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British-ish & True Crime TV
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TV Show: Cold Call ( 2019 )
Cold Call is a dark thriller, set in Manchester, detailing the story of a single mother caught up in a fraudulent cold call scam that threatens to see her life unravel. It stars Sally Lindsay as June, a hard working mother left determined to salvage her family's future after a phone call that changes her life. Following the death of her elderly mother and fuelled by a bubbling rage, June attempts to hunt down those responsible in order to seek her revenge.
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TV Show: Code of a Killer ( 2015 )
Code of a Killer is based on the extraordinary true story of Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its first use by Detective Chief Superintendent David Baker in catching a double murderer. The drama focuses on how Jeffreys' science and Baker's investigative vision created the single biggest leap in the history of criminal investigation.
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TV Show: Clean Break ( 2015 )
There's nothing like money - or the lack of it to bring out the worst in people. Frank Mallon, a car dealer running out of fiscal rope, catapults himself into serious trouble with the botched tiger kidnapping of local bank manager Desmond Rane's family, the repercussions of which rock his hometown and all the people around him.
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TV Show: Cheat ( 2019 )
Cheat is a psychological thriller about the dangerous relationship between university professor Leah, and her student Rose, when, what begins as a seemingly open and shut case of academic deception, quickly spirals out of control, ending in fatal consequences, and triggering a devastating sequence of events that threaten to engulf them both. With two fiercely intelligent minds unwilling to back down, Cheat will keep audiences guessing from the start, exploring just how far we're prepared to stand up for what we believe, and at what cost.
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TV Show: Chasing Shadows ( 2014 )
Chasing Shadows follows a team of special operatives who are tracking down serial killers.
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TV Show: Catching Milat ( 2015 )
The true story of how the NSW Police Taskforce Air, and in particular Detective Paul Gordon, tracked down and caught Ivan Milat – the man responsible for the infamous Backpacker Murders in Australia's Belanglo State Forest from 1990 onwards. Set against a backdrop of a public alarm, high level government pressure and an international press demanding a result, Catching Milat is a pacy, psychological thriller.
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TV Show: Catching a Killer ( 2017 )
A gripping series with extraordinary access to the police as they investigate murders and search for missing people.
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TV Show: Cardinal ( 2017 )
Adapted from author Giles Blunt's award-winning "John Cardinal Mysteries" series, Cardinal is a six-episode dramatic thriller that follows Detective John Cardinal on a chilling hunt for a brutal killer in a small Northern Ontario town.Demoted for a hunch about a case that he wouldn't let go, Cardinal is brought back to the Homicide Unit when the body of missing 13-year-old Katie Pine is discovered, proving his instincts correct. Back on the case, his search for her murderer soon becomes an all-consuming race to stay ahead of a serial killer.Meanwhile, Cardinal must manage his own precarious family issues and secrets, and keep a watchful eye on his new partner, Detective Lise Delorme, who he believes may have her own secret agenda.
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TV Show: Capital ( 2015 )
On one day, the people of one South London street all receive an anonymous postcard with the simple message 'we want what you have'. Its unsettling ripples affect every corner of the community.
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TV Show: Broken ( 2017 )
Drama series about a well-respected Catholic priest presiding over a large parish on the outskirts of a major city in northern England.
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TV Show: Broadchurch ( 2013 )
David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Andrew Buchan and Jodie Whittaker, star in Broadchurch – a brand new powerful, thought provoking drama series by Kudos Film and Television for ITV.The sadness of losing a child consumes the family, Beth and Mark Latimer their daughter 15-year-old Chloe and Beth's mum Liz as they attempt to cope with their grief, everyday normal life and the abruptness of the unwarranted attention heaped upon them. Devastated by their loss, it's the most stressful and emotional time in their lives as they struggle to relate to their friends, neighbours, the church, the press, and the police.
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TV Show: Bregus ( 2021 )
This 6-part drama series focuses on Ellie's not-as-it-seems perfect life. Ellie seems to have it all – the perfect husband, daughter and close-knit group of friends. The unbreakable gang are all in their mid-thirties. They depend on each other, they're a family.But what happens when tragedy strikes and unleashes demons in Ellie that threaten the façade of her life and even the core of her sanity.
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TV Show: Brassic ( 2019 )
Brassic is about Vinnie, a man from the north of England with bipolar disorder and his best mate Dylan, whose girlfriend Erin decides to leave town. Dylan is faced with the impossible decision between a fresh start with the love of his life or staying behind with his inseparable gang of mates that he can't live without.
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TV Show: Born to Kill ( 2017 )
Psychological drama about an apparently model teenager with hidden psychological issues.
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TV Show: Bloom ( 2019 )
A dramatic series which centres on life in an idyllic country town a year after a devastating flood kills five locals and a mysterious new plant is discovered with the ability to restore youth.
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TV Show: Bloodlands ( 2021 )
When a car containing a possible suicide note is pulled out of Strangford Lough, Northern Irish police detective Tom Brannick quickly connects it to an infamous cold case with enormous personal significance. Bloodlands follows his dogged hunt for a legendary assassin, an explosive cat-and-mouse game where the stakes have never been higher.
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TV Show: Blood ( 2018 )
Blood follows Cat Hogan, an isolated woman on the run from her past, a past she is forced to confront when the sudden ‘accidental' death of her mother, Mary, draws her back to the family she has spent the last ten years trying to avoid. Her suspicions start to mount against her father, when she begins to notice discrepancies in his stories.
