Editor Susan Ryeland gets drawn into a web of intrigue and murder when she receives Alan Conway's unfinished manuscript of an Atticus Pünd mystery.
A young solicitor, Arthur Kipps, is assigned to prepare a large house for sale on a marsh. He discovers that the estate is haunted by the ghost of a woman seeking revenge against the villagers. With the help of a couple who have also lost a child, Arthur investigates the history of the estate and the secrets it holds.
Susan has left publishing and is living in Crete with her long-time boyfriend, Andreas. But her idyll is disturbed by the shadow of a murder committed at a British country hotel eight years ago. Alan Conway visited the hotel and wrote a novel based on what happened there. Cecily MacNeil, the young woman who helps run the hotel, read the book and believed the wrong man had been arrested. Now she has disappeared. Can Susan uncover the secret hidden in the book and find Cecily before it is too late?
The Witness for the Prosecution is a TV show that follows the story of a murder trial in 1920s London. A wealthy woman is brutally killed and her maid is the prime suspect. The defense lawyer is determined to prove her innocence, but as the trial progresses, shocking secrets are revealed that complicate the case. With a plot full of twists and turns, this gripping murder mystery will keep you on the edge of your seat.
After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted. The film follows the Queen as she deals with the aftermath of Diana's death, including the division it causes within the senior members of the Royal Family. While the Queen initially views Diana's funeral as a private affair and argues that the funeral arrangements should be left to Diana's own family, the public outcry and pressure from Prime Minister Tony Blair lead her to make a series of public statements and appearances in an effort to regain the public's confidence and modernize the monarchy.
The hunt is on to find the murderer of a wealthy glamorous heiress who is found dead in her London townhouse. Based on the short story by Agatha Christie.
Filmed live at the National Theatre, this production of Twelfth Night showcases the vibrant and comedic story of mistaken identity and unrequited love. Filled with witty dialogue and memorable characters, the play explores themes of love, deception, and self-discovery.
In the near future, after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III ascends to the throne. Facing conflicts with the press and a constitutional crisis, Charles must navigate a chaotic political landscape while dealing with scheming relatives and the ghost of his deceased mother.
A glimpse at the life of legendary Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein.
In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to bring to justice a man they insist is guilty of multiple human rights violations. The newly-elected Labour government is initially amenable, and soon Pinochet is under house arrest (albeit in a detached house in leafy suburbia) and awaiting extradition to Spain. However, Amnesty are up against the complexities of British law, the vacillations of Home Secretary Jack Straw, Pinochet's former ally Margaret Thatcher - and the Senator's own vast reserves of cunning.
Lucinda goes on a trip away with her two friends Katherine and Amanda and convinces them to join her on form a variety act in order to impress her childhood crush Neville, a talent agent holding a gala night.
Shakespeare's Globe presents a hilarious rendition of the classic play As You Like It, filled with love, mistaken identities, and witty banter. Join Rosalind and Orlando as they navigate the Forest of Arden in this delightful comedy.
Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercely in love. In a tragic fight between devotion and duty, obsession becomes a catalyst for war.
Returning to England, Susan Ryeland is reluctantly drawn into a new Atticus Pünd mystery, this time written by a new, young writer. 'Pünd’s Last Case" is a story set in 1955, in an exotic villa in Corfu – but the identity of a real killer is hidden in the text, and once again Susan is going to find herself in grave danger.
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