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DI Richard Poole is still trapped on the stunning Caribbean island paradise of Saint-Marie as this light-hearted detective drama returns. The sun, sea and sand still continue to irritate him, just as he irritates his long-suffering colleagues. Alongside the beautiful Sergeant Camille Bordey, he takes on a baffling array of murder cases, from pirate curses to nuns killed in locked rooms - even solving cases with a hurricane bearing down on them. Most...

Arthur Gilder is ready to hand over the reins of his doctor's practice to his son, Tom. But this is the 1950s, and when Tom moves his wife and children to the Lancashire village of Ormston from the hustle and bustle of Manchester, he also brings with him a sense of dynamism and change which Arthur doesn't embrace with open arms. Arthur clings to his old-fashioned, tried and tested ways whereas Tom is determined that the hospital should adapt or die....

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...

David Mitchell stars as William Shakespeare in a rip-roaring comedy tribute to the Bard. Written by Ben Elton, this fictional account of his early career follows Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself in London, while also trying to be a husband and father for his family in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Detective Inspector Maisie Raine is a no-nonsense policewoman with years of experience and an instinct for people in trouble. Though she can be forceful and difficult to work with, her warmth, determination and sense of fun have won her a great deal of respect and affection. Like any busy inner-city station, Bessomer Street has its fair share of murders, muggings and mysteries.

From the creator of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps comes a hilarious urban comedy about a group of friends caught in that tricky place between their teens and 2.4 children. Michelle is 26 years old, living in Manchester with friend Claire, dating Dean who wants an open relationship and hurtling towards her thirties. When Michelle's brother Mike lands on her doorstep with his best friend Grant in tow, it all starts to get very complicated....

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...

The return of Kay Mellor's warm series follows the relationship dramas of a group of very different new parents who first bonded in a parentcraft class. The story picks up 10 months on, with all the babies born - and in some cases second ones on the way. In storylines packed with secrets, heartbreak, comedy and pathos, life is proving to be just as much of a rollercoaster for these compelling characters as they emerge from the world of pregnancy and...

In Maigret Sets a Trap, Maigret comes under pressure from his superiors and the press to catch a serial killer of women with no common feature except their hair. Making no progress Maigret sets a trap using undercover police women. Maigret's Dead Man focuses on the murder of a gambler with connections to a brutal gang from Czechoslovakia whose members are robbing and killing wealthy Parisians.

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....