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91Èȱ¬ One Winter/Spring 2007
Drama
Five Days
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Five days is a gripping, multi-stranded thriller from Gwyneth Hughes, which tracks five 24-hour periods following the abduction of an appealing and photogenic young mother.
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Leanne (Christine Tremarco) is taking her two young children to visit her grandfather (Edward Woodward). She stops to buy flowers at a lay-by but then inexplicably vanishes, leaving her two children waiting for her in the car, lost and far from home.
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They set off to find her – only to go missing themselves.
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Their ordeal is captured on CCTV cameras and, before long, the family's heart-stopping trauma is not only a complex police investigation but also a major news story.
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The action unfolds on days one, three, 28, 33 and 79.
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As each episode unravels, it becomes clear that nobody is quite what they seem – not Leanne's grieving husband, Matthew (David Oyelowo), who finds himself under suspicion.
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Not the laconic detective, Barclay (Hugh Bonneville), or his cynical sergeant, Foster (Janet McTeer); not Leanne's parents, Barbara (Penelope Wilton) and John (Patrick Malahide); and not Sarah (Sarah Smart), a stranger who is drawn into both the investigation and the family.
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Jekyll
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James Nesbitt stars in a remarkable conspiracy thriller as writer Steven Moffat gives a classic tale of scientific misadventure a modern twist for 91Èȱ¬ one.
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It is 2007 and there's a new Dr Jekyll, with an old problem: Mr Hyde. They have a deal – a body share – and an impossible life is somehow lived. What Hyde doesn't know is that Jekyll is married. There's a wife and two children, and he'll do anything to protect them from his dark side.
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With all the resources of modern technology and the best surveillance hardware, Jekyll is determined to keep his dark side in line. He has done a deal with his own devil – but what neither of them knows is that an ancient organisation with limitless wealth and power is monitoring their every move, and a plan over a century in the making is coming to fruition.
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The return of Dr Jekyll is no accident...
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Jekyll also stars Gina Bellman, Michelle Ryan, Denis Lawson, Mark Gatiss and Meera Syal.
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Rough Diamond
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This new drama is set in beautiful rural Southern Ireland, against the backdrop of the elegant world of horse racing.
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In Rough Diamond, a man who thinks he has nothing finds a son in need of a father and a horse who just needs a chance. But all three must learn to trust each other if they're to achieve their dreams.
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The drama charts the rivalry between a struggling young trainer, Aidan (Conor Mullen), and his millionaire neighbours - Charlie Carrick (Stanley Townsend) and his wife Yolanda (Lorraine Pilkington) - who run the successful Firebrand yard.
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Aidan owns a stable but no horses. He and his late father had intended to set up a business together, having previously worked for Carrick. But Aidan blames himself for his father's death and, as a result, has hardly noticed or cared that he is now almost bankrupt.
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Carrick wants to expand his yard but Aidan's land lies in the way, so he makes his neighbour a handsome offer – all Aidan has to do is sign. But Aidan's life is suddenly turned upside-down by two arrivals: a son he never knew he had and a crazy colt he never knew he wanted.
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For the first time, Aidan has a chance of a future – but will he be brave enough to take the reins?
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Lilies
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Tough, sexy, funny and heartbreaking, Lilies, by acclaimed screenwriter Heidi Thomas (I Capture The Castle, Madam Bovary) details the lives of Iris, May and Ruby Moss – Catholic sisters coming of age in a dockland terraced house in Liverpool. Familial love sustains them, and their fortunes are bound to those of their brother and their father.
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Set in the years immediately following the First World War, Lilies pulls no punches in its storytelling. It depicts a sensual, vivid and sometimes savage universe, where life is lived on a knife-edge of poverty, fuelled by various kinds of love.
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All three girls must make their own way in the world and, in the course of the series, each of the sisters tastes passion for the first time and their lives, newly launched, are changed forever.
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The cast includes acclaimed actor Brian McCardie, Catherine Tyldesley, Kerrie Hayes, Leanne Rowe, Daniel Rigby, Scot Williams, Ian McKee and Georgia Taylor.
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A Class Apart
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Jessie Wallace returns to 91Èȱ¬ One for the first time since playing Kat Slater in EastEnders to star in A Class Apart, together with Nathaniel Parker (Inspector Lynley) and George Cole (Minder).
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This one-off film is written by the Bafta-nominated Tony Grounds (When I'm 64, Births, Marriages And Deaths).
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Wallace plays single mum Candy, who is trying to keep her 11-year-old son, Kyle, on the straight and narrow with help from her grandad, George (George Cole), who isn't the best role model himself.
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When Kyle is offered a place at the local failing school, Candy is having none of it. She knows only too well the grass is greener at nearby Park View and doesn't see why her boy can't go there. Feeling frustrated and disenfranchised, Candy decides to mount a one-woman protest, chaining herself to the Park View gates until her only son is granted a place.
