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Octavia

Adapted by Jonathan Harvey (Coronation Street, Birthday Girl, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Beautiful Thing) from the Jilly Cooper novel, Octavia is a one hour comedy set in the seventies for the ITV comedy department....


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Being Human

“We’re the stuff of nightmares. And we’re your only hope.” George, Mitchell and Annie share a house together. They do all the things you'd expect housemates to do: cook together, go to the pub and argue about the gas bill. And every so often, Mitchell deals with primal blood lust, George turns into a werewolf and Annie is, well, undead...


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City of Vice

City of Vice is an historical drama series about the vice-ridden world of Georgian London. It features Henry and John Fielding – magistrates of Westminster – the men who created the modern Police Force. Henry and John are played by Ian McDiarmid and Iain Glenn respectively. They are London’s first ‘cops’ .....


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City of Vice

Sold

Kris Marshall and Bryan Dick lead the cast in Sold, a six part comedy drama for ITV set in the dog-eat-dog world of estate agents. The series is set in the world of Colubrines Estate Agents, where the unscrupulous staff are masters of high-pressure selling and dirty tricks. However, there’s one notable exception at Colubrines: our hero Danny (Bryan Dick – Bleak House, Marple, The Virgin Queen).....


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Single-Handed

Jack Driscoll (Owen McDonnell) is transferred from Dublin back to his birthplace in the remote west of Ireland as Garda Sergeant, the role recently vacated by his father, Gerry (Ian McElhinney).

The series was inspired by a conversation writer Barry Simner, creator of ITV's The Vice, had with a friend in the Welsh police force who described how policing a rural community differs from city policing. Your precinct is vast, the terrain extreme and the community more scattered. You are always on duty. There's nowhere to hide.


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Single-Handed

A Harlot's Progress

A series of engravings about a prostitute by 18th century British artist William Hogarth is the inspiration behind this new 1 x 120' historical drama for Channel 4...



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A Harlots Progress

Rocket Man

Rocket Man is about family, about dreams and about coping with life as a single dad. It's also about men – men who no longer have jobs in the steelworks, mines and carriage works, but still have the vision, skills and strengths that made those industries so great...


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Rocketman

The Best Man

Toby Stephens and Richard Coyle star as best mates in The Best Man, a new two-part thriller for ITV1. But Peter and Michael share a dark secret that binds them together in an obsessive, destructive relationship...


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Best Man

The Queen's Sister

An energetic, irreverent, sympathetic portrait of Princess Margaret. Our film is a tragicomedy: the story of a woman whose conflicting passions for real life and for her own royal status led inexorably to her demise....


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The Queen's Sister

Last Rights

Last Rights is a startling, intelligent, disturbing political thriller. One which will make all viewers (including politicians) wonder about the direction our democracy is taking. The prospect is chilling – not because it's alien or far-fetched, but because it is truthful enough to be plausible. It's as gripping for adults as it is for teenagers....


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Last Rights

Most Mysterious Murders

Garda Sergeant Jack Driscoll (Owen McDonnell) has just been posted to the remote coast of West Ireland - the area where he was born and raised. His first case concerns the mystery surrounding the death of Sylvana, a young immigrant....


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A Most Mysterious Murder: The Case of Charles Bravo

NY-LON

Michael and Edie are worlds apart. He's a Londoner, a city high flyer; she's a New Yorker, immersed in the indie music scene. One chance look, one coincidence in a million, and both their worlds are changed forever...


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