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British-ish & True Crime TV
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TV Show: Reyka ( 2021 )
For South African expert criminal profiler Reyka Gama, the trauma of being abducted as a child in 1994 is what gives her profound insights into deviant minds for London's Scotland Yard. Now, a mother herself and returning to her hometown in the province of KwaZulu-Natal to investigate serial murders, it might also be her undoing.
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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: Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over ( 2019 )
Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over will present a portrait of what life is like in Britain today for a cross section of society. The series follows Stacey as she spends 72-hours in the company of a wide range of extraordinary characters and families, with the kinds of relationships we've never seen up close before.
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TV Show: Redwater ( 2017 )
In this thrilling new drama, a mother travels to Ireland in search of her lost son. The picturesque village of Redwater is a peaceful idyll on the Irish coast, untroubled by the trappings of modern life. Twenty years ago, a boating tragedy ripped the heart out of this village's close-knit community. The deaths of Iris Dolan and her niece Aoife appeared to be an accident - but the truth was left buried at the bottom of the harbour.For Kat Moon, an open-hearted woman from the East End of London, Redwater could be the key to finally making sense of her fractured past. She is in search of her son, a twin taken from her at birth without her knowledge. And a cryptic postcard has led her to Redwater to find him, with her husband Alfie in tow. Redwater is in danger of collapsing under the weight of its secrets, until Kat begins asking tough questions that finally let the village embark on a cathartic reckoning. But this cleansing of Redwater's past will come at a great cost. As Kat dives deeper into the private lives of the people here, she risks being fatally swept up in the storm she's started. Is one of the young men scarred by that tragic night really her son? And, if so, what sort of man has he become?
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TV Show: Undercurrent: Real Murder Investigation ( 2019 )
In the tradition of The Jinx and Making a Murderer comes Undercurrent – a gripping Australian true crime series; an active unfolding investigation involving underworld sources and the chase for a key piece of physical evidence that could free Sue from prison, and finally unlock the shocking true story of what happened to Bob Chappell that night.
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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: Five Daughters ( 2010 )
Factually-based drama telling the stories of five young women who were tragically murdered in Ipswich in 2006.
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TV Show: Murder ( 2012 )
An investigation into the apparent drowning and death of Rafe Carey leads to investigating officer Corinne Evans soon tackling a murder case that leaves her having doubts about an incident in her personal life.
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TV Show: Seven Types of Ambiguity ( 2017 )
Seven-year-old Sam Marin is taken from his school. Much to the relief of his parents Anna and Joe, Sam is found unharmed hours later and police arrest ex-schoolteacher, Simon Heywood. But this is far from an open and shut case as it turns out that Simon is Anna's ex-lover, and his neighbour and possible accomplice Angela has an intriguing connection to Joe. Soon Simon's psychiatrist and ally Dr. Alex Klima, his lawyer Gina, and even Joe's best mate Mitch get pulled into the vortex where relationships become entangled and moral dilemmas abound about who really is at fault. And it's not a matter of who took Sam, but a question of why.

Told from the shifting perspectives of six characters, this psychological mystery explores the complex emotional terrain of past and present relationships and the risks people will go to in the name of love.

Based on the critically acclaimed novel ‘Seven Types of Ambiguity' by award winning author Elliot Perlman.
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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: Public Enemies ( 2012 )
Public Enemies explores the relationship between a convicted murderer, released after serving 10 years in prison, and his probation officer.
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TV Show: DNA Family Secrets ( 2021 )
Stacey Dooley helps to uncover people's burning questions about their family, health or ancestry with a visit to a DNA testing clinic.
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TV Show: Paula ( 2017 )
A thriller about Paula, a chemistry teacher whose life is turned upside down after a one-night stand with James. They become locked in a dance of destruction. Only one can survive.
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TV Show: Police: Hour of Duty ( 2020 )
Real-time documentary following police officers on duty between 9pm and 10pm.
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TV Show: The Killer Nanny: Did She Do It? ( 2022 )
Series re-examining the evidence from British au pair Louise Woodward's murder trial 25 years ago. Includes interviews with witnesses, defence, prosecution and jury.
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TV Show: The Accident ( 2019 )
In a community that has been left behind, a large construction project offers hope for a better future; regeneration, and much needed employment. But an explosion, followed by a catastrophic collapse, leaves many dead, children included, and the community devastated.
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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: From Darkness ( 2015 )
Psychological crime drama. An ex-constable hiding from the guilt of her past is slowly drawn back to confront her darkness.
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Movie: The Witmans ( 2020 )
This film questions the fairness of the U.S. Juvenile Justice System. Zach Witman, age 15, was charged in 1998 with the murder of his brother Greg, age 13. Zach originally received a sentence of "life without parole."
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Movie: The Monster of Mangatiti ( 2015 )
Heather Walsh tells her story of the time she was an emotional prisoner of Bill Cornelius at his remote farm.