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However, fate intervenes. The conceited headmaster (Nathaniel Parker) of a nearby, prestigious, private school sees Candy on the local news. He jokes to his deputy, Charles, that if Kyle attended Haltham, he'd turn him from chav-rude-boy to respectable public school boy. Charles doesn't believe he can do it and they make a bet.
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The headmaster's first task is to find a way to get Kyle into the school. Can he win his bet and get one over on his scheming deputy, and how will Candy and Kyle cope with the culture shock as two worlds collide?
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Waking The Dead
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Tara Fitzgerald joins the cast of the Emmy Award-winning drama series Waking The Dead, which returns to investigate more dark, gripping tales of murder mystery.
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Trevor Eve stars as Boyd, head of the Met's Cold Case Unit, using advanced techniques in forensic science and behavioural investigative analysis to get under the skin of some tough cold cases, often taking risks to discover the truth and bring the perpetrators to justice.
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In the new series, Boyd and his team – Grace (Sue Johnston), Spencer (Wil Johnson) and Stella (Félicité du Jeu) – expose a series of coincidences, involving secret societies, torture and interrogation; and the team digs deep to unearth the secrets buried for more than 60 years in the home of a London family.
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Guest stars include: Polly Walker, Alex Jennings, Peter Capaldi, James Fox and Jemma Redgrave.
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The Chase
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The Chase veterinary practice opens its doors for a second series of secrets, surgery and seduction.
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Having left the Williams family reeling from the revelations about Tom (Nick Gleaves) and Fiona (Heather Peace), there are many questions left unanswered.
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What happened between Anna (Gaynor Faye) and Tom behind that closed door? Will Sarah (Nicola Stephenson) finally settle down? And did Claudie (Michelle Holmes) actually get carted off to the police station to face up to her fraud charges?
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Make another appointment to view, as episode one promises a shock event that will create a stampede of drama for the rest of the series...
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Recovery
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Alan and Tricia Hamilton (David Tennant and Sarah Parish) are very happy. He's the
head of a building firm and on top of his game, while she's a part-time beautician
and mother to their two sons.
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But one day their perfect, if unremarkable, life is torn apart when a last-minute
decision to pop out for a quick drink with a colleague sees Alan step out in front of
a passing car.
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The accident leaves him in a deep coma but with remarkably few physical injuries.
Tricia is desperately worried about him but delighted when he comes round – only to
discover that the man she loved has disappeared.
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Alan's behaviour has changed; he
has lost all of his inhibitions and he veers from angry and frustrated to vulnerable
and childlike. Simple tasks such as making toast and getting dressed are beyond
him, he is unable to hold down the job he loves, and he plays and laughs with his
sons as if he's a child.
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Alan's behaviour puts his relationship with Tricia under intolerable stress. She longs
to find the husband she loves in there somewhere – but fears she may have lost
him forever.
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Recovery is a one-off drama written by Tony Marchant and partly inspired by
research he undertook with the charity Headway.
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Doctor Who
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David Tennant returns to his role as The Doctor and
meets his brand-new companion in the highly
anticipated third series of Russell T Davies's
Doctor Who.
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The new series sees newcomer Freema Agyeman's
first appearance as the Doctor's new companion,
medical student Martha Jones.
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Russell T Davies, writer and executive producer,
comments:
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"We were delighted and honoured by the
second series' success, and we can promise new
thrills, new laughs and some terrifying new aliens. The
Doctor and Martha are destined to meet William
Shakespeare, blood-sucking alien Plasmavores, The
Judoon – a clan of galactic stormtroopers – and a
sinister intelligence at work in Thirties New York."
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Returning cast members include John Barrowman
and guest stars include Anne Reid, Roy Marsden and
Don Gilet.
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Waterloo Road
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Waterloo Road is back for a second term and, once again, bureaucracy, staff shortages, bullying and truancy are all high on the agenda.
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The school is launching its first sixth form and private investor Roger Aspinall (Nick Sidi) has promised money, in return for a seat on the governing body. Jack Rimmer's (Jason Merrells) role as head teacher is under threat as they plan for a City Academy.
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Kim Campbell (Angela Griffin) is still fighting her feelings for Andrew Treneman (Jamie Glover), while Izzie (Jill Halfpenny) and Tom (Jason Done) are shocked to see that Lorna (Camilla Power) has returned – they thought she had left.
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New student Brett Aspinall (Tom Payne) is breaking hearts on his first day and Mika (Lauren Drummond) takes an immediate shine to him.
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Davina Shackleton (Christine Tremarco), the new school PA, makes a good impression on Jack, and there is chemistry between them. Steph Haydock (Denise Welch) spots the attraction and resolves to keep Jack to herself.
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The Street
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The Street, Jimmy McGovern's award-winning, emotionally powerful hit drama series, returns to 91Èȱ¬ One with more stories of friendship, family, love and betrayal in the heart of a community. A new series begins filming in Manchester during Spring 2007 for transmission later in the year.