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TV Show: Black Hands ( 2020 )
On June 20, 1994, five members of the Bain family were found dead in their Dunedin home. The atrocity captured the nation, and it remains one of New Zealand's most controversial cases. This dramatised version tells the story of each of the family members in the months leading up to their deaths.
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TV Show: Before We Die ( 2021 )
Before We Die follows a detective who faces impossible choices in a murky world where loyalties are tested and lines are blurred.
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TV Show: Baptiste ( 2019 )
Julien Baptiste is trying his best to enjoy retired life with his family in Amsterdam, but when Police Commissioner and former girlfriend Martha Horchner asks him to assist with a missing person's case, Julien can't refuse.
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TV Show: Bang ( 2017 )
Loner Sam has his life transformed when he comes into possession of a gun and starts to break the law. His ambitious policewoman sister Gina is paid to uphold it and makes it her mission to find the owner of the weapon. The family saga plays out against an inquiry into the shooting of a local businessman that raises questions for Sam.
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TV Show: Bancroft ( 2017 )
Ruthless and courageous, Bancroft is a brilliant copper. She has given her life to the police force. Consequently, she's trusted and adored by her colleagues and promotion to Detective Chief Superintendent looks assured. Bancroft is running an operation to bring down the pernicious and vicious Kamara gang. She adopts dubious methods, but the most violent brother, Athif, rules the local town with an iron fist, so it's hard not to applaud her actions.
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TV Show: Back to Life ( 2019 )
When Miri Matteson returns home after eighteen years, can she integrate back into her old life? With a terrible event from her past hanging over her, it won't be easy.
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TV Show: Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children ( 2020 )
Between 1979 to 1981, at least 30 African-American children and young adults disappeared or were murdered in Atlanta. Although 23-year-old Wayne Williams was prosecuted for two of the crimes, the rest of the cases were ultimately closed following his conviction in 1982.Forty years later, with the official re-opening of the case by Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, this five-part docuseries tells the inside story of the shocking tragedy, shedding new light on the horrific killings through exclusive archival footage, unseen court documents and interviews with those closest to the children and investigation.
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TV Show: Appropriate Adult ( 2011 )
Dramatisation of the case of serial killers Fred and Rose West, focusing on the way in which they were brought to justice.
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TV Show: Apple Tree Yard ( 2017 )
A provocative thriller which sees an eminent scientist caught up in a damaging and compromising lie. Based on the novel by Louise Doughty.
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TV Show: Annika ( 2021 )
Annika follows the sharp, witty and enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed as she heads up a new specialist Marine Homicide Unit (MHU) that is tasked with investigating the unexplained, brutal, and seemingly unfathomable murders that wash up in the waterways of Scotland. Throughout the series, Annika makes the audience her confidante by breaking the fourth wall and sharing her wry observations on the case and her life, as she manages her brilliant yet unconventional team, and her equally brilliant yet complex teenage daughter.
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TV Show: Anne ( 2022 )
A drama about the inspirational woman who dedicated her life to campaigning for justice following her son's death at Hillsborough. The mini-series, Anne, which will depict how Anne Williams challenged medical evidence following her son's original inquest, and refused to accept its verdict of accidental death.
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TV Show: A Mother's Son ( 2012 )
When a teenage schoolgirl is murdered in a quiet coastal town, a mother finds a pair of stained trainers - and begins to suspect that either her son or stepson may be involved.
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TV Show: Amber ( 2014 )
The disappearance of 14-year-old Amber Bailey sets off a two-year search during which her family will go through unimaginable pressures. As the days, months and years progress the mystery deepens, and strange and terrifying clues come to light, raising yet even more questions. The world becomes gripped by the mystery of the missing teen. What happened to Amber?Each episode of the four-part series reveals the perspective of one individual connected with the case, as more and more people are drawn into the quest.
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TV Show: Alma's Not Normal ( 2020 )
Alma's Not Normal follows Boltonian wild-child Alma Nuthall and her family of eccentric, unruly women. After a recent break-up, Alma tries to get her life back on track. But with no job, no qualifications and a rebellious streak a mile wide, it's not going to be easy. Meanwhile her mum, who is battling a heroin addiction, has been sectioned for arson, and her vampish Grandma Joan wants nothing to do with it.
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Movie: Alison ( 2016 )
When the going gets really tough, we need ordinary people of extraordinary strength and courage to jolt us into action and offer us hope. In December 1994 Alison Botha became such an individual. She needed a hero that night, so that's what she became.
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TV Show: A Killing in Tiger Bay ( 2021 )
The story of the Cardiff Five, one of Britain's most notorious and astonishing miscarriages of justice.
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TV Show: After the Night ( 2020 )
The true-crime story of one of Australia's deadliest serial killers Eric Edgar Cooke. With unprecedented access to the killer's wife and the two men wrongly convicted of his crimes, the series explores the notorious killer's harrowing legacy.
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TV Show: A Confession ( 2019 )
A Confession tells the story of how Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher deliberately breached police procedure and protocol to catch a killer, a decision that ultimately cost him his career and reputation.
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TV Show: Accused: Trial in the Outback ( 2020 )
Documentary about one of Australia's most publicised murder trials.
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TV Show: 24 Hours in Police Custody ( 2014 )
Bedfordshire Police allowed more than 80 cameras to follow their work for this landmark documentary series from the makers of 24 Hours in A&E.
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TV Show: 15 Days ( 2019 )
A young man is shot dead by a member of his close family, then the story is flashing back 15 days earlier to explore how the family got to that point