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  1. The Aftermath

    Two families forced to live together in postwar Germany face passion and betrayal.

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  2. In the Heart of the Sea

    A whaling ship's crew battle to stay alive after an encounter with a huge whale.

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  3. Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

    Sian Thomas reads Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel, set over one day in 1923.

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  4. Life After Life

    The story of Ursula Todd, who has an infinite number of chances to live her life.

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  5. The Librarian by Salley Vickers (Omnibus)

    Salley Vickers' lyrical tribute read by Barbara Flynn.

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  6. Braveheart

    Mel Gibson's Oscar-winning epic about William Wallace's rebellion against Edward I.

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  7. Much Ado About Nothing

    The RSC's production of one of Shakespeare's best-loved romantic comedies.

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    Harriet O'Carroll - Minuet

    A young Jane Austen falls in love fuelling her desire to become a writer.

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  9. The Imitation Game

    The story of Alan Turing, whose team of cryptographers cracked the German Enigma code.

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  10. Macbeth

    David Tennant makes his first ever venture into playing the tyrannical Scottish King.

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  11. Beau Geste

    PC Wren's classic Foreign Legion adventure about three brothers.

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  12. Emma

    Emma Woodhouse becomes an incorrigible matchmaker, oblivious to the consequences.

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  13. Sunset Song

    The first part of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Scots Quair trilogy.

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  14. KaDeWe - Our Time Is Now

    Drama series following four young friends as they seek self-fulfilment in the 1920s.

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  15. The English

    Two strangers are drawn together in a violent landscape built on dreams and blood.

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  16. How Green Was My Valley

    Drama series about a mining family facing upheaval with the arrival of the 20th century.

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  17. Rumer Godden - Black Narcissus

    A sinister destiny overtakes the nuns living in the shadow of the Himalayas.

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  18. Marie Antoinette

    The tumultuous early years of the Austrian princess who became the queen of France.

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  19. A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story

    Mark Gatiss's fantastic theatrical production of Dickens鈥檚 classic winter ghost story.

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    Romeo + Juliet

    Baz Luhrmann's explosive update of Shakespeare's tragedy.

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  21. Twelfth Night from Shakespeare鈥檚 Globe

    Shakespeare鈥檚 comedy of mistaken identity and love, from the Globe Theatre.

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  22. Walter de la Mare - Memoirs of a Midget

    The diminutive Miss M must struggle to find her place, and love, in Victorian society.

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  23. Fortunes of War

    A newly married couple find themselves stranded in eastern Europe at the onset of WWII.

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  24. Paris Police 1905

    To catch a killer, you must think like one. Stylish French noir.

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  25. Margaret Forster - Lady's Maid

    The story of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's loyal maid and companion, Lily Wilson.

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  26. O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker

    A glittering, gothic and surreal coming-of-age story with a deadly twist.

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  27. The Six Wives of Henry VIII

    Coerced. Manipulated. Murdered. The classic 1970s drama about Henry VIII's six wives.

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    Moths

    Lady Dolly Vanderdecken is horrified when her daughter arrives for the season.

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  29. Mr Jones

    1933. Suspicious of Russia鈥檚 resurgence, journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine.

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  30. Great Expectations

    Orphan Pip's life changes forever when he meets wealthy Miss Havisham and her daughter.

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  31. La Vie de Boheme

    Henry Murger's tales of Bohemian life in Paris in the 1840s

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  32. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Omnibus)

    Charlotte Bronte's story of a woman's search for independence and love on her own terms.

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  33. Ten Pound Poms

    You can make your own world when you leave the past behind.

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  34. Crown Papers

    Trials and tribulations are in store for the family of Crown House.

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  35. The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng

    Based on real events, Tan Twan Eng's novel of love and betrayal under the shadow of Empire

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  36. The Gallows Pole

    David Hartley assembles a gang to bring comfort and dignity back to his community.

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  37. The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (Omnibus)

    Don Warrington reads Sam Selvon's 1950's classic of immigrant life in London.

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  38. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (Omnibus)

    Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story set in Berlin in 1933

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  39. Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes (Omnibus)

    Cult classic about youth culture, cool music and racial tension in 1950s London.

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  40. The Waiting Game

    Tom Naismith returns to Lancashire to find his uncle's business floundering. Why?

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  41. A Midsummer Night's Dream from Shakespeare's Globe

    Shakespeare's riotous tale of love and magic, filmed live at the Globe Theatre in 2016.

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  42. Tchaikovsky

    A docudrama series exploring the life of Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky.

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  43. Elizabeth: The Golden Age

    A mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign.

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  44. The Piano

    A non-speaking Scottish piano player is sold into marriage in 19th-century New Zealand.

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  45. One Moonlit Night

    Caradog Prichard's classic story of a young boy's passage to adulthood in North Wales.

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  46. Graeme Fife - A Breath of Fresh Air

    Proud chemist Antoine Lavoisier is in grave danger the longer he stays in Paris.

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  47. NC Hunter - A Day By the Sea

    The loves, hopes and fears of a family - and a blast from their past.

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  48. Soho Nights

    A serial set in London in 1956 as the Cold War and Suez Crisis loom over the UK.

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  49. The Wars of the Roses

    Peter Hall's landmark 1960s RSC productions of Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III.

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  50. Richard III

    Richard conspires to seize the throne of England, orchestrating a bloody rise to power.

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