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Life On Mars
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Sam Tyler (John Simm) is back and determined to find out just why he is still in the Seventies – solving crimes with Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister), Annie Cartwright (Liz White), Ray Carling (Dean Andrews) and Chris Skelton (Marshall Lancaster) – how he got there and how he can get back to 2007.
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During this second and final series, Sam comes face-to-face with a couple of ghosts from his future past – sleazy casino owner Tony Crane (Marc Warren) and his own mentor, Chief Inspector Glenn Fletcher (Ray Emmett Brown) – although he is just a fresh-faced new recruit in 1973.
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Among the storylines, a spate of bombings gives Gene an excuse to harass some of the local Irish community, and the invite-only parties of a middle-class suburban couple lead the boys to indulge in some interesting undercover work.
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Poliakoff 2006
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In this major new film for 91Èȱ¬ One, multi-award-winning
writer and director Stephen Poliakoff explores the
relationship between two central characters: Elliot, a
reclusive billionaire, and Joe, the teenage son of a
cleaner who takes care of a grand, but dormant,
neighbouring house.
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The house is owned, although not inhabited, by Elliot,
who lives close by. Elliot has inherited the house and
its mysteries from his late father.
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Part messenger, part protégé, Joe is a link between
Elliot and the outside world, as their story and the
stories of the visitors to the empty house ricochet
and reverberate.
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In a contemporary film about loneliness and loss, the
sins of the father are finally revealed in an emotionally
devastating climax.
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Capturing Mary, a companion film for 91Èȱ¬ Two, takes
Joe and new characters into a terrifying exploration of
the past and how it can capture and destroy a
person's life.
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The two films are linked by an exquisite house frozen
in time and a young, highly individual man, Joe,
through whose eyes viewers see the world.
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Acting legends Michael Gambon and Dame Maggie
Smith lead a stellar cast including Rupert Penry-Jones
(Spooks), Kelly Reilly (Mrs Henderson Presents), David
Walliams (Little Britain), Ruth Wilson (Jane Eyre),
Rebecca Hall (Starter For Ten) and Danny Lee Wynter
in his first role since graduating from The London
Academy of Music and Dramatic Art this summer.
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Hotel Babylon
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Tamzin Outhwaite, Max Beesley, Dexter Fletcher, Emma Pierson and Natalie Mendoza return for a new series of Hotel Babylon, a tantalising and seductive insight into the sexy world of the five-star hotel industry, where money not only talks but can buy just about anything you desire!
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Inspired by Imogen Edwards-Jones's searing exposé of life behind the scenes of London’s luxury hotel industry, Hotel Babylon takes viewers on a journey beyond the glamour and façade of the smiling faces and glittering chandeliers and into the frenetic, non-stop world of the staff.
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Guests at the newly refurbished Hotel Babylon include a host of well-known faces such as Cherie Lunghi, Russ Abbott, Ronni Ancona, Chris Moyles, Chantelle Houghton, Kacey Ainsworth, David Walliams, Jerry Hall, Danny Dyer, Alexander Armstrong, Mark Heap, John Sessions, Kelly Brook, Julian Clary and Jennifer Ellison.
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3lbs
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Stanley Tucci (The Devil Wears Prada) and Mark Feuerstein (The West Wing) star in this drama about a team of top New York City neurosurgeons who explore the brain – the core of intelligence, the centre of emotion and spirit and the last great medical frontier.
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Doug Hanson (Tucci) is a brilliant neurosurgeon with a sharp wit, who compares the workings of the brain to wires in a box. His thoughtful, highly skilled protégé, Dr Jonathan Seger (Feuerstein), honours the mysteries of the mind.
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While Hanson prefers to focus on the intricacies inside people's craniums instead of the people themselves, Seger uses his charm, instinct and intuition to balance the emotional and psychological needs of his patients.
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3lbs also stars Indira Varma (Rome) and Armando Riesco (Garden State) and features Cynthia Nixon (Sex And The City).
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True Dare Kiss
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Every family has its secret – how far would you go to protect yours?
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Debbie Horsfield's sparky, raw and disturbing new six-part drama serial True Dare Kiss, is an unfolding saga of intrigue, passion, revenge and redemption.
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When estranged father Stan dies in unexpected circumstances, a secret buried for two decades threatens to surface.
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His son and four daughters are torn between the need to hush up the facts and a desire to uncover the truth behind one single cataclysmic event which shattered the family 20 years before.
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Forced to re-examine their actions, motives and even their memories, the siblings grapple with old rivalries and new desires in this vibrant, witty, and at times darkly comic, roller-coaster ride.
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Cast includes Dervla Kirwan, Lorraine Ashbourne, David Bradley, Pooky Quesnel, Paul Hilton, Esther Hall, Paul McGann, Brendan Coyle, Dawn Steele, Ciaran McMenamin and Samantha Blakey.
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