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Movie: Targeted: The Truth about Disability Hate Crime ( 2021 )
A brutally honest documentary film by disabled filmmaker Richard Butchins exposing the abuse, intimidation and aggression faced by disabled people in Britain in everyday life. Featuring survivors sharing their experiences.
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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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Movie: Max Clifford: The Fall of a Tabloid King ( 2021 )
Max Clifford was a powerful media publicist to the stars. But in 2014 he was jailed for historic sex crimes. Now, the survivors of his abuse tell their stories.
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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: Unsolved ( 2016 )
Unsolved follows the journalists looking for answers to some unsolved or controversial crimes of the past.
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TV Show: Murder Island ( 2021 )
Filmed on the remote Scottish island of Gigha, Murder Island is based around a murder plot, written and developed by Ian Rankin, that stars a group of amateur detectives who will compete to solve a crime and build a "watertight case" that can stand up in court.
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TV Show: The Secret ( 2016 )
Coleraine, Northern Ireland, 1990. Colin Howell is a leading member of the Baptist community, and a loving husband and father. But when he meets fellow Baptist, Hazel Buchanan, they embark on an affair, which will have cataclysmic consequences for themselves, for Colin's wife Lesley and for Hazel's husband, Trevor, Wanting to remain in the Baptist church Colin refuses to consider divorce, but he and Hazel are desperate to find some way to be together. When Lesley's father dies, and she contemplates suicide, Colin believes that he has found a way...
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TV Show: The Hunt for Bible John ( 2021 )
Two-part documentary exploring the 1968 case in which three women were killed after a night of dancing, triggering Scotland's largest manhunt. The suspect's now-infamous moniker, Bible John, came after a key witness described a man who picked up women, yet quoted extensively from the Old Testament and frowned on adultery. Despite one of the biggest manhunts in Scottish history, these brutal killings remain unsolved more than 50 years on. 
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TV Show: Ill Behaviour ( 2017 )
Comedy thriller about three friends who embark on a journey that takes them to the extremes of their friendship, crossing every boundary imaginable to save a life.
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TV Show: Torn ( 2007 )
Torn is a three-part psychological drama inspired by a true story about parental love, family ties and belonging. Two family's lives are turned upside down when a mother recognises her daughter, Alice, who was kidnapped from a beach over 10 years earlier, and who was generally assumed to have drowned. Reuniting the family causes destruction and heartache--nobody knows where they really belong and Alice is soon torn between two different worlds.
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TV Show: Single-Handed ( 2007 )
When Garda Sergeant Jack Driscoll (Owen McDonnell) receives a midnight call to investigate activity on an isolated beach in the West of Ireland, he unwittingly stumbles into the middle of a Dublin run undercover operation.When Daniel O Malley, the son of a local trawlerman, dies in his arms that night, Jack's search for answers meets unexpected resistance from the Dublin detectives as they seek to bring down a bigger national prize.
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TV Show: Inside the Force: 24/7 ( 2020 )
Life inside a busy police station.
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Movie: Responsible Child ( 2019 )
Factual drama, based on true cases in the UK, following Ray (a 12-year-old boy) and his experience of the UK legal system that puts him on trial for murder.
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TV Show: Ordinary Lies ( 2015 )
Drama following the lives of an ordinary group of colleagues and friends as their seemingly small lies spiral out of control. JS Motors, a fictional car dealership located near Manchester, employs a number of 'ordinary' people, each with dark secrets. As each episode unravels, it becomes clear how quick lies can escalate with shocking consequences.
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TV Show: Conviction: Murder at the Station ( 2016 )
Documentary following a team of experts as they investigate whether evidence exists that could challenge the conviction of a man in prison for a murder he denies. Every year, over 500 people in the UK are convicted of murder. A guilty verdict can only be challenged if new evidence comes to light - and less than 1% of cases are ever overturned. Inside Justice is a specialist charity led by Louise Shorter, supported by a panel of criminal lawyers, ex-police officers and forensics experts who offer assistance to prisoners who are protesting their innocence.
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TV Show: One Night ( 2012 )
The story of four ordinary people whose fates are linked by a seemingly inconsequential event.
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TV Show: Secret Smile ( 2005 )
Charming Brendan Block dates Miranda Cotton and gets seriously committed. But she dumps him, claiming he invaded her privacy. A few weeks later, Brendan gets engaged to Miranda's sister and is welcomed as ideal son-in-law by everyone else. From then on, nasty things keep happening to her loved-ones.
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Movie: Dark Secrets of a Trillion Dollar Island: Garenne ( 2021 )
Tells the extraordinary story of the child abuse scandal that erupted on the idyllic island of Jersey in 2007. For a long time, the victims' voices had remained unheard, but when widespread allegations of sexual abuse resurfaced in the late 2000s, Jersey's then health minister Stuart Syvret spoke out about the scale of this historic child abuse and the damage done to the victims.