. The series is full of special guest stars, laugh out loud jokes, japes and plenty of physical comedy. It's a heart-warming celebration...
6) The Paradise
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Denise Lovett, a young and ambitious country girl with only her wits to live on, arrives in a booming Northern city to take up a long-held promise of work in her uncle's drapery shop. But she soon discovers that her uncle cannot afford to employ her as most of his customers have been seduced away by The Paradise, England's first department store, right across the street.
7) Bedlam
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A supernatural thriller set in a luxury apartment building which is haunted by the ghosts of its dark and violent past. Welcome to Bedlam Heights, a hip new high rise on the edge of a British metropolis. Behind the façade of stylish 21st century living lie unimaginable horrors, for this former pre-Victorian asylum is possessed by its previous inhabitants. Kate, who lives and works at Bedlam Heights, thinks anyone who believes in ghosts is a fool....
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When Ruth Blacksmith's new partner, Aidan, reveals that he once hurt a woman called Mary Trelease, Ruth is deeply worried. She raises her concerns with Detective Sergeant Charlie Zailer who is intrigued. But when Charlie decides to call in at Ruth's house, she finds a disturbing scene. Ruth's ex-husband, Jason Blacksmith, has been murdered. Charlie and Detective Simon Waterhouse investigate the case and find themselves divided over motives and suspects....
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Conor McSweeney and Jock O'Keeffe are best pals. A couple of young fun loving criminals. Conor's mum reckons Jock's a little scumbag. But Conor knows that's a load of bull. They pass their time winding up their principal Barry Walsh by hitting on his daughters. And winding up policeman Sergeant Healy by stealing bikes. Life's a breakneck rollercoaster when you're having as much fun as Conor and Jock. That's okay, because they'd do anything for each...
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Government embarrassment, ministerial cock-up, coalition rows, backroom deals, policy U-turns, spin-doctoring, political back-stabbing, wild media speculation, and more time spent with one's family. It can only be the eagerly-anticipated return of Armando Iannucci's Westminster political comedy. Rebecca Front and Peter Capaldi reprise their roles as Nicola Murray and Malcolm Tucker, now consigned to the opposition benches, but still desperate for...
12) Citizen Khan: S3
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The warm, family-based sitcom set in Sparkhill, Birmingham returns, following the trials and tribulations of the loud-mouthed, self-appointed community leader Mr Khan and his long suffering family - wife Mrs Khan and daughters Shazia and Alia. Not forgetting Mr Khan's son-in-law-to-be, the 'pakora short of a picnic' Amjad... With the wedding fast approaching, will the course of a Khan wedding run smoothly?
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David Jason reprises his role as grocer Granville, who has inherited the small corner shop from his Uncle Arkwright. On hand to help out with the oddball customers and eccentric requests is Granville’s dashing son Leroy. The shop is the setting for endless mishaps and surprise visitors, including a giant mouse, a vampire impersonator and a pram full of turnips. Granville’s cost-saving measures are as cunning as ever as he attempts to sell all...
14) Famalam: S3
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The cool satirical sketch show with a warm heart returns with a posse of new characters and the stars of the first two series including: Moses Mountree, the tough New York cop pounding the less-than-mean streets of sleepy Midsomer in rural England; Scribbler P, the grime MC, dishing out lessons in black British histor-y; and the leftover-hunting Aunties.
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Featuring a stellar ensemble cast, the award-winning hit comedy is back for a third series of mayhem at the gloriously idiosyncratic Goodman family's traditional Friday night dinner. Adam gains a new female admirer - a 9 year old girl, Jonny gets the world's worst tattoo, Dad gives the boys a graphic lecture on sex education and tries to hide a dead, frozen fox from Mum, Mum practices being a counsellor on her horrified family, Grandma goes back out...
18) 6Degrees
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Following the lives of six university undergraduates in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as they crash through their first term at university. Over the course of their studies, hearts will be broken, friendships made and trust betrayed. But within all the madness and mistakes, these students are learning the invaluable life lessons that books just can't teach.
19) Undercover
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Action comedy about an undercover police officer who is hopelessly out of his depth.