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Like his children’s books, Roald Dahl’s adult stories never fail to surprise, though they take more chilling flights of fancy. Darkly humorous and playfully macabre, each standalone episode in this acclaimed series is a brilliantly acted little gem of creepy delight. Episode casts feature a cavalcade of stars, including John Alderton, Joan Collins, Joseph Cotten, José Ferrer, Michael Gambon, Susan George, John Gielgud, Julie Harris, Derek Jacobi, John Mills, and Elaine Stritch. With introductions by Roald Dahl.

Britain, 1964: Inspector George Gently, one of the few good, honest men at Scotland Yard, is ready to retire. But a gangster's revenge killing of his wife fuels Gently's quest for justice, leading him to take on a controversial, and possibly untrustworthy, protégé. This period crime drama series is based on the best-selling novels by Alan Hunter.

An original masterpiece theatre mystery series set on the southern english coast against the backdrop of world war II. Christopher foyle is a detective who is prevented from enlisting by superiors afraid of losing his talents on the home front.

Proper, demure, and sharp as a tack, Agatha Christie s beloved Miss Marple returns to the limelight in sparkling new adaptations of four classic Christie novels. Geraldine McEwan (The Magdalene Sisters, Mapp & Lucia) is the ladylike sleuth, a wispy senior citizen who blows the police professionals out of the water with her keen insight and shrewdly analytical nature. Fearless and uncommonly wise to the worst in human nature, Marple has lived a long time - and she s paid attention.These lavish 21st-century productions are rich in post WWII period atmosphere and delicious Christie wit, with star-studded casts that include Joanna Lumley, Derek Jacobi, Tara Fitzgerald, Ian Richardson, Janet McTeer, Zoe Wanamaker, Simon Callow, James Fox, John Hannah, and Celia Imrie.Series 1 includes: The Murder at the Vicarage, The Body in the Library, A Murder is Announced, and 4:50 from Paddington.

Agatha christie s tommy and tuppence beresford are a crime-solving couple who solve deviously delightful mysteries with exquisite roaring 20 s style.

An all-new adaptation of john galworthy s classic tale of a rich and powerful english family rocked by sexial jealousies, infidelities and the turbulent transition to the modern age.